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Hendrickson win at heavyweight cements Big 12 title for Oklahoma State in first year of Taylor era

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TULSA, Okla. – Oklahoma State won its first Big 12 tournament title since 2021 and needed its star heavyweight Wyatt Hendrickson to pull off a win in the last match of the event to do so.
Hendrickson defeated four-time NCAA All-American Cohlton Schultz of Arizona State, 8-5, in the heavyweight final to scoot the Cowboys past a pesky Northern Iowa squad, who finished as runner-up with three champions.
Oklahoma State opened the day at the Big 12 tournament with a 17-point lead on Northern Iowa. The Panthers then won their first four bouts of the session, with one coming by fall and another by forfeit, to get within seven and a half points of the Cowboys. The team race stayed hot through the morning session and into the championship bouts—Oklahoma State held a 12-point lead and a six-to-four finalist advantage over UNI.  
With each win in the finals worth four team points, plus any bonus, UNI needed everything to go its way to win the tournament. One loss for UNI and one win for OSU would essentially lock up the team title for the Cowboys.
The finals opened with Troy Spratley taking on West Virginia’s Jett Strickenberger at 125. No score in the first period with Strickenberger starting the second on bottom. Spratley put together a good ride, but … more at … https://www.themat.com/news/2025/march/09/hendrickson-win-at-heavyweight-cements-big-12-title-for-oklahoma-state-in-first-year-of-taylor-era

March 11, 2025 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized