Beavers to Battle Michigan in Joe Wells Classic

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State wrestling is slated to battle the No. 9-ranked University of Michigan in its third dual of the season this Sunday, Dec. 10 inside Cliff Keen Arena in Ann Arbor, Mich. The dual is scheduled for 2 p.m. (EST) and is the third meeting between the two schools for the annual Joe Wells Classic.

The Beavers are 2-0 this season picking up wins over Eastern Oregon (42-6) and George Mason (32-9).

Live stats will be provided through trackwrestling.com and a link to each meet is available on the Oregon State wrestling schedule page. Also, follow wrestling on Twitter.com/BeaverWrestling for updates as each meet progresses.

The Third Annual Joe Wells Classic is named after longtime Beavers and Wolverines head coach Joe Wells. Wells coached at the University of Michigan from 1979-92, and served as Oregon State's head coach from 1992 until retiring in 2006. Wells passed away on April 16, 2015 after a battle with cancer.

Oregon State's Projected Starting Lineup

Wt. Name                   Year    Hometown/Previous School
125 Open                     N/A      N/A
133 Kegan Calkins        RJr.      Wheaton, Ill/Montini Catholic HS
141 Jack Hathaway      RSr.     Iowa City, Iowa/Iowa City West HS
149 Kurt Mode             So.       Prineville, Ore./Crook County HS
157 Hunter Willits       Fr.        Pueblo, Colo./Pueblo County HS
165 Billy Bigelow        RSo.     Las Vegas, Nev./Boise State
174 Myles Terry           Fr.        St. Helens, Ore./St. Helens HS
184 Seth McLeod         RSo.     Post Falls, Idaho/Boise State
197 Corey Griego         RJr.      Apple Valley, Calif./Sultana HS
Hwt. Cody Crawford     RSr.     Turner, Ore./Cascade HS

Two Beavers find themselves individually ranked by InterMat in the most recent rankings released Dec. 3. Redshirt junior 125-pounder Ronnie Bresser is No. 9; redshirt junior 197-pounder Corey Griego is up two spots from the previous poll to No. 11. Redshirt senior Amarveer Dhesi dropped out of the heavyweight rankings.

11th-ranked Griego is the lone undefeated starter left for the Beavers. Griego is 7-0 on the young season, and took first at the Navy Classic on Nov. 18 after a 5-0 day which included three bonus wins.

Last Time Out

The Beavers had a tough out at the 13th Annual Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational last weekend, Dec. 1-2. OSU finished in 31st place (18 points). Redshirt senior Cody Crawford made it the furthest by making it to the fourth-round of consolations. [Recap]

Up Next

The Beavers next wrestle at the Reno Tournament of Champions on Dec. 17. OSU finishes out the calendar year at the Midlands Invitational on Dec. 29-30.

Oregon State begins Pacific-12 Conference action on the road against Arizona State on Saturday, Jan. 20. The Sun Devils were the 2017 Pac-12 Wrestling Champions.

This year's Pac-12 Championships are hosted by the Beavers on Feb. 25 in Gill Coliseum. The NCAA Championships are March 15-17 in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Players Mentioned

Billy Bigelow

Ronnie Bresser

Kegan Calkins

Cody Crawford

Amar Dhesi

Corey Griego

Jack Hathaway

Seth McLeod

Kurt Mode

Myles Terry

Hunter Willits