Arizona State tops Oklahoma 1/8/2021 NORMAN, Okla. The No. 11 Sun Devil wrestling team earned its first road win in nine years over No. 20 Oklahoma, 20-12, at McCasland Field House Friday night. Senior Kordell Norfleet (197) ultimately sealed the dual for ASU (2-0) in the ninth bout after an impressive two tie-breaker period decision victory over No. 13 Jake Woodley. I thought overall the team wrestled well, they were prepared and I m proud of these guys, assistant coach Lee Pritts said. This was a great test by a talented and well coached Oklahoma team. Looking ahead it s going to get tougher so we have to continue to climb, continue to elevate, continue to fight.
TEMPE, Ariz. The No. 10 Sun Devil Wrestling team opens the 2020-21 season in Tempe, against Pac-12 opponent Little Rock on Saturday, Jan. 2 at 12 p.m. (MST). The bout will be broadcast live on ASU Live Stream on Pac-12.com. Little Rock, a Pac-12 team, who is always well coached and ready to go will be a fun opening home test for us, head coach Zeke Jones said. They took three matches from us last year so we can t let our guard down as we need to be ready to battle on the mat.
Last season s 38-9 victory over Little Rock was the first in Sun Devil history as it was the Trojans inaugural season as a division one program. In the win, ASU notched seven bonus-point wins and had three-straight pins including pins from redshirt senior Anthony Valencia (165) and senior Kordell Norfleet (197).