Oklahoma State University Athletics
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Cowboy Wrestling Records No. 31
March 22, 2003 | Cowboy Wrestling
March 22, 2003
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Oklahoma State's wrestling team captured its 31st team title at the 2003 NCAA Wrestling Championships in Kansas City, Mo., in front of 16,436 fans.
The Cowboys won in convincing fashion with 143 team points. Minnesota came in second with 104.5 points, while Oklahoma chipped in 78 points to finish third. Rounding out the top fiver were Lehigh with 69 points and Arizona State with 65 points.
The 143 points the Cowboys scored were the most ever by an OSU team. The previous high was 117.
Johnny Thompson and Jake Rosholt both captured individual titles for the Cowboys.
The Cowboys clinched the title during the consolation semifinals with four of the five wrestlers winning.
In the finals, Thompson faced off with Minnesota's Ryan Lewis in a rematch of last year's finals, while Jake Rosholt battled Scott Barker of Missouri.
Thompson won his second individual title after defeating Lewis, 5-3.
The two wrestled to a scoreless first period. Lewis notched the first points of the match with an escape in the second. Thompson then scored on a double leg takedown to take the 2-1 advantage.
Lewis tied the score at 2-2 after recording an escape at the end of the second.
The now two-time National Champion went up 3-2 after scoring an escape to open the third. The Oklahoma City, Okla., native captured his second takedown of the match to extend his lead to 5-2.
Thompson went on to win his second individual title as he held off Lewis in the final minute.
Rosholt entered the tournament as the 10th seed and came out as No. 1. He captured the title after romping Barker in a 13-5 major decision. The Sand Point, Idaho, native recorded two takedowns in the first period to take a 4-2 lead heading into the second frame.
Barker cut the lead to 4-3 with an escape to open the second, but that would be the closest he would come.
Rosholt didn't let up in the third period as he record a trio of takedowns and a two-point near fall en route to the title.
Shane Roller pinned his way to a third-place finish. Roller cradled Scott Owen of Northern Illinois in 5:30. The Bixby, Okla., native took a 5-0 lead after scoring a takedown and cradling Owen to end the first.
Roller then recorded the fall with :30 seconds left in the second period.
In the third-place match, Roller faced defending National Champion Luke Becker of Minnesota. Roller went from a front headlock to the "snake" to record the fall in :34.
Pendleton notched a third-place finish after cruising through the consolation semifinals with a :17 pin, the quickest in the tournament, over Oregon's Shane Webster. The Lemoore, Calif., native captured third after manhandling Arizona State's Curtis Owen, 17-4.
Pendleton only had a 2-1 lead at the end of the first, but extended his lead to 13-3 after the second period. He then recorded a pair of takedowns in the final period to notch the victory.
Muhammed Lawal wrestled his way to a third-place finish after defeating Nebraska's Justin Ruiz, 5-3, in the consolation semifinals, and Sean Stender, 7-4, in the third-place match.
Jerrod Sanders defeated Boise State's Colin Robertson, 3-2, to advance to the third-place match. Sanders notched a fourth-place finish after falling to Jesse Jantzen of Harvard, 5-3.
Tyrone Lewis captured his third All-America honors after defeating John Clark of Ohio State, 12-6, in the fifth-place match.
The Cowboys ended the year at 17-0, Big 12 Champions and National Champions.
ResultsTeam Results 1. Oklahoma State 143 2. Minnesota 104.5 3. Oklahoma 78 4. Lehigh 69 5. Arizona State 65
Finals 133- Johnny Thompson (OSU) dec. Ryan Lewis (Minnesota), 5-3 184- Jake Rosholt (OSU) m.d. Scott Barker (Missouri), 13-5
Consolation Semifinals 149- Jerrod Sanders (OSU) dec. Colin Robertson (Boise State), 3-2 157- Shane Roller (OSU) fall Scott Owen (Northern Illinois), 5:30 165- Matt King (Edinboro) dec. Tyrone Lewis (OSU), 5-4 174- Chris Pendleton (OSU) fall Shane Webster (Oregon), :17 197- Muhammed Lawal (OSU) dec. Justin Ruiz (Nebraska), 5-3
Third-Place Match 149- Jesse Jantzen (Harvard) dec. Jerrod Sanders (OSU), 5-3 157- Shane Roller (OSU) fall Luke Becker (Minnesota), :34 174- Chris Pendleton (OSU) m.d. Curtis Owen (Arizona State), 17-4 197- Muhammed Lawal (OSU) dec. Sean Stender (Northern Iowa), 7-4
Fifth-Place Match 165- Tyrone Lewis (OSU) dec. John Clark (Ohio State), 12-6
