OU Hosts Top-25 Bedlam Dual Sunday

Sunday, December 15

Norman, Okla.

2:00 PM

University of Oklahoma

Oklahoma State

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Photo by: Cam Kramer

December 14, 2019 | Wrestling

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By: Athletics Communications

Dec. 15 | 2 p.m. CT | McCasland Field House | Norman, Okla.

⁹ Oklahoma State (3-1)

²¹ Oklahoma (1-1)

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Oklahoma Projected Starters with FloWrestling Rankings
Weight	Wrestler	Record
125	Christian Moody OR	1-7
125	Tommy Hoskins	2-6.
133	No. 16 Anthony Madrigal	12-5
141	No. 3 Dom Demas	14-2
149	Jacob Butler OR	7-5
149	Zack Zeamer	1-5.
157	No. 19 Justin Thomas	11-6.
165	Sam Dover OR	1-2
165	Jose Lao Cooper	1-7
174	No. 11 Anthony Mantanona	10-4
184	Darrien Roberts OR	6-3
184	Jake Boyd	0-2
197	No. 9 Jake Woodley	11-4
HWT	Josiah Jones OR	5-7
HWT	Connor Webb	2-5

NORMAN – No. 21/22/22 (FloWrestling/InterMat/Trackwrestling) Oklahoma (1-1) hosts No. 9/8/10 Oklahoma State (3-1) Sunday, Dec. 15, at 2 p.m. in McCasland Field House for the first dual of a home-and-home Bedlam series this season.

Last Time Out

Four Sooners placed at last weekend's Cliff Keen Las Vegas Collegiate Wrestling Invitational in Las Vegas, Nev. Dom Demas (141) took third place, Jake Woodley (197) brought home seventh place, Justin Thomas (157) earned sixth and Anthony Madrigal (133) recorded a seventh-place finish.

At 141, Demas went 5-1 on the weekend, collecting a fall, two tech falls and a major decision en route to the third-place finish. Demas' only loss came to the nation's fourth-ranked wrestler, Minnesota's Mitchell McKee, in a tight 5-2 decision.

Woodley claimed third place after knocking off a pair of top-12 opponents: No. 11 Tanner Sloan (South Dakota State) and No. 6 Eric Schultz (Nebraska). The redshirt sophomore enters his Bedlam match with No. 6 Dakota Geer after competing in four straight top-25 bouts to end last weekend, going 2-2.

Sooners in the Rankings

OU enters the weekend with six Sooners ranked in at least one of three major ranking services: FloWrestling, InterMat and Trackwrestling. As a team, Oklahoma is ranked No. 21 by Flo and No. 22 by InterMat and Trackwrestling. Dom Demas is ranked third at 141 by Flo, while InterMat and Trackwrestling ranked the reigning Big 12 champion fourth. Jake Woodley sits at ninth in all three rankings. In addition to Demas and Woodley, another pair of Sooners finds itself in each poll's top 20: No. 16/18/18 Anthony Madrigal (133) and No. 19/17/17 Justin Thomas (157).

Oklahoma State Projected Starters with FloWrestling Rankings
Weight	Wrestler	Record
125	No. 4 Nick Piccininni	6-1
133	Reece Witcraft	6-1
141	Dusty Hone OR	4-2
141	Kaden Gfeller	0-0
149	No. 4 Boo Lewallen	8-0
157	Wyatt Sheets	4-2
165	No. 14 Travis Wittlake OR	8-0
165	Andrew Shomers	3-4
174	Joe Smith OR	0-0
174	Gavin Stika	3-0
184	No. 24 Anthony Montalvo	4-2
197	No. 6 Dakota Geer	6-1
HWT	Austin Harris	2-3

At 174, Anthony Mantanona sits at No. 11 in Flo's ranking and No. 19 in InterMat's. Christian Moody is ranked No. 31 by Trackwrestling at 125.

Back For More

The Sooners return four of five 2018-19 NCAA qualifiers to this season's starting lineup: Christian Moody (125), Dom Demas (141), Justin Thomas (157) and Jake Woodley (197).

OU's returning qualifiers are off to a hot start on the season, combining for a 37-19 record. In the Sooners' first pair of duals at the Kent State Tri meet, Demas, Thomas and Woodley finished a combined 6-0.

In addition to the four returning qualifiers, Anthony Madrigal (133) and Anthony Mantanona (174) have both been solid veterans for the Oklahoma squad. Madrigal (12-5) has gone 8-1 against ranked opponents, defeating Nos. 10, 11, 12, 15, 17, 18, 20 and 25. Mantanona (10-4) leads the team in victories via fall with six pins, all in 3:16 or less.

Demas Dominating

Redshirt sophomore Dom Demas (141) has carried the momentum from his All-American redshirt freshman season into the 2019-20 campaign. The reigning Big 12 champion is 2-0 in OU's first duals and has earned top-three finishes at all three tournaments: second place at the Michigan State Open, first place at the Journeymen Collegiate Classic and third place at the Cliff Keen Invitational. The Columbus, Ohio, native leads the team in wins with 14 and technical falls with five.

Freshman Four

The Sooners bring four redshirt and true freshman to the mat for this season's first edition of Bedlam: Jacob Butler (149), Sam Dover (165), Darrien Roberts (184) and Josiah Jones (HWT).

Roberts, a true freshman out of Bethlehem, Pa., made his collegiate debut on Nov. 10 at the Journeymen Collegiate Classic, going 3-0 to win the 184C pool. Since then, Roberts has gone 3-3, including a 5-3 sudden-victory decision over Wyoming's No. 25 Tate Samuelson at the Cliff Keen Invitational on Dec. 6.

Match Info

Sunday's contest with Oklahoma State will be at McCasland Field House at 2 p.m. Doors will open at 12:30 p.m., and fans can pick up a free takedown foam finger, posters and schedule cards. Tickets can be purchased online or by calling the OU Athletics Ticket Office at (405) 325-2424.

The match will be broadcast on Fox Sports Oklahoma, and live stats can be found here.

OU Athletics utilizes a clear bag policy and walk-through metal detectors at all home events. More information on the policy and procedures can be found here.

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