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University of Oklahoma Athletics
Sooners Travel to Lehigh For Season Finale
February 15, 2018 | Wrestling
Lehigh (10-3)
Oklahoma (8-10)
Feb. 16 | 6 p.m. CT | Leeman-Turner Arena | Bethlehem, Pa.
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NORMAN —Oklahoma wrestling heads northeast to face No. 9 Lehigh (10-3, 7-1 EIAC) on Friday night at 6 p.m. CT. at the Leeman-Turner Arena in Bethlehem, Pa., for its final dual of the season.
SEASON IN REVIEW
Oklahoma travels to Pennsylvania with an 8-10 mark on the season. The Sooners went 1-1 last weekend with a victory over Edinboro and a loss at the hands of No. 4 Oklahoma State. The win over Edinboro in Norman – where all four seniors earned victories on Senior Night - capped a 4-1 home record on the 2017-18 campaign for Oklahoma. Friday night's match at Lehigh will be the final career team dual for Oklahoma's quadruplet of seniors: Dawaylon Barnes, Andrew Dixon, Mike Longo and Yoanse Mejias.
SOONERS IN THE RANKS
Senior Yoanse Mejias stood firm at No. 10 in the nation at 174 pounds following a perfect 2-0 weekend with wins in OU's duals against Edinboro and Oklahoma State. The two victories pushed Mejias to 14-2 on the season in duals, pacing the Sooners. Redshirt sophomore Christian Moody also remained at No. 16 in the country at 125 pounds, with a strong 14-4 record in duals.
LEHIGH PROJECTED LINEUP
125 - Sr. No. 2 Darian Cruz (20-0; 12-0 Dual)
133 - Sr. Scott Parker (13-0; 6-0 Dual)
141 - So. No. 4 Luke Karam (16-4; 11-2 Dual)
149 - Sr. Cortlandt Schuyler (7-8; 5-5 Dual)
157 - Sr. Ian Brown (15-7; 8-5 Dual)
165 - Sr. Gordon Wolf (12-7; 6-4 Dual)
174 - Jr. No. 7 Jordan Kutler (18-3; 11-2 Dual)
184 - Sr. Ryan Preisch (8-2; 4-2 Dual)
197 - So. Chris Weiler (10-8; 5-3 Dual)
285 - So. Jordan Wood (13-5; 8-3 Dual)
SCOUTING THE MOUNTAIN HAWKS
Lehigh, ranked No. 9 in the nation, enters the weekend at 10-3 on the 2017-18 season following a huge 22-13 win over top-10 Arizona State. Led by head coach Pat Santoro in his 10th season at the helm, Lehigh's three losses came to three top-12 teams – Penn State, Cornell and Virginia Tech. The team, which features six seniors in the lineup, has other notable wins over No. 25 Drexel and Navy, who received votes. The Lehigh wrestling program has notched 10-plus wins in all 10 seasons under Santoro. Following Friday's tilt, Lehigh will host Pittsburgh on Sunday.
MOUNTAIN HAWKS IN THE RANKS
The Mountain Hawks have four wrestlers in Intermat's latest rankings: Darian Cruz, ranked No. 2 in the nation at 125 pounds, Jordan Kutler, ranked No. 4 at 174 pounds, Luke Karam, No. 11 at 141 pound, and Jordan Wood at No. 12 at heavyweight. Cruz, a senior, is a perfect 12-0 in duals this year and has been one of the most dominant collegiate wrestlers during his time, with a 36-9 career dual record. Karam and Kutler are both 11-2 at No. 141 and 174 pounds, respectively.
OU VS. LEHIGH HISTORY
Friday's contest marks the 18th all-time meeting between the two schools, with OU 13-4-0 all-time against Lehigh. The last time out, in 2016, Lehigh earned a 30-7 win over the Sooners. Oklahoma's last win over the Mountain Hawks came in 2012 by a score of 22-16.
UP NEXT
The season is wrapping up, with the Big 12 Championship (March 3-4, Tulsa) and NCAA Championships (March 15-17, Cleveland, Ohio) left on the docket for OU after Friday night.
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