No. 3 Cowboys impress in 34-9 drubbing of No. 6 Virginia Tech

And just as the Oklahoma State Cowboys wrestling team left its mark on the sport. The wrestling world has been buzzing about the Pokes program this season. With wrestling’s “Michael Jordan” David Taylor taking over as head coach before the start of the season, Oklahoma State has been virtually unstoppable.

Oklahoma State’s first real regular season test of the year came Thursday when the Cowboys welcomed No. 6 Virginia Tech to Stillwater in a friendly. News around the NCAA wrestling world predicted the dual had all the potential to be a back-and-forth battle, but the Cowboys had other things on their minds.

Troy Spratley started the night for the Cowboys at 125 against fourth-ranked Eddie Ventresca. Spratley got up early and carried a 4-0 lead into the third. He got two back points at the buzzer to Ventresca by a decisive 10-1.

Reece Witcraft continued his magical run this season for the Cowboys in the 133-pound division when he took on Dillon Campbell of Virginia Tech. Witcraft held a narrow 4-2 lead in the third, but he used back-to-back bonus point wins to come away with the 14-4 win.

Tagen Jamison put the Cowboys on top 12-0 after his win over No. 13 Sam Latona at 133. The Cowboys suffered a few losses and Virginia Tech slowly began to claw their way back into the dual.

Cameron Amine got the Pokes back on track with a hard-fought 7-1 decision in the 165-pound division. Dean Hamiti continued to show that he is a serious contender in the 174-pound division. Hamiti knocked fourth-ranked Lennon Wolak to the mat as time expired to pick up the 20-4 technical fall.

Dustin Plott completely dominated Sam Fischer at 184. Plott secured a takedown at the buzzer to earn the technical fall win 20-5. Arguably the match of the night took place in the 197-pound division when No. 10 Luke Surber of the Cowboys took on No. 9 Andy Smith of Virginia Tech.

Surber needed a late escape to send the game to sudden victory with a 1-1 draw. Surber delivered the winning takedown in sudden victory to avenge his earlier season loss to Smith at CKLV.

The Cowboys brought in their closer in the heavyweight division to put the icing on the cake. Wyatt Hendrickson quickly showed why he is one of the most dangerous heavyweights in NCAA wrestling. He recorded the pin in the opening period to help push the Cowboys to 6-0 on the season.

Oklahoma State’s 34-9 victory over Virginia Tech may have opened some eyes in the sport of collegiate wrestling. Not only have they won every game this season, but they’ve done it in impressive fashion.

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