Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys Win 62nd Straight
June 21, 1999 | Cowboy Wrestling
January 24, 1999
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Oklahoma State's top-ranked wrestling team won their 62nd straight dual with a 31-10 win over North Carolina Sunday Evening in Chapel Hill, N.C.
The win was the second of the day for the Cowboys, as they defeate N.C. State, 40-0 in a dual earlier today.
The Cowboys got a technical fall from Eric Guerrero and a regular fall from Dave Anderton en route to the win. Jamill Kelly, Jimmy Arias, Shawn Smith, Mark Smith, Mark Mu-oz and Josh Cruzan all garnered wins for the Cowboys, who improved to 17-0.
The Cowboys only lost a couple of matches in the dual. Charles Walker, wrestling up a weight at 149 pounds got pinned by ninth-ranked John Mark Bentley. Jeff Ragan, who wrestled for Teague Moore at 125, lost a 10-2 major decision to fifth-ranked Chuckie Connor.
Next up for the Cowboys will be a pair of duals on Saturday. They play host to Oregon at 11 a.m. and then wrestle Oregon State at 7:30.
Oklahoma State 31, North Carolina 10
125-Chuckie Connor (UNC) m. dec. Jeff Ragan 10-2 133-Eric Guerrero (OSU) t. fall Brad Byers 20-5 (7:00) 141-Jamill Kelly (OSU) m. dec. Josh Cowley 18-9 149-John Mark Bentley (UNC) pinned Charles Walker 1:19 157-Jimmy Arias (OSU) dec. Pat Cadwallader 3-1 ot 165-Shawn Smith (OSU) dec. Dan Calhoun 6-4 174-Mark Smith (OSU) m. dec. Jamie Groudle 12-3 184-Mark Mu-oz (OSU) dec. Corey Bell 11-6 197-Josh Cruzan (OSU) dec. Ty Roofner 4-1 285-Dave Anderton (OSU) pinned Matt Kenny 3:21
