Beavers Can't Contain the Sun Devils

Oregon State Wrestling Fans,

After two dual meet wins in a row for the Beavers, there was an air of hopefulness in the atmosphere of Gill Coliseum this afternoon that held almost all the way through the first four matches, but then it slowly ebbed away.

Action started at 125. Kegan Calkins held the match close in the first period, got behind in the second, then came storming back in the third. Time ran out, but the crowd appreciated his effort in the 8-12 loss (he was behind 1-10 in the second).

At 133 Joey Palmer controlled the match from beginning to tech fall end. Jack Hathaway's 141 match was close on the scoreboard but he owned the time clock, winning by riding time 3-2. OSU 8 ASU 3 Things were looking up.

But at 149 Joey Delgado appeared to have the match in hand until things went wrong in the third period. Suddenly the momentum shifted away from the Beavers.

The Beavers would not win another match until the 197 match where Corey Griego was so close to winning a major, but had to settle for a decision, 11-4. That was also OSU's last match victory for the day.

There was some line-up juggling with OSU putting Rodney Williams back in at 165 and David Henry in at 285. This was David's debut in the OSU line-up after a career on the OSU football team. Facing a #8 Tanner Hall was a pretty tough way to start! The meet concluded with ASU prevailing 33-11.

The Sun Devils did their own shifting, moving Jacen Petersen down to face Bob Coleman at 174 and moving their star #2 Zahid Valencia up to face Seth McLeod at 184.

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ASU's take on the meet

A small crowd of people not in a rush to go home to watch the Super Bowl gathered for the Social in Reser. They enjoyed a baked potato bar and the short program. One important announcement came up - the Bus to the Pac-12's.

The bad news, the bus sponsored by "The FALL" Fan Club was cancelled due to lack of riders. The good news - one of the parents has offered to drive a bus of his own and anyone who wishes may ride that bus for free. You do not need to be a member of "the FALL".

I will do an email in the next day or so with more details about this bus. A few technical details need to be worked out. One main point - THIS IS NOT A FALL FAN CLUB Activity. We will assist if we can, but this is not being organized by the Club.

The home meet schedule comes to an end next weekend. On Friday, the Beavers face another Pac-12 team, Cal Poly at 3:00 in the afternoon in Gill. Sunday, Feb 12 will be Senior Night, with The Beavers hosting Pac-12 foe Bakersfield at 7:00 pm PT. More on all of this will be coming later.

Go Beavs!