Oregon State wins 2013 Pac-12 mat title with three individual champs

Oregon State won its second consecutive team title at the 2013 Pac-12 Wrestling Championships at Wells-Fargo Arena at Arizona State University in Tempe Saturday night.

The Beavers won with 158 team points on the strength of three individual champs: 141-pounder Mike Mangrum, Taylor Meeks at 197, and heavyweight Chad Hanke. It was the third conference crown for Oregon State in the past four years.

In second place in the team title race was Boise State, with 136.5 points. The Broncos also had three wrestlers win conference titles: Jason Chamberlain at 149 pounds, George Ivanov at 157, and Jake Swartz at 184.

Host school Arizona State placed third, with 110.5 points, despite not having any individual champs.

Other wrestlers who won 2013 Pac-12 mat titles include Cal State Bakersfield's Tyler Iwamura at 125 pounds and Bryce Hammond at 174, Cal Poly's Devon Lotito (133), and Stanford 165-pounder Bret Baumbach.

A minimum of 21 wrestlers from the Pac-12 conference will be competing at the 2013 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in Des Moines, March 21-23.

Match Results – Championship Finals

• 125: No. 1 seed Tyler Iwamura (Cal State Bakersfield) dec. No. 2 Evan Silver (Stanford), 6-2
• 133: No. 3 Devon Lotito (Cal Poly) dec. No. 1 Brian Owen (Boise State), 5-2
• 141: No. 1 Mike Mangrum (Oregon State) pinned No. 2 Timmy Box (Cal State Bakersfield), 3:33
• 149: No. 1 Jason Chamberlain (Boise State) dec. No. 2 Scott Sakaguchi (Oregon State), 3-1, SV1
• 157: No. 2 George Ivanov (Boise State) dec. No. 1 R.J. Pena (Oregon State), 3-2
• 165: No. 3 Bret Baumbach (Stanford) dec. No. 1 Seth Thomas (Oregon State), 7-1
• 174: No. 2 Bryce Hammond (Cal State Bakersfield) dec. No. 1 Blake Stauffer (Arizona State), 10-4
• 184: No. 1 Jake Swartz (Boise State) dec. No. 2 Kevin Radford (Arizona State), 3-1
• 197: No. 2 Tyler Meeks (Oregon State) dec. No. 1 Jake Meredith (Arizona State), 4-0
• Hwt: No. 1 Chad Hanke (Oregon State) dec. No. 3 J.T. Felix (Boise State), 3-2

Final Team Standings

1. Oregon State, 158 points
2. Boise State, 136.5
3. Arizona State, 110.5
4. Cal State Bakersfield, 108.5
5. Stanford, 103.5
6. Cal Poly, 82

Want to know more? Check out the final brackets... and read the recap from Oregon State wrestling.

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