NCAA Final Wrap Up

The Div. I NCAA wrestling season came to a conclusion tonight with the finals crowning the individual champions. Ohio State had claimed the team title before the finals even began. Logan Stieber of Ohio State made history by becoming only the 4th person to win 4 NCAA championships. Logan joins Pat Smith, Cael Sanderson and Kyle Dake in that elite group.

The Oregon State contingent returns with memories and lessons learned for the three freshman and one junior who participated along with the three seniors. As a fan, I am already looking forward to next year!

But don't forget, we still have a lot of things to celebrate from this season, and we'll do just that at the Awards Banquet. Make sure you have Saturday, April 25th saved on your calendar for the banquet!

Now for a couple of things to wrap up the NCAA's. If you haven't already seen Scott Nelson's latest article on the Beavers at OregonLive, be sure to read it here. Mr. Nelson always does a great job writing up wrestling events! A big thank you to him! Really, his main beat at the Oregonian is business. His attention to wrestling is due to his love of the sport and the lack of any attention from anywhere else. We in the wrestling community are very grateful for his efforts!

The final team scores (From TrackWrestling):
1. Ohio St. 102.0
2. Iowa 84.0
3. Edinboro 75.5
4. Missouri 73.5
5. Cornell 71.5
6. Penn St. 67.5
7. Oklahoma St. 65.0
8. Minnesota 59.5
9. Nebraska 59.0
10. Virginia Tech 56.0
11. Michigan 54.0
12. Illinois 51.0
3. Lehigh 39.5
14. Iowa St. 39.0
15. Northwestern 34.5
16. North Carolina St. 34.0
17. Wisconsin 32.5
18. Oklahoma 29.5
19. Virginia 26.5
20. West Virginia 23.5
21. Pittsburgh 23.0
22. Old Dominion 22.0
23. North Dakota St. 19.5
24. Indiana 18.0 24. North Carolina 18.0
26. Kent St. 16.0
27. Rider 15.5
28. Duke 14.0
29. Arizona St. 12.5
30. Oregon St. 11.5
31. Ohio 9.5 31. Princeton 9.5 31. Rutgers 9.5
34. Northern Iowa 9.0
35. Hofstra 8.0 35. Stanford 8.0
37. Lock Haven 7.5
38. Penn 6.5
39. Maryland 6.0 39. Wyoming 6.0
41. Drexel 5.0
42. Purdue 4.5
43. Appalachian St. 4.0 43. Boise State 4.0
45. Chattanooga 3.5
46. American 3.0 46. Brown 3.0 46. Bucknell 3.0 46. Northern Colorado 3.0
50. Army 2.5 50. Central Mich. 2.5
52. Air Force 2.0 5
53. Cleveland St. 1.5 53. Davidson 1.5 53. Eastern Mich. 1.5 53. Navy 1.5 53. South Dakota St. 1.5
58. Binghamton 1.0 58. Cal Poly 1.0 58. Citadel 1.0 58. Columbia 1.0 58. CSU Bakersfield 1.0 58. SIU Edwardsville 1.0 58. Utah Valley 1.0
65. George Mason 0.5 65. Harvard 0.5
67. Gardner-Webb 0.0 67. Northern Ill. 0.0
69. Michigan St. -0.5

See you at the Banquet!

Go Beavs!

A Few More NCAA Photos

Coaches Zalesky and Steiner, with trainer Swee in the back

 Here are a few more of Michael Denison's photos from matside at the NCAA tournament. Thanks for sharing the photos, Michael!

Enjoy! 

Go Beavs!

157 -Alex Elder faces his opponent

Elder gets the fall!

174 Joe Latham engineers some levitation?

                                                                                    

!57 - Elder faces an opponent

                                                                                                   

Oregon State's Season Ends

157 Alex Elder celebrates his fall

 2014-15 has been a memorable season for the Beavers, but unfortunately it has come to an end.

The last three Oregon State wrestlers standing, Alex Elder, Joe Latham and Taylor Meeks, were all defeated in the consolation rounds this evening, all at that oh-so-close step. Just one more win and you would be All-American, one more loss and your tournament is over. Someone wins and someone loses, and luck and circumstance just weren't on our side this time.

For more reading:
Oregon State's article

An article by the Oregonian's Scott Nelson, written yesterday. Thanks to Andrew Stanfield for sending this link!

Team Scores (as they stand Friday night, from Track Wrestling):
1. Ohio St. 86.5       

174 - Joe Latham

2. Iowa 73.0
3. Cornell 66.5
4. Edinboro 64.5
5. Missouri 60.0
6. Penn St. 58.0
7. Oklahoma St. 55.5
8. Michigan 51.0
9. Minnesota 49.0 9. Nebraska 49.0
11. Illinois 42.5
12. Virginia Tech 41.0
13. Lehigh 39.5
14. Iowa St. 33.0
15. North Carolina St. 29.0
16. Wisconsin 27.0
17. Oklahoma 25.5
18. Northwestern 24.5 18. Virginia 24.5
20. West Virginia 23.5
21. Pittsburgh 23.0
22. North Dakota St. 19.5
23. Old Dominion 19.0
24. Indiana 18.0 24. North Carolina 18.0
26. Rider 14.5
27. Duke 14.0
28. Kent St. 13.0
29. Oregon St. 11.5
30. Ohio 9.5 30. Princeton 9.5 30. Rutgers 9.5
33. Arizona St. 9.0 33. Northern Iowa 9.0

Team results (from TrackWrestling):

2015 NCAA Division I Championships Results for Oregon St.
125 - Ronnie Bresser (33-6) place is unknown and scored 1.50 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Ronnie Rios (Oregon St.) 33-6 won by decision over Nick Herrmann (Virginia) 17-9 (Dec 6-5)
    Champ. Round 2 - Eddie Klimara (Oklahoma St.) 23-7 won by major decision over Ronnie Rios (Oregon St.) 33-6 (MD 9-1)
    Cons. Round 2 - Ronnie Rios (Oregon St.) 33-6 won in sudden victory - 1 over Tyler Cox (Wyoming) 23-9 (SV-1 3-1)
    Cons. Round 3 - Nahshon Garrett (Cornell) 33-4 won by major decision over Ronnie Rios (Oregon St.) 33-6 (MD 13-3)

133 - Jack Hathaway (28-12) place is unknown and scored 0.00 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Zane Richards (Illinois) 24-8 won by major decision over Jack Hathaway (Oregon St.) 28-12 (MD 12-2)
    Cons. Round 1 - Kevin Norstrem (Virginia Tech) 20-17 won by decision over Jack Hathaway (Oregon St.) 28-12 (Dec 3-1)

157 - Alex Elder (34-12) place is unknown and scored 3.50 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Brian Murphy (Michigan) 29-12 won by decision over Alex Elder (Oregon St.) 34-12 (Dec 9-3)
    Cons. Round 1 - Alex Elder (Oregon St.) 34-12 won by decision over Mike Kelly (Iowa) 23-12 (Dec 11-8)
    Cons. Round 2 - Alex Elder (Oregon St.) 34-12 won by decision over Louis Mascola (Maryland) 18-16 (Dec 16-9)
    Cons. Round 3 - Alex Elder (Oregon St.) 34-12 won by fall over Noel Blanco (Drexel) 24-16 (Fall 6:43)
    Cons. Round 4 - Ian Miller (Kent St.) 22-7 won by tech fall over Alex Elder (Oregon St.) 34-12 (TF-1.5 5:26 (24-6))

165 - Seth Thomas (25-15) place is unknown and scored 0.00 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Ethan Ramos (North Carolina) 31-9 won by fall over Seth Thomas (Oregon St.) 25-15 (Fall 6:47)
    Cons. Round 1 - Michael Moreno (Iowa St.) 25-5 won by fall over Seth Thomas (Oregon St.) 25-15 (Fall 2:34)

174 - Joe Latham (24-18) place is unknown and scored 2.00 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Joe Latham (Oregon St.) 24-18 won by decision over John Eblen (Missouri) 28-7 (Dec 6-4)
    Champ. Round 2 - Joe Latham (Oregon St.) 24-18 won by decision over Dominic Kastl (Cal Poly) 17-8 (Dec 4-3)
    Quarterfinal - Kyle Crutchmer (Oklahoma St.) 22-7 won by decision over Joe Latham (Oregon St.) 24-18 (Dec 5-2)
    Cons. Round 4 - Kurtis Julson (North Dakota St.) 23-11 won by decision over Joe Latham (Oregon St.) 24-18 (Dec 10-4)

 184 - Taylor Meeks (39-6) place is unknown and scored 3.00 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Taylor Meeks (Oregon St.) 39-6 won by major decision over Thomas Sleigh (Bucknell) 30-18 (MD 9-0)
    Champ. Round 2 - Taylor Meeks (Oregon St.) 39-6 won by decision over Nolan Boyd (Oklahoma St.) 27-9 (Dec 8-2)
    Quarterfinal - Victor Avery (Edinboro) 31-7 won by major decision over Taylor Meeks (Oregon St.) 39-6 (MD 14-5)
    Cons. Round 4 - Willie Miklus (Missouri) 33-9 won by decision over Taylor Meeks (Oregon St.) 39-6 (Dec 13-7)

197 - Cody Crawford (33-10) place is unknown and scored 1.50 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Cody Crawford (Oregon St.) 33-10 won in tie breaker - 1 over Timothy McCall (Wisconsin) 24-13 (TB-1 3-2)
    Champ. Round 2 - Scott Schiller (Minnesota) 28-6 won by major decision over Cody Crawford (Oregon St.) 33-10 (MD 10-1)
    Cons. Round 2 - Cody Crawford (Oregon St.) 33-10 won by decision over Alex Polizzi (Northwestern) 26-12 (Dec 9-6)
    Cons. Round 3 - Shane Woods (Wyoming) 35-5 won by major decision over Cody Crawford (Oregon St.) 33-10 (MD 12-1)

Action continues Saturday morning, beginning at 8 am Pacific. The finals will be broadcast live on ESPN television from 5-8pm Pacific.

Go Beavs!

More NCAA Photos - second set

Coaches watching Ronnie Bresser's match

More glimpses into the action at the NCAA's from Michael Denison. I believe most of these photos are from Session III on Friday morning. Enjoy!

Thanks, Michael!

Go Beavs!

157 - Alex Elder going for the fall!

(To view larger version of photos, click on any one and you will be able to cycle through them all.)

174 - Joe Latham in the quarters

174 - Joe Latham scoring points!

184 - Taylor Meeks (Thursday session)

 

Coach Roberts and Ronnie Bresser III

More NCAA Photos - first set

Beaver fans enjoying the moment!

Michael Denison, Fall Board member and sports photographer, has shared more of his great photos from the NCAA's. Some of these are from yesterday, some from today (Friday).

All are moments from the biggest college wrestling tournament of the year. The tournament this year is being held at the Scottrade Center in St Louis, Missouri. Thank you to Michael for sharing! Enjoy!

133 - Jack Hathaway

 Go Beavs!

125 - Ronnie Bresser III

133- Jack Hathaway

125 - Ronnie Bresser III

125 - Ronnie Bresser III, victor

125 - Bresser faces his next opponent

Friday Morning at The NCAA's

Friday morning at the NCAA's can be brutal.The good news - we still have 3 guys left to wrestle Friday night! The bad news, we lost some along the way.

Congratulations to 157 Alex Elder, who picked up two victories this morning, the second by fall! Alex is grinding his way through the consolation bracket, keep up the good work, Alex!

Both 174 Joe Latham and 184 Taylor Meeks will join Alex in the consolation brackets tonight. Joe and Taylor both lost their matches in the quarter finals in the morning. As long as they keep winning, they can end up as high as third.

125 Ronnie Bresser III (listed in the tournament as Ronnie Rios), won his first match in the consolations, but then lost the next. Cody Crawford had a similar result. Ronnie and Cody have both been eliminated, but scored some points for the team before they exited.

Team results (from TrackWrestling):
2015 NCAA Division I Championships Results for Oregon St.
125 - Ronnie Bresser (33-6) place is unknown and scored 1.50 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Ronnie Rios (Oregon St.) 33-6 won by decision over Nick Herrmann (Virginia) 17-9 (Dec 6-5)
    Champ. Round 2 - Eddie Klimara (Oklahoma St.) 22-6 won by major decision over Ronnie Rios (Oregon St.) 33-6 (MD 9-1)
    Cons. Round 2 - Ronnie Rios (Oregon St.) 33-6 won in sudden victory - 1 over Tyler Cox (Wyoming) 23-9 (SV-1 3-1)
    Cons. Round 3 - Nahshon Garrett (Cornell) 31-4 won by major decision over Ronnie Rios (Oregon St.) 33-6 (MD 13-3)

133 - Jack Hathaway (28-12) place is unknown and scored 0.00 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Zane Richards (Illinois) 24-8 won by major decision over Jack Hathaway (Oregon St.) 28-12 (MD 12-2)
    Cons. Round 1 - Kevin Norstrem (Virginia Tech) 20-17 won by decision over Jack Hathaway (Oregon St.) 28-12 (Dec 3-1)

157 - Alex Elder (34-11) place is unknown and scored 3.50 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Brian Murphy (Michigan) 28-11 won by decision over Alex Elder (Oregon St.) 34-11 (Dec 9-3)
    Cons. Round 1 - Alex Elder (Oregon St.) 34-11 won by decision over Mike Kelly (Iowa) 23-12 (Dec 11-8)
    Cons. Round 2 - Alex Elder (Oregon St.) 34-11 won by decision over Louis Mascola (Maryland) 18-16 (Dec 16-9)
    Cons. Round 3 - Alex Elder (Oregon St.) 34-11 won by fall over Noel Blanco (Drexel) 24-16 (Fall 6:43)

165 - Seth Thomas (25-15) place is unknown and scored 0.00 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Ethan Ramos (North Carolina) 31-8 won by fall over Seth Thomas (Oregon St.) 25-15 (Fall 6:47)
    Cons. Round 1 - Michael Moreno (Iowa St.) 25-4 won by fall over Seth Thomas (Oregon St.) 25-15 (Fall 2:34)

174 - Joe Latham (24-17) place is unknown and scored 2.00 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Joe Latham (Oregon St.) 24-17 won by decision over John Eblen (Missouri) 28-7 (Dec 6-4)
    Champ. Round 2 - Joe Latham (Oregon St.) 24-17 won by decision over Dominic Kastl (Cal Poly) 17-8 (Dec 4-3)
    Quarterfinal - Kyle Crutchmer (Oklahoma St.) 22-6 won by decision over Joe Latham (Oregon St.) 24-17 (Dec 5-2)

184 - Taylor Meeks (39-5) place is unknown and scored 3.00 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Taylor Meeks (Oregon St.) 39-5 won by major decision over Thomas Sleigh (Bucknell) 30-18 (MD 9-0)
    Champ. Round 2 - Taylor Meeks (Oregon St.) 39-5 won by decision over Nolan Boyd (Oklahoma St.) 27-9 (Dec 8-2)
    Quarterfinal - Victor Avery (Edinboro) 31-6 won by major decision over Taylor Meeks (Oregon St.) 39-5 (MD 14-5)

197 - Cody Crawford (33-10) place is unknown and scored 1.50 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Cody Crawford (Oregon St.) 33-10 won in tie breaker - 1 over Timothy McCall (Wisconsin) 24-12 (TB-1 3-2)
    Champ. Round 2 - Scott Schiller (Minnesota) 26-6 won by major decision over Cody Crawford (Oregon St.) 33-10 (MD 10-1)
    Cons. Round 2 - Cody Crawford (Oregon St.) 33-10 won by decision over Alex Polizzi (Northwestern) 26-12 (Dec 9-6)
    Cons. Round 3 - Shane Woods (Wyoming) 35-4 won by major decision over Cody Crawford (Oregon St.) 33-10 (MD 12-1)

Team scores - 25th place (from TrackWrestling):
1. Ohio St. 64.5 

2. Iowa 47.5 

3. Missouri 45.0 

4. Cornell 41.5 

5. Edinboro 40.5 

 6. Nebraska 36.5 

7. Oklahoma St. 36.0 

8. Penn St. 33.5 

9. Minnesota 29.5 

10. Illinois 26.5 10. Michigan 26.5 

12. Iowa St. 26.0 

13. Northwestern 24.5 

14. North Carolina St. 22.0 

15. Lehigh 20.0 15. Wisconsin 20.0 

17. North Carolina 18.0 

18. Oklahoma 17.5 

19. Pittsburgh 16.0 19. Virginia Tech 16.0 

21. Old Dominion 15.5 21. Virginia 15.5 

23. West Virginia 14.5 

24. Duke 14.0 

25. Oregon St. 11.5

Michael Dension has sent more of his photos which I will get posted to the blogsite as soon as I get a chance this afternoon. Thanks, Michael!

I goofed up on the start time this morning, hope I didn't mess anyone up. Action is slated for this evening as 8pm - 11pm Eastern, that is 5pm - 8pm Pacific.

Go Alex! Go Joe! Go Taylor! Keep moving up!

Go Beavs!!

NCAA's - Day One Complete

The first day of wrestling at the NCAA Div. I tournament has been completed. Two Beavers advanced in the Championship bracket. Congratulations to both  174 Joe Latham and 184 Taylor Meeks, who continued their winning battle and will wrestle in the quarterfinals Friday morning!!

Three Beavers remain in the consolation bracket, 133 Ronnie Bresser III, 157 Alex Elder and 197 Cody Crawford. Hang in there guys!! Two Beavers were eliminated from the tournament, 133 Jack Hathaway and 165 Seth Thomas.

For more details, see the article at Oregon State's site.

For another article, check here for the one by Scott Nelson at the Oregonian (Oregon Live)

The team results for today (from TrackWrestling):

     2015 NCAA Division I Championships Results for Oregon St.
125 - Ronnie Rios (32-5) place is unknown and scored 1.00 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Ronnie Rios (Oregon St.) 32-5 won by decision over Nick Herrmann (Virginia) 16-8 (Dec 6-5)
    Champ. Round 2 - Eddie Klimara (Oklahoma St.) 22-5 won by major decision over Ronnie Rios (Oregon St.) 32-5 (MD 9-1)

133 - Jack Hathaway (28-12) place is unknown and scored 0.00 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Zane Richards (Illinois) 24-7 won by major decision over Jack Hathaway (Oregon St.) 28-12 (MD 12-2)
    Cons. Round 1 - Kevin Norstrem (Virginia Tech) 20-16 won by decision over Jack Hathaway (Oregon St.) 28-12 (Dec 3-1)

157 - Alex Elder (32-11) place is unknown and scored 0.50 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Brian Murphy (Michigan) 28-10 won by decision over Alex Elder (Oregon St.) 32-11 (Dec 9-3)
    Cons. Round 1 - Alex Elder (Oregon St.) 32-11 won by decision over Mike Kelly (Iowa) 23-12 (Dec 11-8)

165 - Seth Thomas (25-15) place is unknown and scored 0.00 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Ethan Ramos (North Carolina) 30-8 won by fall over Seth Thomas (Oregon St.) 25-15 (Fall 6:47)
    Cons. Round 1 - Michael Moreno (Iowa St.) 23-4 won by fall over Seth Thomas (Oregon St.) 25-15 (Fall 2:34)

174 - Joe Latham (24-16) place is unknown and scored 2.00 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Joe Latham (Oregon St.) 24-16 won by decision over John Eblen (Missouri) 27-6 (Dec 6-4)
    Champ. Round 2 - Joe Latham (Oregon St.) 24-16 won by decision over Dominic Kastl (Cal Poly) 17-7 (Dec 4-3)

184 - Taylor Meeks (39-4) place is unknown and scored 3.00 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Taylor Meeks (Oregon St.) 39-4 won by major decision over Thomas Sleigh (Bucknell) 30-18 (MD 9-0)
    Champ. Round 2 - Taylor Meeks (Oregon St.) 39-4 won by decision over Nolan Boyd (Oklahoma St.) 27-8 (Dec 8-2)

197 - Cody Crawford (32-9) place is unknown and scored 1.00 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Cody Crawford (Oregon St.) 32-9 won in tie breaker - 1 over Timothy McCall (Wisconsin) 22-12 (TB-1 3-2)
    Champ. Round 2 - Scott Schiller (Minnesota) 26-5 won by major decision over Cody Crawford (Oregon St.) 32-9 (MD 10-1)

The upper team scores:
Team Scores 

1. Ohio St. 23.0 

2. Iowa 21.0 

3. Oklahoma St. 19.5 

4. Penn St. 18.5 

5. Missouri 18.0 

5. Nebraska 18.0 

7. Cornell 17.5 

8. Illinois 16.5 

9. Michigan 15.0 

9. Virginia Tech 15.0 

11. Minnesota 14.0 

12. Iowa St. 13.0 

13. Edinboro 12.5 

14. Wisconsin 11.0 

15. Northwestern 10.5 

16. Lehigh 9.0 

16. Northern Iowa 9.0 

16. Oklahoma 9.0 

16. Virginia 9.0 

20. Old Dominion 8.0  

21. North Carolina 7.5  

21. Oregon St. 7.5 

23. Ohio 7.0 

24. Duke 6.5 

24. North Carolina St. 6.5 

24. Pittsburgh 6.5

To see some of FALL Board member Michael Denison's photos from Session I, check out the posts at "The FALL"'s blogsite.

Wrestling resumes at 9:00 in the morning.

Go Beavs!!

Session I Photos - second set

Here is the second set of photos from Michael Denison. Thanks, Michael!

Go Beavs!

174 - Joe Latham

174 Latham upsets #4 for victory!

184 - Taylor Meeks

184 -Meeks by major decision!

Coaches on the edge of their seats! Hanke, Zalesky

197 - Cody Crawford

197 - upset victor in TB Overtime! Cody Crawford

Session I Pictures- first set

FALL Board member Michael Denison is matside again, doing his photo magic! Here are the photos he sent from Session I.

125 - Ronnie Bresser III

125 - Ronnie Bresser III

125 - winner by decision, Ronnie Bresser

133 - Jack Hathaway

133- Jack Hathaway

157 - Alex Elder

157 - Alex Elder

165 - Seth Thomas

1675 - Seth Thomas

Intense Coaching Corner, Zalesky, Swee, Steiner

 Thanks, Michael! More photos in next post.

Go Beavs!

Session I Complete!

Session I at the Scottrade Center is complete and the Beavers are sitting in a 5-way tie for 16th with 5 points overall! A good start to the weekend!

Both of Oregon State's seeded wrestlers, 125 Ronnie Bresser III and 184 Taylor Meeks won their matches, Bresser by decision and Meeks by Major Decision. We had two upset victories - both 174 Joe Latham and 197 Cody Crawford defeated their seeded opponents. Latham beat the #4 seed by decision 6-4, and Cody Crawford knocked off the #12 seed in tie-breaker overtime! Way to go guys!! Congratulations to Ronnie, Taylor, Joe and Cody!! Keep it rolling tonight!

All seven wrestlers are still alive in the brackets, as 133 Jack Hathaway, 157 Alex Elder and 165 Seth Thomas dropped into the Consolations and will be up this evening to get another shot at progressing. Bresser, Latham, Meeks and Crawford also wrestle tonight in the next step of the Championship bracket.

I forgot to mention earlier that TrackWrestling is also covering the tournament. You can find the link to Track here. Go to the top right side of the page under Division 1 and click on "tournament link".

One way we found to work well is to use Track's dashboard to see who is coming up next and which mat they will be on. Then you can quickly change to the correct mat on ESPN3.

Here are the morning's results for the Beavers (from TrackWrestling):
015 NCAA Division I Championships Results for Oregon St.
125 - Ronnie Rios (32-4) place is unknown and scored 1.00 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Ronnie Rios (Oregon St.) 32-4 won by decision over Nick Herrmann (Virginia) 15-8 (Dec 6-5)

133 - Jack Hathaway (28-11) place is unknown and scored 0.00 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Zane Richards (Illinois) 24-6 won by major decision over Jack Hathaway (Oregon St.) 28-11 (MD 12-2)

157 - Alex Elder (31-11) place is unknown and scored 0.00 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Brian Murphy (Michigan) 27-10 won by decision over Alex Elder (Oregon St.) 31-11 (Dec 9-3)

165 - Seth Thomas (25-14) place is unknown and scored 0.00 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Ethan Ramos (North Carolina) 29-8 won by fall over Seth Thomas (Oregon St.) 25-14 (Fall 6:47)

174 - Joe Latham (23-16) place is unknown and scored 1.00 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Joe Latham (Oregon St.) 23-16 won by decision over John Eblen (Missouri) 26-6 (Dec 6-4)

184 - Taylor Meeks (38-4) place is unknown and scored 2.00 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Taylor Meeks (Oregon St.) 38-4 won by major decision over Thomas Sleigh (Bucknell) 30-17 (MD 9-0)

197 - Cody Crawford (32-8) place is unknown and scored 1.00 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Cody Crawford (Oregon St.) 32-8 won in tie breaker - 1 over Timothy McCall (Wisconsin) 21-12 (TB-1 3-2)

Here are the upper team scores (from TrackWrestling):
Team Scores 

1. Ohio St. 13.5 

2. Penn St. 11.5 

3. Cornell 11.0 

3. Missouri 11.0 

5. Iowa 10.0 

5. Michigan 10.0 

5. Nebraska 10.0 

8. Oklahoma St. 9.0 

8. Virginia Tech 9.0 

10. Illinois 8.5 

11. Minnesota 7.0 

12. Wisconsin 6.5 

13. Lehigh 6.0 

13. Oklahoma 6.0 

13. Virginia 6.0 

16. Edinboro 5.0 

16. North Carolina 5.0 

16. Northern Iowa 5.0 

16. Old Dominion 5.0 

16. Oregon St. 5.0 

21. Hofstra 4.0 

22. Iowa St. 3.5

Session II begins again this evening, I believe Consolations are first, followed by the Championship Round of 16. Wrestling starts again at 6 pm Central, 4:00 pm Pacific. (The times shown on the television schedule I sent out are in Eastern.)

Go Beavs!!

Following the NCAA's

Here are a few items of interest for fans for following the NCAA's:

Link for the tournament - here

Link for  the Scottrade Center in St Louis - here

Link for ESPN3 for watching via live-stream - here

Link to latest Oregon State article - here

Link to article in the Statesman Journal - here

Link to TrackWrestling  here. Go to the top right side of the page under Division 1 and click on "tournament link".

If you are attending, the order for t-shirt color is Thursday: orange, Friday: white and Saturday: black

Wrestling starts on Thursday, March 19, 2015, 11:00 Central Time.

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The following is the schedule from the tournament website:

Thursday, March 19
10 a.m.	Scottrade Center Opens
11 a.m. - 3 p.m. (Approx.)	First Session- Eight Mat Configuration, Pigtails and First-Round Competition
4:30 p.m.	Scottrade Center Arena Opens -  First 1,000 fans to receive a FREE wrestling wristband courtesy of the NCAA Respect Campaign.
6 - 10 p.m. (Approx.)	Second Session- Eight Mat Configuration, *Preliminaries: Wrestle-Back Prelims (pigtail matches) as needed; Wrestle-Back First Round. Followed by *Championship Round, Second Round and Consolation Round
Friday, March 20
9 a.m.	Scottrade Center Opens
10 a.m. - 2 p.m. (Approx.)	Third Session- Eight Mat Configuration, *Quarterfinals on middle four mats; Wrestle-Back Second and Third Rounds on outside mats.
5:30 p.m.	Scottrade Center Opens
7 - 10:30 p.m. (Approx.)	Fourth Session- Six Mat Configuration, *Semifinals on inside two mats (one weight at a time) and Wrestle-back Fourth Round on outside four mats. Followed by Wrestle-Back fifth rounds on all six mats.
Saturday, March 21
9 a.m.	Scottrade Center Opens
10 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. (Approx.)	Fifth Session- Four Mats, *Wrestle-Back Semifinals on all four mats followed by third, fifth and seventh place medal round matches.
5:30 p.m.	Scottrade Center Opens - First 1,000 fans to receive a FREE gym bag presented by AT&T.
6:35- 6:50 p.m.	Grand March Parade of All-Americans
7 - 10 p.m. (Approx.)	Sixth Session, One Mat, Individual weight class awards Championship Finals

Beavers - Pac-12 Champions!! - March 1, 2015

The balloons are bagged up and gone, the confetti swept up and the lights are out. The Beavers are the Pac-12 Wrestling Champions for the 4th year in a row!!

For those of you who weren't able to be there, wish you could have been, it was a whole heck of a lot of fun! The Beavers came out in Session I and let it be known that they were not about to give up that team title. They finished it off in grand fashion in Session II with 139.5 points, leading number 2 ASU by more than 30 points.

It's a short bracket with only six wrestlers at each weight, but all the Beavers made it to the Semi-finals. From there, eight made it to the finals. No one finished lower than 3rd.

I'll let you read what the sports writers have to say, but first let me congratulate the team:

Champions:

125 - Ronnie Bresser III

133 - Jack Hathaway

157 - Alex Elder

174 - Joe Latham

197 - Cody Crawford

Second Place:

149 - Abraham Rodriguez

165 - Seth Thomas

184 - Taylor Meeks

Third Place:

141 - Devin Reynolds

285 - Nate Keeve - Nate must have spent more time on the mat than anyone. He had 3 matches and all went into overtime, one a double tie-breaker!

Congratulations to one and all!!

And one of the best parts of the day was the announcement of the Outstanding Wrestler of the Tournament - Joe Latham! Way to go, Joe! An incredible day for Joe, a great way to finish off his season and career!

Now, for all the details:
you can watch the video recap by the Pac-12 video team here

Written articles:

Oregon State article - you can find a link to the completed brackets here, just look in the box on the right hand side of the page

Corvallis Gazette Times article - also has some nice photos of Ronnie, Alex and Cody

Portland Tribune article

Oregon Live article

Statesman Journal article - more photos of Alex and Cody, plus a link at the bottom of the page to short video interview of Alex Elder

More recaps and other analysis can be found at the Pure Orange Forum

Just to finish off something I don't remember seeing elsewhere, other awards given out - Student Athlete of the Year - Chace Eskam of ASU, and fastest pin (apparently no one had more than one) went to Cody Dixon of BSU with one fall in 21 seconds.

Once more, congratulations to the Oregon State wrestling team and Head Coach Jim Zalesky and his coaching staff - Pac-12 Wrestling Champions for 2015!!

Next up, a rest and then practice for the season finale, the NCAA's in St Louis!!

Go Beavs!!!