Cowboys Face Tough Road Test Sunday in Rival Iowa

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STILLWATER – The third-ranked Oklahoma State wrestling team continues one of the biggest rivalries in college athletics on Sunday in Iowa City, Iowa, when it takes on No. 7 Iowa at 3 p.m. CT.

Watch the Cowboys
Fans can watch the Cowboys and Hawkeyes compete live on Big Ten Network.

Listen to the Cowboy
Fans can listen to the dual live on 93.7 KSPI-FM or okstate.com with Rex Holt and Roger Moore on the call.

Live Stats and Play-By-Play
Fans can follow the action online through live results and play-by-play on trackwrestling.com. Simply go to the site and the link to live results and play-by-play will be prominently displayed.

In the Polls
The Cowboys enter Monday's dual with nine wrestlers ranked at their respective weights.

Three Cowboys enter this weekend's dual ranked inside the top five after All-American performances a season ago. Two-time NCAA Champion Dean Heil is ranked No. 3 by Trackwrestling, while Kaid Brock is also ranked as high as No. 3 (Amateur Wrestling News) as well. At 197 pounds, Preston Weigel is ranked as high as No. 2 by WIN Magazine. Returning All-American Nick Piccininni is ranked No. 6 by a number of publications at 125. Chandler Rogers is ranked No. 7 at 165 ppunds by The Open Mat.

A couple of newcomers to the OSU lineup currently hold rankings as well. Heavyweight Derek White is slotted at No. 8 by Amateur Wrestling News. Boo Lewallen is also ranked as high as No. 12 at 149 pounds (WIN Magazine). Meanwhile, Jacobe Smith comes in at No. 10 at 174, according to The Open Mat, and Keegan Moore is ranked 19th at 184.

Noting the Rivalry
?This weekend's dual will mark the 52nd meeting between the Cowboys and Hawkeyes.
?The Cowboys hold a 28-21-2 edge in the series over the Hawkeyes, but Iowa holds a 12-11 lead in Iowa City.
?OSU won the last meeting between the two teams, defeating Iowa, 24-11, in Gallagher-Iba Arena last season.
?Head Coach John Smith has posted a 17-10-2 record in his coaching career over the Hawkeyes, making him the winningest coach in the series.
?OSU holds the rivalry's longest win streak at nine from 2000-08.
?The Cowboys won the first dual between the two programs, knocking off the Hawkeyes, 24-8, in Iowa City on Feb. 22, 1954 on their way to the program's 17th national championship.
?Iowa didn't get its first win in the series until 1977, when it defeated OSU, 22-10, in Iowa City.
?OSU is one of four schools to hold an edge in the all-time series against Iowa. The other three are Kansas State, Oklahoma and Toledo.

Comparing Rivals
The Oklahoma State and Iowa wrestling programs are commonly thought of as two of the top programs in collegiate sports, as the powerhouses combine for 57 NCAA team titles in their history.

Here's a look at how the Cowboys and Hawkeyes stack up:

National Team Titles: OSU leads 34 - 23
Individual Titles: OSU leads 142 - 82
All-Americans: OSU leads 458 - 324
Dual Wins: OSU leads: 1,098 - 995
Overall Series Record: OSU leads 28-21-2
Series in Stillwater: OSU leads, 13-7-2
Series in Iowa City: Iowa leads, 12-11
Series at Neutral: OSU leads, 4-2

Last Time Out
The Oklahoma State wrestling team picked up its sixth victory of the season Friday evening, holding off No. 5 North Carolina State at Naples High School in the first-ever NCAA wrestling dual held overseas. The Cowboys and Wolfpack split the dual at five bouts apiece, but it was bonus point wins from Derek White, Chandler Rogers and Kaid Brock that was the difference in the win.

The Cowboys and Wolfpack were neck and neck throughout the dual, with both teams trading blows and leads; however, trailing, 16-12, with two bouts to go, OSU used wins from Rogers and 174-pound junior Jacobe Smith to come away with the victory.

No. 3 Oklahoma State 19, No. 5 NC State 16
Jan. 5, 2018 | Naples High School | Naples, Italy
184: No. 3 Pete Renda (NCST) dec. Keegan Moore (OSU) 3-0
197: No. 4 Preston Weigel (OSU) dec. No. 7 Mike Macchiavello (NCST) 5-4
HWT: No. 8 Derek White (OSU) MD Malik McDonald (NCST) 8-0
125: No. 8 Sean Fausz (NCST) dec. No. 3 Nick Piccininni (OSU) 9-5
133: No. 5 Kaid Brock (OSU) TF Tariq Wilson (NCST) 16-1
141: No. 4 Kevin Jack (NCST) dec. No. 3 Dean Heil (OSU) 4-3
149: No. 17 Beau Donahue (NCST) dec. Boo Lewallen (OSU) 6-4, SV1
157: No. 3 Hayden Hidlay (NCST) MD Jonce Blaylock (OSU) 12-4
165: No. 8 Chandler Rogers (OSU) MD Brian Hamann (NCST) 13-1
174: No. 10 Jacobe Smith (OSU) dec. Daniel Bullard (NCST) 7-2

Gfeller Takes Southern Scuffle Title

The Oklahoma State wrestling team wrapped up its final day at the Southern Scuffle Tuesday with a tournament champion, as freshman Kaden Gfeller locked up the 141-pound title with a fall in 4:50 against fellow freshman Nick Lee of Penn State.

The match got off to a quick start with Gfeller scoring a takedown in the first five seconds, but he gave up an escape and two takedowns to trail going into the second period. Lee would get a two-point nearfall before giving up a penalty point and allowing Gfeller the reversal. The Cowboy took advantage and put Lee on his back for 20 seconds before grinding out his second fall in the tournament.

Gfeller knocked off Lehigh's second-seeded Luke Karam earlier in the day with a 2-1 decision on his way to the finals matchup. The Cowboy gave up an escape in the second period but scored a takedown and held on for the final 45 seconds for the win.

Cowboy Gary Wayne Harding also reached the tournament final at 133 pounds, but dropped the title bout to Virginia's second-seeded Jack Mueller, 10-0.

In the semifinals, unseeded Harding maintained his top position through the entire second period against unattached Colby Smith. Harding gave up two points with a technical violation and a stalling call in the third but found his way off the bottom to get a reversal with about a minute to go. Riding time would prove to be the difference in his 3-2 victory.

Weigel's Return

2017 All-American Preston Weigel made his return to the OSU lineup on the Cowboys' December road trip to Wyoming and Northern Colorado earlier this month. Weigel was impressive in his first weekend back, defeating Cody Vigoren and Jacob Seeley by a combined score of 22-0.

Weigel continued his impressive return in the Pokes' win over No. 5 NC State in Italy, knocking off No. 7 Mike Macchiavello, 5-4, to help OSU snag the win.

HeavyWHITE

Moving up from 197 pounds this season, Derek White has proven himself a formidable answer for the Cowboys at heavyweight for the 2017-18 campaign.

White is 12-1 so far for his redshirt junior season to go along with six dual wins, three tech falls and a team-leading six major decisons. He has already racked up a couple of top-20 wins as well. Last month at the Journeymen Collegiate Classic, White notched a 12-1 major decision over No. 9 Thomas Haines of Lock Haven and a 3-2 decision over No. 20 Jordan Wood of Lehigh. In fact, the Edmond, Okla., product's only loss came in a 1-0 decision to No. 11 Mike Hughes of Hofstra.

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