Oklahoma State Goes 10-for-10 in first round of Big 12 Championships
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by Roger Moore, Special to TheMat.com
KANSAS CITY – Oklahoma State went 10-for-10 in the quarterfinal round and took control of the Big 12 Conference Championships inside the Sprint Center in Kansas City. The Cowboys, in search of a fourth straight league crown and 50th in the 100-year history of the program, had four pins, four major decisions and two decisions to total 72 points.
The battle for second includes Oklahoma, South Dakota State, Iowa State, North Dakota State, and Wyoming all within 15 points of each other; The Sooners sit 32 points behind OSU in second with SDSU, at 37 ½, in third.
Gary Wayne Harding sparked OSU with an 11-point third period to beat Air Force’s Josh Martinez, 12-9, at 133 points. Eddie Klimara (125), Anthony Collica (149), Joe Smith (157), and Alex Dieringer (165) scored falls, Dieringer moving his win streak to 75.
One top seed, West Virginia’s Jake Smith, fell in the quarterfinals. Iowa State’s Patrick Downey, a former junior college national champion with just three matches this season, beat Smith, 4-1, earning a late stalling point and takedown to move into the tonight’s semifinals.
Oklahoma pushed six into the semifinals with South Dakota State and Iowa State pushing five in the new 10-team field of the Big 12. NCAA champion Cody Brewer led Keegan Moore, 6-5, entering the final period, but the Sooner stretched things out with a 14-5 major decision of the West Virginia rookie. The second seed at 133, Iowa State’s Earl Hall, also had to rally in the third period to beat Northern Colorado’s Rico Montoya, 6-5.
West Virginia, in ninth after the first session, took an injury default at 125 when 2015 NCAA finalist Zeke Moisey did not compete, and at 157 pounds where Dylan Cottrell fell 2-1 to Northern Colorado’s Eleazor De Luca.
Wrestling continues at 5 (CST) today.
The battle for second includes Oklahoma, South Dakota State, Iowa State, North Dakota State, and Wyoming all within 15 points of each other; The Sooners sit 32 points behind OSU in second with SDSU, at 37 ½, in third.
Gary Wayne Harding sparked OSU with an 11-point third period to beat Air Force’s Josh Martinez, 12-9, at 133 points. Eddie Klimara (125), Anthony Collica (149), Joe Smith (157), and Alex Dieringer (165) scored falls, Dieringer moving his win streak to 75.
One top seed, West Virginia’s Jake Smith, fell in the quarterfinals. Iowa State’s Patrick Downey, a former junior college national champion with just three matches this season, beat Smith, 4-1, earning a late stalling point and takedown to move into the tonight’s semifinals.
Oklahoma pushed six into the semifinals with South Dakota State and Iowa State pushing five in the new 10-team field of the Big 12. NCAA champion Cody Brewer led Keegan Moore, 6-5, entering the final period, but the Sooner stretched things out with a 14-5 major decision of the West Virginia rookie. The second seed at 133, Iowa State’s Earl Hall, also had to rally in the third period to beat Northern Colorado’s Rico Montoya, 6-5.
West Virginia, in ninth after the first session, took an injury default at 125 when 2015 NCAA finalist Zeke Moisey did not compete, and at 157 pounds where Dylan Cottrell fell 2-1 to Northern Colorado’s Eleazor De Luca.
Wrestling continues at 5 (CST) today.
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