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The Oregon State wrestling team moved up one spot to No. 20 in the latest national poll this week. Watch a recent interview with coach Jim Zalesky above.

The Beavers (16-1, 4-1) take a 15-dual meet winning streak into a Pacific-10 Conference road dual swing this weekend against Cal State Fullerton (2-6-1, 0-5-1) and No. 16 Cal Poly (6-3, 3-1) on Saturday night.

OSU defeated two top-25 teams this season in No. 12 Wisconsin and No. 24 Arizona State, and fell to No. 8 Boise State.

There are six wrestlers ranked by Intermat. They are No. 9 Colby Covington (174 pounds), No. 13 Keegan Davis (157), No. 14 Clayton Jack (heavyweight), No. 15 Jason Lara (125), No. 16 Kelly Kubec (133) and No. 17 RJ Pena (149).

The Beavers are 14-3 in the series against Fullerton. The Titans have defeated Cal Baptist and San Francisco State. Heavyweight Kurt Klimek is ranked No. 16, making a good matchup for Jack.

OSU leads the series with Cal Poly 34-10-2 and won the last 17 meetings, dating back to 1992. Cal Poly has three ranked with No. 5 Boris Novachkov (133), No. 5 Filip Novachkov (141) and No. 11 Chase Pami (157).

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