SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- Bernie Truax and Samuel Aguilar scored first-period falls and Legend Lamer won by technical fall, but Oregon State won the remaining seven bouts en route to a 23-17 victory over Cal Poly in a Pac-12 dual meet Thursday.
Ranked No. 23 at 174 pounds this week, Truax improved to 3-1 by pinning Colton Beisley in 1 minute, 5 seconds. Truax scored an early takedown, Beisley escaped and Truax followed with another takedown prior to the fall.
Aguilar registered a takedown a minute into his 285-pound match versus Hayden Still and earned his fall in 2:27 to raise his early season record to 3-0.
Lawrence Saenz (left) battles Grant Willits at 141 pounds.
Lamer is now 5-0 on the year after recording an early takedown and 14 near-fall points in the next two minutes on his way to a 16-0 technical fall win over Riley Gurr at 149 pounds.
Oregon State, however, built a 10-0 lead in the first three matches and claimed five decisions and a pair of major decisions to win the dual meet.
Thursday's dual meet marked the first Cal Poly matches for Fresno State transfers Lawrence Saenz and Adam Kemp.
Saenz dropped a 12-5 decision to No. No. 18 Grant Willits at 141 pounds while Kemp extended Aaron Olmos to overtime before falling 6-4 on a takedown in the sudden victory period at 165 pounds.
Two other close matches also went Oregon State's way. Trevor Tinker allowed a third-period reversal in a 6-5 loss to No. 29 J.J. Dixon at 197 pounds while Dylan Miracle and Ryan Reyes were tied 2-2 in the final period before Reyes earned an escape and riding time for a 4-2 decision at 184.
Cal Poly will host North Dakota State, Little Rock and Fresno State for a quad meet Sunday, Jan. 24. The Mustangs also are slated to host California Baptist and Stanford on Jan. 28.
Oregon State (23) at Cal Poly (17):
125 -- Brandon Kaylor (OSU) dec. Antonio Lorenzo (CP) 10-6
133 -- No. 19 Devan Turner (OSU) maj. dec. Adam Jacob (CP) 10-2
141 -- No. 19 Grant Willits (OSU) dec. Lawrence Saenz (CP) 12-5
149 -- Legend Lamer (CP) tech. fall Riley Gurr (OSU) 16-0, 2:37
157 -- No. 19 Hunter Willits (OSU) maj. dec. Brawley Lamer (CP) 10-2
165 -- Aaron Olmos (OSU) dec. Adam Kemp (CP) 6-4 SV-1
174 -- Bernie Truax (CP) pinned Colton Beisley (OSU) 1:05
184 -- Ryan Reyes (OSU) dec. Dylan Miracle (CP) 4-2
197 -- No. 29 J.J. Dixon (OSU) dec. Trevor Tinker (CP) 6-5
285 -- Samuel Aguilar (CP) pinned Hayden Still (OSU) 2:27
Exhibitions:
133 -- Jason Shaner (OSU) dec. Adam Jacob (CP) 6-1
149 -- Lane Stigall (OSU) dec. Logan Gioffre (CP) 5-2
184 -- Jackson McKinney (OSU) dec. William Kloster (CP) 10-3
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