Mike Kirk
Shawn Streck put on a lightning-fast takedown clinic to score a 42-second technical fall in the final match to cap Central Oklahoma’s 50-3 Senior Day shellacking of Drury Sunday afternoon at Hamilton Field House.
The top-ranked Bronchos needed just 35 minutes to dispose of the Panthers in the home finale, earning bonus points in all nine of their wins. Only three matches made it past the first period.
Streck’s match was the quickest. The defending national champion tallied an incredible seven takedowns in those 42 seconds for a 21-6 rout to register his ninth technical fall in an 11-0 start, just two off the single-season school record.
UCO got first-period falls from 149 Dylan Brown, 165 Hunter Jump and 184 Garrett Wells, while 141 Dylan Lucas, 157 Bam West and 174 Anthony DesVigne scored technical falls – with Lucas needing just 1:36 for his. The Bronchos also picked up two forfeits.
“I thought our guys wrestled well,” head coach Todd Steidley said. “We were really aggressive and everybody was pushing to score points. That’s what you want to see, especially at this point of the season.
“We’ve been grinding pretty hard since the first of January and have made a lot of progress. There’s still a long ways to go, but I like the direction we’re headed.”
UCO improved to 13-0 with its 20th straight win and the 21st in a row at home.
Drury’s lone win came at 125 in the only match that went the distance. Garrett Steidley was nursing a 1-0 lead late in the match and shot…
