Oregon State
Air Force
No. 13/15 OSU Wrestlers Ground 25th Ranked Falcons, 32-7
January 11, 2013 | Wrestling
Jan. 11, 2013
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OSU sees its highest point total in a year as eight Beavers walk away with victories on the mat
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The No. 13/15 ranked Oregon State wrestling team racked up its third victory of the season with a 32-7 decision over No. 25 Air Force, Friday night in Colorado Springs. The Beavers secured victories from eight weight classes en route to the 25-point win. OSU now stands at an even 3-3 on the year and remains 1-1 in Pac-12 competition, while Air Force loses for the first time this season and falls to 3-1 overall and stays at 0-0 in the Western Wrestling Conference.
157 pounder and 10th ranked RJ Pena set the tone for the Beavers with a 5-1 decision over AFA's Josh Kreimier in the meet's first match, giving Oregon State an early 3-0 advantage. Following an Air Force major decision in the 165 lb. bout, OSU stormed back with an Austin Morehead pin (00:25) over Falcon 174 pounder Dan Barringer, which gave the Orange and Black the lead back for good at 9-4.
Following Morehead's fall, the Academy would muster just one more victory on the night, coming in the 184 lb. match. Jim Zalesky's squad would answer the Air Force onslaught by reeling off 21-unanswered points to cruise to his 79th career win as OSU head coach.
Other Oregon State wrestlers coming out on top included No. 10 Joey Palmer (125 lbs.), who recorded his first collegiate dual win via major decision.
Hanke, Mangrum, Meeks and Pena all extended their winning streaks they had intact coming into the meet, with the senior heavyweights being the longest at seven. Hanke has not been defeated since the Reno Tournament of Champions in mid December.
The Beavers now have a day to rest before traveling north to Wyoming for a Sunday match-up with the No. 15/20th ranked Cowboys. The Pokes and 'Beavs are set to square off at 1p.m. Pacific Time in Laramie.
MEET RESULTS
#13 Oregon State 32, #25 Air Force 7
157 – #10 Joey Palmer (OSU) maj. dec. Mitch Brown, 15-4
133 – Drew Van Aanroy (OSU) dec. Dylan Hyder, 7-2
141 – #4 Mike Mangrum (OSU) tech fall Carter McElhany, 21-4 (5:53)
149 – #9 Scott Sakaguchi (OSU) maj. dec. Logan Burch, 15-4
POST MEET QUOTES
OSU Head Coach Jim Zalesky
On the victory…
“It was good to get back on the mat and get back on the winning track. We scored a lot of points and scored some bonus points.”
POST MEET NOTES
--The Beavers now have three wrestlers with at least four or more wins in-a-row, including heavyweight Joey Palmer picked up his first collegiate dual win and his first ever collegiate major decision.
--With his technical fall Friday night, 141 pounder Mike Mangrum secured his 121st career victory, placing him in a tie for ninth on the all-time program list with former teammate and heavyweight Clayton Jack (2009-12).
--Austin Morehead (174 lbs.) picked up his first dual victory as a Beaver.
--As a team Oregon State saw more individual weight class victories (eight) in a dual meet than it had all season, the previous season best was seven at North Dakota State (Dec. 9).
--The 32 points scored by OSU was the most it's put up on the board since a 32-18 win at Arizona State on Jan. 8, 2012.
--Friday night's victory was Oregon State's 980th as a Division I program, making them just the third school to reach that mark, the others are Iowa State and Oklahoma State.
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