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Wrestlng Loses to Oregon State
1/24/2004 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
Jan. 24, 2004
FRESNO, Calif. - Fresno State lost to Oregon State 26-21 on the road this afternoon.
Although the Bulldogs got two pins, one in the in the 157 division and another in the heavyweight division, the Beavers won six of 10 divisions to win by five points. One of their victories was by disqualification when Fresno State's Anthony Rubalcava got too many penalty warnings. The clencher was an illegal hand lock he did in the third period. It was his fourth call, resulting in the disqualification.
Fresno State got off to a bad start, losing its first three matches. Sal Gonzalez lost by decision in the 125 division, Shanon Slack was pinned in the second period of his 133 division match, and Ben Martinez lost 8-3 in the 141 division.
Casey Olson, ranked 10th in nation, beat 20th-ranked Tony Hook 6-1 in the 149 division for the Bulldogs' first win. At 157s, Shane Seibert pinned Oregon State's Anthony Weber in 34 seconds, narrowing the team score to 12-9 in favor of the Beavers.
Oregon State won the next three divisions, charging ahead 26-9.
Fresno State received a forfeit in the 197 division, and No. 11 Clint Walbeck pinned Oregon State's Jamie Rakevich in 4:45 to conclude the meet.
The Bulldogs drop to 4-7 on the season. Their next meet is against Cal Poly on Thursday night in the North Gym.
Oregon State 26, Fresno State 21
125- Eric Stevenson (OSU) dec. Sal Gonzalez (FS) 6-4 (3-0 OSU)
133- Bobby Pfennings (OSU) pinned Shanon Slack (FS) 4:34 (9-0 OSU)
141- Kyle Larson (OSU) dec. Ben Martinez (FS) 8-3 (12-0 OSU)
149- No. 10 Casey Olson (FS) dec. Tony Hook (OSU) 6-1 (12-3 OSU)
157- Shane Seibert (FS) pinned Anthony Weber (OSU) 0:34 (12-9 OSU)
165- No. 13 Matt Ellis (OSU) maj. dec. Sean Sheets (FS) 11-3 (16-9 OSU)Z
174- Jed Pennell (OSU) by disqualification Anthony Rubalcava (FS) (22-9 OSU)
184- Dan Pitsch (OSU) maj. dec. Greg Gifford (FS) 11-3 (26-9 OSU)
197- Marcio Botelho (FS) by forfeit (26-15 OSU)>br> Hwt- Clint Walbeck (FS) pinned Jamie Rakevich (OSU) 4:45 (26-21 OSU)
