Overtime losses hurt wrestlers at OSU
Senior Casey Hunt wins his final
Civil War match, but Oregon
cannot hold a halftime lead
Mindi Rice
Freelance Sports Reporter
CORVALLIS—Oregon traveled to
Corvallis on Sunday knowing it had
n’t won an Oregon State-hosted dual
meet in six years.
The Ducks also began the after
noon match knowing they were
down by six points, after they were
forced to forfeit the 125 match.
Oregon (7-11 Overall, 5-4 Pacific
10 Conference) led the Beavers (10
8, 8-2) at the halftime intermission,
10-6. Oregon State, however, scored
.'21 points immediately after that,
winning the dual 27-13.
Senior Casey Hunt began his final
Civil War with a bang at 141. A take
down in the first period, and points for
an escape and an illegal hold from his
Oregon State opponent in the second
period, gave Hunt a 4-1 victory.
Tony Overstake, also wrestling in
his final Civil War, was not as lucky.
The Duck senior and Beaver Tony
Hook battled to a scoreless first period
in the 149 match. Overstake earned
an escape point in the second, while
Hook answered with two points on a
reversal in the third. Overstake had
one point for riding time at the end of
the match, forcing overtime.
In the first overtime, Overstake
and Hook battled scoreless for the
entire minute. Oregon State won the
choice for the second overtime, and
Hook chose to start down. He man
aged an easy escape in the 30-second
period, earning the 3-2 win.
Junior Branson Phillips had the
surprise result of the night. Phillips,
normally a low-scoring wrestler at
157, won his match 13-0. The four
point major decision was Phillips’
first of the season, and only the sec
ond of his collegiate career.
Redshirt sophomore Luke Larwin
and Beaver Matt Ellis fought the sec
ond two-overtime match of the after
noon. Each wrestler scored an escape
during regulation, but Ellis pulled out
the victory with a two-point reversal in
the second overtime.
“Those two overtime losses were
real important in this dual,” head
coach Chuck Kearney said. “That be
ing said, both of our guys wrestled
hard, and they’ll be fine for the Pac
10 tournament.”
Shane Webster closed out the first
half with a win for Oregon at 174. The
sophomore scored five points before
his opponent answered with four. A
questionable escape by Webster in
the last five seconds led to no points,
but Webster still earned the win, 5-4.
Oregon led 10-6 at halftime.
“Shane needs to not allow his op
ponents to slow him down,” Kearney
said. “The way the match-felL he left
his opponent in the match.” ^
After the half, Oregon State ran
right over the Ducks.
Freshman Tony Rolen lost a 7-1
decision to Beaver Jed Pennell at
184. Sophomore Elias Soto was
pinned in the second period of the
197 match, giving Oregon State its
first lead of the day, 15-10.
Redshirt freshman Neil Phillips gave
up his first pin of the season at heavy
weight, adding another six points to
the Beavers’ score. Oregon forfeited
the 125 match, handing Oregon State
an insurmountable 27-10 lead.
Someone forgot to tell redshirt jun
ior Jason Harless, though. Harless
missed the four-meet trip to California
with a knee injury, but in his first meet
back he wrestled like the dual was on
the line. Harless had a chance for a ma
jor decision, but missed it by one
Jeremy Forrest Emerald
Senior Casey Hunt wonhislastCivilWarmatchupSundaywitha4-1 decision.
point. He won the 133 match 9-2, leav
ing the Oregon loss on a positive note.
“(Jason’s) one of those guys that
can overcome,” Kearney said. “He
steps up and competes hard.”
Oregon closes the dual meet sea
son Wednesday at Portland State.
Mindi Rice is a freelance writer
for the Emerald.
Sports briefs
Softball has
rollercoaster weekend
After starting the season 8-1 in two
tournaments, the Oregon softball
squad went 1-3 at the Campbell/Carti
er Classic in San Diego this weekend
to move to 9-4 on the season.
But that one win was over No. 4
Michigan, Oregon’s third win over a
ranked opponent in the young season.
The Ducks opened the tournament
with a 2-0 loss to Califomia-Santa Bar
bara on Friday. It was the first time
Oregon’s suddenly-powerful offense
was held in check this season. On Sat
urday morning, Duck outfielder Am
ber Hutchinson hit a two-run home
run in the bottom of the seventh to
force extra innings against California
State Northridge, but the Matadors
won 6-5 in the ninth.
The Ducks went to extra innings
again on Saturday night with the
Wolverines. Oregon freshman
shortstop Breanne Sabol knocked
over Michigan’s catcher for the win
ning run in the eighth inning, as the
Ducks won 8-7.
On Sunday, Oregon was held
scoreless again by host San Diego
State, which won the game 1-0.
—Peter Hockaday
Golfers climb to 14th
The Oregon men’s golf team im
proved its play in the final round of
the Taylor Made/Waikoloa Intercolle
giate tournament Friday. After finish
ing the first round in sixth place, the
Ducks struggled on the second day
before coming on strong Friday to
finish 14th overall.
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Duck freshman Gregg LaVoie and
senior John Ellis each capped Friday’s
play with one-under-par 71’s to help
lead the Ducks’ third round resurgence.
No. 12 UCLA captured the tour
nament crown by one stroke over
No. 3 Texas Christian. Texas Christ
ian’s Adam Meyer captured the in
dividual crown.
—Scott Archer
Track scores
in Iowa, Seattle
The Oregon track squads had suc
cess over the weekend in two meets,
the Husky Invitational in Seattle and
the Iowa State Classic in Ames, Iowa.
Ten Duck women notched person
al or season bests in the Husky Invi
tational. Two women — both pole
vaulters — won their sections for the
Ducks’ two individual event wins.
The men had four personal or sea
sonal bests in Iowa, and all four
equaled or bettered Pacific-10 Confer
ence qualifying marks. The Duck dis
tance runners, led by a win in the
5,000-meter run by Ryan Andrus, had
the strongest showing for Oregon.
—Peter Hockaday
Ronalyn Malasig
Sr./EMS
Anna Wilson
Jr. / Undeclared
Molly Lehrkind
So. / Political Science
Karla Garcia
So. / Undeclared
Mika Kim
Sr. / Psychology
Christine Mosbaugh
Sr. / Psychology
Danielle Wallace
Sr. / Journalism
Shannon McLean
Jr. / Undeclared
Lora Szaraniec
Sr. / Journalism
Kyle Anne Mabey
So. / Psych., Spanish
Cara McCarthy
Jr. / Sociology
Maria Guerrero
Jr. / Undeclared
Kim Ito
Jr. / Psychology
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