The quartet of Mustangs who placed second are Filip Novachkov at 141 pounds, Nick Fisher at 149, Chase Pami at 157 and Ryan Smith at 197.
All six Mustangs have qualified for the NCAA Division I National Championships, scheduled for March 18-20 in Omaha, Neb.
Cal Poly, in first place after Friday’s second session, scored 120 points to finish third. Oregon State, with one champion, three runners-up and five national qualifiers, captured its 18th Pac-10 team championship with 127 points, followed by Boise State, the 2008 and 2009 team champion, with 125 points.
Boris Novachkov (pictured above) earned a 4-3 decision against top-seeded Brandon Low of UC Davis in the 133-pound final for his first Pac-10 title. He placed third in 2008.
His brother, Filip Novachkov, a third-place finisher in 2009, placed second at 141 after falling to Adin Duenas of Cal State Fullerton 9-3. Novachkov was seeded second and Duenas fourth.
At 149, Fisher dropped a 12-9 decision to Barrett Abel of UC Davis. Abel was seeded second and Fisher fourth. Fisher upset the top seed, Jason Chamberlain of Boise State, in the semifinals with a fall in 4:24.
Pami, the two-time Pac-10 champion, settled for second place at 157 this year as he fell 5-1 to Adam Hall of Boise State in the final round.
Smith dropped an 11-5 decision to top-seeded Riley Orozco of Cal State Bakersfield in the 197-pound final.
DesRoches won two matches Saturday to claim third place at 174, earning a 7-2 decision against Todd Noel of Cal State Fullerton and a 6-2 triumph over Eric Starks of Arizona State. DesRoches had lost three times to Starks over the last two seasons, all by decision.
Earlier on Saturday, Steven Vasquez earned a fifth-place finish at 165. Vasquez lost to Michael Cuthbertson of Boise State 8-2 in the consolation semifinals before earning a 6-1 decision against Joseph Granata of Cal State Bakersfield in the match for fifth and sixth place.
At 125, Micah Ferguson defeated Christopher Armendariz of UC Davis 15-5 and earned seventh place.
At 184, Kelan Bragg lost a 6-3 decision to Jake Meredith of Arizona State and also fell 13-7 to Ty Vinson of Oregon State in the match for fifth and sixth place.
And at 285, Jim Powers was a 4-2 winner over Dylan Rush of Stanford for seventh place.
Coach John Azevedo’s Mustangs have never captured the Pac-10 championship, settling for second-place finishes in 2004 and 2006. Cal Poly, sixth the last two years, was 5-2 in conference dual meets this season, third in the Pac-10.
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