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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- After suffering its first dual meet loss of the season, the Cal Poly wrestling team, presented by Meathead Movers, puts its 6-1 overall record on the line with another pair of Pacific-10 Conference dual meets this weekend -- Friday at home against Cal State Bakersfield, starting at 6:30 p.m., and Sunday at Arizona State, commencing at 1 p.m. Co-head coaches John Azevedo and Mark Perry have guided the Mustangs to a No. 22 national ranking by the National Wrestling Coaches Association. Neither Cal State Bakersfield nor...
CORVALLIS, Ore. -- Filip Novachkov scored a takedown with 10 seconds remaining and his brother, Boris Novachkov, earned enough riding time as Cal Poly upset Oregon State 18-15 in a Pacific-10 Conference dual wrestling meet Friday night in Gill Coliseum. Filip Novachkov’s late takedown earned the senior a 6-4 decision over Garrett Drucker at 133 pounds while Boris Novachkov’s 90 seconds of riding time was the difference in a 3-2 decision over Michael Mangrum at 141 pounds, giving the Mustangs an insurmountable 18-11 advantage with o...
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- Cal Poly scored three major decisions while Wyoming produced just one -- the two extra bonus points providing the margin of victory in an 18-16 dual wrestling meet victory Friday night before 881 in Mott Gym. Atticus Disney at 285 -- the opening bout -- along with Boris Novachkov at 141 and Barrett Abel at 157 all won by major decision as the Mustangs built a 12-9 lead in the first six bouts. Wyoming 165-pounder Shane Onufer, ranked No. 6 in the nation by InterMat, improved to 18-0 on the year with a 5-4 decision ove...
OREM, Utah -- Cal Poly wrestlers Drew Meulman and Ryan Smith earned first-place finishes at the Utah Valley University Open on Saturday. Competing at 197 pounds, Smith was seeded second and won each of his three matches by decision en route to the Outstanding Wrestler award. After a first-round bye, Smith defeated Leland Pfeifer of Wyoming in a 15-4 major decision, then decisioned Trevor Rupp of Utah Valley 6-2 in the semifinals. Smith (pictured above), a junior, upset top-seeded Nick Bayer of Northern Colorado 10-5 in the championship final to...
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- Cal Poly is proud to announce that Meathead Movers has signed on to become one of the premiere corporate partners of Mustang Athletics. The deal provides Meathead Movers, owned by former wrestler Aaron Steed and his brother, Evan Steed, significant visilibility through the Mustang wrestling and football programs. In a three-year deal that will be the first of its kind for the Mustangs, Meathead Movers will be the presenting sponsor for the Cal Poly wrestling program. "We are excited to invest in Cal Poly Athleti...
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- Cal Poly's wrestling team is ranked as high as No. 16 in the national polls this week while five Mustangs are listed in the individual rankings. Co-head coaches John Azevedo and Mark Perry have guided the Mustangs to No. 16 in WIN Magazine's Tournament Power Index, a measure of how a team will do in tournament competition. Amateur Wrestling News has ranked Cal Poly No. 18 while WrestlingReport.com places the Mustangs 19th. The Mustangs are receiving votes in the National Wrestling Coaches Association poll. Individual...
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- Junior Ryan DesRoches, who pinned four of his five opponents in the Fullerton Open last Saturday, has been named Coca-Cola/Cal Poly Athlete of the Week. DesRoches pinned his first opponent in just 11 seconds and followed with three more falls in 2:15, 4:28 and 2:56 before capturing the 165-pound title with an 8-6 decision over Lucas Espercueta of Stanford. DesRoches is now 9-0 on the season with six falls. He competed in the Cal Baptist Open on Oct. 23 and won each of his three bouts, two by fall, en route to another...
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- Mark Perry, who recently completed his first season as assistant wrestling coach at Cal Poly, and seven-year Mustang head coach John Azevedo will serve as co-head coaches beginning with the 2010-11 season. The announcement was made Tuesday by Cal Poly director of athletics Alison Cone. “This move further strengthens our wrestling coaching staff,” said Cone. “Mark's strengths combined with John's attributes will provide us with an unbeatable coaching combination.” With Perry as his assistant las...
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- John Azevedo, who guided Cal Poly to a third-place Pacific-10 Conference finish and produced a pair of NCAA All-Americans, has been named Pac-10 Coach of the Year by D1CollegeWrestling.net. The Mustangs rebounded from a tough 2008-09 campaign by finishing just seven points shy of Pac-10 champion Oregon State. Chase Pami finished second at 157 pounds in both the Pac-10 and NCAA finals while Boris Novachkov won a Pac-10 title at 133 and placed seventh nationally. Their finish marked the first time in six seasons that mu...
OMAHA, Neb. -- Cal Poly senior Chase Pami is the sixth NCAA Division I runner-up in Mustang wrestling history. Trying to become the third Division I national champion, Pami led 2-1 early in the first period, but eventually fell 6-4 to top-seeded J.P. O'Connor of Harvard in the 157-pound final Saturday night at the Qwest Center Omaha. O'Connor, also a senior and now 4-1 in his career against Pami, scored a takedown later in the first period for a 3-2 lead and added a reversal in the second period for a 5-2 advantage. Pami recorded...