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Cal Poly Falls to Northern Colorado in Non-Conference Dual Meet
1/26/2014 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
GREELEY, Colo. -- Despite a fall and pair of major decisions, the Cal Poly wrestling team dropped a narrow 19-17 decision to Northern Colorado in a non-conference dual meet Sunday afternoon in Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion.
Northern Colorado 125-pounder Trey Andrews won the final bout, a 6-2 decision over Mustang senior Britain Longmire.
After a scoreless first period, Andrews earned an escape in the second period for a 1-0 lead. Andrews scored a two-point near fall 13 seconds into the last period and, after a Longmire reversal, tallied an escape for a 4-2 lead. A takedown by Andrews with 23 seconds left sealed the victory for him as well as the dual meet win for the Bears.
Northern Colorado improved to 4-7 with the win while Cal Poly fell to 3-5.
Mustang 133-pounder Devon Lotito, wrestling in the first bout of the dual meet, scored his third consecutive win by fall, pinning Sonny Espinoza in 1 minute, 4 seconds. Lotito, now 17-7 for the year, scored a takedown 46 seconds into the match and pinned Espinoza 18 seconds later.
Kyle Chené and Dominic Kastl both won by major decision to give Cal Poly a 14-10 lead with four bouts to go, but Northern Colorado won three of them to capture the dual meet victory.
Chené earned a 15-6 major decision over Beau Roberts at 149 pounds, scoring a takedown and reversal in the first period, a reversal, three-point near fall and escape in the second period and a pair of takedowns plus riding time in the final period.
Chené is now 9-8 for the season.
Kastl, the Pac-12 champion at 165 pounds two years ago, improved to 14-3 with a 15-5 major decision over Josh Van Tine at 174 pounds.
A pair of takedowns in the first period and a two-point near fall and takedown in the second period gave Kastl an 8-2 lead and he pulled away in the final period with an escape, takedown, three-point near fall and riding time.
Cal Poly's other win came from 197-pound freshman Nicolas Johnson (pictured above) as he edged Cole Briegel 6-4 with a takedown 28 seconds into the sudden victory period.
Earning his fourth win in 15 matches, Johnson trailed 3-0 after two periods before scoring a reversal and two-point near fall for a 4-3 lead. He was penalized for stalling with six seconds left, tying the match at 4-4 and forcing overtime.
Cal Poly led 17-13 after Johnson's win, but Northern Colorado won the final two bouts by decision. Mustang 285-pounder Spencer Empey dropped an 8-4 decision to Henry Chirino, setting the stage for Andrews' dual meet-clinching win at 125.
Northern Colorado won six of the 10 bouts -- five decisions and one major decision.
Cal Poly will host its first-ever outdoors match Thursday afternoon, hosting Oregon State at 3 p.m. for a Pac-12 Conference dual meet in the plaza of the University Union. Admission is free.
Cal Poly (17) at Northern Colorado (19):
133 -- Devon Lotito (CP) pinned Sonny Espinoza (NC) 1:04
141 -- Nick Adams (NC) dec. Jacob Leon (CP) 6-4
149 -- Kyle Chené (CP) maj. dec. Beau Roberts (NC) 15-6
157 -- Mitchell Polkowske (NC) maj. dec. Luke McDonald (CP) 15-1
165 -- Charlie McMartin (NC) dec. Travis Berridge (CP) 7-2
174 -- Dominic Kastl (CP) maj. dec. Josh Van Tine (NC) 15-5
184 -- Nick Bayer (NC) dec. Sean Dougherty (CP) 10-3
197 -- Nicolas Johnson (CP) dec. Cole Briegel (NC) 6-4
285 -- Henry Chirino (NC) dec. Spencer Empey (CP) 8-4
125 -- Trey Andrews (NC) dec. Britain Longmire (CP) 6-2
