The
Beavers picked up four of the 10 matches, including two ranked
opponents, but the Cyclones whirled away with all the rest, winning
23-14 on Monday night in Gill Coliseum.
#3 Ronnie Bresser just seems to get more solid as the season goes by. He started things off at 125 with a never-in-doubt victory, 9-5, over his #16 opponent, Alex Mackall.
At 141 Grant Willits
thrilled the crowd with his speed and ability to turn what looks like
advantage to his opponent into his favor. In so doing, he came up with
the first upset of the night, defeating # 11 Ian Parker 9-4, leading the
entire time. Just goes to show you what a little positivity (and talent)
can do!
The next victory for the Beavers came at 174 where Colt Doyle
led another thriller over his ranked opponent, #20 Marcus Coleman. Colt
was in charge throughout the match, finishing it 12-6. Colt seems to be
improving in each new match. Keep it up, Colt!
Oregon State's other of the bookend #3's, Amar Dhesi -
concluded the meet with his customary pounding of his opponent, Ethan
Anderson, settling for a techfall, 23-8 when he ran out of time for the
pin. Amar, we're going to miss watching you!
Congratulations to all the match winners - Ronnie Bresser, Grant Willits, Colt Doyle and Amar Dhesi!
Two
other matches were very close - when is someone going to tell these
guys you don't need to lose your match in the final seconds?! At 149 Josh Reyes was up against #14
Jarrett Degen. It was a mismatched pairing with a gangly Degen
appearing to be at least a head taller than Josh. Behind after Round 1
with the score 2-3, Josh pulled it to a 6-6 tie by the end of the
second. Unfortunately Josh couldn't get away before giving up a four
point nearfall very near to the end of the match.
The other close match was at 165, where Aaron Olmos
led Logan Schumacher throughout the match, only to give up a takedown
to tie it and then lost in Sudden Victory Overtime. Those two matches
could have made a huge difference in the meet score!
The line-up for Oregon State again had 157 covered by Zech Bresser. Hunter Willits has not wrestled since injury defaulting out of his match at Fresno.
Being
a Monday evening of a terrible weather day - snow up north and pouring,
cold rain in the valley, kept the crowd size a little smaller, but
there was a fair-sized contingent of fans from Hermiston, OR, who came specifically to watch two of the wrestlers. What was unusual was that both wrestlers were in the same weight class, 184 - Bob Coleman and Sam Colbray.
Apparently Bob & Sam were best friends in high school in Hermiston.
They had not competed against each other back then because Bob was
always smaller than Sam. Sam won this one, 13-4.
For more details:
Television:
The Beavers now will finish their home dual season with a 6:00 Friday night meet with a Pac-12 Stanford team. Seniors Ronnie Bresser, Kegan Calkins, Joe DeMatteo, Amar Dhesi, Zach Evans, Josh Reyes, Christian Robertson and Rodney Williams
will be honored - both before the meet out on the floor and later at
the Social in Reser hosted by "The FALL" Fan Club. That meet will be this coming Friday, Feb 15. Let's hope the weather improves by then. Hope to see you all there!
Go Beavs!
Elizabeth DeAngelis
"The FALL"
Official Fan Club of OS Wrestling
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