Pitt put up a fight and had a few strong performances against No. 3 Oklahoma State on Saturday. But in the end, the team didn’t have enough, losing, 33-9.
As expected, things got off to a rough start as freshman Brendan Fenton had his hands full with a top five wrestler from Oklahoma State. He was quickly dominated and fell, 21-6 to put Pitt behind, 5-0, right off the bat. You don’t expect him to be too competitive in that match, obviously. But one thing I thought he could have done was be more aggressive offensively. He seemed to be playing defense the entire time and that’s not going to be a winning strategy if the other guy doesn’t have to face any threat of a takedown.