OREM, Utah – The night’s marquee matchup at 165 pounds did not disappoint, with No. 6 Terrell Barraclough bringing the record-setting crowd of 5,053 to its feet with a 5-4 win over No. 5 Cameron Amine. He improves to 7-0 on the year and 3-0 in duals. The win is his second top-five win of the season. No. 26 Haiden Drury moved to 7-1 with a 5-0 decision over Kolter Burton.
Utah Valley (1-3) wrestled some tough bouts tonight against the No. 3 Cowboys, who were in their season debuts for most of the wrestlers. 157-pounder Ryker Fullmer debuted in front of the Orem crowd and held a 1-0 lead before No. 8 Teague Travis rallied for a late win. Bridger Ricks and Drury battled tonight in their matches, but OSU’s stacked lineup picked up six bonus point victories in the 38-6 win over the Wolverines.
“First, I’m very grateful to the over 5000 fans who came tonight. It was an amazing atmosphere to compete in front of. The expectations we set for ourselves were very high, so I was disappointed in our outcome tonight. However, we won’t know where we are without truly testing ourselves. We did that, wrestling the number three team in the country. Our effort will be better moving forward. We will be prepared for the test we have next weekend,” said UVU head coach Adam Hall…