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University of Oklahoma Athletics
Friday, January 20
Norman, Okla.
7:00 PM
University of Oklahoma
19
vs
16
Iowa State
Sooners Survive Cyclones, Win 19-16
January 20, 2012 | Wrestling
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Oklahoma (9-2, 3-1) earned bonus points in three of its five wins to help overcome the Iowa State (2-10, 0-5) rally.
“A win is a win and we will take it,” Mark Cody said. “I'm definitely disappointed in the fact that several individuals on our team could have wrestled harder. It is never easy to come out and beat somebody twice. I think a lot of times guys will hang their hats on the fact they beat them one time and think they don't have to wrestle as hard. When you go out and wrestle someone you've already beaten it is that much harder to beat them the next time.”
The dual began with a top-12 matchup between OU's Jarrod Patterson and the Cyclone's Ryak Finch. Patterson, ranked No. 7, took an early 3-0 lead after an escape and takedown in the second. Finch, No. 12, chose the bottom position in the third, but was unable to escape the grasp of Patterson who rode out the period to gain the 4-0 victory.
In the 133 pound bout, OU's 11th-ranked Jordan Keller gave the Sooners their first bonus points of the night after he downed ISU's RJ Hallman, 14-0. Keller acquired a takedown, reversal, nine nearfall points and added 4:25 in riding time.
Oklahoma's top-ranked Kendric Maple suffered his first loss of the season at the hands of Iowa State's Luke Goettl in sudden victory overtime, 11-9. The Sooner had beaten the Cyclone on two different occasions this year; both by way of major decision, but gave up a takedown 0:33 into overtime.
“As a coach I have been here several times,” Cody said of Maple's loss. “I have been here several times with every national champion I have ever set in the corner with and have never taken a guy to the NCAA Tournament that was undefeated. I have been fortunate enough to sit with six of them at the NCAA finals. I expect him to be no different by the end of the year.”
Leading 7-3, OU's eighth-ranked Nick Lester earned a technical fall victory over ISU's Luke Swalla in the 149 pound bout. Lester had a 10-0 lead after the first and chose the bottom position to start the second where he quickly reversed Swalla and added the 3-point nearfall.
Iowa State earned its second win of the night in the 157 pound bout, which pitted OU's No. 14 Matt Lester against ISU's Michael Moreno. Lester earned a takedown in the first to lead 2-0, but gave up a takedown and 2:59 of riding time to Moreno to drop the bout, 3-2.
For the second time in the dual, a bout was decided in overtime, this time in the 165 pound bout. After a scoreless first, OU's Bubby Graham chose the bottom position where he earned a quick escape and held a 1-0 lead. Sorenson returned the favor in the third period and the bout was knotted at 1-1. In overtime, Sorenson earned a takedown 0:35 into the bout to take the 3-1 win.
Iowa State evened the score, 12-12, after taking the 174 pound matcht. ISU's Mikey England downed Oklahoma's Nolan McBryde, 9-3, after he posted three takedowns, three escapes and added 1:12 in riding time.
OU regained the lead, 16-12, after the Sooners' Erich Schmidtke earned the final bonus points of the night following his 10-1 win over ISU's Tyler Christensen. Schmidtke, ranked No. 20, had three takedowns, an escape, 2-points off Christensen stalling penalties and 2:11 in riding time.
Keldrick Hall clinched the match for OU in the 197 pound bout. Hall defeated ISU's Cole Shafer by a final of 11-5. Hall never trailed in the bout and posted four takedowns, two escapes and 1:23 in riding time.
With the dual clinched, ISU's 16th-ranked Matt Gibson earned the first bonus points for the Cyclones after he handled OU's redshirt freshman Kyle Colling, 10-1.
OU steps out of conference to battle Arizona State on Sunday, Jan. 22 at 2 p.m., inside the McCasland Field House. Next weekend, Cody will embark on his first "Beauty and the Beast" event, which pits the Sooners' wrestling team against Virginia Tech. The wrestlers will compete alongside the 10th-ranked Oklahoma women's gymnastics team, who is set to take on 18th-ranked North Carolina State, inside the Lloyd Noble Center at 7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 27.
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No. 11 Oklahoma 19, Iowa State 16 |
125 - No. 8 Jarrod Patterson (OU) dec. No. 12 Ryak Finch (ISU), 4-0
133 - No. 11 Jordan Keller (OU) MD. RJ Hallman (ISU), 14-0
141 - No. 19 Luke Goettl (ISU) dec. No. 1 Kendric Maple (OU), 11-9
149 - No. 7 Nick Lester (OU) Tech. Fall Luke Swalla (ISU), 4:15
157 - Michael Moreno (ISU) dec. No. 14 Matt Lester (OU), 3-2
165 - No. 4 Andrew Sorenson (ISU) dec. Bubby Graham (OU), 3-1
174 - Mikey England (ISU) dec. Nolan McBryde (OU), 9-3
184 - No. 20 Erich Schmidtke (OU) MD. Tyler Christensen (ISU), 10-1
197 – Keldrick Hall (OU) dec. Cole Shafer (ISU), 11-5
285 – No. 16 Matt Gibson (ISU) MD Kyle Colling (OU), 10-1
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