Beavers Hit the Road for Regular Season Finales

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State wrestling concludes a grueling regular season schedule this weekend against two Pacific-12 Conference foes. On Saturday, the Beavers grapple the Cardinal of Stanford at 3:30 p.m., before taking on CSU Bakersfield on Sunday at 6 p.m.

You can watch all the action against Stanford via the live broadcast on Pac-12 Networks. Live stats will be provided through trackwrestling.com, and follow wrestling on Twitter.com/BeaverWrestling for updates as each meet progresses.

The Beavers enter this week at 5-5 in dual competition, and 1-1 in the Pac-12. Oregon State rolled to victory over a newly revived Fresno State in its last outing, 33-3. The Beavers won nine of the 10 bouts, pushing the win-streak to three.

Stanford (6-4, 2-1 Pac-12) enters the weekend on a two-match win streak. The Cardinal grappled Fresno State their last time out, beating the Bulldogs 27-15. Stanford previously beat Cal Poly 23-14 to begin their run. The Cardinal have five wrestlers ranked in the NCAA Coaches' Panel: 125 - #21 Gabe Townsell. 157 - #19 Paul Fox. 174 - #9 Keaton Subjeck. 197 - #23 Nathan Traxler. 285 - #5 Nathan Butler.

Saturday afternoon's match will be the 43rd time the two programs have met in dual competition. Oregon State holds a commanding lead in the series, 40-1-1. Last season, the Beavers got the best of the Cardinal in Corvallis, 18-15.

CSU Bakersfield (5-9, 1-2), will wrestle Cal Baptist on Friday before taking on the Beavers on Sunday. The Roadrunners beat Cal Poly 28-15 in their last outing on Jan. 31. CSUB has five wrestlers ranked in the NCAA Coaches' Panel: 125 - #28 Sergio Mendez. 133 - #23 Sean Nickell. 141 - #26 Russell Rohlfing. 157 - #14 Coleman Hammond. 197 - #15 Matt Williams.

Oregon State holds a 24-12-0 series lead over CSU Bakersfield, with Sunday's match being the 37th time the two schools have met. Last season when the two met, Oregon State got the best of CSUB, 32-9.

Ranked Beavers
Three Beavers are represented in this week's ranking from a number of wrestling media outlets.

Ronnie Bresser at 125 pounds is ranked highest by TheOpenMat at No. 9. He has a pair of No. 10 rankings from Amateur Wrestling News and WIN Magazine, and a No. 12 placing by InterMat. Bresser is 17-4 this season and currently riding a three-match win streak. He has 13 bonus-point victories this season (6 falls, 4 TF, 3 MD).

Redshirt junior 197-pounder Corey Griego moved up one spot in the InterMat rankings this week to No. 15. Griego is ranked No. 18 by Amateur Wrestling News and No. 20 by TheOpenMat. He hasn't lost since Jan. 5 and is currently on a six-match win streak.

Amarveer Dhesi held steady in the rankings this week. The heavyweight sits as highly at No. 8 by InterMat. Dhesi has a pair of No. 10 rankings from WIN Magazine and TheOpenMat, and a No. 11 placing from Amateur Wrestling News.

Up Next
This year's Pac-12 Championships are hosted by the Beavers on Feb. 25 in Gill Coliseum. The NCAA Championships are March 15-17 in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Oregon State at Stanford Probable Matchups:
125: #9 Ronnie Bresser (17-4, 6-1) vs. #21 Gabriel Townsell (17-10)
133: Devan Turner (9-12, 5-4) vs. Anthony Le (5-9) or Mason Pengilly (1-0)
141: Jack Hathaway (19-11, 6-4) vs. Isaiah Locsin (17-8)
149: Josh Reyes (4-5, 1-2) vs. Jake Barry (6-15)
157: Hunter Willits (16-12, 6-4) vs. #19 Paul Fox (17-5)
165: Rodney Williams (1-8, 1-4) vs. Jared Hill (5-11) or Brandon Dallavia (9-13)
174: Myles Terry (7-13, 5-5) vs. #9 Keaton Subjeck (22-6)
184: Bob Coleman (18-7, 1-2) vs. Austin Flores (7-15) or Judah Duhm (14-7)
197: #18 Corey Griego (17-5, 8-2) vs. #23 Nathan Traxler (13-9) or David Showunmi (7-7) or Cole DePasquale (5-3)
285: #10 Amarveer Dhesi (16-3, 7-0) vs. #5 Nathan Butler (22-5)

Oregon State at CSU Bakersfield
125: #9 Ronnie Bresser (17-4, 6-1) vs. #28 Sergio Mendez or Alex Hernandez-Figueroa
133: Devan Turner (9-12, 5-4) vs. #23 Sean Nickell
141: Jack Hathaway (19-11, 6-4) vs. #26 Russell Rohlfing
149: Josh Reyes (4-5, 1-2) vs. Kalani Tonge
157: Hunter Willits (16-12, 6-4) vs. #14 Coleman Hammond
165: Rodney Williams (1-8, 1-4) vs. Lorenzo De La Riva or Jacob Thalin
174: Myles Terry (7-13, 5-5) vs. Bryan Battisto
184: Bob Coleman (18-7, 1-2) vs. Dominic Ducharme
197: #18 Corey Griego (17-5, 8-2) vs. #15 Matt Williams
285: #10 Amarveer Dhesi (16-3, 7-0) vs. Mark Penyacsek

*Rankings from NCAA Coaches' Panel

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Players Mentioned

Ronnie Bresser

Bob Coleman

Amar Dhesi

Corey Griego

Jack Hathaway

Josh Reyes

Myles Terry

Devan Turner

Rodney Williams

Hunter Willits