The Pacific University men's wrestling team dropped a 44-12 dual meet decision to Warner Pacific on Wednesday in Forest Grove.
The Boxers picked up wins at 184 lbs. by
Patrick Penick (pictured; photo by Kip Yoshimura) and at 197 lbs. by
Ian Morford.
The victory by Penick came in a tightly-contest opening period against Matt Aguigui. The first period saw Aguigui start the match with a takedown in the opening seconds of the contest. Then, Penick quickly escaped to cut the deficit to 2-1, who also added a takedown for his first lead with a 3-2 advantage. As the aggressor, Penick managed to get his second takedown of the period, which he promptly turned into a near fall and edged the buzzer at the end of the period for the fall.
One of the other tightly-contested matchups on the night came at 157 pounds as the Boxers' sophomore
Samuel Cortez dropped a 6-4 decision to Chas Peterson. Peterson capitalized on a four-point near fall in the third period and 1:19 of riding time for the victory. Cortez had managed to cut the deficit to one, 5-4 when he picked up a late reversal in the final period.
On the women's side, there were three bouts between the Knights and the Boxers. The Boxers got a fall at 143 pounds by
Janet Silva-Villanueva, who recorded a pin of Zion-Grace Vierra and a technical fall by
Emalee Beavers (pictured; photo by Trevis Fong) at 155 pounds.
This weekend, the men will travel to the Clackamas Duals on Sunday, Jan. 20 and the women are back in action later this month at a tournament hosted by Southern Oregon in Ashland, Ore. on Sunday, Jan. 27.
MEN
125 – Connor Finch (WPU) won by forfeit
133 – Alex Ursua (WPU) won by forfeit
141 – Lucas Higginbotham (WPU) won by fall over
Brandon Hertz (Pacific), 6:02
149 – Zach Sias (WPU) def Michael Day (Pacific) won by technical fall, 21-4, 2:43
157 – Chas Peterson (WPU) def.
Samuel Cortez (Pacific), 6-4
165 – Mark Meier (WPU) won by forfeit
174 – Jonathan Moskowitz (WPU) won by forfeit
184 –
Patrick Penick (Pacific) won by fall Matt Aguigui (Warner-Pacific), 2:59
197 –
Ian Morford (Pacific) won by forfeit
285 – Cortez Rodelo (WPU) won by fall over
Steve Naldzhyan (Pacific), :44
WOMEN
123 - Kaitlyn Funai (WPU) won by fall over
Lanae Fay (Pacific), by fall 2:17
143 -
Janet Silva-Villanueva (Pacific) won by fall over Zion Grace (WPU), :34
155 –
Emalee Beavers (Pacific) won by technical fall over Kailee Doak, 12-0; 2:56
Wrestling Photos vs. Warner Pacific (Jan. 16, 2019) by
Kip Yoshimura and Trevis Fong
