Senior Seth Thomas (pictured, 165) won by pin, and Joey Palmer (133), Corey Griego (184) and Amarveer Dhesi (hwt.) each prevailed by major decision as the Beavers (10-6) earned six bonus points and concluded their nonconference schedule with an 8-4 record.
OSU coach Jim Zalesky said the Beavers did a good job of fighting through any lethargy that understandably might follow their emotional 24-12 upset of No. 7 Oklahoma in their previous dual.
“I told our guys, ‘Those guys are at the Academy for a reason, they are fighters. We have to be ready for a fight, or you'll find yourself in a fight.'
“I think for the most part we did a pretty good job. There were a couple matches that went back and forth but we finished them off.â€
The shutout was OSU's first since a 50-0 victory over Cal Poly on Feb. 8, 2013, a span of 51 matches.
Ronnie Bresser (125), Jack Hathaway (141), Joey Delgado (141), Abraham Rodriguez (157) and Tyler Chay (174) also won their matches and earned three team points.
“We're wrestling well. I like our effort,†Zalesky said. “We have to sharpen up on some things, and nothing is easy from here on out. We will have to fight for everything.
“Now we need some good training time. We've had so many meets we really haven't had good training time,†as OSU has wrestled seven duals in a span of 17 days after Sunday.
“We have a good week to train†before next Sunday's regular-season finale with Boise State, “and then another week until Pac-12s.â€
OSU closes the regular season with the annual Border War against the Broncos, set for 11 a.m. Feb. 21 at Gill Coliseum. It will be televised by Pac-12 Networks. The Pac-12 Championships are Feb. 27, at Arizona State.
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:
197: Cody Crawford (OSU) dec. Parker Hines (AFA), 8-5
Hwt.: Amarveer Dhesi (OSU) maj. dec. Marcus Malecek (AFA), 18-6
125: Ronnie Bresser (OSU) dec. Isaac Jimenez (AFA), 4-1
133: Joey Palmer (OSU) maj. dec. John Twomey (AFA), 14-4
141: Jack Hathaway (OSU) dec. Dylan Hyder (AFA), 5-3
149: Joey Delgado (OSU) dec. Jerry McGinty (AFA), 6-1
157: Abraham Rodriguez (OSU) dec. Zach Stepan (AFA, 12-10
165: Seth Thomas (OSU) pinned Michael Billingsley (AFA), 5:30
174: Tyler Chay (OSU) dec. Adam Jackson (AFA), 3-1
184: Corey Griego (OSU) maj. dec. Willie Baker (AFA), 10-2
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