Wrestling | 2/6/2016 6:13:00 PM
SAN FRANCISCO--- SF State had its final two home duals of the regular season against Simon Fraser and No. 11 Colorado Mesa. The Gators went 1-1 with a 33-14 over the Clan and losing 23-14 to the nationally ranked Mavericks. Prior to today's dual with Simon Fraser, the Gators recognized their three seniors in
Gabe Fuentes,
Tavis Ino and
Calvin Nicholls in a brief ceremony.
SF State (5-7, 1-2 RMAC) started the afternoon with a 33-14 win over the Simon Fraser Clan. The Gators lost the first match by a 3-2 decision at 197 as
Calvin Nicholls lost to the Clan Josh Kim.
Sam Alnassiri gave the Gators a 6-3 lead with a win by fall in sudden victory (8:16) over Sean Molle.
Simon Fraser retook the lead (7-6) when Oscar Bulaqui won by a 15-7 major decision over
Huy Nguyen at 125. The Gators retook the lead for good when
Fern Giron won by a 5-4 decision over Simon Fraser's Cruz Velasquez. SF State won the next three matches by forfeit to take a 27-7 with
John Sha,
Dylan Furtado and
Tavis Ino all recording victories.
The Clan narrowed the gap (27-10) with a 4-2 decision by Tyler McLean over the Gators'
Tyson Kuahine at 165.
Mike Marshall gave the Gators a 33-10 lead with a win by forfeit at 174. Morgan Smith won the final match of the dual at 184 with a 13-5 major decision over
Gabe Fuentes to make the final 33-14 SF State.
In their second dual of the afternoon, the Gators blank with the 11
th ranked Colorado Mesa Mavericks. Marcus Haughian put the Mavericks on the board first with a win by fall at 197 over the Gators' Nicholls at 1:28. Alnassri cut into the Maverick lead (6-4) with an 11-2 major decision over Colter Bentley at 285.
SF State took the next match at 125 as
Brandon Vu won by a 13-8 decision over Lewis Channing as the Gators tied the match at 6-6. Giron gave the Gators a 12-6 lead with a win by forfeit at 133. The Mavericks tied the match at 12-12 when Daniel Salazar won by fall (6:25) over
Thomas Turcol.
Furtado then won by a 7-5 decision at 149 over Colorado Mesa's Jace Abbott as the Gators took a 15-12 lead. The Mavericks (7-2) tied the match at 15-15 with an 11-4 decision at 157 by Jason Buhr over SF State's
Tavis Ino. They increased their lead to 21-15 with back to back 2-1 and 2-0 decisions at 165 and 174 by Nick Swanson and Randy Boerner over the Gators' Kuahine and Marshall.
In the final match of the day, Zack Slotten won by 5-3 decision at 184 over the Gators' Fuentes to give the Mavericks the dual 23-14.
The Gators will return home tomorrow morning for the final time of the 2015-16 regular season as they will host the 40
th Annual California Collegiate Open at The Swamp at The Don Nasser Family Plaza beginning at 9am.
Their final dual of the 2015-16 season will be on Thursday, February 11 at 7pm, when they travel to Atherton, Calif., for a non-conference dual with Menlo College at the Haynes-Prim Pavilion. The Oaks are currently ranked 10
th in the nation in NAIA.
SF STATE 33, SIMON FRASER 14 SFSU-SF197 Josh Kim (Simon Fraser) won by 3-2 dec. over
Calvin Nicholls (SF State) 0-3
285
Sam Alnassiri (SF State) won by fall in SV-2 (8:16 ) over Sean Molle (Simon Fraser) 6-3
125 Oscar Bulaqui (Simon Fraser) won by 15-7 MD over
Huy Nguyen (SF State) 6-7
133
Fern Giron (SF State) won by 5-4 dec. over Cruz Velasquez (Simon Fraser) 9-7
141
John Sha (SF State) won by forfeit 15-7
149
Dylan Furtado (SF State) won by forfeit 21-7
157
Tavis Ino (SF State) won by forfeit 27-7
165 Tyler McLean (Simon Fraser) won by 4-2 dec. over
Tyson Kuahine (SF State) 27-10
174
Mike Marshall (SF State) won by forfeit 33-10
184 Morgan Smith (Simon Fraser) wins by 13-5 MD over
Gabe Fuentes (SF State 33-14
NO. 11 COLORADO MESA 23, SF STATE 14 SFSU-CM 197 Marcus Haughian (Mesa) won by fall (1:28) over
Calvin Nicholls (SF State) 0-6
285
Sam Alnassiri (SF State) won by 11-2 MD over Colter Bentley (CM) *3-6
125
Brandon Vu (SF State) won by 13-8 dec. over Channing Lewis (Mesa) *6-6
133
Fern Giron (SF State) won by forfeit *12-6
141 Daniel Salazar (Mesa) won by fall (6:25) over
Thomas Turcol (SF State) *12-12
149
Dylan Furtado (SF State) won by 7-5 dec. over Jace Abbott (Mesa) *15-12
157 Jason Buhr (Mesa) won by 11-4 dec. over
Tavis Ino (SF State) *15-15
165 Nick Swanson (Mesa) won by 2-1 dec. over
Tyson Kuahine (SF State) *15-18
174 Randy Boerner (Mesa) won by 2-0 dec. over
Mike Marshall (SF State) *15-21
184 Zak Slotten (Mesa) wins by 5-3 dec. over
Gabe Fuentes (SF State) *14-23
*= SF State was deducted two points and Mesa one
Senior Day Ceremony
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