#25 Wyoming TONIGHT vs. #3 Oklahoma State [Wrestling]

[MrTitleist]

Cowboy wrestling tonight in the Arena Auditorium. Cowboys of Wyoming vs. Cowboys of Stillwater. LETS GO POKES!! 7pm!

[Stuck]

Hey Mr T!
Is there any way I can follow the wrestling online while here at work??
Thanks

[Wyo2dal]

I should have taken the time to get all this ready for any sport, The event is streamed right now I'm really not sure how the Quality is going to be though.

http://www.livestream.com/wyo2dal

Maybe we can get a list of all the sports people would like streamed if there are any that are missing.

[Aaron]

they didnt do so hot

[Wyo2dal]

Ya was kinda disappointing.

[MrTitleist]

Not a terrible night for the Pokes of Wyoming, but they need to finish strong in matches and close the deal. Hopefully tomorrow they can put away a couple of tough WWC opponents and right the ship.

http://www.wyomingathletics.com/sports/ ... 10aaa.html

For the second consecutive year, the University of Wyoming wrestling team battled Oklahoma State in most every match, but came out on the short end of each tight contest, thus losing the dual by a big margin, 31-3.

The Cowboy vs. Cowboy match-up was held in UW's Arena-Auditorium on Friday night in Laramie before a school record number of fans for a dual match, 2,566. Those fans watched No. 4-ranked OSU win three bouts by one point, one match by two points and one contest in sudden victory overtime.

As a whole, the brown and gold Cowboys took good shots and got to their opponent's legs but could not finish takedowns. The orange and black Cowboys turned defense into offense, took advantage of UW mistakes and that made all the difference in what turned out to be a lop-sided final team score.

Last year was a similar story in Stillwater, as UW lost four close bouts and won at only one weight, falling to OSU 34-4.

Wyoming's only win on this evening came at 149 pounds where junior Cole Dallaserra earned a 3-0 decision over Luke Silver. After a scoreless first period, Dallaserra rode Silver for the entire second period and then used a third-period reversal and riding time point to seal the victory.

With the dual loss, Wyoming falls to 6-3 overall while Oklahoma State improves their dual mark to 10-2-1.

"The crowd, the cheerleaders, and the band were all great...we weren't," UW head coach Mark Branch said. "Our guys battled hard, but constantly put ourselves behind the eight-ball and found ways to lose. We did not close out matches and I want to make it clear, that I, and this team are not okay with close losses. What we saw tonight was the difference between being a top-level team and everyone else."

UW's close losses included a 3-2 decision by No. 10 Chris Notte over No. 11 Michael Martinez at 125 pounds, a 4-3 decision by No. 5 Jordan Oliver over Cory VomBaur at 133 pounds, a 8-6 decision by No. 9 Alex Meade over No. 10 Shane Onufer at 165 pounds, a 10-5 sudden victory, overtime decision by No. 10 Clayton Foster over No. 6 Joe LeBlanc at 184 pounds, and a 3-2 decision by No. 7 Alan Gelogaev over Alfonso Hernandez at 197 pounds.

Both LeBlanc and VomBaur were leading their bouts with just seconds remaining in the final period before dropping the decisions.

"We did not have the formula to win tonight," Branch ended. "Now we have to find a way to get those matches behind us, make weight in the morning and make the adjustments that we need in order to win some important conference match-ups."

UW's busy weekend will continue tomorrow, Saturday, Jan. 30 when they host a full day of Western Wrestling Conference duals. The first WWC dual of the day will feature a neutral-mat match, with the Utah Valley Wolverines against the Northern Iowa Panthers at 2 p.m. in the UniWyo Sports Complex. Next, the `Pokes will face Utah Valley at 4 p.m., followed immediately by a match-up with the defending West Regional champions, UNI, at approximately 5:30 p.m.

No. 4 Oklahoma State (OSU) 31 Wyoming (WYO) 3

# 125 pounds - No. 10 Chris Notte by decision over No. 11 Michael Martinez, 3-2, 3-0 OSU
# 133 pounds - No. 5 Jordan Oliver by decision over Cory VomBaur (WYO), 4-3, 6-0 OSU
# 141 pounds - No. 8 Jamal Parks by decision over Chase Smith (WYO), 8-1, 9-0 OSU
# 149 pounds - Cole Dallaserra (WYO) by decision over Luke Silver (OSU), 3-0, 9-3 OSU
# 157 pounds - No. 17 Neil Erisman (OSU) by major decision over Jimmy Belleville (WYO), 13-0, 13-3 OSU
# 165 pounds - No. 9 Alex Meade (OSU) by decision over No. 10 Shane Onufer (WYO), 8-6, 16-3 OSU
# 174 pounds - No. 7 Mike Benefiel (OSU) by decision over Brock Smith (WYO), 7-3, 19-3 OSU
# 184 pounds - No. 10 Clayton Foster (OSU) by SV decision over No. 6 Joe LeBlanc (WYO), 10-5, 22-3 OSU
# 197 pounds - No. 7 Alan Gelogaev (OSU) by decision over Alfonso Hernandez (WYO), 3-2, 25-3 OSU
# Hwt. (285) - No. 1 Jared Rosholt (OSU) by fall over L.J. Helbig (WYO), 2:30, 31-3 OSU