Tempe, Ariz. – TheOregon State wrestling team captured its fifth consecutive Pacific-12 Conference championship on Saturday night, outlasting host Arizona State 118-113 at the Wells Fargo Arena.
Redshirt sophomore heavyweight Amarveer Dhesi was the lone champion for the Beavers, who instead used a balanced attack and bonus points to claim the seventh Pac-12 title of the 10-year Jim Zalesky coaching era.
Dhesi won his quarterfinal and semifinal matches by fall, and then destroyed defending champion Nathan Butler of Stanford 19-5 in the title bout to earn his first conference crown. He took second as a freshman in 2014, and redshirted last season while recovering from knee surgery.