STILLWATER, Okla. – No. 15 Lehigh saw its four match winning streak to open 2022 come to an end Sunday with a 26-9 loss at No. 4 Oklahoma State Sunday at Gallagher-Iba Arena. A Cowboy team that featured nine nationally-ranked wrestlers saw those grapplers go 7-2 on the day as Oklahoma State raced to a 15-0 lead and never looked back.
 
Junior Josh Humphreys (157), sophomore Brian Meyer (165) and senior Jordan Wood (285) picked up wins for the Mountain Hawks, who fall to 8-5 in duals this season. Oklahoma State remains unbeaten at 10-0.
 
With Lehigh trailing 15-0, eighth-ranked Humphreys put Lehigh on the board at the halfway point with a 7-3 decision over No. 13 Wyatt Sheets. Humphreys totaled two first period takedowns and a third period reversal plus more than four minutes of riding time as he improves to 2-1 in his college career against Sheets.
 
Meyer faced the only unranked Cowboy, Jalin Harper and posted a 2-0 decision, scoring an escape in the second period and then riding out the third to claim the riding time point.
 
Wood capped the dual with a 6-0 win over Luke Surber, scoring takedowns in each of the first two periods plus a second period escape and riding time.
 
The dual began at 125 where sixth-ranked Trevor Mastrogiovanni scored takedowns in the first and third periods to defeat junior Jaret Lane 5-1. Second-ranked Daton Fix then put Oklahoma State up 9-0 with a first period pin of Malyke Hines at 133.
 
 At 141, first-year Connor McGonagle picked up Lehigh's first takedown of the day against No. 22 Carter Young. McGonagle led 3-2 after one period and 4-3 with riding time over a minute in his favor in the third, but Young answered with a takedown and was able to ride out and erase the riding time advantage to win 5-4.
 
A 5-1 decision by Kaden Gfeller over first-year Paul Watkins at 149 put Oklahoma State up 15-0.
 
Oklahoma State stopped Lehigh's two bout run with three straight wins from 174 through 197. First year Jake Logan dropped a 5-3 decision to No. 8 Dustin Plott at 174, while AJ Burkhart and JT Davis both dropped major decisions. Burkhart scored the first takedown against No. 10 Dakota Geer but ultimately fell 23-10, while Davis dropped a 12-2 major decision to top-ranked and defending national champion AJ Ferrari.
 
The Mountain Hawks will be off from competition next weekend and will return to action with two duals the first weekend of February. Lehigh will host Penn at Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 4 and then will visit Army West Point on Sunday, Feb. 6 at 2 p.m.
 
The 2021-22 Lehigh wrestling season is presented by the Historic Hotel Bethlehem.
 
No. 4 Oklahoma State 26, No. 15 Lehigh 9
125 – Trevor Mastrogiovanni (OSU) dec. Jaret Lane (Lehigh) 5-1
133 – Daton Fix (OSU) Fall Malyke Hines (Lehigh) 1:34
141 – Carter Young (OSU) dec. Connor McGonagle (Lehigh) 5-4
149 – Kaden Gfeller (OSU) dec. Paul Watkins (Lehigh) 5-1
157 – Josh Humphreys (Lehigh) dec. Wyatt Sheets (OSU) 7-3
165 – Brian Meyer (Lehigh) dec. Jalin Harper (OSU) 2-0
174 – Dustin Plott (OSU) dec. Jake Logan (Lehigh) 5-3
184 – Dakota Geer (OSU) major dec. AJ Burkhart (Lehigh) 23-10
197 – AJ Ferrari (OSU) major dec. JT Davis (Lehigh) 12-2
285 – Jordan Wood (Lehigh) dec. Luke Surber (OSU) 6-0
 
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