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Soonersooner Wrest Wrestsoonerlliingng Match Match Notesnotes MATCHRED/WHITEBIG 12 C1HAM - OCT RANKINGPIONSHIOBER 27, PMATCHS 2006 - THURSDAY, NOV. 2, 2006 SOONERSOONER WREST WRESTSOONERLLIINGNG MATCH MATCH NOTESNOTES Mitch Heckart, Wrestling Media Relations Contact UNIVErsITY of OKLAhomA 180 W. Brooks Suite 2525, Norman, OK 73019 WRESTLING O: (405) 325-8349 | C: (405) 863-0515 | F: (405) 325-7623 14-5 Overall,1-4 Big 12 [email protected] | www.SoonerSports.com IN THE POLLS 14 N.W.C.A. 17 W.I.N. NO. 14 SOONERS AIM FOR THIRD BIG 12 2007-2008 SCHEDULE CONFERENCE TITLE, 24TH OVERALL DATE OPPONENT TIME SCORE 11/4 Missouri Valley/OCU/ ALL DAY W, 47-0 14 Neosho CC 44-0/50-3 11/10 at SUNY-Brockport Classic ALL DAY 1st Place 11/15 North Carolina State 7 p.m. W, 30-9 11/24 Oklahoma Open# ALL DAY 12/2 at Oklahoma State 2 p.m. L, 9-21 12/7 at Central Oklahoma 7 p.m. W, 27-6 1/5 at Lone Star Duals ALL DAY W, 28-6 (Navy/Cal-State/N. Carolina) 27-6, 27-6 1/12 MICHIGAN STATE/PITTSBURGH 2 p.m. W, 29-7, 17-15 1/18 TENN.-CHATTANOOGA 7 p.m. W, 21-13 1/20 WISCONSIN $ 6 p.m. L, 15-18 1/25 IOWA STATE 7 p.m. L, 3-31 PROBABLE STARTERS 2/1 ARIZONA STATE 7 p.m. W, 31-9 SETTING THE SCENE OKLAHOMA 125 - Joey Fio 2/8 at Missouri 7 p.m. L, 10-23 133 - Brian Shelton 2/10 at Nebraska 2 p.m. L, 9-21 Today’s Schedule: SOONERS 2/15 CAL POLY** 7 p.m. W, 32-9 Ranked No. 14 141 - Zack Bailey 2/21 OKLAHOMA STATE 7 p.m. W, 18-15 Championship action lasts all day (14-5, 1-4 Big 12) 149 - Will Rowe 157 - Chad Terry Date: Saturday, March 8, 2008 165 - Max Dean 3/8 Big 12 Championships ALL DAY Location: Stillwater, Okla. 174 - Pat Flynn (Stillwater, Okla.) Venue: Gallagher-Iba Arena 184 - Joshua Weitzel 3/20-22 NCAA Championships ALL DAY TV: Fox Sports Net 197 - Joel Flaggert (St. Louis, Mo.) Hwt. - Nathan Fernandez PINNING IT DOWN KEY All CAPS indicate home matches NORMAN, Okla. -- No. 14 Oklahoma will compete for its third Big 12 wrestling title this Saturday, March 8, at the Big 12 Cham- # Lloyd Noble Center pionships in Stillwater, Okla. * Ford Center-Oklahoma City ** Lloyd Noble Center, Beauty and the Beast Action begins at 11 a.m., inside Gallagher-Iba Arena , with finals getting underway at 7 p.m. $ Ford Center, Oklahoma City The Sooners (14-5 overall, 1-4 in the Big 12) enter the postseason riding a two-match winning streak. OU defeated Cal Poly on OKLAHOMA QUICK FACTS Feb. 15, by a 32-9 final and most recently knocked off in-state rival and then-No. 3 Oklahoma State on Feb. 21 (18-15). LOCATION: Norman, Okla. Live video coverage of the championships will be available at www.big12sports.com. Finals will be provided courtesy of FSN, FOUNDED: 1890 which will also be showing the event in its entirety on a tape delay basis at 1 p.m., Friday, March 14 and 1:30 a.m., Saturday, March 15. ENROLLMENT: 30,000 NICKNAME: Sooners Oklahoma has claimed at least one individual title in 10 of the past 11 Big 12 Championships (no titles in 2005). Last season, COLORS: Crimson and Cream departed seniors Sam Hazewinel (125 pounds) and Matt Storniolo (149 pounds) claimed individual crowns for OU. HOME VENUE: Howard McCasland Fieldhouse CAPACITY: 3,341 The Sooners return three wrestlers in this year’s lineup who also advanced to nationals from last year’s championships. Flaggert placed third to advance and Rowe and Weitzel were selected as wild-cards. CONFERENCE: Big 12 PRESIDENT: David L. Boren After the Big 12 Championships, qualified Sooners will return home to prepare for the NCAA Championships in St. Louis, Mo., ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Joe Castiglione beginning March 20. OKLAHOMA WRESTLING -- HOME OF SEVEN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIPS SOONER WRESTLING MATCH NOTES NWCA/InterMat Coaches Poll BEDLAM UPSET REVISITED Seniors Joshua Weitzel at 184 pounds and Joel Flaggert at Team The dual between the in-state rivals began at 184 pounds 197 pounds lead the way for Oklahoma at No. 6 and No. 9, 1. Iowa after Oklahoma State decided to draw instead of the tradi- respectively. 2. Central Michigan tional start at 125 pounds. 3. Iowa State * Freshman Joey Fio is enjoying his highest ranking of the 4. Nebraska * The opening bout could not have started better for the season at No. 15 among 125-pounders and 141 pound Zack 5. Oklahoma State * Sooners, as No. 6 Joshua Weitzel put six on the board with a Bailey is No. 16. Will Rowe and Chad Terry are No. 17 at 149 6. Penn State pin over Jack Jensen. The senior needed only the first period and 157 pounds, respectively. 7. Wisconsin * to record the fall at 2:18. 8. Minnesota 9. Ohio State Joel Flaggert followed up the pin with a 9-6 decision over BIG 12 TIDBITS 10. Illinois Clayton Foster to put the Sooners up 9-0. After heavyweight •The Sooners won the conference crown in 1999 and again 11. Michigan in 2002, both under current head coach Jack Spates. 12. Missouri * Fernandez was defeated, freshman No. 17 Joey Fio pulled an 13. Northwestern upset at 125 pounds, defeating No. 14 Tyler Shinn by a 3-2 •OU has claimed 23 conference titles in 77 years of wres- 14. Oklahoma decision. 15. Edinboro tling, which is second to Oklahoma State’s 32. 16. Cornell Back-to-back OSU wins made the team score 12-9, but OU 17. Hofstra bounced back and picked up two victories by Will Rowe •Oklahoma has claimed 171 individual conference titles in 18. UT-Chattanooga* (149 pounds) and Chad Terry (157 pounds). After the pair of the program’s history. The crowns have come in four differ- 19. Old Dominion Sooners wins, the score was 18-9 in favor of OU. With two ent conferences (Big Six, Big Seven, Big Eight and Big 12). 20. Indiana matches to go, Oklahoma simply needed to hold on for its 21. Kent State first Bedlam win in over a decade. •Iowa State won its first Big 12 crown last season with 66.5 22. Maryland team points. Missouri was second with 61.5 points and 23. Pittsburgh* Max Dean at 165 pounds was taken down by a 7-3 decision Oklahoma State was third with 61 points. Nebraska (46 24. Cal-State Fullerton* and no bonus points were awarded, meaning OSU would points) and Oklahoma (44 points) were fourth and fifth, 25. Penn need a pin at 174 pounds to tie. Season-long starter Jeff respectively. NOTE: * Indicates 2007-08 OU opponents James tore his posterior cruciate ligament against Cal Poly in the previous match, so OU’s fate rested on the shoulders WINNING STREAK of junior Chris DeVilbiss to hold off the Cowboy rally. OU heads into the postseason riding a two-match winning W.I.N Magazine Poll streak. The Sooners defeated Cal Poly on Feb. 15 (32-9) Team 1. Iowa DeVilbiss, wrestling in his first dual of the season, was only and most recently knocked off in-state rival OSU on Feb. 21 2. Central Michigan defeated 7-0 by No. 8 Brandon Mason, giving the Sooners (18-15) 3. Nebraska the 18-15 upset. 4. Oklahoma State BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIPS ON TV Live video coverage of the championships will be available 5. Minnesota The win snapped a 19 match winning streak by the Cow- at www.big12sports.com. Finals will be provided courtesy 6. Iowa State boys, and was the first Sooner victory since Nov. 28, 1995. 7. Ohio State of FSN, which will also be showing the event in its entirety 8. Illinois on a tape delay basis at 1 p.m., Friday, March 14 and 1:30 RUNDOWN ON THE RANKINGS a.m., Saturday, March 15. 9. Penn State The Sooners head into postseason competition boasting six 10. Wisconsin wrestlers ranked among the nation’s best. 11. Northwestern 13. Missouri 14. Cornell 15. Hofstra PROBABLE OKLAHOMA STARTERS 16. Edinboro 17. Oklahoma WT. NAME YR. HOMETOWN HIGHSCHOOl RECORD 18. Indiana 125 Joey Fio (No. 15) Fr. Sandpoint, Idaho Sandpoint HS 18-7 19. Old Dominion 133 Brian Shelton So. El Reno, Okla. Providence Catholic HS 7-5 20. Boise State 141 Zack Bailey (No. 16) RFr. Kansas City, Mo. Oak Park HS 25-10 21. Kent State 149 Will Rowe (No. 17) Jr. Arlington, Texas Lamar HS 21-6 22. UT-Chattanooga 157 Chad Terry (No. 17) So. Midwest City, Okla. Carl Albert HS 18-5 23. Pittsburgh 165 Max Dean Sr. Cincinnati, Ohio Lakota West HS 18-7 24. Penn 174 Pat Flynn RFr. Quakertown, Pa. Quakertown HS 5-4 25. Maryland 184 Joshua Weitzel (No. 6) Sr. Lincoln University, Pa. Oxford HS 23-2 197 Joel Flaggert (No. 9) Sr. Choctaw, Okla. Choctaw HS 21-3 HWT. Nathan Fernandez RFr. Lawton, Okla. MacArthur HS 14-11 Head Coach: Jack Spates (15th Season, 198-88-11) Assistant Coaches: Robbie Waller and Jeremy Spates OKLAHOMA WRESTLING -- HOME OF SEVEN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIPS SOONER WRESTLING MATCH NOTES TEAM NOTES SOONERS HONORED BY BIG 12 •Oklahoma was 1-4 in Big 12 duals this season and averaged 9.8 points per match. Two Sooners were named Big 12 Wrestlers of the Week in the final three weeks of OU gave up 22.2 points to conference opponents.
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