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    Minnesota goes 2-0 in California

    The No. 4 Minnesota Gophers defeated a respectable hard fighting CSUB Roadrunner team 26-6 for West Coast NCAA Division I wrestling action on Saturday Dec 11 at the Icardo Athletic Center. With much respect, the CSUB Roadrunners fought hard against the top nationally ranked Gophers wrestling program whose record is (5-1). The final score did not relay the close efforts of CSUB wrestlers.

    Roadrunners sole victories came from 133-pounder Jose Mendoza, recruited from Selma High School and 157-pound Andrew Balch a state champion who graduated from the Central Valley at Buchanan High School. Mendoza man handled Bart Reiter for the win at 8-6. Andrew Balch served an arsenal of delicious underworld tilts which surprised Alec Ortiz 7-5 for the decision. Minnesota losses came via the unranked athletes against the Roadrunners whose dual record now stands at 0-2.

    Some outstanding efforts came from CSUB Roadrunners wrestler Riley Orozco who is the number 18th-ranked wrestler whose opening match of the evening encountered No. 5 Sonny Yohn. The Wrestling match went down to the wire with a final score of 7-4 to give the Golden Gophers a solid lead.

    Zach Sanders (Photo/Joey Krebs)
    No. 6 Zach Sanders pushed the Golden Gophers' advantage to 10-0 with a 21-10 come from behind major decision over Frank Lomas.

    Elijah Nacita took a 4-3 first period lead over No. 2 Mike Thorn, but die-hard Thorn battled back to take an 8-5 decision. Thorn remains undefeated this season at 141 pounds (15-0) and is ranked number two in the nation.

    16 of the 20 participating wrestlers who competed in the dual were nationally ranked in at least one of the six Division I Wrestling polls. Minnesota sealed the victories in the remainder weight classes for the final Gopher win and score at 26-6.

    Results:
    197: No. 5 Sonny Yohn (M) dec. Riley Orozco (CSUB), 7-4
    285: Ben Berhow (M) dec. David Morgan (CSUB), 9-3
    125: No. 6 Zach Sanders (M) major dec. Frank Lomas (CSUB), 21-10
    133: Jose Mendoza (CSUB) dec. Bart Reiter (M), 8-6
    141: No. 2 Mike Thorn (M) dec. Elijah Nacita (CSUB), 8-5
    149: Danny Zilverberg (M) dec. John Cardenas (CSUB), 8-6
    157: Andrew Balch (CSUB) dec. Alec Ortiz (M), 7-5
    165: No. 6 Cody Youhn (M) dec. Trevor Hall (CSUB), 11-5
    174: No. 10 Scott Glasber (M) dec. Joey Granata (CSUB), 11-5
    184: No. 15 Kevin Steinhaus (M) major dec. Brady Garner (CSUB), 18-6
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