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Saturday, February 16, 2019

Senior Night But Beavers Can't Quite Catch Up

Oregon State Wrestling Fans, 
Seniors at the Social


The Beavers just couldn't catch a break, coming up short in a 19-16 loss to the Stanford Cardinal last night.

The first of of our #3 bookends, 125# Ronnie Bresser finished his home career in fine fashion with a fall, coming in the second period of a dominating match. Trouble was, seemed like the Beavers had to wrestle not only Stanford but also the referee. Instead of starting off with 6 points, the referee deducted a point for unsportsmanlike conduct. Not sure what match he was watching, because there was no such thing!

At 133, Devan Turner kept it close, but was unable to escape in the third period from the down position. At 141, Grant Willits turned in another great performance, picking up a 9-3 decision, keeping the Beavers ahead.

At 149, senior Josh Reyes had a match with one of Stanford's best wrestlers, ranked #15. Despite some injury time, Josh managed to kept his loss to a decision. At 157, Stanford picked up a major, pulling ahead of OSU, 10-8. Here Stanford pulled a little sleight of hand, moving their ranked 157# wrestler up to 165 where Aaron Olmos battled to a 1-1 Over Time match, only to get taken down in OT. Stanford was ahead by 13-8.

Beaver fans fully expected Colt Doyle, who has been on a hot streak at 174, to close that gap at least a little if not entirely. Colt lead the first two periods, only to lose in the final seconds 6-7. Gotta win those close matches!

At 184, Bob Coleman won by decision bring the Beavs back within striking distance, 11-16. Jamarcus Grant, up against Stanfords' best wrestler, ranked #9, kept it to a loss by decision, but the Beavers were in a hole too deep to dig out, 11-19.

Our other "bookend",  #3 senior Amar Dhesi, worked mightily on Trevor Rasmussen, but could not turn him over. Amar finally settled for a tech fall, getting his last required take down with about 25 seconds to spare! Final score 16-19 for Stanford.

Ronnie Bresser and Joe DeMatteo look on as Josh Reyes speaks

It was Senior Night and six seniors and their families were honored ot on the mat before the meet began. Ronnie Bresser Kegan Calkins, Amar Dhesi, Zach Evans, Joseph DeMatteo
Josh Reyes and Rodney Williams were honored in Gill and then afterward in Reser at the Social. At the Social, the seniors came up and shared some of their thoughts about their time at OSU, their plans for the future and words of encouragement for the younger wrestlers. Many thanks, seniors! When I post this email on the FALL's blog later, I will add a few snapshots from the Social.

Other reading:    
Seniors - Zach Evans speaks

The Beavers have one more dual before the end of season tournaments. Next Friday, Feb 22, the Beavers will settle the Battle of the Brothers at Cal Baptist when they take on Lenny Zalesky's team at 7:00 pm.

Go Beavs!

Elizabeth DeAngelis             

Head Coach Jim Zalesky makes a point

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