Our team was very competitive with top 10 ranked Oklahoma University. They are ranked between 6th and 9th in every poll and have a very good team. The match was much closer than the score indicated. We battled tooth and nail in nearly every weight class.
125 - Golba wrestled a tight match with #9 Patterson. He gave Patterson all he could handle but was unable to finish a few take downs and fell 1-4. Golba was in deep and in scoring position a few times but unable to pull-off the upset.
133 - Smith did exactly what he was supposed to do and dominated his opponent. He looked great and dominated both on his feet and on the mat. He was aggressive and scored several take downs on his way to a 14-5 major decision. As time ran out, he threw his opponent to his back but did not get the points as the buzzer sounded before he established control.
141 - Schutt had a tall task in front of him as he wrestled returning All-American and #1 nationally ranked Bailey. Bailey controlled the match in a 14-4 major decision. Andrew made him work for every point as Bialey got no easy scores.
149 - Green lost a heart-breaker here. He was all over Lester the entire match. From the opening whistle to the seventh overtime, Green attacked and Lester ran from him. In the first period, Green got a take down and Lester escaped. Lester was hit for stalling in the first and ran the entire match but the referee refused to call stalling a second time even though Green was constantly shooting and attacking. The crowd was all over the referee and I think even OU's coaches were surprised that Lester wasn't called for stalling many times during the match. Ultimately, in a scramble while Green was on top, the referee awarded a reversal and two back points. I hope that Green gets to wrestle Lester at the Oklahoma Gold Classic.
157 - Lewandowski looked great in his match with Lester (his twin brother wrestled Desi). He got a take down in the first period and never looked back. He cruised to a 4-2 victory. He also got an escape and a riding time point in the match. Mark had the most impressive performance of the night in my opinion. He looked like an All-American.
165 - Cannon lost a heart breaker. He had several near-take downs on the edge of the mat but Nelson got our of bounds nearly every time. Cannon scored a take down and an escape in the match but he allowed Nelson to control the tempo of the match. Nelson scored a take down late into the first overtime period on one of Cannon's shots. From where I was sitting, Cannon was the better wrestler but Nelson wrestled a little bit smarter match.
174 - Majerus stepped in against returning All-American Caldwell and battled him tough. Majerus, like Golba was in deep on a couple of shots but Caldwell fought off the take down attempts. Majerus never backed down and went after last year's NCAA 5th place finisher. Caldwell walked away with a 7-1 decision.
184 - In a battle of two top twenty ranked wrestlers, the OU wrestler (Schmidtke) squeaked by Hamel. Schmidtke was up 1-0 with riding time late into the 3rd period. With the clock winding down, Hamel got in on a shot and should have scored a take down with six seconds remaining but the referee did not award the points. Hamel had one foot in bounds and was all the way behind Schmidtke, who was basically on his hands and knees. It was a terrible call. With six seconds left, Jimmy tried a desperation attempt to score and was scored on at the buzzer to end the match at 0-4.
197 - Peters got ahead early with the opening take down. Hall responded with a quick escape and the match continued to go back and forth throughout. Hall broke away in the third period and came out on top with a 9-4 win.
HWT - Correll went right after the top 10 ranked Fernandez. Correll scored the first take down or two and was on fire. Fernandez scored with a take down that put Correll on his back that got him the fall. I really hope these two meet and Correll gets a rematch at the Oklahoma Gold Classic.
We went toe-to-toe with a top 10 team in the country. There was a lot of good that we can take from the match. Our guys battled hard and I do not feel like we were out wrestled. It seemed like we lost the close matches. We pretty much controlled or dominated both the matches we won but lost all the close ones. We need to finish out our matches better and find ways to win against the best wrestlers in the country.
Coach Beasley
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