The Top 5 Potential Matches of Oklahoma State’s Dual Against Nebraska

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Gallagher-Iba Arena is hosting No. 2 vs. No. 3 on Friday night.

No. 2 Oklahoma State wrestles No. 3 Nebraska at 7 p.m. Friday in a dual that isn’t short on exciting matches. Here are the top five potential bouts we could see.

5. 125: No. 7 Troy Spratley (or Rocklin Zinkin) vs. No. 4 Vincent Robinson

No matter who runs out at 125 pounds for the Cowboys, I’m excited for the match.

If it’s Troy Spratley, it’d be his season debut, as he’s missed the Cowboy Invitational and the dual against Drexel. But, this would be a rematch of the 2025 national final at 125 pounds where Robinson beat Spratley in tiebreakers. Robinson transferred to Nebraska from NC State this offseason.

Robinson has been a bit of a thorn in Spratley’s side. The two have wrestled five times in the past two seasons with Robinson winning four of those.

Should freshman Rocklin Zinkin take the mat, he would be considered an underdog, but Zinkin has looked great in the early portions of his career. He hasn’t wrestled a top guy yet, but Zinkin is 5-0 with a 100% bonus rate. He’s averaging 19.4 points a match. If he makes the walk and upsets someone of Robinson’s caliber, look out.

4. HWT: Dreshaun Ross vs. No. 14 Cade Ziola

This would be Dreshaun Ross’ first big test.

Ziola was a highly touted freshman last season, going 8-3. That included a 2-1 loss to Konner Doucet. Ziola started his sophomore season with a 19-4 tech fall against Wyoming’s Winston McBride.

A blue-chip recruit, Ross is 4-0 to start his college career and has won by bonus points in each of those contests.

3. 165: No. 3 Casey Swiderski vs. Meyer Shapiro

Going into the season, I’m not sure people expected either of these guys to be in this match.

Casey Swiderski moved up from 149 pounds this offseason and beat teammate Dee Lockett in a wild match at the Cowboy Invitational.

Meyer Shapiro transferred from Cornell this offseason, where he was a three-time All-American at 157 pounds. He was initially expected to sit out this season and wrestle at 157 for the Cornhuskers next year, but he wrestled at 165 in Nebraska’s season-opening dual against Wyoming, beating Manuel Rojas via a 19-3 tech fall.

It’s early in the season, but this match looks like a good litmus test for Swiderski up at 165.

2. 149: No. 2 Sergio Vega vs. No. 5 Anthony Echemendia

Sergio Vega and Anthony Echemendia, formerly at Iowa State, wrestled twice last season, and they were two of the closest bouts Vega had on his way to his national title.

The first match came in OSU’s dual against the Cyclones, where Vega won 4-2. Vega wasn’t taken down at all last season, but this match might’ve been the closest he came to giving up the three points.

The two met a little more than a month later in the Big 12 final, with this one going to tiebreakers. Vega won 2-1.

Both of those matches were down at 141 with both moving up this offseason.

Another fun note on this potential match is both went to Sunnyside High School in Arizona.

1. 157: Landon Robideau vs. Antrell Taylor

This would be a rematch of last season’s NCAA final, where Landon Robideau beat Antrell Taylor 4-2.

That match ended with some trash talk and Taylor tossing his ankle bands at Robideau.

The two also wrestled in a dual last December, with Taylor taking that match in tiebreakers. It was one of two losses Robideau suffered during his freshman season.

Taylor was a national champion in 2025 and is a three-time All-American.