The Sooners (3-0) rallied from a 5-0 deficit after ASU’s third-ranked Anthony Robles pinned the Sooners ninth-ranked Jarrod Patterson at 125 pounds.
“It was an outstanding victory for the Sooners,” head coach Jack Spates said. “We had to win some tough battles, but we kept battling and we kept pulling out the close matches. Eventually we just broke their spirit and pulled away. We had a lot of hard-fought wins tonight.”
Oklahoma’s Jordan Keller earned the Sooners first points with a 2-0 decision over the Sun Devils’ Ben Ashmore at 133 pounds, putting the Sooners within two points, 3-5.
Zack Bailey, 2010 All-American and No. 1 among 141 pounders, continued his dominant season with a technical fall victory over Arizona State’s Kalin Goodsite, giving the Sooners their first lead, 8-5.
In the 149-pound bout OU’s Seth Vernon secured a 6-1 decision over ASU’s Kenneth Ashmore to put the Sooners ahead 11-5.
The Sooners Matt Lester dropped only the second bout of the night at 157 pounds. The Sooner dropped a close, 7-5, decision to ASU’s No. 3 ranked Bubba Jenkins to put the Sun Devils within three points of the Sooners.
However, that was the closest Arizona State would come as Oklahoma won its next five matches to run away with victory.
Newcomer Chase Nelson secured the Sooners first pin of the evening on ASU’s Tejovan Edwards with a time of 4:22. Arizona State’s Edwards lost the Sun Devils a point as he was penalized for misconduct, which gave OU a 17-7 advantage.
The Sooners second reigning All-American, Tyler Caldwell, narrowly escaped ASU’s Eric Starks in the 174-pound bout with a 2-0 decision.
Erich Schmidtke continued the trouncing by collecting an 8-6 decision over Arizona State’s Jake Meredith to give the Sooners a 23-8 lead.
OU’s Keldrick Hall continued the trend of decision victories after he defeated ASU’s Luke Macchiaroli, 9-3.
In the heavyweight bout Oklahoma’s Nathan Fernandez ended the night with a pin over ASU’s Levi Cooper in just 1:13.
“It was a hard-fought victory over a really good team and I’m very proud of our guys,” Spates said.
Next up, Oklahoma is set to host its annual Oklahoma Open next weekend, Nov. 27 at the Mosier Indoor track facility in Norman. The Sooners will take on Oklahoma City University at 9 a.m. and North Carolina State at 3 p.m. OCU and NCST will meet at 11 a.m. Admission is free to the public.
Results:
125 – No. 3 Anthony Robles fall No. 8 Jarrod Patterson (OU), 6:55
133 - Jordan Keller (OU) dec. Ben Ashmore (ASU), 0-2
141 – No. 1 Zack Bailey (OU) tech. fall Kalin Goodsite (ASU), 20-3
149 - Seth Vernon (OU) dec. Kenneth Ashmore (ASU), 6-1
157 - No. 6 Bubba Jenkins (ASU) dec. No. 13 Matt Lester (OU), 7-5
165 – No. 19 Chase Nelson (OU) fall No. 16 Tejovan Edwards (ASU), 4:22
174 – No. 6 Tyler Caldwell (OU) dec. Eric Starks (ASU), 2-0
184 – No. 10 Erich Schmidtke (OU) dec. Jake Meredith (ASU), 8-6
197 – Keldric Hall (OU) dec. Luke Macchiaroli (ASU), 9-3
HWT – No. 13 Nathan Fernandez (OU) Fall Levi Cooper (ASU), 1:13
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