Zeth Romney stood behind the bench of Cal Poly, infuriated with himself after the results of his match. He just lost to Iowa State’s Evan Frost, 16-3, falling into the consolation bracket of the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. With his fists clenched, Romney continued pacing behind the bench. Coyte Cooper, Cal Poly wrestling’s mental […]
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Cal Poly Wrestling closes out regular season with win at CSU Bakersfield
In their last dual before the Pac-12 Championships, Cal Poly ended the regular season on a high note with a 23-20 win over Cal State Bakersfield on Sunday, Feb. 23 outside on CSU Bakersfield’s Main Soccer Field. Both teams won five matches in the Pac-12 Championship preview, but key performances from sophomore Koda Holeman, graduate […]
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Cal Poly Wrestling runs away with final dual meet of season against Cal Baptist
With 15 seconds left in his match, true freshman Tyler Hodges was tied 1-1 in his first career dual bout against his opponent at California Baptist University. Trying to avoid overtime, Hodges attempted a single-leg takedown, circling to his left and completing the takedown to finish out a 4-1 victory, flexing and letting out a […]
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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 […]
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Cal Poly Wrestling dominates in dual meet versus American University and Northern Colorado
Almost a full year ago to the day, Cal Poly Wrestling was routed by the University of Northern Colorado 25-9, but the Mustangs turned the tables on Friday, Jan. 12 as they got back at the Bears in a 23-15 dual meet victory right after dominating against American University 39-3 at Mott Athletics Center. The […]
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Romney finishes third-place at Midlands as Mustangs finish 13 out of 42 teams
In the final seconds of the quarterfinals, No. 32 ranked 133-pound redshirt freshman Zeth Romney was up 3-2 over Virginia Tech’s No. 5 ranked Sam Latona. Romney evaded multiple takedown attempts from the higher seed Latona to secure the upset. The Cal Poly coaching staff rose to their feet as Romney advanced to the semifinals […]
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Three Mustangs Reach Quarterfinals at Cliff Keen Invite but are unable to advance to Day Two
Three Mustangs reached as far as the quarterfinals as Cal Poly finished 24th out of 35 teams in the Cliff Keen Invitational in Las Vegas. No. 6 ranked 174-pounder graduate Adam Kemp, No. 6 ranked 149-pounder redshirt sophomore Chance Lamer and redshirt freshman 133-pounder Zeth Romney all started off the tournament 2-0 but couldn’t advance […]
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Cal Poly Wrestling dominates Duke, falls to No. 14 Rutgers in opening matchup of season
Cal Poly Wrestling opened up the season with a win over Duke but couldn’t overcome No. 14 Rutgers on the program’s opening matches of the season.