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    Oklahoma State heads to Lincoln to face Nebraska

    Oklahoma State's fourth-ranked wrestling team travels to Lincoln, Neb., to face No. 20 Nebraska on Thursday night at 7 p.m. Oklahoma State comes into the dual with a 12-4 record and is ranked fourth in the country according to both W.I.N Magazine and the NWCA coaches' poll. All four of the Cowboys losses have come to the three teams ranked ahead of them. The last time OSU wrestled in Lincoln, the Cowboys escaped with a 19-18 victory. The official scorer made a scoring error in the 184-pound match that would have tied the dual, but it was too late to make a change by the time the error was caught. OSU leads the all-time series with the Cornhuskers, 49-2-1. The Cowboys have not lost in the last 19 meetings, with NU earning a tie in 1996 as the only blemish in that time. The last Cornhusker victory came way back on Feb. 14, 1993 when the Huskers won 39-12 in Stillwater. Nebraska's only win in Lincoln came during the 1921-22 season, and OSU leads the series in Lincoln 19-1-1. The dual will be broadcast live on 93.7 FM with Rex Holt and Roger Moore providing the commentary.

    Last Time Out

    Oklahoma State split a road trip last weekend with Northern Iowa and third-ranked Iowa State. The Cowboys pounded Northern Iowa, 35-6, but fell at Iowa State, 21-12, to close out the weekend. OSU won seven of the nine matches, with the Panthers forfeiting at heavyweight. Five of the seven victories were by bonus points. Tyler Shinn recorded a fall at 125, while Nathan Morgan recorded a technical fall at 141. Three other Cowboys recorded major decisions. The Cowboys could not carry the momentum into the dual with the Cyclones as ISU won six matches to take the dual. OSU started with a 6-0 lead as the dual started at 165. Johny Hendricks defeated third-ranked Travis Paulson and Brandon Mason followed with a decision over Grant Turner. The two swing matches were at heavyweight and 125, and ISU won both. Jared Rosholt tied the match at heavyweight with a takedown, but he released David Zabriskie and he could not score the winning takedown before time expired. Nick Fanthorpe then defeated Tyler Shinn at 125 to put ISU ahead in the dual 15-6 and all but clinch victory for the Cyclones. The Cowboys got decisions from Coleman Scott and Nathan Morgan to pull within three points, but ISU finished with a pair of decisions of their own to close out the dual.

    Scouting the Huskers

    Nebraska comes into the dual with a 7-5 record and ranked 20th in the nation according to the recent coaches' poll. The Huskers have three wrestlers ranked in the top 20, but have been plagued by injuries as heavyweight Jon May has been lost for the season. Freshman Craig Brester has come on strong and is 9-1 in dual meets with his first loss coming to top-ranked Max Askren at 197. Brester is currently ranked No. 12 nationally. Domicick Moyer leads the way for NU with a No. 9 national ranking, while 125-pounder Paull Donahoe is ranked No. 10 and leads the team with a 24-3 record. Moyer and Donahoe are the Huskers best All-America candidates. The Huskers have a pair of NCAA qualifiers in the lineup in Robert Sanders and Marc Harwood, but neither wrestler is ranked. Sanders is 17-12 at 149, while Harwood bumped up from 165 to 174 and is 10-7 on the season.

    Last Time Versus Nebraska

    The fifth-ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers visited Stillwater to try and upset second-ranked Oklahoma State. The Cowboys removed any doubt of an upset when Zack Esposito recorded a technical fall in the first match, and Johny Hendricks put OSU up 9-3 with a major decision at 165. The Cowboys siezed the momentum as Brandon Mason followed with an upset over third-ranked Jacob Klein and Rusty Blackmon defeated Vince Jones. OSU went on to win the dual by a score of 27-15, which really was not that close as the Cornhuskers did not record a takedown until the last match of the dual when Patrick Aleksanyan took down Nathan Morgan, but Morgan rallied to win 12-6. Steve Mocco recorded a fall, and Coleman Scott recorded a decision to help lead the Cowboys.

    Hendricks Earns Second Big 12 Honor

    Johny Hendricks went on the road and wrestled a pair of top five opponents. Hendricks first defeated No. 5 Nick Baima of Northern Iowa, 2-1. He followed it up with a decision over third-ranked Travis Paulson of Iowa State. It was the second time Hendricks has defeated both wrestlers this season. He is currently 25-0 on the season, and has won his last 47 matches.

    Hendricks Named Wrestler of the Week

    Johny Hendricks was named Big 12 Wrestler of the Week for his performance for the week ending Jan. 21. Hendricks defeated Iowa's fourth-ranked Mark Perry on a late takedown before pinning Oregon's Jake McCoy. The previous week at National Duals he defeated the second, third, fifth and seventh ranked wrestlers in the country.

    Simpson Makes Debut

    True freshman Dakotah Simpson was pulled out of redshirt to face rival Iowa in the quarterfinals of the National Duals. Simpson made an immediate impact in the dual, pinning fifth-year senior Alex Grunder to put the Pokes up 15-0 and all but sealing the Cowboy victory. Simpson is currently 6-3 on the season and won an open title at the Oklahoma Open.
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