OSU Off to NCAAs With Four Ranked Wrestlers
– The Oregon State wrestling team (12-1, 6-0 Pac-12) finished 19th in this year’s NWCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll, conducted by the National Wrestling Coaches Association. OSU was the only Pacific-12 Conference team in the Top 25.
Missouri finished No. 1, followed by Iowa, Cornell, Minnesota and Ohio State. The USA Today/NWCA Division I Coaches Poll is voted on by a team’s dual strength, not projected tournament points.
Four Beavers are ranked in their respective weight classes by The Open Mat and InterMat heading into the NCAA Championships, set for March 19-21 at the Scottrade Center in St, Louis.
· Senior 184-pounder Taylor Meeks (35-4) is No. 6 in this week’s InterMat rankings. He also was No. 6 in the final The Open Mat poll, released on Feb. 24. He placed second at the Pac-12 Championships and will compete at NCAAs for the fourth year in a row.
· Freshman 125-pounder Ronnie Bresser (32-5) is No. 11 in InterMat’s rankings and finished No. 9 in The Open Mat poll. He won the Pac-12 championship and will compete in his first NCAAs next week.
· Redshirt freshman 197-pounder Cody Crawford (30-8) finished No. 18 in The Open Mat poll and stayed at No. 20 in InterMat’s rankings. He won the Pac-12 championship and will compete in his first NCAAs next week.
· Senior Alex Elder (31-10) finished No. 19 in The Open Mat and remained No. 20 in InterMat’s rankings. He won the Pac-12 championship and will compete in his first NCAAs next week.
The final field and opening-round pairings for the 2015 NCAA Championships will be released on Wednesday on NCAA.com, starting at 10 a.m. with 125 pounds and continuing with a new weight class each half hour. Fans can also follow the release on the NCAA Wrestling social media channels on Twitter (@NCAAWrestling) and Facebook (NCAA Wrestling).
The NCAA Wrestling Selection Show starts at 3 p.m. on NCAA.com (http://www.ncaa.com/live/player?vid=2015/1909&date=2015/03/11), where the seeds and brackets will be unveiled for each weight class. The full release and brackets will be posted on NCAA.com immediately after the show.
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.
