Wrestling Ready for Iowa Road Swing

¹⁵Iowa State

Oklahoma

January 25 | 7 p.m. | Ames, Iowa | Hilton Coliseum

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¹⁶Northern Iowa

Oklahoma

January 27 | 2 p.m. | Cedar Falls, Iowa | West Gym

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Oklahoma Projected Lineup (With InterMat Ranking)
Weight	Wrestler	Class	Record
125	Christian Moody	RJr.	6-5
OR	Zach Atencio	RSo.	1-7
133	Anthony Madrigal	Fr.	9-10
141	No. 11 Dom Demas	RFr.	21-4
149	Davion Jeffries	Sr.	13-6
OR	Noah Teaney	RSr.	0-0
157	Justin Thomas	RSo.	11-7
165	Hayden Hansen	RJr.	3-5
174	Anthony Mantanona	RFr.	10-9
184	Kayne MacCallum	Gr.	10-9
197	Jake Woodley	RFr.	8-7
OR	Ruston Duke	Jr.	0-3
HWT	Jake Boyd	RFr.	9-12

NORMAN – The Oklahoma wrestling team returns to the mat this weekend for an Iowa road swing. The Sooners will face No. 15 Iowa State Friday at 7 p.m. CT before a meeting with No. 16 Northern Iowa Sunday at 2 p.m.

Last Time Out

The Sooners last competed at the Virginia Duals, where they recorded a third place finish.

OU racked up three wins at the tournament, including two upsets of ranked teams. The Sooners fell to then-No. 9/9/16/16 (Flo/Trackwrestling/ InterMat/NWCA) Arizona State 22-12 before bouncing back in consolation to defeat No. 20/14 (NWCA/Intermat) Lock Haven 23-12. OU bested Old Dominion 27-14 to earn a spot in the third place match.

There, OU took avenged its earlier loss to Arizona State with a 21-19 victory over the defending champion-Sundevils.

In the third place match, OU trailed 20-18 when heavyweight Jake Boyd took the mat against Arizona State's Brady Daniel in the final bout. The bout went scoreless through one period before Boyd got on the board with an escape, then was awarded a penalty point for a 2-0 lead. Daniel got an escape in the third to trim Boyd's lead to 2-1, but the Sooner answered with a takedown to win it 4-1.

Sooners in the Rankings

At 141, Dom Demas is the Sooners' representative in the InterMat and FloWrestling rankings, checking in at No. 11 in the InterMat rankings and No. 10 in Flo's release.

In Trackwrestling's rankings, Demas is also No. 11, while Jake Woodley is No. 24 at 197.

Pinning Ways

In his last five matches, redshirt sophomore Anthony Mantanona has recorded three pins, including back-to-back wins by fall against West Virginia and Pitt. All of those victories came in under two minutes. Mantanona's most recent pin was against No. 20 Seldon Wright of Old Dominion, when the unranked Sooner defeated Wright in just 1:44.

Woodley Winner at Roger Denker Open

OU's Jake Woodley competed in the Roger Denker Open, where he took the 197 pounds title. The redshirt freshman dominated the tournament, winning his first match by fall before recording back-to-back major decision victories (18-6 and 19-5) to capture the crown.

Sooners Streaking

Three OU wrestlers enter the weekend with dual-match winning streaks: Woodley, Anthony Madrigal and Davion Jeffries have won their last three matches straight.

Jeffries' run includes an upset of then-No. 16 Josh Maruca of Arizona State 6-4 in OU's victory over the Sundevils. Madrigal also took down a ranked opponent in the same match, besting then-No. 20 Josiah Kline in a 2-1 decision.

Iowa State Projected Lineup

125: Alex Mackall, RSo. (16-6)
133: No. 9 Austin Gomez, RFr. (13-2)
141: No. 14 Ian Parker, RSo. (17-2)
149: No. 12 Jarrett Dege, RSo. (18-3)
157: Chase Straw, RJr. (12-8)
165: Logan Schumacher, Fr. (13-8)
174: Marcus Coleman, RFr. (18-6)
184: No. 19 Sam Colbray, RSo. (17-4)
197: No. 6 Willie Miklus, RSr. (12-2)
285: Gannon Gremmel, RSo. (18-8)

Northern Iowa Projected Lineup

125: Jay Schwarm, Jr. (7-7)
133: Jack Skudlarczyk, RFr. (5-8)
141: Josh Alber, Sr. (22-4)
149: Max Thomsen, Jr. (14-5)
157: Paden Moore, Jr. (3-2) OR Patrick Schoenfelder, RFr. (4-17)
165: Bryce Steiert, Jr. (16-5)
174: Taylor Lujan, Jr. (18-3)
184: Drew Foster, Sr. (18-3)
197: Tyrell Gordon, Fr. (13-7)
285: Carter Isley, So. (7-5) OR Izaak Shedenhelm, So. (6-14)

Match Info

Live stats for both contests will be available through Trackwrestling. The Iowa State match is set for 7 p.m. CT, while the Northern Iowa contest will begin at 2 p.m.