Takedown Report

Big 12 Dual Meet Results

Wyatt Sheets’ Fall Leads Cowboys to 19-17 Win Over No. 15 Northern Iowa

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – A third-period fall from Wyatt Sheets over No. 10 Austin Yant proved to be the difference in the Oklahoma State wrestling team’s 19-17 victory over No. 15 Northern Iowa on Saturday night.
Coming out of intermission the Cowboys trailed Northern Iowa, 10-7, after the Panthers won three of the first five bouts. Tied at one in the third, Sheets countered a shot and stuck Yant on his back to swing the momentum to OSU’s side and hand Yant his first loss of the season.
No. 6 Dustin Plott defeated No. 13 Lance Runyon, 7-3, and No. 18 Luke Surber claimed a decision of his own over true freshman Wyatt Voelker as OSU was able to hold on to the win and extend its win streak to six.
Carter Young was also able to collect a bonus-point win over a top-10 opponent with a 15-7 major decision over No. 8 Cael Happel at 141 pounds. Young jumped out to an early 12-1 lead in the first period with a pair of takedowns three turns. He would score three escapes from there over the next two periods to clinch the major. The win was Young’s second over a top-10 wrestler this year … rest of story at OKstate.com/news/1/28/cowboy-wrestling-wyatt-sheets-fall-leads-cowboys-to-19-17-win-over-no-15-northern-iowa

UNI wrestling rebounds with win over Oklahoma at home, 23-16

Panthers score sixth consecutive dual victory over Sooners. UNI returns home on Friday vs. Cal Baptist

No. 15 UNI wrestling (5-3 / 3-2 Big 12) vs. RV Oklahoma (7-5 / 1-3 Big 12)

• Attendance: 2,564
• Official: Jake Frias, Derek Lark

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — After a tough dual loss to No. 10 Oklahoma State on Saturday night, UNI wrestling bounced back for an impressive 23-12 win over the Oklahoma Sooners on Sunday afternoon inside the McLeod Center. 

The Panthers are now 8-1 against Oklahoma under head coach Doug Schwab, and have won 6 consecutive duals against the Sooners. Schwab also tied former Panther coach Dave McCuskey (1931-52) with his 102nd dual win with UNI, tied for 3rd all-time in program history.

After narrowly dropping the open match at 125 pounds, Kyle Biscoglia got the Panthers on the board 2 minutes into his match at 133 pounds with a takedown and pin of No. 28 Wyatt Henson. The fall marks Biscoglia’s fifth pin of the season.

Cael Happel fell short at 141 pounds after surrendering a stall warning points, plus the riding time point to No. 23 Mosha Schwartz in a 2-1 decision. Colin Realbuto bounced back after nearly giving up a nearfall takedown … rest of story at UNIpanthers.com/news/2023/1/29/wrestling-uni-wrestling-rebounds-with-win-over-oklahoma-at-home-23-16

No. 4 Iowa State Fends Off No. 10 Oklahoma State

AMES, Iowa – No. 4 Iowa State (12-2, 5-0 Big 12) fended off a stiff challenge from No. 10 Oklahoma State (9-2, 5-1 Big 12) to win, 18-11, Sunday afternoon in front of an energized Hilton crowd.

The Cyclones trailed 11-8 with three matches remaining, but Marcus Coleman (184), Yonger Bastida (197) and Sam Schuyler (285) closed with three-straight wins to secure Iowa State’s first home victory over Oklahoma State since 2009.

It marked ISU’s 16^th consecutive Big 12 dual victory dating back to the 2020-21 season. In a dual where nine of 10 matches were decided by six points or less, the Cyclones won the takedown battle, 14-7.

Caleb Fuessley got things started with a 10-4 decision over Zach Blankenship at 125 pounds, highlighted by a feet-to-back dump for a takedown and two near fall points in the second period. Oklahoma State picked up decisions at 133 and 141 pounds before Paniro Johnson righted the ship with a 3-1 victory over Victor Voinovich at 149 pounds. Johnson used a tilt in the second period for two near fall points which was the difference in the match.

David Carr won his 21^st consecutive match with a workmanlike 5-3 decision against Wyatt Sheets. Carr was the aggressor in the win, securing a pair of first period takedowns. Trailing 11-8 with three matches remaining, Iowa State needed production from its upper weights. Marcus Coleman registered three takedowns in a 7-2 decision against … rest of story at Cyclones.com/news/2023/1/29/wrestling-no-4-iowa-state-fends-off-no-10-oklahoma-state

South Dakota State WRESTLING WINNING STREAK REACHES 10

U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — Pins by Cade DeVos and Tanner Jordan in the first half of the dual lifted South Dakota State to its 10^th consecutive win, a 26-16 victory over Air Force Sunday afternoon at Clune Arena.
The 18^th-ranked Jackrabbits improved to 11-2 overall and 5-0 in the Big 12 Conference. Air Force dropped to 7-2 in duals, including a 3-2 record in the Big 12.
With the dual starting at 174 pounds, the 15^th-ranked DeVos ignited a fast start for the Jackrabbits by posting a first-period fall in his match against Gage Musser.
A 4-3 decision by Cade King at 184 pounds and a 17-0 technical fall by Tanner Sloan gave SDSU a 14-0 lead through three matches. King’s victory was his ninth in a row — all by decision during the Jackrabbits’ dual winning streak — and Sloan ran his personal winning streak to 14 matches.
Air Force got on the board with technical-fall victories in two of the next three matches. First, sixth-ranked Wyatt Hendrickson handed the Jackrabbits’ A.J. Nevills his first dual loss of the season with a 16-1 technical fall in a match that ended late in the third period. The other technical fall for the Falcons was recorded at 133 pounds by No. 21 Cody Phippen, who blanked Derrick Cardinal, 15-0, early in the third period.
In between the two Air Force victories, Jordan put Tucker Owens’ shoulders to the mat midway through the third period of their 125-pound matchup. The bout was scoreless through two periods before Jordan … rest of story at GOjacks.com/news/2023/1/29/wrestling-wrestling-winning-streak-reaches-10

February 2, 2023 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized