RENO,
Nev. - The CSUB wrestling team stretched its streak of top 10
finishes at the Reno Tournament of Champions to five consecutive
years as four Roadrunner placewinners led the team to a 10th
place finish Tuesday.
Redshirt
freshman Elijah Nacita collected a fourth place finish at 141,
freshman Trevor Hall finished fifth at 157 and senior Jeremy Doyle
(149) and junior Daniel Atondo (165) took sixth place finishes.
Nacitia
opened the tournament with three wins before falling 5-7 to Cornell's
Adam Frey. Working towards the third place match, Nacitia claimed a
15-8 decision over Wyoming's Cole Dallaserra. He then was forced to
settle for the fourth place finish with a 6-15 loss to Central
Michigan's Eric Kruger.
In
the 149 division, Doyle started strong with 9-6 and 14-2 wins before
dropping a close 5-3 decision to No. 1 seed Scott Ervin of
Appalachian State. Doyle would follow that loss with four more wins
before eventually taking sixth place with a 6-8 loss to Central
Michigan's Nathaniel Holt.
Hall,
a freshman thrown into the fire at the Los Vegas Invite two weeks
ago, rebounded with four wins on Tuesday, including a 5-3 decision
over Central Michigan's Tyler Grayson in the fifth place match.
Atondo
won his opening match 15-0 before falling 4-11 to No. 1 seed Patrick
Pitch. He then bounced back to claim four straight, including a pair
of technical falls and a major decision, before finishing in sixth
place.
At
184 redshirt freshman Riley Orozco had a tough draw with University
of Oregon's Brysen French in the first round, but knocked off the No.
4 seed with a big 11-3 decision. Orozco's luck ran out however as he
lost his next two matches, including a tight 7-6 decision to No. 3
seed Cody Hill out of Oaklahoma State.
The
Roadrunners finished with a team score of 52.5. Central Michigan took
the team title with 152.5 points. Pac-10 schools Cal State Fullerton,
Cal Poly and Stanford finished fifth, sixth and seventh,
respectively, while the four other conference teams competing
finished behind CSUB.
Tournament
competition continues for the 'Runners on Dec. 29-30 when they travel
to Greensboro, N.C., for the Southern Scuffle hosted by
UNC-Greensboro.