Oklahoma State in Fifth After Day One of The NCAA Tournament

It was a decent day to start the NCAA tournament for the Cowboys as all wrestlers won matches and moved on to the second day with the team in fifth place and in the chase to win a team trophy.

Team standings after a full day of action.

3⃣ Cowboys are in the quarterfinals, while the other 6⃣ will have to battle through the wrestlebacks beginning tomorrow at 10 a.m.#DynastyDefined I #GoPokes pic.twitter.com/0xVSTOcbdz

— OSU Cowboy Wrestling (@CowboyWrestling) March 19, 2021

OSU closed out the day with three in the quarterfinals and six still wrestling on the consolation side.

The three quarterfinalists are Daton Fix, Boo Lewallen, and AJ Ferrari. Daton was the first to get in after a first round major decision, then a fall in the round of 16 over Malyke Hines.

Fix with the Over/under inside trip to the overhook side. https://t.co/4uFLKhIFPF pic.twitter.com/Szy8fS5lsB

— Dan Sweeney (@DPSBreakdowns) March 18, 2021

Boo Lewallen became a part of the biggest controversy of the entire tournament. He ended his first match quickly with a fall, then matched up with the younger brother of Dean Heil. Boo was trying to mount a comeback and get a takedown to win the match late. After looking as though he had one momentarily, his corner challenged the takedown call and the challenge was denied. Boo was down one with about seven seconds left.

Then they had this exchange.

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— StaleMates (@stalematesshow) March 19, 2021

Due to a clock error, no time ran off. The officials reviewed it and did not change the time. With seven seconds still left, they started back in the center and Boo got a takedown and win.

After the dust settled the officials gave this explanation on the situation.

Tim Shiels, NCAA Wrestling National Coordinator of Officials, with an explanation on the ending of the Lewallen and Heil match.#NCAAWrestling x ? @espn pic.twitter.com/v0ygXtQBzR

— NCAA Wrestling (@ncaawrestling) March 18, 2021

AJ Ferrari looks strong early in this tournament. He picked up a quick tech fall in his first match and in a rematch from the Big 12 tournament took on Tanner Sloan from South Dakota State. Ferrari put together a solid performance to get a 5-0 win over Sloan.

The rest of the lineup had a mix of wins and losses, but all moved on to the second day.

Wyatt Sheets is making the best of his late entry into the tournament as he won his first match before facing off with the No. 1 seed Ryan Deakin. Sheets fell to Deakin, but came back and picked up a win in the consolation side.

Austin Harris and Trevor Mastrogiovanni took losses in the first round and both came back with consolation wins to move on to day two.

Travis Wittlake, Dustin Plott, and Dakota Geer all won their first round matches, but fell in their second matches of the day.

The tournament starts back up at 10 a.m. CT on Friday,

Here are the complete day one results for the Cowboys.

NCAA Division I Championships Results for Oklahoma State

125

Trevor Mastrogiovanni scored 1.5 team points.

• Champ. Round 1 – Michael DeAugustino (Northwestern) 7-4 won by decision over Trevor Mastrogiovanni (Oklahoma State) 14-5 (Dec 4-3)
• Cons. Round 1 – Trevor Mastrogiovanni (Oklahoma State) 14-5 won by major decision over Brandon Kaylor (Oregon State) 9-7 (MD 10-0)

133

Daton Fix scored 5.0 team points.

• Champ. Round 1 – Daton Fix (Oklahoma State) 11-0 won by major decision over Cole Rhone (Bloomsburg) 6-4 (MD 16-3)
• Champ. Round 2 – Daton Fix (Oklahoma State) 11-0 won by fall over Malyke Hines (Lehigh) 7-2 (Fall 3:40)

149

Boo Lewallen scored 4.0 team points.

• Champ. Round 1 – Boo Lewallen (Oklahoma State) 18-1 won by fall over Kody Komara (Kent State) 12-8 (Fall 1:26)
• Champ. Round 2 – Boo Lewallen (Oklahoma State) 18-1 won in tie breaker – 1 over Joshua Heil (Campbell) 8-3 (TB-1 7-6)

157

Wyatt Sheets scored 1.5 team points.

• Prelim – Wyatt Sheets (Oklahoma State) 8-7 won by decision over Luca Frinzi (Lehigh) 4-5 (Dec 8-2)
• Champ. Round 1 – Ryan Deakin (Northwestern) 8-0 won by decision over Wyatt Sheets (Oklahoma State) 8-7 (Dec 10-3)
• Cons. Round 1 – Wyatt Sheets (Oklahoma State) 8-7 won by decision over Justin McCoy (Virginia) 9-4 (Dec 6-2)

165

Travis Wittlake (17-2) place is unknown and scored 1.0 team points.

• Champ. Round 1 – Travis Wittlake (Oklahoma State) 17-2 won by decision over Joe Lee (Penn State) 6-7 (Dec 8-1)
• Champ. Round 2 – Ethan Smith (Ohio State) 13-2 won by decision over Travis Wittlake (Oklahoma State) 17-2 (Dec 4-3)

174

Dustin Plott scored 1.0 team point.

• Champ. Round 1 – Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State) 15-5 won by decision over Thomas Flitz (Appalachian State) 16-5 (Dec 7-5)
• Champ. Round 2 – Demetrius Romero (Utah Valley) 18-0 won by decision over Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State) 15-5 (Dec 11-5)

184

Dakota Geer scored 2.0 team points.

• Champ. Round 1 – Dakota Geer (Oklahoma State) 16-4 won by major decision over Devin Kane (North Carolina) 9-4 (MD 10-0)
• Champ. Round 2 – John Poznanski (Rutgers) 9-2 won by decision over Dakota Geer (Oklahoma State) 16-4 (Dec 7-3)

197

AJ Ferrari scored 3.5 team points.

• Champ. Round 1 – AJ Ferrari (Oklahoma State) 17-1 won by tech fall over Colin McCracken (Kent State) 8-7 (TF-1.5 4:52 (17-2))
• Champ. Round 2 – AJ Ferrari (Oklahoma State) 17-1 won by decision over Tanner Sloan (South Dakota State) 15-3 (Dec 5-0)

285

Austin Harris scored 0.5 team points.

• Champ. Round 1 – Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State) 14-0 won by major decision over Austin Harris (Oklahoma State) 10-7 (MD 9-0)
• Cons. Round 1 – Austin Harris (Oklahoma State) 10-7 won by decision over Quinn Miller (Virginia) 9-4 (Dec 8-2)