Browne Pins Huskers to Win

A win by fall by freshman heavyweight Cameron Browne in the final match of the night gave the 21st-ranked Nebraska wrestling team a dramatic 21-15 win against No. 14 Oklahoma Friday night at the McCasland Field House in Norman, Okla.

 

With the dual tied at 15 after nine matches, Browne took down the Sooners’ Brad Farmer 53 seconds into the first period before pinning Farmer 28 seconds later to give Nebraska its first Big 12 dual victory of the season. 

 

The Huskers sprinted to a 15-9 lead after winning four of the first six matches.  Paul Donahoe got Nebraska out to a fast start with his pin of Henry Roman at 125 pounds.  Donahoe, who leads the team with 11 wins by fall this season, built a 7-1 lead on the strength of two takedowns and a nearfall before pinning Roman with 29 seconds to go in the first period. 

 

After a setback at 133 pounds, Dominick Moyer rebuilt Nebraska’s lead to six with a 4-0 win over Kyle Terry at 141 pounds.  After 6:05 of scoreless wrestling, Moyer broke the tie with an escape, then added a takedown two seconds later to seal the win. 

 

A loss at 149 pounds would again cut the Huskers’ lead to three at 9-6, but back-to-back wins from Chris Oliver and Stephen Dwyer would give Nebraska some breathing room.  Oliver defeated Will Rowe at 157 pounds, 6-2.  Rowe took a 2-0 lead with a takedown midway through the first period, but Oliver would take control of the match in a dominant second period in which he scored a takedown and a three-point nearfall. 

 

Stephen Dwyer got back on the winning track with a 4-1 win over Shane Seibert at 165 pounds.  Facing his seventh straight ranked opponent, Dwyer clinched his first victory over ranked opposition with a reversal with 57 seconds remaining that broke a 1-1 tie and gave Nebraska a 15-9 lead with four matches remaining.

 

Three straight Sooner victories would tie the dual at 15 before Browne earned a win by fall to seal the dual victory.

 

Nebraska (8-6) returns home to take on top-ranked Minnesota on Sunday at 1 p.m. at the NU Coliseum in the final home dual of the year for the Huskers.  Video of the dual will be streamed on HuskersNside.

 

#21 Nebraska 21, #14 Oklahoma 15

Friday, Feb. 9, 2007

Howard McCasland Field House

Official:  Pat Fitzgerald

Attendance:  393

125: Paul Donahoe (NU) fall Henry Roman (OU), 2:31

133:  Brian Shelton (OU) dec. Patrick Aleksanyan (NU), 8-2

141:  Dominick Moyer (NU) dec. Kyle Terry (OU), 4-0

149:  Matt Storniolo (OU) dec. Jordan Burroughs (NU), 7-3

157:  Chris Oliver (NU) dec. Will Rowe (OU), 6-2

165:  Stephen Dwyer (NU) dec. Shane Seibert (OU), 4-1

174:  Josh Weitzel (OU) dec. Marc Harwood (NU), 7-1

184:  Josh Hinton (OU) dec. Levi Wofford (NU), 5-3

197:  Joel Flaggert (OU) dec. Craig Brester (NU), 7-4

HWT: Cameron Browne (NU) fall Brad Farmer (OU), 1:21