Oregon State finishes its home schedule on Saturday, meeting Fresno State at 2 p.m. in the Truax Indoor Center and Northern Colorado at 7 p.m. in Gill Coliseum.
Against Cal State-Bakersfield (3-6, 2-4), the Beavers won the first seven meets of the night to open up a 25-0 lead.
"We dominated most of the matches," OSU head coach Joe Wells said. "We pushed hard and we had some guys get tired, and that's good. We wrestled hard and scored, and that's the key. I was pleased with how we did as a group going out and scoring. Cal State-Bakersfield was without two or three guys in their lineup, but we did go out aggressive and score a lot of takedowns and a lot of points."
One of the Roadrunners who was out was 174-pounder Christian Arellano, ranked 20th nationally in the National Wrestling Coaches Association/InterMat poll and ranked third in the Pac-10. The night's top matchup figured to be Arellano against OSU's Jeremy Larson, who is ranked 18th in the nation and first in the Pac-10.
Instead, Larson drew CSUB freshman Garth Wara and pinned him in 1:58. It was Larson's seventh straight win and his first pin of the season, pushing his record to 19-8.
His younger brother, Kyle Larson, won for the eighth straight time with a 16-7 major decision over Matt Schumm. Kyle Larson is now 18-4 with three pins and four major decisions this season.
The meet began at 197 pounds with Pitsch rolling up a 20-6 major decision over Ryan Bergman, then Watterson - ranked 17th nationally - followed with a 13-2 major over Eric Parker. Watterson won for the 11th time in his last 14 matches and is now 21-7 with a team-high seven pins this season.
Beaver 125-pounder Eric Stevenson maintained his team lead in victories, improving to 22-7 with four pins after beating Zack Bigboy 5-1; Stevenson has won 15 of his last 19 matches.
OSU 157-pounder Tony Hook returned to the lineup after missing last Sunday's dual at Boise State. Hook, ranked 17th nationally, earned a 16-6 major decision over David Garcia to improve to 14-7 this winter; he also moved into a tie for 49th place on the Beavers' list of all-time career victory leaders with 66.
The meet was the first varsity competition held in the Truax Indoor Center, which opened in 2001 and serves mainly as an indoor conditioning area and practice area for outdoor sports. With the meet moved there due to a scheduling conflict in Gill Coliseum, a crowd of 525 packed the bleachers that closely ringed three sides of the mat.
"It was pretty good," Hook said of the atmosphere. "The crowd was right there on top of you."
AT OREGON STATE 31, CAL STATE-BAKERSFIELD 9
(Current NWCA/InterMat national rankings in parentheses)
197-Dan Pitsch, OSU, major dec. Ryan Bergman, CSUB, 20-6. HWT-(17) Ty Watterson, OSU, major dec. Eric Parker, CSUB, 13-2. 125-Eric Stevenson, OSU, dec. Zack Bigboy, CSUB, 5-1. 133-Bobby Pfennigs, OSU, dec. Thomas Kimbrell, CSUB, 6-1. 141-Kyle Larson, OSU, major dec. Matt Schumm, CSUB, 16-7. 149-Orlando Perez, OSU, dec. Brandon Doyle, CSUB, 18-15. 157-(17) Tony Hook, OSU, major dec. David Garcia, CSUB, 16-6. 165-Brian Busby, CSUB, pinned Anthony Weber, OSU, 1:13. 174-(18) Jeremy Larson, OSU, pinned Garth Wara, CSUB, 1:58. 184-Brandon Ceremello, CSUB, dec. Kyle Bressler, OSU, 6-4.
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