Men's Wrestling 12/13/2019 9:40:00 PM Iain Dexter, EOU Sports Information Director

Down to Final Match, Mounties Fall 20-18 to Lights

RENO, Nev. – In a Cascade Collegiate Conference dual in front of a large crowd at the Reno Tournament of Champions, the Eastern Oregon and No. 18 Montana State-Northern men's wrestling teams put on a show on Friday night, as the Lights won 20-18 in a dramatic final match.

The Mountaineers (6-2, 1-1 CCC) battled back from an early 11-0 hole to take a 18-17 lead with one final match. The final bout pitted sophomore No. 12 Ryan Redford against No. 2-ranked Isaac Bartel of MSUN at 197 pounds. Bartel got the best of Redfor in the match, winning by a 10-3 decision to give the Lights the close 20-18 victory.

Junior Marco Retano remained undefeated on the year in the second to last match of the night, pinning his opponent Ethan Roetman in the first round to give the Mounties their first lead of the dual, 18-17. Retano's win was a part of a three-match run for EOU, as sophomore No. 19 Keegan Mulhill won 3-0 over No. 17 Chase Short at 174 pounds for three points for the Mounties. Junior Josh Pine earned a forfeit and six points at 165 pounds.

The Mounties got one other win on the night at 141 pounds as senior No. 16-ranked Blake McNall won 3-0 over No. 14 Clayton Currier in a close 3-1 decision.

The night opened in the heavyweight division as the Lights put out four-straight ranked wrestlers. Cade Woodward did a good job to battle No. 12 Jase Stokes to just a 2-0 decision loss in the opener. The Lights won back-to-back major decisions at 125 and 133 pounds to go up 11-0. They later led 17-3 before EOU's run of 15 points in a row.

The loss is just the second of the season for EOU and first in a very talented CCC. The Mountaineers will have Saturday off before taking part in both the college division of the Reno Tournament of Champions and the CCC/GPAC duals in Prescott, Arizona on Sunday.

Full Results
125     Rob Pair defeats Hunter Nees (MD, 9-0)                           4          0
133     Landon Bailey defeats Monte Zufelt (MD, 13-5)               4          0
141     Blake McNall defeats Clayton Currier (Dec, 3-1)              0          3
149     Lane Paulson defeats Daniel Rodriguez (Dec, 7-4)           3          0
157     Caden Hilliard defeats Jesse Camacho (Dec, 9-7)             3          0
165     Josh Pine wins by forfeit                                                      0          6
174     Keegan Mulhill defeats Chase Short (Dec, 12-6)              0          3
184     Marco Retano defeats Ethan Roetman (Fall, 2:24)                       0          6
197     Isaac Bartel defeats Ryan Redford (Dec, 10-3)                 3          0
285     Jase Stokes defeats Cade Woodward (Dec. 2-0)               3          0

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Contact: Iain Dexter; 541-962-3946; idexter@eou.edu

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