Boris Novachkov pinned Carlos Castro in 4 minutes, 46 seconds at 133 pounds, while his brother, Filip Novachkov, registered his fall over Taihei Fukumoto in 6:29 at 149 as the Mustangs won the first six bouts of the dual meet for a 31-0 lead and improved to 8-1 overall and 4-1 in Pac-10 duals.
Arizona State, the 1988 NCAA national champion, fell to 5-9 and 1-2.
Boris Novachkov, ranked No. 4 by InterMat, improved his record to 22-1 with his fourth fall of the season, He was leading 15-4 when he pinned Castro with 14 seconds remaining in the second period.
Filip Novachkov, who wrestled at 141 pounds a year ago and moved down to 133 at the start of the current season to accommodate his brother’s move to 141, elected this week to try his luck at 149 pounds after compiling a 7-6 record, including a 1-6 mark against top-20 wrestlers at 133.
The move has paid off so far as he earned a 12-10 overtime win over John Cardenas of Cal State Bakersfield on Friday night followed by Sunday’s fall over Fukumoto. Filip Novachkov was leading 18-4 at the time of the fall, scored with just 31 seconds remaining in the bout.
Filip Novachkov, ranked No. 14 at 133 by InterMat, is now 9-6 on the year.
Arizona State forfeited bouts at 157 and 174 pounds and Cal Poly also picked up six team points at 285 when Sun Devil Levi Cooper was forced to default due to a knee injury suffered six seconds into the bout. Cooper and Mustang Atticus Disney (11-9) wrestled to the side of the mat and Cooper fell and hit his knee on the wood floor off the side of the mat.
Cal Poly’s other points came from Brandan Rocha at 133, Ryan DesRoches at 165 and Ryan Smith at 197.
In the opening bout, Rocha scored a takedown in each of the first two periods and notched a reversal and two-point near fall in the third period en route to a 9-5 decision over Kalin Goodsite. Rocha sports an 11-9 mark for the season.
DesRoches (pictured above), ranked No. 16 at 165, recorded three takedowns and a pair of reversals on his way to a 14-6 major decision over Tejovan Edwards, improving his record for the season to 28-5. It was DesRoches’ third win over Edwards this season. The other two were by fall in 2:56 at the Fullerton Open and an 8-6 decision in the Reno Tournament of Champions.
Smith, coming off his first win in five tries against Cal State Bakersfield’s Riley Orozco, a 9-7 overtime decision, earned an escape and takedown in the second period and another takedown in the final period for a 5-2 decision over Luke Macchiaroli. Smith is now 14-5 on the year.
Arizona State’s only two wins were registered by 125-pounder Anthony Robles and 184-pounder Jake Meredith.
Robles, ranked No. 2 in the nation, improved to 24-0 on the year with a 16-0 technical fall over Britain Longmire while Meredith pinned Mustang Kelan Bragg in 2:13.
With its second straight win over Arizona State, Cal Poly now trails the Sun Devils in the series, 31-12.
The Mustangs will compete in the California Collegiate Invitational on Saturday at San Francisco State.
Results:
133 -- Brandan Rocha (CP) dec. Kalin Goodsite (ASU) 9-5
141 -- Boris Novachkov (CP) pinned Carlos Castro (ASU) 4:46
149 -- Filip Novachkov (CP) pinned Taihei Fukumoto (ASU) 6:29
157 -- Barrett Abel (CP) won by forfeit
165 -- Ryan DesRoches (CP) maj. dec. Tejovan Edwards (ASU) 14-6
174 -- Steven Vasquez (CP) won by forfeit
184 --Jake Meredith (ASU) pinned Kelan Bragg (CP) 2:13
197 -- Ryan Smith (CP) dec. Luke Macchiaroli (ASU) 5-2
285 -- Atticus Disney (CP) injury default over Levi Cooper (ASU) 0:06
125 -- Anthony Robles (ASU) tech. fall Britain Longmire (CP) 16-0
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