Oregon State
Stanford
Beavers Edged At Stanford, 18-17
February 07, 2004 | Wrestling
Feb. 7, 2004
STANFORD, Calif. - Oregon State 165-pounder Matt Ellis and 174-pounder Jed Pennell both won their 11th straight match and Beaver 184-pounder Dan Pitsch took his 10th in a row Saturday afternoon but OSU lost to Stanford 18-17 in Pacific-10 wrestling at Burnham Pavilion. OSU (9-6 overall, 5-2 Pacific-10) wrestles at California-Davis on Saturday night.
"It was back-and-forth and hotly contested," OSU head coach Joe Wells said of the dual against Stanford (7-4, 4-2). "We had so many opportunities to nail it down and secure the victory, and we let them slip away from us."
Oregon State led 17-9 with two matches to go, but the Beavers' Eric Stevenson was pinned late in the 125-pound match by Stanford's Tanner Gardner to put the outcome of the meet on the 133-pounders. The Cardinal's Paul Gross then gave Stanford its first-ever win over Oregon State with a 7-3 decision of Tim Norman.
The Beavers won just one of the first three matches, as OSU 149-pounder Tony Hook took a 12-4 major decision over Stanford's Luis Vendrell. After Oregon State's big three - Ellis, Pennell and Pitsch - all won, Beaver heavyweight Jamie Rakevich posted another major decision by beating Shawn Ritzenthaler 15-2.
"Tony Hook and Jamie Rakevich did real nice jobs as far as going out and scoring points, putting guys on their back and getting takedowns," Wells said.
STANFORD 18, OREGON STATE 17
(Amateur Wrestling News national rankings in parentheses)
141 - Brad Metzler, SU, dec. Kyle Larson, OSU, 4-0. 149 - Tony Hook, OSU, major dec. Luis Vendrell, SU, 12-4. 157 - (3) Matt Gentry, SU, dec. Orlando Perez, OSU, 5-0. 165 - (16) Matt Ellis, OSU, dec. Brian Perry, SU, 6-3. 174 - (14) Jed Pennell, OSU, dec. Imad Kharbush, SU, 8-6. 184 - Dan Pitsch, OSU, dec. John Garfinkel, SU, 11-7. 197 - Larry Ozowara, SU, dec. Curt Willener, OSU, 10-4. HWT - Jamie Rakevich, OSU, major dec. Shawn Ritzenthaler, SU, 15-2. 125 - Tanner Gardner, SU, pinned Eric Stevenson, OSU, 6:22. 133 - Paul Gross, SU, dec. Tim Norman, OSU, 7-3.
