Beavers move up to No. 20
January 26, 2016 | Wrestling
Corvallis, Ore. – The Oregon State wrestling team moved up two spots to No. 20 on Tuesday in the weekly USA Today/NWCA Division I Coaches Poll.
The Beavers remained at No. 19 in InterMat's team rankings and at No. 23 in InterMat's tournament rankings.
The Beavers were the only Pacific-12 Conference team in the NWCA Top 25. Stanford (10) was the only other league team receiving voters.
OSU's three ranked wrestlers all remained in InterMat's and The Open Mat's Top 20 in their respective weight classes.
Redshirt junior Joey Palmer (17-7) dropped one spot to No. 20 in The Open Mat's rankings, and stayed at No. 20 in InterMat's evaluation.
Sophomore 125-pounder Ronnie Bresser (19-5) remained at No. 6 in InterMat's rankings and moved up one notch to No. 6 in The Open Mat's poll.
Redshirt sophomore heavyweight Amarveer Dhesi (16-3) moved up one spot in both polls – to No. 9 in The Open Mat rankings and No. 10 in the InterMat rankings.
The AWCA's top five stayed relatively unchanged. Penn State is No. 1, followed by Iowa, North Carolina State, Oklahoma State and Missouri. Oklahoma State and Missouri switched places from the Jan. 19 rankings.
Bresser, Palmer and senior 165-pounder Seth Thomas were also No. 1 in their respective weight classes in this week's Pac-12 rankings. Dhesi and redshirt freshman Corey Griego (184) are ranked third.
Redshirt sophomores Jack Hathaway (141) and Tyler Chay (174) and redshirt junior Joey Delgado (149) are ranked fourth. Redshirt sophomore Cody Crawford (197) is ranked fifth and redshirt sophomore Abraham Rodriguez (159) is ranked sixth.
The Beavers open Pac-12 action at Arizona State on Friday in a 4 p.m. dual that will be televised by Pac-12 Networks. Their next home match is 2 p.m. Sunday against Northern Colorado.
For more information on the Oregon State wrestling team, follow the club's official Twitter account at Twitter.com/OSU_Wrestling or by Facebook at Facebook.com/OregonStateWrestling.
