BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Jordan Gurrola led the San Francisco State men's wrestling team with a third-place finish on Sunday at the Roadrunner Open hosted by Cal State Bakersfield. In the 125-pound weight class, Brandon Vu finished in fourth and teammate Nathan Cervantez finished in sixth place.

Gurrola, who is ranked No. 11 in NCAA Division II in his weight class, won four of his five matches. He recorded a major decision, a fall in 2:38, a win in sudden victory, and a 7-2 decision. He dropped his semifinal match by major decision to Cal State Bakersfield's Sean Nickell.

Vu began his day with a major decision and followed that up with a fall in 4:55 over Menlo's Cody Cabanban. Vu lost a narrow 4-3 decision in the semifinals but bounced back with a 3-2 decision. He ended the day by dropping a 6-4 decision.

Cervantez, ranked No. 7 in NCAA Division II in his weight class, started with a win by fall in 1:43, then earned a major decision. However, Cervantez forfeited his final three matches due to injury.

Open 125 - Nathan Cervantez, sixth place (6.0 team points)
Champ. Round 1 - Nathan Cervantez (San Francisco State) won by fall over Will Edelblute (Utah Valley Unattached) (Fall 4:29)
Quarterfinal - Nathan Cervantez (San Francisco State) won by major decision over Riley Siason (Menlo) (Maj 14-6)
Semifinal - Brent Fleetwood (North Dakota State) won by medical forfeit over Nathan Cervantez (San Francisco State) (MFF)
Cons. Semi - Will Edelblute (Utah Valley Unattached) won by forfeit over Nathan Cervantez (San Francisco State) (FF)
5th Place Match - Jeremy Trinh (Fresno State) won by injury default over Nathan Cervantez (San Francisco State) (Inj. 0:00)

Open 125 - Brandon Vu, fourth place (9.5 team points)
Champ. Round 1 - Brandon Vu (San Francisco State) won by major decision over Jeremy Trinh (Fresno State) (Maj 11-2)
Quarterfinal - Brandon Vu (San Francisco State) won by fall over Cody Cabanban (Menlo) (Fall 4:55)
Semifinal - Alejandro Hernandez-Figueroa (Cal State Bakersfield) won by decision over Brandon Vu (San Francisco State) (Dec 4-3)
Cons. Semi - Brandon Vu (San Francisco State) won by decision over Jeremy Trinh (Fresno State) (Dec 3-2)
3rd Place Match - Will Edelblute (Utah Valley Unattached) won by decision over Brandon Vu (San Francisco State) (Dec 6-4)

Open 133 - Christian Ramos
Champ. Round 1 - Christian Ramos (San Francisco State) received a bye
Champ. Round 2 - Cade Lucio (Unattached) won by decision over Christian Ramos (San Francisco State) (Dec 5-1)
Cons. Round 2 - Christian Ramos (San Francisco State) received a bye
Cons. Round 3 - Chance Rich (CSUB Unattached) won by fall over Christian Ramos (San Francisco State) (Fall 2:14)

Open 133 - Angelo Reyes
Champ. Round 1 - Angelo Reyes (San Francisco State) received a bye
Champ. Round 2 - Isaiah Delgado (Utah Valley Unattached) won by fall over Angelo Reyes (San Francisco State) (Fall 3:41)
Cons. Round 2 - Angelo Reyes (San Francisco State) received a bye
Cons. Round 3 - Angelo Reyes (San Francisco State) won by tech fall over Wyland Nicholson (Unattached) (TF 24-6)
Cons. Round 4 - Ian Morken (Menlo) won by decision over Angelo Reyes (San Francisco State) (Dec 7-4)

Open 133 - Jordan Gurrola, third place (9.0 team points)
Champ. Round 1 - Jordan Gurrola (San Francisco State) received a bye
Champ. Round 2 - Jordan Gurrola (San Francisco State) won by major decision over Blaysen Terukina (Menlo) (Maj 18-9)
Quarterfinal - Jordan Gurrola (San Francisco State) won by fall over Kainalu Estrella (Utah Valley Unattached) (Fall 2:38)
Semifinal - Sean Nickell (Cal State Bakersfield) won by major decision over Jordan Gurrola (San Francisco State) (Maj 9-1)
Cons. Semi - Jordan Gurrola (San Francisco State) won in sudden victory - 1 over Isaiah Delgado (Utah Valley Unattached) (SV-1 4-2)
3rd Place Match - Jordan Gurrola (San Francisco State) won by decision over Nicolas Colunga (North Dakota State) (Dec 7-2)

Open 149 - Isiah Alva
Champ. Round 1 - Isiah Alva (San Francisco State) won by fall over Joseph Valdez (CSUB Unattached) (Fall 3:00)
Champ. Round 2 - Dre-son Scruggs (Utah Valley) won by decision over Isiah Alva (San Francisco State) (Dec 14-7)
Cons. Round 2 - Isiah Alva (San Francisco State) won by fall over Andrew Norrison (Otero Junior College) (Fall 1:47)
Cons. Round 3 - Isiah Alva (San Francisco State) won by fall over Jeffrey Uyesaka (Menlo) (Fall 1:02)
Cons. Round 4 - Jaden VanMaanen (North Dakota State) won by decision over Isiah Alva (San Francisco State) (Dec 8-5)

Open 157 - Romeo Medina-Ontiveros
Champ. Round 1 - Romeo Medina-Ontiveros (San Francisco State) received a bye
Champ. Round 2 - Tyler Eischens (Stanford Unattched) won by decision over Romeo Medina-Ontiveros (San Francisco State) (Dec 5-2)
Cons. Round 2 - Romeo Medina-Ontiveros (San Francisco State) won by fall over Estebon Molina (Unattached) (Fall 1:41)
Cons. Round 3 - Joshua Cortez (Cal Poly Unattached) won by decision over Romeo Medina-Ontiveros (San Francisco State) (Dec 2-1)

Open 174 - Elias Rosales
Champ. Round 1 - Elias Rosales (San Francisco State) received a bye
Champ. Round 2 - Rico Stormer (Stanford) won by major decision over Elias Rosales (San Francisco State) (Maj 9-0)
Cons. Round 2 - Jacob Cooper (California Baptist) won by major decision over Elias Rosales (San Francisco State) (Maj 9-1)

Open 174 - Maleselino Salt
Champ. Round 1 - Apollo Santos (Menlo) won by decision over Maleselino Salt (San Francisco State) (Dec 6-3)
Cons. Round 1 - Maleselino Salt (San Francisco State) received a bye
Cons. Round 2 - Rodney Kincaid (Simpson) won by major decision over Maleselino Salt (San Francisco State) (Maj 10-2)

Open 184 - Justin Pichedwatana (1.0 team point)
Champ. Round 1 - Tyler McNutt (North Dakota State) won by decision over Justin Pichedwatana (San Francisco State) (Dec 5-3)
Cons. Round 1 - Justin Pichedwatana (San Francisco State) won by tech fall over Said Al-Hammami (Unattached) (TF 16-1)
Cons. Round 2 - Justin Pichedwatana (San Francisco State) won by injury default over Garrett Strang (California Baptist) (Inj. 0:00)
Cons. Round 3 - Angel Solis ( Fresno State Unattached) won by fall over Justin Pichedwatana (San Francisco State) (Fall 6:26)

Open 197 - Kevin Henry
Champ. Round 1 - Kevin Henry (San Francisco State) received a bye
Champ. Round 2 - Kevin Henry (San Francisco State) won by fall over Wilson Ramirez (Unattached) (Fall 6:13)
Quarterfinal - Danny Salas (Fresno State) won by decision over Kevin Henry (San Francisco State) (Dec 10-4)
Cons. Round 4 - Bruce Valdez (Menlo) won by decision over Kevin Henry (San Francisco State) (Dec 7-4)

Open 197 - Andrew Herrera
Champ. Round 1 - Andrew Herrera (San Francisco State) received a bye
Champ. Round 2 - Andrew Herrera (San Francisco State) won by fall over Gabriel Camarillo (Granada Hills) (Fall 6:08)
Quarterfinal - Cordell Eaton (North Dakota State) won by fall over Andrew Herrera (San Francisco State) (Fall 5:47)
Cons. Round 4 - Ali`i Loyola (California Baptist) won by fall over Andrew Herrera (San Francisco State) (Fall 1:05)

Open 285 - Antonio Gomez
Champ. Round 1 - Antonio Gomez (San Francisco State) received a bye
Champ. Round 2 - Haydn Maley (Stanford) won by fall over Antonio Gomez (San Francisco State) (Fall 2:27)
Cons. Round 2 - Antonio Gomez (San Francisco State) received a bye
Cons. Round 3 - Antonio Gomez (San Francisco State) won by fall over Charlie McCracken (California Baptist Unattached) (Fall 4:14)
Cons. Round 4 - Jarrod Snyder (Cal State Bakersfield) won by decision over Antonio Gomez (San Francisco State) (Dec 7-3)

Open 285 - Ricardo Jaramillo
Champ. Round 1 - Ricardo Jaramillo (San Francisco State) received a bye
Champ. Round 2 - Zachary Schrader (California Baptist) won by decision over Ricardo Jaramillo (San Francisco State) (Dec 11-4)
Cons. Round 2 - Ricardo Jaramillo (San Francisco State) received a bye
Cons. Round 3 - Seville Hayes (Cal Poly) won by decision over Ricardo Jaramillo (San Francisco State) (Dec 6-3)
 

Quotables

Head Coach Jason Welch: "The coaching staff and I are really happy with the progress of the team. We had multiple individual placers, up from one placer last year. We have made huge improvements in the past year, and are excited to roll into our first conference matches in a couple weeks."

Up Next

With the RMAC taking on a new format where each RMAC institution will face one another at least once during the season, the Gators will head to Colorado, where they'll take on Chadron State, tied for 21st in the country in the NWCA national poll, and Colorado Mines, which is receiving votes. Both matches will be held at Volk Gymansium on the campus of Colorado Mines.