Sooner Wrestling Loses To Oklahoma State, 23-12

The No. 15 ranked Oklahoma wrestling team lost to No. 1 ranked Oklahoma State in front of a crowd of 7,402 fans in Gallagher-Iba Arena on Sunday. Red-shirt freshman Sam Hazewinkel, sophomore Teyon Ware, freshman Joel Flaggert and senior Leonce Crump won their matches tonight at 125, 141, 197 and HWT respectively.

"We are extremely young," head coach Jack Spates said. "We had six freshmen in there. I am just disappointed in the number of warnings that we received. You have to battle out there, and we felt that we had a real good shot to win five matches if we wrestled the way that we are capable of. The bottom line is that you have to do more."

Ware made his return to the mat after injury held him out for the start of the season. Ware decisioned Ronnie Delk of Oklahoma State, 6-4 in a close match as defending national champion.

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"From the beginning I just played this match by ear," Ware said. "I did not know how I was going to feel coming into this match. I was a little nervous when I came out because this was my first match back and it was bedlam. I am not throwing any excuses out there. He wrestled a great match. He kept it close, which was what a lot of the fans were hoping for. He is a tough wrestler and I will get another chance at him."

Hazewinkel maintains his undefeated streak with a 5-2 decision of Cody Sites of Oklahoma State. The win puts Hazewinkel at 12-0 on the year with his first dual win of the season.

Flaggert won his match with Rusty Blackmon of Oklahoma State by a 2-1 decision. Flaggert reversed Blackmon in the second period to receive his only points of the match, which were enough to hold off Blackmon for the win.

"Sam and Joel Flaggert were excellent," Spates said. "They both wrestled extremely hard."

Crump decisioned Will Gruenwald of Oklahoma State, 7-2 in the last match of the dual. Crump pulled away in the third period after a 2-0 lead through the first and second periods by recording two takedowns to finish off Gruenwald.

"We wrestled a great team, but a team that is vulnerable. We just have to do more to put ourselves in a position to win," Spates said.

Oklahoma will next travel Edmond Okla. to take on Bacone College and Central Oklahoma on Dec. 12, at 4 p.m.

125 Pounds: Sam Hazewinkel (OU) dec. Cody Stites (OSU), 5-2

133 Pounds: Johnny Thompson (OSU) fall Mimi Miller (OU), 1:54

141 Pounds: Teyon Ware (OU) dec. Ronnie Delk (OSU), 6-4

149 Pounds: Zack Esposito (OSU) dec. Jeff Ecklof (OU), 9-4

157 Pounds: Kevin Ward (OSU) maj. dec. Charles Jones (OU), 13-3

165 Pounds: Tyrone Lewis (OSU) maj. dec. Rafael Maturino (OU), 16-4

174 Pounds: Chris Pendleton (OSU) dec.E.K. Waldhaus (OU), 4-2

184 Pounds: Jake Rosholt (OSU) dec. Justin Dyer (OU), 3-0

197 Pounds: Joel Flaggert (OU) dec. Rusty Blackmon (OSU), 2-1

Heavyweight: Leonce Crump (OU) dec. Will Gruenwald (OSU), 7-2