OSU Wrestling: Cowboys Shutout Drexel to Open Dual Season

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STILLWATER — It’s hard to imagine a more dominant start to the Cowboys’ dual season.

Oklahoma State thumped Drexel 45-0 on Sunday in Gallagher-Iba Arena. The Cowboys won eight of the 10 bouts via bonus points and had a ridiculous 46-0 takedown advantage. It’s the second shutout of the David Taylor Era.

“I don’t think about the takedowns we got,” Taylor said. “I think about the takedowns that we kind of left on the table. Just want to put the effort in there, want to make sure we’re getting them. There’s some areas, we could clean them up, get some more takedowns, especially at the end of periods.

“But overall, yeah, the guys did a pretty good job today.”

In a sea of dominant performances, the most dominant of the day probably belongs to reigning national champion Landon Robideau at 157 pounds.

Robideau was the only Cowboy to win via pin on Sunday, but before that, he took his opponent, Gavin Carroll, down five times in the first period. Carroll survived to the second period, where he was promptly taken down before Robideau locked in a cradle and expertly kept a foot in bounds as he rolled Carroll to his back.

Dread it. Run from it. Robideau arrives all the same. https://t.co/4dnSPNfmUk

— OSU Cowboy Wrestling (@CowboyWrestling) November 8, 2026

“When I got the cradle and I put him on his back, I was just trying to stretch and I was like, ‘Please call the pin, please call the pin,'” Robideau said. “Because I was like, it’s the first one of the year, it’d be pretty cool to get Swag Surfin’ (the song that plays after pins), so once they called the pin, I was pretty happy.”

Robideau won a national title as a freshman last season, but Sunday’s pin matches his pin total from all of last year.

Jax Forrest looked to be closing in on a pin with his final takedown, but the official awarded his three points a little earlier than those in GIA would’ve liked, which meant the match ended in a 17-2 tech fall.

OSU’s freshmen class got its first taste of Gallagher-Iba Arena last week at the Cowboy Invitational, but there’s just a different energy buzzing around the arena for duals.

Freshmen Rocklin Zinkin (125), Jayden Raney (141), Mikey White (184) and Dreshaun Ross (HWT) all won their dual debuts and all did so with bonus points.

“I think all of our young kids did a good job of just continuing to score and kind of setting that expectation,” Taylor said. “I think it’s kind of a product of your environment, when that’s what your team does, that’s what you are looking to go do. And that’s the DNA of these guys. These guys all wrestle and score a lot of points. I thought they all did a really good job today”

Raney and White each won via technical fall.

Raney beat Anthony DePail 22-6 in 5:37. The first period was somewhat tame, with Raney scoring a lone takedown, but he opened the floodgates in the second, scoring on four takedowns while also earning a stall point.

White, who only started wrestling as a freshman in high school, said he was moved to tears before his bout and went on to beat a fifth-year senior (so he’d been wrestling in college as long as White has been wrestling period) 22-6 in 6:32. White scored four takedowns in the first, one in the second and two in the third to win it.

“It was fun,” White said. “Actually before it, I cried because I was so excited. Running out there just made me happy to be a Cowboy, honestly.

“Just excitement. Ready to scrap, put points up on the board. It’s just the way I’ve been trying to carry my life, just keep attacking.”

This shutout joins OSU’s 37-0 win against Oklahoma last season as the two shutouts in the David Taylor Era. The 45 team points are the most OSU has scored under Taylor.

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