Nov. 10, 2012
FRESNO, Calif. - Senior Ryan Mango and true freshman Jim Wilsoncaptured tournament titles, Saturday, at the Roadrunner Open at Selland Arena in Fresno, Calif. Seventeen other Cardinal wrestlers were also in action on Saturday.
Mango, who is redshirting the 2012-13 season, wrestled unattached and dominated his competition at 133 pounds. He recorded two falls and two major decisions to advance to the championship bout. There, he posted an 18-3 technical fall over Ian Nickell to win the tournament.
At 165 pounds, Wilson went 5-0 wrestling unattached. Among his wins was an 11-1 major decision over James Chou and a fall in 4:00 over Cal Poly's Connor King. In the championship match, Wilson recorded a 2-0 decision over Navy's Peyton Walsh.
Redshirt freshman Michael Sojka and junior Dan Schererwere the runners-up at 197 pounds and heavyweight, respectively. Sojka was 3-1 overall, picking up three wins by decision. Scherer was also 3-1, including a fall in 3:39 over Brandon Sotomayor and a decision over Cal Poly's Atticus Disney.
True freshman Zach Nevills finished third at 174 pounds. The Clovis, Calif., native went 4-1 and picked up an 8-0 major decision over fellow Cardinal rookie Dylan Morris and an 8-3 decision against Stanford freshman Thomas Kimbrell, who placed fourth overall
Redshirt freshman Evan Silver (125 pounds), true freshman Matt Garelli (141 pounds), senior Timmy Boone(149 pounds), Morris (174 pounds) and freshman Josh Marchok (heavyweight) all finished in the Top 6.
Up next, Stanford returns to The Farm to host Big Ten foe Michigan on Sunday, Nov. 18. The teams will square off at 2 p.m. in Burnham Pavilion.
Stanford's Tournament Results:
125 pounds
Evan Silver (3-2): dec. Taylor Hall (Cal Baptist), 8-3; dec. Jacob Goodwin (Drexel), 4-2; dec. Evan McKirdy (Cal Poly), 4-2; lost to Tyler Iwamura (unattached), 2-1; lost to Pat Prada (Navy), 5-2.
133 pounds
Ryan Mango (5-0 - 1st): maj. dec. Devon Lotito (Cal Poly), 14-4; fall Justo Rudy (unattached), 0:47; fall Alex Williams (San Francisco State), 4:37; maj. dec. Alex Annunciation (Cal Baptist), 15-5; tech. fall Ian Nickell (unattached), 18-3.
Peter Russo (1-2): fall Ivan Conchas (Menlo), 2:43; lost to Ian Nickell (unattached), 7-0; lost to Devon Lotito (Cal Poly), 5-3 (OT).
141 pounds
Matt Garelli (4-2): lost to Naveed Bagheri (San Francisco State), 11-2; dec. Chayse Jackson (Grand Canyon), 5-0; won by injury default over Kyle West (unattached); dec. Maxwell Hvolbek(Stanford - unattached), 5-2; fall Racelis Cardenas (Fresno City College), 4:14; lost to Frank Climato (Drexel), 9-5.
Maxwell Hvolbek (2-2): tech. fall Victor Tiscareno (Sacramento City College), 20-3; dec. Saul Garcia (Fresno City College), 8-2; lost to Brandon Rocha (Cal Poly), 5-2; lost to Matt Garelli(Stanford - unattached), 5-2.
Josh Lauderdale(2-2): lost to Jose Mendoza (unattached), 10-3; fall Kevin Coss (unattached), 4:27; maj. dec. Brady Day (unattached), 11-3; lost to Colt Shorts (unattached), 5-2.
149 pounds
Timmy Boone (4-2): dec. Dylan Cataline (Cal Baptist), 3-1; dec. Spencer Hill (Fresno City College), 4-2; lost to Jake Briggs (unattached), 6-4 (OT); maj. dec. Erik Martinez (unattached), 9-1; dec. Dylan Cataline (Cal Baptist), 6-3; lost to Dalton Kelley (unattached), F6:29.
Donovan Halpin (1-2): lost to Dalton Kelley (unattached), 4-0; dec. Micah Cruz (unattached), 6-1; lost to Spencer Hill (Fresno City College), 3-1 (OT).
157 pounds
Garrett Schaner (0-2): lost to Grant Paswell (unattached), 10-5; lost to Noel Blanco (Drexel), 8-7.
165 pounds
Jim Wilson(5-0 - 1st): dec. James Medeiros (unattached), 2-0; maj. dec. James Chou (unattached), 11-1; fall Connor King (Cal Poly), 4:00; dec. David Meza (unattached), 8-1; dec. Peyton Walsh (Navy), 2-0.
Peter Galli (3-2): dec. Andrew Balch (unattached), 5-2; dec. Justin Martin (Grand Canyon), 7-2; lost to Peyton Walsh (Navy), 10-3; maj. dec. Juan Carlo Maynes (Grand Canyon), 13-5; lost to Ryan Miller (Grand Canyon), 6-3.
174 pounds
Zach Nevills (4-1 - 3rd): dec. Magi Frazier (San Francisco State), 4-1; dec. Kenneth Tribble (Cal Baptist), 6-1; lost to Matthew Miller (Navy), 11-0; maj. dec. Dylan Morris (Stanford - unattached), 8-0; dec. Thomas Kimbrell(Stanford - unattached), 8-3.
Thomas Kimbrell (5-2 - 4th): tech. fall Max Tsutsui (Sacramento City College), 16-1; lost to Bryce Hammond (unattached), 12-0; dec. Austin Trujillo (unattached), 5-0; dec. Matthew Tsarnas (Simpson), 4-0, dec. Ryan Davies (Stanford - unattached), 5-3; won by injury default over Bryce Hammond (unattached), lost to Zach Nevills(Stanford - unattached), 8-3.
Dylan Morris (5-2): fall Bryan Argueta (Fresno City College), 2:15; lost to Matthew Tsarnas (Simpson), 7-2; won by forfeit over Dylan Hermann (unattached); fall Jeremy Coane (Fresno City College), 1:23; won by forfeit over Dustin Hernandez (unattached); dec. Connor Moran (Drexel), 12-7; lost to Zach Nevills(Stanford - unattached), 8-0.
Ryan Davies (4-2): won by forfeit over Dylan Hermann (unattached); lost to Connor Moran (Drexel), 13-4; tech. fall Bryan Argueta (Fresno City College), 16-0; won by injury default Aaron Swift (unattached); maj. dec. Kenneth Tribble (Cal Baptist), 13-2; lost to Thomas Kimbrell(Stanford - unattached), 5-3.
197 pounds
Michael Sojka (3-1 - 2nd): dec. David Dill (Cal Baptist), 5-3 (OT); dec. Joseph Goodwin (Cal Poly), 3-2; dec. Andrew Reggi (unattached), 3-1; lost to Brandon Palik (Drexel), 9-1.
Heavyweight
Dan Scherer(3-1 - 2nd): dec. Austin Lobsinger (Simpson), 7-6 (OT); fall Brandon Sotomayor (unattached), 3:39; dec. Atticus Disney (Cal Poly), 2-1 (OT); lost to Tyrell Fortune (Grand Canyon), 6-2.
Josh Marchok (4-2): lost to John Max Wright (Drexel), 5-3; fall Nate Zobott (Grand Canyon), 5:19; won by forfeit over Paul Buchanan (Sacramento City College); won by injury default over Peter Angiuano (Grand Canyon); fall Cervantes Sam (unattached), 4:24; lost to Charles Merrill (Cal Baptist), 12-3.
Brendan Ter Wee (1-2): lost to Peter Angiuano (Grand Canyon), 7-4; dec. Steven Wood (CSU Bakersfield), 3-2; lost to George Portillo (Fresno City College), 5-3 (OT).