No. 3 Nebraska Wrestling Falls to No. 2 Oklahoma State

The Nebraska wrestling team fell to the Oklahoma State Cowboys Friday night in Stillwater, Okla., 27-6. 

Christopher Minto (174) and Cade Ziola (HWT) logged the Big Red’s two wins of the night. 

No. 4 Vincent Robinson (125) and Rocklin Zinkin needed sudden victory and two tiebreakers to settle the first points of the dual. Robinson recorded an escape in the second period and Zinkin answered in the third. The bout stayed 1-1 through sudden victory and the first tiebreaker. Zinkin grabbed an early escape in the second tiebreaker for a 2-1 decision over the 2025 national champion, putting the Cowboys ahead of the Big Red, 3-0.

No. 1 Jax Forrest recorded a 21-6 technical fall over No. 8 Jacob Van Dee at 6:00 to make it 8-0. Forrest had six takedowns. The bout ended on Forrest’s takedown with one minute left in the third period. Van Dee finished with three escapes and a reversal, leaving Nebraska behind 8-0.

At 141, No. 15 Jayden Raney put up a 10-2 major decision over Lincoln Sledzianowski with three takedowns and a riding time point, extending the Cowboy lead to 12-0. No. 2 Sergio Vega followed with a 4-2 decision over No. 5 Anthony Echemendia at 149, using a first-period takedown to build a lead Echemendia couldn’t recover from to keep NU scoreless.

No. 1 Landon Robideau beat No. 3 Antrell Taylor, 3-1, at 157. The two traded escapes, and two third-period stalling penalties on Taylor gave Robideau the separation as Oklahoma State went up, 18-0. At 165, No. 3 Casey Swiderski beat Meyer Shapiro, 4-2, with a takedown after Shapiro had escaped twice in the third period, making it 21-0.

Nebraska got on the board at 174, when No. 2 Christopher Minto (2-0) beat Lorenzo Norman, 5-1. Minto escaped in the second period, then scored Nebraska’s first takedown with 1:25 left in the third and added a riding time point to make it 21-3. 

At 184, No. 11 Mikey White answered with a 9-5 decision over No. 18 Lucas Cochran, scoring three takedowns, including one with five seconds left, for a 24-3 lead. No. 2 Cody Merrill then beat No. 5 Camden McDanel, 4-1, with a takedown in sudden victory at 197, giving the Cowboys the advantage at 27-3.

No. 14 Cade Ziola closed the dual for Nebraska at 285 with a 4-1 decision over Dreshaun Ross. Ziola scored the winning takedown with two seconds left in regulation, making the final 27-6.

Nebraska will travel to Philadelphia, Pa., on Saturday, Nov. 21 to face Penn at 12 p.m. (CT). NU will compete in the Keystone Classic on Nov. 22, also at the Palestra.