UCO Falls To Sooners

11/11/2009 9:46:29 PM

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EDMOND (Nov. 11) – Two newcomers to the lineup and a veteran earned wins for Central Oklahoma as the Bronchos dropped a 27-10 decision to Oklahoma Wednesday night at Hamilton Field House.

Rookie Casy Rowell and redshirt freshman Trison Graham prevailed in the first two weights to stake UCO to a quick 7-0 lead, but the No. 18-ranked Sooners took the next seven matches to clinch the dual before senior All-American Dustin Finn capped the night on a good note with an exciting overtime triumph.

It was the dual opener for the Bronchos, ranked sixth in Division II.

“I thought we had some guys really battle hard tonight,” UCO head coach David James said. “Casy and Trison are two young guys who give you everything they've got and they both wrestled smart matches and Dustin did a great job.

“We could have obviously done better at some weights, but overall it wasn't a bad night and I think we learned some things that will benefit us in the long run.”

Rowell opened the match with an impressive 8-0 major decision over Justin Forrest at 125 pounds, scoring three takedowns and racking up nearly five minutes riding time en route to the rout that gave UCO a 4-0 lead.

Graham followed with an 8-5 victory at 133, using a pair of second-period takedowns to break a scoreless tie and take a 5-1 lead. Graham upped his lead to 7-2 with another takedown midway through the final period and coasted in.

The Sooners then showed their strength, recording a fall and three major decisions in winning the next seven bouts to open up a 27-7 lead.

That didn't faze Finn in the final match as the senior heavyweight edged Nathan Fernandez 7-5 to avenge an 8-4 loss in last Sunday's OCU Open.

Finn led 3-1 after two periods and appeared to have the match wrapped up when he made it 5-2 on a takedown with 28 seconds left, but Fernandez escaped at 0:12 and then took Finn down with just one second left to tie it and force overtime.

A two-time national runner-up ranked No. 1 this year, Finn finally prevailed on a takedown 36 seconds into the one-minute sudden-victory period.

The Bronchos return to action Saturday at the Central Missouri Open and then go to Oklahoma City University for a dual next Tuesday.

125: Casy Rowell, UCO, major dec. Justin Forrest, 8-0.
133: Trison Graham, UCO, dec. Alex Ekstrom, 8-5.
141: Zack Bailey, OU, major dec. Scott Berens, 18-4.
149: Kyle Terry, OU, major dec. Austin Standage, 14-3.
157: Chad Terry, OU, dec. Eden Bernstein, 12-5.
165: Derek Peperas, OU, dec. Derrick Adkins, 4-2.
174: Jeff James, OU, major dec. Cody Rowell, 23-10.
184: Erich Schmidtke, OU, dec. Kenny Meredith, 5-0.
197: Eric Lapotsky, OU, pinned Jarrett Edison, 6:20.
Hvy: Dustin Finn, UCO, dec. Nathan Fernandez, 7-5 (SV).

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