Upperweight Surge Lifts Sooners Past Rider

Sunday, December 14

Lawrenceville, NJ | Alumni Gym

12 PM

University of Oklahoma

Rider

Photo by: Jack Verdeur

Upperweight Surge Lifts Sooners Past Rider

December 14, 2025 | Wrestling

Results

By: OU Athletics Communications

LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. – Playing comeback once again, a dominant late surge lifted the No. 20 Oklahoma wrestling team past Rider, 26-15, inside Alumni Gym on Sunday afternoon.

Trailing 15-0 after dropping the first four bouts, the Sooners (4-1, 0-0 Big 12) flipped the switch and didn't look back, rattling off six straight wins – four by tech fall – to top the Broncos (1-3, 0-0 MAC) and complete a New Jersey road-trip sweep.

Oklahoma opened its scoring with a pair of middleweights earning their first career dual wins. Layton Schneider took the mat first at 157 pounds, rolling to a 19-4 (6:15) tech fall over Rider's Jacob Zearfoss to secure his first bonus-point victory of the season. At 165, Owen Eck countered a second-period shot and emerged on the right side of a scramble for a key takedown, powering the Andale, Kan., native to a 5-0 decision over Brendon Abdon.

A trio of tech falls followed to swing the dual and widen the margin. No. 7 Carter Schubert (174), No. 11 Brian Soldano (184) and No. 9 DJ Parker (197) each added five points to the team score. Schubert tallied his eighth consecutive win dating back to Nov. 23, Soldano improved to a perfect 4-0 in dual competition this season, and Parker notched his team-leading seventh bonus-point victory of the year, along with his second ranked win in as many days.

After delivering a walk-off sudden-victory win at heavyweight a day earlier against No. 12 Rutgers, No. 25 Juan Mora shut the door once again, closing out the dual with an 11-4 decision over Hogan Swenski.

UP NEXT

The Sooners return home to host Tarleton State, SIUE and Duke in the Norman Duals on Sunday, Dec. 21, at McCasland Field House. First-round bouts are scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. CT.

RESULTS

#20 Oklahoma 26, Rider 15
125: No. 20 Tyler Klinsky (RU) def. No. 25 Conrad Hendriksen (OU), Dec. 4-1 | RU 3, OU 0
133: No. 32 Will Betancourt (RU) def. Carter Schmidt (OU), Dec. 6-2 | RU 6, OU 0
141: No. 13 Elijah Griffin (RU) def. No. 24 Tyler Wells (OU), Inj. 1:07 | RU 12, OU 0
149: Dylan Layton (RU) def. Hunter Hollingsworth (OU), Dec. 8-3 | RU 15, OU 0
157: Layton Schneider (OU) def. Jacob Zearfoss (RU), TF 19-4 (6:15) | RU 15, OU 5
165: Owen Eck (OU) def. Brendon Abdon (RU), Dec. 5-0 | RU 15, OU 8
174: No. 7 Carter Schubert (OU) def. Enrique Munguia (RU), TF 20-5 (6:30) | RU 15, OU 13
184: No. 11 Brian Soldano (OU) def. Gianni Maldonado (RU), TF 22-2 (3:50) | OU 18, RU 15
197: No. 9 DJ Parker (OU) def. No. 23 Brock Zurawski (RU), TF 18-3 (4:48) | OU 23, RU 15
285: No. 25 Juan Mora (OU) def. Hogan Swenski (RU), Dec. 11-4 | OU 26, RU 15