A trio of Cowboys finished the weekend with perfect 4-0 records, as 133-pounder Chris Notte picked up two wins over ranked opponents along the way, with 197-pounder Clayton Foster and heavyweight Jared Rosholt dominating each of their four opponents.
Against Edinboro, Chris Notte picked up a big win for the Cowboys at 133 pounds when he scored a 6-4 victory over No. 16 Ricky Duble. Deadlocked at 4-4 at the end of three periods and through the first sudden victory period, Notte and Duble went into a tie-break period, where Notte was able to turn Duble to his back for a two-point nearfall and secure the win to cap a very productive weekend.
Luke Silver was also an upset winner for the Pokes against Edinboro, emerging victorious from a 7-6 dogfight with No. 16 Torsten Gillespie at 149 pounds. After bagging a key takedown as time expired in the second period to take a 5-3 lead into the third, Silver gave up the escape to start the period. Silver scored another takedown to take a 7-4 lead, but was slapped with a penalty point for locking his hands to bring the score to 7-5. Silver cut Gillespie loose to bring the score to 7-6, but Gillespie was unable to solve Silver with short time remaining.
OSU 165-pounder Brandon Mason erased any hope the Fighting Scots may have had when he pinned Chris Harunka at the 2:39 mark to claim his third win by fall in four bouts during the weekend. Mason scored an early takedown, then turned Harunka to his back for four separate three-point nearfalls to open up a 14-0 first-period lead. Mason turned him to his back a fifth time and would have won by technical fall, but he was able to flatten Harunka completely to win by a dominating fall.
Against 12th-ranked Central Michigan in the semifinals earlier in the day, the Cowboys got a pair of major decision wins from Clayton Foster and Jared Rosholt and a 5-3 sudden victory upset win from Notte over No. 13 Conor Beebe, but it was not enough to beat the Chippewas. The key to the dual was the fact that the Cowboys were unable to win enough of the swing matches that could have gone either way, as Obenson Blanc lost a 3-1 decision in the tie-break period to No. 9 Scotti Sentes, Jamal Parks lost a 7-6 decision at the hands of Tony D'Alie, Brandon Mason lost a 5-3 decision and Jared Shelton dropped a 6-4 decision to Vince DiDona.
After Neil Erisman claimed a 6-5 win over Tyler Grayson at 157 pounds, the Cowboys trailed in the dual, 9-6, to set the stage for the three key bouts of the dual. Oklahoma State ran a trio of seniors to the mat at 165, 174 and 184 pounds, but none of the three were able to claim victory, as Central Michigan won all three bouts by two points, respectively.
Blanc, Parks and Shelton all held leads in the third period of their respective bouts, but saw their leads slip away in the final period.
The Chippewas went on to beat No. 8 Lehigh, 21-12 in the championship finals to win the Virginia Duals title.
The Cowboys return to action when they host No. 1 Iowa at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 18. Tickets are available for the dual, which will not be televised.
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