Still 25th
OSU Wrestling News, 1999-2000 Season
Feb. 25, 2000

By KIP CARLSON, Sports Information

CORVALLIS, Ore. - Oregon State remained at No. 25 in this week's National Wrestling Coaches Association Poll. Oregon State finished the regular season dual-meet schedule at 10-7, and is 6-3 in the Pacific-10 after beating Oregon 27-12 in their last meet of the season on Feb. 18.

Oregon State will be competing at the Pac-10 championships Feb. 26-27, hosted by Cal-Davis.

The Beavers have three wrestlers ranked in the Amateur Wrestling News poll as well as in InterMat. Six wrestlers are in the top four in their respective Pac-10 weight-classes.

OSU's Nathan Navarro (17-10, 2 pins) is ranked 19th in the 125-pound class in the AWN poll as well as 19th in IM this week. He is second in the Pac-10 to Michael Kawamura, who decisioned Navarro earlier this year 6-2. Navarro won his final match of the regular season, decisioning Jason Harless of Oregon 10-3.

Eric Jorgensen is still ranked fourth in the AWN poll, and sixth in the IM after a 13-0 major decision over Oregon's Derek Smith on Friday. He is ranked second in the Pac-10 and has a 26-3 record on the year with four pins.

Heavyweight Jason Cooley is the other nationally-ranked OSU wrestler. He dropped from 10th to 12th in the AWN, and is 14th in the IM after winning his bout against Oregon's Eric Webb last Friday to improve his record to 21-6 with one pin.

At 133 pounds, Ben Richards is ranked second in the Pac-10 after having been absent from the rankings due to an injury. Shane Cunanan holds down the fourth spot at 141 pounds, and Nathan Coy is fourth at 174. All three wrestlers won their bouts against Oregon on Friday. Oregon State remains fourth in the Pac-10.

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