Pac-12's - The Wrestlers IV

184 - Austin Morehead

  By now, we're into the upper weights. Senior Austin Morehead is Oregon State's 184. Seeded #3, Austin started the tournament with a BYE in the quarters. In the semi's, Austin met the eventual champion, Jake Swartz of Boise. Swartz prevailed 6-2. In the consolation rounds, Austin dispatched Kent Beecham of Cal Poly by major 8-0, then repeated his score in the third place match with Zach Nevills of Stanford, winning 8-0.

Since there were 2 spaces allotted for the NCAA's at 184, Austin then got to challenge for True Second with the #1 seed, Blake Stauffer of ASU. Stauffer had lost to Swartz in the finals. Austin punched his ticket to the NCAA's by winning 6-2! Austin Morehead, Pac-12 Third Place & True Second!

197 - Meeks vs Franklin

  Oregon State's Taylor Meeks was the #1 seed at 197. Taylor started the day with a major decision of ASU's Josh DaSilveira  16-2. In the semi's, Taylor took out Reuben Franklin of CSUB 5-1.  the finals between Taylor and Dan Scherer (#2 seed from Stanford) went into overtime. Scherer 4, Meeks 2. Taylor Meeks Pac-12 Second Place, wasn't what Taylor wanted, but it was good enough to take him to the NCAA's!

Hwt - Dhesi shoots on Eskam

  That brings us to the heavyweights, or 285. True freshman Amarveer Dhesi (Amar) came into the tournament seeded #2. In the quarters, Amar decisioned Chace Eskam of ASU 6-3. Amar won a major in the semi's with Spencer Empey of Cal Poly, 15-6, but then lost to #1 seed JT Felix of BSU in the finals 7-1. Amar's wrestling wasn't over yet. In order to see who would get to go to the NCAA's, Amar had to defend his second place status against third place Josh Marchok of Stanford. No problem, Amar won by major 11-3. Amarveer Dhesi Pac-12 Second Place! 

Dhesi vs Empey

Beavers win the Pac-12 team title for 2014! That makes it three for three in 2012, 2013 and 2014!

Congratulations to the team and Head Coach Jim Zalesky and his coaching staff!

Thanks to Michael Denison for providing all the great wrestling photographs!

Go Beavers!!

Go Beavs!