Pearce Earns First Place Finish, Dragons Place Eight at Road Runner Open

Sunday, November 15

Bakersfield, Calif.

9:00 a.m. PST

Drexel University

Roadrunner Open

Photo by: Ryan Samson

Pearce Earns First Place Finish, Dragons Place Eight at Road Runner Open

11/15/2015 10:15:00 PM | Wrestling

FINAL BRACKETS

FRESNO, Calif. - Drexel wrestler David Pearce finished competition on Sunday as the 133 pound Road Runner Open Champion. Pearce was one of eight Drexel place-winners in the tournament, three of which were runners-up.

Pearce won four matches in a row on his way to the 133-pound title, one of which was a technical fall over San Francisco State's Fern Perez. The redshirt junior solidified his victorious effort with a major decision over Ronald Stevens of Oregon State in the finals.

Austin Rose, Stephen Loiseau, and Joey Goodhart finished in second place at 165, 184, and 285 respectively. Rose secured a tech fall and a pin in his first two matches and then won by decision over San Francisco State's Travis Ino to advance to the finals, but fell to Edinboro's Casey Fuller by a 3-1 deficit in his final match of the day. Loiseau started out with a major decision in his first match and then made his way through the brackets with wins over Stanford's Tommy Kimbrell and Peter Galli. He was ultimately edged by another Cardinal, Garet Krohn, by a 5-1 and finished as the runner-up. The fourth Dragon of the day to make it to the final round, Goodhart was ultimately defeated by William Miller of Edinboro after he won two decisions and advanced by medical forfeit to earn a chance to compete for the title.

Ranked 14th in the nation by WrestlingReport going into this weekend's competition, Matthew Cimato had a strong outing that resulted in a third place finish at 149 pounds. The redshirt junior totaled four technical falls on the day and was only forced into the consolation rounds when Stanford's Paul Fox edged him out with a 7-6 decision in the semifinals. He worked his way through the wrestlebacks by defeating Oregon State redshirt Bryce Parson and Cal State Bakersfield's Coleman Hammond to place third on the tournament.

Redshirt sophomore Zack Fuentes added to Drexel's success with a fourth place finish at 125. Fuentes earned two 3-2 decisions in a row to advance to the semifinals, where he was defeated by Stanford's Connor Schram by a score of 2-0. He worked his way through the consolation rounds to the third place match, but ultimately was edged by Oregon State's Kegan Calkins, 7-2.

Rookie Mike Comunale lost his first match but then won four in a row in the wrestlebacks. The freshman fell to Edinboro's Spencer Nagy in his final match of the day, but was able to secure a sixth place finish at 157. Redshirt freshman Nezar Haddad also earned a sixth place finish for Drexel in the 197 bracket. Haddad dropped his opening match to Edinboro's Vince Pickett, but then earned wins over Menlo College's Kaine Cole and Stanford's Boomer Fleming to work his way through the wrestlebacks to the fifth place match, where he fell to Cal Poly redshirt Thomas Lane.

Despite not placing, several other Dragons had notable performances including Richard Viruet who went 4-2 on the day with two tech falls at 157. In the 133 bracket, Franco Ferraina finished with a 3-2 record on the tournament with two of his three wins coming as major decisions. Meanwhile, Ryan O'Connor (157 lbs) and Nick Elmer (174 lbs) each recorded a pin while going 1-2 on the day.

The Dragons conclude a successful west coast trip that also included a 28-12 dual victory over Cal Poly on Friday evening. Next up, Drexel will visit EIWA opponent Cornell on Sunday, Nov. 21. The dual is set to begin at 12:30 p.m.

125: Zack Fuentes (DU) DEC David Gonzalez (Cal Poly), 3-2
Zack Fuentes (DU) DEC Sergio Mendez (Cal St Bakersfield), 3-2
Connor Schram (Stanford) DEC Zack Fuentes (DU), 2-0
Zack Fuentes (DU) DEC Sean Nickell (CSUB unattached), 4-2 (TB-1)
Kegan Calkins (Oregon State) DEC Zack Fuentes (DU), 7-2 ***FOURTH PLACE FINISH***

133: David Pearce (DU) DEC Tyree Owens (Arizona State), 8-2
David Pearce (DU) TF Fern Perez (SF State), 15-0
David Pearce (DU) DEC Ty Schilling (Cal Poly unattached), 7-3
David Pearce (DU) MAJ Ronald Stevens (Oregon State), 11-0
David Pearce (DU) DEC Mason Pengilly (Stanford), 4-3
***FIRST PLACE FINISH***

133: Franco Ferraina (DU) WBF Christian Racimo (Menlo College) @ 3:15
Franco Ferraina (DU) MAJ Everett Pratt (Cal St Bakerfield), 11-3
Mason Pengilly (Stanford) DEC Franco Ferraina (DU), 8-4
Franco Ferraina (DU) MAJ Armand Molina (CBU unattached), 13-1
Adrian Panduro (Cal St Bakersfield) WBF Franco Ferraina (DU) @ 6:13

141: Tyler Vath (Edinboro) DEC Anthony Canfora (DU), 5-0
Josh Weinberg (SF State) DEC Anthony Canfora (DU), 10-6

149: No. 14 Matthew Cimato (DU) TF Jeff Uyesaka (Menlo College), 17-0
No. 14 Matthew Cimato (DU) TF Dean Esquibel (Fresno City unattached), 19-2
No. 14 Matthew Cimato (DU) TF Dylan Furtado (SF State), 16-0
Paul Fox (Stanford) DEC No. 14 Matthew Cimato (DU), 7-6
No. 14 Matthew Cimato (DU) TF Bryce Parson (Oregon State unattached), 16-0
No. 14 Matthew Cimato (DU) DEC Coleman Hammond (Cal St Bakersfield), 6-2 ***THIRD PLACE FINISH***

157: Blake Kastl (Cal Poly) DEC Richard Viruet (DU), 5-2
Richard Viruet (DU) TF Azikiwe Cooper-white (American), 19-2
Richard Viruet (DU) TF Killian Vendler (Titan Mercury), 15-0
Richard Viruet (DU) DEC Rodney Williams (Oregon State), 8-2
Richard Viruet (DU) DEC Colbran Meeker (Oregon State unattached), 3-2
Mike Comunale (DU) DEC Richard Viruet (DU), 3-2

157: Colbran Meeker (Oregon State unattached) DEC Ryan O'Connor (DU), 3-0
Ryan O'Connor (DU) WBF James Gomez (Sierra) @ 0:10
Mike Comunale (DU) DEC Ryan O'Connor (DU), 10-3

157: Alec Donovan (unattached) WBF Mike Comunale (DU) @ 5:30
Mike Comunale (DU) TF Ruben Arrieta (SF State), 17-0
Mike Comunale (DU) DEC Ryan O'Connor (DU), 10-3
Mike Comunale (DU) wins by medical forfeit Blake Kastl (Cal Poly)
Mike Comunale (DU) DEC Richard Viruet (DU), 3-2
Aj Fierro (Cal St Bakersfield) MAJ Mike Comunale (DU), 14-5
Spencer Nagy (Edinboro) DEC Mike Comunale (DU), 8-4 ***SIXTH PLACE FINISH***

165: Austin Rose (DU) TF Elliy Gorelik (Menlo College), 19-0
Austin Rose (DU) WBF Matt Wilhelm (Cal Poly unattached) @ 2:11
Austin Rose (DU) DEC Travis Ino (SF State), 7-0
Casey Fuller (Edinboro) DEC Austin Rose (DU), 3-1 ***SECOND PLACE FINISH***

174: Nick Elmer (DU) WBF Cornelio Alfaro (Sac City unattached) @ 1:37
Bryce Hammond (Cal St Bakersfield) DEC Nick Elmer (DU), 7-0
Slater Johnson (CBU) WBF Nick Elmer (DU) @ 6:31

184: Stephen Loiseau (DU) MAJ Mark Penyacsek (CSUB unattached), 8-0
Stephen Loiseau (DU) DEC Tommy Kimbrell (Stanford), 2-2
Stephen Loiseau (DU) DEC Peter Galli (Stanford), 4-2
Garet Krohn (Stanford) DEC Stephen Loiseau (DU), 5-1 ***SECOND PLACE FINISH***

197: Vince Pickett (Edinboro) DEC Nezar Haddad (DU), 6-3
Nezar Haddad (DU) DEC Kaine Cole (Menlo College), 6-2
Nezar Haddad (DU) DEC Boomer Fleming (Stanford), 7-1
Michael Sojka (Stanford) DEC Nezar Haddad (DU), 2-0
Thomas Lane (Cal Poly unattached) DEC Nezar Haddad (DU), 9-4 ***SIXTH PLACE FINISH***

285: Matt Williams (Cal St Bakersfield) DEC Alex Foley (DU), 7-3
Alex Foley (DU) DEC Brady Rivera (Menlo College), 8-4
Trevor Rasmussen (Stanford unattached) DEC Alex Foley (DU), 10-6

285: Joey Goodhart (DU) DEC Austin Lobsinger (Simpson), 4-2
Joey Goodhart (DU) DEC Sam Alnassiri (SF State), 3-0
Joey Goodhart (DU) wins by injury default over Josh Marchok (Stanford) @ 5:51
William Miller (Edinboro) DEC Joey Goodhart (DU), 6-2 ***SECOND PLACE FINISH***