Cowboys Hold Off Huskers

Lincoln?A comeback bid by the No. 20 Nebraska wrestling team fell just short as fourth-ranked OklahomaState defeated the Huskers, 21-13, Thursday in front of a season-high crowd of 1,384 fans at the NU Coliseum. 

 

After losing the first three matches in the dual, Nebraska won four out of six matches and earned an opportunity to win the dual in the final match, but a 5-3 overtime win at 157 pounds by Newly McSpadden over Chris Oliver clinched the win for OSU.  It is the third time in the last four duals between the Huskers and the Cowboys, NU had an opportunity to win the dual heading into the final match.

 

Craig Brester got the Huskers on the board in the team race with an 18-6 major decision win over Jared Shelton at 197 pounds.  Brester took control of the match in the second period, in which he scored four takedowns in the last 1:25 of the stanza.  A setback at heavyweight would give the Cowboys a 14-4 lead halfway through the dual.

 

Paul Donahoe would get the Huskers back on the winning track at 125 pounds with an 8-5 win over Tyler Shinn.  Donahoe sprinted out to a 4-0 lead with a takedown and a nearfall midway through the first period, and held on for the victory from there. 

 

After a setback at 133 pounds, Dominick Moyer kept hopes alive for a Husker upset with a 5-3 overtime victory over Nathan Morgan at 141 pounds in a matchup of a pair of top-10 ranked wrestlers.  Moyer took down Morgan with five seconds remaining in the first sudden victory period to earn the win. 

 

At 149 pounds, Jordan Burroughs followed Moyer with a win of his own, a 10-5 decision over B.J. Jackson.  Burroughs took the lead for good in the match with a takedown with 1:13 remaining in the first period.  The win cut Oklahoma State's lead to 18-13 with one match remaining.

 

Nebraska (7-6) is next in action on Friday, Feb. 9 at 7 p.m. against No. 13 Oklahoma at McCasland Field House in Norman, before returning home to take on top-ranked Minnesota on Sunday, Feb. 11 at 1 p.m. at the NU Coliseum.

 

#4 OklahomaState 21, #20 Nebraska 13

NU Coliseum, Lincoln, Neb.

Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007

Attendance-1384

Official-Fred Ambrose

165-#1 Hendricks (OSU) by major dec. over Dwyer (NU), 11-3

174-#16 Mason (OSU) by dec. over Harwood (NU), 3-0

184- Jensen (OSU) by dec. over Wofford (NU), 10-4

197-#9 Brester (NU) by major dec. over Shelton (OSU), 18-6

HWT-#18 Rosholt (OSU) by major dec. over Rice (NU), 12-3

125-#14 Donahoe (NU) by dec. over #15 Shinn (OSU), 8-5

133-#5 Scott (OSU) by major dec. over Aleksanyan (NU), 10-0

141-#8 Moyer (NU) by dec. over Morgan (OSU), 5-3, SV1

149- Burroughs (NU) by dec. over Jackson (OSU), 10-5

157- McSpadden (OSU) by dec. over Oliver (NU), 5-3 (SV1)