TEMPE – Sun Devil Wrestling is set to welcome Big 12 Conference foe Cal Baptist to Desert Financial Arena in a matchup set for 6:30 p.m. MST on Friday, Feb. 13
Friday night’s dual could mark the final meeting between the two programs after Cal Baptist announced on Jan. 2, 2026 the university would discontinue its wrestling program at the conclusion of the 2025-26 season.
Schedule
Friday, Feb. 13, 2026
Arizona State vs. Cal Baptist
Tempe, Ariz. | Desert Financial Arena | 6:30 p.m. MST
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Where to watch
Fans can tune into the match via ESPN+ with a subscription. Ryan Sykora alongside former Sun Devil Wrestler and UFC star Aaron Simpson will have the call on Friday evening.
Last time out
The Sun Devils are coming off a 1-1 weekend, highlighted by a come-from-behind 23-16 victory over archrival Oregon State on Friday, Feb. 6, before dropping a 31-9 road dual at Oklahoma on Sunday, Feb. 8.
Arizona State erased a 16-4 deficit against Oregon State by rattling off five consecutive wins from 165 pounds through heavyweight, flipping the dual in dramatic fashion and securing one of its most resilient performances of the season.
The turning point came at 184 pounds, where redshirt junior Shay Addison reversed a 7-4 deficit into a momentum-shifting pin that tied the team score at 16-16 with two bouts remaining. Graduate 197-pounder Colton Hawks followed with one of the weekend’s marquee performances, edging then-No. 4 Justin Rademacher in a 6-4 SV-3 win to push ASU ahead. Freshman heavyweight Ben Szuba sealed the comeback with an 11-0 major decision, punctuating the rally and closing out the Sun Devils’ statement win.
However, ASU was unable to carry that momentum into Sunday’s matchup at Oklahoma, where the Sooners pulled away for a 31-9 victory. Redshirt sophomore No. 14 Nicco Ruiz earned his second win of the weekend with an 8-2 decision to improve to 18-5 on the season, while redshirt freshman No. 20 Pierson Manville (141) and junior An’ee Vigil (125) also picked up wins in the dual.
ASU Probables
125: An’ee Vigil (11-7)
133: No. 5 Kyler Larkin (14-1) -OR- Carter Dibert (1-8)
141: No. 20 Pierson Manville (15-5)
149: Benji Alanis (3-5) -OR- Daniel Miranda (1-5)
157: No. 5 Kaleb Larkin (19-2) -OR- Chance McLane (10-5) - OR- Jabari
Hinson (9-6)
165: No. 14 Nicco Ruiz (18-5)
174: Cael Valencia (12-9)
184: Azizbek Fayzullaev (4-6) -OR- Shay Addison (6-8)
197: Colton Hawks (3-6)
HWT: David Szuba (17-9) - OR- Damion Schunke (0-4)
Scouting the opposition
Cal Baptist (2-9, 0-6 Big 12)
ASU and CBU have faced off just once before, with the Sun Devils claiming a 34-10 win on Jan. 12, 2025 at Mullett Arena.
The Lancers are coming off a 37-10 win against Morgan State back on Jan. 31 in Riverside and feature former Sun Devil Jesse Vasquez at 141-lbs.
In his four years at ASU, Vasquez went 49-21 while qualifying for the NCAA championships as a junior in the 2023-24 season.
Vasquez also won a Pac-12 championship at 141-lbs. after wins over Oregon State’s Cleveland Belton and Stanford’s Jason Miranda. He is likely to face mentee Pierson Manville on Friday night.
CBU is one of only four NCAA Division I wrestling programs in California and is in its third year of eligibility.
Lancers probables
TBD
Notes
- The Sun Devils rattled off five-straight wins from 165-HWT against Oregon State on Feb. 6. It was the first time winning five consecutive bouts in a dual this season and since Jan. 12, 2025 vs. Cal Baptist
- ASU has 10 wrestlers to win 10-or-more matches this season after only five wrestlers won 10-plus matches a season ago.
- The Sun Devils feature five wrestlers in the most recent rankings from Intermat
133: No. 5 Kyler Larkin
141: No. 20 Pierson Manville
157: No. 5 Kaleb Larkin
165: No. 14 Nicco Ruiz
HWT: No. 18 David Szuba - The Szuba brothers have combined to go 30-11 this season in the heavyweight division, while winning 22 consecutive matches combine
- David - nine wins in a row
- Ben - 13 wins in a row
- Ben Szuba joins Cael Valencia as the only Sun Devils to win multiple tournaments this season after taking the crown at the Edinboro Open on Jan. 31.
- Nicco Ruiz has set a career high with 18 wins so far this season.
- Kaleb Larkin and David Szuba share the team lead with 11 wins by bonus points.
Larkin: 3 MD, 4 TF, 4 F
Szuba: 5 MD, 2 TF, 4 F - Additionally, David Szuba picked up his 20th career win by major decision against Cornell on Jan. 31.
- Colton Hawks’ win over Oregon State’s No. 4 Justin Redemacher marked the highest-ranked win of his career between his time at ASU and Missouri. The win also marked the 65th of his career.
- Shay Addison’s win by fall over Oregon State’s TJ McDonnell marked the second time in three duals that a Sun Devils 184-pounder won by fall after Azizbek Fayzullaev’s pin on Jan. 31 against Cornell (W, 18-17).
- Kaleb Larkin is now 6-1 in the newly reclassified 157-lb. division. After Cornell’s No. 7 Meyer Shapiro handed Larkin his first loss at 157, he bounced back with a win by fall over Columbia’s No. 18 Kai Owen. Larkin has never lost back-to-back matches throughout his career.
- Kyler Larkin ranks No. 1 nationally at 133 lbs. in the RPI, posting a 0.7124 rating through 14 matches.
- Pierson Manville has outscored opponents 189-72 on the season, while holding a career-best 15 wins, Manville has not given up more than 10 points in a match this season.
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