No. 11 Sooners Upset No. 4 Huskers

LINCOLN, Neb. -- The No. 11/11 Oklahoma Sooners (9-5-1, 1-3) upset the No. 3/3 Nebraska Cornhuskers (11-5, 1-2) 19-16 Friday night before a crowd of 1,517 inside the NU Coliseum.

"I am very pleased and proud of our team for a hard fought victory," said head coach Jack Spates. "We came in and dug ourselves a big hole to start with but our boys battled back and came up with a big win."

OU last defeated the Cornhuskers, 20-15, in Norman in 2003.

No. 5 Joel Flaggert pulled off the night's biggest upset in the 197 pound match, defeating No. 2 B.J. Padden by a decision of 6-2. Flaggert dominated the entire match only allowing two escapes to Padden.

Another upset came in the 157 pound match with Will Rowe upsetting No. 15 Chris Oliver by a major decision of 15-6. Oliver led the match 5-0 only :38 seconds into the match before Rowe fought back to claim the victory.

At 141 pounds No. 2 Teyon Ware defeated No. 19 Dominick Moyer by a decision of 6-2. At 125 pounds No. 2 Sam Hazewinkel claimed his 99th collegiate victory by defeating No. 9 Paul Donahoe by a decision of 3-0.

Also scoring decisions for the Sooners were No. 5 Jake Hager at heavyweight and No. 7 Matt Storniolo at 149 pounds. Hager defeated No. 19 Jon May, 2-1, in their heavyweight match. Storniolo defeated Robert Sanders by a decision of 7-2.

"Joel (Flaggert) dominated the No. 2 (Padden) wrestler in the country, and Will (Rowe) fought hard and came up with a big major decision" continued Spates. "We're happy to get a win tonight but we need to re-focus and prepare ourselves for a big dual on Sunday with a very talented Hofstra squad."

The Sooners are set to grapple Hofstra on Sunday inside the Ford Center in Oklahoma City as part of the ESPNU Double Dual Invitational.

Weight-by-Weight Results:

174 - No. 3 Jacob Klein (NU) fall Shane Vernon (OU), 3:50
184 - No. 11 Vince Jones (NU) maj. dec. No. 14 Justin Dyer (OU), 14-5
197 - No. 5 Joel Flaggert (OU) dec. No. 2 B.J. Padden (NU), 6-2
HWT - No. 5 Jake Hager (OU) dec. No. 19 Jon May (NU), 3-1 (SV1)
125 - No. 2 Sam Hazewinkel (OU) dec. No. 9 Paul Donahoe (NU), 3-0
133 - Patrick Aleksanyan (NU) dec. Trey Blakely (OU), 6-3
141 - No. 2 Teyon Ware (OU) dec. No. 19 Dominick Moyer (NU), 6-2
149 - No. 7 Matt Storniolo (OU) dec. Robert Sanders (NU), 7-2
157 - Will Rowe (OU) maj. dec. No. 15 Chris Oliver (NU), 15-6
165 - No. 15 Marc Harwood (NU) dec. No. 18 Jarrod King (OU), 3-2

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