Beavers dominate Cal Poly 25-10

Friday, February 10

Corvallis, Ore.

3:00 PM

Oregon State

Cal Poly

Junikor 157-pounder Abe Rodriguez won by major decision.

Photo by: Scobel Wiggins/Oregon State Athletics

February 10, 2017 | Wrestling

Results

By: Athletic Communications

CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Oregon State wrestling team improved to 3-1 in the Pacific-12 Conference on Friday with a 25-10 victory over Cal Poly before a Gill Coliseum crowd of 597.

The Beavers (5-7, 3-1) won 7 of 10 matches and earned four bonus points with four major decisions in dispatching the Mustangs (6-9, 0-4) in workmanlike fashion. OSU is now 3-1 in its last four duals after a 2-6 start.

Major decisions by Kegan Calkins (125), Joey Palmer(133), Jack Hathaway (141) and Abe Rodriguez (157) and a decision by Joey Delgado (149) gave the Beavers a 19-0 lead at the midway point.

The Mustangs won three in a row to close to within 19-11 but Corey Griego (197) and Cody Crawford (hwt.) then posted dominating decisions to close it out.

"We started out great," OSU coach Jim Zalesky said. "We weren't as sharp as we could have been, we had a pretty hard week of training and some guys were a little lethargic, maybe their legs weren't underneath them.

"But this time of year you need the training as well as the competition. We pushed through it and it was a good thing to get a win."

The Beavers conclude the home portion of their schedule at 7 p.m. Sunday against CSU Bakersfield in their annual Senior Night dual. It will be televised by the Pac-12 Network; graduating seniors Ali Alshujery, Joey Delgado and Joey Palmer will be honored.

"I hope to see improvement," Zalesky said. "Guys who got beat today need to turn things around and guys who won today need to keep things going the way we want to keep things going."

For more information on the Oregon State wrestling team, follow the club's official Twitter account at Twitter.com/Beaverwrestling, or by Facebook at Facebook.com/OregonStateWrestling.

Friday's results, and Sunday's projected lineups:

Oregon State 25, Cal Poly 10

125: Kegan Calkins (OSU) maj. dec. Brandon Staley (CP), 16-3
133: Joey Palmer (OSU) maj. dec. Yoshito Funakoshi (CP), 21-8
141: Jack Hathaway (OSU) maj. dec. Ty Schilling (CP), 13-4
149: Joey Delgado (OSU) dec. Joshy Cortez (CP), 6-0
157: Abraham Rodriguez (OSU) maj. dec. Joe Granger (CP), 11-2
165: Luke Wilson (CP) maj. dec. Weston Dobler (OSU), 12-2
174: Xavier Johnson (CP) dec. Bob Coleman (OSU), 5-3
184: Mitch Woods (CP) dec. Seth McLeod (OSU), 4-1
197: Corey Griego (OSU) dec. Thomas Lane (CP), 10-4
Hwt.: Cody Crawford (OSU) dec. Spencer Empey (CP), 9-4
ATT.: 597

Oregon State vs. CSU Bakersfield

125: Kegan Calkins (10-13) vs. Sean Nickell (19-9)
133: Joey Palmer (21-5) vs. Carlos Herrera (14-11)
141: Jack Hathaway (15-9) vs. Russell Rohlfing (22-8)
149: Joey Delgado (15-7) vs. Coleman Hammond (15-5)/Everett Pratt (5-8)
157: Abraham Rodriguez (6-12) vs. Jacob Thalin (12-8)/Sean O'Rourke (6-7)
165: Weston Dobler (8-18)/Rodney Williams (3-13) vs. Lorenzo De La Riva (17-9)
174: Bob Coleman (4-18) vs. Matt Penyacsek (7-12)
184: Seth McLeod (6-5) vs. Ryan Battisto (11-11)/Noe Garcia (3-11)
197: Corey Griego (20-8) vs. Matt Williams (15-7)/Jacob Sieder (7-9)
Hwt.: Cody Crawford (19-5) vs. Alex Encarnacion-Stand (6-7)/Jacob Sieder (7-9)

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