Oklahoma State wrestling's Sergio Vega captures 141-pound title at NCAA Championships

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CLEVELAND — Sergio Vega completed his undefeated season without ever being taken down. And he got the takedown he had to have with 23 seconds left in the sudden-victory overtime period for a 4-1 win over top-seeded and undefeated Jesse Mendez of Ohio State.

After a scoreless first period Saturday night at the NCAA Wrestling Championships, Vega fought his way out for an escape 42 seconds into the second and remained up 1-0 at the end of the period.

Mendez escaped shortly into the third, and nearly had a reversal, but Vega fought it off.

Vegas becomes the first undefeated NCAA champion as a true freshman since 1947.

This article will be updated.

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NCAA wrestling championships team standings ahead of finals​

Here’s a look at the team points standings with only the championship round remaining. Penn State has six wrestlers in the finals, Oklahoma State has four and Nebraska has two.

• 1. Penn State, 164
• 2. Oklahoma State, 119
• 3. Nebraska, 101.5
• 4. Iowa, 92.5
• 5. Ohio State, 84.5
• 6. Michigan, 66
• 7. Stanford, 63.5
• 8. Iowa State, 52
• T9. Minnesota, 41.5
• T9. Virginia Tech, 41.5

Scott Wright covers Oklahoma State athletics for The Oklahoman. Have a story idea for Scott? He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter at @ScottWrightOK. Support Scott’s work and that of other Oklahoman journalists by purchasing a digital subscription today at subscribe.oklahoman.com.

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