Senior Will Simmons (Sacramento, CA/Sac City College) improved to 3-4 as he won by a 14-12 decision in the first round of sudden victory over The Mavericks' Andrew Laiminger at 174. SF State won at 184 by forfeit as Cory Creighton (Fr, Carson, WA/Stevenson HS) picked up the win. At 197, Alecxis Lara (Jr, Gilroy, CA/Skyline College) won by fall at 6:44 over Keenan Jennings of Mesa State.
Christopher Kennedy put the Mavericks on the board with a 5-2 decision over the Gators' Vincent Bordi (Fr, Manteca, CA) at heavyweight. Freshman Pierre Bondoc (Fr, Modesto, CA/Beyer HS) gave the Gators a 20-3 lead as he won by a 22-4 technical fall over Jason Blasdel at 125 to improve to 1-3. At 133, Ben Lockett (Fr, San Francisco, CA/George Washington HS) improved to 2-10 with a 10-9 decision over Garrett Burner. Virgil Lockett (Sr, San Francisco, CA/Skyline College) recorded his third victory by pin fall as he pinned Mesa State's Jacob Maysog at the 3:19 mark at 133.
The Gators won the next match by forfeit at 149 to increase their lead to 35-3. Then at 157, Kenneth Packard (So, Fresno, CA/Roosevelt School of the Arts) recorded a 10-8 sudden victory over Taylor Torisk to run his record to 9-7. In the final match of the afternoon, Mesa State's Cole Johnson recorded a 3-1 win over the Gators' Austin Torres (Jr, 165, Schererville, IN/Skyline College) at 165 to make the final 38-6 SF State.
SF State will return to the mat on Sunday for a pair of duals in Bakersfield, Calif. The Gators will face Cal State Bakersfield and Columbia University in a pair of non-conference duals beginning at 1:30pm. SF State will also send some wrestlers to Atherton, Calif., to participate in the Menlo Invitational on the campus of Menlo College.
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