OREM, Utah – Utah Valley wrestling will host No. 3 Oklahoma State in their 2024-2025 home opener on Friday, Nov. 15 at 7:00 p.m. MT inside the UCCU Center. Doors will open at 5:30, and the first 500 fans through the doors will get a limited edition UVU wrestling t-shirt. This will mark the second time since 2021 that the Cowboys have visited Orem.
 
The Wolverines are coming off a 32-7 loss to No. 3 Nebraska in Lincoln. No. 6 Terrell Barraclough improved to 6-0 on the year and 3-0 in dual action after an 8-0 major decision over No. 12 Bubba Wilson (Nebraska). It is his second bonus point win this season. Jack Forbes moved into the national rankings this week, coming in at No. 33 after a 5-4 decision over No. 23 Harley Andrews. The win put Forbes in the collegiate rankings for the first time in his career.
 
BROADCAST INFO
Friday's dual will be broadcast on FloWrestling, and a stream will be available on Youtube.com/GoUVU. UVU alumni Sam Allen and Chasen Tolbert will be on the call for all the action.
 
SCOUTING OKLAHOMA STATE
Oklahoma State is entering its first dual of the season after having a group participate in the Michigan State Open last week. They are led by first-year head coach David Taylor, who took over for Hall of Fame coach John Smith. Taylor wrestled at Penn State and has won numerous Olympic and world titles for Team USA.
 
The Cowboys have all ten projected starters ranked nationally, with Air Force transfer Wyatt Hendrickson coming in at No. 2 at Heavyweight. 184-pounder Dustin Plott returns after making the NCAA Championship match a season ago. This will probably be one of the deepest teams on the UVU schedule this season with multiple NCAA qualifiers and All-Americans.
 
RANKINGS THIS WEEK
Terrell Barraclough -  FloWrestling (7) & InterMat (6)
Haiden Drury – InterMat (26)
Jack Forbes – FloWrestling (33)
 
EARLY SIGNING CLASS
Utah Valley head coach Adam Hall has announced his first early signing class. The Wolverines signed three from the Beehive state with Layne Kleimann (Herriman), Jason Worthley (Weber), and Geronimo River, Jr (Layton). They are joined in the class by Ian Fritz from Topsail, N.C.

PROJECTED LINEUPS
                              #3 Oklahoma State (0-0)                                            Utah Valley (1-2)

125	#6 Troy Spratley, R-So. (0-0) or  Sam Smith, R-Fr. (5-1)	Bridger Ricks, Jr. (5-2, 1-2) or  Talen Eck, Fr. (3-1, 0-0)
133	#33 Cael Hughes, R-Fr. (4-0) or  Reece Witcraft, R-Sr. (0-0)	Kase Mauger, R-Jr. (5-2, 1-2) or  Jacob Myers, Fr. (2-1, 0-0)
141	#12 Tagen Jamison, R-So. (4-0) or  Kolter Burton, Fr. (4-1)	#26 Haiden Drury, R-Jr. (6-1, 2-1) or  Patrick Mullen, Fr. (0-2, 0-0)
149	#18 Carter Young, R-Jr. (0-0) or  Cutter Sheets, R-So. (0-0)	Tanner Frothinger, R-Fr. (3-3, 0-2) or  Q'Veli Quintanilla, R-Fr. (3-3, 0-1)
157	#9 Teague Travis, R-Jr. (0-0)	Ryker Fullmer, Fr. (5-2, 1-2) or  Alex Emmer, R-Jr. (3-1, 1-0)
165	#5 Cameron Amine, R-Sr. (0-0)	#6 Terrell Barraclough, R-Sr. (6-0, 3-0)
174	#5 Dean Hamiti, Sr. (0-0)	Mark Takara, R-So. (3-3, 1-2) or  Trevor Frank, R-Fr. (3-1, 0-1)
184	#3 Dustin Plott, Sr. (0-0) or  Jersey Robb, R-Fr. (0-0)	Caleb Uhlenhopp, R-So. (4-2, 1-2) or  Mahonri Rushton, Sr. (2-2, 0-0)
197	#19 Luke Surber, Sr. (0-0) or  Cody Merrill, Fr. (0-0)	Kael Bennie, R-Fr. (3-3, 0-3) or Christian Slack, Jr. (0-0)
HWT	#2 Wyatt Hendrickson, Sr. (0-0) or  Konnor Doucet, R-Sr. (0-0)	#33 Jack Forbes, R-Jr. (4-1, 1-1) or  Eli Stafford, R-Fr. (2-3, 0-0)

TICKET AND MATCH DAY INFO
UVU is close to a sell-out crowd, and as of this morning there were still a few hundred tickets available for the dual. Secure your seats today by purchasing tickets at the link above. Fans coming to the UCCU Center on Friday, Nov. 15, are encouraged to allow plenty of time to travel to the arena
 
UP NEXT
Utah Valley will compete in three duals on Saturday, November 23. They will be in action at Seaforth High School at 8:00 a.m. MT against Presbyterian before wrestling Duke at 10:00 a.m. MT. The day will conclude with Adam Hall's return to NC State for a 5:00 p.m. MT dual against the No. 7 NC State in Reynolds Coliseum.