Beavs Drop Two Duals

Oregon State opened its home wrestling season today in Gill Coliseum with back-to back duals, hosting Rutgers at 11:00 am and then Utah Valley at 1:00 pm. In between the two, a couple of exhibition matches were held.

A fair number of fans were on hand to root for the Beavs. Unfortunately, the Beavers dropped both duals. Rutgers took the first by a score of 24-12, with the Beavers winning 3 of 10 matches. The second meet came down to the wire with Utah Valley picking up the victory 20-19.

In the dual with Rutgers, 125 Ronnie Bresser, 149 Joey Delgado, and Hwt Amar Dhesi were victorious. Bresser and Delgado won by decision. Dhesi's match was with #7 ranked Billy Smith. Dhesi was ahead by a wide margin in the third period when the match was called; Smith was disqualified by having 5 stalling calls, giving Dhesi a 6 point win.

The Beavs lost two close matches by 2 points to Rutgers, with Corey Griego losing to Nicholas Gravina 4-6 at 184, and Cody Crawford to Hayden Hrymack 3-5 at 197.

Before the next meet began, the two exhibition matches were held. The first was an action packed bout between 125's Kegan Calkins of OSU and Josh Patrick of Rutgers. Kegan won by major decision, 19-8. The second exhibition was at 165 with Beaver Kennen Lanteri and Rutgers' Mike Simmons. Kennen won a nail biter in OT 5-3.

Next was the dual with Utah Valley. The teams traded matches back and forth, each winning 5. Winners for the Beavs were 133 Joey Palmer, 149 Joey Delgado, 165 Seth Thomas, 184 Corey Griego and Hwt Amar Dhesi. Bonus points gave the win to Utah Valley.

Congratulations to all the Beaver winners, especially to 149 Joey Delgado and Hwt Amar Dhesi, the two who won both of their matches for the day!

The day was completed by a dual between Rutgers and Utah Valley. Rutgers won, defeating Utah Valley 30-9. Utah Valley won the 125, 174 and 197 matches. UV defaulted the 133 match.

For all the details, check the OSU article. At this time it has not been posted, but when it is, you can find a link to it here.

You can see Rutgers' story here.

Find Utah Valley's article here.

The Beavs now have time to regroup and get ready for the Cliff Keen Tournament in Las Vegas at the Cashman Center, Dec. 4&5. "The FALL" Fan Club has no special plans for the Cliff Keen, but I know that a group of fans will be there. Hope that a lot of you will be able to attend, it's a great tournament with a lot of good competition! Come and cheer the Beavs on to victory!

Go Beavs!!