The Roadrunners won nine matches, scoring bonus points in all but two, en route to their first dual victory of the season.
Overall, it was a day of firsts for Bakersfield, which improved to 1–1 on the season and 1–0 in the Pac–10. Four wrestlers picked up their first collegiate dual meet victories while another scored the first technical fall of his career.
Freshman Zack Bigboy (Minneapolis, Minn./Kennedy HS) picked up his first collegiate dual win with a 19–4 tech fall win over Bricen Takabe at 125. That victory was followed by a pair of forfeit victories to freshman Thomas Kimbrell (Dawsonville, Georgia/Dawson County HS)—his first collegiate victory—and junior Matt Schumm (Corona, Calif./ Centennial HS).
Junior Brandon Doyle (Ramona HS) kept the streak going by scoring his first collegiate win via tech fall at 149 pounds, with a 19–2 win over Adam Duryee.
Senior Carlo Franciotti (San Jose, Calif./St. Francis HS) recorded his first dual meet victory in his four years with the Roadrunners, edging out Kainoa Casco by a 10–7 count at 157. Franciotti, who has been wrestling behind a number of talented athletes at CS Bakersfield, made good on his first chance in the spotlight, scoring a pair of three–point near falls in the final period for the victory.
Pin specialist Brian Busby (San Diego, Calif./Scripps Ranch HS) extended his undefeated streak with a pin in just 31 seconds over Chris Feist at 165 pounds. The senior, who is off to a 6–0 start, barely gave the fans time to cheer for the takedown before he was able to get Feist on his back.
No. 14–ranked Christian Arellano (Moreno Valley, Calif./Canyon Springs HS) had no trouble in recording a 15–0 tech fall win over Brian Lemmon at 174 pounds, needing just 4:35 to record his sixth victory of the season.
Freshman Garth Wara (Madera HS) recorded his first collegiate victory while wrestling up a weight at 184. Wara, who was called upon to replace Brandon Ceremello at 184 pounds, wrestled well against Ben Blessing for the 11–4 win.
After the Roadrunners had to forfeit at 197 due to a pair of sick wrestlers, junior Eric Parker (Ramona HS) put an exclamation point on the victory by recording his first pin of the season. Parker took down Steve Fittinger just five seconds into the match, but had trouble turning his opponent through the first period. In the second, Parker scored the escape and quickly took Fittinger down again before recording the fall at 3:36.
Portland State, which falls to 1–4 on the season and 0–2 in the Pac–10, faces Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo later Wednesday night.
Bakersfield travels to Reno for the annual Tournament of Champions on Sunday (Dec. 18).
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