CHADRON, Neb. — The San Francisco State wrestling team faced its toughest competition of the year on Sunday at the Chadron State Duals. The Gators beat the host Eagles,  24-16. SF State fell 27-14 to No. 8 Augustana and battled top-ranked St. Cloud State but eventually fell 26-16. 

Wright got the Gators off on the right foot versus Chadron State, who is receiving votes in the latest NWCA Division II Coaches Poll. The 125-pound freshman upset No. 8 Quade Smith in overtime. The Gators fell behind 7-3 but Joshua Fuentes Norkikyo shifted the momentum back to the Gators at 149 lb. with a pin of Brandon Paredes. The Gators earned decisions in the next two bouts, and Conrado Trevino-Oceguera earned a fall to put the Gators up 21-7. Laith Gilmore also picked up an overtime win to seal the win.
 

Weight	San Francisco State (3-2/2-2 RMAC)	RV Chadron State (2-2/0-1 RMAC)	Bout Score	Team Score
125	Zach Wright	#8 Quade Smith	SF State, SV-1 11-8	3-0
133	Tony Margiotta	#8 Quentrevion Campbell	CSC, 13-8	3-3
141	Andre Dargani	Ethan Leake	CSC, MD 12-0	3-7
149	Joshua Fuentes Norikiyo	Brandon Paredes	SF State by Fall (2:33)	9-7
157	Josh Tolentino	Harrison Gocke	SF State, 6-0	12-7
165	Boltyn Taam	Dean Neff	SF State, 5-1	15-7
174	Conrado Trevino-Oceguera	Rowdy Pfeil	SF State by Fall (5:20)	21-7
184	Gavin Funk	Keegan Gehlhausen	CSC by Fall (2:42)	21-13
197	Laith Gilmore	Bryan Zutavern	SF State, SV-1 6-4	24-13
HWT	Emilio Franco Sandoval	Mason Watt	CSC, 2-0	24-16

Tony Margiotta gave the Gators an early lead with a fall at 133 lb. and Fuentes Norikiyo earned another win with a major decision over Connor Simonds at 149 lb. However, Augustana won the next five weight classes, two by pin. Heavyweight Emilio Franco Sandoval earned a major decision.

Weight	San Francisco State (3-3)	#8 Augustana (1-2)	Bout Score	Team Score
125	Zach Wright	#5 Jaxson Rohman	Augustana, 9-4	0-3
133	Tony Margiotta	Christian Olsen	SF State by Fall (5:55)	6-3
141	Andre Dargani	Kage Lenger	Augustana, 10-8	6-6
149	Joshua Fuentes Norikiyo	Connor Simonds	SF State, MD 14-5	10-6
157	Kyle Botelho	#7 Miles Fitzgerald	Augustana, 3-1	10-9
165	Boltyn Taam	Tyler Wagener	Augustana by Fall (1:01)	10-15
174	Conrado Trevino-Oceguera	Jacob Tvinnereim	Augustana, 9-4	10-18
184	Gavin Funk	Cade Mueller	Augustana by Fall (1:58)	10-24
197	Laith Gilmore	Zach Peterson	Augustana, 8-2	10-27
HWT	Emilio Franco Sandoval	Jarret Haglund	SF State, MD 9-0	14-27

The Gators went up early versus the No. 1 ranked Huskies. Zach Wright bested Ashton Clark 6-2 at 125 lb., then Stefano McKinney followed at 133 lb. with an 11-5 win. McKinney used a couple of takedowns, three escapes, and scored a four-point near fall late in the third period. Fuentes Norikiyo earned his third win of the day with another major decision, and Trevino-Oceguera put the Gators up 16-15 with another pin at 174 lb. However, the Huskies held off the Gators by taking the final three bouts.

Weight	San Francisco State (3-4)	#1 St. Cloud State (3-0)	Bout Score	Team Score
125	Zach Wright	Ashton Clark	SF State, 6-2	3-0
133	Stefano McKinney	Caleb Meekins	SF State, 12-5	6-0
141	Andre Dargani	Alyeus Craig	St. Cloud State by TF 16-0 (3:39)	6-5
149	Joshua Fuentes Norikiyo	Cameron Riggs	SF State, MD 11-2	10-5
157	Josh Tolentino	Nick Novak (#4 at 149)	St. Cloud State, MD 12-2	10-9
165	Boltyn Taam	#10 Anthony Herrera	St. Cloud State by Fall (6:15)	10-15
174	Conrado Trevino-Oceguera	Bryce Dagel	SF State by Fall (3:30)	16-15
184	Gavin Funk	Shaeden Scheidt	St. Cloud State by TF 17-0 (2:34)	16-20
197	Laith Gilmore	#5 Dominic Murphy	St. Cloud State, 9-3	16-23
HWT	Emilio Franco Sandoval	Elijah Novak	St. Cloud State, 2-0	16-26

Quotables

"What a great first, big road trip for our guys. This was our first opportunity of the year to see some of the best D2 wrestlers in the country, and to really test our guys. I'm happy with how we stepped up to the challenge," said Head Coach Jason Welch. "A couple kudos to the team that I'm stoked about are Conrado Trevino-Oceguera bumping up a weight class to 174 for our dual matches Sunday, and notably getting a pin versus a tough Chadron opponent. That' a game-changer in what we knew would be a hard-fought match. And then Zach Wright, coming out strong in his freshman campaign, and taking down the No. 8 wrestler in the country. Both of these guys stepped up to a challenge today, and propelled us to the team win."

Up Next

SF State heads to nearby Atherton to take on Menlo on Thursday, December 8 at 7 p.m. Stats will be available at trackwrestling.com.