Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys Win Seventh National Duals Title
January 19, 2004 | Cowboy Wrestling
The Cowboys won seven of the 10 bouts en route to a 24-12 victory over the Tigers. OSU won the first two bouts to take an early 6-0 lead. Cody Stites avenged an earlier loss to Austin DeVoe, 4-3, while Johnny Thompson scored a 3-1 decision over Paul Collum.
J.P. Reese scored a 4-0 decision over Cowboys Ronnie Delk at 141 pounds to give the Tiger's their first points of the day. The Cowboys then reeled off five-straight victories to secure the championship.
Zack Esposito defeated his seventh straight ranked opponent after his decision over Jeremy Spates, to extend the Cowboy lead to 9-3.
OSU built on that lead with decisions from Johny Hendricks, Tyrone Lewis and Chris Pendleton. Hendricks defeated his second top five opponent this weekend with his 3-1 decision over Kenny Burleson.
Jake Rosholt fell behind Matt Pell early in the first period but came back to tie the score at 4-4 heading into the second period. Rosholt then scored six straight points to give him a 10-4 lead before pinning him at the 6:12 mark.
The Cowboys will return to action on Jan. 30-31 for duals against Northern Iowa and Iowa State, respectively. The dual against Northern Iowa will mark the 1000th dual in Cowboy history.
Results 125 - Cody Stites (OSU) dec. Austin DeVoe (MU), 4-3 133 - Johnny Thompson (OSU) dec. Paul Collum (MU), 3-1 141 - J.P. Reese (MU) dec. Ronnie Delk (OSU), 4-0 149 - Zack Esposito (OSU) dec. Jeremy Spates (MU), 4-3 157 - Johny Hendricks (OSU) dec. Kenny Burelson (MU), 3-1 165 - Tyrone Lewis (OSU) dec. Tyron Woodley (MU), 6-3 174 - Chris Pendleton (OSU) dec. Ben Askren (MU), 7-3 184 - Jake Rosholt (OSU) fall Matt Pell (MU), 6:12 197 - Jeff Foust (MU) dec. Rusty Blackmon (OSU), 5-2 285 - Mike Whitehead (MU) fall Will Gruenwald (OSU), 4:38
