Sooners Start Season with Three Dual Wins
November 01, 2014
NORMAN -- The No. 23 University of Oklahoma wrestling team opened its season in dominating fashion as it grabbed three dual victories against Baker University, Shorter University and Oklahoma City University on Saturday inside Lloyd Noble Center.
Between the three duals, the Sooners tallied eight falls, four technical falls and six major decisions. Fourth-year OU head coach Mark Cody said he thinks his squad did well and that the duals served as a good opportunity to see where the Sooners are at to this point.
"The good thing is that all three of these teams came in and nobody really backed down. They all got after it and wrestled hard against us. It put us in some pretty tough situations, which is what we need right now at this point," Cody explained. "For a lot of our guys, this is their first competition and first time making weight. A lot of them have come down quite a ways, and when you do that you’ve got to get your body and your mind adjusted. We accomplished that today.”
The Sooners started the morning with a shutout victory of Baker, 50-0. In total, OU recorded pins in half the matches of the dual, starting with freshman Ryan Millhof posting one against freshman Sean Dolan at 125 pounds.
The rest of the Sooners’ pins in the match came from freshman Trae Blackwell against freshman Juan Rivers at 141 pounds, redshirt junior Justin DeAngelis against senior Nick Haugen at 157 pounds, redshirt sophomore Matt Reed against junior Trevor Sutton at 174 pounds and redshirt sophomore Ross Larson against senior Beau Bennett at heavyweight.
At 133 pounds, redshirt junior Cody Brewer added an 18-2 technical fall of Baker freshman Bryce Shoemaker in 5:43. Clark Glass also won by technical fall at 165 pounds. The redshirt sophomore beat junior Connor Middleton, 23-6, in 6:18.
Next the Sooners faced Shorter, winning by a 34-6 mark. OU won half its matches by decision at 125, 141, 165, 174 and 184 pounds. The Sooners had a pair of major decision as Brewer took the 133-pound bout by major decision, 16-2, over Shorter freshman Aldon Isenberg and redshirt freshman Shayne Tucker defeated senior Nate Golloway, 15-8.
DeAngelis posted a 15-8 technical fall of sophomore Kannon Madden at 157 pounds. At heavyweight, Larson added his second pin of the day, this one is 0:54 against senior Andrew Ewers.
In its third dual of the day, OU defeated OCU, 40-4. Brewer added his third bonus-points win of the event as he defeated sophomore Adrian Gaines by technical fall, 24-6, in 4:46. Both Blackwell and DeAngelis added to the Sooners’ fall total, winning at 141 and 157 pounds in 2:08 and 2:27, respectively.
Reed won by a 14-3 major decision against senior Jared Bass at 174 pounds, while redshirt sophomore Brad Johnson topped OCU junior Jacob King also by major decision, 22-9.
Even though the wins came against non-Division I opponents, DeAngelis said the competition gives the Sooners a place from which to improve.
“This is a pretty big boost," DeAngelis shared. "We’re going against lower divisions but it’s good to build. We have these matches to see what we really need to work on and then we can just build, build, build every single match.”
Next, 22 Sooners (11 attached and 11 unattached) are scheduled to compete at the OCU Open on Sunday, Nov. 2. OU's next team event is slated for Saturday, Nov. 8, at the Brockport/Oklahoma Invitational in Brockport, N.Y.
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FINAL RESULTS
Oklahoma: 50
Baker: 0
125: Ryan Millhof (OU) fall Sean Dolan (Baker), 2:07
133: Cody Brewer (OU) tech fall Bryce Shoemaker (Baker), 18-2 (5:43)
141: Trae Blackwell (OU) fall Juan Rivera (Baker), 4:40
149: Dryden Dennis (OU) dec. Tyler Dickman (Baker), 2-1
157: Justin DeAngelis (OU) fall Nick Haugen (Baker), 4:21
165: Clark Glass (OU) tech fall Connor Middleton (Baker), 23-6 (6:18)
174: Matt Reed (OU) fall Trevor Sutton (Baker), 0:41
184: Greg Wilson (OU) dec. Bryant Guillen (Baker), 9-2
197: Brad Johnson (OU) maj. dec. Billy Leone (Baker), 18-9
HWT: Ross Larson (OU) fall Beau Bennett (Baker), 1:18
Oklahoma: 34
Shorter: 6
125: Ryan Millhof (OU) dec. Ben Smith (Shorter), 8-2
133: Cody Brewer (OU) maj. dec. Aldon Isenberg (Shorter), 16-2
141: Trae Blackwell (OU) dec. Colby Rinehart (Shorter), 11-5
149: Shayne Tucker (OU) maj. dec. Nate Galloway (Shorter), 16-8
157: Justin DeAngelis (OU) tech. fall Kannon Madden (Shorter), 23-7 (5:20)
165: Wally Figaro (Shorter) dec. Alec Iacovelli (OU), 3-1
174: Dalton Lane (Shorter) dec. Clark Glass (OU), 5-2
184: Matt Reed (OU) dec. Terrence Smith (Shorter), 4-0
197: Brad Johnson (OU) forfeit (Shorter)
HWT: Ross Larson (OU) fall Andrew Ewers (Shorter), 0:54
Oklahoma: 40
OCU: 4
125: Ryan Millhof (OU) dec. Aaron LaFarge (OCU), 5-0
133: Cody Brewer (OU) tech. fall Adrian Gaines (OCU), 24-6 (4:46)
141: Trae Blackwell (OU) fall James Landoll (OCU), 2:08
149: Dryden Dennis (OU) dec. Brok Williams (OCU), 4-1
157: Justin DeAngelis (OU) fall Aaron Guery (OCU), 2:27
165: Rick McCarty (OCU) maj. dec. Alec Iacovelli (OU), 9-1
174: Matt Reed (OU) maj. dec. Jared Bass (OCU), 14-3
184: Greg Wilson (OU) dec. Derek Sivertsen (OCU), 9-2
197: Brad Johnson (OU) maj. dec. Jacob King (OCU), 22-9
HWT: Michael Brown (OU) forfeit (OCU)