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University of Oklahoma
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Arizona State
Wrestling Earns Road Victory Over No. 18 ASU, 32-7
November 18, 2010 | Wrestling
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TEMPE - The eighth-ranked University of Oklahoma wrestling team won its first road dual of the season Thursday over No. 18 Arizona State, 32-7, inside the Wells Fargo Arena.
"It was an outstanding victory for the Sooners," head coach Jack Spates said. "We had to win some tough battles, but we kept battling and we kept pulling out the close matches. Eventually we just broke their spirit and pulled away. We had a lot of hard-fought wins tonight."
The Sooners (3-0) never trailed in the dual as reigning All-American Tyler Caldwell started Oklahoma off on the right foot with a 2-0 decision over ASU's Eric Starks in the 174-pound bout and a 3-0 lead.
At 184 pounds Erich Schmidtke collected an 8-6 decision over Arizona State's Jake Meredith to give the Sooners a 6-0 lead.
OU's Keldrick Hall continued the trend of decision victories after he defeated ASU's Luke Macchiaroli, 9-3, putting the Sooners up 9-0.
In the heavyweight bout Oklahoma's Nathan Fernandez earned the Sooners their first pin of the night over ASU's Levi Cooper in just 1:13, which gave Oklahoma a convincing 15-0 advantage.
ASU's third-ranked Anthony Robles got the Sun Devils on the board, 15-5, after he earned a technical fall over the Sooners ninth-ranked Jarrod Patterson at 125 pounds.
Oklahoma's Jordan Keller scored a 2-0 decision over the Sun Devils' Ben Ashmore at 133 pounds, putting the Sooners up 18-5.
Zack Bailey, 2010 All-American and No. 1 among 141 pounders, continued his dominant season with a technical fall victory over Arizona State's Kalin Goodsite, giving the Sooners a commanding 23-5 lead.
In the 149-pound bout OU's Seth Vernon secured a 6-1 decision over ASU's Kenneth Ashmore to put OU ahead 26-5.
The Sooners Matt Lester dropped only the second bout of the night at 157 pounds. The Sooner dropped a close, 7-5, decision to ASU's No. 3 ranked Bubba Jenkins to give the Sun Devils eight points on the evening.
Newcomer Chase Nelson secured the Sooners second pin of the evening on ASU's Tejovan Edwards with a time of 4:22. Arizona State's Edwards lost the Sun Devils a point as he was penalized for misconduct, which gave OU the victory with a final of 32-7.
"It was a hard-fought victory over a really good team and I'm very proud of our guys," Spates said.
Next up, Oklahoma is set to host its annual Oklahoma Open next weekend, Nov. 27 at the Mosier Indoor track facility in Norman. The Sooners will take on Oklahoma City University at 9 a.m. and North Carolina State at 3 p.m. OCU and NCST will meet at 11 a.m. Admission is free to the public.
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MATCH-BY-MATCH RESULTS |
125 - No. 3 Anthony Robles tech. fall No. 8 Jarrod Patterson (OU), 6:55
133 - Jordan Keller (OU) dec. Ben Ashmore (ASU), 0-2
141 - No. 1 Zack Bailey (OU) tech. fall Kalin Goodsite (ASU), 20-3
149 - Seth Vernon (OU) dec. Kenneth Ashmore (ASU), 6-1
157 - No. 6 Bubba Jenkins (ASU) dec. No. 13 Matt Lester (OU), 7-5
165 - No. 19 Chase Nelson (OU) fall No. 16 Tejovan Edwards (ASU), 4:22
174 - No. 6 Tyler Caldwell (OU) dec. Eric Starks (ASU), 2-0
184 - No. 10 Erich Schmidtke (OU) dec. Jake Meredith (ASU), 8-6
197 - Keldric Hall (OU) dec. Luke Macchiaroli (ASU), 9-3
HWT - No. 13 Nathan Fernandez (OU) Fall Levi Cooper (ASU), 1:13
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