Back-to-back pins by redshirt sophomore Abraham Rodriguez (157) and senior Seth Thomas (165) and a disqualification victory by sophomore heavyweight Amarveer Dhesi keyed the win in OSU's (3-3) first action since the Dec. 4-5 Cliff Keen Invitational in Las Vegas.
Sophomore Ronnie Bresser (125) and redshirt freshman Corey Griego (184) won by technical fall. Junior Joey Palmer (133) and redshirt sophomore Joey Delgado (149) prevailed by major decision and redshirt sophomore Jack Hathaway (141), redshirt junior Ali Alshujery (174) and redshirt sophomore Cody Crawford (197) all won by decision.
“We got a lot of bonus points,†OSU coach Jim Zalesky said. “You can only work out for so long before you have to compete, it was just good for us to get out and get more competition,†against the Cougars (8-2), the country's No. 4-ranked junior college team.
“We were pretty solid up and down the lineup. Guys put a lot of points up on the scoreboard, which is hard to do, you have to work hard†to compile 45 team points.
“I think Ronnie Bresser set the tone, and at heavyweight Amar took some frustration out from not doing what he wanted to do in Canada,†at the recent Olympic Trials, where he placed second.
“In-between guys wrestled well. We still have some things we have to work on but it was just good to get that competition before Christmas. You have to get out of the [training] room before you can really know what you have to work on.â€
Friday's starters broke for the holidays after the match. They will reconvene on Dec. 26 and begin workouts the following day for the Dec. 29-30 Ken Kraft Midlands Championships at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill.
Team members who didn't wrestle on Friday will compete at the Reno Tournament of Champions on Sunday, then take their holiday breaks.
For more information on the Oregon State wrestling team, follow the club's official Twitter account at Twitter.com/OSU_Wrestling or by Facebook at Facebook.com/OregonStateWrestling.
Results:
125: Ronnie Bresser (OSU), tech. fall over Michael Knoblauch (CCC), 21-6.
133: Joey Palmer (OSU), maj. dec. Tyler Wicken (CCC), 21-8.
141: Jack Hathaway (OSU), dec. Zech Bresser (CCC), 7-1.
149: Joey Delgado (OSU), maj. dec. Christopher Garcia (CCC), 12-4
157: Abraham Rodriguez (OSU), pinned Brandon Davidson (CCCC), 4:55
165: Seth Thomas (OSU), pinned Brendan Harkey (CCC), 5:32
174: Ali Alshujery (OSU), dec. John Leal (CCC), 8-3.
184: Corey Griego (OSU), tech. fall over Haszell West (CCC), 17-1.
197: Cody Crawford (OSU), dec. John Morin (CCC), 3-2
Hwt.: Amarveer Dhesi (OSU), won by DQ over Brandon Johnson (CCC).
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