#11 Peyton Hall Upsets #3 Izzak Olejnik
#11 Peyton Hall Upsets #3 Izzak Olejnik
West Virginia's Peyton Hall defeated Oklahoma State's Izzak Olejnik Sunday in Morgantown.
West Virginia's Peyton Hall handed #3 Izzak Olejnik his first loss of the season Sunday when he defeated him 5-1. Olejnik was 14-0 (15-0 if you include his win over #6 DJ Hamiti at the NWCA All-Star Classic) coming into this match. Hall, an All-American in 2022 and currently ranked #11, is now 19-3 on the year with the win.
Hall accumulated his points with a first-period head gear grab point, a second-period single-leg takedown, and an escape in the third period. The closest Olejnik came to scoring a takedown was off a slide by with 18 seconds remaining in the match, but Hall fended it off with a whizzer.
You can watch the entire dual on ESPN+ HERE. The Hall - Olejnik match starts at the 53-minute mark.
Oklahoma State won the dual 29-9.
Oklahoma State 29, West Virginia 9
125: #18 Troy Spratley (OKST) over Jace Schafer (WVU) (MD 12-1)
133: #3 Daton Fix (OKST) over Davin Rhoads (WVU) (TF 19-4 3:43)
141: #6 Tagen Jamison (OKST) over #14 Jordan Titus (WVU) (Dec 4-2)
149: #10 Ty Watters (WVU) over Sammy Alvarez (OKST) (Dec 4-2)
157: #15 Teague Travis (OKST) over Alex Hornfeck (WVU) (Dec 5-2)
165: #11 Peyton Hall (WVU) over #3 Izzak Olejnik (OKST) (Dec 5-1)
174: #31 Brayden Thompson (OKST) over Luke Eschenheimer (WVU) (Fall 3:27)
184: #2 Dustin Plott (OKST) over Dennis Robin (WVU) (TF 19-4 5:53)
197: Austin Cooley (WVU) over Kyle Haas (OKST) (Dec 5-0)
285: #12 Konner Doucet (OKST) over Michael Wolfgram (WVU) (Dec 2-0)