
Novachkov was to have a rematch of his 2011 NCAA championship match at 141 pounds against NCAA champion Kellen Russell of Michigan, but Russell is injured and did not compete.
Kemmerer, also a senior, has a 92-36 career mark at Penn entering the 2011-12 season and placed eighth at 141 pounds in the NCAA Championships last March en route to a 39-10 record as a junior.
Kemmerer is a two-time Pennsylvania high school state champion and four-time medalist, posting a 199-18 career prep mark.
Kemmerer is ranked No. 4 at 141 by InterMet while Novachkov is ranked No. 2.
Russell won his NCAA title match against Novachkov a year ago 3-2, duplicating the score of their match at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. Those were Novachkov's only losses of his junior season against 31 victories.
Novachkov is a three-time NCAA qualifier and two-time All-American, placing second in 2011 and seventh in 2010. From Sunnyvale, Calif., and a 2007 graduate of Fremont High School, Novachkov captured Pacific-10 Conference (now Pac-12) titles in both 2010 and 2011 and entered his senior season with an 87-19 overall record.
Novachkov was the fourth Mustang to compete in the NWCA All-Star Classic. Scott Heaton was selected in 1980, Jake Gaier in 1994 and Darrel Vasquez in 2006. Cal Poly is now 4-0 in the NWCA All-Star Classic with Novachkov's win Monday.
Cal Poly will wrestle Menlo College in a non-conference dual meet Wednesday night at 6 in the Bay Area. The Mustangs opened their dual meet season last Friday with a 28-10 victory at Cal State Bakersfield.
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