OSU wrestling finishes second at national duals
BY Staff Reports
Monday, February 25, 2013
2/25/13 at 6:36 AM
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - The Oklahoma State wrestling team finished second at the NWCA National Duals on Saturday night, as No. 4 Minnesota dealt the Cowboys their first loss of the season, 28-9.
"It was a tough match tonight," coach John Smith said. "It didn't seem like anything went right for us. The one thing I take from this is that it doesn't get any harder than that. It was a tough environment. We had a lot of wrestling and traveling in the last seven days, and that made it tougher. We just have to grow from this."
The Cowboys (17-1) gave up 16 bonus points in the form of two pins and a major decision, which gave the Golden Gophers the upper hand.
Wins for OSU came at 149, 157 and 165 pounds. Jordan Oliver had a fit with No. 11 Dylan Ness, but finished with a 6-4 decision, giving the Cowboys their first points of the dual. Alex Dieringer scored a takedown and an escape to defeat Danny Zilverberg, 3-1, and Tyler Caldwell was stopped just shy of a major decision that would have tied the team score. He defeated 14th-ranked Cody Yohn, 7-2.
The Gophers controlled the rest of the dual, with No. 1 Logan Storley picking up a defensive fall over No. 2 Chris Perry in a tiebreaker, and No. 2 Tony Nelson pinning third-ranked Alan Gelogaev in the second period.
In their first match of the day, the Cowboys faced former Big 12 foe No. 6 Missouri for the second time in a month, and won 22-9 to head to the final.
The Cowboys return to action March 8 as they host the Big 12 dual finals.
NWCA National Duals
Saturday
Final
No. 4 Minnesota 28, No. 1 Oklahoma State 9
125: No. 13 David Thorn (MINN) dec. Klimara, 5-2. 133: No. 7 Dardanes (MINN) dec. No. 6 Morrison, 4-2 TB2. 141: No. 8 Dardanes (MINN) m.d. Feikert, 14-5. 149: No. 1 Oliver (OSU) dec. No. 11 Ness, 6-4. 157: No. 10 Dieringer (OSU) dec. Zilverberg, 3-1. 165: No. 3 Caldwell (OSU) dec. No. 14 Yohn, 7-2. 174: No. 1 Storley (MINN) fall No. 2 Perry, 8:20. 184: No. 5 Steinhaus (MINN) dec. No. 12 Chionuma, 5-3. 197: No. 10 Schiller (MINN) dec. No. 11 Rosholt, 6-2. 285: No. 2 Nelson (MINN) fall No. 3 Gelogaev, 4:50.
Semifinals
No. 1 OSU 22, No. 6 Missouri 9
125: No. 4 Waters (MU) dec. Klimara, 3-1. 133: No. 6 Morrison (OSU) dec. No. 4 McCormick, 5-1. 141: Hucke (MU) dec. Feikert, 4-1. 149: No. 1 Oliver (OSU) m.d. No. 14 Houdashelt, 15-5. 157: No. 10 Dieringer (OSU) dec. No. 19 Bradley, 6-2. 165: No. 3 Caldwell (OSU) dec. No. 20 Toal, 4-0. 174: No. 2 Perry (OSU) dec. No. 13 Porter, 3-2. 184: No. 12 Chionuma (OSU) dec. No. 13 Larson, 6-4 SV1. 197: No. 17 Haynes (MU) dec. Bortz, 10-4. 285: No. 3 Gelogaev (OSU) dec. No. 1 Bradley, 4-3.
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