Harder Leads Three Pacific Placers At Clackamas Open
Tournament Results (PDF)
OREGON CITY, Ore. –
Eric Harder (So., Bethesda, Md.) captured fourth place at 133 pounds, while
Bruce Balcita (Jr., Myrtle Creek, Ore.) and
Caleb Malychewski (Jr., Camas, Wash.) each garnered fifth place medals to lead the Pacific men's wrestling team at the Clackamas Open, held Sunday at Randall Hall.
Harder was one of two Pacific wrestlers to advance to the semifinals, collecting wins over Isaac Bernard and Kyle Johnston before dropping a 9-0 decision in the semifinals match to North Idaho's Michael Carreon. Harder rebounded to score a first round pin over Western Washington's Jake Crawford before taking a first round pin from Oregon State's Anthony Harris in the consolation final.
Harder finished with a 3-2 record in the 133-pound bracket to improve to 18-10 on the season.
Malychewski, meanwhile, eclipsed the 20-win plateau for the second time in as many seasons on his way to a fifth place finish in the 184-pound bracket. The 20th victory came in Malychewski's opening match, a 7-5 decision over Nick Gill of Baller WC. The junior then took his first back-to-back losses of the season, dropping an 11-4 decision to North Idaho's Caleb Rivera in the semifinals and a 3-1 decision to Menlo's Erick Parsons in the consolation semifinal.
Malychewski awaited a rematch with Gill in the fifth place match and Malychewski prevailed in a 5-2 decision. The 2-2 record in the tournament improves Malychewski to 21-5 on the season.
Balcita wrestled more than any Pacific grappler, going 4-2 to attain his fifth place finish in the 165-pound bracket. Balcita advanced to the semifinals thanks to a pair of pins of Clackamas' Kolby Mays and Southwestern Oregon's Simon Esparaza in the opening two rounds and an 11-1 major decision over Central Washington's Nick Bendon in the quarterfinals. The run ended in the semifinals with a 6-1 loss to Oregon State's Seth Thomas.
The consolation semifinals was close against another Oregon State wrestler, but Balcita could not overcome Toney Chay in a 6-3 loss. Balcita secured fifth place with a 10-9 decision over Sam Sepehripour of the Burnaby Mountain Wrestling Club.
Nine of Pacific's 12 competing wrestlers won at least one match and six wrestlers won two matches or more.
Allin Franco (Fr., Kailua-Kona, Hawaii) and
Ryan Baxter (So., Craig, Alaska) each won two matches in the 141-pound weight class while
Dillon Ford (So., Montesano, Wash.) won three match in the 157-pound bracket.
Pacific will return to dual meet action on Thursday, hosting interstate rival Southern Oregon at the Stoller Center at 6:30 p.m. A live video webcast of the dual will be available at goboxers.com. Pacific will then host the Boxer Open at the Stoller Center on Sunday.
CLACKAMAS OPEN
RESULTS FOR PACIFIC WRESTLERS
DAYLIN RUGGERIO (125, 1-2)
1st Round: dec. Andrew Vulleit (Central Washington WC), 4-2
Quarterfinals: lost by tech. fall to Pat Rollins (Oregon State, unattached), 16-0
Consolation 2nd: lost by dec. to Brandon Leach (Highline CC, unattached), 16-14
ERIC HARDER (133, 3-2, 4th Place)
1st Round: win by fall over Isaac Bernard (unattached), 4:30
Quarterfinals: win by dec. over Kyle Johnston (SW Oregon CC), 7-6
Semifinals: lost by maj. dec. to Michael Carreon (North Idaho JC), 9-0
Consolation Semis: win by fall over Jake Crawford (Western Washington WC), 3:00
3rd Place: lost by fall to Anthony Harris (Oregon State, unattached), 3:00
ALLIN FRANCO (141, 2-2)
1st Round: lost by dec. to Konner Hopkins (Yakima Valley CC), 4-0
Consolation 1st: win by fall over Chris Salerno (Western Washington WC), 2:50
Consolation 2nd: win by dec. over
Shawn Speer (Pacific), 7-3
Consolation 3rd: lost by fall to Daniel Leonard (Clackamas CC, unattached), 4:00
RYAN BAXTER (141, 2-2)
1st Round: win by fall over Conor Myhr (Western Washington WC), 4:03
2nd Round: win by maj. dec. over Dillon Hume (Simon Fraser), 15-2
Quarterfinals: lost by dec. to Quinn Johnston (SW Oregon CC), 10-3
Consolation 4th: lost by maj. dec. to Derich Bartlemay (unattached), 15-5
SHAWN SPEER (141, 1-2)
1st Round: win by fall over Brody Rooks (Montana-Western), 1:03
2nd Round: lost by fall to Joey Delgado (Oregon State, unattached), 3:37
Consolation 2nd: lost by dec. to
Allin Franco (Pacific), 7-3
WILL PATRICK (149, 1-2)
2nd Round: win by dec. over Gustavo Lopez (Menlo), 12-5
Quarterfinals: lost by maj. dec. to Jeremy Golding (North Idaho JC), 17-5
Consolation 4th: lost by fall to Alex Stermer (Simon Fraser), 4:00
DILLON FORD (157, 3-2)
1st Round: win by fall over Patrick Castelli (Western Washington WC), 1:12
2nd Round: lost by dec. to Niko Moreno (North Idaho JC), 7-1
Consolation 2nd: win by dec. over Connor Pelzel (North Idaho JC), 7-0
Consolation 3rd: win by dec. over Lonnie Hurley (Highline CC), 5-2
Consolation 4th: lost by fall to Aaron Villarin (SW Oregon CC, unattached), 1:12
BRUCE BALCITA (165, 4-2, 5th Place)
1st Round: win by fall over Kolby Mays (Clackamas CC), 3:30
2nd Round: win by fall over Simon Esparaza (SW Oregon CC), 1:00
Quarterfinals: win by maj. dec. over Nick Bendon (Central Washington WC), 11-1
Semifinals: lost by dec. to Seth Thomas (Oregon State, unattached), 6-1
Consolation Semis: lost by dec. to Toney Chay (Oregon State, unattached), 6-3
5th Place: win by dec. over Sam Sepehripour (Burnaby Mtn. WC), 10-9
JOSEPH NORCIA (165, 0-2)
1st Round: lost by fall to Nikko Veltri (Clackamas CC, unattached), 0:57
Consolation 2nd: lost by fall to Francisco Castro (Oregon State), 2:10
MICHAEL TYNER (174, 0-2)
2nd Round: lost by dec. to JJ Larson (Clackamas CC, unattached), 7-2
Consolation 3rd: lost by dec. to JJ Chou (San Francisco St., unattached), 9-3
CALEB MALYCHEWSKI (184, 2-2, 5th Place)
Quarterfinals: win by dec. over Nick Gill (Ballers WC), 7-5
Semifinals: lost by dec. to Caleb Rivera (North Idaho JC), 11-4
Consolation Semis: lost by dec. to Erick Parsons (Menlo), 3-1
5th Place: win by dec. over Nick Gill (Ballers WC), 5-2
NIK STRENG (197, 0-2)
1st Round: lost by dec. to Zach Jimenez (San Francisco St., unattached), 13-8
Consolation 1st: lost by fall to Justin Korthuis (Western Washington WC), 1:22
