HAMPTON, VA -- The No. 23 Terps (6-1) took down three ranked wrestlers en route to an 18-16 win over the Oklahoma Sooners (3-3) in the first of four matches at the Virginia Duals. The win marked the first over Oklahoma in program history.
Braxton Brown, Ethen Miller and Dominic Solis all defeated wrestlers who were ranked above them to keep the Terps step-for-step with the Sooners in the early bouts.
Trailing 13-12 heading into the 197-bout, Jaxon Smith pinned Seth Seago to put the Terps up for good.
Full Results
125: No. 23
Braxton Brown dec. (4-1) No. 11 Joey Prata (Terps 3, Sooners 0)
133: No. 30 Wyatt Henson major dec. (22-8)
Conner Quinn (Sooners 4, Terps 3)
141: No. 30 Mosha Schwartz dec. (4-2) No. 33
Kal Miller (Sooners 7, Terps 3)
149: No. 28
Ethen Miller dec. (2-1) No. 13 Mitch Moore (Sooners 7, Terps 6)
157:. No. 33
Michael North dec. (9-3) Jacob Butler (Terps 9, Sooners 7)
165: No. 19 Gerrit Nijenhuis dec. (3-1)
John Martin Best (Sooners 10, Terps 9)
174: Dominic Solis SV dec. (6-4) No. 24 Darrien Roberts (Terps 12, Sooners 10)
184: Tate Picklo dec. (3-2)
Chase Mielnik (Sooners 13, Terps 12)
197: No. 11
Jaxon Smith fall (3:54) Seth Seago (Terps 18, Sooners 13)
HWT: No. 19 Josh Heindselman dec. (4-1) No. 30
Jaron Smith
*Intermat Rankings
Up Next
- The Terps will wrap up their first day at the Virginia Duals when they face Ohio at 1 pm. On Saturday, Maryland will wrestle Campbell at 1 pm and Virginia at 2:30 pm. The action can be caught on FloWrestling.