Roger Moore - NewsPress
January 21, 2008 09:19 am
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OKLAHOMA CITY — Mark Manning knows that beating Oklahoma State in wrestling doesn’t happen very often.
Entering Sunday’s dual at the Ford Center, the eighth-year head coach at Nebraska was 0-for-14 against the Cowboys. The Cornhuskers, dating back to 1921, were 2-49-1 against O-State.
“We beat (OSU) my second year at OU. I remember it like it was yesterday,” said Manning, thinking back to Nov. 11 of 1995 when, as an assistant at the University of Oklahoma, he was part of a dual victory over Oklahoma State. “It’s tough to beat Oklahoma State. (OSU) had a tough day (Saturday at Missouri) and I think (the travel) plays into the way they wrestled (Sunday).
“But we had a good day, though.”
The third-ranked Huskers (10-2) seemed a step quicker all day in beating the Cowboys, 22-13, in front of 2,496 in the ESPNU Wrestling Invitational.
Jake Dieffenbach’s gritty overtime victory over Stephen Dwyer at 165 pounds forged a 10-10 tie, but the Huskers, second at last weekend’s National Duals, picked up three-straight wins to seal the deal.
“It looks like we are trying instead of doing ... there is a big difference,” said O-State head coach John Smith, whose club fell to 10-2-1 with Northern Iowa coming to town this Friday. “We’ve got guys wanting things to happen rather than making things happen.
“Nebraska is a very strong team and last week put a little fire in their belly.”
Dieffenbach (14-2) rebounded from an overtime loss on Saturday with a down-to-the-wire win over Dwyer, ranked eighth. A stalling point on Dwyer (24-5) tied the match at 8-8 with :10 remaining and with :39 left in OT, Dieffenbach used a physical finish of a double leg for a 10-8 victory.
But Manning’s squad quickly regained momentum.
Brandon Browne (24-2) scored a first period takedown, and that would be enough in beating second-ranked Brandon Mason (19-3), 2-1.
The dagger came a bout later when Vince Jones countered a Jack Jensen shot with a cradle and fall at 1:48 that gave NU a 19-10 lead with two bouts to wrestle.
“We knew going in that 157, 165 and 174 were probably going to decide the dual,” Manning said. “There was a lot of hard-fought matches (Sunday). Up and down the line, just a tough dual.
“This feels great right now, but it won’t mean a lot in a week.”
“Every dual meet is like practice for the NCAAs and the Big 12s,” Jones said. “That’s what we are preparing for right now.”
Craig Brester made it official with a 6-3 win over Clayton Foster at 197, all six of his points coming in the final two minutes.
Jared Rosholt improved to 21-2 with his second win of the weekend, beating Jon May, 4-3, to fashion the final score.
The Pokes also got victories from top-ranked Coleman Scott (21-1), who used a third-period rideout with a two-point near-fall to beat No. 8 Kenny Jordan, 2-0; and fellow senior Nathan Morgan (23-1), who had eight takedowns in a 21-9 major decision at 141.
Defending NCAA champion Paul Donahoe rallied to beat Tyler Shinn, 8-6, in the opener and Chris Oliver beat Newly McSpadden thanks to a riding time point at 157.
NU’s Jordan Burroughs had 12 takedowns in a 25-11 major decision at 149 pounds.
The loss for O-State was just the 34th in 298 duals under Smith.
Wisconsin picked up an 18-15 win in the other dual on Sunday. The Badgers’ Dallas Herbst beat Joel Flaggert in overtime at 197 and a decision at heavyweight provided the difference.
Nebraska 22, Oklahoma State 13
125-Paul Donahoe (N) dec Tyler Shinn, 8-6
133-Coleman Scott (O) dec Kenny Jordan, 2-0
141-Nathan Morgan (O) maj dec Robert Sanders, 21-9
149-Jordan Burroughs (N) maj dec Quinten Fuentes, 25-11
157-C. Oliver (N) dec Newly McSpadden, 3-2
165-Jake Dieffenbach (O) dec Stephen Dwyer, 10-8 OT
174-B. Browne (N) dec Brandon Mason, 2-1
184-Vince Jones (N) pin Jack Jensen, 1:48
197-Craig Brester (N) dec Clayton Foster, 6-3
285-Jared Rosholt (O) dec Jon May, 4-3
At CMSU
At the Roger Denker Open at Central Missouri State on Saturday, freshman Jamal Parks had four major decisions and won the title at 141 pounds.
Kyle Griffin beat teammate Kevin Wainscott in overtime in the 165-pound finals.
Stillwater High product Walker Clarke won 4-of-5 matches, falling to Central Missouri’s Jeremy Hudson in the 184-pound finals. Hudson beat OSU’s Chris McNeil in the semifinals, and McNeil, a freshman from Lawton, came back to take third.
Luke Ashmore, also a freshman, lost a 6-5 decision in the semifinals to eventual champion Ashtin Primus but came back with a pair of wins to take third at 149 pounds.
Neil Erisman had a pair of major decisions but had to injury default in the semifinals at 157. Mike Bizzle went 3-2 at 149 and Brad Nietenbach was fifth at 141.
Scouting around
Top-ranked Iowa beat No. 7 Penn State, 27-13, on Sunday in Iowa City. The Hawks (13-1) won 7-of-10 bouts including Brent Metcalf’s third period pin of Bubba Jenkins at 149 pounds.
• Division II No. 3 Central Oklahoma beat No. 1 Nebraska-Kearney, 23-16, on Saturday night in Edmond. Duncan product Cody Rowell pinned fourth-ranked Taylor May at 165 pounds and Kyle Evans had a technical fall at 141.
It was head coach David James’ 301st career dual win.
• Northern Iowa improved to 3-4-1 with a 36-6 win over Northern Colorado on Saturday. The Panthers visit Gallagher-Iba Arena this Friday.
• Iowa State, the Cowboys’ opponent this Sunday, improved to 11-3 with a Friday win over Wisconsin. ISU faces OU in Norman this Friday.
• Stillwater Junior High beat Owasso, 38-24, last Friday. Heavyweight Travis Morgan, Coventry Brown (185), Chris Zamskie (165) and Derrick Burris (152) had four straight pins after Owasso took a 24-15 lead through 142 pounds. Daniel Marshall (118) also had a pin; Jase Depperschmidt (102) had a technical fall and Kyle Mefford (142) had an 8-5 decision.
Morgan’s fall came in 13 seconds.
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