Cal Poly Contests Pair of Pac-12 Dual Meets on the Road This Week
1/30/2018 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Cal Poly wraps up its dual wrestling meet schedule with a trio of Pac-12 Conference matches over the next two weeks.
Coach Jon Sioredas' Mustangs visit CSU Bakersfield on Wednesday night and Oregon State on Saturday night. Cal Poly closes out the 2017-18 regular season with a Feb. 11 matchup against Arizona State inside Mott Athletics Center.
Cal Poly dropped a 23-14 decision to Stanford in its Pac-12 opener last week, falling to 0-5 on the year. CSU Bakersfield is 4-9 overall following a 24-14 loss to Arizona State and Oregon State sports a 3-5 mark after defeating Northern Colorado 34-10 on Sunday.
Cal Poly has a pair of wrestlers in the NCAA's initial coaches' panel rankings for the 2017-18 wrestling season. Senior Colton Schilling (pictured above) is ranked No. 31 at 141 pounds while sophomore Tom Lane drew a No. 23 ranking at 197 pounds.
Schilling improved to 10-5 on the year with a technical fall in the Stanford dual. He has a team-leading seven falls this season.
Lane earned a shutout decision against Stanford and is 13-5 for the year with one fall.
Mustang sophomore Matt Wilhelm wrestled up a weight class at 184 and his decision in the Stanford dual lifted his record to 12-6 with a pair of pins. Junior Joshy Cortez evened his record at 9-9 with a decision against Stanford.
CSU Bakersfield sports a quartet of ranked wrestlers. Matt Williams (25-5) is No. 14 at 197 pounds while 157-pounder Coleman Hammond (24-11) is ranked No. 16. Also, Sergio Mendez (16-10) is No. 27 at 125 and Sean Nickell (18-8) is No. 28 at 133.
For Oregon State, 285-pounder Amarveer Dhesi (13-3) is ranked No. 11 while 125-pounder Ronnie Bresser (14-4) is No. 6 and 197-pounder Corey Griego (14-5) is No. 16.
Cal Poly defeated CSU Bakersfield 21-18 a year ago at Righetti High School, erasing an 18-14 deficit with a major decision by Cortez and a decision by Colt Shorts. The Roadrunners still hold a 29-19-2 advantage in the series.
Visiting Oregon State for the second straight year, Cal Poly dropped a 25-10 verdict last season and is 10-38 all time against the Beavers.
Cal Poly returns to Corvallis on Feb. 25 for the Pac-12 Championships.
Probable Starting Lineups
Cal Poly (0-5, 0-1 Pac-12)
125 — Yoshito Funakoshi, Junior, Torrance, Calif. (3-5)
133 — Ty Schilling, Sophomore, Brownsville, Oregon (1-9)
141 — No. 31 Colton Schilling, Senior, Brownsville, Oregon (10-5)
149 — Joshy Cortez, Junior, Temecula, Calif. (9-9)
157 — Jett Moy, Freshman (Redshirt), Carlsbad, Calif. (2-9)
165 — Ryan Farina, Freshman (Redshirt), Tempe, Ariz. (3-8)
174 — Killian Vendler, Senior, San Marino, Calif. (2-8)
184 — Matt Wilhelm, Sophomore, Manahawkin, N.J. (12-6)
197 — No. 23 Tom Lane, Sophomore, Garden City, N.Y. (13-5)
285 — Spencer Empey, Senior, Sparks, Nevada (5-10)
CSU Bakersfield (4-9, 0-2 Pac-12)
125 — No. 27 Sergio Mendez, Senior, Arleta, Calif. (16-10)
133 — No. 28 Sean Nickell, Junior, Bakersfield, Calif. (18-8)
141 — Russell Rohlfing, Sophomore, La Habra Heights, Calif. (16-6)
149 — Kalani Tonge, Sophomore, Elk Grove, Calif. (8-17)
157 — No. 16 Coleman Hammond, Senior, Bakersfield, Calif. (24-11)
165 — Lorenzo De La Riva, Sophomore, Folsom, Calif. (10-9) or Jacob Thalin, Sophomore, San Jose, Calif. (7-3)
174 — Bryan Battisto, Junior, Santa Cruz, Calif. (10-14)
184 — Dominic Ducharme, Redshirt Freshman, Windsor, Calif. (13-12)
197 — No. 14 Matt Williams, Senior, Apple Valley, Calif. (25-5)
285 — Mark Penyacsek, Sophomore, Royal Oaks, Calif. (6-13) or Dominic Balmer, Sophomore, Roseville, Calif. (5-6)
Oregon State (3-5, 0-1 Pac-12)
125 — No. 6 Ronnie Bresser, Junior, Klamath Falls, Oregon (15-4)
133 — Devan Turner, Redshirt Freshman, Dixon, Calif. (7-12)
141 — Jack Hathaway, Senior, Iowa City, Iowa (17-11)
149 — Josh Reyes, Junior, Portland, Oregon (4-4)
157 — Hunter Willits, Freshman, Pueblo, Colo. (14-12)
165 — Rodney Williams, Junior, Kaneohe, Hawaii (0-7)
174 — Myles Terry, Freshman, St. Helens, Oregon (5-13)
184 — Bob Coleman, Sophomore, Hermiston, Oregon (17-6)
197 — No. 16 Corey Griego, Junior, Apple Valley, Calif. (15-5)
285 — No. 11 Amarveer Dhesi, Senior, Surrey, B.C., Canada (14-3)
