Dauphin Delivers

1/17/2013 10:13:00 PM

Cody Dauphin

EDMOND (Jan. 17) – Cody Dauphin wasted little time with the outcome on the line in the final match, scoring a first-period fall to propel Central Oklahoma to a dramatic 22-16 victory over defending national champion Nebraska-Kearney Thursday night before a rowdy Hamilton Field House crowd.

Ben Morgan's stunning final-period fall at 141 pounds helped stake the No. 3-ranked Bronchos to a big 16-0 lead after four weights, but the No. 13 Lopers won the next five matches to pull even at 16-all and set the stage for Dauphin at heavyweight.

The 270-pound junior needed just 30 seconds to take Zach Anderson down, then hooked up a half-nelson and drove the overmatched Loper to his back to get the dual-winning fall at the 1:16 mark.

“Cody came out and did what he needed to do,” UCO coach David James said. “He was aggressive from the start and really did a great job using his size to his advantage. He came through when we needed him.

“We had several guys wrestle really well, particularly in the early weights, but I was disappointed with how we wrestled in some of the later matches. We knew it was going to be a tight one and fortunately we came out on top.”

UCO improved to 5-1 on the season and 2-0 in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association with their 11th straight home win. The Lopers fell to 3-3 and 1-1.

The Bronchos opened the dual like they were going to run away from UNK, taking the first four weights to open up the 16-0 lead.

Ryan Brooks started things with a 4-3 overtime win at 125, escaping 12 seconds into the first tiebreaker to go ahead and then controlling Jake Gentzler in the final 30-second tiebreaker to hang on.

Casy Rowell pushed the lead to 7-0 with an overwhelming 22-8 major decision at 133, racking up an amazing 10 takedowns – including five in the third period alone – in rolling to his 14^th straight win.

Morgan's fall at 141 made it 13-0, though it looked for the longest time that UNK was going to get their first win at that weight. Andrew Riedy led 7-2 entering the final period, but Morgan got a takedown early in that stanza and then turned Riedy for the fall at 5:49.

Jordan Basks capped UCO's opening surge with a 6-3 triumph over defending national champion and top-rated Raufeon Stots. The second-ranked Basks led 3-2 after the first three minutes, added a second-period near-fall to make it 5-2 and tacked on a riding time point to offset Stots' third-period escape.

UNK finally got on the scoreboard at 157 with Chase White's 3-1 sudden-victory win over Cory Dauphin that ignited a five-match winning streak to tie the score.

UCO has little time to rest, with the Bronchos traveling to Arkadelphia, Ark. Friday for a 7 p.m. dual against No. 20 Ouachita Baptist.

Central Oklahoma 22, Nebraska-Kearney 16
125– Ryan Brooks, UCO, dec. Jake Gentzler, 4-3 (TB).
133 – Casy Rowell, UCO, major dec. Ryan Bauer, 22-8.
141 – Ben Morgan, UCO, pinned Andrew Riedy, 5:49.
149 – Jordan Basks, UCO, dec. Raufeon Stots, 6-3.
157 – Chase White, UNK, dec. Cory Dauphin, 3-1 (SV).
165 – Chase Nelson, UNK, major dec. Chris Watson, 15-6.
174 – Patrick Martinez, UNK, dec. Kelly Henderson, 5-1.
184 – Mark Fiala, UNK, dec. Tanner Keck, 5-3.
197 – Matt Lenagh, UNK, dec. Znick Ferrell, 3-2 (TB).
285 Pounds – Cody Dauphin, UCO, pinned Zach Anderson, 1:16.

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