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Duke Opens Dual Schedule with No. 15 Oregon State
11/11/2016 8:15:00 AM | Wrestling
DURHAM, N.C.—The Duke wrestling team, with one tournament under its belt, will begin its dual schedule at the Mountaineer Duals hosted by Appalachian State Saturday. The Blue Devils will wrestle against No. 15 Oregon State and Belmont Abbey.
About the Mountaineer Duals
Duke starts the Mountaineer Duals with the No. 15 Beavers at 12 p.m., and will finish the day against Belmont Abbey at 2 p.m. Appalachian State will wrestle Belmont Abbey first and then Oregon State at the same times. Gates open at 11 a.m. Tickets are $10 for adults and $3 for youth.
Series Histories
Duke and Oregon State will be wrestling for the first time in the programs' histories. The Blue Devils are 1-2 all-time against Pac-12 teams, besting Cal Poly last season. This is the third different Pac-12 team Duke has wrestled under head coach Glen Lanham. Belmont Abbey is a Division II school from Belmont, N.C., and Duke is facing the Crusaders for the first time.
About Duke
The Blue Devils had a strong start to the 2016-17 campaign, bringing home a pair of titles from the Southeast Open last weekend. Connor Bass (174) and Jacob Kasper (HWT) both scored upsets over top-20 opponents to win their brackets, while Zach Finesilver (141) took fourth overall. Both of Finesilver's losses came against top-15 foes, including the narrow 4-3 decision to No. 5 Joey Ward in the third-place bout. The dual will be the first for Cole Baumgartner in a Blue Devil singlet and the first dual start for Joey Abbate, Tyler Patrick and Xaviel Ramos since the 2014-15 season. The match against the 15th-ranked Beavers will be the first of two ranked opponents for Duke in the month of November.
Duke Probables
125 – Thayer Atkins (4-2)
133 – Cole Baumgartner (3-2)
141 – Zach Finesilver (2-2)
149 – Joey Abbate (0-2)
157 – Xaviel Ramos (2-2)
165 – Michael Wright (0-2)
174 – Connor Bass (5-0)
184 – Tyler Patrick (2-20
197 – Alex Belaia (0-2)
HWT – No. 15 Jacob Kasper (5-0)
About Oregon State
The Beavers come east ranked 15th in the NWCA/USA Today poll and 23rd by InterMat. Oregon State has won the past five Pac-12 titles and returns seven NCAA qualifiers from a year ago. The Beavers will be without All-American heavyweight and fifth-place finisher Amarveer Dhesi. Currently, Oregon State has three starters ranked by InterMat. Joey Palmer, ranked 12th at 133, will bump up to 141 pounds. It will be the first official match for eight of the Beavers.
Oregon Probables
125: Kegan Calkins (0-0)
133: Devan Turner (0-0)
141: No. 12 Joey Palmer (0-0)
149: Joey Delgado (0-0) or Bryce Parson (4-1)
157: Abraham Rodriguez (0-0)
165: Rodney Williams (0-0)
174: Weston Dobler (4-2)
184: No. 14 Corey Griego (0-0)
197: No. 18 Cody Crawford (0-0)
HWT: David Henry (3-2)
About Belmont Abbey
Belmont Abbey is coming off of a 26-20 win over St. Andrews in its dual opener Tuesday. The Crusaders won six of the 10 matches and scored bonus points in four of those. Belmont Abbey was picked to finish sixth in the ECAC Division II Wrestling League. Scott Bosak headlines the list of returnees after earning first team All-ACC honors.
Duke Trio Peppered in National Polls
After one weekend of action on the wrestling mat, a trio of Blue Devils is peppered throughout the first installment of the weekly rankings. Connor Bass, Jake Faust and Jacob Kasper all landed in the top 20 after strong showings on opening weekend.
Wrestler (Weight) InterMat FloWrestling AWN
Jacob Kasper (HWT) 14 8 10
Connor Bass (174) NR 17 15
Jake Faust (165) 15 14 10
Up Next
Duke opens its home dual slate next Friday, Nov. 18, hosting No. 13 Wisconsin. The first bout it set for 7 p.m., in Card Gymnasium.
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