Photo/Ray Ambler, RA Photos"We are proud of our guys. All of them wrestled hard for seven minutes," said Sioredas, whose Mustangs defeated San Francisco State 36-7 earlier in the day outdoors in the University Union plaza.
Cal Poly, which wrestled in fromt of about 600 fans against Indiana, won its first two dual meets of the season for the first time in three years.
"This is part of the process," said Sioredas. "When you wrestle hard, good things happen."
Trailing by six points, 18-12, with two bouts remaining, Cal Poly needed wins from both 197-pounder J.T. Goodwin and 285-pounder Spencer Empey.
Goodwin responded with a 6-2 decision over Norman Conley and Empey (pictured above) drew the Mustangs into the tie with a 7-2 decision against Fletcher Miller.
First three criteria for breaking dual meet ties involves coach misconduct and there were none. Fourth criteria is which team won more matches and Cal Poly had the advantage there, 6-4.
After Indiana won the first bout by fall, Mustang 133-pounder Yoshito Funakoshi earned a 6-4 decision, extending his 3-2 lead after riding out the second period with a takedown and riding time in the final stanza. Colton Schilling followed with an 11-6 triumph, overcoming an early 2-0 deficit with a reversal and four-point near fall.
Indiana regained the lead with a decision at 149 before both Colt Shorts and Blake Kastl earned one-point decisions.
In a match that saw each wrestler score a takedown and two escapes, Shorts compiled a 1-minute, 16-second advantage in riding time for a 5-4 triumph while at 165, Kastl overcame a 4-2 deficit with an escape late in the second period and an escape and takedown in the final period for a 6-5 decision and a 12-9 Cal Poly lead.
Devin Skatzka outscored Matt Wilhelm 10-7 at 174 and Nathan Jackson earned Indiana's second fall of the night at 174 pounds to give the Hoosiers their 18-12 lead heading into the final two bouts.
Goodwin and Conley were scoreless after two periods as Goodwin rode out the second period. The senior then tallied an escape and two takedowns plus riding time in the last stanza for his 6-2 victory.
Empey trailed 2-1 after the first period, then recorded an escape and takedown in the second period for a 4-2 lead and added another escape and takedown to wrap up the 7-2 decision.
With six decisions, Cal Poly had enough to overcome Indiana's two falls and pair of decisions on criteria.
Earlier in the day, Highlighted by Luke Wilson's technical fall in his first wrestling match in nearly four years, Cal Poly opened the Jon Sioredas Era with an easy victory over San Francisco State.
Wilson, a 2013 graduate of Righetti High School in Santa Maria, battled through injuries and multiple surgeries the past three years to work his way back onto the mat. In his first official match as a Mustang, Wilson earned a 20-3 technical fall over Jesse Lyga at 165 pounds.
Wilson led 4-1 after the first period with a pair of takedowns, 14-3 following two takedowns, a reversal and a four-point near fall in the second period and added a reversal and four-point near fall in the final period for the victory.
Cal Poly dropped the first two bouts but came storming back with falls by Schilling and Empey, Wilson's technical fall and major decisions by Joshy Cortez, Shorts, Travis Berridge and Goodwin.
Schilling needed just 1 minute, 35 seconds, to pin Joshua Weinberg at 141 pounds while Empey earned his fall in 2:32 over Ricardo Jaramillo at 285 pounds.
Cortez was a 13-3 winner at 149, Shorts earned a 13-1 major at 157, Berridge was a 13-5 winner at 174 and Goodwin scored a reversal late in the final period to get his major, 11-2, at 197 pounds.
Sohrab Movahedi posted an 11-4 decision at 184.
Indiana defeated San Francisco State 39-7 prior to facing the Mustangs.
Cal Poly visits Stanford for a Pac-12 dual meet Saturday at 10:30 a.m.
San Francisco State (7) at Cal Poly (36)
125: Matt Gamble (SFSU) dec. David Gonzalez (CP) 9-5
133: Nate Cervantes (SFSU) maj. dec. Yoshito Funakoshi (CP) 17-9
141: Colton Schilling (CP) pinned Joshua Weinberg (SFSU) 1:35
149: Joshy Cortez (CP) maj. dec. Dylan Furtado (SFSU) 13-3
157: Colt Shorts (CP) maj. dec. Romeo Medina (SFSU) 13-1
165: Luke Wilson (P) tech. fall Jesse Lyga (SFSU) 5:47, 20-3
174: Travis Berridge (CP) maj. dec. Mike Marshall (SFSU) 13-5
184: Sohrab Movahedi (CP) dec. Morris Wilner (SFSU) 11-4
197: J.T. Goodwin (CP) maj. dec. Johnathan Costa (SFSU) 11-2
285: Spencer Empey (CP) pinned Ricardo Jaramillo (SFSU) 2:32
Indiana (18) at Cal Poly (19)
125: Elijah Oliver (I) pinned David Gonzalez (CP) 4:06
133: Yoshi Funakoshi (CP) dec. Garrett Pepple (I) 6-4
141: Colton Schilling (CP) dec. Tommy Cash (I) 11-6
149: Luke Blanton (I) dec. Joshy Cortez (CP) 9-2
157: Colt Shorts (CP) dec. Jake Danishek (I) 5-4
165: Blake Kastl (CP) dec. Bryce Martin (I) 6-5
174: Devin Skatzka (I) dec. Matt Wilhelm (CP) 10-7
184: Nathan Jackson (I) pinned Thomas Lane (CP) 3:16
197: J.T. Goodwin (CP) dec. Norman Conley (I) 6-2
285: Spencer Empey (CP) dec. Fletcher Miller (I) 7-2
Cal Poly wins dual meet on criteria (6-4 advantage in wins)
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