No. 2 Oklahoma State Rolls No. 20 Wyoming, 31-8

STILLWATER—The No. 2 Oklahoma State Cowboys picked up their second-consecutive win over a ranked opponent on Saturday when they defeated No. 20 Wyoming, 31-8. The dual was highlighted by five bonus-point wins for OSU from 149 pounds to 184 pounds.

With the first loss for the Cowboys (3-0) coming in the form of a technical fall at 125 pounds, the Cowboys answered by winning seven bouts in a row to take a commanding lead.

"We took a tough start with the first technical fall that brought us down five early,” assistant coach Zack Esposito said. “After that, you could tell our guys really started getting into it. We had some back and forth action throughout each round, but you could tell our guys had a mental and a physical edge.”

No. 8 Jon Morrison, Julian Feikert and No. 2 Alan Gelogaev picked up decisions in their respective weight classes, while major decisions were awarded to No. 14 Alex Dieringer, No. 3 Tyler Caldwell, No. 1 Chris Perry and No. 17 Chris Chionuma.

Dieringer picked up a combination of takedowns and nearfalls en route to upset No. 12 Andy McCulley, 14-5. Caldwell defeated Dakota Friesth, 15-2. Perry grabbed a 15-3 win over L.J. Helbig, and Chionuma won his bout with Shane Woods, 13-4.

“I think I did pretty well tonight,” Dieringer said. “I had some nice shots and was able to create some points. It's always cool to beat a guy ranked above you.”

At 149 pounds, No. 2 Jordan Oliver was nothing short of impressive when he pinned Brandon Richardson in 3:26 in his first home dual of the 2012-13 season.

The second loss for the Cowboys came at 197 pounds where freshman Austin Schafer was pulled out of his redshirt to face No. 4 Alfonso Hernandez. Schafer controlled the first period riding out Hernandez after an early takedown, but was overpowered in the second and third periods, losing 14-8.

The Cowboys have a quick turnaround as they take on the Oklahoma Sooners tomorrow at McCasland Field House in Norman at 2 p.m.

Post-game quotes

Alex Dieringer, 157 pounds

On his performance tonight

“I think I did pretty well. I had some nice shots and was able to create some points. It's always cool to beat a guy ranked above you.”

On the trip to Norman tomorrow

“The double-header is good. It's good to get your weight down and keep it in check, and it's good for the rest of the year. Since nationals is three days, it's good practice for that. I'm excited to go out there and wrestle tomorrow. It's Bedlam, and it's going to be a good one.”

Julian Feikert, 141 pounds

On his win tonight

“I came out in the first period, and I wasn't quite ready. My muscles weren't firing yet. Then, I started picking it up in the second, and really picked up in the third because I knew I had to or I was going to lose.”

On the controversy regarding his takedown in the third period

“I thought, 'If this is overturned, then I'm going to have to come out ready to get another.' I was ready to come out and take him down again if I had to. I could see that if I put pressure on him, he wasn't going to be able to stop my shot. I knew that's what I needed to do in order to win. I needed to put pressure on him.”

On wrestling Kendric Maple tomorrow in Norman

“It's pretty exciting. [Ford] was also a rematch. He beat me at Reno last year. It was exciting to get that win over him, but I'm also excited to wrestle Kendric in Norman.”

Oklahoma State assistant coach Zack Esposito

On his overall opinion of the dual:

"You know, we took a tough start with the first technical that brought us down five early. After that, you could tell our guys really started getting into it. We had some back and forth action throughout each round, but you could tell our guys had gotten a mental and a physical edge. Closing it out, [Alan Gelogaev] had some key takedowns to finish it off. It was his time, and it was our time."

On Austin Schafer coming out of his redshirt to make an appearance:

"Schafer came out with Blake [Rosholt] still being hurt with an ankle problem. He came out and did a good job. He took down the No. 4-ranked guy as a true freshman in the beginning of the match. He handled him most of the match, but that's when experience takes over. It was a great effort, though."

On Julian Feikert's match coming off of his big match last week:

"He won, and that shows maturity. He's a great athlete for our OSU wrestling team. When he came here, he wasn't very well-known. Last week, he made a big splash and overcame a tough third period today to get the win. That's what we look for our athletes to do. We are Oklahoma State Cowboys, and we take pride in that. You have to take the mentality of overpowering your opponent no matter what, and that's what he did. It's great. He took pride in showing maturity and getting that third period takedown.

On Bedlam tomorrow:

"It's Bedlam. We've had some pretty similar coaching staffs. It doesn't matter who is on the other side, though. You have to get it done. I wrestled with a lot of those guys, and they have been a part of my life. I know those guys pretty well, but you have to take that out. It's nothing personal, but we have to get it done."

Wyoming coach Mark Branch

On overall performance

"We looked flat. They're very good, obviously. We wrestled flat, a little bit emotionless and intimidated. Not very many matches did we take the fight to them. We were trying to brace for their fight, and you can't wrestle that way. You're not going to have good results when you wrestle scared. It was frustrating, but I have a lot of respect for Oklahoma State. I know they're going to be a great team this year. They are a great team and we have a lot of work to do this year."

On wrestling back-to-back nights

"I don't know if it had a major impact. I don't mind doing it, but it's tough. Making weight is tough. OSU is going to find that out tomorrow that you have to make weight back-to-back and scratch weight even harder than in the NCAA Tournament. But maybe what we had was a little bit of a hangover from that big upset win over Oklahoma last night, and we were running on a high and our guys were excited. Then we came in here and wrestled a little flat, so that took away some of the emotion out of it. It was an emotional night for us so maybe it zapped us a little bit there. But the weigh-in, the wrestle and the competing didn't affect us but maybe emotionally."

On Moving Forward

"We just have to get better. We had some breakthroughs last night and some kids had some really great performances, so they need to build from that. They need to learn from this dual. They don't get to see an arena like this, a wrestling tradition like this very often, so they need to learn how to stay focused in an atmosphere like this. A lot of it is mental. They didn't do enough to show me what they need to work on physically, so a lot of it is mental because if they don't go out and put it all on the line, then it's hard to fix something technical. I don't think it was something technical, but something mental."

No. 2 Oklahoma State 31, No. 20 Wyoming 8
Dec. 8, 2012 | Gallagher-Iba Arena (Stillwater, Okla.) | 7 p.m. CT
Referee: Matt Zeitz
Records: Oklahoma State 3-0, Wyoming 2-2
Attendance: 1,826

Bout Results
125: Tyler Cox (UW) TF5 Tyler Dorrell (OSU); 20-5, 6:50
133: No. 8 Jon Morrison (OSU) dec. Kasey Garnhart (UW); 8-2
141: Julian Feikert (OSU) dec. McCade Ford (UW); 4-3
149: No. 2 Jordan Oliver (OSU) fall Brandon Richardson (UW); 3:26
157: No. 14 Alex Dieringer (OSU) MD No. 12 Andy McCulley (UW); 14-5
165: No. 3 Tyler Caldwell (OSU) MD Dakota Friesth (UW); 15-2
174: No. 1 Chris Perry (OSU) MD L.J. Helbig (UW); 15-3
184: No. 17 Chris Chionuma (OSU) MD Shane Woods (UW); 13-4
197: No. 4 Alfonso Hernandez (UW) dec. Austin Schafer (OSU); 14-8
285: No. 2 Alan Gelogaev (OSU) dec. Tanner Harms (UW); 8-5

Bout Play-by-Plays
125: Tyler Cox (UW) TF5 Tyler Dorrell (OSU); 20-5, 6:50
First Period
1:46 Dorrell takedown (2-0)
1:36 Cox escape (2-1)
1:30 Cox takedown (2-3)
0:00 End period

Second Period
Dorrell chose down
Full period rideout for Cox
0:00 End period

Third Period
Cox chose down
2:00 Cox escape (2-4)
1:55 Cox takedown (2-6)
1:27 Dorrell escape (3-6)
1:22 Cox takedown (3-8)
1:15 Cox nearfall 2 (3-10)
1:12 Dorrell escape (4-10)
0:56 Cox takedown (4-12)
0:46 Cox nearfall 3 (4-15)
0:40 Dorrell escape (5-15)
0:27 Cox takedown (5-17)
0:10 Cox nearfall 3 (5-20)
- Technical fall, end match

133: No. 8 Jon Morrison (OSU) dec. Kasey Garnhart (UW); 8-2
First period
1:56 Morrison takedown (2-0)
0:00 End period

Second period
Morrison chose down
1:56 Morrison escape (3-0)
0:00 End period

Third period
Garnhart chose down
1:45 Garnhart escape (3-1)
1:13 Morrison takedown (5-1)
1:05 Garnhart escape (5-2)
0:34 Morrison takedown (7-2)
0:00 End match
- 2:45 riding time added for Morrison (8-2)

141: Julian Feikert (OSU) dec. McCade Ford (UW); 4-3
First period
2:02 - Ford takedown (0-2)
1:48 - Feikert escape (1-2)
0:00 - End period

Second period
Feikert chose down
1:41 Feikert escape (2-2)
0:00 End period

Third period
Ford chose down
1:52 Ford escape (2-3)
0:34 Feikert takedown (4-3)
The previous takedown went under video review and was confirmed.
0:00 End period

149: No. 2 Jordan Oliver (OSU) fall Brandon Richardson (UW); 3:26
First period
2:21 Oliver takedown (2-0)
1:36 Richardson escape (2-1)
1:17 Oliver takedown (4-1)
1:11 Richardson escape (4-2)
0:39 Oliver takedown (6-2)
0:00 End period

Second period
Richardson chose down
1:34 Oliver fall, end match

157: No. 14 Alex Dieringer (OSU) MD No. 12 Andy McCulley (UW); 14-5
First period
2:48 Dieringer takedown (2-0)
2:21 McCulley escape (2-1)
1:26 Dieringer takedown (4-1)
1:19 Dieringer nearfall 2 (6-1)
1:13 McCulley cautioned on the start
0:46 McCulley escape (6-2)
0:12 McCulley takedown (6-4)
0:00 End period

Second period
Dieringer chose a neutral start
1:24 Dieringer takedown (8-4)
1:20 Dieringer nearfall 2 (10-4)
0:59 McCulley escape (10-5)
0:44 Dieringer takedown (12-5)
0:00 End period

Third period
McCulley chose top
1:54 Dieringer escape (13-5)
0:41 Dieringer stall warning
0:00 End match
-- 1:58 riding time added for Dieringer (14-5)

165: No. 3 Tyler Caldwell (OSU) MD Dakota Friesth (UW); 15-2
First period
1:00 Caldwell takedown (2-0)
0:38 Friesth escape (2-1)
0:24 Caldwell takedown (4-1)
0:00 End period

Second period
Caldwell chose down
1:46 Caldwell reversal (6-1)
1:30 Caldwell nearfall 3 (9-1)
0:00 End period

Third period
Friesth chose down
1:53 Friesth escape (9-2)
1:04 Caldwell takedown (11-2)
0:30 Caldwell nearfall 3 (14-2)
0:00 End match
-- 3:28 riding time added for Caldwell (15-2)

174: No. 1 Chris Perry (OSU) MD L.J. Helbig (UW); 15-3
First period
2:01 Helbig stall warning
1:14 Perry takedown (2-0)
0:34 Helbig stalling, point Perry (3-0)
0:24 Helbig escape (3-1)
0:18 Perry takedown (5-1)
0:00 End period

Second period
Perry chose down
1:33 Perry reversal (7-1)
1:26 Helbig escape (7-2)
0:07 Perry takedown (9-2)
0:00 End period

Third period
Helbig chose down
1:59 Helbig escape (9-3)
1:44 Helbig stalling, point Perry (10-3)
0:18 Perry takedown (12-3)
0:02 Perry nearfall 2 (14-3)
0:00 End match
-- 1:02 riding time added for Perry (15-3)

184: No. 17 Chris Chionuma (OSU) MD Shane Woods (UW); 13-4
First period
2:21 Chionuma takedown (2-0)
2:11 Woods escape (2-1)
1:08 Chionuma cautioned on the start
0:56 Chionuma takedown (4-1)
0:42 Woods escape (4-2)
0:05 Chionuma takedown (6-2)
0:00 End period

Second period
Chionuma chose down
1:44 Chionuma reversal (8-2)
1:22 Woods escape (8-3)
0:32 Chionuma takedown (10-3)
0:22 Chionuma cautioned on the start
0:00 End period

Third period
Woods chose down
1:59 Woods escape (10-4)
1:41 Woods stall warning
0:27 Chionuma takedown (12-4)
0:00 End match
-- 1:30 riding time added for Chionuma (13-4)

197: No. 4 Alfonso Hernandez (UW) dec. Austin Schafer (OSU); 14-8
First period
2:30 Schafer takedown (2-0)
0:00 End period

Second period
Schafer chose down
1:20 Schafer escape (3-0)
0:42 Hernandez takedown (3-2)
0:38 Schafer escape (4-2)
0:22 Hernandez takedown (4-4)
0:00 End period

Third period
Hernandez chose a neutral start
1:53 Hernandez takedown (4-6)
1:41Schafer escape (5-6)
1:29 Hernandez takedown (5-8)
1:28 Schafer escape (6-8)
1:14 Hernandez takedown (6-10)
1:10 Schafer escape (7-10)
1:00 Hernandez takedown (7-12)
0:42 Schafer escape (8-12)
0:35 Schafer stall warning
0:10 Hernandez takedown (8-14)
0:00 End match

285: No. 2 Alan Gelogaev (OSU) dec. Tanner Harms (UW); 8-5
First period
2:45 Gelogaev takedown (2-0)
2:40 Harms escape (2-1)
0:00 End period

Second period
Harms chose down
1:26 Harms escape (2-2)
1:04 Gelogaev takedown (4-2)
0:51 Harms escape (4-3)
0:00 End period

Third period
Gelogaev chose down
1:57 Gelogaev escape (5-3)
1:17 Harms stall warning
0:45 Gelogaev takedown (7-3)
0:31 Technical violation on Gelogaev (locked hands), point Harms (7-4)
0:13 Harms escape (7-5)
0:02 Illegal hold on Gelogaev, point Harms (7-5)
0:00 End match
-- 1:18 riding time added for Gelogaev (8-5)