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2002 College Wrestling: Ryan Fulsaas, Iowa vs Woodley Milford, Iowa State, 197 pounds, Steve Mocco

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The second-ranked Hawkeyes ended the meet when Ryan Fulsaas caught Woodley Milord in a headlock and pinned him at 197. Steve Mocco, pacing and ready for his heavyweight match, then discovered that he would receive a forfeit. "We're not healthy enough to wrestle against a guy like Mocco," Iowa State coach Bobby Douglas said. Douglas told Iowa coach Jim Zalesky that he would forfeit the heavyweight match, but Zalesky didn't tell Mocco. "We like starting meets at 125 pounds," Zalesky said. "But if everyone keeps forfeiting to him, we might have to rethink that. We might want to start at heavyweight." Fulsaas didn't run. Instead, he celebrated by pumping his fists for a cheering crowd. "I just did a good move and finished it," Fulsaas said. "I just exploded through the move. Hit, drive and finish." Smith's win pushed Iowa's lead to 22-7 and set the stage for Fulsaas. After cheering the dramatic pin with his teammates, Smith and the Hawkeyes watched with amusement as Mocco reluctantly accepted a forfeit. "Would you want to wrestle Mocco?" Smith asked. "They want me to wrestle him. I do sometimes, but I don't want to. The guy's a monster. Can you blame them for forfeiting?" Normally a 15-year, 30-match winning streak over your nearest rival would be cause for obnoxious celebration. Instead, Iowa downplayed the remarkable run. "In a lot of those dual meets in that streak, if Iowa State had won one match, we would have lost," Zalesky said. "There have been some good individual performances to keep this streak alive, even when it looks like Iowa State had the better team or the better matchups that day." On Sunday, Iowa had almost all of the matchups. "Iowa's got a good team," Douglas said. "The way they matched up with us made them look like a great team."