The Beavers return home to meet Cal State-Fullerton in a Pacific-10 dual next Sunday at 2 p.m. at Gill Coliseum after Sunday's split.
"In the first meet, we just didn't make our own breaks," OSU head coach Jim Zalesky said. "We let UTC make their breaks and we didn't make enough breaks. The way it matched up, we knew going in that if we didn't win the close matches, we wouldn't win the meet; we lost a couple of close matches and an overtime match and we just didn't make it happen. But we bounced back well in the final meet, and that's what counts.
"Some guys have to realize they can wrestle with these guys who are ranked ahead of them. The more they realize that, the more success they'll have down the road."
OSU's dual against Tennessee-Chattanooga (7-0, 1-0 Southern) saw the Beavers drop a pair of one-point matches and an overtime match. The dual began with the Mocs sending out four nationally ranked wrestlers and all four won, capped by 17th-ranked Josh Keefe beating OSU's 15th-ranked Kyle Larson 8-3, to take a 12-0 lead.
Oregon State picked up a pin from 165-pounder Brett Arand, to eventually draw within 15-6, but the Beavers' other two nationally ranked wrestlers were knocked off and OSU couldn't overtake the Mocs. At 174 pounds, OSU's 18th-ranked Jeremy Larson was edged by UTC's Lloyd Rogers 4-3, while 12th-ranked heavyweight Ty Watterson lost to Matt Koz 4-2 when Koz scored a takedown in the sudden victory overtime period.
OSU's other wins against Tennessee-Chattanooga came at 184 pounds, where Kyle Bressler won 10-9 over Mike Marable, and at 197 pounds, where Travis Gardner beat Josh Edmonson 3-0.
Oregon State rebounded against Northern Iowa (0-5), winning the first four matches to roll to a 16-0 lead. None of the Beavers responded to an earlier loss more dramatically than Kyle Larson. Larson pinned 10th-ranked C.J. Ettelson of Northern Iowa in 1 minute, 13 seconds; Larson is now 17-4 with seven pins this season.
Jeremy Larson also came back with a win, beating UNI's Alex Dolly 10-6. After surrendering an early takedown, Larson escaped and scored a pair of takedowns in the first period and went on to the victory; he's now 17-5 with four pins this season.
"The Larsons didn't look like themselves the first time out, but they turned it around in the second meet against UNI," Zalesky said. "Kyle got a big pin for us, that really got us rolling."
OSU's third nationally ranked wrestler, Watterson, received a forfeit to finish the meet. He's now 15-4 with six pins this season.
Oregon State also got victories against the Panthers when 125-pounder Jake Gonzales scored a major decision over Grant Ruge 12-3, 133-pounder Bobby Pfennigs decisioned Kyle Anson 8-2, and 149-pounder Derek Kipperberg beat Charlie Ettelson 11-5.
The Beavers' 14-meet winning streak had been OSU's longest since another 14-meet streak during the 1985-86 season. Oregon State's 7-0 start had been the Beavers' fastest since they also won their first seven meets during the 1993-94 season.
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