Sooners Set for Road Swing Through Dakotas

Oklahoma

North Dakota State

Friday, Jan. 24 / 7 p.m. CT / Scheels Center / Fargo, N.D.

FloWrestling / Live Stats / Dual Notes

Oklahoma

^RV South Dakota State

Sunday, Jan. 26 / 2 p.m. CT / Frost Arena / Brookings, S.D.

FloWrestling / Live Stats / Dual Notes

Projected Starters with FloWrestling Rankings
Weight	Wrestler	Record
Oklahoma
125	Christian Moody	5-10
133	No. 17 Anthony Madrigal	14-6
141	No. 7 Dom Demas	16-3
149	No. 25 Jacob Butler	12-8
157	No. 19 Justin Thomas	14-5
165	Sam Dover	1-6
174	No. 10 Anthony Mantanona	13-4
184	Darrien Roberts	9-6
197	No. 14 Jake Woodley	12-6
HWT	Josiah Jones	5-12
North Dakota State
125	McGwire Midkiff	6-3
133	No. 11 Cam Sykora	7-3
141	Sawyer Degen -OR-	9-7
	Dylan Droegemueller	9-4
149	Jaden Van Maanen	7-10
157	Jared Franek	16-6
	Luke Weber -OR-	12-7
165	No. 11 Andrew Fogarty -OR-	12-2
	Austin Brenner	8-5
174	Lorenzo De La Riva	3-6
184	Noah Cressell -OR-	8-6
	TJ Pottinger	7-7
197	Cordell Eaton	7-6
HWT	No. 22 Brandon Metz -OR-	16-5
	Dan Stibral	9-5
South Dakota State
125	No. 25 Danny Vega	14-6
133	Zach Price	10-9
141	Clay Carlson	15-9
149	No. 10 Henry Pohlmeyer	12-3
157	Colten Carlson	4-9
165	Tanner Cook -OR-	11-2
	Garrett Jordan	10-7
174	Cade King -OR-	8-14
	Kelby Hawkins	3-5
184	No. 16 Zach Carlson	16-4
197	No. 19 Tanner Sloan	13-4
HWT	Blake Wolters	10-13

NORMAN - Oklahoma's wrestling squad hits the road for a pair of duals in North and South Dakota this weekend, beginning with a Friday evening matchup with North Dakota State and closing with a Sunday matinee against the South Dakota State Jackrabbits.

Friday night's dual is set for 7 p.m. CT in Scheels Center in Fargo, N.D., while Sunday's match with SDSU will begin at 2 p.m. in Frost Arena in Brookings, S.D.

LAST TIME OUT

Oklahoma battled past the West Virginia Mountaineers (3-8 overall, 0-2 Big 12), 22-18, on Sunday, Jan. 19, at McCasland Field House in Norman, Okla. The Sooners took advantage of three bonus-point victories to pull out the victory in the Big 12 showdown.

Anthony Madrigal (133), Jacob Butler (149) and Anthony Mantanona (174) claimed the trio of bonus-point wins for Oklahoma. Madrigal racked up 14 points in the first period on his way to a 20-4 tech fall over WVU's Lucas Seibert, while Butler shutout Liam Lusher with a 10-0 major decision. Mantanona earned his own major decision via shutout, defeating Scott Joll and earning a critical riding time point in an 8-0 bout.

Three other Sooners pulled out wins in the dual: Christian Moody (125), Justin Thomas (157) and Darrien Roberts (184).

SOONERS IN THE RANKINGS

OU enters the weekend with six Sooners ranked in at least two of three major ranking services: FloWrestling, InterMat and Trackwrestling.

Dom Demas is ranked fifth at 141 by InterMat, seventh by Flo and ninth by Trackwrestling. Anthony Mantanona (174) sits at 10th in Flo's ranking, 15th in Track's, and 18 in InterMat's. Jake Woodley (197) goes 12-13-14 in order of Track, InterMat and Flo, while Justin Thomas (157) goes 16-17-19. Anthony Madrigal is ranked 17th according to Flo, 16th by InterMat and 21st in Track's list.

Jacob Butler (149) finds himself in two polls. After defeating then-No. 23 Alec Hagan of Ohio on Jan. 5, Butler made his first career appearance in the rankings, and he now sits at No. 25 in Flo's rankings and No. 20 in the InterMat list.

SCOUTING NORTH DAKOTA STATE

North Dakota State enters the dual with a 3-3 overall record and a mark of 0-1 in Big 12 action. The Bison have a trio of wrestlers ranked in FloWrestling's top 25: No. 11 Cam Sykora (133), No. 11 Andrew Fogarty (165) and No. 22 Brandon Metz (285). Sykora sits at seventh
nationally with five tech falls in 23:43.

The Bison were scheduled to square off with No. 16 Iowa State on Jan. 19, but the dual was postponed due to blizzard conditions in Ames, Iowa. In its most recent dual, NDSU fell to Wyoming, 34-6, at home in Fargo.

The teams have met just two times. The Sooners hosted NDSU in 2016 and 2019, winning both duals. The 2019 edition, Oklahoma's final regular season match, came down to the wire, with Justin Thomas taking the last bout by a 7-6 decision and securing OU's 20-18 victory.

SCOUTING SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

South Dakota State brings an overall record of 6-4 and a 3-2 Big 12 record into the weekend. The Jackrabbits have four wrestlers in Flo's rankings: No. 25 Danny Vega (125), No. 10 Henry Pohlmeyer (149), No. 16 Zach Carlson (184) and No. 19 Tanner Sloan (197).

SDSU dropped a 22-17 dual to Iowa State at home in Brookings, S.D., on Jan. 17.

Oklahoma hosted the Jackrabbits in 2019 at Lloyd Noble Center, winning 30-6. The Sooners lead the all-time series, which dates back to 1970, 3-2.

BACK FOUR 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 have combined for an impressive 47-25 combined record on the season. In the Sooners' first four duals this season, Demas, Moody, Thomas and Woodley are a combined 14-4, collecting a total of 51 team points.

In addition to the four returning qualifiers, Anthony Madrigal (133) and Anthony Mantanona (174) have both been solid veterans for the Oklahoma squad. Madrigal (14-6) has gone 8-1 against ranked opponents, defeating then-Nos. 10, 11, 12, 15, 17, 18, 20 and 25. Mantanona (13-4) leads the team in victories via fall with seven pins, all in 3:16 or less.

MATCH INFO

Friday's dual with NDSU is set to begin at 7 p.m. CT. Live stats can be found through Trackwrestling, while FloWrestling will live stream the event.

The South Dakota State dual will begin on Sunday at 2 p.m. CT. Trackwrestling will also provide live stats, and the FloWrestling live stream can be found here.

UP NEXT

The Sooners return home for a conference dual with Northern Iowa on Saturday, Feb. 1, at 6 p.m. CT at McCasland Field House.

Tickets for Oklahoma's four remaining home duals can be purchased online or by calling the OU Athletics Ticket Office at (405) 325-2424.

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