Reno Tournament of Champions
Cal Poly Places Fourth in Reno Tournament of Champions on Sunday
12/18/2016 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
RENO, Nevada — Six Cal Poly wrestlers, led by Colt Shorts and J.T. Goodwin, were place winners as the Mustangs produced their best showing in several years at the Reno Tournament of Champions on Sunday inside the Reno Events Center.
Shorts placed second at 157 pounds with a 4-1 record while Goodwin claimed runner-up honors at 197 pounds with a 3-1 mark.
Placing fourth at 149 pounds was Joshy Cortez while three Mustangs placed sixth — Mitch Woods at 184, Travis Berridge at 174 and Spencer Empey at 285.
As a team, Cal Poly finished fourth among 30 schools, scoring 82.5 points. Oklahoma State claimed the team title with 146.5 points, followed by Michigan State (129) and Wyoming (122.5). Oklahoma State and Wyoming each produced a pair of individual champions.
Shorts earned one fall, two decisions and a major decision en route to his spot in the 157-pound finals, where he was decisioned by No. 13 Archie Colgan of Wyoming 3-1. Colgan scored a takedown with 19 seconds left to snap a 1-1 tie.
In the second round, Shorts scored an escape with 1:13 to go for a 4-2 lead against Payton Tawater of Colorado Mesa and held on for the 4-3 win. Shorts tallied a two-point near fall with 36 seconds remaining for a 3-0 lead against Jacob Thalin of CSU Bakersfield and went on to post a 4-0 decision in the quarterfinals. Shorts notched a pair of four-point near falls and two takedowns en route to a 13-4 major decision over Fred Green of Boise State in the semifinals.
Shorts is now 15-8 for the season. He was ranked No. 19 in his weight class by The Open Mat last week, the first nationally ranked Mustang in two years.
Goodwin carried a 2-5 mark into the tournament, but posted two falls and a decision to reach the finals at 197 pounds. Derek White of Oklahoma State ended Goodwin's run with a 7-3 decision in the championship match.
Goodwin pinned 14th-ranked and top-seeded Corey Griego of Oregon State in 4 minutes, 30 seconds, and Wyatt Koelling of Missouri in 2:29 before posting an 8-4 decision over Morgan Smith of Simon Fraser in the semifinals, extending a 5-4 lead with an escape and takedown in the third period for the win.
Cortez was 5-2 at 149 pounds, winning one match by major decision, three by decision and one by medical forfeit. Against Josh Reyes of Clackamas in the consolation final for third and fourth place, the match was tied 1-1 after three periods. Reyes scored a takedown with 30 seconds to go in the first overtime period for the 3-1 sudden-victory decision and third place.
At 184, Woods lost his first match in a 3-2 decision against Kaydn Del Toro of Boise State, then won five straight matches in the wrestlebacks, including one by fall, en route to a sixth-place finish.
Berridge won his first three matches at 174, all by decision, before suffering an injury in the semifinals and forfeited the rest of his matches.
Empey recorded a 4-3 mark at 285 with three wins by decision and one by technical fall.
Mustang redshirt Curtis Booth scored a remarkable fall in the wrestle backs at 141 pounds. Trailing 12-0 against Alex Rich of Oregon State, Booth notched a reversal with 20 seconds remaining and pinned Rich with four seconds to go in their bout.. Booth finished with a 3-2 record.
Cal Poly takes a break for the holidays, returning to action with a Tuesday, Jan. 3, dual meet against No. 22 West Virginia at 2 p.m. inside the Mott Athletics Center.
Results for Cal Poly wrestlers:
David Gonzalez (125) dec. Tim Romero (Colorado Mesa) 7-4, was pinned by Ronnie Bresser (Oregon State) 3:20, dec. Dorian Sapien (Clackamas) 6-4, was tech. fall by Mitch Rogaliner (Michigan State) 20-3 (5:34).
Isaac Blackburn (125) bye, was dec. by Sean Williams (Fresno State) 4-2, was pinned by Josiah Seaton (Colorado State-Pueblo) 8:30 OT.
Ryan Farina (133) was dec. by Terran Libolt (Eastern Oregon) 12-7, dec. Matt Peterson (Southern Oregon) 10-5, dec. Dylan Lockwood (Montana State-Northern) 8-4, was dec. by Trevor Williams (Fresno State) 8-6.
Brandon Staley (133) was dec. by Blake McNall (Clackamas) 4-0, was pinned by Cruz Velasquez (Simon Fraser) 5:32.
Connor Pollock (141) bye, was tech. fall by Bryce Meredith (Wyoming) 17-1 (4:43), dec. Isaac Tobin (Oregon State) 12-10, pinned Ryan Nantuna (Arizona State) 2:56, by tech. fall over Kyle Kintz (Colorado Mesa) 17-2 (6:31), was pinned by Colton Schilling (Cal Poly) 0:57.
Curtis Booth (141) was tech. fall by Tristen Moran (Oklahoma State) 17-0 (5:26), tech. fall over Kodi Walls (Clackamas) 16-1 (3:39), dec. Tyler Sage (Arizona State) 5-2, pinned Alex Rich (Oregon State) 6:56, was pinned by Joey Palmer (Oregon State) 1:55.
Colton Schilling (141) pinned Taber Spray (Simon Fraser) 2:20, pinned Ben Hornickle (Wyoming) 2:18, was maj. dec. by Bob Lewallen (Oklahoma State) 10-2, by tech. fall over Vicente Hernandez (Simpson) 17-2 (3:47), pinned Connor Pollock (Cal Poly) 0:57, was dec. by Jack Hathaway (Oregon State) 5-2.
Glenn Farina (141) bye, was pinned by Trevor Willson (Utah Valley) 0:59, maj. dec. Sam Hughes (Colorado State-Pueblo) 12-3, was maj. dec. by Matt Findlay (Utah Valley) 13-5.
Ty Schilling (141) bye, maj. dec. Brendan Vladic (Eastern Oregon) 16-3, was pinned by Javier Gasca (Michigan State) 5:47, was tech. fall by Tristen Moran (Oklahoma State) 20-5 (4:34).
Killian Vendler (149) was pinned by Cole Mendenhall (Wyoming) 3:27, dec. Mike Carr (Oregon State) 11-10, was tech. fall by Geordan Martinez (Oklahoma State) 16-0 (2:24).
Joshy Cortez (149) dec. Nick Swanson (Colorado Mesa) 5-3, dec. Clay Archer (Colorado State-Pueblo) 5-1, was dec. by Nick Trimble (Michigan State) 2-1, maj. dec. Jake Barry (Stanford) 12-0, dec. Oliver Pierce (Arizona State) 5-3, by medical forfeit over Christian Pagdialo (Arizona State), was dec. by Josh Reyes (Clackamas) 3-1 OT (fourth place).
Joe Granger (157) bye, pinned Bryce Parson (Oregon State) 5:44, pinned Chandler Michael (Southern Oregon) 2:24, was maj. dec. by Archie Colgan (Wyoming) 13-5, was dec. by AJ Fierro (Boise State) 10-7.
Colt Shorts (157) bye, pinned Jake Elliott (Wyoming) 2:36, dec. Payton Tawater (Colorado Mesa) 4-3, dec. Jacob Thalin (CSU Bakersfield) 4-0, maj. dec. Fred Green (Boise State) 13-4, was dec. by Archie Colgan (Wyoming) 3-1 (second place).
Jett Moy (157) bye, dec. Dillon Ellsworth (Michigan State) 7-4, was dec. by Wyatt Sheets (Oklahoma State) 6-0, was pinned by Jake Outuafi (Boise State) 4:22.
Jason Bergquist (165) bye, was pinned by Branson Ashworth (Wyoming) 3:51, tech. fall Taylor Owens (Boise State) 17-0 (2:02), pinned Dalton Harmon (Utah Valley) 3:30, was dec. by Peter Galli (Stanford) 5-0.
Luke Wilson (165) maj. dec. James Bowers (Southern Oregon) 12-1, pinned Drew Randall (Montana State-Northern) 3:38, was tech. fall by Drew Hughes (Michigan State) 16-0 (2:39), dec. Rodney Williams (Oregon State) 10-5, was pinned by Peter Galli (Stanford) 2:56.
Tyler Mullen (174) was pinned by Jordan Rogers (Oklahoma State) 1:15, was dec. by Matt Mills (Stanford) 10-7.
Travis Berridge (174) dec. Adrian Lyons-Lopez (Southwest Oregon CC) 7-5, dec. Steven Ullman (Colorado State-Pueblo) 5-3, dec. Kyle Pope (Wyoming) 7-6, lost by injury default to Jordan Rogers (Oklahoma State) 0:31, lost by medical forfeit to Andrew Morgan (Campbell) 0:00, lost by medical forfeit to Adrian Lyons-Lopez (Southwest Oregon CC) 0:00 (sixth place).
Xavier Johnson (174) was pinned by Drew Barnes (Michigan State) 5:13, dec. Weston Dobler (Oregon State) 7-1, was dec. by Andrew Morgan (Campbell) 4-2.
Mitch Woods (184) was dec. by Kaydn Del Toro (Boise State) 3-2, dec. Josh Kim (Simon Fraser) 4-0, pinned Sohrab Movahedi (Cal Poly) 4:04, maj. dec. KiAnte Davis (Southwest Oregon CC) 11-2, dec. Shwan Shadia (Michigan State) 5-1, dec. Luke Paine (Wyoming) 5-1, was maj. dec. by Wesley Maskill (Michigan State) 12-3, was dec. by Gary Jantzer (Utah Valley) 11-4 (sixth place).
Sohrab Movahedi (184) bye, was pinned by Will Tindal (Boise State) 5:32, was pinned by Mitch Woods (Cal Poly) 4:04.
Ryan Anderson (184) was dec. by Haszell West (Clackamas) 7-4, was dec. by Anthony Anderson (Arizona State) 3-1.
J.T. Goodwin (197) bye, pinned Corey Griego (Oregon State) 4:30, pinned Wyatt Koelling (Missouri) 2:28, dec. Morgan Smith (Simon Fraser) 8-4, was dec. by Derek White (Oklahoma State) 7-3 (second place).
Thomas Lane (197) tech. fall Aaron Wiese (Unattached) 16-0 (3:36), was maj. dec. by Derek White (Oklahoma State) 12-3, was dec. by Josh Morin (Unattached) 6-2.
Nicolas Iversen (285) was dec. by Jacob Cooper (Michigan State) 5-2, pinned Bret Garcia (Arizona) 4:35, was pinned by Eric Fan (Eastern Oregon) 1:42.
Spencer Empey (285) dec. Gabe Gonzalez (Boise State) 5-2, dec. Taylor Kornoely (Montana State-Northern) 5-1, was pinned by David Henry (Oregon State) 2:50, tech. fall Christian Rebottaro (Michigan State) 18-0 (3:53), dec. Sean Molle (Simon Fraser) 4-0, was dec. by Jacob Cooper (Michigan State) 6-4, was dec. by Tanner Allen (Oklahoma State) 7-5 (sixth place).
