Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboy Wrestling in Third After First Session of NCAA Championships
March 21, 2019 | Cowboy Wrestling
Brackets After Session I
Session I Photo Gallery
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The No. 2 Oklahoma State wrestling team finished the first session of the 2019 NCAA Championships in third place Thursday, sending seven of its nine wrestlers through to the second round of the championship brackets.
The Cowboys finished the session with an 8-2 record, getting bonus-point wins from Nick Piccininni (125), Daton Fix (133), Kaid Brock (141), Preston Weigel (197) and Derek White (HWT). Jacobe Smith (174) and Dakota Geer (184) also picked up wins by decision to move on to the second round.
"I think overall it was a good round," coach John Smith said. "It wasn't perfect. I thought we wrestled a little bit conservatively in a couple of matches. We scored the points we needed and advanced seven, and that's a good number as we go into tonight."
Some of the highlights from the opening session included a first-period fall from Piccininni over Campbell's Korbin Meink, a 16-0 technical fall from Weigel over Northern Colorado's Jacob Seely and an upset, 6-0 win from No. 26 Geer over seventh-seeded Nick Reenan of N.C. State.
OSU's other bonus-point wins came via a 21-7 major decision from Fix over Zack Trampe (Binghamton), a 12-3 major decision from Brock over No. 18 Bryan Lantry (Buffalo) and a 10-2 major decision from White over No. 33 Brandon Ngati (West Virginia).
Jacobe Smith's win came in sudden victory, as he picked up a takedown to get past No. 26 Drew Hughes of Michigan State, 6-4.
Joe Smith also picked up a win as the only Cowboy wrestling in the preliminary round, but fell short in his upset bid of undefeated and top-seeded Alex Marinelli of Iowa, 7-4, in the championship first round.
"It was a nice win for Dakota Geer beating the seventh-ranked guy pretty soundly," Smith said. "I thought Joe wrestled pretty well and gave a good effort, but just kind of struggled a little bit on bottom."
Kaden Gfeller also wrestled for the Cowboys at 149 pounds, but fell in sudden victory to No. 26 Ryan Blees of Virginia Tech. He and Joe Smith will now compete in the first round of the consolation brackets.
All nine OSU wrestles will compete tonight in session II of the NCAA Wrestling Championships at 6 p.m. central time, with the session televised live on ESPN and every match on every mat available on watchespn.com.
2019 NCAA Wrestling Championships
March 21, 2019 | PPG Paints Arena | Pittsburgh, Pa.
Session I (Thursday Morning) | Attendance: 17,949
Team Standings After Session I (Top 5)
1. Penn State – 21.0
2. Ohio State – 15.5
3. Oklahoma State – 14.5
4. Iowa – 14.0
5. Minnesota – 13.5
Championship Preliminary Round
165: No. 33 Joseph Smith (OSU) dec. No. 32 Tyler Morland (Northwestern), 10-5
Championship First Round
125: No. 2 Nick Piccininni (OSU) fall No. 31 Korbin Meink (Campbell), 1:43
133: No. 1 Daton Fix (OSU) MD No. 33 Zack Trampe (Binghamton), 21-7
141: No. 15 Kaid Brock (OSU) MD No. 18 Bryan Lantry (Buffalo), 12-3
149: No. 26 Ryan Blees (Virginia Tech) dec. No. 7 Kaden Gfeller (OSU), 5-1, SV1
165: No. 1 Alex Marinelli (Iowa) dec. No. 33 Joe Smith (OSU), 7-4
174: No. 7 Jacobe Smith (OSU) dec. No. 26 Drew Hughes (Michigan State), 6-4
184: No. 26 Dakota Geer (OSU) dec. No. 7 Nick Reenan (N.C. State), 6-0
197: No. 3 Preston Weigel (OSU) TF No. 30 Jacob Seely (Northern Colorado), 16-0, 4:18
285: No. 1 Derek White (OSU) MD No. 33 Brandon Ngati (West Virginia), 10-2
Championship Second Round Schedule (Thursday Night)
125: No. 2 Nick Piccininni (OSU) vs. No. 15 Elijah Oliver (Indiana)
133: No. 1 Daton Fix (OSU) vs. No. 16 Matthew Schmitt (West Virginia)
141: No. 15 Kaid Brock (OSU) vs. No. 2 Joey McKenna (Ohio State)
174: No. 7 Jacobe Smith (OSU) vs. No. 10 Mikey Labriola (Nebraska)
184: No. 26 Dakota Geer (OSU) vs. No. 10 Samuel Colbray (Iowa State)
197: No. 3 Preston Weigel (OSU) vs. No. 14 Eric Schultz (Nebraska)
285: No. 1 Derek White (OSU) vs. No. 16 Chase Singletary (Ohio State)
Consolation First Round Schedule (Thursday Night)
149: No. 7 Kaden Gfeller (OSU) vs. No. 23 Joshua Maruca (Arizona State)
165: No. 33 Joe Smith (OSU) vs. No. 17 Jonathan Viruet (Brown)
Session I Photo Gallery
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The No. 2 Oklahoma State wrestling team finished the first session of the 2019 NCAA Championships in third place Thursday, sending seven of its nine wrestlers through to the second round of the championship brackets.
The Cowboys finished the session with an 8-2 record, getting bonus-point wins from Nick Piccininni (125), Daton Fix (133), Kaid Brock (141), Preston Weigel (197) and Derek White (HWT). Jacobe Smith (174) and Dakota Geer (184) also picked up wins by decision to move on to the second round.
"I think overall it was a good round," coach John Smith said. "It wasn't perfect. I thought we wrestled a little bit conservatively in a couple of matches. We scored the points we needed and advanced seven, and that's a good number as we go into tonight."
Some of the highlights from the opening session included a first-period fall from Piccininni over Campbell's Korbin Meink, a 16-0 technical fall from Weigel over Northern Colorado's Jacob Seely and an upset, 6-0 win from No. 26 Geer over seventh-seeded Nick Reenan of N.C. State.
OSU's other bonus-point wins came via a 21-7 major decision from Fix over Zack Trampe (Binghamton), a 12-3 major decision from Brock over No. 18 Bryan Lantry (Buffalo) and a 10-2 major decision from White over No. 33 Brandon Ngati (West Virginia).
Jacobe Smith's win came in sudden victory, as he picked up a takedown to get past No. 26 Drew Hughes of Michigan State, 6-4.
Joe Smith also picked up a win as the only Cowboy wrestling in the preliminary round, but fell short in his upset bid of undefeated and top-seeded Alex Marinelli of Iowa, 7-4, in the championship first round.
"It was a nice win for Dakota Geer beating the seventh-ranked guy pretty soundly," Smith said. "I thought Joe wrestled pretty well and gave a good effort, but just kind of struggled a little bit on bottom."
Kaden Gfeller also wrestled for the Cowboys at 149 pounds, but fell in sudden victory to No. 26 Ryan Blees of Virginia Tech. He and Joe Smith will now compete in the first round of the consolation brackets.
All nine OSU wrestles will compete tonight in session II of the NCAA Wrestling Championships at 6 p.m. central time, with the session televised live on ESPN and every match on every mat available on watchespn.com.
2019 NCAA Wrestling Championships
March 21, 2019 | PPG Paints Arena | Pittsburgh, Pa.
Session I (Thursday Morning) | Attendance: 17,949
Team Standings After Session I (Top 5)
1. Penn State – 21.0
2. Ohio State – 15.5
3. Oklahoma State – 14.5
4. Iowa – 14.0
5. Minnesota – 13.5
Championship Preliminary Round
165: No. 33 Joseph Smith (OSU) dec. No. 32 Tyler Morland (Northwestern), 10-5
Championship First Round
125: No. 2 Nick Piccininni (OSU) fall No. 31 Korbin Meink (Campbell), 1:43
133: No. 1 Daton Fix (OSU) MD No. 33 Zack Trampe (Binghamton), 21-7
141: No. 15 Kaid Brock (OSU) MD No. 18 Bryan Lantry (Buffalo), 12-3
149: No. 26 Ryan Blees (Virginia Tech) dec. No. 7 Kaden Gfeller (OSU), 5-1, SV1
165: No. 1 Alex Marinelli (Iowa) dec. No. 33 Joe Smith (OSU), 7-4
174: No. 7 Jacobe Smith (OSU) dec. No. 26 Drew Hughes (Michigan State), 6-4
184: No. 26 Dakota Geer (OSU) dec. No. 7 Nick Reenan (N.C. State), 6-0
197: No. 3 Preston Weigel (OSU) TF No. 30 Jacob Seely (Northern Colorado), 16-0, 4:18
285: No. 1 Derek White (OSU) MD No. 33 Brandon Ngati (West Virginia), 10-2
Championship Second Round Schedule (Thursday Night)
125: No. 2 Nick Piccininni (OSU) vs. No. 15 Elijah Oliver (Indiana)
133: No. 1 Daton Fix (OSU) vs. No. 16 Matthew Schmitt (West Virginia)
141: No. 15 Kaid Brock (OSU) vs. No. 2 Joey McKenna (Ohio State)
174: No. 7 Jacobe Smith (OSU) vs. No. 10 Mikey Labriola (Nebraska)
184: No. 26 Dakota Geer (OSU) vs. No. 10 Samuel Colbray (Iowa State)
197: No. 3 Preston Weigel (OSU) vs. No. 14 Eric Schultz (Nebraska)
285: No. 1 Derek White (OSU) vs. No. 16 Chase Singletary (Ohio State)
Consolation First Round Schedule (Thursday Night)
149: No. 7 Kaden Gfeller (OSU) vs. No. 23 Joshua Maruca (Arizona State)
165: No. 33 Joe Smith (OSU) vs. No. 17 Jonathan Viruet (Brown)
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