TEMPE, Ariz. – The Sun Devils came out on top over Pac-12 opponent No. 20 Oregon State Sunday afternoon, 19-17. ASU edged out OSU thanks to Cohlton Schultz's win over Boone McDermott in the final bout of the afternoon. Schultz, whose win erased a 17-16 deficit, was one of six Sun Devils who tallied wins today, joined by Nicco Ruiz, Chance McLane, Jacori Teemer, Kyle Parco and Julian Chlebove.
COHLTON SEALS IT ??#ForksUp | @Pac12Network pic.twitter.com/90V9CPHwxn
— Sun Devil Wrestling (@ASUWrestling) February 4, 2024
Freshman Nicco Ruiz had a huge upset against No. 11 Matthew Olguin in his 6-3 win, giving the Sun Devils four-straight wins to go up 16-8 against the Beavers. Teemer dominated on the mat with a major decision over Isaiah Crosby, 20-6 and Chlebove got ASU on the board early on an 8-2 win.
TURN US UP, NICCO ??#ForksUp | @Pac12Network pic.twitter.com/CKBDTP8vZO
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No. 12 Arizona State 19, No. 20 Oregon State 17
Maximo Renteria (Oregon State) over Richard Figueroa (Arizona State) (Dec 9-5)
Julian Chlebove (Arizona State) over Gabe Whisenhunt (Oregon State) (Dec 8-2)
Cleveland Belton (Oregon State) over Cody Foote (Arizona State) (TF 20-4 6:10)
Kyle Parco (Arizona State) over Nash Singleton (Oregon State) (Dec 9-3)
Jacori Teemer (Arizona State) over Isaiah Crosby (Oregon State) (MD 20-6)
Chance McLane (Arizona State) over Kekana Fouret (Oregon State) (Dec 5-1)
Nicco Ruiz (Arizona State) over Matthew Olguin (Oregon State) (Dec 6-3)
Trey Munoz (Oregon State) over Shay Addison (Arizona State) (TF 25-8 6:03)
Justin Rademacher (Oregon State) over Jacob Meissner (Arizona State) (MD 15-3)
Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State) over Boone McDermott (Oregon State) (Dec 5-2)
On the board thanks to Julian Chlebove ?#ForksUp | @Pac12Network pic.twitter.com/52fIOREUH2
— Sun Devil Wrestling (@ASUWrestling) February 4, 2024
QUOTES OF THE GAME
Head Coach Zeke Jones
On what the team needs to do to prepare for the postseason:
"The first answer is the easy one and that's just to get better at wrestling, right. We have to get better at wrestling. The training cycle… we're four or five weeks from the conference (tournament), 50-some days from the NCAA tournament. So, we have to continue to work in specific areas for specific guys. Richie's (Figueroa) got certain things, Julian's (Chlebove) got certain things. (Kyle) Parco has got certain things, even Jacori (Teemer) has certain things. So, we just have to individually work at the things we need to get better at and I think that will get us ready for the postseason."
Redshirt Junior Kyle Parco:
On getting win 100 on Friday and 101 today:
"I think it just validates my career as a veteran. Getting your hand raised 100 times is something that I never really thought about. But, if you told me when I was a kid that I would get 100 in college, I wouldn't believe it. I'm really happy, but I want to build off of that."
Freshman Nicco Ruiz:
On the Top-15 victory:
"I was watching some of his film and a lot of his attacks were re-attacks. What I know is if I go upper - I went high-crotch - I was able to bring him down. I knew if I was able to get to that, he wasn't going to be able to go down and hit front-hand lock on the re-attack. Then the end, that's a little bit of a scramble. I was trying to get my heel down but I just couldn't. But I knew he didn't have a great offense, it was just re-shots."
NOTABLES
- Freshman Nicco Ruiz turned in the turning point of the match, and is now 7-2 after his takedown of Matthew Olguin.
- The annual MMA night took place in today's match, an event hosted by the Sun Devils that invites MMA and wrestling legends to be honored and celebrated. Amir Albazi, James Williams, Joel Lopez, Tom Ortiz, Javier Torres, Waldo Cortes, Roman Salazar and Mike Hamel were all honored during the intermission.
- Sun Devil wrestling alumni Dan Faqir, Jeff Funicello, John Moraga and Dan Severn also made appearances during the recognition ceremony.
- The Sun Devils were energized by a crowd of 1,678, who came to life with the emphatic wins of Jacori Teemer, Nicco Ruiz and Cohlton Schultz.
UP NEXT
The Sun Devils take on Pac-12 foe Cal Poly next weekend (Feb. 9/8 p.m. AZT) in San Luis Obispo, California.