(Lincoln, NE) There’s a new lightweight to keep an eye on. True freshman Emilio Ysaguirre was the man of the match Sunday after upsetting No. 4 Brock Hardy in No. 11 Sun Devil Wrestling’s season finale against No. 2 Nebraska. While the Sun Devils fell 25-15, Ysaguirrie stunned the Devaney Center with his 10-4 upset of Hardy at 141. ASU’s other points came from a pin at 133 from No. 4 Michael McGee, a 5-2 decision at 149 from No. 5 Kyle Parco, and a 6-0 heavyweight decision from No. 5 Cohlton Schultz.
The Sun Devils finished the regular season 7-5 overall and 4-1 in the Pac-12. The Pac-12 Wrestling Championships are coming up March 5 and are hosted in Palo Alto, California, by Stanford. The NCAA Championships kick off March 16 at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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True freshman Emilio Ysaguirre (Eloy, Arizona) Made his dual debut Feb. 16, 2023 against Louie Ramos of CSU Bakersfield where Ysaguirre won in a 15-3 major decision while filling in for Jesse Vasquez. Ysaguirre went 4-5 in open tournaments prior to that dual. His resumé a trip to the 2022 Fargo quarterfinals and a silver medal at Junior Nationals. He was the 28th-ranked recruit in the country, and peaked at 13th.
Nebraska 25 vs. Arizona State 15
125: Liam Cronin (NEB) over Brandon Courtney (ASU) (SV-1 7-1)
133: Michael McGee (ASU) over Boo Dryden (NEB) (Fall 2:59)
141: Emilio Ysaguirre Jr (ASU) over Brock Hardy (NEB) (Dec 10-4)
149: Kyle Parco (ASU) over Dayne Morton (NEB) (Dec 5-2)
157: Peyton Robb (NEB) over Max Wilner (ASU) (TF 17-1 3:09)
165: Bubba Wilson (NEB) over Tony Negron (ASU) (Dec 3-1)
174: Mikey Labriola (NEB) over Cael Valencia (ASU) (Dec 9-6)
184: Lenny Pinto (NEB) over Anthony Montalvo (ASU) (Fall 1:05)
197: Silas Allred (NEB) over Josh Nummer (ASU) (TF 27-10 7:00)
285: Cohlton Schultz (ASU) over Austin Emerson (NEB) (Dec 6-0)
Press Release courtesy of Sun Devil Athletics – Will Edmonds
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