No. 8 Wrestling Crushes Buffalo, 28-7

Nov. 12, 2010

BUFFALO, NY – The eighth-ranked University of Oklahoma wrestling squad (2-0) cruised past Buffalo, 28-7, at Alumni Arena Friday to remain unbeaten on the season.

“It was a good outing against a tough team,” head coach Jack Spates said. “They beat Nebraska last year and we wanted to make sure that we wouldn't be among their victims. I thought the guys showed a lot of character. We seemed a little sluggish from the trip, but we were the ones winning the close matches and we were the ones coming from behind at the end. Overall, there were a lot of good things I saw.”

Jarrod Patterson, the reigning Big 12 Champion at 125 pounds, got the Sooners started with a 4-1 win over the Bulls' Taylor Golba.

The Sooners fell behind 4-3 after OU's Dustin Reed fell to Buffalo's Kevin Smith at 133 pounds, 14-5.

OU regained the lead, 7-4, when returning All-American Zack Bailey scored a 14-4 major decision victory over UB's Andrew Schutt in the 141 pound bout.

The bout at 149 pounds between OU's Nick Lester and BU's Desi Green went to seven overtimes before Lester finally claimed the victory, 6-2, with a four point near fall.

“Nick Lester twisted his ankle early in the match and came back to beat D—Green, who is ranked No. 8, to upset him,” Spates said. “That was a good win for him.”

Matt Lester became only the second Sooner victim to fall in the dual after he lost, 4-2, to the Bulls Mark Lewandoski. That narrowed the Sooners lead at 10-7.

Oklahoma's Chase Nelson got the Sooners back on the winning track after defeating UB's John-Martin Cannon, 5-3, in overtime.

“Chase Nelson also came back to force overtime against a ranked wrestler and got a good win,” Spates said.

Returning All-American Tyler Caldwell made his debut for the Sooners at 174 pounds. The Wichita, Kan., product handled the Bulls Ron Majerus with a 7-1 win, putting OU up 16-7.

In the 184 pound Bout OU's Erich Schmidtke won a 4-0 decision over Jimmy Hamel to give the Sooners a 19-7 lead over the Bulls.

Keldric Hall had three takedowns to claim a 9-4 decision over UB's Josh Peters in the 197 pound bout.

OU's Nathan Fernandez had the only pin of the night over Buffalo's Brett Correll with a time of 2:48. The fall ended the dual with a final score of 28-7.

“A lot of tough bouts and a lot of good wins today,” Spates said.

The Sooners get little rest as they go in search of their 12th-straight Brockport/Oklahoma Gold Classic title Saturday, Nov. 13, at Sunny Brockport.

MATCH-BY-MATCH RESULTS

125 – No. 9 Jarrod Patterson (OU) dec. Taylor Golba (UB), 4-1
133 - No. 10 Kevin Smith (UB) maj. dec. Dustin Reed (OU), 14-5
141 – No. 1 Zack Bailey (OU) maj. dec. Andrew Schutt (UB), 14-4
149 - Nick Lester (OU) dec. No. 10 Desi Green (UB), 6-2 (7OT)
157 - Mark Lewandowski (UB) dec. Matt Lester (OU), 4-2
165 – Chase Nelson (OU) dec. No. 15 John Martin Cannon (UB), 5-3
174 – No. 8 Tyler Caldwell (OU) dec. Ron Majerus (UB), 7-1
184 – No. 18 Erich Schmidtke (OU) dec. No. 14 Jimmy Hamel (UB), 4-0
197 – Keldric Hall (OU) dec. Josh Peters (UB), 9-4
HWT – No. 10 Nathan Fernandez (OU) Fall 2:58 over Brett Correll (UB)

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