Beavers Victorious in Pac-12 Meet with Cal Poly

Oregon State Wrestling Fans,

The Beavers improved to 3-1 in Pac 12 action today, defeating the visiting Cal Poly Mustangs 25-10. Oregon State won 7 of the 10 matches, but dropped three in a row in the middle weights.

The Beavers had racked up five matches in a row, 4 by major decision, for a total of 19 points before Cal Poly found their way onto the scoreboard.

Kegan Calkins got things rolling at 125 with a major decision, followed by Joey Palmer with another major at 133. Jack Hathaway added four points of his own to the team total with a major decision at 141.

Joey Delgado put up 3 points  with a 6-0 shutout at 149. Abraham Rodriquez collected some back points in the second period of his 157 match  to boost his win to a major, 11-2. Team score, OSU 19 CP 0.

Cal Poly then took over the winning ways at 165, 174 and 184, overpowering 165 Weston Dobler, 174 Bob Coleman and 184 Seth McLeod. They all fought hard, but could not pick up a win.

At 197, Corey Griego had quite a battle on his hands, but prevailed, 10-4. Cody Crawford brought the meet to a close with a 9-4 decision of his own at heavyweight.

Congratulations to Calkins, Palmer, Hathaway, Delgado, Rodriquez, Griego and Crawford!!

Gotta hand it to those Beaver fans. 597 (according to Brooks Hatch's article at osubeavers.com) of them made it to the meet in spite of the 3:00 Friday afternoon start time! Oregon State has the best wrestling fans!

For some reading on todays' meet:
osubeavers.com article
Cal Poly's view of the meet

Hard to believe, but that brings us to Sunday, Feb 12, the last home meet of the season. The Beavers host CSU Bakersfield Sunday evening and celebrate Senior Night. The meet begins at 7:00, the Seniors are usually introduced along with their families before the start of the meet. Seniors are Ali Alshujery, Joey Delgado and Joey Palmer.

"The FALL" Fan Club will continue the celebration at a Social in Reser Stadium's Loge (level 2) following the meet. "FALL" members, remember to bring your ID badges for free entry to the Social.

FALL members, if you have not yet picked up your lapel pins for 2016-17, Board members will be at the table in the lobby until about 6:45, and then at the entrance to the Social. You can pick up your lapel pins there.

Scouting Bakersfield:
an article by CSUB on the meet with the Beavers
CSUB article on their loss to ASU

The meet with Bakersfield will be televised on the Pac-12 OR  network. For those who cannot get the Pac-12 OR network for the live performance - note this from CSUB's article: The meet will be replayed on the regular Pac-12 network at 9 pm on Sunday. For live stats, check TrackWrestling.

Best of all - be there to give the Seniors and the whole team your support for the final home meet of the season!!

Go Beavs!