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OKLAHOMA WRESTLING 7 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS u 23 CONFERENCE TITLES u 273 ALL-AMERICANS u 67 INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS OKLAHOMA #19 OKLAHOMA at WEST VIRGINIA Thursday, Jan. 4 n Morgantown, W. Va. n WVU Coliseum n Stream: WVUSports.com n Stats: TrackWrestling.com SCHEDULE/RESULTS SOONERS MOUNTAINEERS DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT (2-2 overall, 0-0 Big 12) (1-3 overall, 0-1 Big 12) Nov. 5 Michigan State Open All Day Head Coach: Lou Rosselli Head Coach: Sammie Henson Nov. 11 Journeymen NE Duals 1-2 OU VS. WVU Nov. 18 Lindenwood Open All Day Dec. 1-2 Cliff Keen Invitational All Day #19 OKLAHOMA at PITTSBURGH Dec. 17 Appalachian State W, 19-13 Sunday, Jan. 7 n Pittsburgh, Pa. n Fitzgerald Field House n TV: ACC Network Extra n Stats: TrackWrestling.com Jan. 4 West Virginia * 6 p.m. SOONERS PANTHERS Jan. 7 Pittsburgh 1 p.m. (2-2 overall, 0-0 Big 12) (1-5 overall, 0-0 ACC) Jan. 12-13 Virginia Duals All Day Head Coach: Lou Rosselli Head Coach: Keith Gavin Jan. 21 Northern Colorado * 3 p.m. OU VS. PITT Jan. 26 Iowa State * 7 p.m. Jan. 28 South Dakota State * 2 p.m. OKLAHOMA PROJECTED LINEUP Feb. 2 Utah Valley * 8 p.m. Feb. 4 Wyoming * 2 p.m CHRISTIAN MOODY (11-7) JAKE RUBIO (7-3) RSo. • Collinsville, Okla. RJr. • Amarillo, Texas Feb. 10 Edinboro 7 p.m. 125 Collinsville HS 133 Randall HS Feb. 11 Oklahoma State 2 p.m. Dual MD TF Falls Feb. 16 Lehigh 6 p.m. Dual MD TF Falls March 3-4 Big 12 Championship # All Day 3-1 1 1 0 3-1 3 1 0 March 15-17 NCAA Championships $ All Day CLAY VINCENT (0-4) MIKE LONGO (11-6) All times are listed as Central RFr. • Southlake, Texas Sr. • Corona, Calif. Home duals in bold 133 Southlake Carroll HS 141 Santiago HS * Big 12 Dual Dual MD TF Falls Dual MD TF Falls ~ Held at Lloyd Noble Center 2-2 1 1 3 # Held at BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla. 0-0 0 0 0 $ Held at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio DAVION JEFFRIES (13-7) NOAH TEANEY (6-4) Jr. • Broken Arrow, Okla. RJr. • Kansas City, Mo. OU AT WVU INFO 149 Broken Arrow HS 149 Oak Park HS Results ............................ TrackWrestling.com Dual MD TF Falls Dual MD TF Falls TV ........................................WVUSports.com Date...................................... Thursday, Jan. 4 3-1 2 1 3 0-0 0 1 0 Time ............................... 6 p.m. CT/7 p.m. ET Location .................................WVU Coliseum JUSTIN THOMAS (15-5) DAWAYLON BARNES (10-4) ........................................Morgantown, W. Va. RFr. • Santa Ana, Calif. Sr. • Muskogee, Okla. 157 Calvary Chapel HS 165 Muskogee HS OU AT PITT INFO Dual MD TF Falls Dual MD TF Falls Results ............................ TrackWrestling.com 3-1 2 0 1 1-1 1 0 2 TV .................................... ACC Network Extra Date.........................................Sunday, Jan. 7 Time ............................... 1 p.m. CT/2 p.m. ET HAYDEN HANSEN (0-0) YOANSE MEJIAS (14-5) Location ......................Fitzgerald Field House RSo. • Norman, Okla. Sr. • Miami, Fla. ................................................Pittsburgh, Pa. 174 Norman North HS 174 Southwest Miami HS Dual MD TF Falls Dual MD TF Falls OU COMMUNICATIONS 0-0 0 0 0 3-1 0 1 0 Wrestling Contact .............................Andie Beene Email [email protected] MATTHEW WADDELL (3-7) ANDREW DIXON (11-7) Cell .......................................(913) 908-8149 Fr. • Ellijay, Ga. Sr. • Edmond, Okla. Office.....................................(405) 325-8234 184 Gilmer HS 197 Edmond North HS Dual MD TF Falls Dual MD TF Falls 1-3 0 0 1 0-02-2 0 03 01 CONNOR WEBB (4-9) PRONUNCIATION Fr. • Davis, Okla. Davion: DAVE-ee-on 285 Davis HS Teaney: TEEN-ee Sooner Wrestling @OU_Wrestling ou_wrestling Yoanse Mejias: YO-on-say ma-HEE-us Dual MD TF Falls Waddell: wha-DELL 1-3 0 0 1 OKLAHOMA VS. WEST VIRGINIA, PITTSBURGH WEEKEND STORYLINES No. 19 Oklahoma returns to the mat for the first time in 2018 this week with OU QUICK FACTS two road duals. The Sooners open Big 12 competition on Thursday at West Virginia before facing Pittsburgh on Sunday. 2016-17 RECAP The contests mark OU’s first true road duals of the season. Its first three took USA TODAY/NWCA DIVISION I 2016-17 Dual Record..........................11-6 place at the Journeymen Northeast Duals on Nov. 11 in Clifton Park, N.Y. OU COACHES POLL 2016-17 Conference Record .................5-2 posted a 1-2 record in the single-day event, opening with a dominant 53-0 win (LAST UPDATED DEC. 20, 2017) 2016-17 Big 12 Finish..........................2nd over Sacred Heart before dropping duals to No. 12 Rutgers (22-9) and No. 8 RANK TEAM RECORD POINTS 2016-17 NCAA Finish.........................32nd NC State (27-13). Additionally, the Sooners have had one home dual against Starters Returning/Lost........................6/4 1 Penn State 5-0 396 Appalachian State, which OU won, 19-13, on Dec. 17. All-Americans Returning/Lost..............0/0 2 Ohio State 6-0 388 NCAA Qualifiers Returning/Lost...........4/4 The Sooners will face a familiar foe on Sunday, as Pittsburgh’s head coach 3 Oklahoma State ^ 5-0 367 Keith Gavin served as an assistant coach for OU head coach Lou Rosselli 4 Missouri 8-0 351 in 2016-17. OKLAHOMA QUICK FACTS 5 NC State ^ 10-0 333 Location................................Norman, Okla SOONERS IN THE POLLS 6 Lehigh ^ 6-1 328 Founded.............................................1890 7 Iowa 7-0 301 Enrollment.......................................31,250 Oklahoma ended 2017 ranked No. 19 in the USA Today/National Wrestling 8 Minnesota 3-1 286 Coaches Association Division I Wrestling Coaches Poll, receiving 77 points. President.............................David L. Boren The Sooners are one of four Big 12 teams earning a spot in the coaches poll, 9 Michigan 2-1 273 Athletics Director................Joe Castiglione joining Oklahoma State (No. 3), Northern Iowa (No. 14) and South Dakota State 10 Virginia Tech 4-1 260 Nickname......................................Sooners (No. 15). 11 Arizona State 2-2 237 Colors.........................Crimson and Cream Six of OU’s dual opponents this season (Oklahoma State, NC State, Lehigh, 12 Cornell 2-0 226 Facility..................McCasland Field House South Dakota State, Rutgers, Edinboro) are ranked in the coaches poll. 13 Illinois 1-2 198 Conference.......................................Big 12 14 Northern Iowa 2-1 191 Website.........................SoonerSports.com In the Intermat individual rankings released on Dec. 26, Yoanse Mejias (174 pounds) is ranked No. 13 and Christian Moody (125 pounds) is 15 South Dakota State ^ 4-2 177 OU WRESTLING BY DECADE ranked No. 17. 16 Wisconsin 4-0 145 2010s ............................................77-36-1 17 Rutgers ^ 3-2 140 2000s ..........................................142-58-7 LAST TIME OUT 18 Nebraska 2-2 103 1990s ..........................................164-69-4 19 Oklahoma 2-2 101 1980s ..........................................136-51-5 Oklahoma opened its home slate with a 19-13 victory over Appalachian State 20 Lock Haven 4-0 81 1970s ..........................................119-50-2 on Dec. 17. 21 Central Michigan 3-3 80 1960s ..........................................120-24-2 The Sooners claimed six bout wins in the dual, including a major decision 1950s ............................................69-10-6 by Jake Rubio at 133 pounds, to earn the win and move to 2-2 on the season. 22 Rider 2-1 74 1940s ............................................10-26-0 23 Purdue 4-1 70 1930s ............................................39-28-2 THERE’S A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING 24 North Carolina 2-3 37 1920s ...........................................25-21-1 25 Edinboro ^ 2-1 24 Redshirt sophomore Christian Moody (125 pounds) recorded his first ^indicates 2017-18 dual opponent OKLAHOMA WRESTLING HISTORY career technical fall at the Lindenwood Open with an 18-2 win over Maryville’s National Championships..........................7 Kolby Smith in the second round. 1936 1951 1952 1957 1960 1963 1974 True freshman Connor Webb (285 pounds) claimed his first career win by fall in the first round of the 285-pound bracket at Conference Titles .................................. 23 the Lindenwood Open, pinning McKendree’s Christian Boyles in 2:02. 1930 1932 1934 1935 1936 1938 1948 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 Against Sacred Heart at the Journeymen Duals, senior Yoanse Mejias (174 pounds) and junior Jake Rubio (133 pounds) 1957 1960 1967 1968 1981 1985 1986 posted their first technical falls at OU, defeating Austin Abacherli (23-7) and Shaun Williams (17-1), respectively. In the same 1999 2002 dual, redshirt freshman Justin Thomas (157 pounds) and freshman Matthew Waddell (184 pounds) earned their first career wins by fall, pinning Adrian Nelson in 0:29 and Matt Fallon in 0:39, respectively. 10+ Win Seasons...................................45 1960 1961 1963 1965 1966 1967 1968 1970 1973 1974 1975 1976 1978 1979 PIN IT TO WIN IT 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Senior Mike Longo (141 pounds) opened the Lindenwood Open with three consecutive wins by fall, pinning unattached 1988 1989 1990 1992 1993 1996 1997 Parker Filius in 3:41, Missouri’s Nick Nasenbeny in 1:38 and Lindenwood’s Danny Swan in 6:12. Longo recorded two pins total in 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 the 2016-17 season. 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2014 2016 Senior Dawaylon Barnes also recorded multiple wins by fall at the Lindenwood Open, pinning McKendree’s Qiante Wagner in All-Americans ....................................273 4:08 and Lindenwood’s Kyle Jolas in 5:08 in consecutive matches. Individual National Champions.............67 Junior Davion Jeffries joins Longo as the only other Sooner to record three wins by fall on the season so far. He downed Individual Conference Champions......184 Sacred Heart’s Russell Feye in 2:28 at the Journeymen Northeast Duals, SIU-Edwardsville’s Cameron Kelley in 3:15 at the Lindenwood Open and North Idaho College’s Brent Evans in 2:12 at the Cliff Keen Invitational.