LAS VEGAS--- SF State's Dylan Phillipy went 6-2 at the 32^nd Annual Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational to place fifth at the prestigious tournament.  Phillipy became the first Gator wrestler to place at this tournament since Donald Lockett placed fifth in 2004.
 
The Martinez native started the two-day tournament with a loss by fall (1:05) to Virginia Tech's Devin Carter.  Carter was the second seeded wrestler in the 141 bracket and was third in the nation in Division I.  Phillipy came back with a 15-0 technical fall win at 5:26 over Brown University's Zachary Tanenbaum. 
 
The senior wrestler won his next three matches by fall.  His first one was at 4:32 over Cal Baptist's Bradford Gerl.  His won over North Carolina State's Sam Speno came at 2:21.  Then he defeated Todd Preston of Harvard at 2:01 to record his sixth win this season by fall.
 
In the consolation quarterfinal, Phillipy defeated Joey Lazor of Northern Iowa by a 12-5 decision. Lazor was seeded third in the tournament and is currently eighth in the nation. 
Phillipy's five-match winning streak was snapped in the consolation semi-finals as he lost by a 17-2 technical fall decision to University of Oklahoma's Nick Lester. Going into this weekend, Lester was 16^th in the nation and was seeded fifth in the tournament.
 
Phillipy then wrestled Carter again for fifth place, which the Gator grappler won by injury default to improve to 12-5 on the season.
 
SF State junior wrestler Andrew Reggi (11-5) recorded two wins in the 197 weight class bracket.  He started off with a 11-1 loss by major decision to Shane Woods of the University of Wyoming.  Woods was seeded eighth in the tournament.  Reggi came back with a 9-0 major decision win over Grand Canyon's Marcus Haughian.  He then won his next match by injury default over Harvard's James Fox.  Reggi finished his day at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational with a 3-2 loss to Boise State's Cody Dixon.
 
Heading into this afternoon's championship matches, the Gators are tied for 19^th with 26 points with Brown University out of 33 teams.  SF State was the top Division II team at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational as Cal Baptist finished 31^st with five points and Colorado State-Pueblo was 32^nd with four points.
 
COMPLETE GATOR RESULTS
 
125 Marc Collier (1-5)
Lost by fall (2:32) to #7 Conor Youtsey (University of Michigan)
Lost by 8-6 sudden victory decision to AJ |Salazar (Grand Canyon)
 
133 Isaiah Hurtado (12-5)
Lost by 8-5 decision to #4 Johnni DiJulius (The Ohio State University)
Won by 11-1 major decision over Logan Everett (Army)
Lost by fall (0:53) Gregory Rinker (Air Force)
 
141 Dylan Phillipy (12-5)  FIFTH PLACE
Lost by fall (1:05) to #2 Devin Carter (Virginia Tech)
Won by 15-0 technical fall over Zachary Tanenbaum (Brown)
Won by fall (4:32) over Bradford Gerl (Cal Baptist)
Won by fall (2:21) over Sam Speno (North Carolina State)
Won by fall (2:01) over Todd Preston (Harvard)
Won by 12-5 decision over Joey Lazor (Northern Iowa)
Lost by 17-2 technical fall to Nick Lester (Oklahoma)
Won by injury default over #2 Devin Carter Virginia Tech)
 
149 Dylan Furtado (5-8)
Lost by 13-2 major decision to Alex Johnson (Navy)
Lost by 9-1 major decision to Michael Gamel (Grand Canyon)
 
157 Tavis Ino (11-8)
Lost by 9-0 major decision to #7 Blaine Butler (University of Virginia)
Won by 2-1 decision over Tyler Grimaldi (Harvard University)
Lost by fall (3:30) to Anthony Perrotti (Rutgers)
 
165 Vicente Aboytes (7-7)
Lost by 6-0 decision to Chris Moon (Virginia Tech)
Won by 10-3 decision over Raymond Waters (Arizona State)
Lost by 12-4 major decision to Dakota Friesth (Wyoming)
 
174 Calvin Nicholls (4-7)
Lost by fall (3:05) to #9 Bryce Hammond (Cal State Bakersfield)
Lost by fall (5:50) to Benjamin Raltson (University of Michigan)
 
184 Zach Jimenez (10-6)
Lost by 16-1 technical fall to #2 Kenny Courts (The Ohio State University)
Won by 9-5 decision over Bryan Engdahl (Oregon State)
Lost by fall (5:27) to Sean Dougherty (Cal Poly)
 
197 Andrew Reggi (11-5)
Lost by 11-1 major decision to #8 Shane Woods (Wyoming)
Won by 9-0 major decision over Marcus Haughian (Grand Canyon)
Won by injury default (1:56) over James Fox (Harvard)
Lost by 3-2 decision Cody Dixon (Boise State University)
 
285 Hildelv Manzur (7-9)
Lost by fall (2:47) to Ethan Hayes (Virginia)
Lost by 3-2 decision to Peter Anquiano (Grand Canyon)
 
# what they were seeded in the seeding meeting prior to the start of the invitational…

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