Cowboy Wrestlers Knock Off Oklahoma

Feb. 13, 2000

NORMAN, Okla. -- In a battle of teams tied for the fourth spot in the polls, the Oklahoma State Cowboys defeated the Oklahoma Sooners, 19-16, in front of 5,052 fans at the Lloyd Noble Center, Sunday, in Big 12 wrestling action. OSU won six of the 10 weight classes in the victory. OU wrestlers Byron Tucker and Michael Lightner both claimed their 100th career victory. OU fell to 15-4-1 with the loss. Oklahoma State improves to 12-4-1.

Tucker gave the Sooners an early lead, defeating Tony Gansen by major decision, 19-6, in the dual's opening match at 174 pounds. OSU would win the next three bouts to take a 10-4 lead. Daniel Cormier majored Tommy Grossman at 184 pounds, 13-4, and at 197 Orville Palmer was penalized for stalling with :55 remaining, allowing OSU's Mark Munoz to escape with a 2-1 decision. Heavyweight Dave Anderton shutout Brent Boeshans, 2-0.

At 125 pounds, OU Quantres Bates pinned Jeff Ragan just before time expired in the first period to avenge his only loss of the season and tie the dual at 10 apiece. Charles Walker put the Cowboys back in the lead, 13-10, decisioning Witt Durden, 8-4, at 133 pounds. A penalty point also was the deciding point at 141 pounds, where OU's Lightner downed Jamill Kelly, 2-1. The Cowboy's Reggie Wright defeated Jared Frayer, 7-2, at 149 pounds. Sooner David Kjeldgaard scored four points in the third period, including a takedown with :42 remaining, for a come-from-behind victory over Shane Roller and to tie the dual at 16 with one match remaining. In the final match, OSU's Ty Wilcox earned four points in the final period to pull away from Robbie Waller, 6-1, and give the Cowboys a 19-16 win.

"In my mind, I thought that we could win that match," said Head Coach Jack Spates. "The start was bittersweet. Sweet in the sense that you start with as sure of a winner as you can have and it was bitter in the sense that we're immediately going to three guys who have been injured. I'm disappointed still with their performance, but in all fairness to them they have been injured and they don't have the kind of conditioning that they need to have. I told Robbie (Waller) it wasn't him. He wrestled hard. He got a little flustered at the end and lost his composure on that (locked hands) situation, in which we thought they had an escape and we had a takedown, instead we wind up with a locked hands call."

Oklahoma will be back in action Wednesday, Feb. 16, when it travels to Columbia, Mo., to battle the Missouri Tigers. Action begins at 8 p.m.

OKLAHOMA STATE 19, OKLAHOMA 16

174: #1 Byron Tucker, OU, maj. dec. Tony Gansen, OSU, 19-6
184: #5 Daniel Cormier, OSU, maj. dec. #5 Tommy Grossman, OU, 13-4
197: #2 Mark Munoz, OSU, dec. #5 Orville Palmer, OU, 2-1
HWT: #20 Dave Anderton, OSU, dec. #18 Brent Boeshans, OU, 2-0
125: #4 Quantres Bates, OU, fall #6 Jeff Ragan, OSU, 2:59
133: #8 Charles Walker, OSU, dec. #15 Witt Durden, OU, 8-4
141: #2 Michael Lightner, OU, #5 Jamill Kelly, OSU, 2-1
149: #3 Reggie Wright, OSU, dec. #7 Jared Frayer, OU, 7-2
157: #5 David Kjeldgaard, OU, dec. #15 Shane Roller, OSU, 5-4
165:#8 Ty Wilcox, OSU, dec. #9 Robbie Waller, OU, 6-1

University of Oklahoma Athletics

OKLAHOMA STATE 19, OKLAHOMA 16

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