The Beavers (10-0, 5-0 Pac-12) claimed 7 of 10 matches in defeating the Mustangs (2-14, 1-3) in the Pacific-12 Conference tussle before a crowd of 1,069.
Freshman Ronnie Bresser (125) won by technical fall; seniors Alex Elder (157), Taylor Meeks (184) and redshirt freshman Cody Crawford (197) added major decisions. Redshirt freshmen Jack Hathaway (133), Abraham Rodriguez (149) and Nate Keeve (hwt.) added decisions, with Keeve’s coming in overtime against a far bigger opponent.
“We were a little sluggish overall,” OSU coach Jim Zalesky said. “We have to wrestle better. Cal Poly did a good job fighting but at some matches we just didn’t come out” as strongly as he hoped.
“We have to do a better job of coming out to wrestle.”
Seniors Meeks, Latham, Elder, Brian Engdahl, Kurtis Ramsay, Patrick Rollins and Nick Schlager were honored before the match for their contributions to the program during their careers.
The Beavers conclude the home portion of their dual-meet season at 8 p.m. Sunday against Boise State, also at Gill Coliseum. Former OSU football player and country recording artist Kurt Van Meter will serve as Honorary Coach and perform during the halftime intermission.
Advance all-session passes for the 2015 Pac-12 wrestling championships are now on sale at the Gill Coliseum ticket office, by calling 1-800-GOBEAVS or by visiting the ticket area on osubeavers.com.
The tournament is set for Sunday, March 1, at Gill Coliseum. The first session will start at 10:30 a.m.; the second session will begin at 3:30 p.m. The ticket office will open one hour before each session and the coliseum will be cleared between sessions.
All-session tickets are $30 for adults and $20 for seniors (62+) and students (3-18). Individual-session tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students, and will only be sold the day of the event.
All-session tickets will also be available the day of the event. There will be no group sales.
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 Yoshito Funakoshi (CP), 17-1
133: Jack Hathaway (OSU) dec. Jason DelaCruz (CP), 2-0
141: Colton Schilling (CP) major dec. Devin Reynolds (OSU), 12-4
149: Abraham Rodriguez (OSU) dec. Blake Kastl (CP), 13-6
157: Alex Elder (OSU) major dec. Colt Shorts (CP), 10-1
165: Travis Berridge (CP) dec. Seth Thomas (OSU), 6-5
174: Dominic Kastl (CP) dec. Joe Latham (OSU, 12-8 (sv)
184: Taylor Meeks (OSU) major dec. Nick Fiegner (CP), 13-3
197: Cody Crawford (OSU) major dec. J.T. Goodwin (CP), 11-2
Hwt.: Nate Keeve (OSU) dec. Nicholas Johnson (CP), 6-3 (ot)
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