Spring Break
Wrestlers avoid sweep by No. 3 Cyclones
Senior's Heinrich Barnes and Kyle Bressler pulled off victories in Sunday's dual meet loss against No. 3 Iowa State Cyclones
Sol Allen
Issue date: 1/20/09 Section: Sports
In a very competitive wrestling meet at Legendary Gill Coliseum last Sunday afternoon, No. 3 Iowa State was able to hold off the determined Beavers in front of a crowd of over 1,800 people.
Oregon State was able to win two match ups over the Cyclones in their 29-6 loss which had fans throughout the arena jumping and shouting. Wrestling at 125-pounds, senior Jake Gonzales took No. 6 Tyler Clark into overtime with an exciting escape with less than a minute left in regulation. In overtime, Gonzales was taken down giving the decision to Clark at 3-1.
"I think I lost the match myself," Gonzales said. "I was in a position to win, but I couldn't finish."
Oregon State was only able to come away with two wins against the top-ranked Cyclones. They were both delivered by two of the highly-touted seniors, Heinrich Barnes and Kyle Bressler. Both of the matches were won by decision.
The Cyclones were able to win the first three duels of the afternoon; all in decision and all three wrestlers were ranked in the top 20.
"We need to put ourselves in position to score more points," head coach Jim Zalesky said. "We had a lot of opportunities but couldn't close the deal."
Oregon State's first win of the day came through decision by No. 16, Heinrich Barnes, 149-pounds, in a very close match with No. 13 Mitch Mueller. With just over a minute left in the match, Barnes was able to escape, giving him a 6-5 lead. The crowd was on their feet cheering for Barnes in hopes that he would hold onto the lead, and that is just what he did.
While the Beavers were never able to come close to the lead again, they were able to make it a competitive meet. Oregon State's Kyle Bressler, 174-pounds, was able to out last Iowa State's Andrew Sorenson, going all the way to a third overtime. Bressler was able to keep his hold on Sorenson during the second overtime for the full 30 seconds, not allowing the Cyclone to score. This pumped the crowd up and gave Bressler the extra push he needed to get an escape in the third overtime to win the match 2-1.
"It was a tough match," Bressler said, "but it's another win at the weight class. I'm getting more used to it."
Iowa State was able to take the last three matches, 2 in decision and one by fall. The Beavers never backed down though, even into the heavyweight match up between redshirt freshman Clayton Jack and Iowa State's David Zabriskie, No. 3 in the nation. Jack took the early lead and stayed in step with one of the countries best. Zabriskie pulled through in the end but not before Jack was nearly able to put him on the ground with just seconds left.
With some of the best-trained wrestlers in the nation, Iowa State was able to hold off the Beavers in a meet where the final score does not show how competitive the duel was. Now with a record of 4-6 the Beavers are looking toward more Pac-10 meets to rise back to the top of the conference.
Sol Allen, sports writer
sports@dailybarometer.com
Oregon State was able to win two match ups over the Cyclones in their 29-6 loss which had fans throughout the arena jumping and shouting. Wrestling at 125-pounds, senior Jake Gonzales took No. 6 Tyler Clark into overtime with an exciting escape with less than a minute left in regulation. In overtime, Gonzales was taken down giving the decision to Clark at 3-1.
"I think I lost the match myself," Gonzales said. "I was in a position to win, but I couldn't finish."
Oregon State was only able to come away with two wins against the top-ranked Cyclones. They were both delivered by two of the highly-touted seniors, Heinrich Barnes and Kyle Bressler. Both of the matches were won by decision.
The Cyclones were able to win the first three duels of the afternoon; all in decision and all three wrestlers were ranked in the top 20.
"We need to put ourselves in position to score more points," head coach Jim Zalesky said. "We had a lot of opportunities but couldn't close the deal."
Oregon State's first win of the day came through decision by No. 16, Heinrich Barnes, 149-pounds, in a very close match with No. 13 Mitch Mueller. With just over a minute left in the match, Barnes was able to escape, giving him a 6-5 lead. The crowd was on their feet cheering for Barnes in hopes that he would hold onto the lead, and that is just what he did.
While the Beavers were never able to come close to the lead again, they were able to make it a competitive meet. Oregon State's Kyle Bressler, 174-pounds, was able to out last Iowa State's Andrew Sorenson, going all the way to a third overtime. Bressler was able to keep his hold on Sorenson during the second overtime for the full 30 seconds, not allowing the Cyclone to score. This pumped the crowd up and gave Bressler the extra push he needed to get an escape in the third overtime to win the match 2-1.
"It was a tough match," Bressler said, "but it's another win at the weight class. I'm getting more used to it."
Iowa State was able to take the last three matches, 2 in decision and one by fall. The Beavers never backed down though, even into the heavyweight match up between redshirt freshman Clayton Jack and Iowa State's David Zabriskie, No. 3 in the nation. Jack took the early lead and stayed in step with one of the countries best. Zabriskie pulled through in the end but not before Jack was nearly able to put him on the ground with just seconds left.
With some of the best-trained wrestlers in the nation, Iowa State was able to hold off the Beavers in a meet where the final score does not show how competitive the duel was. Now with a record of 4-6 the Beavers are looking toward more Pac-10 meets to rise back to the top of the conference.
Sol Allen, sports writer
sports@dailybarometer.com
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