Cal Poly Wrestling played host to Northern Illinois University and No. 15 Little Rock in a Valentine’s Day doubleheader on Feb. 14, coming up short in both duals at Mott Athletics Center. The Mustangs (4-9, 0-2 Pac-12) struggled for position all night long, falling behind early on in both duals and losing to the Huskies […]
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Cal Poly Wrestling falls to Cal Baptist, Northwestern at home
Cal Poly Wrestling was handled by California Baptist, 22-16, before also falling against Northwestern, 29-14, Thursday at Mott Athletics Center. The Mustangs (0-4) started hot against the Lancers (5-2, 2-0 Big 12) and Wildcats (2-1) thanks to 125-pound redshirt sophomore Koda Holeman. Still, they couldn’t get much going outside of that and redshirt junior heavyweight […]
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Cal Poly Wrestling competes in Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite, Romney takes 133-pound title
Under the bright lights of Las Vegas, No. 12 ranked 133-pound redshirt sophomore Zeth Romney cashed in for Cal Poly wrestling. He captured the 133-pound title at the Cliff Keen Invitational, becoming the first Mustang in 15 years to win the weight class at the tournament. Romney led the team to a 13th-place finish in […]
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Cal Poly Wrestling captures team title, 3 individual titles at Roadrunner Open
After falling to No. 14 Stanford last weekend, Cal Poly wrestling used that loss as fuel to capture the team title at the Roadrunner Open on Sunday behind three individual champions. Although only a few of their starters wrestled, the Mustangs had an impressive day on the mats in Bakersfield. With 26 wrestlers competing, the […]
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Cal Poly Wrestling’s season comes to a close on Day 2 of the NCAA Championships
Kansas City, MO — As the roars of a packed crowd at the T-Mobile Center echoed throughout the arena, top-seeded wrestlers were dropping like flies against lower-ranked opponents in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championships. Graduate Adam Kemp was in the midst of his consolation match to stay alive on day two of the tournament. […]
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Kemp wins Pac-12 title, Lamer brothers and Romney also qualify for NCAA Championships
Graduate and No. 9 ranked 174-pounder Adam Kemp clinched his first Pac-12 Championship in his weight class and secured a spot in the NCAA National Championship tournament this past Sunday, March 10. Kemp led the way along with three other Cal Poly wrestlers earning an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament in Kansas City, MO. […]
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Cal Poly Wrestling unable to overcome Arizona State in top 25 matchup
Only one wrestler pulled out a win in a battle between two top 25 programs in No.25 Cal Poly and No.24 Arizona State. Redshirt sophomore Jarad Priest was the only Mustang to defeat his opponent as the Mustangs fell 34-4 in their final home dual of the season. The Mustangs (5-4, 1-3 Pac-12) were missing […]
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Cal Poly Wrestling unable to overcome Little Rock
Cal Poly Wrestling looked to hit the ground running coming out of their bye week but was handled by the No. 20 ranked dual meet team in the country and Pac-12 foe, Little Rock, on Saturday, Feb. 3. The Mustangs (5-3, 1-2 Pac-12) welcomed back the No. 10 ranked 174-pounder in graduate Adam Kemp against […]
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Cal Poly Wrestling earns first Pac-12 win over CSU Bakersfield
After back-to-back Cal Poly pins, graduate 165-pounder Michael Goldfeder stepped onto the mat looking to get his season back on track and increase the Mustang lead. The North Carolina transfer had a 2-10 record on the season entering this dual and ultimately fell via a 2-1 decision. While it might not have looked pretty, the […]
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Cal Poly Wrestling unable to overcome Oregon State in Pac-12 opener
Cal Poly’s trip to Corvallis, Oregon, and the Lamer homecoming was spoiled when Oregon State topped the Mustangs in their Pac-12 opener 21-17 on Friday, Jan. 19. The Mustangs (4-2, 0-1 Pac-12) held an 11-7 lead five matches into the meet but the Beavers (5-2, 2-0 Pac-12) took four of the last five matches to […]
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Cal Poly Wrestling finishes weekend 3-0 after win over Air Force
After coming off of two impressive wins against American University and the University of Northern Colorado on Friday, Cal Poly continued to make noise on Sunday, Jan. 14 after taking down the No. 15 ranked tournament team in FloWrestling’s rankings in Air Force, 23-17 at Mott Athletics Center. The Mustangs now improve to 4-1 in […]