The 24th-ranked Beavers (1-0) became just the third NCAA Division I program with 1,000 dual wins by defeating the No. 2-ranked team in NAIA. They joined Iowa State (1,043) and Oklahoma State (1,026) in that very exclusive fraternity.
And coach Jim Zalesky earned his 100th career victory at OSU, improving his mark to 100-40-2 in eight-plus seasons in Corvallis.
“It means a lot,” Zalesky said of reaching the 1,000-win milestone. “There are only two others programs that have done it so far, so to be a part of it is special. A lot of our alumni came back to watch. It just means there’s a lot of history.”
The Beavers wasted little time in subduing the Raiders. Freshman Ronnie Bresser (125) got the ball rolling with a technical fall and redshirt freshmen Jack Hathaway (133) and Devin Reynolds (141) followed with pins to stake OSU to a quick 17-0 advantage.
“The lighter weights kind of set the pace and it just kind of snowballed,” Zalesky said. “Bresser coming out like that really set the tone for us. When you get momentum going it helps.”
Redshirt freshman Abraham Rodriguez (149) added a technical fall and sophomore Joey Delgado (157) and junior Seth Thomas (165) earned decisions for a 28-0 edge that clinched No. 1,000.
Senior Taylor Meeks (184) had a technical fall; redshirt freshman Cody Crawford (197) led 6-0 in the third period and then earned six points through injury default and redshirt freshman heavyweight Nate Keeve won by major decision to complete the night.
“Crawford did a great job” in defeating Taylor Johnson, a redshirt senior who started his career at OSU, Zalesky said. “Johnson is ranked pretty high (2nd) and is older. Last year Crawford probably would have been beat by a guy like that, but he wrestled a smart match and won.”
OSU returns to action this Sunday at the Roadrunner Open in Fresno, hosted by CSU-Bakersfield. Its next dual meet is the Pacific-12 Conference opener against Arizona State on Nov. 24.
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.
Results:
125: Ronnie Bresser (OSU) tech. fall over Coleman Jones (SOU), 19-3, 3:25
133: Jack Hathaway (OSU) pinned Devin Poppen (SOU), 1:06
141: Devin Reynolds (OSU) pinned Francis Llorente (SOU), :47
149: Abraham Rodriguez (OSU) tech. fall over Tyler Cowger (SOU), 20-5
157: Joey Delgado (OSU) dec. Dalton Urrutia (SOU), 7-5
165: Seth Thomas (OSU) dec. Garrett Urrutia (SOU), 9-5
174: Brock Gutches (SOU), pinned Joe Latham (OSU), 5:46
184: Taylor Meeks (OSU) tech. fall over Ryan McWatters (SOU), 16-1
197: Cody Crawford (OSU) won by injury default over Taylor Johnson (SOU)
Hwt: Nate Keeve (OSU) major dec. Clayton Burtis (SOU), 10-1
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