Oklahoma City defeats No. 1-ranked King College in finals of Cliff Keen Oklahoma City Duals for women

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Rich Torterelli (OCU)
10/21/2012


OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City University prevailed over top-ranked King (Tenn.) 26-10 to capture the Cliff Keen Oklahoma City Duals title Saturday at Abe Lemons Arena.

The second-ranked four-time defending Women’s College Wrestling Association champion Stars improved to 6-0 on the season. OCU has gone 75-0-1 in its last 76 duals and won its last 60.

King entered the event with a No. 1 team ranking, with OCU at No. 2.

OCU took the final three matches against King. Brittney Roberts at 155 pounds, Heather O’Connor at 170 and Sanoe Spencer at 191 each won. O’Connor, a sophomore from Napa, Calif., dropped the first period against Lorrie Ramos before coming back with a fall in the second.

“It’s a great day for OCU wrestling,” OCU coach Archie Randall said. “There were quite a few pivotal matches in the dual itself. At 155, Brittney Roberts defeated Julia Salata, who was like her old nemesis, whom she pretty well beat her up. And then sophomore Heather O’Connor coming through with the fall sealed it against Lorrie Ramos from King. Lorrie Ramos beat us last year. Our incoming freshman heavyweight Sanoe Spencer from Hawaii had an excellent match against Kerri Bumpers.”

King’s Sarah Hildebrandt won the 123-pound bout to cut OCU’s lead to 9-7. Audrey Morehouse responded for OCU with a 1-0, 1-0 victory over Kat Perez at 130.

Krista Revelle of King got the win at 143 to slice OCU’s edge to 15-10. Roberts answered with a 5-0, 2-0 win at 155.

Randall anticipates 24 teams coming to next year’s Cliff Keen OCU Duals.

“Six years ago, we couldn’t have an event like this,” Randall said. “There were 16 teams here, 20 scheduled to come. It was a two-day event. All the teams got at least six matches, which was really good for the sport.”

CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS
OKLAHOMA CITY 26, KING 10
101: Emily Webster, OCU, tech. fall Shannon Constantine, 9-0, 6-0 (OCU leads 4-0)
109: Emily Martin, KC, dec. Kristi Garr, 2-2, 4-3 (OCU leads 5-3)
116: Joey Miller, OCU, dec. Samantha Klingel, 6-0, 1-1 (OCU leads 8-4)
123: Sarah Hildebrandt, KC, dec. Rachel McFarland, 0-1, 2-0, 6-0 (OCU leads 9-7)
130: Audrey Morehouse, OCU, dec. Kat Perez, 1-0, 1-0 (OCU leads 12-7)
136: Brieanna Delgado, OCU, dec. Stacy Martin, 4-0, 4-0 (OCU leads 15-7)
143: Krista Revelle, KC, dec. Stephanie Geltmacher, 1-0, 1-0 (OCU leads 15-10)
155: Brittney Roberts, OCU, dec. Julia Salata, 5-0, 2-0 (OCU leads 18-10)
170: Heather O’Connor, OCU, pinned Lorrie Ramos, 1-3, 1:50 (OCU leads 23-10)
191: Sanoe Spencer, OCU, dec. Kerri Bumpers, 2-0, 2-0 (OCU wins 26-10)

Third Place - Lindenwood 22, Missouri Valley 18

Fifth Place - Simon Fraser 31, Jamestown 4

Seventh Place - Cumberlands 27, Wayland Baptist 20

Cliff Keen Oklahoma City Duals
At Oklahoma City

Friday’s Results

Pool A
Jamestown (N.D.) 33, Lindenwood (Mo.) Gold 9
Jamestown 25, Waldorf (Iowa) 12
Lindenwood Gold 32, Waldorf 15
Oklahoma City 33, Jamestown 10
Oklahoma City 41, Lindenwood Gold 0
Oklahoma City 43, Waldorf 3

Pool B
King (Tenn.) 36, Missouri Baptist 7
King 46, Northwest Kansas Technical 1
King 36, Wayland Baptist (Texas) 4
Missouri Baptist 35, Northwest Kansas Technical 2
Wayland Baptist 21, Missouri Baptist 19
Wayland Baptist 38, Northwest Kansas Technical 10

Pool C
Lindenwood (Mo.) 42, Midland (Neb.) 4
Lindenwood 30, Oklahoma City Black 8
Missouri Valley 21, Lindenwood 18
Missouri Valley 43, Midland 5
Missouri Valley 29, Oklahoma City Black 13
Oklahoma City Black 34, Midland 3

Pool D
Cumberlands (Ky.) 40, Lindenwood-Belleville (Ill.) 5
Cumberlands 24, King (Tenn.) Red 19
King Red 36, Lindenwood-Belleville 5

Silver Bracket

Quarterfinals
King Red 35, Midland 6
Lindenwood Gold 43, Northwest Kansas Technical 5
Missouri Baptist 28, Waldorf 20
Oklahoma City Black 34, Lindenwood-Belleville 4

Saturday’s Results

Pool D
Simon Fraser (British Columbia) 28, Cumberlands 8
Simon Fraser 30, King Red 10
Simon Fraser 38, Lindenwood-Belleville 6

Championship Semifinals

King 35, Missouri Valley 9
Oklahoma City 31, Lindenwood 10

Consolation Semifinals
Jamestown 26, Cumberlands 20
Simon Fraser 35, Wayland Baptist 5

Quarterfinals
King 34, Jamestown 5
Lindenwood 25, Simon Fraser 15
Missouri Valley 33, Cumberlands 14
Oklahoma City 46, Wayland Baptist 3

Silver Bracket

Championship
King Red 19, Oklahoma City Black 17

Third Place
Missouri Baptist 21, Lindenwood 19

Fifth Place
Waldorf 25, Midland 16

Seventh Place
Lindenwood-Belleville 33, Northwest Kansas Technical 28

Championship Semifinals
King Red 25, Lindenwood Gold 20
Oklahoma City Black 28, Missouri Baptist 18

Consolation Semifinals
Midland 21, Northwest Kansas Technical 16
Waldorf 39, Lindenwood-Belleville 18