Air Force has successful day at USAFA Round Robin United State Air Force Sports Information 2/20/2021 USAFA, Colo. The Air Force Academy wrestling team wrapped up the regular season with the USAFA Round Robin, Saturday afternoon, Feb. 20, at the East Gym. The Falcons had 22 wrestlers compete in paired matches against Northern Colorado and Utah Valley in the final tune-up before Big 12 Championships.
The event was a non-team scoring, non-weight class champion event, and served as an opportunity for grapplers to get their final matches of the regular season in before Big 12s. AF s 22 wrestlers combined for 28 wins in a highly successful afternoon.
Oklahoma State University Sports Information 1/22/2021 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. No. 4 Oklahoma State moved to 5-0 on the season with a 33-6 win over Air Force in front of an empty arena in the Cowboys Big 12 conference opener. Boo stands out to to me, Oklahoma State head coach John Smith said. Travis WIttlake looked pretty good and our three upperweights did a good job at the end to close the dual out.
Trevor Mastrogiovanni won the first bout of the day with a hard-fought 2-1 decision. The freshman secured his fifth victory of the season by riding out Cody Phippen the entirety of the third period.
After OSU’s dual with Northern Colorado was canceled, the Cowboys went to the Air Force Academy to have a dual with the Falcons, and here’s how it went.
OSU got off to a bit of a slow start. At 125 Trevor Mastrogiovanni got the Pokes on the board with a 2-1 decision over Cody Phippen. Mastrogiovanni picked up the first takedown then gave up an escape to Phippen. Phippen and Mastrogiovanni then traded full period ride-outs to give Mastro the 2-1 decision.
At 133 Andrew Nieman, who is currently filling in for Daton Fix, dropped a 6-0 decision to Jared Van Vleet. Then came one of the more controversial bouts of the dual between Dusty Hone and Lenny Petersen. Hone was up 4-2 and gave up a 2-point takedown with just seconds left, but seemed to continue through and get another takedown of his own. After some review the two were given to Petersen along with a riding time point, and Petersen won 5-4.