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Eric Stevenson, Ty Watterson and Jamie Rakevich led the way as several Oregon State wrestlers earned All-America honors at the University Nationals in both the Freestyle and Greco-Roman competitions held this spring. Stevenson, Watterson and Rakevich earned All-America placings in both styles while competing for the Orange Crush Mat Club; all three redshirted last winter for OSU and will begin collegiate competition in 2003-04.
Also earning All-America honors in Greco-Roman were Brett Phillips, Orlando Perez, Anthony Weber and Dan Pitsch.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Oregon State’s final two entries competing in the NCAA Wrestling Championships were eliminated Friday morning, as 149-pounder Tony Hook and 184-pounder Jed Pennell were beaten in their wrestleback brackets. OSU 125-pounder Michael Delaney, 165-pounder Matt Ellis, 174-pounder Jake Huffman and heavyweight Andy Bowlby had been knocked out of the tournament on Thursday.
BOISE, Idaho - The Oregon State wrestling team advanced six wrestlers to the NCAA Championships in Kansas City, Mo., later this month, with 184-pounder Jed Pennell leading the way with his second-place finish at the 2003 Pacific-10 Championships on Monday at Boise State’s BSU Pavilion.
BOISE, Idaho - Oregon State 184-pounder Jed Pennell advanced to Monday's championship match at the 2003 Pacific-10 Wrestling Championships at the Boise State University Pavilion after winning two matches Sunday, helping the Beavers to third place after day-one.
BOISE, Idaho - Five Oregon State wrestlers earned a seeding of third or higher at the 2003 Pacific-10 Conference Championships when the brackets were announced late Saturday night. The championships begin Sunday morning at 11 a.m. at the Boise State University Pavilion and wrap up Monday night with the championship matches.
CORVALLIS – Pins by Oregon State 197-pounder Jason Lovell and heavyweight Andy Bowlby clinched a 27-13 victory over Oregon in Pacific-10 wrestling Sunday afternoon at Gill Coliseum. Beaver 149-pounder Tony Hook's upset of nationally-ranked Tony Overstake sparked the win, which came on the day that OSU honored legendary former coach Dale Thomas in a halftime ceremony.
Nearly a century of Oregon State wrestling tradition will be celebrated on Sunday, when the Beavers honor former coach Dale Thomas and hold their annual OSU Wrestling Homecoming at Gill Coliseum. Oregon State (9-8 overall, 7-2 Pacific-10) will meet Oregon (7-10, 4-3) at 2 p.m. in the season's second Civil War, sponsored by Northwest Dodge Dealers, with over 100 former Beaver wrestlers expected to be on hand.
CORVALLIS - Oregon State 133-pounder Tim Norman and 141-pounder Mike Unger Jr. gave the Beavers a needed boost at the lower weights Saturday, winning the final two matches as OSU beat Cal Poly 23-12 in Pacific-10 wrestling at Gill Coliseum. Jason Lovell added an overtime win against the Mustangs' nationally-ranked David Schenk at 197 pounds for key points in the dual.
CORVALLIS - Jason Lovell knocked off a nationally-ranked wrestler at 197 pounds, Jed Pennell continued his mighty-mite run at 184 and Matt Ellis earned a pin at 165 for Oregon State but the Beavers fell to 19th-ranked Boise State 23-12 in Pacific-10 wrestling Saturday afternoon at Gill Coliseum. The loss kept OSU from staging upsets on back-to-back days; the Beavers had beaten ninth-ranked Arizona State 18-16 on Friday night.
CORVALLIS - Jason Lovell knocked off a nationally-ranked wrestler at 197 pounds, Jed Pennell continued his mighty-mite run at 184 and Matt Ellis earned a pin at 165 for Oregon State but the Beavers fell to 19th-ranked Boise State 23-12 in Pacific-10 wrestling Saturday afternoon at Gill Coliseum. The loss kept OSU from staging upsets on back-to-back days; the Beavers had beaten ninth-ranked Arizona State 18-16 on Friday night.
CORVALLIS - A pin by 174-pounder Jake Huffman turned the momentum and a win by 197-pounder Jason Lovell sealed the deal as Oregon State beat No. 9 Arizona State 18-16 Friday night in Pacific-10 wrestling at Gill Coliseum. A vocal crowd of 1,054 saw Huffman come from behind for a buzzer-beating pin, then roared as Lovell won a dual meet for the second time this season by winning the final match.
CORVALLIS - Oregon State will honor Hall of Fame wrestling coach Dale Thomas with a banner in Gill Coliseum bearing the number 616 – his all-time collegiate-record number of dual meet wins – it was announced Friday by OSU athletic director Bob De Carolis. The ceremony to unfurl the banner, the equivalent of retiring a jersey number, will be held in conjunction with OSU's annual Wrestling Homecoming on Feb. 16, when the Beavers meet Oregon at 2 p.m. in Gill Coliseum.
With the Pacific-10 Championships just over a month away, Oregon State gets down to some conference business this weekend against a pair of nationally-ranked opponents. The Beavers (7-7 overall, 5-1 Pacific-10) will greet No. 9 Arizona State (10-5, 3-0) on Friday at 7:30 p.m. and No. 19 Boise State (4-3, 1-1) on Saturday at 2 p.m.
STILLWATER, Okla. - Jed Pennell pulled of a David-and-Goliath upset at 184 pounds and Oregon State held the lead at the meet's midway point, but No. 1-ranked Oklahoma State rallied for a 29-9 win in non-league wrestling Saturday night at Gallagher-Iba Arena. The Beavers won three of the first four matches before the Cowboys took the final six matches, all by wrestlers ranked in the top seven in the nation in their weight class.
HARRAH, Okla. - Oregon State's Jed Pennell, wrestling the first match of his career at 184 pounds, picked up a pin for OSU but the Beavers fell to No. 3 Oklahoma 24-15 in non-league wrestling at Harrah High. OSU (7-6 overall, 5-1 Pacific-10) also got wins from 149-pounder Tony Hook, 165-pounder Matt Ellis and heavyweight Andy Bowlby.
CORVALLIS - Jason Lovell won the day's final match to preserve Oregon State's 22-16 win over California-Davis in Pacific-10 wrestling Saturday afternoon at Gill Coliseum. The Beavers (7-5 overall, 5-1 Pacific-10) needed a win from Lovell to take the dual meet after OSU 184-pounder Dan Pitsch had to injury default his match, suddenly giving the Aggies (3-4, 0-3) a chance for the victory.
CORVALLIS - Oregon State got pins from 197-pounder Jason Lovell and heavyweight Andy Bowlby en route to a 35-7 win over Stanford in Pacific-10 wrestling Friday night at Gill Coliseum. OSU 184-pounder Dan Pitsch and 141-pounder Mike Unger Jr. recorded major decisions for the Beavers (6-5 overall, 4-1 Pacific-10).
Intensity, focus, emotion ... Oregon State took all of those to new levels last weekend in its best team performances of the season. Now the Beavers (5-5 overall, 3-1 Pacific-10) are out to make those qualities a little more consistent when they continue their homestand this weekend.
CORVALLIS - Oregon State 149-pounder Tony Hook and 165-pounder Matt Ellis knocked off nationally-ranked wrestlers but the Beavers' upset bid fell short in a 19-12 loss to 10th-ranked Central Michigan in non-league wrestling Sunday afternoon in Gill Coliseum. OSU (5-5 overall, 3-1 Pacific-10) had a chance to win going into the day's final match against the Chippewas (7-0, 0-0 Mid-America).
REDMOND, Ore. - Oregon State heavyweight Andy Bowlby recorded a pair of first-period pins and a decision over a nationally-ranked opponent Friday as the Beavers won three of their four matches at the Oregon Wrestling Classic Duals. OSU (5-4 overall, 3-1 Pacific-10) beat Portland State 46-0 and Cal State-Fullerton 26-12 in Pacific-10 duals before taking No. 19 Wisconsin to the final match in a 23-18 loss; the Beavers finished the evening with a 36-4 win over Pacific Lutheran.
After almost a month spent taking a holiday break and then a pair of road trips, Oregon State (2-3 overall, 1-1 Pacific-10) returns to its home state this weekend to wrestle five dual meets in three days.
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Oregon State heavyweight Andy Bowlby recorded his seventh pin of the season and 149-pounder Tony Hook earned another as the Beavers beat Cal State-Bakersfield 29-10 in Pacific-10 wrestling Saturday night. OSU (2-3 overall, 1-1 Pac-10) also got major decisions from 165-pounder Matt Ellis and 174-pounder Jake Huffman.
FRESNO, Calif. - Oregon State picked up its first dual meet win of the wrestling season Friday evening, beating Columbia 35-7 in the first-ever meeting between two of the nation's oldest programs; the Lions began intercollegiate wrestling in 1904 and OSU in 1909. The Beavers then dropped the finale of their non-league doubleheader to host Fresno State, losing 24-9 at the Bulldogs' North Gym.
After spending most of the early season in tournament competition, Oregon State (0-2 overall, 0-1 Pacific-10) dives into the portion of its schedule that's heavily weighted toward dual meets. OSU will swing through central California to meet Columbia (0-1) and Fresno State (0-3) in non-leaguers at Fresno on Friday, then visit Cal State-Bakersfield (1-0, 0-0 Pac-10) for a Pac-10 dual on Saturday.
EVANSTON, Ill. - Oregon State undergraduate assistant coach Nathan Coy placed fourth at 174 pounds Sunday as the 40th Annual Midlands Open wrestling tournament concluded at Welsh-Ryan Arena. Results from the first day.
A look at the preliminary seedings shows representatives from 17 of the top 25 teams in the latest National Wrestling Coaches Assocition national poll. In addition, the tournament includes numerous post-collegiate wrestlers who have gone on to success at the international level.
Oregon State 184-pounder Dan Pitsch broke into this week's national wrestling rankings. Pitsch (Tacoma, Wash./Lake Spanaway HS), a freshman, is ranked 18th in NCAA Division I by Amateur Wrestling News.
CORVALLIS - Oregon State 184-pounder Dan Pitsch capped a big weekend by knocking off sixth-ranked B.J. Padden of Nebraska 10-5 on Saturday afternoon, but the Beavers fell to the 11th-ranked Cornhuskers 30-15 in non-league wrestling at Gill Coliseum.
EUGENE, Ore. - Oregon State won half the matches, but the night's lone pin made the difference as the Beavers fell to Oregon 18-15 in Pacific-10 wrestling Friday night at McArthur Court. The meet came down to the night's final match, where Duck senior Tony Overstake – a defending Pacific-10 champion – beat true freshman Tony Hook 9-3 at 149 pounds.
Oregon State's wrestlers may get final exams over with by Friday afternoon, but they'll continue to be tested well into the weekend. The Beavers get into dual meet competition when OSU travels to Oregon for a Civil War matchup on Friday night and then hosts 11th-ranked Nebraska on Saturday afternoon.
LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Oregon State heavyweight Andy Bowlby pinned three nationally-ranked opponents en route to fifth place Saturday in the Las Vegas Invitational wrestling tournament. The Beavers finished 18th in the 50-team field.
Oregon State takes a big step into counting competition this weekend when the Beavers travel to the two-day Las Vegas Invitational at the Las Vegas Convention Center. OSU competed in the non-scoring Southern Oregon Open on Nov. 23, crowning five champions, but this will be the first meet of the season in which team scores are kept.
Oregon State had five champions Saturday at the Southern Oregon Open wrestling tournament. Placing first for the Beavers were 125-pounder Eric Stevenson, 133-pounder Tim Norman, 149-pounder Tony Hook, 174-pounder Jake Huffman and 197-pounder Jason Lovell.
Oregon State has signed two-time state champion Kyle Larson (Hermiston, Ore./Hermiston HS) to a wrestling letter of intent, Beaver head coach Joe Wells announced Wednesday. Larson, who won titles at 112 pounds as a freshman and 145 pounds as a junior, will try for a third Oregon Class 4A high school state title this winter in his senior season.
As Oregon State begins the 2002-03 wrestling season at the Southern Oregon Open on Saturday, the Beavers find themselves with few weights where there are clear-cut favorites for the starting spot. But the combination of wrestlers returning to the OSU program and an influx of high-caliber recruits should mean that whoever steps on the mat each weekend will likely have the capability to help the Beavers challenge for a Pacific-10 title.
CORVALLIS - Oregon State took several steps toward setting its lineup for the start of the wrestling season when the Beavers held their annual Intrasquad Meet on Saturday at Gill Coliseum. Sweeping the best-of-three series at their weights were 125-pounder Eric Stevenson, 133-pounder Tim Norman, 141-pounder Mike Unger Jr., 149-pounder Tony Hook, 157-pounder Jeremy Larson, 165-pounder Matt Ellis, 174-pounder Jake Huffman, 197-pounder Jason Lovell and heavyweight Ty Watterson. At 184 pounds, Dan Pitsch defeated a pair of opponents.
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