NCAA Final Wrap Up

The Div. I NCAA wrestling season came to a conclusion tonight with the finals crowning the individual champions. Ohio State had claimed the team title before the finals even began. Logan Stieber of Ohio State made history by becoming only the 4th person to win 4 NCAA championships. Logan joins Pat Smith, Cael Sanderson and Kyle Dake in that elite group.

The Oregon State contingent returns with memories and lessons learned for the three freshman and one junior who participated along with the three seniors. As a fan, I am already looking forward to next year!

But don't forget, we still have a lot of things to celebrate from this season, and we'll do just that at the Awards Banquet. Make sure you have Saturday, April 25th saved on your calendar for the banquet!

Now for a couple of things to wrap up the NCAA's. If you haven't already seen Scott Nelson's latest article on the Beavers at OregonLive, be sure to read it here. Mr. Nelson always does a great job writing up wrestling events! A big thank you to him! Really, his main beat at the Oregonian is business. His attention to wrestling is due to his love of the sport and the lack of any attention from anywhere else. We in the wrestling community are very grateful for his efforts!

The final team scores (From TrackWrestling):
1. Ohio St. 102.0
2. Iowa 84.0
3. Edinboro 75.5
4. Missouri 73.5
5. Cornell 71.5
6. Penn St. 67.5
7. Oklahoma St. 65.0
8. Minnesota 59.5
9. Nebraska 59.0
10. Virginia Tech 56.0
11. Michigan 54.0
12. Illinois 51.0
3. Lehigh 39.5
14. Iowa St. 39.0
15. Northwestern 34.5
16. North Carolina St. 34.0
17. Wisconsin 32.5
18. Oklahoma 29.5
19. Virginia 26.5
20. West Virginia 23.5
21. Pittsburgh 23.0
22. Old Dominion 22.0
23. North Dakota St. 19.5
24. Indiana 18.0 24. North Carolina 18.0
26. Kent St. 16.0
27. Rider 15.5
28. Duke 14.0
29. Arizona St. 12.5
30. Oregon St. 11.5
31. Ohio 9.5 31. Princeton 9.5 31. Rutgers 9.5
34. Northern Iowa 9.0
35. Hofstra 8.0 35. Stanford 8.0
37. Lock Haven 7.5
38. Penn 6.5
39. Maryland 6.0 39. Wyoming 6.0
41. Drexel 5.0
42. Purdue 4.5
43. Appalachian St. 4.0 43. Boise State 4.0
45. Chattanooga 3.5
46. American 3.0 46. Brown 3.0 46. Bucknell 3.0 46. Northern Colorado 3.0
50. Army 2.5 50. Central Mich. 2.5
52. Air Force 2.0 5
53. Cleveland St. 1.5 53. Davidson 1.5 53. Eastern Mich. 1.5 53. Navy 1.5 53. South Dakota St. 1.5
58. Binghamton 1.0 58. Cal Poly 1.0 58. Citadel 1.0 58. Columbia 1.0 58. CSU Bakersfield 1.0 58. SIU Edwardsville 1.0 58. Utah Valley 1.0
65. George Mason 0.5 65. Harvard 0.5
67. Gardner-Webb 0.0 67. Northern Ill. 0.0
69. Michigan St. -0.5

See you at the Banquet!

Go Beavs!

A Few More NCAA Photos

Coaches Zalesky and Steiner, with trainer Swee in the back

 Here are a few more of Michael Denison's photos from matside at the NCAA tournament. Thanks for sharing the photos, Michael!

Enjoy! 

Go Beavs!

157 -Alex Elder faces his opponent

Elder gets the fall!

174 Joe Latham engineers some levitation?

                                                                                    

!57 - Elder faces an opponent

                                                                                                   

Oregon State's Season Ends

157 Alex Elder celebrates his fall

 2014-15 has been a memorable season for the Beavers, but unfortunately it has come to an end.

The last three Oregon State wrestlers standing, Alex Elder, Joe Latham and Taylor Meeks, were all defeated in the consolation rounds this evening, all at that oh-so-close step. Just one more win and you would be All-American, one more loss and your tournament is over. Someone wins and someone loses, and luck and circumstance just weren't on our side this time.

For more reading:
Oregon State's article

An article by the Oregonian's Scott Nelson, written yesterday. Thanks to Andrew Stanfield for sending this link!

Team Scores (as they stand Friday night, from Track Wrestling):
1. Ohio St. 86.5       

174 - Joe Latham

2. Iowa 73.0
3. Cornell 66.5
4. Edinboro 64.5
5. Missouri 60.0
6. Penn St. 58.0
7. Oklahoma St. 55.5
8. Michigan 51.0
9. Minnesota 49.0 9. Nebraska 49.0
11. Illinois 42.5
12. Virginia Tech 41.0
13. Lehigh 39.5
14. Iowa St. 33.0
15. North Carolina St. 29.0
16. Wisconsin 27.0
17. Oklahoma 25.5
18. Northwestern 24.5 18. Virginia 24.5
20. West Virginia 23.5
21. Pittsburgh 23.0
22. North Dakota St. 19.5
23. Old Dominion 19.0
24. Indiana 18.0 24. North Carolina 18.0
26. Rider 14.5
27. Duke 14.0
28. Kent St. 13.0
29. Oregon St. 11.5
30. Ohio 9.5 30. Princeton 9.5 30. Rutgers 9.5
33. Arizona St. 9.0 33. Northern Iowa 9.0

Team results (from TrackWrestling):

2015 NCAA Division I Championships Results for Oregon St.
125 - Ronnie Bresser (33-6) place is unknown and scored 1.50 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Ronnie Rios (Oregon St.) 33-6 won by decision over Nick Herrmann (Virginia) 17-9 (Dec 6-5)
    Champ. Round 2 - Eddie Klimara (Oklahoma St.) 23-7 won by major decision over Ronnie Rios (Oregon St.) 33-6 (MD 9-1)
    Cons. Round 2 - Ronnie Rios (Oregon St.) 33-6 won in sudden victory - 1 over Tyler Cox (Wyoming) 23-9 (SV-1 3-1)
    Cons. Round 3 - Nahshon Garrett (Cornell) 33-4 won by major decision over Ronnie Rios (Oregon St.) 33-6 (MD 13-3)

133 - Jack Hathaway (28-12) place is unknown and scored 0.00 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Zane Richards (Illinois) 24-8 won by major decision over Jack Hathaway (Oregon St.) 28-12 (MD 12-2)
    Cons. Round 1 - Kevin Norstrem (Virginia Tech) 20-17 won by decision over Jack Hathaway (Oregon St.) 28-12 (Dec 3-1)

157 - Alex Elder (34-12) place is unknown and scored 3.50 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Brian Murphy (Michigan) 29-12 won by decision over Alex Elder (Oregon St.) 34-12 (Dec 9-3)
    Cons. Round 1 - Alex Elder (Oregon St.) 34-12 won by decision over Mike Kelly (Iowa) 23-12 (Dec 11-8)
    Cons. Round 2 - Alex Elder (Oregon St.) 34-12 won by decision over Louis Mascola (Maryland) 18-16 (Dec 16-9)
    Cons. Round 3 - Alex Elder (Oregon St.) 34-12 won by fall over Noel Blanco (Drexel) 24-16 (Fall 6:43)
    Cons. Round 4 - Ian Miller (Kent St.) 22-7 won by tech fall over Alex Elder (Oregon St.) 34-12 (TF-1.5 5:26 (24-6))

165 - Seth Thomas (25-15) place is unknown and scored 0.00 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Ethan Ramos (North Carolina) 31-9 won by fall over Seth Thomas (Oregon St.) 25-15 (Fall 6:47)
    Cons. Round 1 - Michael Moreno (Iowa St.) 25-5 won by fall over Seth Thomas (Oregon St.) 25-15 (Fall 2:34)

174 - Joe Latham (24-18) place is unknown and scored 2.00 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Joe Latham (Oregon St.) 24-18 won by decision over John Eblen (Missouri) 28-7 (Dec 6-4)
    Champ. Round 2 - Joe Latham (Oregon St.) 24-18 won by decision over Dominic Kastl (Cal Poly) 17-8 (Dec 4-3)
    Quarterfinal - Kyle Crutchmer (Oklahoma St.) 22-7 won by decision over Joe Latham (Oregon St.) 24-18 (Dec 5-2)
    Cons. Round 4 - Kurtis Julson (North Dakota St.) 23-11 won by decision over Joe Latham (Oregon St.) 24-18 (Dec 10-4)

 184 - Taylor Meeks (39-6) place is unknown and scored 3.00 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Taylor Meeks (Oregon St.) 39-6 won by major decision over Thomas Sleigh (Bucknell) 30-18 (MD 9-0)
    Champ. Round 2 - Taylor Meeks (Oregon St.) 39-6 won by decision over Nolan Boyd (Oklahoma St.) 27-9 (Dec 8-2)
    Quarterfinal - Victor Avery (Edinboro) 31-7 won by major decision over Taylor Meeks (Oregon St.) 39-6 (MD 14-5)
    Cons. Round 4 - Willie Miklus (Missouri) 33-9 won by decision over Taylor Meeks (Oregon St.) 39-6 (Dec 13-7)

197 - Cody Crawford (33-10) place is unknown and scored 1.50 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Cody Crawford (Oregon St.) 33-10 won in tie breaker - 1 over Timothy McCall (Wisconsin) 24-13 (TB-1 3-2)
    Champ. Round 2 - Scott Schiller (Minnesota) 28-6 won by major decision over Cody Crawford (Oregon St.) 33-10 (MD 10-1)
    Cons. Round 2 - Cody Crawford (Oregon St.) 33-10 won by decision over Alex Polizzi (Northwestern) 26-12 (Dec 9-6)
    Cons. Round 3 - Shane Woods (Wyoming) 35-5 won by major decision over Cody Crawford (Oregon St.) 33-10 (MD 12-1)

Action continues Saturday morning, beginning at 8 am Pacific. The finals will be broadcast live on ESPN television from 5-8pm Pacific.

Go Beavs!

More NCAA Photos - second set

Coaches watching Ronnie Bresser's match

More glimpses into the action at the NCAA's from Michael Denison. I believe most of these photos are from Session III on Friday morning. Enjoy!

Thanks, Michael!

Go Beavs!

157 - Alex Elder going for the fall!

(To view larger version of photos, click on any one and you will be able to cycle through them all.)

174 - Joe Latham in the quarters

174 - Joe Latham scoring points!

184 - Taylor Meeks (Thursday session)

 

Coach Roberts and Ronnie Bresser III

More NCAA Photos - first set

Beaver fans enjoying the moment!

Michael Denison, Fall Board member and sports photographer, has shared more of his great photos from the NCAA's. Some of these are from yesterday, some from today (Friday).

All are moments from the biggest college wrestling tournament of the year. The tournament this year is being held at the Scottrade Center in St Louis, Missouri. Thank you to Michael for sharing! Enjoy!

133 - Jack Hathaway

 Go Beavs!

125 - Ronnie Bresser III

133- Jack Hathaway

125 - Ronnie Bresser III

125 - Ronnie Bresser III, victor

125 - Bresser faces his next opponent

Friday Morning at The NCAA's

Friday morning at the NCAA's can be brutal.The good news - we still have 3 guys left to wrestle Friday night! The bad news, we lost some along the way.

Congratulations to 157 Alex Elder, who picked up two victories this morning, the second by fall! Alex is grinding his way through the consolation bracket, keep up the good work, Alex!

Both 174 Joe Latham and 184 Taylor Meeks will join Alex in the consolation brackets tonight. Joe and Taylor both lost their matches in the quarter finals in the morning. As long as they keep winning, they can end up as high as third.

125 Ronnie Bresser III (listed in the tournament as Ronnie Rios), won his first match in the consolations, but then lost the next. Cody Crawford had a similar result. Ronnie and Cody have both been eliminated, but scored some points for the team before they exited.

Team results (from TrackWrestling):
2015 NCAA Division I Championships Results for Oregon St.
125 - Ronnie Bresser (33-6) place is unknown and scored 1.50 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Ronnie Rios (Oregon St.) 33-6 won by decision over Nick Herrmann (Virginia) 17-9 (Dec 6-5)
    Champ. Round 2 - Eddie Klimara (Oklahoma St.) 22-6 won by major decision over Ronnie Rios (Oregon St.) 33-6 (MD 9-1)
    Cons. Round 2 - Ronnie Rios (Oregon St.) 33-6 won in sudden victory - 1 over Tyler Cox (Wyoming) 23-9 (SV-1 3-1)
    Cons. Round 3 - Nahshon Garrett (Cornell) 31-4 won by major decision over Ronnie Rios (Oregon St.) 33-6 (MD 13-3)

133 - Jack Hathaway (28-12) place is unknown and scored 0.00 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Zane Richards (Illinois) 24-8 won by major decision over Jack Hathaway (Oregon St.) 28-12 (MD 12-2)
    Cons. Round 1 - Kevin Norstrem (Virginia Tech) 20-17 won by decision over Jack Hathaway (Oregon St.) 28-12 (Dec 3-1)

157 - Alex Elder (34-11) place is unknown and scored 3.50 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Brian Murphy (Michigan) 28-11 won by decision over Alex Elder (Oregon St.) 34-11 (Dec 9-3)
    Cons. Round 1 - Alex Elder (Oregon St.) 34-11 won by decision over Mike Kelly (Iowa) 23-12 (Dec 11-8)
    Cons. Round 2 - Alex Elder (Oregon St.) 34-11 won by decision over Louis Mascola (Maryland) 18-16 (Dec 16-9)
    Cons. Round 3 - Alex Elder (Oregon St.) 34-11 won by fall over Noel Blanco (Drexel) 24-16 (Fall 6:43)

165 - Seth Thomas (25-15) place is unknown and scored 0.00 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Ethan Ramos (North Carolina) 31-8 won by fall over Seth Thomas (Oregon St.) 25-15 (Fall 6:47)
    Cons. Round 1 - Michael Moreno (Iowa St.) 25-4 won by fall over Seth Thomas (Oregon St.) 25-15 (Fall 2:34)

174 - Joe Latham (24-17) place is unknown and scored 2.00 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Joe Latham (Oregon St.) 24-17 won by decision over John Eblen (Missouri) 28-7 (Dec 6-4)
    Champ. Round 2 - Joe Latham (Oregon St.) 24-17 won by decision over Dominic Kastl (Cal Poly) 17-8 (Dec 4-3)
    Quarterfinal - Kyle Crutchmer (Oklahoma St.) 22-6 won by decision over Joe Latham (Oregon St.) 24-17 (Dec 5-2)

184 - Taylor Meeks (39-5) place is unknown and scored 3.00 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Taylor Meeks (Oregon St.) 39-5 won by major decision over Thomas Sleigh (Bucknell) 30-18 (MD 9-0)
    Champ. Round 2 - Taylor Meeks (Oregon St.) 39-5 won by decision over Nolan Boyd (Oklahoma St.) 27-9 (Dec 8-2)
    Quarterfinal - Victor Avery (Edinboro) 31-6 won by major decision over Taylor Meeks (Oregon St.) 39-5 (MD 14-5)

197 - Cody Crawford (33-10) place is unknown and scored 1.50 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Cody Crawford (Oregon St.) 33-10 won in tie breaker - 1 over Timothy McCall (Wisconsin) 24-12 (TB-1 3-2)
    Champ. Round 2 - Scott Schiller (Minnesota) 26-6 won by major decision over Cody Crawford (Oregon St.) 33-10 (MD 10-1)
    Cons. Round 2 - Cody Crawford (Oregon St.) 33-10 won by decision over Alex Polizzi (Northwestern) 26-12 (Dec 9-6)
    Cons. Round 3 - Shane Woods (Wyoming) 35-4 won by major decision over Cody Crawford (Oregon St.) 33-10 (MD 12-1)

Team scores - 25th place (from TrackWrestling):
1. Ohio St. 64.5 

2. Iowa 47.5 

3. Missouri 45.0 

4. Cornell 41.5 

5. Edinboro 40.5 

 6. Nebraska 36.5 

7. Oklahoma St. 36.0 

8. Penn St. 33.5 

9. Minnesota 29.5 

10. Illinois 26.5 10. Michigan 26.5 

12. Iowa St. 26.0 

13. Northwestern 24.5 

14. North Carolina St. 22.0 

15. Lehigh 20.0 15. Wisconsin 20.0 

17. North Carolina 18.0 

18. Oklahoma 17.5 

19. Pittsburgh 16.0 19. Virginia Tech 16.0 

21. Old Dominion 15.5 21. Virginia 15.5 

23. West Virginia 14.5 

24. Duke 14.0 

25. Oregon St. 11.5

Michael Dension has sent more of his photos which I will get posted to the blogsite as soon as I get a chance this afternoon. Thanks, Michael!

I goofed up on the start time this morning, hope I didn't mess anyone up. Action is slated for this evening as 8pm - 11pm Eastern, that is 5pm - 8pm Pacific.

Go Alex! Go Joe! Go Taylor! Keep moving up!

Go Beavs!!

NCAA's - Day One Complete

The first day of wrestling at the NCAA Div. I tournament has been completed. Two Beavers advanced in the Championship bracket. Congratulations to both  174 Joe Latham and 184 Taylor Meeks, who continued their winning battle and will wrestle in the quarterfinals Friday morning!!

Three Beavers remain in the consolation bracket, 133 Ronnie Bresser III, 157 Alex Elder and 197 Cody Crawford. Hang in there guys!! Two Beavers were eliminated from the tournament, 133 Jack Hathaway and 165 Seth Thomas.

For more details, see the article at Oregon State's site.

For another article, check here for the one by Scott Nelson at the Oregonian (Oregon Live)

The team results for today (from TrackWrestling):

     2015 NCAA Division I Championships Results for Oregon St.
125 - Ronnie Rios (32-5) place is unknown and scored 1.00 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Ronnie Rios (Oregon St.) 32-5 won by decision over Nick Herrmann (Virginia) 16-8 (Dec 6-5)
    Champ. Round 2 - Eddie Klimara (Oklahoma St.) 22-5 won by major decision over Ronnie Rios (Oregon St.) 32-5 (MD 9-1)

133 - Jack Hathaway (28-12) place is unknown and scored 0.00 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Zane Richards (Illinois) 24-7 won by major decision over Jack Hathaway (Oregon St.) 28-12 (MD 12-2)
    Cons. Round 1 - Kevin Norstrem (Virginia Tech) 20-16 won by decision over Jack Hathaway (Oregon St.) 28-12 (Dec 3-1)

157 - Alex Elder (32-11) place is unknown and scored 0.50 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Brian Murphy (Michigan) 28-10 won by decision over Alex Elder (Oregon St.) 32-11 (Dec 9-3)
    Cons. Round 1 - Alex Elder (Oregon St.) 32-11 won by decision over Mike Kelly (Iowa) 23-12 (Dec 11-8)

165 - Seth Thomas (25-15) place is unknown and scored 0.00 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Ethan Ramos (North Carolina) 30-8 won by fall over Seth Thomas (Oregon St.) 25-15 (Fall 6:47)
    Cons. Round 1 - Michael Moreno (Iowa St.) 23-4 won by fall over Seth Thomas (Oregon St.) 25-15 (Fall 2:34)

174 - Joe Latham (24-16) place is unknown and scored 2.00 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Joe Latham (Oregon St.) 24-16 won by decision over John Eblen (Missouri) 27-6 (Dec 6-4)
    Champ. Round 2 - Joe Latham (Oregon St.) 24-16 won by decision over Dominic Kastl (Cal Poly) 17-7 (Dec 4-3)

184 - Taylor Meeks (39-4) place is unknown and scored 3.00 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Taylor Meeks (Oregon St.) 39-4 won by major decision over Thomas Sleigh (Bucknell) 30-18 (MD 9-0)
    Champ. Round 2 - Taylor Meeks (Oregon St.) 39-4 won by decision over Nolan Boyd (Oklahoma St.) 27-8 (Dec 8-2)

197 - Cody Crawford (32-9) place is unknown and scored 1.00 team points.
    Champ. Round 1 - Cody Crawford (Oregon St.) 32-9 won in tie breaker - 1 over Timothy McCall (Wisconsin) 22-12 (TB-1 3-2)
    Champ. Round 2 - Scott Schiller (Minnesota) 26-5 won by major decision over Cody Crawford (Oregon St.) 32-9 (MD 10-1)

The upper team scores:
Team Scores 

1. Ohio St. 23.0 

2. Iowa 21.0 

3. Oklahoma St. 19.5 

4. Penn St. 18.5 

5. Missouri 18.0 

5. Nebraska 18.0 

7. Cornell 17.5 

8. Illinois 16.5 

9. Michigan 15.0 

9. Virginia Tech 15.0 

11. Minnesota 14.0 

12. Iowa St. 13.0 

13. Edinboro 12.5 

14. Wisconsin 11.0 

15. Northwestern 10.5 

16. Lehigh 9.0 

16. Northern Iowa 9.0 

16. Oklahoma 9.0 

16. Virginia 9.0 

20. Old Dominion 8.0  

21. North Carolina 7.5  

21. Oregon St. 7.5 

23. Ohio 7.0 

24. Duke 6.5 

24. North Carolina St. 6.5 

24. Pittsburgh 6.5

To see some of FALL Board member Michael Denison's photos from Session I, check out the posts at "The FALL"'s blogsite.

Wrestling resumes at 9:00 in the morning.

Go Beavs!!