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Cowboys Ready for First Round of Bedlam in Norman
December 11, 2021 | Cowboy Wrestling
4 - Oklahoma Notes
STILLWATER – The Oklahoma State wrestling team will travel to Norman for the first Bedlam dual of the season in a nationally televised match on Sunday.
Dual Details
Date/Times: at No. 17 Oklahoma – Dec. 12, 2021/ 5 p.m. CT
Location: Lloyd Noble Center, Norman, Okla.
Watch: ESPNU
Listen: Hot 93.7 KSPI-FM
Live Stats: Trackwrestling.com
The BasicsÂ
The fourth-ranked Oklahoma State wrestling team (3-0 overall; 0-0 Big 12) is set to begin its conference schedule with the first round of Bedlam on Sunday. Coming off of a 45-0 shutout of Drexel, the Cowboys are prepared to face No. 17 Oklahoma in a dual that will start at 5 p.m. CT in the Lloyd Noble Center.
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The Series -Â Oklahoma
The Bedlam dual series dates back to 1920, a bout that Oklahoma State won a staggering 50-0 in Stillwater. OSU leads the all-time rivalry series 145-27-10. Sunday's dual marks the 183rd time the two teams have met for dual competition. This is the first time the teams have met this season, after Oklahoma State won both duals last season. OSU has won the last 13 matches in the series with the most recent win for the Sooners being a 16-15 win at home in 2013. Oklahoma State holds a 62-15-8 advantage in Norman where the teas will wrestle on Sunday.
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An Oklahoma State Win Would...Â
• Move the Cowboys to 4-0 overall; 1-0 in the Big 12
• Push the series record to 146-27-10 in favor of Oklahoma State
• Mark OSU's 14th straight victory over Oklahoma
• Make John Smith's record against the Sooners, 53-6-3
• Extend Oklahoma State's win streak in duals to 14, dating back to last season
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Cowboys in the PollsÂ
Oklahoma State's roster features 10 wrestlers ranked in various polls this week, with six holding spots inside the top-10. Sophomore 197-pounder AJ Ferrari is the consensus No. 1 wrestler at his weight and is the highest ranked Cowboy, after winning his first individual title at the NCAA Championships in March. Following Ferrari, Daton Fix appears at No. 2 at 133 pounds as the reigning Big 12 champion and national finalist. Also making appearances in the top 10 of their respective weight classes are All-Americans Travis Wittlake and Dakota Geer. Wittlake is as high as No. 5 at 165 pounds in the Intermat rankings, while Geer is ranked sixth at 184 pounds by FloWrestling. 125-pounder Trevor Mastrogiovanni cracked the top-10 of the FloWrestling poll for the first time in his earlier this season following an upset over No. 5 Patrick McKee. He holds the No. 7 spot in FloWrestling's poll. A 3-0 start to the season with three wins over ranked opponents has Dustin Plott (174) into the top-10 of the WIN Magazine poll where he is tabbed No. 9 in his weight class. Wyatt Sheets (157) is ranked as high as No. 12 by various polls, while Kaden Gfeller (149) is as high as No. 17 in FloWrestling's rankings. At 141 pounds, true freshman Carter Young is ranked No. 28 by. Intermat after picking up the first win of his career against Drexel, while Luke Surber lands at No. 30 in Intermat's heavyweight poll.
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Match to WatchÂ
The highest-ranked matchup of the dual will come at 197 pounds where No. 1 AJ Ferrari takes on No. 11 Jake Woodley. Ferrari, the reigning national champion at 197 pounds as a true freshman, has picked up where he left off to begin the 2021-22 season with three bonus-point wins in as many matches. Woodley, who placed sixth at the NCAA Championships last season, has been ranked as high as No. 6 this season and most recently had a fourth-place finish at the Cliff Keen Invitational. The 197-pounders met three times last year: twice in duals and once at the Big 12 Championship. Ferrari won all three matches by decisions with the biggest win coming by a score of 8-4 in the last meeting. They were one match away from wrestling for a fourth time with a national championship on the line as both wrestlers made the NCAA semifinals, but Woodley dropped his bout to Nino Bonaccorsi (PITT).
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Dustin His CompetitionÂ
Cowboy 174-pounder Dustin Plott has gotten off to an impressive start in his sophomore season. So far, he has faced a ranked opponent in each of OSU's three duals and defeated each of them. He beat No. 31 Tyler Eischens of Stanford, 7-6, No. 23 Jared Krattiger (MINN), 6-1, and No. 12 Mickey O'Malley (DREX), 6-3. His upset over O'Malley his last time out marked the highest-ranked win of his young career. Beginning the season ranked No. 16 by Intermat, Plott has moved up to No. 9 thus far.
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Tune In
The dual with Oklahoma will be nationally televised on ESPNU with Shawn Kenney, Jim Gibbons and Rock Harrison on the call. This is the fourth season in a row that at least one of the two duals between OSU and OU has been shown on ESPNU. It can also be heard on the radio Sunday afternoon with Rex Holt and Roger Moore on air beginning at 4:30 p.m. CT on Hot 93.7 KSPI-FM. Live stats can be found on Trackwrestling.com.
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STILLWATER – The Oklahoma State wrestling team will travel to Norman for the first Bedlam dual of the season in a nationally televised match on Sunday.
Dual Details
Date/Times: at No. 17 Oklahoma – Dec. 12, 2021/ 5 p.m. CT
Location: Lloyd Noble Center, Norman, Okla.
Watch: ESPNU
Listen: Hot 93.7 KSPI-FM
Live Stats: Trackwrestling.com
The BasicsÂ
The fourth-ranked Oklahoma State wrestling team (3-0 overall; 0-0 Big 12) is set to begin its conference schedule with the first round of Bedlam on Sunday. Coming off of a 45-0 shutout of Drexel, the Cowboys are prepared to face No. 17 Oklahoma in a dual that will start at 5 p.m. CT in the Lloyd Noble Center.
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The Series -Â Oklahoma
The Bedlam dual series dates back to 1920, a bout that Oklahoma State won a staggering 50-0 in Stillwater. OSU leads the all-time rivalry series 145-27-10. Sunday's dual marks the 183rd time the two teams have met for dual competition. This is the first time the teams have met this season, after Oklahoma State won both duals last season. OSU has won the last 13 matches in the series with the most recent win for the Sooners being a 16-15 win at home in 2013. Oklahoma State holds a 62-15-8 advantage in Norman where the teas will wrestle on Sunday.
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An Oklahoma State Win Would...Â
• Move the Cowboys to 4-0 overall; 1-0 in the Big 12
• Push the series record to 146-27-10 in favor of Oklahoma State
• Mark OSU's 14th straight victory over Oklahoma
• Make John Smith's record against the Sooners, 53-6-3
• Extend Oklahoma State's win streak in duals to 14, dating back to last season
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Cowboys in the PollsÂ
Oklahoma State's roster features 10 wrestlers ranked in various polls this week, with six holding spots inside the top-10. Sophomore 197-pounder AJ Ferrari is the consensus No. 1 wrestler at his weight and is the highest ranked Cowboy, after winning his first individual title at the NCAA Championships in March. Following Ferrari, Daton Fix appears at No. 2 at 133 pounds as the reigning Big 12 champion and national finalist. Also making appearances in the top 10 of their respective weight classes are All-Americans Travis Wittlake and Dakota Geer. Wittlake is as high as No. 5 at 165 pounds in the Intermat rankings, while Geer is ranked sixth at 184 pounds by FloWrestling. 125-pounder Trevor Mastrogiovanni cracked the top-10 of the FloWrestling poll for the first time in his earlier this season following an upset over No. 5 Patrick McKee. He holds the No. 7 spot in FloWrestling's poll. A 3-0 start to the season with three wins over ranked opponents has Dustin Plott (174) into the top-10 of the WIN Magazine poll where he is tabbed No. 9 in his weight class. Wyatt Sheets (157) is ranked as high as No. 12 by various polls, while Kaden Gfeller (149) is as high as No. 17 in FloWrestling's rankings. At 141 pounds, true freshman Carter Young is ranked No. 28 by. Intermat after picking up the first win of his career against Drexel, while Luke Surber lands at No. 30 in Intermat's heavyweight poll.
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Match to WatchÂ
The highest-ranked matchup of the dual will come at 197 pounds where No. 1 AJ Ferrari takes on No. 11 Jake Woodley. Ferrari, the reigning national champion at 197 pounds as a true freshman, has picked up where he left off to begin the 2021-22 season with three bonus-point wins in as many matches. Woodley, who placed sixth at the NCAA Championships last season, has been ranked as high as No. 6 this season and most recently had a fourth-place finish at the Cliff Keen Invitational. The 197-pounders met three times last year: twice in duals and once at the Big 12 Championship. Ferrari won all three matches by decisions with the biggest win coming by a score of 8-4 in the last meeting. They were one match away from wrestling for a fourth time with a national championship on the line as both wrestlers made the NCAA semifinals, but Woodley dropped his bout to Nino Bonaccorsi (PITT).
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Dustin His CompetitionÂ
Cowboy 174-pounder Dustin Plott has gotten off to an impressive start in his sophomore season. So far, he has faced a ranked opponent in each of OSU's three duals and defeated each of them. He beat No. 31 Tyler Eischens of Stanford, 7-6, No. 23 Jared Krattiger (MINN), 6-1, and No. 12 Mickey O'Malley (DREX), 6-3. His upset over O'Malley his last time out marked the highest-ranked win of his young career. Beginning the season ranked No. 16 by Intermat, Plott has moved up to No. 9 thus far.
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Tune In
The dual with Oklahoma will be nationally televised on ESPNU with Shawn Kenney, Jim Gibbons and Rock Harrison on the call. This is the fourth season in a row that at least one of the two duals between OSU and OU has been shown on ESPNU. It can also be heard on the radio Sunday afternoon with Rex Holt and Roger Moore on air beginning at 4:30 p.m. CT on Hot 93.7 KSPI-FM. Live stats can be found on Trackwrestling.com.
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