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Wrestling in Preseason Polls

Wrestling in Preseason Polls

October 11, 2006 | Wrestling

By: Athletics Communications

NORMAN, Okla., -- The Oklahoma wrestling team has been ranked at No. 3 in the W.I.N. magazine preseason poll and No. 8 in the RevWrestling.com web site preseason poll.

W.I.N. magazine also has six Sooners ranked in the individual weight rankings.  Sam Hazewinkel at 125-pounds in ranked No. 2,  Matt Storniolo at 149-pounds is ranked No. 2, Will Rowe at 157-pounds is ranked No. 13, Jarrod King at 165-pounds is ranked No. 16, and Shane Siebert at 174-pounds is No. 18 and Joel Flaggert at 197-pounds is No. 4.

RevWrestling.com has four Sooners slotted in the top 15 of their individual rankings.  Hazewinkel is No. 2, Storniolo is No. 2, Rowe is No. 15 and Flaggert is No. 4.

The Sooners finished 2006 with an 11-6-1 record, runner-up at the Big 12 Championships and the program's fourth third-place finish out of the last five years at the NCAA Championships.

The Sooners welcome 13 newcomers for the 2006-07 season and return 19 wrestlers from last season, including All-Americans Hazewinkel, Storniolo and Flaggert.

Oklahoma opens the season Nov. 4 when it hosts Missouri Valley and Oklahoma City University in a double-dual at the Howard McCasland Field House.

  W.I.N. Magazine Preseason Top 25
 1. Minnesota
 2. Oklahoma State
 3. Oklahoma
 4. Iowa
 5. Missouri
 6. Iowa State
 7. Michigan
 8. Cornell
 9. Penn State
 10. Ohio State
 11. Northwestern
 12. Hofstra
 13. Central Michigan
 14. Pennsylvania
 15. Edinboro
 16. Michigan State
 17. Cal Poly
 18. Lehigh
 19. Nebraska
 20. Illinois
 21. Pittsburgh
 22. West Virginia
 23. Harvard
 24. Indiana
 25. Arizona State

 RevWrestling.com Top 25
 1. Minnesota
 2. Oklahoma State
 3. Missouri
 4. Iowa State
 5. Michigan
 6. Northwestern
 7. Iowa
 8. Oklahoma
 9. Penn State
 10. Ohio State 
 11. Cornell
 12. Pennsylvania
 13. Harvard
 14. Indiana
 15. Hofstra
 16. Michigan State
 17. Edinboro
 18. Illinois
 19. Cal Poly
 20. Wisconsin
 21. Central Michigan
 22. Cal Davis
 23. Arizona State 
 24. Nebraska
 25. West Virginia

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