Friday, February 7
Bakersfield, CA
7:00 PM
Oregon State
at
CSU Bakersfield
Photo by: Scobel Wiggins/Oregon State Athletics
Beavers Head to California for Pair of Conference Duals
February 05, 2020 | Wrestling
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State Wrestling (5-4, 0-1 Pac 12) is set to make a weekend trip for contests with conference opponents Cal State Bakersfield and No. 21 Stanford. The Beavers first face the Roadrunners on Friday at 7 p.m. PT before turning around to face the Cardinal at 2 p.m. Sunday in Palo Alto.
The Beavers dropped a tightly contested battle against Wyoming inside Gill Coliseum on Friday, Jan. 31. Despite winning four bouts, the Beavers couldn't piece together a late comeback and fell short by a score of 18-13. Grant Willits collected his sixth straight victory and Brandon Kaylor improved to 12-5 in dual meets.
Media
Both matches will be live streamed through the Pac-12 Network live streams for each respective school.
Quick Hits
In the Rankings
Three grapplers remain in this week's latest rankings as Devan Turner, Colt Doyle and Grant Willits each are represented with Turner ranking as high as No. 13 by FloWrestling. Willits is slated at No. 25 by TrackWrestling while Colt Doyle sits at No. 31 (TheOpenMat).
Scouting Cal State Bakersfield
Oregon State leads the all-time series against the Roadrunners, 6-1, and have won the last three contests. The Roadrunners are currently 4-4 heading into Friday's match and are riding a two-match win streak against Northern Colorado and Fresno State. Russell Rohlfing is a bright spot at 149 pounds with a 16-7 record and 6-2 mark in dual meets. He is currently slated at No. 26 by TrackWrestling.
Scouting No. 21 Stanford
The Beavers lead the all-time series 27-12 against the Cardinal but have dropped the last two contests. Stanford, ranked No. 21 by the NWCA Coaches' Poll, comes into the match 8-2 with their most notable wins coming over No. 17 North Carolina, Columbia, and Utah Valley. Individually, three Cardinal wrestlers find themselves in the top-10 rankings, per FloWrestling. At 141, freshman Real Woods is ranked No. 9 with a 14-1 record. Redshirt freshman Shane Griffith (165) comes in at No. 7, owning a perfect 21-0 record with 12 bonus-point victories.
Zalesky
In his 14th season with the Beavers, head coach Jim Zalesky has brought the wrestling program to unprecedented heights. One of the sport's winningest coaches, Zalesky's OSU teams have captured seven Pac-10/12 championships and finished either first or second 10 times. He's mentored 14 All-Americans and 32 conference champions. His 139 victories are third-most in school history.
OSU PROBABLES:
125: Brandon Kaylor (12-5)
133: No. 13 Devan Turner (19-9)
141: No. 25 Grant Willits OR Conner Noonan (9-7)
149: Lane Stigall (14-11)
157: Logan Meek (2-11)
165: Aaron Olmos (9-10)
174: Jackson McKinney (4-11)
184: Colt Doyle (14-7) OR Colton Beisley (2-11)
197: J.J. Dixon (11-11)
HWT: Jamarcus Grant (14-13)
Follow Us on Social
For more information on the Oregon State wrestling team, visit OSUBeavers.com or follow the team's official Twitter account at Twitter.com/BeaverWrestling, on Facebook at Facebook.com/BeaverWrestling, or on Instagram at Instagram.com/BeaverWrestling.
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
The Beavers dropped a tightly contested battle against Wyoming inside Gill Coliseum on Friday, Jan. 31. Despite winning four bouts, the Beavers couldn't piece together a late comeback and fell short by a score of 18-13. Grant Willits collected his sixth straight victory and Brandon Kaylor improved to 12-5 in dual meets.
Media
Both matches will be live streamed through the Pac-12 Network live streams for each respective school.
Quick Hits
- Devan Turner (13, 20, 15) is ranked in both FloWrestling, Intermat and Trackwrestling polls this week.
- Grant Willits has won six straight matches at 141 pounds and will look to pick up two more victories this weekend. The redshirt sophomore has 12 decisions and three technical falls.
- The Beavers opened the new year with a bang by defeating No. 22 Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich., 21-15.
- The Beavers wrestled in front of a lively home crowd against Wyoming with an attendance of 1,131 fans.
- Brandon Kaylor boasts a 12-5 dual record and last notched a 15-7 major decision against Wyoming's Jake Svihel.
- Devan Turner is ranked as high as No. 13 by FloWrestling and has been consistent at 133 pounds with a 19-9 overall record.
In the Rankings
Three grapplers remain in this week's latest rankings as Devan Turner, Colt Doyle and Grant Willits each are represented with Turner ranking as high as No. 13 by FloWrestling. Willits is slated at No. 25 by TrackWrestling while Colt Doyle sits at No. 31 (TheOpenMat).
Scouting Cal State Bakersfield
Oregon State leads the all-time series against the Roadrunners, 6-1, and have won the last three contests. The Roadrunners are currently 4-4 heading into Friday's match and are riding a two-match win streak against Northern Colorado and Fresno State. Russell Rohlfing is a bright spot at 149 pounds with a 16-7 record and 6-2 mark in dual meets. He is currently slated at No. 26 by TrackWrestling.
Scouting No. 21 Stanford
The Beavers lead the all-time series 27-12 against the Cardinal but have dropped the last two contests. Stanford, ranked No. 21 by the NWCA Coaches' Poll, comes into the match 8-2 with their most notable wins coming over No. 17 North Carolina, Columbia, and Utah Valley. Individually, three Cardinal wrestlers find themselves in the top-10 rankings, per FloWrestling. At 141, freshman Real Woods is ranked No. 9 with a 14-1 record. Redshirt freshman Shane Griffith (165) comes in at No. 7, owning a perfect 21-0 record with 12 bonus-point victories.
Zalesky
In his 14th season with the Beavers, head coach Jim Zalesky has brought the wrestling program to unprecedented heights. One of the sport's winningest coaches, Zalesky's OSU teams have captured seven Pac-10/12 championships and finished either first or second 10 times. He's mentored 14 All-Americans and 32 conference champions. His 139 victories are third-most in school history.
OSU PROBABLES:
125: Brandon Kaylor (12-5)
133: No. 13 Devan Turner (19-9)
141: No. 25 Grant Willits OR Conner Noonan (9-7)
149: Lane Stigall (14-11)
157: Logan Meek (2-11)
165: Aaron Olmos (9-10)
174: Jackson McKinney (4-11)
184: Colt Doyle (14-7) OR Colton Beisley (2-11)
197: J.J. Dixon (11-11)
HWT: Jamarcus Grant (14-13)
Follow Us on Social
For more information on the Oregon State wrestling team, visit OSUBeavers.com or follow the team's official Twitter account at Twitter.com/BeaverWrestling, on Facebook at Facebook.com/BeaverWrestling, or on Instagram at Instagram.com/BeaverWrestling.
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
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