Bulldogs split opening day of Virginia Duals

Friday, January 10

Hampton, VA

8:00 AM PT

Fresno State

Maryland

Photo by: Keith Kountz/Fresno St/NCAA Phot

Bulldogs split opening day of Virginia Duals

1/10/2020 3:45:00 PM | Wrestling

By: Travis Blanshan / Assistant Director of Communications

HAMPTON, Va. - The Fresno State wrestling team split a pair of duals on Friday at the Virginia Duals falling to Maryland, 22-18 before bouncing back to shut out Duke, 50-0 at the Hampton Coliseum.

Fresno State (4-5), seeded number three in the field, earned five victories against Maryland (2-4) before claiming all 10 bouts against Duke (0-6) as 141-pounder DJ Lloren, Greg Gaxiola at 149 pounds, 174-pounder Brandon Martino, 184-pounder Hunter Cruz and heavyweight Josh Hokit each earned two wins apiece.

How It Happened vs. Maryland
With the 'Dogs facing a 10-0 deficit after two bouts, back-to-back wins by Lloren and Gaxiola at 141 and 149 pounds got Fresno State back within four at 10-6. Lloren downed Hunter Baxter, 7-1 as the Clovis native used three takedowns and an escape to earn his 10th decision of the season while Gaxiola defeated Michael Doetsch, 6-1.

A narrow 3-2 loss by Beau Colombini at 157 pounds saw Maryland jump ahead 13-6 at the halfway mark while Ricky Padilla fell to Kyle Cochran, 9-4. The Bulldogs rebounded to win three of the final four matches as Martino pulled off a 7-5 win over No. 20 Philip Spadafora with three takedowns and a riding time point. Cruz followed with a 4-1 victory over Kyle Jasenski at 184 pounds to cut the Terps' lead to 16-12, but a medical default at 197 pounds by No. 25 Jaron Smith over the 'Dogs Ryan Reyes clinched the win for Maryland as Reyes was unable to finish the match.

Hokit rounded out the match with his third fall of the season as he was able to turn Parker Robinson in the third period for a fall in 6:26 to bring the final score to 22-18.

How It Happened vs. Duke
The Bulldogs bounced back in their second dual of the day to win all 10 matches against the Blue Devils, including winning three by forfeit as Destin Summers at 125 pounds, Adam Kemp at 165 pounds and Hokit all earned victories.

Redshirt sophomore Gary Joint earned his second technical fall of the season with a 17-2 victory at 133 pounds over Harrison Campbell while Lloren followed with a 17-5 major decision over Ty Mills to put the 'Dogs out front, 15-0.

A 13-4 major decision by Gaxiola over Wade Unger extended the Bulldogs' lead to 19-0 before a quick 0:22 fall by Colombini at 157 pounds and Kemp's forfeit made it 31-0 in favor of Fresno State.

The 'Dogs third major decision of the dual came by Martino at 174 pounds as he defeated Mason Eaglin, 12-3 before a fall by Cruz over Kai Blake in 2:24 made it 41-0.

Redshirt freshman Isaiah Perez, filling in for Reyes at 197 pounds, kept the 'Dogs shutout in order with a 6-3 win over Vincent Baker as Hokit's forfeit made the final score 50-0.

Notables

Fresno State moves to 1-4 away from home this season.
The Terrapins evened the all-time series with the Bulldogs at 1-1.
It was Fresno State's first-ever dual against Duke.
Lloren improves to 16-3 and picked up his third major decision of the season against the Blue Devils.
Gaxiola moves to 11-5 on the season with two wins while Hokit also picked up two victories to move to 11-3.
Cruz recorded his fourth fall of the season.
The Bulldogs and Blue Devils will meet for the second time in eight days next Friday evening at the Save Mart Center.

Up next
The Bulldogs will face the loser of No. 1 seed Virginia, who is ranked No. 22 in the nation by NWCA Division I Coaches poll, or No. 4 seed Old Dominion on Saturday at 1 p.m. PT. The Cavaliers and Monarchs meet on Saturday at 11 a.m. PT.

No. 3 seed Fresno State (18) vs. Maryland (22) Results
125: Brandon Cray (MD) maj. dec. Destin Summers (FS), 9-0 | MD 4, FS 0
133: King Sandoval (MD) won by fall over Gary Joint (FS), 2:01 | MD 10, FS 0
141: No. -/-/25 DJ Lloren (FS) dec. Hunter Baxter (MD), 7-1 | MD 10, FS 3
149: No. -/-/ 32 Greg Gaxiola (FS) dec. Michael Doetsch (MD), 6-1 | MD 10, FS 6
157: No. 24/-/26 Jahi Jones (MD) dec. Beau Colombini (FS), 3-2 | MD 13, FS 6
165: Kyle Cochran (MD) dec. Ricky Padilla (FS), 9-4 | MD 16, FS 6
174: Brandon Martino (FS) dec. No. 20/-/29 Philip Spadafora (MD), 7-5 | MD 16, FS 9
184: Hunter Cruz (FS) dec. Kyle Jasenski (MD), 4-1 | MD 16, FS 12
197: No. 25/-/- Jaron Smith (MD) won by medical default over Ryan Reyes (FS), 5:07 | MD 22, FS 12
HWT: No. 13/14/11 Josh Hokit (FS) won by fall over Parker Robinson (MD), 6:26 | MD 22, FS 18
- Rankings by FloWrestling/InterMat/Trackwrestling

No. 3 seed Fresno State (50) vs. Duke (0) Results
125: Destin Summers (FS) won by forfeit | FS 6, Duke 0
133: Gary Joint (FS) tech. fall Harrison Campbell (Duke), 17-2 (5:55) | FS 11, Duke 0
141: No. -/-/25 DJ Lloren (FS) maj. dec. Ty Mills (Duke), 17-5 | FS 15, Duke 0
149: No. -/-/32 Greg Gaxiola (FS) maj. dec. Wade Unger (Duke), 13-4 | FS 19, Duke 0
157: Beau Colombini (FS) won by fall over Eric Carter (Duke), 0:22 | FS 25, Duke 0
165: Adam Kemp (FS) won by forfeit | FS 31, Duke 0
174: Brandon Martino (FS) maj. dec. Mason Eaglin (Duke), 12-3 | FS 35, Duke 0
184: Hunter Cruz (FS) won by fall over Kai Blake (Duke), 2:24 | FS 41, Duke 0
197: Isaiah Perez (FS) dec. Vincent Baker (Duke), 6-3 | FS 44, Duke 0
HWT: No. 13/14/11 Josh Hokit (FS) won by forfeit | FS 50, Duke 0
- Rankings by FloWrestling/InterMat/Trackwrestling

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