SOU GETS BACK-TO-BACK WINS OVER WARNER PAC, #17 EASTERN OREGON
ASHLAND –
Tanner Canaday,
C.J. McKinnis and
Matt Peterson earned two wins apiece to help No. 11 Southern Oregon defeat Warner Pacific, 28-22, and No. 17 Eastern Oregon, 27-16, in its first home action of the season Saturday at Mountain Avenue Gym.
Canaday, McKinnis and Peterson each won by fall, as did fourth-ranked
Devin Poppen and 12th-ranked
Andrew Ramirezwhile sharing 141-pound duties. Poppen's victory made him 27-7 overall and 12-1 with eight pins in dual matches.
By completing season sweeps of the Cascade Conference foes, the Raiders went to 11-5 going into their final dual of the season – 7 p.m. Wednesday against Simpson (Calif.) at Ashland Middle School.
WPU won five of nine contests against SOU, but the Raiders scored bonus points in all of their wins and the difference was the Knights' forfeit to third-ranked
Tanner Fischer at 197 pounds.
After sixth-ranked Joshua Johnson (125) put the Knights on the board first with an 11-8 defeat of
Trey Long, Peterson (133) pinned Lucas Higginbotham in 4:51 and Ramirez (141) finished Pavlin Blas in 3:26 to put the Raiders up for good. Canaday's first-round win by fall against Timothy Riviera at 157 and McKinnis' 18-10 major decision over Jonathan Moskowitz at 174 made it 22-12.
WPU took the last two contests with bonus points, getting Joe Dickinson's pin at 184 and Alvaro Venegas' major decision at 285 to sandwich the forfeit.
Long kept another nationally-ranked opponent, No. 7 Mhar Caballa, to a decision to start the EOU dual. The Raiders answered with 14 unanswered points: Peterson upset No. 18 Blake McNall, 8-4; Poppen pinned Jared Brant in 2:35; and
Scottie Stockman wrapped up a 17-1 technical-fall victory in the second round against Kaleb Ballard at 149.
Canaday's second win was a 14-6 major decision over Marco Retano. Wrestling up to 184, McKinnis clinched the match by pinning Keegan Dorsey in 1:22 to make it 24-10, and
Alejandro Sandoval (197) completed the scoring by taking a 5-1 decision from Braeden Phillips.
For the Mountaineers, 16th-ranked Drake Randall (157) pulled off a 4-3 upset of No. 6
Hunter Hodges. Jacob Dupuis (174) later added a major decision and seventh-ranked Eric Fan (285) ended the day with a fall.
SOUTHERN OREGON 28, WARNER PACIFIC 22
125 – Joshua Johnson, WPU, dec.
Trey Long, 11-8. (0-3)
133 –
Matt Peterson, SOU, p. Lucas Higginbotham, 4:51. (6-3)
141 –
Andrew Ramirez, SOU, p. Pavlin Blas, 3:26. (12-3)
149 – Baylen Cooper, WPU, major dec.
Scottie Stockman, 14-5. (12-7)
157 –
Tanner Canaday, SOU, p. Timothy Riviera, 2:25. (18-7)
165 – Blake Cooper, WPU, tech. fall
Micah Arakawa, 18-1 (4:32). (18-12)
174 –
C.J. McKinnis, SOU, major dec. Jonathan Moskowitz, 18-10. (22-12)
184 – Joe Dickinson, WPU, p.
Max Hane, 3:16. (22-18)
197 –
Tanner Fischer, SOU, wins by forfeit. (28-18)
285 – Alvaro Venegas, WPU, major dec.
Eric Schwark, 15-4. (28-22)
SOUTHERN OREGON 27, EASTERN OREGON 16
125 – Mhar Caballa, EOU, dec.
Trey Long, 9-3. (0-3)
133 –
Matt Peterson, SOU, dec. Blake McNall, 8-4. (3-3)
141 –
Devin Poppen, SOU, p. Jared Brant, 2:35. (9-3)
149 –
Scottie Stockman, SOU, tech. fall Kaleb Ballard, 17-1 (5:15). (14-3)
157 – Drake Randall, EOU, dec.
Hunter Hodges, 4-3. (14-6)
165 –
Tanner Canaday, SOU, major dec. Marco Retano, 14-6. (18-6)
174 – Jacob Dupuis, EOU, major dec.
Micah Arakawa, 14-2. (18-10)
184 –
C.J. McKinnis, SOU, p. Keegan Dorsey, 1:22. (24-10)
197 –
Alejandro Sandoval, SOU dec. Braeden Phillips, 5-1. (27-10)
285 – Eric Fan, EOU, p.
Eric Schwark, 1:29. (27-16)