Palmer falls just shy of All-American status

Thursday, March 16

St. Louis, Mo.

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Oregon State

NCAA Championships

Senior Joey Palmer eliminated 10th-seeded John Erneste of Missouri on Friday afternoon.

Photo by: Mike Denison

March 17, 2017 | Wrestling

Session 4 results Final results

By: Athletic Communications

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Every Oregon State wrestler was eliminated in the wrestlebacks on Friday in the third and fourth sessions of the NCAA Championships at the Scottrade Center.

Senior 133-pounder Joey Palmer advanced the furthest, to the fourth round of the consolations. However, he was eliminated by Michigan's Stevan Micic on Friday night, one win shy of All-American status.

Palmer finished the tournament with a 3-2 record and was 29-7 overall. A Pacific-12 Conference champion, three-time NCAA qualifier and Pac-12 All-Academic honoree, he finished his career with an 88-48 overall record.

The Beavers scored 12.5 points and went 9-10 in their 19 matches. They took 28^th overall and third among Pac-12 entrants, behind Arizona State and Stanford.

In the afternoon session, Palmer defeated Korbin Myers of Edinboro 9-3 and then pinned 10^th-seeded John Erneste of Missouri in 4:32.

Senior Joey Delgado (149), redshirt juniors Jack Hathaway (141) and Cody Crawford (hwt.) and redshirt sophomore Corey Griego (197) were eliminated on Friday in the wrestlebacks.

Hathaway (19-13) pinned Noah Forrider of Ohio in 3:41 in his first match. He then was pinned by 15^th-seeded Tyler Smith of Bucknell in 6:08 and was eliminated with a 2-2 tournament record.

Delgado (19-12) was eliminated following a 6-1 loss to Matthew Zovistoski of Appalachian State, who he pinned earlier this year. He was 82-50 in his career, with three NCAA appearances and one Pacific-12 Conference title.

Griego (25-10) was eliminated after a 4-2 loss to Matt Williams of CSU Bakersfield. Griego had defeated Williams, a teammate at Sultana High School in Apple Valley, Calif., twice this season.

Crawford (24-9) defeated 10^th-seeded Nathan Butler of Stanford for the third time this season, 6-0, in his first match. He then fell 6-0 to 15^th-seeded Nick Solomon of Pittsburgh and was eliminated.

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Results through Friday:

JOEY PALMER (133, 3-2): Dec. Jamal Morris (NCSU), 5-2; tech. fall by Seth Gross (South Dakota State), 15-0; dec. Korbin Myers (Edinboro), 9-3; pinned John Erneste (Missouri), 4:32; maj. dec. by Stevan Micic (Michigan), 16-4; eliminated.

JACK HATHAWAY (141, 2-2): Pinned Joseph Ward (North Carolina), 3:28; maj. dec. by Bryce Meredith (Wyoming), 8-0; pinned Noah Forrider (Ohio), 3:41; pinned by Tyler Smith (Bucknell), 6:08; eliminated.

JOEY DELGADO (149, 1-2): Dec. Davion Jeffries (Oklahoma), 6-5; pinned by Solomon Chishko (Va. Tech), 2:52; dec, by Matthew Zovistoski (Appalachian State), 6-1; eliminated.

COREY GRIEGO (197, 1-2): Dec. Josh Marchok (Stanford), 10-7; maj. dec. by Kollin Moore (Ohio State), 16-4; dec. by Matt Williams (CSUB), 4-2; eliminated.

CODY CRAWFORD (Hwt., 2-2): Maj. dec. by Denzel Dejournette (Appalachian State), 11-1; dec. Austin Myers (Missouri), 1-0; dec. Nathan Butler (Stanford), 6-0; dec. by Ryan Solomon (Pittsburgh) 6-0; eliminated.

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