Oregon State Beats Cal Poly in the Great Outdoors, 22-12, in Pac-12 Dual Wrestl

Oregon State Beats Cal Poly in the Great Outdoors, 22-12, in Pac-12 Dual Wrestl

Jan 30, 2014 by FloWrestling Staff
Oregon State Beats Cal Poly in the Great Outdoors, 22-12, in Pac-12 Dual Wrestl
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Oregon State Beats Cal Poly in the Great Outdoors, 22-12
-- Cal Poly Wrestling --

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- No. 24 Oregon State won the final three bouts to snap a 12-12 tie and defeated Cal Poly 22-12 in a Pac-12 Conference dual wrestling meet Thursday afternoon.

The match was held outdoors in the plaza of the University Union, Cal PolyÂ’s first match held under the sun. Light rain fell in San Luis Obispo for the first time in over 50 days Thursday morning, but the skies cleared in time for the match.

Cal Poly won four of the first seven bouts to tie the team score. Dominic Kastl, Spencer Empey, Britain Longmire and Devon Lotito all won by decision to knot the score at 12-12.

Oregon State pulled away with wins by Joey Delgado, Scott Sakaguchi and Jordan Henrickson.

Kastl improved to 15-3 with a 6-4 decision over Joe Latham in a matchup of nationally ranked wrestlers. Kastl is ranked No. 19 in the NCAA Division I Coaches Poll and Latham is No. 24.

Kastl, the Pac-12 champion at 165 pounds two years ago wrestling up a weight class at 174 in his junior season, scored an escape and takedown in the second period for a 3-0 lead, surrendered an escape and takedown later in the period and snapped the 3-3 tie with a takedown and riding time in the final period to clinch the victory.

Empey earned an 8-3 decision over Mick Dougharity at 285 pounds. Now 12-10 on the year, Empey turned around a 3-2 deficit with a two-point near fall in the second period and added a reversal, technical violation and riding time in the final period for the win.

Longmire continued Cal PolyÂ’s comeback from a 12-3 deficit by posting a 4-2 sudden-victory decision over Pat Rollins at 125. Longmire, 11-12 for the season, scored a reversal in the second period while Rollins tallied escapes in the second and third periods to knot the score at 2-2.

Longmire produced a takedown 18 seconds into the first overtime period for the win.

At 133, Lotito blanked Drew Van Anrooy 5-0 to improve his record to 18-7.

Lotito, who had won his last three matches by fall, rode out the second period and the match was still scoreless when the Mustang sophomore tallied a pair of two-point near falls in the third period plus riding time.

Oregon State snapped the 12-12 tie with two decisions and a major.

Cal Poly will compete in the California Collegiate Open hosted by San Francisco State on Saturday.

Oregon State (22) at Cal Poly (12):
165 -- Toney Chay (OSU) dec. Travis Berridge (CP) 12-9
174 -- Dominic Kastl (CP) dec. Joe Latham (OSU) 6-4
184 -- Austin Morehead (OSU) dec. Sean Dougherty (CP) 17-12
197 -- Taylor Meeks (OSU) pinned Nicolas Johnson (CP) 1:54
285 -- Spencer Empey (CP) dec. Mick Dougharity (OSU) 8-3
125 -- Britain Longmire (CP) dec. Pat Rollins (OSU) 4-2 SV
133 -- Devon Lotito (CP) dec. Drew Van Anrooy (OSU) 5-0
141 -- Joey Delgado (OSU) maj. dec. Victor Trujillo (CP) 17-4
149 -- Scott Sakaguchi (OSU) dec. Kyle Chené (CP) 3-2
157 -- Jordan Henrickson (OSU) dec. Luke McDonald (CP) 7-3
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Eric Burdick
Associate Director of Athletics Communications
(Football, Baseball, Wrestling, Men's and Women's Golf, Men's and Women's Swimming SID)
Cal Poly
Mott Gym, Room 123
1 Grand Avenue
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407-0388
(805) 756-6550 (office)
(805) 550-3427 (cell)
(805) 756-2650 (fax)
eburdick@calpoly.edu