After Jeff Dernlan's win at 134 gave the second-ranked wrestling team an early 10-0 lead, Iowa State never got closer than seven points the rest of the way as the Lions went on to rout the No. 11 Cyclones, 25-10, Saturday night at Rec Hall.

"I'm pleased with our performance. We beat a good team tonight," Coach Rich Lorenzo said. "Whenever we wrestle Iowa State it's not a real exciting type of match, it's more of a controlled type of thing with the two teams pretty conscious of position."

"Penn State's a better team at this point, they've got a heck of a dual meet team," Iowa State Coach Jim Gibbons said. "With the individuals they have - Martin, Chertow, Voit -- and if a few of the other guys place well at nationals they have a good chance of winning the tournament."

All-American Ken Chertow put the Lions (15-2-1) on top with an 11-1 major decision over Sean Watt in the 118-pound bout. After a scoreless first period, Chertow scored an escape, takedown and three back points in the second to lead 6-0. In the final period, Chertow (10-3) turned Watt for three more near fall points with a leg ride and a far half, scored one point when Watt was penalized for stalling and another point for riding time.

Jim Martin, honored as the GTE Academic All-American of the Year before the match, added another record to his illustrious career when he took the mat at 126. Martin (31-0-2) downed All-American Gary McCall, 7-0, for his 143rd career victory, surpassing Greg Elinsky to move into first place on the all-time wins list.

"Records are meant to be broken and when they are broken that means we are achieving what we set out to achieve," said Elinsky, a graduate assistant coach. "When guys break national records and old records that means that new guys are just getting better and that's what the coaching staff's job is."

The defending national champion controlled the entire match, scoring a takedown and three back points in the first period, and held off McCall the rest of the way for the win.

"He's a super young man, and it's an honor to have him on the team," Lorenzo said. "He's worked extremely hard, and he's earned everything he's gotten."

In a key matchup at 134, Dernlan decisioned two-time All-American Jeff Gibbons, 6-3. Dernlan (17-8) scored a takedown in each of the last two periods and rode Gibbons for well over a minute to keep his opponent on the defensive most of the match.

For his effort, Dernlan received the Ridge Riley Award as the most outstanding wrestler of the match.

In the 142-pound bout, Rob Meloy (10-2-2) battled Mike Moreno to a 1-1 draw. After trading escapes in the second and third periods, Moreno shot in deep on a single leg with about 45 seconds left, but Meloy fought him off and the match ended in a draw.

Iowa State (6-5-1) closed the gap to 12-5 in the 150-pound bout when three-time All-American Tim Krieger downed Mike Bevilacqua, 5-1. Bevilacqua kept the match close, and had two golden opportunities for takedowns thwarted.

The first chance came late in the second period when Bevilacqua (11-10-3) stunned Krieger with a quick upper body throw, but the wrestlers landed out of bounds. In the third, Bevilacqua was in deep on a single leg but Krieger countered and spun around for the two points to lock up the match.

In his first match of the season, Sean Finkbeiner, who had been sidelined with back problems, wrestled Steve Hamilton to a 1-1 draw at 158. Neither wrestler could mount much offense as the only points were scored on escapes. Hamilton took the lead with an escape midway through the second period, and Finkbeiner responded with an escape in the third.

At 167, Jason Suter (20-9) piled up 1:31 of riding time in the first period alone and went on to defeat Bob Thompson, 4-0, increasing the Lions' lead to 17-7.

In a back-and-forth match at 177, Matt White (10-13-2) jumped out to a 5-3 lead after one period, but Jim Nelson closed the gap to 6-5 in the second with a reversal. Nelson then outscored White 6-4 in the third to edge White, 11-10.

Leading 3-2, Andy Voit rode Mike Kelly for the entire second period and turned him with about 20 seconds left, but couldn't pin him. Voit (22-3-2) scored four more points in the final period for a 10-2 major decision which put the match out of reach at 21-10. Three-time All-American Eric Voelker, who was scheduled to compete at 190, did not wrestle because of stomach problems.

Greg Haladay (20-3-2) used his usual leg ride and far half to pile up eight near fall points in the second period en route to a 10-0 blanking of Chris Knutsen in the heavyweight match.

"Confidence is the biggest part," said Haladay of his success this season. "Before I wasn't hitting my moves with authority, and now I'm going through the moves more, not worrying so much about winning, but going out there and having a little more fun."

Penn State will be back in Rec Hall at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday to take on EWL rival Clarion. The Lions defeated Clarion, 32-9, in the finals of the Domino's Pizza/Penn State Duals Dec. 3.