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    CSU Bakersfield defeats Cal Baptist in final away dual of season

    RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- CSU Bakersfield wrestling team overcame the Lancers in its last away dual match of the season. The Roadrunners defeated Cal Baptist 34-7 in front of a large crowd for the Lancers senior night. Redshirt senior Matt Williams moves up in the record books to hold the 6th spot on CSUB's Career Records for the most pins with 31.

    The Dual started at the 133 bout with No. 28 Sean Nickell Adam Velasquez (CSU). Velasquez gets a takedown with a minute left while Nickell adds an escape a late takedown to end the first period 3-2. Nickell starts the second period with a quick take down and ended the period at 5-2. The No. 28 redshirt junior ends the match with a 11-3 major decision and gets CSUB on the board with first four points of the night.

    At 141, Russell Rohlfing gets a takedown in the first to lead 2-0 against Andrew Schulte (CB). Rohlfing gets an early reversal, a three take downs, three escapes and a four point nearfall to end the second period with a dominant lead 14-3. Into the third period and Rohlfing continues to surge and finishes the match with a tech fall 23-5.

    At 149, Daxton Gordon (CBU) takes the lead over Kalani Tonge (CSUB) in the first period with two takedowns. Tonge tries to come back but only gets two escapes in the match. Cal Baptist's Gordon wins by a 14-2 major decision and puts CBU on the board with four points.

    Knowing that CSUB was only up by five points, redshirt senior No. 16 Coleman Hammond gets a late escape in the first period while Slater Johnson (CBU) had an early takedown to end the first period 1-2. Into the second and Hammond adds another escape, then gets a point for an illegal move by Johnson and goes 3-2 in the second. With 30 seconds left the redshirt senior adds a takedown to end the match 5-3.

    Bakersfield led 12-4 at the start of the 165 bout with Jacob Thalin, who gets 2-0 lead over Peter Cunningham (CBU) in the first period. Cunningham tries to stay alive but only added two escapes in the match and Thalin gives CSUB another four points in a 13-2 major decision win.

    Filling in for Bryan Battisto for the night was Lorenzo De La Riva who normally wrestles in the 165 weight class. De La Riva matched up with No. 2 Nolan Kistler (CBU) and survived the full seven minutes of the match and earned two escapes in the match but unfortunately came up short and Kistler takes a 6-2 decision to give Cal Baptist three more points.

    In the 184 bout, redshirt freshman Dominic Ducharme matched up against No. 3 Nick Fiegnar (CBU), who starts out quickly getting a 8-0 lead over Ducharme. The redshirt freshman added a late takedown in the first period to cut Fiegnar lead 3-8. Into the second period and Ducharme would continue fighting to add an escape and a takedown to go 6-8 at the start of the third. With a minute and 20 seconds left the match is tied at 10-10, the redshirt freshman gets another takedown and a stalling time to win in a 13-11 decision over No. 3 Fiegnar.

    CSUB led the dual 19-7 starting with redshirt senior No. 14 Matt Williams against Garrett Strang (CBU). Williams starts out taking a 4-1 lead in the first period and then continued to surge in the second period at 14-1 before getting a last 30 second pin in the period. The redshirt senior remains undefeated in the season with a pin over Strang at 4:27. William adds another pin to his career record to put him in the 6th sport in CSUB's history.

    First two periods go scoreless in the 285 weight class with Mark Penyacsek and Zach Schrader (CBU). Penyacsek gets an early escape in the third period and ends the period with 1:56 of riding time to win in a 2-0 decision over Schrader.

    Bakersfield started with a 28-7 lead over Cal Baptist at the start of the final match of the night but chose to forfeit the 125 bout against No. 27 Sergio Mendez.

    CSUB (6-9, 1-2 PAC-12) will return home to host its last dual of the season on Sunday. The `Runners will conclude their final home dual with a senior night against Oregon State on Feb. 11 starting at 6 p.m. in the Icardo Center.

    Results:
    133: Sean Nickell (CSUB) def. Adam Velasquez (CBU) by major decision, 11-3
    141: Russell Rohlfing (CSUB) def. Andrew Schulte (CBU) def. by tech fall, 23-5
    149: Daxton Gordon (CB) def. Kalani Tonge (CSUB) by decision, 14-2
    157: Coleman Hammond (CSUB) def. Slater Johnson (CBU) by decision, 5-3
    165: Jacob Thalin (CSUB) def. Peter Cunningham (CBU) by decision, 13-2
    174: #2 Nolan Kistler (CB) def. Lorenzo De La Riva (CSUB) by decision, 6-2
    184: Dominic Ducharme (CSUB) def. #3 Nick Fiegener (CBU) by decision, 13-11
    197: Matt Williams (CSUB) vs. Garrett Strang (CP) by pin (4:33)
    285: Mark Penyacsek (CSUB) def. Zach Schrader (CBU) by decision, 2-0
    125: Sergio Mendez (CSUB) def. Alex Nunez (CBU) by forfeit

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