Eastern Oregon cleans up last half of dual win over SOU
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ASHLAND – The 18th-ranked Eastern Oregon men's wrestling team took the last six matches of the night to claim a 29-12 Cascade Conference dual win over Southern Oregon on Saturday at Lithia Motors Pavilion.
The Mountaineers rounded out their lineup with four consecutive NAIA top-18 ranked wrestlers and three of them registered bonus points. Their record went to 10-3, while the Raiders finished their dual slate at 5-8.
After SOU 125-pounder Lorenzo Vasquez received a forfeit to start the matchup, the Raiders got wins from 13th-ranked Justin Coon at 133, 10-5 over Monte Zufelt, and 149-pounder Layn Pannkuk, 6-3 over Jared Brant.
The SOU lead was 12-4 at that point before EOU took over. Jesse Camacho (157) took the Mountaineers into the intermission with a 10-4 decision against Matt Peterson, and John Bittinger (165) came out of it with a 13-5 major decision against Noah Talavera.
Then the ranked quartet finished the Raiders off, starting with No. 7 Keegan Mulhill's third-round technical fall over Tanner Sallee at 174 and No. 11 Marco Retano's first-round pin of Josh Hammers at 184 that made it 22-12. Ryan Redford, EOU's No. 15 197-pounder, clinched the win with a 7-4 win against Cylus Hoke, and No. 18 Noel Orozco punctuated it with a 10-1 major decision against Ismael De La Torre Jr. at heavyweight.
Coon improved to 8-1 in dual action and Pannkuk got his 10th overall win for the Raiders.
EOU has defeated SOU in three straight matchups.
EASTERN OREGON 29, SOUTHERN OREGON 12
125 – Lorenzo Vasquez, SOU, wins by forfeit. (6-0)
133 – Justin Coon, SOU, dec. Monte Zufelt, 10-5. (9-0)
141 – Blake McNall, EOU, major dec. Matt Peterson, 16-7. (9-4)
149 – Layn Pannkuk, SOU, dec. Jared Brant, 6-3. (12-4)
157 – Jesse Camacho, EOU, dec. Nick Peterson, 10-4. (12-7)
165 – John Bittinger, EOU, major dec. Noah Talavera, 13-5. (12-11)
174 – Keegan Mulhill, EOU, tech. fall Tanner Sallee, 15-0 (6:33). (12-16)
184 – Marco Retano, EOU, p. Josh Hammers, 1:32. (12-22)
197 – Ryan Redford, EOU, dec. Cylus Hoke, 7-4. (12-25)
285 – Noel Orozco, EOU, major dec. Ismael De La Torre Jr., 10-1. (12-29)