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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- No. 18 Oregon State won four of the final five bouts, including a fall by Colby Covington at 174 pounds, to rally from a 14-6 deficit and beat No. 16 Cal Poly 21-18 in a Pacific-10 Conference dual wrestling meet Saturday night before 517 in Mott Gym.

Dan Brascetta, Chad Hanke and Clayton Jack all won by decision down the stretch as the Beavers improved to 18-1 for the season and 6-1 in conference duals. Cal Poly fell to 7-4 and 4-2.

Oregon has won 17 straight matches since a 25-7 loss to Pac-10 leader Boise State on Nov. 22. The Beavers also have beaten Cal Poly 18 straight times, raising their series advantage against the Mustangs to 35-10-2.

Oregon State won the first two bouts as Jason Lara earned an 11-5 decision over Micah Ferguson and Kelly Kubec posted a 7-5 victory in overtime over Boris Novachkov in a matchup of nationally ranked wrestlers at 133 pounds. It was Novachkov’s second loss in 23 matches this season.

Cal Poly won the next three matches to build its 14-6 lead.

Filip Novachkov improved his record to 20-5 with an 11-2 major decision over Mike Mangrum at 141 and Nick Fisher pinned No. 17 RJ Pena in 5 minutes, 27 seconds to win the 149-pound bout. Mustang 157-pounder Chase Pami completed the run with a 14-5 major decision against Keegan Davis in another matchup of nationally ranked wrestlers.

But the second half of the dual meet belonged to Oregon State. Besides the 133-pound bout, pivotal matches also occurred at 165 and 197.

Cal Poly 165-pounder Steven Vasquez battled Oregon State’s Dan Brascetta to a 3-3 draw after two periods, but Brascetta earned an escape and takedown in the third period and held on for a 6-4 decision.

At 197, Mustang Ryan Smith and Beaver Chad Hanke traded escapes in the second and third periods after a scoreless first period. The bout appeared to be heading into overtime, but Hanke scored a takedown with 11 seconds left for the 3-1 decision, tying the dual meet at 18-18.

At heavyweight, Mustang Jim Powers scored a takedown with 1:09 left in the third period to close the gap to 3-2, but No. 14 Clayton Jack earned an escape with 56 seconds left and clinched his match and the dual meet for Oregon State with a takedown with 20 seconds remaining for the 6-2 decision.

Cal Poly’s only winner in the final five bouts was Ryan DesRoches. Ranked No. 19 at 174, DesRoches moved up to 184 and earned a 15-5 major decision against Ty Vinson, improving his record for the season to 30-7.

Cal Poly hosts UC Davis for its final dual meet of the season next Friday at 6:30 p.m. in Mott Gym.

First bout was at 125 pounds:
125 — No. 15 Jason Lara, Soph. (OSU) (29-5) dec. Micah Ferguson, Soph. (CP) (6-16), 11-5
133 — No. 16 Kelly Kubec, Soph. (OSU) (30-7) dec. No. 5 Boris Novachkov, So. (CP) (21-2), 7-5 (SV)
141 — No. 5 Filip Novachkov, Jr. (CP) (20-5) maj. dec. Mike Mangrum, RFr. (OSU) (26-7), 11-2
149 — Nick Fisher, RFr. (CP) (14-5) fall No. 17 RJ Pena, Fr. (OSU) (27-9), 5:27
157 — No. 11 Chase Pami, Sr. (CP) (22-5) maj. dec. No. 13 Keegan Davis, Sr. (OSU) (32-6), 14-5
165 — Dan Brascetta, Sr. (OSU) (11-6) dec. Steven Vasquez, R-Fr. (CP) (15-11), 6-4
174 — No. 9 Colby Covington, Jr. (OSU) (33-5) fall Geoff Doss, RFr. (CP) (1-1), 4:11
184 — Ryan DesRoches, Soph. (CP) (30-7) maj. dec. Ty Vinson, RFr. (OSU) (13-6), 15-5
197 — Chad Hanke, Soph. (OSU) (30-7) dec. Ryan Smith, Soph. (CP) (16-10), 3-1
285 — No. 14 Clayton Jack, Soph. (OSU) (32-6) dec. Jim Powers, Jr. (CP) (13-16), 6-2