Bronchos Finish 6th In National Duals

1/8/2012 11:16:00 AM

Cody Dauphin

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Jan. 8) – A late rally fell short and No. 7-ranked Central Oklahoma dropped a tough 16-15 decision to No. 6 Augustana here Sunday afternoon in the consolation finals of the NWCA/Cliff Keen Division II National Duals.

The Bronchos trailed 16-6 after the 174-pound bout before winning the final three matches to get close. Heavyweight Cody Dauphin needed a bonus-point win to tie or win the dual, but had to settle for a 6-1 victory as the Vikings held on.

UCO, which finished 3-2 for the weekend and is now 3-3 on the season, makes its long-awaited home debut Thursday when the Bronchos host fourth-ranked Nebraska-Kearney for a 7 p.m. dual at Hamilton Field House.

“We lost a lot of close matches and we've got to find a way to win those,” head coach David James said. “We battled hard and were right there until the end several times, but just couldn't make it happen and that's something we need to correct. We did some good things this weekend and just need to keep moving forward.”

The Bronchos got wins from 133 Dustin Reed, 165 Chris Watson, 184 Tanner Keck, 197 Jarrett Edison and Dauphin.

Augie picked up a major decision at 125 and then Reed prevailed 6-4 in overtime, tying the match on an escape with 15 seconds remaining before getting the winning takedown 22 seconds into the one-minute sudden-victory period.

The Bronchos lost three straight tight matches from 141 to 157 to fall behind 13-3 and never recovered.

Chism Fink's last-second takedown in the first period was the difference in a 3-1 win over Casy Rowell at 141, Ky Corley dropped a 5-3 decision to top-ranked Nate Herda at 149 when he just missed on two takedown tries in the final 25 seconds and No. 6 Marcus Edgington staved off fifth-rated Cory Dauphin's takedown attempt with five seconds remaining to hang on 3-2 at 157.

Watson had four takedowns to end UCO's skid with runaway 10-3 triumph, but the Bronchos lose another close battle at 174 when fifth-ranked Kelly Henderson fell to No. 8 Carl Serck 3-2.

Keck wrapped up a perfect 5-0 weekend as the only UCO wrestler to go unbeaten with a methodical 8-3 win, collecting three takedowns and nearly three minutes riding time. Edison then gave the Bronchos a chance to pull the upset with a 6-0 shutout behind a second-period near-fall and third-period takedown.

Dauphin had no trouble collecting his 6-1 win in the finale, though Augie's Michael Roberts fought off his desperate attempts to get a dual-winning fall.

UCO advanced to the consolation finals with a 23-13 win over Wisconsin-Parkside earlier in the day, getting major decisions from Rowell and Cory Dauphin to highlight a four-match winning streak that put the Bronchos in control.

Rowell collected collecting three takedowns and more than four minutes riding time in a dominating 8-0 shutout at 141 pounds to start the streak and Dauphin racked up six takedowns in cruising to a 17-4 rout at 157 as UCO turned a 6-3 deficit into a 17-6 lead en route to the win.

The Bronchos also got wins from 125 Ryan Brooks, Corley, Watson, Keck and Cody Dauphin.

Augustana 16, Central Oklahoma 15
125 – Cody Lensing, Augie, major dec. Ryan Brooks, 11-0.
133 – Dustin Reed, UCO, dec. Jeremiah Peterson, 6-4 (SV).
141 – Chism Fink, Augie, dec. Casy Rowell, 3-1.
149 – Nate Herda, Augie, dec. Ky Corley, 5-3.
157 – Marcus Edgington, Augie, dec. Cory Dauphin, 3-2.
165 – Chris Watson, UCO, dec. Matt Morris, 10-3.
174 – Carl Serck, Augie, dec. Kelly Henderson, 3-2.
184 – Tanner Keck, UCO, dec. Sean Derry, 8-3.
197 – Jarrett Edison, UCO, dec. Brian Schultz, 6-0.
Hvy – Cody Dauphin, UCO, dec. Michael Roberts, 6-1.

Central Oklahoma 23, Wisconsin-Parkside 13
125 – Ryan Brooks, UCO, dec. Jake Papke, 3-1.
133 – Collin Crume, UWP, pinned Dustin Reed, 4:00.
141 – Casy Rowell, UCO, major dec. Arik Yde, 8-0.
149 – Ky Corley, UCO, dec. Dave Edwards, 7-1.
157 – Cory Dauphin, UCO, major dec. LaQuan Lundfor, 17-4.
165 – Chris Watson, UCO, dec. Monterail Johnson, 7-0.
174 – Luke Rynish, UWP, major dec. Kelly Henderson, 13-2.
184 – Tanner Keck, UCO, dec. Matt Gille, 7-6.
197 – Davien Willis, UWP, dec. Jarrett Edison, 6-4 (SV).
Hvy – Cody Dauphin, UCO, dec. James Malechek, 5-2.

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