Reno Tournament of Champions
Devon Lotito Places Third at 133 in Reno Tournament of Champions
12/22/2013 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
RENO, Nevada -- Although six Cal Poly wrestlers won three or more matches Sunday, just one Mustang -- 133-pounder Devon Lotito -- was a placewinner.
The sophomore from Bethlehem, Penn., placed third in his weight class at the Reno Tournament of Champions with a 5-1 record. The 2013 Pac-12 champion at 133 pounds is now 9-5 on the year.
Lotito reached the semifinals at the Reno Events Center with a technical fall and two decisions before dropping a 9-0 major decision to Nick Soto of Tennessee-Chattanooga. Lotito then posted 6-1 and 5-1 decisions to claim third place.
At 149 pounds, Mustang redshirt freshman Blake Kastl posted a 5-2 record, losing 7-3 to Donovan Halpin of Stanford and 6-1 to Mike Hamel of Grand Canyon. Kastl's five wins included one fall and four decisions. Ranked 18th this week by Amateur Wrestling News, Kastl is now 13-5 for the season.
Also at 149 pounds, senior Kyle Chené won four of six bouts, all by decision, improving to 7-6 on the year. Chené dropped a 3-1 decision to Brandon Richardson of Wyoming in his final bout.
Mustang 133-pounder Victor Trujillo, 141-pounder Colt Shorts and 285-pounder Spencer Empey all posted 3-2 marks in the single-day tournament which featured 23 teams, including five in the top 25.
Mustang 174-pounder Dominic Kastl, the Pac-12 champion at 165 two years before sitting out the 2012-13 season with a lower back injury, won his first match Sunday by fall before bowing out of the tournament due to injury. Kastl was ranked No. 20 this week and is 7-2.
Cal Poly will send five wrestlers to the Ken Kraft Midlands Championships on Dec. 29 and 30 at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. The quintet includes Lotito, Chené, Dominic Kastl, Dougherty and Empey.
Results for Cal Poly wrestlers:
125 -- Britain Longmire dec. Sean Williams (Unattached) 7-2, dec. John Pellegrino (West Virginia) 10-4, was dec. by Joey Palmer (Unattached) 2-0, was dec. by Aaron LaFarge (Montana State-Northern) 3-2.
125 -- Alfredo Espinoza was maj. dec. by Cory Stainbrook (West Virginia) 11-1, dec. Sukhan Chahal (Simon Fraser) 3-2, was pinned by Rami Haddidian (Boise State) 4:14.
133 -- Devon Lotito tech. fall over Alvie Killingsworth (Oklahoma City) 16-0, dec. Jed Mellen (Unattached) 8-2, dec. Nathan Pennesi (West Virginia) 11-5, was maj. dec. by Nick Soto (Tennessee-Chattanooga) 9-0, dec. Troy Heilmann (North Carolina) 6-1, dec. Nathan Pennesi (West Virginia) 5-1 (third place).
133 -- Victor Trujillo was pinned by Kagan Squire (Ohio) 1:38, pinned Martin Ramirez (Adams State) 4:02, maj. dec. Ty Stevenson (Boise State) 12-2, pinned Drew VanAnrooy (Oregon State) 6:23, was pinned by Troy Heilmann (North Carolina) 1:44.
141 -- Jacob Leon was pinned by Cameron Neiss (Montana State-Northern) 1:57, dec. James Landoll (Oklahoma City) 4-2, tech fall over Brendan Seppala (Simon Fraser) 16-0, was maj. dec. by Joey Moon (North Carolina) 14-2.
141 -- Colt Shorts was dec. by Anthony Abidin (Nebraska) 12-5, pinned Tanner Spray (Unattached) 3:24, pinned Daniel Leonard (Clackamas) 1:46, maj. dec. Jesse Taylor (Grand Canyon) 9-1, was dec. by Mike Pongracz (Tennessee-Chattanooga) 1-0.
149 -- Blake Kastl pinned Kenny Martin (Clackamas) 1:29, was dec. by Donovan Halpin (Stanford) 7-3, dec. Lucas Somera (Unattached) 9-2, dec. Blaine Invernon (Unattached) 8-3, dec. Max Ortega (Adams State) 9-6, dec. Mike Morales (West Virginia) 7-6, was dec. by Mike Hamel (Grand Canyon) 6-1,.
149 -- Kyle Chené dec. Tre Miller Scott (West Virginia) 4-3, was dec. by Christian Barber (North Carolina) 1-6, dec. Hunter Azure (Montana State-Northern) 9-7, dec. Donovan Halpin (Stanford) 3-1, dec. Josh Lauderdale (Stanford) 6-0, was dec. by Brandon Richardson (Wyoming) 3-1.
157 -- Xavier Johnson was maj. dec. by Jake Crawford (North Carolina) 11-2, was dec. by Tanner Miller (Wyoming) 5-4.
157 -- Luke McDonald was dec. by Abraham Rodriguez (Unattached) 6-1, was tech. fall by Spartak Chino (Ohio) 17-2.
165 -- Paul Woodman was pinned by Corey Mock (Tennessee-Chattanooga) 1:58, was dec. by David Meza (Bakersfield) 11-6.
165 -- Travis Berridge was pinned by Ethan Hinebauch (Montana State-Northern) 6:28, dec. Cole Rice (Boise State) 4-2, was dec. by Toney Chay ((Unattached) 5-2.
165 -- Sohrab Movahedi was tech. fall by Austin Wilson (Nebraska) 16-0, was dec. by Dakota Friesth (Wyoming) 3-1.
165 -- Stefan Wiedemann was pinned by John Mic Staudenmayer (North Carolina) 3:38, was pinned by Brock Lamb (Simon Fraser) 4:57.
165 -- Zack Dawson was pinned by Cole Rice (Boise State) 2:08, was dec. by Jesus Ambriz (Bakersfield) 6-2.
165 -- Clay Teixeira was dec. by Jesus Ambriz (Bakersfield) 6-4, was dec. by Cole Rice (Boise State) 6-2.
174 -- Dominic Kastl pinned Colbey Vance (Upper Iowa) 3:19, lost by injury default to Martin Fabbian (Grand Canyon).
174 -- Nick Troquato was dec. by Reid Watkins (Simon Fraser) 10-8, was maj. dec. by Keaton Subject (Unattached) 14-4.
184 -- Sean Dougherty by tech. fall over Steve Conn (Montana State-Northern) 19-4, was dec. by Alex Utley (North Carolina) 8-3, was maj. dec. by Ryan Mcwatters (Unattached) 17-6.
197 -- Nicolas Johnson pinned Lucas Mondragon (Unattached) 6:56, was pinned by Aaron Studebaker (Nebraska) 4:40, was pinned by Cody Crawford (Unattached) 1:21.
285 -- Spencer Empey dec. Mick Dougharity (Unattached) 7-5, pinned Destin Theus (Oklahoma City) 5:24, was maj. dec. by Jeremy Johnson (Ohio) 8-0, dec. Galen Edmo (Unattached) 8-2, was dec. by AJ Vizcarrondo (West Virginia) 9-7.
285 -- Tyler Hecht was pinned by Collin Jensen (Nebraska) 2:16, dec. Tuli Laulu (Adams State) 5-3, was pinned by Galen Edmo (Unattached) 1:38.
