Cliff Keen/NWCA National Duals finals match - Minnesota 20, Oklahoma State 12 final score

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Gary Abbott (USA Wrestling)
01/21/2001


Minnesota vs. Oklahoma State    125 - No. 4 Leroy Vega (Minnesota) dec. No. 9 Matt Brown (Oklahoma State), 6-4  1st period  No scoring    2nd period (Vega on top)  Brown, 1 pt. sitout escape, 1:14 left, 1-0 Brown    3rd period (Brown on top)  Vega, 1 pt. standup escape, 1:56, 1-1 tie  Vega, 2 pt. counter takedwon, 1:12 3-1 Vega  Brown, 1 pt. sitout escape, 0:51 3-2 Vega  Brown, 2 pt. low single takedown, 0:43 4-3 Brown  Vega, 1 pt. escape, 0:25, 4-4 tie    Sudden victory  Vega, 2 pt. spin behind takedown, 6-4 Vega    Minnesota leads, 3-0    133 - No. 4 Johnny Thompson (Oklahoma State) dec. No. 2 Brett Lawrence (Minnesota), 3-1  1st period  No scoring    2nd period (Thompson on top)  Lawrence, 1 pt. standup escape, 1:28 left, 1-0 Lawrence  Thompson, 2 pt. double leg takedown, 0:47, 2-1 Thompson    3rd period (Lawrence on top)  Thompson, 1 pt. turn in escape, 1:55, 3-1 Thompson    Dual meet tied at 3-3    141 - No. 6 Chad Erikson (Minnesota) dec. Charles Walker (Oklahoma State), 4-0  1st period  No scoring    2nd period (Erikson on top)  No scoring    3rd period (Walker on top)  Erikson, 1 pt. sitout escape, 1:50, 1-0 Erikson  Erikson, 2 pt. takedown, 0:05, 3-0 Erikson  Erikson, 1 pt. riding time advantage, 4-0 Erikson    Minnesota leads, 6-3    149 - No. 2 Reggie Wright (Oklahoma State) dec. No. 3 Jared Lawrence (Minnesota), 3-1, sv    1st period  No scoring    2nd period (Lawrence on top)  Wright, 1 pt. standup escape, 1:35 left, 1-0 Wright    3rd period (Wright on top)  Lawrence, 1 pt. escape on scramble, 0:47, 1-1 tie    Sudden victory  Wright, 2 pt. step over takedown on scramble, 3-1 Wright    Dual meet tied, 6-6      157 - No. 4 Luke Becker (Minnesota) dec. No. 17 Shane Roller (Oklahoma State), 7-2  1st period  No scoring    2nd period (Roller on top)  Becker, 1 pt. escape, 0:42 left, 1-0 Becker    3rd period (Becker on top)  Roller, 1 pt. standup escape, 1:34 left, 1-1 tie  Becker, 2 pt. single leg takedown and scramble, 0:46, 3-1 Becker  Becker, 2 pt. backpoints after takedown, 0:37, 5-1 Becker  Roller, 1 pt. standup escape, 0:28, 5-2 Becker  Becker, 2 pt. counter takedown, 0:03, 7-2 Becker    Minnesota leads, 9-6      165 - No. 3 Brad Pike (Minnesota) pin Billy Gabel (Oklahoma State), 6:34  1st period  Pike, 2 pt. bodylock takedown, 0:31, 2-0 Pike  Pike, 2 pt. backpoints, 0:15, 4-0 Pike    2nd period (Gabel on top)  Pike, 1 pt. escapre, 1:55, 5-0 Pike  Pike, 2 pt. takedown, 1:48, 7-0 Pike  Gabel, 1 pt. escape, 1:25, 7-1 Pike  Pike, 2 pt. go behind takedown, 0:45, 9-1 Pike  Gabel, 1 pt. escape, 0:39, 9-2 Pike  Pike, 2 pt. single leg takedwon, 0:23, 11-2 Pike    3rd period (Pike on top)  Gabel, 1 pt. let go escape, 1:58, 11-3 Pike  Pike, 2 pt. double leg takedown, 1:16, 13-3 Pike  Pike secures the fall with 23 seconds left    Minnesota leads, 15-6    174 - No. 11 Tyrone Lewis (Oklahoma State) dec. Jacob Volkmann (Minnesota), 8-4  1st period  Lewis, 2 pt. lateral drop takedown to back, 1:50, Lewis, 2-0  Lewis, 3 pt. backpoints, 1:31 Lewis, 5-0  Volkmann, 1 pt. standup escape, 1:10, Lewis, 5-1    2nd period (Volkmann on top)  Lewis, 1 pt. standup escape, 0:49, Lewis, 6-1  Lewis, 2 pt. go behind takedown, Lewis, 8-1  Volkmann, 1 pt. escape, Lewis, 8-2    3rd period (Volkmann on top)  Volkmann, 1 pt. for stalling against Lewis, 0:27, Lewis, 8-3  Volkmann, 1 pt. for riding time advantage, Lewis, 8-4    Minnesota leads, 15-9    184 - No. 4 Damion Hahn (Minnesota) dec. No. 2 Daniel Cormier (Oklahoma State), 4-3  1st period  Cormier, 2 pt. drag by takedown, 0:32, Cormier, 2-0  Hahn, 1 pt. escape, 0:31, Cormier, 2-1    2nd period (Cormier on top)  Hahn, 1 pt turn in escape, 1:51, 2-2 tie    3rd period (Hahn on top)  Cormier, 1 pt. standup escape, 1:41, Cormier, 3-2  Hahn, 2 pt. counter scramble takedown, 0:06, Hahn, 4-3    Minnesota leads, 18-9    197 -  No. 2 Mark Munoz (Oklahoma State) dec. No. 9 Owen Elzen (Minnesota), 9-4  1st period  Munoz, 2 pt. counter takedown, 1:40 left, 2-0 Munoz  Elzen, 1 pt. let go escape, 0:55, 2-1 Munoz    2nd period (Elzen on top)  Munoz, 2 pt. reversal, 1:47, 4-1 Munoz  Elzen, 1 pt. let go escape, 0:56, 4-2 Munoz  Munoz, 2 pt. single leg takedown, 9:17, 6-2 Munoz  Elzen, 1 pt. escape, 0:10, 6-3 Munoz    3rd period (Munoz on top)  Elzen, 1 pt. escape, 1:58, 6-4 Munoz  Munoz, 2 pt. inside trip takedown, 0:09, 8-4 Munoz  Munoz, 1 pt riding time advantage, 9-4, Munoz    Minnesota leads, 17-12  Note - Minnesota lost one team point for unsportsmanlike conduct      Hwt - Garrett Lowney (Minnesota) dec. James Huml (Oklahoma State), 3-2  1st period  Lowney, 2 pt. takedown, 2-0 Lowney  Huml, 1 pt. escape, 2-1 Lowney    2nd period (Lowney on top)  Huml, 1 pt. escape, 1:55, 2-2 tie    3rd period (Huml on top)  Lowney, 1 pt. standup escape, 1:59, 3-2 Lowney    Minnesota wins dual, 20-12    Minnesota Head Coach J Robinson:   "After the loss to Oklahoma State, they came back like champions against Nebraska. Since that time, they have worked hard, have had the right attitude. This event is a good measure of this team for the rest of the year. This win is big for us. It gives us respectability. I think it helps our guys. It sends a message to our guys, about just how good they are, so they start believing it. "    "The NCAA Championships is a different tournament. Iowa is the one to watch. Balance makes a big difference here at this event. They have the stars for the nationals. We are excitied about the nationals. We are looking forward to it."    "The keys for us is that our guys were fighting. Even if we were losing, we were fighting hard. This sends a message When you wrestle us, it will be hard. We have 10 Spartans out there fighting. They will fight for each other. They will fight for themselves."    Oklahoma State Head Coach John Smith:    "It is hard to give up bonus points and expect to win. The pin at 165 took the steam out of us a little. Give credit to Minnesota. They wrestled hard. We didn't wrestle badly. We were complancent in some places. Every team at this touranment matches up with us well. We didn't have any easy victories. We have to scrap to win."    "This gives us a lot of things to focus on. It shows us we have to prepare more to go hard for two days of competition. We are not yet in condition to go five or six straight tough matches."    Other medal matches  3rd place - Iowa 26, Iowa State 21  5th place - Michigan 19, Oklahoma 19 (tiebreaker #9 most reversals)  7th place - Lehigh 28, Penn State 6