Oklahoma Wrestling Defeats Arizona State, 22-18

The ninth ranked Oklahoma wrestling team defeated No. 13 Arizona State, 22-18, Saturday night at the Howard McCasland Field House. The Sooners win improves their record to 12-4 and keeps their undefeated home record intact.

The Sooners jumped out to a 13-0 lead winning their first three matches by two major decisions and one technical fall. The Sooners and the Sundevils then split the next two matches making the score 16-3. Arizona State won the next two matches to draw closer at 16-9, until Teyon Ware pinned his opponent at the 3:17 mark after leading the match, 4-0. That put the score at 22-9 in Oklahoma's favor. That would be all the Sooners needed to win the dual. Oklahoma would hold on dropping the next two by a decision and a fall to make the final 22-18.

Rafael Maturino, E.K. Waldhaus and Justin Dyer won their matches to spark the Sooners and give them momentum to win the meet. Maturino, at 165 pounds, won his match by a major decision unloading on his opponent in the third period. Maturino picked up seven points in that last period to win the match 11-3.

Waldhaus also won his match by major decision at 174 pounds, only allowing one point to his opponent. Waldhaus scored a takedown in the first period, then allowed an escape. He rolled off 11 unanswered points throughout the rest of the match to win it by a score of 13-1.

The Sooners third match at 184 pounds, saw Dyer not give up any points to his opponent winning by a technical fall, 18-0. Dyer evened his points out during the match relentlessly trying to pin his opponent.

Heavyweight Leonce Crump came close to scoring his fourth major decision of the year winning by an 8-1 decision. Crump took his time in this match only scoring four points and allowing one through two periods. Then in the third, Crump scored four more points getting a takedown with five seconds left to go up 7-1. Crump added 1:53 of riding time made the final score.

The Sooners final win of the night came from defending national champion Ware. Ware would strike fast scoring a takedown at the 2:39 mark. That would hold up through the first period making the score 2-0. Ware chose down in the second period getting a reversal at 1:52 to make the score 4-0. Ware would only need a few more seconds to pin his opponent at the 3:17 mark. The fall would give the Sooners their last points of the meet with 22, as they would have to hold off Arizona State.

The Sundevils would win the last two matches of the night by a decision over 149 pound Jeff Ecklof and a fall against Charles Jones at 157 pounds. In one of the more entertaining match of the night, ninth ranked Ecklof would battle 14th ranked Patrick Williams in a grueling match that saw Williams score a takedown with 28 seconds left to win the match by a 7-4 decision. The Sooners lost these last two, but hold off the Sundevils to win the meet 22-18.

Oklahoma will return to Big 12 Conference competition when Iowa State comes to town on Jan. 30 at 7 p.m. in the Howard McCasland Field House.

Weight-By-Weight Results
165: Maturino (OU) Maj. Dec. 11-3 Robbins (ASU)
174: Waldhaus (OU) Maj. Dec. 13-1 Ohne (ASU)
184: Dyer (OU) Tech. Fall 18-0 Trulson (ASU)
197: Bader (ASU) Dec. 4-0 David (OU)
HWT: Crump (OU) Dec. 8-1 Starks (ASU)
125: Staylor (ASU) Dec. 13-10 Hazewinkel (OU)
133: Simpson (ASU) Dec. 5-3 Miller (OU)
141: Ware (OU) Fall 3:17 Mendoza (ASU)
149: Williams (ASU) Dec. 7-4 Ecklof (OU)
157: Stith (ASU) Fall 6:13 Jones (OU)

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