SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Emmanuel Skillings had a second-period fall to lead a parade of bonus-point wins that spurred Central Oklahoma to a 40-5 drubbing of Drury Friday night.
The No. 5-ranked Bronchos earned seven bonus wins along with a forfeit and a one-point decision in cruising past the Panthers in their first match since Jan. 11. UCO, now 8-1 on the season, returns home Sunday to host Colorado State-Pueblo at 2 p.m. on Alumni Day, with the 1985 and 1995 national championship teams to be recognized at intermission.
“I thought we wrestled pretty well overall,” head coach Todd Steidley said. “We stress to our guys to stay aggressive and for the most part they did that.
“We’re looking forward to being back home Sunday. It will be great to see a bunch of our former wrestlers and to honor two great championship teams.”
Skillings had the lone fall of the night at 197, turning a second-period reverse into a fall at the 4:04 mark. UCO also got a technical fall from 184 Tucker Waitman along with major decisions by 125 Studd Morris, 141 Josh Taylor, 149 Dylan Brown, 157 Gabe Johnson and 174 Hunter Jump.
Eli Kirk picked up a forfeit at 133 and Judson Rowland eked out a 2-1 victory at heavyweight in the only close match of the night.
The top-ranked Morris racked up five takedowns in opening the dual with a resounding 17-4 romp, improving to 18-1 with his ninth straight win.
Taylor had three takedowns in an 11-0 shutout and Brown collected three takedowns and a four-point near-fall in a 14-5 shellacking. The second-ranked Johnson coasted to a 13-2 rout behind a four-takedown attack.
Jump moved up from his normal 165 spot and had three takedowns in an easy 11-3 win. Waitman also went up a weight and wasn’t tested, tallying two takedowns and three near-falls in scoring a 17-1 technical fall, his seventh of the season.
Rowland had the toughest match of the night, pulling out a 2-1 triumph in the final match behind a second-period penalty point.
UCO 40, Drury 5
125 – Studd Morris, UCO, major dec. Bryson Humphries, 17-4.
133 – Eli Kirk, UCO, won by forfeit.
141 – Josh Taylor, UCO, major dec. Nathan Wishne, 11-0.
149 – Dylan Brown, UCO, major dec. Trevor Christian, 14-5.
157 – Gabe Johnson, UCO, major dec. Joe Kuster, 13-2.
165 – Will Kuster, DU, tech. fall Jaxon Randall, 22-6.
174 – Hunter Jump, UCO, major dec. Jeremiah Halter, 11-3.
184 – Tucker Waitman, UCO, tech. fall Nathan Brower, 17-1.
197 – Emmanuel Skillings, UCO, pinned Wade Stanton, 4:04.
Hvy – Judson Rowland, UCO, dec. Jack Stoffel, 2-1.