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Oregon State gets back in the swing of things
on California trip with three duals in two days
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 3
Oregon State vs. Columbia; Fresno, Calif.; 5 p.m.
Oregon State at Fresno State; Fresno, Calif.; 7 p.m.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 4
Oregon State at Cal State-Bakersfield; Bakersfield, Calif.; 7 p.m.
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.
OSU was originally scheduled to meet Embry-Riddle as part of Friday's competition at Fresno State, but Embry-Riddle decided not to mqke the trip and the Beavers will wrestle Columbia.
With the meet at Cal State-Bakersfield, the Beavers get into matches that can matter when it comes to the Pacific-10 Championships.
"It's the Pac-10 Conference season, basically," OSU head coach Joe Wells said. "We've wrestled some real good teams and seen some of best kids in country. Now we're getting ready to compete in our conference and qualify through our tournament. We're excited to get started ... we're especially conscious of those matches we have in the conference that will affect seeding at the Pac-10 meet. We're setting up a bullseye and trying to pick off some of those guys who are potential Pac-10 guys.
"We're looking for each individual's road map to victory," Wells said. "We're looking at how each guy has to go about managing a match to have his best chance to win. We're looking at every person and what they're doing and how we can help them, and how they can improve match by match."
Columbia, the nation's oldest collegiate program, is celebrating its 100th season this winter. The Lions bring two nationally-ranked wrestlers on its West Coast trip. At 149 pounds, Erik Norgaard is ranked 20th by Amateur Wrestling News; at 165 pounds, Matt Palmer is ranked 15th by AWN and 13th by InterMat.
Fresno State has one wrestler in the national rankings. At 174 pounds, Eddie Gifford is ranked 19th by AWN and 16th by IM.
Cal State-Bakersfield has two nationally-ranked wrestlers. At 125 pounds, Efren Ceballos is ranked 14th by AWN and 18th by IM; at 133, Matt Sanchez is ranked 17th by AWN and 18th by IM.
Oregon State starting lineup
National rankings: Amateur Wrestling News of Dec. 31, InterMat of Dec. 24
- 125 - Michael Delaney, sr. (Tracy, Calif./Brethren Christian HS); 2-2 with 0 pins;
in Pac-10, ranked 5th
or - Brett Phillips, fr. (Turner, Ore./Cascade HS); 1-5 with 0 pins
- 133 - Tim Norman, so. (Newberg, Ore./Newberg HS); 4-6 with 0 pins
or - Bobby Pfennigs, fr. (Billings, Mont./C.M. Russell HS); 2-0 with 0 pins
- 141 - Mike Unger, fr. (Turner, Ore./Cascade HS); 1-5 with 0 pins
- 149 - Tony Hook, fr. (Sandpoint, Idaho/Sandpoint HS); 5-4 with 0 pins
or - Orlando Perez, fr. (Hermiston, Ore./Hermiston HS); 0-2 with 0 pins
- 157 - Jeremy Larson, fr. (Hermiston, Ore./Hermiston HS); 4-3 with 0 pins
- 165 - Matt Ellis, so. (Prosser, Wash./Prosser HS, Oklahoma St. U.); 4-4 with 0 pins
or - Jed Pennell, jr. (Cave Junction, Ore./Illinois Valley HS); 3-4 record with 1 pin;
in Pac-10, ranked 4th
or - Anthony Weber, fr. (Newberg, Ore./Newberg HS); 2-4 with 0 pins
- 174 - Jake Huffman, sr. (Scio, Ore./Scio HS); 9-6 with 1 pin;
in Pac-10, ranked 5th
- 184 - Dan Pitsch, fr. (Tacoma, Wash./Spanaway Lake HS); 8-5 with 0 pins;
in Pac-10, ranked 5th
- 197 - Jason Lovell, sr. (Turner, Ore./Cascade HS); 6-4 with 0 pins;
in Pac-10, ranked 2nd
- HWT - Andy Bowlby, sr. (Newberg, Ore./Newberg HS); 10-4 with 5 pins;
In nation, ranked 10th AWN, 11th IM; in Pac-10, ranked 4th
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