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The Oklahoma Cowboys have ended their season with a bang. It was their home dual victory for the team on Sunday that led to the creation of history. Defeating the No. 20 Missouri team by 36-3, the No. 3 Oklahoma State’s performance at the Gallagher-Iba Arena was their final home dual match of the season. David Taylor’s team participated and took their 45th undefeated home title with success.

The 12th win of the season worked pretty well for the Cowboys. It’s been since the last three home dual games that Taylor’s Cowboys have gotten the support of over 8,000 people coming to see their matches. But breaking this barrier, the senior day game saw Oklahoma State break records with the most attendance in the history of wrestling.

The Head Coach’s prayers are answered

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David Taylor is performing his coaching duties to the fullest. Carrying the difference in personality and dominance from John Smith, Taylor now sees himself under similar circumstances to follow the head coach duties. Not just on-mat, but the head coach has been constantly requesting fans on social media to come in support, making the highest attendance in the home duals matches. And it was in Sunday’s match against the Missouri team where his hard work paid off. It was a whopping 10,740 people in attendance at the final home dual match of the Oklahoma State Cowboys. Seeing the respect given to the head coach’s request, David was overwhelmed with the number of ticket sellouts in Oklahoma and the love fans are giving to the team.

“Sweet. You know it’s pretty, pretty dang awesome. A little over 10,700 today, that wasn’t taken away from me. You know, it’s, um, it’s pretty dang close to a sellout here. Um, historically, that just You know, it’s not something you see here all the time. No, we’re not. You don’t see that. You don’t see that in many places. You know, we have a wrestling place; they can get 11,000 people for wrestling match. I mean, that’s pretty damn special.”

For David Taylor, the support coming from fans in such a large number at their last home dual match was indeed extra special. Since his inclusion to the team last year, his training has given the Oklahoma State Cowboys a new makeover with the growing number of people getting under it’s fanbase, as was evident in Sunday’s match.

“It is probably the guys in the way they’re wrestling, you know? And I’m so grateful for the fans; you know, we talked about what Oklahoma State wrestling means. To this country, right? To say of Oklahoma in the surrounding states and we’re starting to see that throughout the season, you know, so highest average attendance in history and you know, finishing the season here with the great single match attendance, you know, it’s a great momentum as we move into next year’s home schedule but right now we still got. We have some tough matches here on the road to finish out the season. So I got to keep building with that momentum.”

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With the attendance making history, 157-pound Cowboys senior player Caleb Fish’s performance in the match was not as much of a highlight as it was in Friday’s match against Northern Iowa. The round against the Missouri team’s unranked wrestler, James Conway, ended with a devastating loss by a 1-5 decision. But even with the loss, his journey in the Cowboys team was rather inspiring, as felt by David Taylor during the match.

“The love and support for wrestling here. I mean these guys are are beloved, like they’ve been here for forever, you know? And uh I mean I just felt like you know just going out there and shaking the hands of our seniors and just what we’ve all been through this year just a special group. You’re gonna remember them forever. You remember every group that comes through and finishes but this group it’s like a group that you always remember and I don’t know why but you know, Caleb, when Caleb’s coming up I kind of had some tears in my eyes, you know, I was just thinking about just his journey this year you know, and him stepping off and um he’s pretty cool to see, you know just every single 1 of them, just the time they put into it and the belief in what we’re doing.”

However, the performances by the home team wrestlers contributed quite well to the team’s win. The Oklahoma State Cowboys last home dual game was a well-finished win ending in their favor.

David Taylor’s Cowboys ends home dual with dominance

It was indeed a crowd-breaking moment for the Oklahoma State Cowboys. They have ended their final home dual with dominance. With their fifth highest crowd, the Cowboys fans have created history in wrestling with the highest attendance, breaking the basketball team’s record, including Bedlam’s 10,300 and OU-Texas 10,436. Not only that, but it was the highest ever attendance of the state of Oklahoma wrestling sporting event this year.

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The Senior Day match plus their last home dual was one such promising game of the day, gaining quite the fans attention not only for the ones seeing the match but also for the fans sitting back at home watching it. The extravagant event saw the Cowboys wrestlers give out a dominating win under David Taylor’s coaching.

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No. 4 Troy Spratley opened the match, taking the win under his fold, ending the first round with a 10-1 major decision. The lead was then taken by others contributing well. Dustin Plott’s 18-7, Reece Witcraft’s 6-3, Crater Young’s 11-4, and Caleb Fish’s 5-1 decision were on the list. The technical falls by Dean Hamiti Jr.’s 19-4 and Luke Serber’s 22-6 were quite the addition. All in all, the win was successfully achieved, and with such a historic day created, the Oklahoma State Cowboys and David Taylor still have a long way to go.

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