Utah Valley @ Wyoming

Wyoming beat Utah Valley 25-11 in Laramie on Jan. 24, 2025, leaving the Cowboys with a 14-point margin to show for the evening. The dual was decided by a handful of bonus-point outcomes rather than a string of narrow decisions, with Wyoming collecting two major scoring bursts that Utah Valley could not overcome.

At 149 pounds Gabe Willochell delivered a major decision, 12-3, earning Wyoming four team points and giving the Cowboys a momentum boost with a convincing, high-scoring win. Utah Valley answered back at 165 when Terrell Barraclough posted a 19-3 technical fall over Cooper Voorhees, a five-point swing that kept the visitors within striking distance and showed Utah Valley could produce decisive offense of its own.

The decisive moment came at 197 pounds when Joey Novak recorded a fall, adding six crucial bonus points for Wyoming. Novak’s pin widened the gap and capped a series of bonus results that ultimately made the difference in the final team score. Those three bouts accounted for the evening’s bonus-point drama and determined the outcome more than the close decisions elsewhere on the card.

In the end Wyoming’s ability to convert opportunities into extra team points proved the difference. Utah Valley’s tech fall was a standout performance, but Wyoming’s combination of a major decision and a pin produced the margin that decided the dual in Laramie.