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Sooners Begin Home Slate Thursday

Sooners Begin Home Slate Thursday

November 18, 2015 | Wrestling

Northern Colorado (1-1)
Northern Coloradooklahoma
No. 14 Oklahoma (3-0)
November 19 | 7 p.m. CT | McCasland Field House | Norman, Okla.
Oklahoma Probable Lineup
(with InterMat ranking)
Weight Wrestler Class Record
125 Ryan Millhof So. 2-1 (2-1)
133 No. 1 Cody Brewer RSr. 3-0 (3-0)
141 Trae Blackwell So. 1-2 (1-2)
OR Noah Teaney RFr. 0-0 (0-0)
149 No. 20 Davion Jeffries Fr. 3-0 (3-0)
157 Brock Wingbermuehle RFr. 1-2 (1-2)
165 No. 8 Clark Glass RJr. 3-0 (3-0)
174 No. 14 Matt Reed RJr. 3-0 (3-0)
184 Joel Dixon RFr. 2-1 (2-1)
197 Brad Johnson RJr. 3-0 (3-0)
HWT No. 9 Ross Larson RJr. 1-1 (1-1)

NORMAN – The University of Oklahoma wrestling team begins its home slate on Thursday, Nov. 19 when it hosts new Big 12 conference opponent Northern Colorado. The dual is set for 7 p.m. inside McCasland Field House.

The Sooners are coming off a dominating performance at the Northeast Duals on Nov. 15, where they picked up three wins against Nassau Community College (51-0), No. 15 Rutgers (19-18) and Army (34-6).  The duals were held at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, N.Y., and marked the official start of competition for OU.

Ranked Competitors
The Sooners enter the home opener with five probable starters in the top 20 of the latest Intermat poll. Redshirt senior Cody Brewer (No. 1 at 133 pounds), redshirt junior Clark Glass (No. 8 at 165 pounds), redshirt junior Ross Larson (No. 8 at 285 pounds) and redshirt junior Matt Reed (No. 14 at 174 pounds) have been ranked all season, while freshman Davion Jeffries (No. 20 at 149 pounds) entered the poll for the first time this week.

Northern Colorado has three ranked probable starters in Trey Andrews (No. 16 at 125 pounds), Dylan Gabel (No. 17 at 184 pounds) and Trent Noon (No. 20 at 197 pounds).

Northern Colorado Probable Lineup (with InterMat Rankings)
125: No. 16 Trey Andrews (11-3, 2-0)
133: Rico Montoya (8-2, 2-0)
141: Sonny Espinoza (5-5, 1-1)
149: Timmy Box (10-4, 1-1)
157: Eleazar De Luca (10-0, 2-0)
165: Joe Grable (4-6, 0-2)
174: Horacio Vialpando (4-5, 0-2)
184: No. 17 Dylan Gabel (7-3, 0-2)
OR Tanner Davis (4-4, 0-0)
197: No. 20 Trent Noon (8-0, 2-0)
HWT: Jack Kruck (5-3, 1-1)

Promotions
Thursday's dual will feature Student Appreciation Night (FitBit giveaway and long-sleeve shirts to the first 200 students), Greek Night and Social Media Night ($4 admission for followers of @OU_Wrestling on Twitter and the OU Wrestling Facebook page). 

Up Next
The Sooners travel to Ann Arbor, Mich. on Sunday, Nov. 22, to take on No. 3 Michigan at 1 p.m. CT.

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Sunday, February 08