Mountaineers Drop Road Dual to No. 4 Iowa State

Friday, February 13

Ames, Iowa

8 p.m.

West Virginia University

No. 4 Iowa State

February 13, 2026 10:06 PM | Wrestling

Score Sheet

By: Charles Montgomery

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The No. 18 West Virginia University wrestling team lost to No. 4 Iowa State, 32-7, on Friday night at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa.

Freshman No. 16 Gunner Andrick and redshirt junior No. 22 Ian Bush were the only winners for West Virginia (9-5, 4-3 Big 12). Andrick defeated Adrian Meza by decision, 5-0, to pick up his seventh win against Big 12 opponents this year. Bush rolled past Aiden Riggins, winning by major decision, 14-0.

Redshirt sophomore No. 7 Ty Watters dropped just his second match of the year, losing to No. 8 Vinny Zerban by decision, 5-2.

In his first action since December, graduate student Willie McDougald nearly pulled off an upset against No. 8 Jacob Frost in the 149-pound bout. McDougald scored a late takedown in the third period, but an escape before time expired earned the win for Frost.

Iowa State would go on to take eight of the 10 matches.

Full Results
125: No. 11 Stevo Poulin (ISU) over No. 8 Jett Strickenberger (WVU) (MD 14-4)
133: No. 16 Gunner Andrick (WVU) over Adrian Meza (ISU) (Dec 5-0)
141: No. 4 Anthony Echemendia (ISU) over Jordan Titus (WVU) (MD 12-3)
149: No. 8 Jacob Frost (ISU) over Willie McDougald (WVU) (Dec 6-5)
157: No. 8 Vinny Zerban (ISU) over No. 7 Ty Watters (WVU) (Dec 5-2)
165: No. 12 Connor Euton (ISU) over Sasha Gavronsky (WVU) (TF 20-4 6:02)
174: No. 12 MJ Gaitan (ISU) over No. 17 Brody Conley (WVU) (Dec 5-4)
184: No. 22 Ian Bush (WVU) over Aiden Riggins (ISU) (MD 14-0)
197: CJ Carter (ISU) over Cole Tolley (WVU) (TF 22-6 6:02)
HWT: No. 1 Yonger Bastida (ISU) over Brock Kehler (WVU) (TF 21-6 2:44)

West Virginia faces No. 15 Northern Iowa on Saturday night at the McLeod Center in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The match will be streamed live on FloWrestling.