Five Cowboys picked up bonus point wins in the effort, including a pair of falls from Dean Heil and Chandler Rogers and a technical fall from Nick Piccininni. Cowboy All-American Preston Weigel also made his first appearance of the season at 197 pounds.
The night started at 157 pounds with Cowboy Jonce Blaylock taking on Northern Colorado's Tyler Kinn. Blaylock scratched out a couple of takedowns in the first two periods to take a 5-1 lead into the third. The Cowboy sealed up the win in the final frame, punctuating the match with a couple more takedowns to come away with the 10-3 triumph.
Rogers quickly added bonus points at 165, taking down Keilan Torres in the opening minute of his match before putting Torres on his back for the fall in 53 seconds. It marked the sixth fall of the season for the Cowboy and 30th of his career.
Redshirt junior Jacobe Smith pushed the OSU lead to 12-0 at 174 pounds with a win over Seth Bogulski. Smith jumped out to a 4-1 lead after the opening frame, but Bogulski would cut his lead to 5-3 with a takedown midway through the second. Smith was able to escape before the end of the period and only allowed a Bogulski escape in the third to get the 6-4 victory.
The Bears picked up their lone win of the evening at 184 pounds by way of a Dylan Gabel major decision over Keegan Moore. Early in the first, Gabel attacked and converted on a takedown, injuring Moore in the process. From that point, it was all Gabel, who would finish off the 10-1 major over the redshirt freshman.
Matched up with No. 19 Jacob Seely in his first appearance of the season, Weigel didn't appear to have much trouble. After a scoreless first period, Weigel was able to score on a takedown in the second before electing to open the third on top and turning Seely for a nearfall. With riding time added, Weigel picked up the 7-0 decision in his debut.
"I'm feeling really good coming back from this injury," Weigel said. "It sucks sitting out and I don't think anyone wants to do it. I trained hard through it and I don't feel like I lost anything. I feel like I picked up where I left off from last year."
Heavyweight Derek White earned his fifth major decision on the year in a 12-4 triumph over Robert Winters. White denied Winters any offensive scores in the bout, while scoring five takedowns of his own. The Cowboy junior picked up his 10th win of the season in the match.
Piccininni made quick work of Sean Cannon at 125 pounds, racking up a takedown and four nearfalls to notch a 16-0 technical fall in 2:21. The win moved the redshirt sophomore to 9-1 overall on the season and was his fourth tech.
At 133 pounds, Kaid Brock came away with a narrow, 9-8 decision over Rico Montoya. Brock appeared in control in the first, scoring three takedowns to take a 6-2 lead into the second, where Montoya narrowed the advantage to 6-5 with another score. Starting the final frame on bottom, Brock was able to score a reversal; however, Montoya would tie it late with an escape and another takedown, but Brock would come away with the win on riding time.
Dean Heil stretched the advantage to 33-4 with a quick fall in 1:47 over Ben Polkowske at 141. With the pin, Heil ties his career high for falls in a season with four and moves into a tie with Johny Hendricks for the eighth-longest win streak in school history with 55.
Making the start in his home state of Colorado, Geo Martinez was able to finish off the Cowboy victory with a dominant, 13-1 major decision over Jimmy Fate. Martinez led from start to finish, tallying three takedowns and a four-point nearfall en route to the win.
The Cowboys will have a quick turnaround, as they head to Cheyenne, Wyo., tomorrow at 7 p.m. MT for a bout with Big 12 foe Wyoming.
"We've got some great matchups tomorrow," head coach John Smith said. "I had a chance to watch their team wrestle in Reno. It's a good squad, and it's going to be a good match."
Results:
157: Jonce Blaylock (OSU) dec. Tyler Kinn (UNC), 9-3
165: No. 6 Chandler Rogers (OSU) win by fall Keilan Torres (UNC), 0:54
174: No. 10 Jacobe Smith (OSU) dec. Seth Boguski (UNC), 6-4
184: Dylan Gabel (UNC) MD Keegan Moore (OSU), 10-1
197: No. 4 Preston Weigel (OSU) dec. No. 19 Jacob Seeley (UNC), 7-0
285: No. 8 Derek White (OSU) MD Robert Winters (UNC), 12-4
125: No. 3 Nick Piccininni (OSU) TF Sean Cannon (UNC), 16-0; 2:22
133: No. 3 Kaid Brock (OSU) dec. Rico Montoya (UNC), 9-8
141: No. 1 Dean Heil (OSU) fall Ben Polkowske (UNC), 1:14
149: No. 10 Geo Martinez (OSU) MD Jimmy Fate (UNC), 13-1
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