Oklahoma Wrestling Defeats Cal Poly, 34-9 and Fresno State, 30-3

The 14th ranked Oklahoma wrestling team defeated No. 24 Cal Poly, 34-9, and No. 25 Fresno State, 30-3, Saturday night at the Howard McCasland Field House. The Sooners fell behind 6-0 early to Cal Poly and then rolled off three falls in a row and never looked back. In the second dual of the night the Sooners wrestled Fresno State to a 30-3 score paced by Rafael Maturino, who recorded a fall at the 6:24 mark.

"I am pleased with our performance overall," Oklahoma head coach Jack Spates said. "We were aggressive and that was obvious in the first match when we had so many pins."

"I think it was a good step for us going into the National Duals," Spates followed.

The Sooners picked up three falls in a row against Cal Poly by Teyon Ware (141), Jeff Ecklof (149) and Charles Jones (157). Both Ware and Ecklof's falls came in the third periods of their matches at the 5:27 and 5:29 marks respectively, with Jones recording a fall against Keith Kroeger in the first period at the :39 mark. The 14th ranked Oklahoma wrestling team defeated No. 24 Cal Poly, 34-9, and No. 25 Fresno State, 30-3, Saturday night at the Howard McCasland Field House. The Sooners fell behind 6-0 early to Cal Poly and then rolled off three falls in a row and never looked back. In the second dual of the night the Sooners wrestled Fresno State to a 30-3 score paced by Rafael Maturino, who recorded a fall at the 6:24 mark.

Oklahoma next scored a major decision at 165 pounds by senior Rafael Maturino agianst Erik Shortenhaus and then a technical fall at 174 pounds by junior E.K. Waldhaus against Sam Temko. The Sooners added a decision by Justin Dyer against Ryan Halsey of Cal Poly and one more major decision by senior Leonce Crump agianst Arutro Basulto to close out the dual.

Freshman Sam Hazewinkel saw his undefeated streak come to an end with a 5-3 decison by Vic Moreno recorded in the last 10 seconds of the match. The No. 6 ranked wrestler recored is now 18-1.

The Sooners performance improved in the second dual of the night was against Fresno State. The Sooners recorded all of their wins by decision, except when Maturino recorded a fall at the 6:24 mark of his 165 pound match against Sean Sheets.

Hazewinkel bounced back and won by a convincing decision 9-2 over Christian Bowerman. Freshman Brandon Hardy jumped into the line-up defeating Joe Stewart by a 9-5 decision. Ware scraped out a win over Ben Martinez 7-5, scoring and escape in the third period with riding time to hold off Martinez. Ecklof won by decision 6-1 over Casey Olson.

Waldhaus, Dyer, David and Crump also all won their matches by decision with scores of 11-4, 3-1, 5-3 and 3-1, respectively. Jones lost the only match of the second dual when he was decisioned by Shane Seibert, 4-2.

The Oklahoma wrestling team will compete next in the National Duals in Cleveland, Ohio at Cleveland State University on Jan. 17-18, all day.