The Mustangs, who at 3-0 have already equalled their dual meet win total of a year ago, received victories from Maldonado, Chase Pami, Ryan DesRoches and the Novachkov brothers, Boris and Filip.
Cal Poly sent four nationally ranked wrestlers into the dual meet while the Roadrunners had a pair. None of the six met each other and all six were winners.
Pami, Cal Poly’s lone returning NCAA All-American, opened the dual meet with a 15-4 major decision against Andrew Balch at 157 pounds. Pami, ranked Nos. 4, 5 and 6 by various publications, improved to 11-2 on the year.
DesRoches continued his mastery pinning opponents, earning a fall in 7 minutes, 13 seconds, over Troy Goodban at 174 pounds. DesRoches, ranked for the first time this season at No. 25 by D1CollegeWrestling.net this week, scored a reversal for a 21-7 lead 15 seconds into the final period and pinned Goodban shortly thereafter for his 13th fall of the season. He is 16-4 on the year.
Cal State Bakersfield won the next four matches to take an 18-10 lead. The victories included a 9-4 decision by No. 15-16-18 Riley Orozco over Mustang Ryan Smith at 197 and a 3-1 decision by Nos. 9-10 Mitch Monteiro against Jim Powers at 285.
Cal Poly rallied with wins in the final three bouts for the dual meet victory, avenging last year’s 24-10 loss to the Roadrunners in Mott Gym.
Sophomore Boris Novachkov, ranked Nos. 7-8-9 this week, blanked Justin Durham with a 9-0 major decision at 133, scoring three takedowns, one escape, one penalty point and riding time. Novachkov is now 12-0 on the year.
His brother, Filip Novachkov, followed with a 7-5 win over Elijah Nacita at 141, improving to 12-2. Novachkov, ranked Nos. 3, 4 and 8, led all the way with three takedowns and an escape as Cal Poly closed the gap to 18-17.
Finally, Maldonado wrapped up the Mustang dual meet victory with his 22-7 technical fall against Calvin Miller at 149. Maldonado, now 3-2 this season, led 2-1 after the first period and 7-2 after the second period before posting six takedowns and a two-point near fall in the final period to win going away.
Cal State Bakersfield had won five of the last six meetings between the two schools after the Mustangs earned three straight wins from 2001-03. The Roadrunners still lead the all-time series 25-15-2 against Cal Poly.
The Mustangs, ranked as high as No. 16 this week, beat Cal State Fullerton 26-13 on Nov. 14 and upset then-No. 10-ranked Missouri 22-15 on Nov. 20. Cal State Bakersfield, which fell 31-9 to No. 4 Minnesota in November, is now 0-2 on the year.
Both teams will compete in the 15th Annual Reno Tournament of Champions on Sunday at the Reno Downtown Convention Center in Reno, Nevada.
Results:
125 – Frank Lomas (CSUB) fall Micah Ferguson (CP), 5:00
133 – No. 9 Boris Novachkov (CSUB) maj. dec. Justin Durham (CSUB), 9-0
141 – No. 8 Filip Novachkov (CP) dec. Elijah Nacita (CSUB), 7-5
149 – Eric Maldonado (CP) tech. fall over Calvin Miller (CSUB) 22-7
157 – No. 6 Chase Pami maj. dec. Andrew Balch (CSUB), 15-4
165 – Joey Granata (CSUB) dec. Travis Rasmussen (CP), 10-3
174 – Ryan DesRoches (CP) fall Troy Goodban (CSUB), 5:13
184 – Mike Larson (CSUB) dec. Tyler Holt (CP), 9-5
197 – Riley Orozco (CSUB) dec. Ryan Smith (CP), 9-4
285 – No. 10 Mitch Monteiro (CSUB) dec. Jim Powers (CP), 3-1
Note: Dual meet started with 157-pound match.
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