The Roadrunners hoped to give the home crowd an idea of what to expect later in the month when Bakersfield hosts the Pac-10 Championships. After a bit of a slow start, it was all Roadrunners. The 48 team points equaled Bakersfield's best total of the season along with the 48 that the Roadrunners scored when shutting out San Francisco State at the Icardo Center last month.
Portland State had the best of things early on, though. Dale Seley picked up the Vikings' lone win of the night at 165 pounds over Bakersfield's Daniel Atondo, who entered the match ranked No. 6 in the Pac-10. But now the Portland State junior will have an argument for that No. 6 ranking after the 13-11 decision.
Seley used five takedowns in the first two periods to build a 10-8 lead, but Atondo was able to get a turn in the third period for three back points to take an 11-10 advantage. But Seley escaped with 27 seconds left in the match and earned a takedown with three seconds remaining for the match-winner.
But Portland State's lead lasted just one match. Garth Wara and Brandon Ceremello followed with major decision wins at 174 and 184 respectively before the match moved into fast forward. Brandon Halsey pinned Keena Washington at 197 just 1:22 into the match, and Eric Parker also earned a pin in his final home dual over Zack Smith in 2:02 at heavyweight for a commanding 20-3 lead.
If the match didn't seem to be moving fast enough already, Portland State then forfeited at 125 and 133 to give Bakersfield a 32-3 team lead.
Senior Matt Schumm didn't earn a pin in his final home dual but he did pick up a technical fall by a 15-0 score over Greg Einerson at 141, and senior Brandon Doyle picked up Bakersfield's third first-period pin of the dual over Joe Vanaman at 149 in 2:24.
Daniel Alejandro returned from injury to close out the match with a second technical fall of the match for the Roadrunners. The 157-pounder defeated Steven Dailey 19-3 in 5:46 to close out the win.
Bakersfield will partake in its final regular-season tournament of the year on Saturday at the San Francisco State Open.
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