By: SOU Sports Information
LA GRANDE – Eastern Oregon won four consecutive matches in the latter half of its dual against Southern Oregon on Friday, taking a 22-15 dual between the Cascade Conference men's wrestling rivals at Quinn Coliseum.
Freshman 125-pounder
Lorenzo Vasquez got the Raiders going with a second-round pin of Hunter Nees for his fifth consecutive dual win and third straight by fall. After a pair of Mountaineers wins tied it,
Matt Peterson (149 pounds) and
JJ Talavera (157) earned back-to-back decisions to put SOU back up 12-6.
The Raiders were quiet after that during an EOU run started by Josh Pine's major decision over
Nick Peterson at 165. Keegan Mulhill, the 19th-ranked 174-pounder in the NAIA, ran up the score in a 19-4 technical fall against
Fabian Miranda-Walls, Marco Retano topped
Tanner Sallee (184) 8-4, and 12th-ranked Ryan Redford earned another bonus-point victory over
Josh Hammers (197), 9-1.
Raider heavyweight
Tanner Clark finished the night with a 3-0 decision over Cade Woodward.
Talavera improved to 5-1 in dual action with his win.
As a team, the Raiders went to 3-3. They'll be at the Spokane Open on Sunday.
EASTERN OREGON 22, SOUTHERN OREGON 15
125 –
Lorenzo Vasquez, SOU, p. Hunter Nees, 4:34. (6-0)
133 – Monte Zufelt, EOU, dec.
Beau Shatto, 10-7. (6-3)
141 – Blake McNall, EOU, dec.
Justin Coon, 3-0. (6-6)
149 –
Matt Peterson, SOU, dec. Jared Brant, 6-3. (9-6)
157 –
JJ Talavera, SOU, dec. Jesse Camacho, 6-2. (12-6)
165 – Josh Pine, EOU, major dec.
Nick Peterson, 11-3. (12-10)
174 – Keegan Mulhill, EOU, tech. fall
Fabian Miranda-Walls, 19-4. (12-15)
184 – Marco Retano, EOU, dec.
Tanner Sallee, 8-4. (12-18)
197 – Ryan Redford, EOU, major dec.
Josh Hammers, 9-1. (12-22)
285 –
Tanner Clark, SOU, dec. Cade Woodward, 3-0. (15-22)