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Luka Wick, shown in match earlier this season, earned an 8-5 decision at 157 pounds against Air Force on Friday night.
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Cal Poly Drops 22-12 Dual Meet Decision at Air Force
1/14/2023 2:22:00 AM | Wrestling
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The Air Force Academy won six of the 10 bouts, including a fall and a major decision, en route to a 22-12 victory over Cal Poly in a non-conference dual wrestling meet Friday night.
Ranked No. 28, the host Falcons clinched the dual meet victory over the No. 24 Mustangs in the final bout as seventh-ranked Wyatt Hendrickson earned a fall in 2 minutes, 2 seconds, after building a 14-2 lead in the first period with three takedowns and a pair of four-point near falls.
Air Force improved to 3-1 while Cal Poly fell to 3-5.
Mustang winners, all by decision, were Lawrence Saenz at 141 pounds, Luka Wick at 157, Brawley Lamer at 174 and Wesley Wilson at 197.
Saenz scored a 6-2 win over Garrett Kuchan with a takedown in the second period and a reversal, penalty point and riding time in the final period.
Wick, a redshirt freshman, was an 8-5 winner over Jack Ganos, tallying a takedown and four-point near fall in the second period and a reversal in the third period.
Lamer notched a 3-0 victory over Gage Musser with an escape in the second period and riding time after riding out Musser in the final period.
Wilson, a true freshman, earned a 5-3 decision over Calvin Sund, pulling Cal Poly to within four points at 16-12 with one bout to go. Wilson recorded a takedown in the first period, a reversal in the second period and an escape in the final period.
Cal Poly was without two of its top wrestlers in 149-pounder Dom Demas and 197-pounder Bernie Truax.
The Mustangs, ranked No. 7 in the initial NCAA Division I Mid-Major Poll this week, wrap up their two-game Colorado road trip Sunday at Northern Colorado, a 30-12 winner over CSU Bakersfield on Friday night.
No. 28 Air Force 22, No. 24 Cal Poly 12:
125: Tucker Owens (AF) Dec. #23 Antonio Lorenzo (POLY), 3-2 SV1 | AF 3, POLY 0
133: #21 Cody Phippen (AF) Dec. Ethan Rotondo (POLY), 7-2 | AF 6, POLY 0
141: Lawrence Saenz (POLY) Dec. Garrett Kuchan (AF), 6-2 | AF 6, POLY 3
149: Dylan Martinez (AF) MD Tiger Ortiz (POLY), 12-1 | AF 10, POLY 3
157: Luka Wick (POLY) Dec. Jack Ganos (AF), 8-5 | AF 10, POLY 6
165: Giano Petrucelli (AF) Dec. #31 Legend Lamer (POLY), 5-3 SV1 | AF 13, POLY 6
174: Brawley Lamer (POLY) Dec. Gage Musser (AF), 2-0 | AF 13, POLY 9
184: Noah Blake (AF) Dec. Jarad Priest (POLY), 7-5 | AF 16, POLY 9
197: Wesley Wilson (POLY) Dec. Calvin Sund (AF), 5-3 | AF 16, POLY 12
285: #7 Wyatt Hendrickson (AF) Fall Trevor Tinker (POLY) (2:02) | AF 22, POLY 12
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The Air Force Academy won six of the 10 bouts, including a fall and a major decision, en route to a 22-12 victory over Cal Poly in a non-conference dual wrestling meet Friday night.
Ranked No. 28, the host Falcons clinched the dual meet victory over the No. 24 Mustangs in the final bout as seventh-ranked Wyatt Hendrickson earned a fall in 2 minutes, 2 seconds, after building a 14-2 lead in the first period with three takedowns and a pair of four-point near falls.
Air Force improved to 3-1 while Cal Poly fell to 3-5.
Mustang winners, all by decision, were Lawrence Saenz at 141 pounds, Luka Wick at 157, Brawley Lamer at 174 and Wesley Wilson at 197.
Saenz scored a 6-2 win over Garrett Kuchan with a takedown in the second period and a reversal, penalty point and riding time in the final period.
Wick, a redshirt freshman, was an 8-5 winner over Jack Ganos, tallying a takedown and four-point near fall in the second period and a reversal in the third period.
Lamer notched a 3-0 victory over Gage Musser with an escape in the second period and riding time after riding out Musser in the final period.
Wilson, a true freshman, earned a 5-3 decision over Calvin Sund, pulling Cal Poly to within four points at 16-12 with one bout to go. Wilson recorded a takedown in the first period, a reversal in the second period and an escape in the final period.
Cal Poly was without two of its top wrestlers in 149-pounder Dom Demas and 197-pounder Bernie Truax.
The Mustangs, ranked No. 7 in the initial NCAA Division I Mid-Major Poll this week, wrap up their two-game Colorado road trip Sunday at Northern Colorado, a 30-12 winner over CSU Bakersfield on Friday night.
No. 28 Air Force 22, No. 24 Cal Poly 12:
125: Tucker Owens (AF) Dec. #23 Antonio Lorenzo (POLY), 3-2 SV1 | AF 3, POLY 0
133: #21 Cody Phippen (AF) Dec. Ethan Rotondo (POLY), 7-2 | AF 6, POLY 0
141: Lawrence Saenz (POLY) Dec. Garrett Kuchan (AF), 6-2 | AF 6, POLY 3
149: Dylan Martinez (AF) MD Tiger Ortiz (POLY), 12-1 | AF 10, POLY 3
157: Luka Wick (POLY) Dec. Jack Ganos (AF), 8-5 | AF 10, POLY 6
165: Giano Petrucelli (AF) Dec. #31 Legend Lamer (POLY), 5-3 SV1 | AF 13, POLY 6
174: Brawley Lamer (POLY) Dec. Gage Musser (AF), 2-0 | AF 13, POLY 9
184: Noah Blake (AF) Dec. Jarad Priest (POLY), 7-5 | AF 16, POLY 9
197: Wesley Wilson (POLY) Dec. Calvin Sund (AF), 5-3 | AF 16, POLY 12
285: #7 Wyatt Hendrickson (AF) Fall Trevor Tinker (POLY) (2:02) | AF 22, POLY 12
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