MATCHRED/WHITEDUAL 115 - OCTOBER OKLAHOMA RANKING 27, 2006 VS MATCH OKLAHOMA - THURSDAY, STATE NOV. 2, 2006 SOONERSOONERSOONER WRESTLING WRESTLING MATCH MATCH MATCH NOTES NOTESNOTES UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA Jason Bodin, Wrestling Media Relations Contact 180 W. Brooks Suite 2525, Norman, OK 73019 WRESTLING O: (405) 325-8299 | C: (405) 514-0557 | F: (405) 325-7623 13-1 Overall, 3-1 Big 12 IN THE POLLS [email protected] | www.SoonerSports.com No. 8 N.W.C.A./Coaches No. 8 Intermat No. 9 A.W.N. SOONERS, COWBOYS MEET IN SECOND BEDLAM SHOWDOWN SUNDAY 2010-11 WRESTLING SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT TIME SCORE SETTING THE SCENE 11/07 Oklahoma City Open Two Titles Opponent: No. 3 Oklahoma State 11/09 Central Oklahoma W 29-0 11/12 at Buffalo W 28-7 Date/Time: Sunday, Feb. 20 at 2 p.m. Location: Norman, Okla. 11/13 Brockport/Oklahoma Gold First 8 3 Venue: McCasland Field House TV: Sooner Sports Network (Cox 3 in 11/18 at Arizona State W 32-7 OKLAHOMA OKLAHOMA STATE OKC and Tulsa). Check local listings 11/27 OKLAHOMA CITY# W 43-0 SOONERS COWBOYS TV Announcers: Kenny Mossman and NORTH CAROLINA STATE# W 52-0 Ranked No. 8 Ranked No. 3 (13-1 record) (14-2-1 record) Toby Rowland Webcast: SoonerSports.com 12/3-4 at Cliff Keen Invitational Fourth PROBABLE PROBABLE Live scoring: SoonerSports.com STARTERS STARTERS 12/12 at Oklahoma State L 22-12 Senior Salute: Zack Bailey, Jeff James 125 - JARROD PATTERSON 125 - JON MORRISON and Nathan Fernandez will wrestler 133 - JORDAN KELLER 133 - JORDAN OLIVER 12/29-30 Midlands Sixth in their final bouts as Sooners. Greg 141 - ZACK BAILEY 141 - JOSH KINDIG 1/7 NAVY** W 28-9 149 - MATT LESTER 149 - JAMAL PARKS Cannon will also be recognized for his 157 - CHASE NELSON 157 - NEIL ERISMAN contributions as a Sooner wrestler. 1/15 vs American W 22-14 165 - TYLER CALDWELL 165 - DALLAS BAILEY Spates’ Farewell: This will be Jack vs Citadel W 31-3 174 - JEFF JAMES 174 - MIKE BENEFIEL Spates’ final dual meet as head coach vs Harvard W 33-8 -0R- BEN BRIDELL -0R- ZACH WHITE of the Sooners. 1/21 at Iowa State W 33-7 184 - ERICH SCHMIDTKE 184 - CHRIS PERRY Promotions: Crimson Out 1/28 NEBRASKA W 17-16 197 - KELDRICK HALL 197 - CLAYTON FOSTER - The First 1,000 fans will receive a free 2/5 MISSOURI W 18-12 285 - NATHAN FERNANDEZ 285 - BLAKE ROSHOLT OU t-shirt. 2/11 WYOMING W 22-10 -OR- TYSON YODER 2/20 OKLAHOMA STATE 2 PM 3/5 Big 12 Championships ALL DAY (Ames, Iowa) THIS EVENING’S MATCH 3/17-19 NCAA Championships ALL DAY Bedlam wrestling returns to Norman this Sunday, Feb. 20, when the eighth-ranked University (Philadelphia, Pa.) of Oklahoma (13-1, 3-1) team makes its final regular season appearance at home against the third-ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys (14-2-1, 5-1-0) inside McCasland Field House at 2 p.m. KEY Bedlam will mark Jack Spates’ final contest as head coach of the Sooners after leading OU for All CAPS indicate home matches the past 18 seasons. # Mosier Track Facility ** Lloyd Noble Center, Beauty and the Beast The top 10 showdown is the second of the season between the two squads, with the first contest in Stillwater on Dec. 12 going in favor of the Cowboys, 22-12. Oklahoma will attempt MATCH SPOTLIGHT: 125 POUNDS to finish the year with only one-loss for the first time since 1969 and earn its fourth win in Big Sophomore Jarrod Patterson, the 12 action for the first time since 1981. 2010 Big 12 Champion and NCAA qualifier, takes on OSU’s Jon Mor- The Sooners are 2-4-1 against the Cowboys in the past seven meetings, with all four losses rison, ranked No. 8 in the country coming on the road. Spates hopes to close out his coaching career with a win over his in-state for the second time this season. rival. The Cushing, Okla., product is cur- rently ranked No. 7 in the country Spates leaves OU with a host of coaching accolades including three Big 12 Coach of the Year by Intermat. In the first Bedlam awards and the 2006 National Coach of the Year. During his tenure at OU, Spates has coached battle Patterson had an escape two Big 12 conference team titles, 53 All-Americans and six national champions. He has also and added 1:04 of riding time to led 30 Oklahoma wrestlers to individual Big 12 titles. earn a 2-1 victory by decision over Morrison. Morrison’s only point Additionally, Sunday’s match marks the last at home for seniors Zach Bailey, Jeff James, Greg was awarded by violation. Cannon and Nathan Fernandez. The four, who have combined for 275 career wins at Okla- homa, will be honored prior to the dual. OKLAHOMA WRESTLING -- HOME OF SEVEN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS DUAL 15 OU VS. OSU SOONER WRESTLING MATCH NOTES NWCA/Coaches Poll SERIES VS. OKLAHOMA STATE Henson, a former three-time All-American, two- Team (2/15/11) Oklahoma has experienced recent success against time NCAA champion and Olympic medalist, 1. Cornell Oklahoma State, as the Sooners are 2-4-1 since joined the staff last year (2009) and helped lead 2. Iowa 2008 against the squad from Stillwater (2-3-1 last the Sooners to a top-five finish at the 2010 NCAA 3. Oklahoma State* six meetings). All Oklahoma losses have come in- Championships. 4. Penn State side Gallagher-Iba arena in Stillwater. During this 5. Minnesota stint, OU posted back-to-back wins against OSU DROPPING WEIGHT (Feb. 2008, Dec. 2009) for the first time since 1993. 6. Virginia Tech Sophomores Tyler Caldwell and Chase Nelson 7. Rutgers along with redshirt freshman Matt Lester dropped The Cowboys took the first contest this season 8. Oklahoma weight classes and will compete at 165, 157 and back on Dec. 12 in Stillwater, 22-12. 9. Boise State 149 pounds, respectively. Caldwell, 165 pound 10. Lehigh reigning All-American, has collected a 13-2 record 11. Michigan RUNDOWN ON THE RANKINGS since the drop. Nelson, a JUCO All-American, Seven Sooners are ranked in this week’s Inter- 12. Missouri* boasts a 10-2 at 157 pounds. Lester is 6-1 at 149 Mat individual ranking, led by second-ranked 13. Nebraska* pounds. Tyler Caldwell at 165 pounds. Senior Zack Bailey 14. Northwestern 15. Kent State (141 pounds) sits at No. 6 and Jarrod Patterson is 16. Wisconsin ranked No. 7 at 125 pounds. NELSON EARNS MIDLANDS TITLE 17. Iowa State* Chase Nelson won five-straight bouts to earn the T18. American* Nathan Fernandez stands 12th among heavy- 157 pound title at the Midlands Championships T18. Illinois weights. Chase Nelson (157) is No. 12, while Erich on Dec. 29-30. 20. Oregon State Schmidtke is 14th at 184 pounds. Matt Lester 21. Cal Poly jumped four spots to No. 15 among 149 pounders. BAILEY WINS 141 POUND ALL-STAR TITLE 22. Pittsburgh Oklahoma senior Zack Bailey defeated Ohio’s fifth- 23. Purdue Oklahoma State counters with nine ranked, includ- ranked Germane Lindsey by a 3-2 decision in the 24. Wyoming* ing six in Intermat’s Top-10. Jordan Oliver leads 141 pound All-Star matchup at the 45th-annual 25. Central Michigan all Cowboys ranked No. 1 at 133 pounds. Clayton NWCA All-Star Classic. NOTE: * Indicates 2010-11 OU op- Foster (197) is ranked third-nationally. Jamal Parks ponents (149) sits at No. 5, while Jon Morrison (125) checks IMPRESSIVE AT OCU INVITATIONAL in at No. 8. Chris Perry (184) and Dallas Bailey (165) Erich Schmidtke and Joe Bach each claimed round-out Cowboys ranked in the top 10 at No. 9 INTERMAT POLL individual titles at the Oklahoma City Open. among and 10, respectively. Team (2/15/11) Schmidtke defeated OSU’s then-No. 5 ranked Chris 1. Cornell Perry, 11-3, and Bach won due to injury default Ranked No. 12 is 174-pounder Mike Benefiel, fol- 2. Penn State over OSU’s Alan Gelogaev. 3. Iowa lowed by two OSU wrestlers ranked No. 16 in Josh 4. Oklahoma State* Kindig (141) and Neil Erisman (157). 5. Boise State OU FOURTH AT CLIFF KEEN 6. Minnesota OU took home five individual medals and placed SPATES TO RETIRE AT END OF SEASON fourth over a talented field of 36 teams at the 29th 7. Wisconsin Oklahoma Head Wrestling Coach Jack Spates, who Annual Cliff Keen Invitational at the Las Vegas T8. Oklahoma is in his 18th season with the Sooners, announced Convention Center. T8. American* today that he plans to retire from the position at 10. Lehigh the end of the current season. 11. Iowa State* Nathan Fernandez claimed the heavyweight title after going 5-0 and defeating Michigan’s Ben Ap- 12. Arizona State* “This is something that I had planned for quite a land, 4-0. Jarrod Patterson claimed second place 13. Rutgers while,” Spates said. 14. Nebraska* at 125 pounds after defeating Ohio State’s No. 5 Logan Stieber, 2-1, in the semifinals before falling T15. Central Michigan “I’ve been blessed by my tenure at OU. I’ve to ASU’s third-ranked Anthony Robles, 13-1, in the T15. Michigan worked with the greatest kids, athletic director finals. 17. Northwestern and president. I will leave with a smile on my face. T18. Missouri* It’s a young man’s game and a sport that requires Tyler Caldwell (12-2) finished fourth in the T18.