
Minnesota 21, Oklahoma State 12 Gallagher-Iba Arena - Stillwater, Okla. 6, versus Hofstra at the Sports Pavilion at 7:30 p.m. Minnesota is next in action Thursday, Dec. OSU's James Huml, ranked 13th at heavyweight closed out the meet with a 4-2 upset of No. Gruenwald took an early 3-0 lead, but Elzen took it from there, scoring seven-straight points to cruise to the win. Second-ranked Owen Elzen clinched the Golden Gopher victory, defeating Willie Gruenwald 8-4 at 197 pounds. Popolizio gained the winning point through advantage time. Volkmann's takedown in the extra period was the only takedown of the match. Fourth- ranked Jacob Volkmann then put Minnesota up 18-6 at 174 pounds, downing No. 8 John Hardy 3-2 with the only difference in the match an early takedown by Lewis.

Becker posted five takedowns and a near fall on Roller, the grappler who defeated Becker in last season's NCAA third-place match.Īt 165 pounds, No. In one of the featured matches of the day, third-ranked 157-pounder Luke Becker dispatched No. 4 Jared Lawrence narrowly missed being upset by unranked Jerrod Sanders, winning 7-6 with the winning point coming by advantage time.

Erikson, now 9-0 overall, finished the match with 2:41 of advantage time. Thompson led by as much as five points, but Lewis fought back with a reversal and a takedown in the third period before pinning the Cowboy to get six team points for Minnesota.įourth-ranked Chad Erikson stayed undefeated on the season, downing Ronnie Delk 9-5 at 141 pounds. 4 Ryan Lewis pinned top-ranked Johnny Thompson with nine seconds remaining in the match. Minnesota rebounded in a big way at 133 pounds as No. 5 Skylar Holman upsetting second- ranked Leroy Vega 6-4. It was Gold Country's second consecutive win over the Cowboys after falling to OSU last year for Minnesota's only loss during its 2001 national championship season.

The Golden Gophers won six of 10 matches to improve to 2-0 on the season. 2 Oklahoma State 21-12 in a meet that featured several upsets.

GopheThe top two wrestling teams in the nation met in Stillwater, Okla., this afternoon with top-ranked Minnesota downing No.
