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Fri February 22, 2008

OU beats OSU for first time since 1995

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OSU's Jack Jensen, left, wrestles OU's Joshua Weitzel at 184 pounds during the Bedlam wrestling dual at McCasland Field House in Norman on Thursday. Weitzel won the match with a fall. OU won the dual, 18-15. by NATE BILLINGS, THE OKLAHOMAN

OKLAHOMA 18

OKLAHOMA STATE 15

125: Joey Fio, OU, dec. No. 14 Tyler Shinn, 3-2

133: Coleman Scott, OSU, dec. Brian Shelton, 7-2

141: Nathan Morgan, OSU, dec. Zack Bailey, 5-4

149: Will Rowe, OU dec. Ryan Freeman, 7-2

157: Chad Terry, OU dec. Neil Erisman, 4-0

165: Jake Dieffenbach, OSU vs. Max Dean, 7-3

174: Brandon Mason, OSU vs. Chris Devilbiss, 7-0

184 : Joshua Weitzel, OU pinned Jack Jensen, 2:18

197: Joel Flaggert, OU dec. Clayton Foster, 9-6

285: Jared Rosholt, OSU, dec. Nathan Fernandez, 8-3


OU's Joel Flaggert, left, takes down OSU's Clayton Foster in the 197-pound weight class during the Bedlam wrestling dual between Oklahoma State and Oklahoma at McCasland Field House in Norman on Thursday. Flaggert won this match with a decision. OU won the dual, 18-15. by NATE BILLINGS, THE OKLAHOMAN
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By Matt Patterson
The Oklahoman
NORMAN — Oklahoma's Josh Weitzel isn't much into setting tones. He just wants to win wrestling matches the best way he can.

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That's what Weitzel did Thursday night in No. 17-ranked Oklahoma's stunning 18-15 upset of No. 3 Oklahoma State at McCasland Field House. The last time OU beat OSU was December 1995. The Cowboys had won each of the last 19 meetings and were favored to make it 20. After all, OSU hammered the Sooners 21-9 on Dec. 2 in Stillwater.

Weitzel set the table for the upset. The dual began at 184 pounds, and Weitzel pinned OSU's Jack Jensen at 2:18 to give the Sooners a 6-0 lead.

"My focus was on wrestling,” Weitzel said. "I wasn't thinking about setting the tempo.”

Weitzel didn't even know he got the pin, though he thought he was getting close.

"When Mr. (Kenny) Ritchie called the pin, I didn't know I had it,” Weitzel said of the referee. "I was a little shocked. He (Jensen) was still rocking back and forth. I know it was a good way to start for us.”

Weitzel was far from the only key for the Sooners, who split the individual matches 5-5 with the Cowboys. True freshman Joey Fio upset Tyler Shinn at 125 pounds, 3-2. Shinn had beaten Fio in their first meeting this season in Stillwater. Fio scored a first-period takedown, but Shinn tied it 2-2 on an escape in the second period. Fio won on an escape with 1:50 left in the third. He was inspired before his match.

"When your team is winning, you're stoked. It makes you want to wrestler harder.” Fio said. "I felt like I was pretty pumped up and ready to go.”

OU received wins from Will Rowe (149), Chad Terry (157) and Joel Flaggert (197), but maybe just as big was one of the Sooners who lost. Junior