The Axe Stays!! OSU 29 BSU 6! - Feb. 8, 2015

The Oregon State wrestling team concluded it's home stand with an old fashioned barn-burner, winning 8 of 10 matches, narrowly missing one, and squeaking out a couple of last second wins!! Final score Beavers 29 Broncos 6!

Wrestling started at 174. Here's how it came out:

174 - Joe Latham winner by decision At the end of two, it was 0-1 for Joe, but he kept working and with the crowd cheering him on, got the escape and the takedown near the end to win!

184 - Taylor Meeks winner by decision,  Couldn't quite get the back points for extra points, but he was working for them.

197 - Cody Crawford winner by decision, Two Cody's out there, crowd had to use last names. Another match where the Beaver had to come from behind. Crawford had Gill rocking with his escape and takedown as the clock ticked down, winning 8-7!

Hwt - Nate Keeve winner by decision, double tie-breaker over time! Another nail biter, Nate held his opponent for the 30 seconds, then got his own escape, almost had a takedown at the end, but 2-1 was good enough to make the win!

125 - Ronnie Bresser III - winner by decision, concluding the first half with the score OSU 15 - BSU 0

At half-time the crowd was entertained by a trio of country-western singer and Honorary Captain Kurt Van Meter

133 - Jack Hathaway winner by fall! Don't blink, you missed it. Jack's fall came in 45 seconds. way to go, Jack!

141- Devin Reynolds had the toughest match of the night, facing Boise's #7 Geordan Martinez. Devin never stops, but couldn't quite catch up with Martinez.

149 - Abraham Rodriguez winner by major! Abraham kept steadily building points throughout the match.

157 - Alex Elder winner by major! Did it the hard way, ending the first period down 2-4. But then Alex started taking over, ending with a collection of take downs and back points!

165 - Seth Thomas also working from behind, first period was scoreless, then playing catch-up in the third period, tried a throw which slipped, giving advance to his opponent. Seth escaped but time ran out before he could get the tying takedown. Oh so close.

Congratulations to all the Beaver match winners! For all the details read the article at the Oregon State site.

Congratulations to the whole team and coaching staff for their perfect home record for the 2014-15 season! Now, just two more wins and it will be a perfect dual meet season! That won't be easy, with one more weekend of dual meets, Wyoming on Friday and concluding with Air Force next Sunday.

Go Beavs!