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Big 12 Conference Dual Meet Results

Cowboys Earn Tie Breaker Win Over No. 8 Missouri

STILLWATER – The Oklahoma State wrestling team defeated its second top-10 opponent in a row with a 17-16 win over No. 8 Missouri Sunday that came to the third tiebreaker criteria of total match points scored.
With both teams winning five matches, four by decision and a major decision by Missouri’s Keegan O’Toole and OSU’s Daton Fix, the match was decided based on the third criteria of match points, which Oklahoma State outscored Missouri, 45-43.
“I’ll just say I’m sure glad we got Daton when we needed to win by 10 points at the end,” head coach John Smith said. “Probably not his greatest match, but a lot of awareness. I mean that first period was big time, being able to pick up two takedowns and near fall points. 149 and 141, Good efforts with a nice, tough win (at 141). Lost a tight one there at 149. I think the only matches that were really separated was 165 and 133. The rest of them were barnburners that came down to the third period and end of the match. Good job for Surber being aware of where he was at. Attacking [Rocky Elam] in some positions that he needed to attack him in. Hopefully he’ll kind of grow from this and make a run at some things, like All-American honors, those type of things when you have nice victories like this.”
Oklahoma State entered the dual as the underdog in seven of the 10 individual bouts, but were able to pull off three upsets against the higher-ranked Tigers, … rest of story at OKstate.com/news/2023/2/5/cowboy-wrestling-cowboys-earn-tie-breaker-win-over-no-8-missouri

Bears Roar Back to Capture Big 12 Dual at Wyoming

Pin by Xavier Doolin Vaults UNC to Victory

LARAMIE, Wyo. – Xavier Doolin (285) defeated Taren Swartz at 2:28 by pinfall in the final of the dual to lift Northern Colorado past Wyoming 19-16 to claim the dual.
“Rivalry matches are tough,” said UNC head wrestling coach Troy Nickerson. “I don’t feel like we wrestled very well, however we were able to find a way to victory. Big wins by our upper-weights sealed the deal. We are excited to head home and regroup before we travel to Orem and a tough Utah Valley team.”
No.1-ranked Andrew Alirez (141) improved to 18-0 on the season with a dominating 18-6 majority decision win over Job Greenwood.
Chris Sandoval (149) earned a hard-fought 4-3 decision and Andrew Berreyesa (174) was victorious by a 4-2 decision.
Xavier Vasquez (197) won a 3-2 decision over Tyce Raddon, which set up Doolin’s heroics in the final match of the evening. … rest of story and results at UNCbears.com/news/2023/2/5/UW_UNC_Wrestling+News

Panther wrestling outlast Mountaineers in road dual

UNI improves to 7-0 all-time against West Virginia with 20-12 win. Panthers return home for final home dual on Friday vs. No. 3 Iowa State.

No. 14 UNI wrestling (7-3 / 5-2 Big 12) at RV West Virginia (7-5 / 1-5 Big 12)

• Attendance: 783
• Officials: Carlus Mansel and Mark Pocci 

MORGANTOWN, W. Va. — UNI wrestling capped a solid weekend of competition on the mat on Sunday afternoon as the Panthers picked up a 20-12 dual win over the West Virginia Mountaineers on the road in Big 12 competition. The Panthers are now 7-0 all-time in duals against West Virginia, and 4-0 under head coach Doug Schwab.

After Kyle Gollhofer dropped a hard fought bout at 125 pounds, Kyle Biscoglia (133 pounds) took the lead early in his match, heading into the third period with no points scored against him by David Rhoads. Finishing the match with an 8-4 decision, Biscoglia earned his team-leading 17th victory of this season. 

Attacking straight off the whistle, No. 7 Cael Happel (141 pounds) rolled in his bout against No. 28  Jordan Titus, scoring his first takedown in just fifteen seconds. Happel scored bonus points with a 13-4 major decision win to put UNI ahead 7-3.

No. 11 Colin Realbuto took on No. 25 Sam Hillegas in a tightly contested match at 149 pounds. Going back and forth in the first two periods, the third period brought all the action with a takedown from Hillegas, quickly followed by a counter attack from Realbuto … rest of story at UNIpanthers.com/news/2023/2/5/wrestling-panther-wrestling-outlast-mountaineers-in-road-dual

Four Thoughts on Oklahoma State Wrestling’s Wins against Missouri and Michigan

Seth Duckworth recaps the Cowboys’ big weekend

What a wild weekend for Oklahoma State wrestling, as the Cowboys beat two top 10 teams with Michigan and Missouri. Let’s dive into four thoughts on everything that transpired on Friday and Sunday.

1. A big-time dual vs. Missouri

This may be the most obvious one, but what a monumental win for the Cowboys vs. Missouri on Sunday. I thought there was a chance heading into it, but if you would’ve told me Dustin Plott would lose and the Cowboys would win the dual, I would have thought you were crazy. But OSU holds on in a nailbiter to take out No. 8 Missouri. Great environment, great showing by the fans, and everything you want in a wrestling match. That was why and how dual meets can be great.

2. Bout at the Ballpark not as well attended as one would hope

Attendance at the Bout at the Ballpark took a nosedive from over 12,000 last year to around 2,000 this year. I think it’s a creative event and has its place in the sport, but it will need something different to be a success commercially.

3. Team hitting its stride?

I’ll admit, I had my doubts about Oklahoma State at various points early in the season, but things seem to be clicking now. The Cowboys are wrestling at a level we haven’t seen yet. Michigan was without a few starters, and Missouri has had some injury issues leading up to this. But, these were two really good wins and the most complete that Oklahoma State has wrestled this season. … rest of story at Pistolsfiringblog.com/four-thoughts-on-oklahoma-state-wrestlings-wins-against-missouri-and-michigan

Luke Surber Named Big 12 Wrestler of the Week

STILLWATER – Oklahoma State’s 197-pounder Luke Surber earned Big 12 Wrestler of the Week after his upset over No. 1 Rocky Elam on Sunday, making it back-to-back weeks a Cowboy has won the award.

Surber went 2-0 on the weekend taking decisions over Michigan’s Rylan Rogers at Bout at the Ballpark, 6-2, and Missouri’s Elam, 5-4.
In a must-win match for the Cowboys against Missouri, Surber opened the scoring by taking Elam down with a minute to go in the first period. The final 15 seconds of the period was the difference in the match, consisting of an escape and takedown for Elam, followed by a reversal from Surber with seconds left in the period to take a 4-3 lead. From there, both wrestlers would escape … rest of story at OKstate.com/news/2023/2/7/cowboy-wrestling-luke-surber-named-big-12-wrestler-of-the-week

February 9, 2023 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized