Beavers Trip Up the Roadrunners 32-9!

Oregon State Wrestling Fans,

It was Senior Night, the last home dual of the season, and the Beavers were hosting the Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners.

After the first five matches, CSU Bakersfield had drawn to within two points of OSU, 11-9, but those were the last points the Roadrunners would score. Both Cody Crawford and Kegan Calkins put exclamation points on the final result with wins by fall for the last two matches of the night. Beavers 32 Roadrunners 9!!

To start the evening - Seniors Ali Alshujery, Joey Palmer and Joey Delgado were introduced along with their parents to the crowd. Thanks for all the years of hard work, guys!!

Wrestling began with the 133 weight class. Joey Palmer made good use of his last stand on his home mat. With a point for riding time, Joey picked up another tech fall for his career, 20-5. Jack Hathaway then knocked off #17 Russell Rohlfing at 141 by a 7-0 score. At 149, no takedowns were scored, and CSUB won by one escape point, giving the Roadrunners 3 points.

Next Abraham Rodriquez worked his way to a 9-6 decision at 157 taking the Beavers into the intermission with a 11-3 score .

At 165 the Roadrunners picked up a fall, leading to that 11-9 score, and it was nail biting time. But the Beavers took over from there.

Freshman Bob Coleman won a 10-8 decision at 174. At 184 Seth McLeod came out on fire against his taller opponent and came up with a decision of his own, 10-6 or 7. (I had 10-6, CSUB has 10-6, OSU has 10-7.)

At 197, Corey Griego had lots of wild scrambles in his match with a former high school teammate, but won a 8-3 decision Followed by the falls by Heavyweight Cody Crawford and 125 Kegan Calkins.

It was a good way to finish the home season for the Beavers. Congratulations to all the match winners, Palmer, Hathaway, Rodriquez, Coleman, McLeod, Griego, Crawford and Calkins!

For a few more details: OSU's article along with a nice photo of the seniors and their
parents
CSUB's article

The Beavers will travel to Oklahoma for their final dual of the season on Friday Feb 17. More on that later.

Happy Valentine's Day! Go Beavs!