CHADRON, Neb. — The San Francisco State wrestling team started out strong but saw a trio of pins dash their hopes in a 25-19 dual loss to host Chadron State, then fell 32-14 in a dual to No. 3 Nebraska-Kearney on Saturday inside the Chicoine Center.

The 133 through 157 weight classes were strong points for the Gators, as Stefano McKinney, Joshua Fuentes Norikiyo, Basil Othman, and No. 8 Mason Boutain all won their bouts in both duals. Boutain continues to anchor the Gators, as he won by tech fall and major decision. The Gators got out to team leads in both duals but saw those leads evaporate late.
 

Weight	San Francisco State	Chadron State	Bout Score	Team Score
125	Tony Margiotta	Quade Smith	SF State, 3-1	3-0
133	Stefano McKinney	Kobe Lepe	SF State, 5-3	6-0
141	Joshua Fuentes Norikiyo	Joseph Ritzen	SF State by MD 10-1	10-0
149	Basil Othman	Chance Bockenstedt	SF State by MD 21-12	14-0
157	#8 Mason Boutain	Dean Neff	SF State by TF 17-1 (4:07)	19-0
165	Kweli Hernandez-Matire	Preston Renner	CSC by MD 12-0	19-4
174	Gage Mettler	Darwin Hull	CSC, 5-0	19-7
184	Hamzah Alsaudi	Rowdy Pfeil	CSC by Fall (2:21)	19-13
197	Tyee Ducharme	#15 Eli Hinojosa	CSC by Fall (3:50)	19-19
HWT	Tyler Watson	#7 Mason Watt	CSC by Fall (1:38)	19-25
EXH (149)	Josh Tolentino	Ethan Leake	CSC by Fall (4:43)	-

 

Weight	San Francisco State	#3 Nebraska-Kearney	Bout Score	Team Score
125	Tony Margiotta	#10 Josh Portillo	UNK by Fall (1:14)	0-6
133	Stefano McKinney	Alec Segarra	SF State by MD 8-0	4-6
141	Joshua Fuentes Norikiyo	#8 Nick James	SF State, SV-1 5-3	7-6
149	Basil Othman	Jonathan Killingsworth	SF State, 10-5	10-6
157	Mason Boutain	Teontae Wilson	SF State by MD 9-0	14-6
165	Kweli Hernandez-Maitre	#2 Matt Malcom	UNK by TF 17-1 (4:14)	14-11
174	Gage Mettler	Billy Higgins	UNK by TF 19-3 (6:38)	14-16
184	Hamzah Alsaudi	#5 Austin Eldredge	UNK by TF 17-0 (2:38)	14-21
197	Tyee Ducharme	Hayden Prince	UNK by TF 18-0 (4:07)	14-26
HWT	Tyler Watson	#8 Lee Herrington	UNK by Fall (1:53)	14-32
EXH (149)	Marco Ruffinelli	Ryan Johnson	UNK, 9-5	-

 

Quotables

"I was a little disappointed with our finish, but I feel that as a team this is still only our third dual meet back, and we are steady making improvements.I was really proud of how the team battled in our second match against UNK. We woke up and decided to compete; and we had some big, important wins during that match on an individual level," said Head Coach Jason Welch. "We'll head back ready to make some adjustments on our match warmups and some technical adjustments, and we'll continue on the right path towards March."
 

Up Next

The Gators will next head out to Indiana for the Midwest Classic hosted by UIndy, Saturday, December 18 and Sunday, December 19.