University of Oklahoma Athletics

Sunday, December 17
Reno, Nev. | Reno Events Center
All Day

University of Oklahoma

vs

Reno Tournament of Champions

McDougald Match Win

Wrestling Travels to Compete at the Reno Tournament of Champions

December 15, 2023 | Wrestling

Projected Starters
(Rankings by Flo/InterMat)
No. 18 Oklahoma
Weight Wrestler Record
125 No. 28/31Ā Conrad Hendriksen 6-3
133 No. NR/27Ā Jace Koelzer
Kaden Smith
8-3
2-3
141 Carter Schmidt
KJ Evans
0-0
1-1
149 No. 25/21Ā Willie McDougald 5-4
157 No. 28/NRĀ John Wiley
Jared Hill
3-6
3-3
165 No. 13/18Ā Cael Carlson
Mannix Morgan
6-4
1-2
174 No. 23/29Ā Tate Picklo
Gerrit Nijenhuis
5-4
2-3
184 No. 32/NRĀ Giuseppe Hoose 5-4
197 No. 3/2Ā Stephen Buchanan 9-0
HWT No. 17/16Ā Josh Heindselman
Juan Mora
8-2
0-0

NORMAN — No. 18Ā Oklahoma wrestling hits the road for the final time before the holiday break, as the Sooners travel to face a competitive field at the 2023 Reno Tournament of Champions on Sunday inside the Reno Events Center.

"This will be a good opportunity for sixteen of our student-athletes to compete against some quality competition," head coach Roger KishĀ said. "I'm excited to see how our guys respond afterĀ last weekend."

Twenty-one teams are competing in the annual tournament, which began in 1996. Participants include ranked squads in OU's Big 12 foe Oklahoma State (No. 9), Oregon State (No. 16) and Arizona State (No. 22). Team totals will be kept, with just one competitor per weight class counting toward the team total.Ā 

Competition is slated to begin at 11:00 a.m. CT and run throughout the day. Sunday's tournament will be available to stream on FloWrestling.

PARTICIPATING TEAMS (NWCA COACHES POLL RANKINGS)

Air Force
Arizona State (No. 22)
Cal State Bakersfield
Clackamas Community College
Corbin University
Eastern Oregon
Embry-Riddle
Grand View
Marian
MSU-Northern
Oklahoma (No. 18)
Oklahoma State (No. 9)
Oregon State (No. 16)
San Francisco State
Southern Oregon
St. Ambrose
Umpqua
Utah Valley
Vanguard
Wayland Baptist
Wyoming

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