Three Fourth Place Finishes Lead Boxers At Boxer Open
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FOREST GROVE – Pacific received a trio of fourth place finishes from
Shawn Speer (Fr., Battle Ground, Wash.),
Michael Tyner (So., Aloha, Ore.) and
Chris Harlin (Jr., Issaquah, Wash.) to lead the Pacific men's wrestling team at the Boxer Open, held Sunday at the Stoller Center.
Speer, who has seen competition only in tournaments this season, picked up four wins to place fourth in the 141-pound weight class. He opened his day with a 16-second pin over Chris Salerno of the Western Washington Wrestling Club. After losing in the quarterfinals, Speer proceeded to win three straight in the consolation bracket, which included a pair of first minute pins over Austin Clark of the Central Washington Wrestling Club and Deondre Sparks of Highline.
The freshman lost the third place to Daniel Leonard of Clackamas CC in 2:28, but not before improving his season record to 8-12 on the season.
Tyner followed up his big win in the Southern Oregon match on Thursday night with two more wins, placing fourth in the 174-pound weight class and improving to 8-12 on the season. He earned a 20-3 technical fall over Eastern Washington's Gerad Shaffer in his opening match before taking a 7-4 loss to Southern Oregon's Reed Tennyson in a rematch of Thursday's dual. After being awarded an injury default in the consolation semifinals, Tyner fell to Burnaby Mountain's Sam Sepehripour in a 9-2 decision.
Harlin also won two matches in his march to fourth place and improved to 6-8 on the year. After falling in the semifinals at 197 pounds, his first match of the year at the weight, he advanced to the consolation by beating teammate
Nik Streng (Sr., Honolulu, Hawaii) 5-2 before taking a 6-3 loss to Southern Oregon's Hank Turner in the final.
Allin Franco (Fr., Kailua-Kona, Hawaii) also went 2-2 in the 141-pound weight class, but did not make it to the placing matches. Franco opened his day with a 13-2 major decision over Austin Clark of the Central Washington Wrestling Club and also earned a 10-9 decision over Western Washington's Salerno.
Pacific returns to the mat on Thursday for their final home dual meet of the season, hosting Clackamas CC at the Stoller Center at 6 p.m. A live video webcast of the match will be available at goboxers.com.
BOXER OPEN
Results of Pacific Wrestlers
DAYLIN RUGGERIO (125, 0-2)
1st Round: lost by dec. to Andrew Vulliet (Central Washington WC), 7-5
Consolation 2nd: lost by fall to Matthew Nguyen (SW Oregon CC), 2:13
SHAWN SPEER (141, 4-2, 4th Place)
1st Round: win by fall over Chris Salerno (Western Washington WC), 0:16
Quarterfinal: lost by dec. to Konner Hoplins (unattached), 8-6, OT
Consolation 2nd: win by fall over Austin Clark (Central Washington WC), 0:45
Consolation 3rd: win by fall over Deondre Sparks (Highline CC), 0:36
Consolation Semis: win by dec over Scottie Sotckman (Southern Oregon), 10-8
3rd Place: lost by fall to Daniel Leonard (Clackamas CC), 2:28
RICKY RIDELA (141, 0-2)
1st Round: lost by fall to Courtland Hacker (SW Oregon CC), 1:25
Consolation 1st: lost by fall to Urmas Yanis (Clackamas CC), 5:30
ALLIN FRANCO (141, 2-2)
1st Round: won by maj. dec. over Austin Clark (Central Washington WC), 13-2
Quarterfinal: lost by dec. to Scottie Stockman (Southern Oregon), 13-7
Consolation 2nd: won by dec. over Chris Salerno (Western Washington WC), 10-9
Consolation 3rd: lost by fall to Daniel Leonard (Clackamas CC), 1:32
WILL PATRICK (149, 1-2)
1st Round: lost by dec. to Mason Macfarlane (Eastern Washington WC), 8-7
Consolation 2nd: won by inj. default over Max Welsh (Highline CC)
Consolation 3rd: lost by dec. to Jimmy Wilson (SW Oregon CC), 8-6
MICHAEL TYNER (174, 2-2, 4th Place)
Quarterfinal: won by tech. fall over Gerad Shaffer (Eastern Washington WC), 20-3
Semifinal: lost by dec. to Reed Tennyson (Southern Oregon), 7-4
Consolation Semi: won by inj. default over Cole Schwartz (Highline CC)
3rd Place: lost by dec. to Sam Sepehripour (Burnaby Mountain WC), 9-2
NIK STRENG (197, 0-2)
Quarterfinal: lost by fall to Dustin Johnson (Clackamas CC), 1:59
Consolation Semis: lost by dec. to
Chris Harlin (PAC), 5-2
CHRIS HARLIN (197, 2-2, 4th Place)
Quarterfinal: won by inj. default over Wayne Swartz (Highline CC)
Semifinal: lost by dec. to Manvir Sahota (Simon Fraser), 8-6
Consolation Semis: won by dec. over
Nik Streng (Pacific), 5-2
3rd Place: lost by dec. to Hank Turner (Southern Oregon), 6-3
EVAN SCHREURS (285, 0-2)
1st Round: lost by dec. to Christian Sartin (Evergreen St. WC), 4-2
Consolation 2nd: lost by fall to Mick Doughtery (Oregon State), 4:48
