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    Novachkov blanks Kemmerer

    TEMPE, Ariz. -- Cal Poly 141-pound wrestler Boris Novachkov earned a 4-0 victory over Zack Kemmerer of Penn in the 2011 NWCA All-Star Wrestling Classic presented by the United States Marines Corps on Monday night at Arizona State.

    Boris Novachkov (Photo/GoPoly.com)
    After a scoreless first period, Novachkov, the two-time NCAA All-American and a senior, scored an escape and takedown in the second period, accumulating 1 minute, 27 seconds in riding time. Kemmerer chose the neutral position for the final period but there was no scoring by either wrestler and Novachkov earned the riding time point and the victory.

    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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