Beaver State News

The 28th-ranked Oregon State wrestling team completed an undefeated weekend following a 35-3 win over Little Rock in the Pac-12 opener on Sunday afternoon in the Arkansas capital.

The Beavers (5-5, 1-0 Pac-12) took nine of the 10 bouts to even their season record through 10 matches. 29th-ranked Mateo Olmos (174) and JJ Dixon (HWT) led the Beavers with ranked wins over the Trojans.

19th-ranked Brandon Kaylor (125) set the tempo for Oregon State in the first bout of the contest, taking a 21-12 major decision for the match's first points. Kaylor found himself in a tight one early but used a pair of near-falls to swing the momentum his way on the way to the win.

In the 133-lb. bout, 18th-ranked Jason Shaner continued where Kaylor left off with an 18-12 win by decision. The Oregonian battled back from an early 2-1 hole and didn't look back. Up by as much as eight, Shaner coasted from the second on the way to the win to give the Beavs a bigger lead.

26th-ranked Cleveland Belton took charge early in the 141-lb. bout. Never falling behind, Belton clocked nearly 90 seconds of riding time and used a pair of two-point near-falls to build a big lead early on the way to locking up the tech fall.

After dropping the 149-lb. bout, Isaiah Crosby got the momentum for the Beavers as he grinded out a decision at 8-5.

21st-ranked Matthew Olguin started with an early takedown for control over Little Rock's Brennan in the 165-lb. bout and rode out the first. A pair of points was all that Olguin would need (from an escape and stall) to see out the result.

Olmos – ranked 29th at 174 – notched the win in the ranked bout between him and Triston Wills. After zeros were on the board after one, Wills took the lone point out of an escape. Olmos – the reigning Pac-12 wrestler of the week – took the bout via a late takedown for the ranked win.

Trey Munoz – 11th at 184 – was another Beaver to take a quick lead and not look back. Munoz quickly got on the board via takedown and built up a 10-2 lead after a pair of near-falls. With 3:58 on the clock, Munoz was credited with the tech fall at 17-2.

Down early by an 8-2 margin, No. 18 Tanner Harvey pulled out heroics in the 197-lb. bout. After seeming out of it, Harvey started to turn the tides with 1:02 left in the second. A takedown halved the margin to four, but the Elkton native wouldn't be happy with just that – as he secured the fall shortly thereafter.

Dixon wrapped up the bout in an incredible back-and-forth upset of No. 32 Josiah Hill. Deadlocked going into the final frame, Dixon picked to start in the "down" position and his escape was all that was needed to get the 5-4 decision.

Following the two matches on the weekend, the Beavers will be idle for the week. On January 29th, OSU will return to competing with the Pac-12 home opener vs CSU Bakersfield in Gill Coliseum.
 
Results
125: Kaylor MD Reno (LR) 21-12
133: 18 Shaner (OSU) DEC Sarpy (LR) 19-12
141: 26 Belton (OSU) TF Carson (LR) 16-1
149: J. Bianchi (LR) DEC Gurr (OSU) 10-4
157: Crosby (OSU) DEC M. Bianchi (LR) 8-5
165: 21 Olguin (OSU) DEC Brennan (LR) 4-0
174: 29 Olmos (OSU) DEC  25 Wills (LR) 3-2
184: 11 Munoz (OSU) TF Diel (LR) 17-2
197: 18 Harvey (OSU) FALL Lukens (LR) 4:23
HWT: Dixon (OSU) DEC 32 Hill (LR) 5-4 

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