Corvallis Gazette-Times


CEDAR FALLS, Iowa n Oregon State’s wrestling winning streak ended at 14 on Sunday when the Beavers lost 21-12 to 18th-ranked Tennessee-Chattanooga in a dual at Northern Iowa. The Beavers (8-1) then edged the host Panthers 25-16.

The Beavers lost two one-point decisions and an overtime decision to Tennessee-Chattanooga (7-0).

“We just didn’t make our own breaks,” OSU coach Jim Zalesky said. “We let UTC make their breaks and we didn’t make enough breaks.

“We knew going in that if we didn’t win the close matches, we wouldn’t win the meet; we lost a couple of close matches and an overtime match and we just didn’t make it happen.

But we bounced back well in the final meet, and that’s what counts.

“Some guys have to realize they can wrestle with these guys who are ranked ahead of them. The more they realize that, the more success they’ll have down the road.”

OSU rebounded against Northern Iowa (0-5), winning the first four matches to roll to a 16-0 lead. Kyle Larson (141) pinned 10th-ranked C.J. Ettelson in 1:13; Jeremy Larson (174) defeated Alex Dolly 10-6.

“The Larsons didn’t look like themselves (against UTC), but they turned it around in the second meet against UNI,” Zalesky said. “Kyle got a big pin for us, that really got us rolling.”

OSU’s 14-meet winning streak was its longest since another 14-meet streak during the 1985-86 season. The 7-0 start was the best since another 7-0 start during the 1993-94 season.

The Beavers return home to meet Cal State-Fullerton in a Pacific-10 dual next Sunday at 2 p.m. at Gill Coliseum.

Sunday’s results:

Tennessee-Chattanooga 21, OSU 12

125: Javier Maldonado, UTC, dec. Jake Gonzales, 6-5. 133: Matt Keller, UTC, dec. Bobby Pfennigs, OSU, 10-3. 141: Josh Keefe, UTC, dec. Kyle Larson, 8-3. 149: Aaron Martin, UTC, dec. Derek Kipperberg, 7-0. 157: Jake Yost, UTC, dec. Keegan Davis, 6-0.

165: Brett Arand, OSU, pinned Seth Garvin, 1:53. 174: Lloyd Rogers, UTC, dec. Jeremy Larson, 4-3. 184: Kyle Bressler, OSU, dec. Mike Marable, 0-9. 197: Travis Gardner, OSU, dec. Josh Edmonson, 3-0. HWT.: Matt Koz, UTC, dec. Ty Watterson, 4-2 (OT).

OSU 25, Northern Iowa 16

125: Jake Gonzales, OSU, major dec. Grant Ruge, 12-3. 133: Bobby Pfennigs, OSU, dec. Kyle Anson, 8-2. 141: Kyle Larson, OSU, pinned (10) C.J. Ettelson, 1:13. 149: Derek Kipperberg, OSU, dec. Charlie Ettelson, 11-5. 157: Moza Fay, UNI, pinned Keegan Davis, 3:49.

165: Nick Baima, UNI, major dec. Brett Arand, 17-8. 174: Jeremy Larson, OSU, dec. Alex Dolly, 10-6. 184: Dallas Mitchell, UNI, dec. Kyle Bressler, 7-4. 197: Andrew Anderson, UNI, dec. Travis Gardner, 6-2. HWT.: Ty Watterson, OSU, by forfeit.

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