WHEN:  Thursday, Nov. 21 | 7 p.m.
WHERE:  Recreation Athletic Complex (RAC), Fairfax, Va.
LIVE VIDEO:  ESPN+
PROMOTION:  FREE Mason Foam Finger with valid Mason student ID
PRE-MATCH CLINIC (Field House) Open to youth and high school wrestlers 

Fairfax, Va.— The George Mason wrestling team will begin its home slate Thursday with a match against the Pac-12 Oregon State Beavers at the Recreation Athletic Complex (RAC) at 7 p.m.

The Patriots (1-0, 1-0 MAC) won its opening season match with a 19-18 win at conference foe Clarion on Sunday. A solid win for Mason, the Golden Eagles were ranked fifth in the preseason MAC coaches' poll, while the Patriots were sitting at 13^th in the 15-team conference.
 
Oregon State (1-0) is coming off a 40-8 victory against Simon Fraser in Washington. Five wrestlers won by technical fall for the Beavers.
 
The match will be broadcast nationally on ESPN+.
 
MAT FACTS

*Mason is facing Oregon State for the second time in program history. The Patriots fell to No. 22 Oregon State, 32-9, in the 2017 home opener, Nov. 16, 2017.
 
*NCAA Qualifiers in the line-up include the Patriots Colston DiBlasi and Alex Madrigal and the Beavers Devan Turner, Hunter Willits and Grant Willits. 
 
*Both teams will also be competing in the Navy Classic on Saturday in Annapolis, Md.
 
HONORARY COACH
Former Mason wrestling head coach Jerry Mullins will be an honorary coach on the Mason bench. Mullins led Mason to an undefeated (15-0) season in 1973-74 and was named Virginia Collegiate Athletic Association (VCAA) Coach of the Year. The team finished first in the VCAA, boasting five individual champs. Four wrestlers qualified for NAIA Nationals, with John Long finishing in the top eight in the country. 
 
UP NEXT
The Patriots will travel to Annapolis for the 2019 Navy Classic on Saturday to compete in a field of 17 teams across the country.
  
MASON'S PROBABLE STARTERS
125 | R-So. Talha Farooq 
133 | Fr. Josh Jones
141 | R-Sr. Alex Madrigal
149 | R-Sr. Colston DiBlasi  
157 | So. Kolby Ho  
165 | R-So Cornelius Schuster  
174 | GS Anthony Lombardo
184 | So. Paul Pierce  
197 | Fr. Jeremy Seymour 
285 | Fr. Jake Slinger  

OREGON STATE PROBABLE STARTERS
125 | Brandon Kaylor 
133 | Devan Turner
141 | Grant Willits / Riley Gurr 
149 | Conner Noonan / Lane Stigall
157 | Logan Meek 
165 | Aaron Olmos / Colton Beisley
174 | Colt Doyle  
184 | Jackson McKinney
197 | Adam Rateb / J.J. Dixon
285 | Jamarcus Grant / Christian Robertson