Beavers Tie Stanford, 18-18 <\/p>\n
Watterson wrestles to ninth straight win <\/p>\n
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State heavyweight Ty Watterson won his ninth straight match but Beaver 165-pounder Matt Ellis was beaten for the first time this season as OSU tied Stanford 18-18 in Pacific-10 wrestling Friday afternoon at Gill Coliseum. Oregon State (9-4-1 overall, 4-0-1 Pac-10) will host Cal State-Fullerton on Friday at 7 p.m., then wrap up its weekend against No. 16 Arizona State on Saturday at 2 p.m. in Gill Coliseum.<\/p>\n
Against Stanford (4-4-1, 0-2-1), OSU 197-pounder Travis Gardner won the finale 7-3 over Ian Bork to leave the dual in a deadlock. For the past several seasons, a list of tiebreaking criteria would have been used to determine a winning team; this season the rule reverted to calling it a draw if a dual meet ends in a tie and is not part of a dual meet tournament. <\/p>\n
Gardner nearly won it for the Beavers in the first period, scoring a two-point near-fall but not quite turning Bork completely. By then, Bork had come within a few seconds of injury defaulting the match due to an ankle problem but he was able to return to the mat and finish the match.<\/p>\n
Watterson, ranked 15th nationally by Amateur Wrestling News and 11th by InterMat, took an 11-5 decision over Shawn Ritzenthaler of the Cardinal. Watterson, who improved to 16-1 this season, missed earning a major decision when Ritzenthaler managed a reversal with 15 seconds left in the match.<\/p>\n
Ellis, ranked 14th by both AWN and IM, was pinned by Stanford’s Scott Loescher in 1:52 when a scramble ended with Ellis on his back; Loescher earned the fall without being awarded a takedown in what was a scoreless match at that point. Ellis, who had nearly taken Loescher down in the first minute, is now 6-1 this season.<\/p>\n
OSU 157-pounder Tony Hook was beaten by top-ranked Matt Gentry, the defending national champion, in a 7-3 decision. Gentry led 5-1 after escaping to start the third period, but Hook scored a takedown to get within 5-3 with 1:20 left. Gentry, now 20-0 this season, escaped but Hook earned another point when Gentry was called for a technical violation to make it 6-4 with 53 seconds remaining; Gentry added the final point for riding time.<\/p>\n
STANFORD 18, OREGON STATE 18<\/p>\n
(Current Amateur Wrestling News national rankings in parentheses)<\/p>\n
HWT-(15) Ty Watterson, OSU, dec. Shawn Ritzenthaler, SU, 11-5. 125-Nathan Peterson, SU, dec. Eric Stevenson, OSU, 4-1. 133-Bobby Pfennigs, OSU, by forfeit. 141-Tim Norman, OSU, dec. Chris Hayworth, SU, 7-0. 149-Josh Zupancic, SU, dec. Orlando Perez, OSU, 5-2. 157-(1) Matt Gentry, SU, dec. Tony Hook, OSU, 7-4. 165-Scott Loescher, fr., pinned (14) Matt Ellis, OSU, 1:52. 174-Imad Kharbush, SU, dec. Jeremy Larson, OSU, 9-6. 184-Dan Pitsch, OSU, dec. Ryan Hagen, SU, 5-3. 197-Travis Gardner, OSU, dec. Ian Bork, SU, 7-3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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