No 20 Oregon State to battle No. 10 Boise State in Endowment Meet in Corvallis, Sunday, Jan. 30
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Hank Hager (Oregon State)
01/27/2011
Endowment Meet Time Oregon State hosts the 2011 Endowment Meet Sunday when the 20th-ranked Beavers take on No. 10 Boise State st a 2 p.m. on Sunday.
Media Live stats and live video of the dual will be available on osubeavers.com. As always, visit the official online home of Oregon State Athletics for recaps and results.
All-Time Oregon State holds a 25-14-1 all-time advantage over the Broncos, and the teams are meeting for the third time this season Sunday. BSU has the advantage this year, at 1-0-1, and most recently won, 24-12, at the National Duals on Jan. 8.
A Little Something On The Endowment Tickets for Sunday’s dual are $10 to help benefit the Oregon State wrestling Endowment. As is not usually the case, all ticket sales Sunday go directly to the endowment.
And 1995, Too Sunday will also be special in that the 1995 Oregon State wrestling team, which finished second at the National Championships, will be honored and recognized prior to the dual.
Big Time Bouts Sunday Of the 20 wrestlers who will see action on the mats for the teams Sunday, 13 are ranked in the top 20 of Intermat’s individual rankings (the Beavers have six and eight according to D1CollegeWrestling.net). Bouts at 133 (No. 15 Garrett Drucker/No. 2 Andrew Hochstrasser), 141 (No. 11 Mike Mangrum/No. 18 Levi Jones), 149 (No. 20 Scott Sakaguchi/No. 3 Jason Chamberlain) and 174 (No. 6 Colby Covington/No. 11 Jake Swartz) will feature bouts with two ranked wrestlers.
Covington Streak Colby Covington will have a chance to extend his win streak Sunday to 11 bouts. He has a long way to go for his career-long, however, as he won 17 straight from Jan. 7 to March 18 last season. Covington is 52-8 all-time at OSU, a winning percentage of .867. If the season were to end today, that would be tied for 11th-best in team history, and the best mark of the 21st Century.
Did You Know? Oregon State has the third-most victories in NCAA Division I history with 958. It trails only No. 1 Iowa State (1,008) and No. 2 Oklahoma State (999) and is 72 ahead of No. 4 Iowa (886). OSU is 958-311-28 all-time for a winning percentage of .749.
Oregon State Probables
125 – Jason Lara
133 – Garrett Drucker
141 – Mike Mangrum
149 – Scott Sakaguchi
157 – Alex Elder
165 – Jon Brascetta
174 – Colby Covington
184 – Brice Arand
197 – Chad Hanke
HWT – Clayton Jack
Possible ranked wrestlers in meet
The Beavers will head into the dual with six wrestlers ranked in the top 20 at their respective weight classes, while Boise State will have seven.
If the teams start at the 125-pound weight class, the first ranked bout will come at 133 pounds where Oregon State's Garrett Drucker, ranked 15th, will square off against No. 2 Andrew Hochstrasser.
At 141, No. 11 Mike Mangrum will take on Boise State's Levi Jones, who is ranked 18th. The two have met once this season, on Jan. 8 at the National Duals in Iowa, and Mangrum was victorious by decision, 11-8.
At 149, the Beavers will send out No. 20 Scott Sakaguchi against the Broncos' Jason Chamberlain, who is ranked third nationally. Chamberlain has the upper hand thus far with two wins, both by decision - 6-4 and 3-1 - but Sakaguchi comes into Sunday's dual on a three-bout win streak.
Finally, the last ranked matchup of the afternoon will pit No. 6 Colby Covington and Boise State's Jake Swartz, who is ranked 11th, at 174 pounds. Covington has come out on top in both their meetings this season, winning 13-4 at the dual in Boise in November and following that up with a 3-1 win over Swartz at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational less than a month later. Not to mention, Covington, who is 13-1 on the year, is on a 10-bout win streak coming into Sunday.
Also ranked for the Beavers going into Sunday is Chad Hanke, who is 18th at 197 pounds, and heavyweight Clayton Jack, who checks in at No. 16.
Boise State's additional ranked wrestlers include No. 15 Allen Bartelli (125 pounds), No. 2 Adam Hall (157) and No. 1 Kirk Smith (184).