Graham knocked off senior All-American and No. 5-ranked Scott Berens 6-4 at 133 pounds to give the Bronze a 7-4 lead after three matches, with the Blue coming back to win six of the next seven bouts to grab a 22-10 lead en route to the win.
The Blue got overtime victories from Michael Walkup at 141, Austin Standage at 149 and Tanner Keck at 165 in building its big lead before the Bronze made it close by claiming the last two matches, including a fall by Mikey Morgan.
It was the first of two intrasquad duals for the No. 6-ranked Bronchos, who will hold another Blue-Bronze battle next Thursday in Norman. UCO opens the season on Nov. 8 at the Oklahoma City University Open.
“I saw a lot of good things, especially from some of our young guys, but we obviously have a lot of work ahead of us,†said 28-year head coach David James. “It was good for us to get out of the room and compete in front of a crowd, because some guys wrestle better in those situations.â€
Freshman Casy Rowell started the dual with a 13-4 major decision to give the Blue a quick 4-0 lead, but Seth Johnson followed with a 12-2 rout for the Bronze to tie it.
Graham then pulled off his upset of Berens, getting a reverse in the final minute of the match to take a 5-4 lead and controlling Berens the rest of the way to add a riding time point for the 6-4 victory.
Walkup used two third-period takedowns to draw even with Tyson Bernardi at 6-6 and force overtime, then won it with another takedown 30 seconds into the sudden-victory period.
Standage prevailed 5-3 over Chris Watson on a takedown just six seconds into the first OT and Keck earned a 3-2 win over Derrick Adkins with an escape in the second tiebreaker.
Blue 22, Bronze 19
125: Casy Rowell, Blue, major dec. Nick Rice, 13-4.
125: Seth Johnson, Bronze, major dec. Andrew Schmauch, 12-2.
133: Trison Graham, Bronze, dec. Scott Berens, 6-4.
141: Michael Walkup, Blue, dec. Tyson Bernardi, 8-6 (SV).
149: Colby Robinson, Bronze, dec. Ryan Rosales, 4-0.
149: Austin Standage, Blue, dec. Chris Watson, 5-3 (SV).
157: Kelly Henderson, Blue, dec. Justin Suskey, 7-2.
157: Eden Berstein, Blue, dec. Joe Snedden, 5-1.
165: Tanner Keck, Blue, dec. Derrick Adkins, 2-1 (TB).
174: Cody Rowell, Blue, dec. Brennan Ochoa, 5-3.
174: Mikey Morgan, Bronze, pinned Rance Rue, 4:37.
184: Daniel Morrison, Bronze, dec. Kenny Meredith, 3-2.
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