Beavs Close Cliff Keen With Three Podium Finishers

Saturday, December 7

Las Vegas, Nev.

10 a.m.

Oregon State

Cliff Keen Invite

Photo by: Cade Patton/OSU Athletics

December 07, 2024 | Wrestling

By: Athletic Communications

LAS VEGAS – The Oregon State wrestling team closed competition at the Cliff Keen Invitational in Las Vegas on Saturday with a fifth-place finisher and a pair in sixth. As a team, the Beavers finished action with 35.0 points, ranking 13^th in the field of 30.

Brett Mower (HWT) split a pair of ranked matchups on his way to the fifth-place finish on Saturday. He came back from an early 3-0 deficit to 29^th-ranked Harley Andrews of Nebraska, turned it to a 5-3 win and used the buffer of the riding time bonus. The redshirt senior saw his day end early - before the fifth-place match was set to begin - due to an injury to his opponent after falling to Arizona State's Cohlton Schultz, a four-time defending All-American, in the consolation semifinal round.

Unable to clinch his second tournament title - following his win in Annapolis, Md. at last month's Navy Classic - in as many chances this season, ninth-ranked Trey Munoz (197) exited the invitational due to injury. He finished the event in fifth place.

Twenty-fourth-ranked Maximo Renteria (125) finished his first Cliff Keen Invitational with Oregon State with a sixth-place finish. He fell to a pair of ranked foes – no. 4 Troy Spratley of Oklahoma State and 10^th-ranked Brendan McCrone of Ohio State – on Saturday to close competition.

For the second consecutive year, the Beavers had multiple podium finishers at the Cliff Keen Invitational.

Oregon State will return to action on December 20^th with a dual at Utah Valley, their third consecutive against a Big 12 opponent. Action from Orem, Utah is set for a 6 p.m. PT start and can be seen on FloWrestling.

Results

8^th seed Maximo Renteria (125) – 6^th Place

Renteria DEC #29 Adrian Meza (Iowa State) 8-2

#2 Caleb Smith (Nebraska) DEC Renteria 4-2

Renteria DEC Kyle Gollhofer (Northern Iowa) 5-4

#4 Troy Spratley (Okla. State) MD Renteria 12-3

#10 Brendan McCrone (Ohio State) FALL Renteria (4:21)

2^nd seed Trey Munoz (197) – 6^th Place

Munoz TF Austin Starr (Ohio) 16-1

Munoz DEC #17 Joey Novak (Wyoming) 5-3

#24 Evan Bates MFF Munoz

Brett Mower (HWT) – 5^th Place