Falcons Wrap Up Competition At Lone Star Duals
1/6/2007 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
Jan. 6, 2007
Grand Prairie, Texas - The Air Force wrestling team went 1-3 at the Lone Star Duals on Saturday, defeating Brown, 18-13, while falling to No. 4 Oklahoma State, No. 1 (Division II) Central Oklahoma and No. 19 Wisconsin. The Falcons are now 2-4 on the season.
Air Force began the day against fourth-ranked Oklahoma State. Notching the lone win for the Falcons in the 40-5 loss was junior Zach Valdez (Parker, Colo.), who recorded a tech fall over Chad Ravannack. In its second match of the day, Air Force was shut out, 38-0, by Central Oklahoma, the top-ranked Division II team in the country.
The Falcons grabbed their first team victory of the day against Brown, winning 18-13. Freshman Stephen Makuka (Tampa, Fla.) picked up an 11-10 decision at 133 pounds, while junior Jake Kriegbaum (Abilene, Kan.) followed with a 6-4 decision at 141. Senior Bridger Lord (Missoula, Mont.) gave the Falcons another decision at 149 pounds, winning 8-6. Air Force picked up three more decisions in the win, with sophomore Stephen Crozier (Monona, Iowa) winning 7-2 at 174, Jacob Devlin (Jr., Livingston, N.J.) getting an 8-2 decision at 184 pounds and sophomore Jordan Tribble (Midwest City, Okla.) picking up the 5-2 win at 197.
The day ended for Air Force against 19th-ranked Wisconsin. Getting the victories for the Falcons were Lord and junior Duane Miller (Bellevue, Idaho). Lord notched a 16-10 decision at 149 pounds, while Miller picked up the 11-10 win at 165 pounds.
The Falcons return to action in two weeks, when they visit Pittsburgh on Jan. 20, followed by the Wendy's Duals on Jan. 21.
Oklahoma State 40, Air Force 5133 #3 Coleman Scott (OSU) win by fall Stephen Makuka, 1:46141 Ethan Kyle (OSU) dec. Jake Kriegbaum, 6-3149 Bobby Jackson (OSU) dec. Bridger Lord, 7-5157 Newly McSpadden (OSU) maj. dec. Zach Lord, 12-2165 Kevin Wainscott (OSU) maj. dec. Duane Miller, 16-3174 #17 Brandon Mason (OSU) tech fall Stephen Crozier, 17-0184 Jack Jensen (OSU) maj. dec. Jacob Devlin, 14-4197 Jared Shelton (OSU) tech fall Peter Bozynski, 20-4HWT #11 Jared Rosholt (OSU) win by fall Anthony Stegeman, 2:43125 Zach Valdez (AF) tech fall Chad Ravannack, 15-0
Central Oklahoma 38, Air Force 0133 Jared Henning (OCU) tech fall Stephen Makuka, 15-0141 Kyle Evans (OCU) dec. Jake Kriegbaum, 4-0149 Shea Timothy (OCU) dec. Chris Szabolcs, 5-0157 Jason Leavitt (OCU) dec. Zach Lord, 8-5165 Justin Wood (OCU) win by fall Duane Miller, 4:03174 Daniel Morrison (OCU) maj. dec. Stephen Crozier, 13-5184 Jared Hess (OCU) dec. Jacob Devlin, 5-2197 Heath Jolley (OCU) dec. Jordan Tribble, 7-0HWT Josh Leadingfox (OCU) dec. Anthony Stegeman, 4-3125 Shane Carruthers (OCU) tech fall Samuel Sheppard, 16-0
Air Force 18, Brown 13133 Stephen Makuka (AF) dec. John Triggas, 11-10141 Jake Kriegbaum (AF) dec. Mark Savino, 6-4149 Bridger Lord (AF) dec. Jordan LaFollette, 8-6157 Thomas Fazio (BU) dec. Zach Lord, 8-6165 Shawn Kitchner (BU) maj. dec. Duane Miller, 12-3174 Stephen Crozier (AF) dec. Christopher Musser, 7-2184 Jacob Devlin (AF) dec. Matthew Gevelinger, 8-2197 Jordan Tribble (AF) dec. Larry Otsuka, 5-2HWT Levon Mock (BU) dec. Anthony Stegeman, 7-2125 Greg Einfrank (BU) dec. Zach Valdez, 8-4
Wisconsin 37, Air Force 6133 Zach Tanelli (UW) tech fall Stephen Makuka, 18-0141 Kyle Ruschell (UW) dec. Jake Kriegbaum, 8-2149 Bridger Lord (AF) dec. Jordan Crass, 16-10157 Craig Henning (UW) win by fall Zach Lord, 1:32165 Duane Miller (AF) dec. Mike Metzger, 11-10174 Jake Donar (UW) dec. Stephen Crozier, 8-4184 Trevor Brandvold (UW) maj. dec. Jacob Devlin, 13-2197 Dallas Herbst (UW) win by fall Peter Bozynski, 0:34HWT Kyle Massey (UW) win by fall Anthony Stegeman,2:29125 Colin Cudd (UW) maj. dec. Zach Valdez, 9-0