Wrestlers Fall to Oklahoma State
6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
February 8, 1999
EAST LANSING, Mich. - The #20 Michigan State wrestling squad fell to top-ranked Oklahoma State by a score of 31-4 on Monday night in Stillwater, Okla. With the loss, the Spartans drop to 4-8 while the Cowboys improve to 21-0. The Cowboys have now won 66 consecutive dual meets.
The dual began with the premiere match at 133 pounds, where Oklahoma State's top-ranked Eric Guerrero defeated third-ranked Pat McNamara (Jordan, Minn.), 8-3. This is the second time in seven days that Guerrero has defeated McNamara.
At 157, Cory Posey (Westfield, N.J.) was narrowly defeated by fifth-ranked Jimmy Arias. After seven minutes the match was tied at one. In the overtime period Posey was penalized for stalling, giving Arias the victory.
Nick Muzashvili (Unadilla, N.Y.) gave the Spartans their only victory of the evening with a 12-4 major decision over Josh Cruzan at 197. After a scoreless first period, Muzashvili exploded with five takedowns over the next two periods.
The Spartans will next travel to Purdue on Fri., Feb. 12 and Indiana on Sun., Feb. 14.
Michigan State 4 - Oklahoma State 31 Results Match Score Meet Score 133 -Eric Guerrero (OSU) dec. Pat McNamara (MSU) 8-3 0-3 141 - Charles Walker (OSU) dec. Issac Miller (MSU) 7-5 0-6 149 - Reggie Wright (OSU) m. dec. Mike Castillo (MSU) 23-10 0-10 157 - Jimmy Arias (OSU) dec. Cory Posey (MSU) 2-1, OT 0-13 165 - Ty Wilcox (OSU) m. dec. Kevin Spiess (MSU) 13-3 0-17 174 - Mark Smith (OSU) m. dec. Will Hill (MSU) 15-5 0-21 184 - Mark Munoz (OSU) m. dec. Nik Fekete (MSU) 16-6 0-25 197 - Nick Muzashvili (MSU) m. dec. Josh Cruzan (OSU) 12-4 4-25 285 - Dave Anderton (OSU) dec. Matt Lamb (MSU) 3-2 4-28 125 - Jeff Ragan (OSU) dec. Chris Williams (MSU) 9-7 4-31