A 6-4 decision by senior heavyweight Ben Flores in the final bout of the first dual gave Menlo a 21-18 win against No. 20 University of Indianapolis to open the day. The Oaks fell to the University of Great Falls (Mont.), ranked second nationally by the NAIA, 25-16, before finishing the competition with a 33-12 defeat of Montclair.
In other duals, Great Falls (3-0) opened the day with 34-10 defeat of Montclair (0-3) while in round No. 2, Indianapolis (1-2) rode four falls to a 37-12 defeat of Montclair. Great Falls closed competition with a 24-18 win against Indianapolis.
Beginning with freshman Mike Rodriguez's 7-3 defeat of Jimmy Nichols at 125 pounds, Menlo never trailed Indianapolis in the opening dual. Shane Perkey gave the Greyhounds a brief 3-3 tie with a 6-4 decision against the Oaks' Alfonso Paez at 133 before Menlo's Pablo Sanchez, ranked sixth at 133 pounds, pinned Indianapolis' Danny Norman at 2:44. Joe Garcia fell to Indianapolis' Charlie Pingleton, 9-5, at 149.
Bickford won his match at 157, 7-3, before Robert Davis earned a fall against the Greyhounds' Aaron Brooks at 2:25 to give Menlo an 18-6 advantage. Indianapolis, however, rallied with three successive victories to knot the match, 18-18, before Flores, the NAIA's second-rated heavyweight, decided the dual.
In the second dual, Sanchez's fall of Great Falls' Jason Harrington at 1:40 and Garcia's 3-0 decision against Spencer Griffiths gave the Oaks a brief 9-3 lead against the Argonauts. Great Falls, however, captured five of the final seven matches and wins by Bickford (dec. 8-4) and Jesse Vasquez (maj. dec. 16-8) at 184 couldn't lift the Oaks to the upset.
Menlo rebounded in the final round, however, snaring eight bout wins from Montclair. Highlighting the effort was Bickford, who became Menlo's lone undefeated wrestler with a 13-4 decision against the Red Hawks' Steve Bradley and the recently-eligible Jon Sanchez, who pinned Mark D'Elia at 184 in 4:24.
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