RENO, Nev.-A fifth place finish from Frank Lomas (R-Sr.,
Bakersfield, Calif., Bakersfield HS) at 133 pounds highlighted CSU Bakersfield's
stay at the Reno Tournament of Champions Sunday afternoon at the Reno Events
Center.
Wrestling unattached for the Roadrunners, Lomas upset the
No. 3 seed, Oregon State's Garrett Drucker, in the round of 16. Lomas defeated
Drucker, who is 16th in the Intermatwrestle.com national rankings, 3-1. Lomas
lost 4-3 to Arizona State's Kalin Goodsite in the quarterfinals. Lomas defeated teammate Justin Durham (R-Sr.,
Shingle Springs, Calif., Ponderosa HS) in the consolation round of 16. Lomas
advanced to the consolation semifinals before dropping a 5-1 decision to Oregon
State's James Roberts. In the fifth place match, Lomas defeated Goodsite in a
rematch, 4-3 in overtime.
Freshman Bryce Hammond (Bakersfield, Calif., Bakersfield
HS), who is redshirting this season, entered the tournament as an unattached
wrestler and he turned in a sixth place finish at 165 pounds. Hammond pinned
Derek Felton of Arizona State in the first round before losing 4-2 to the fifth
seed, Derek Felton of Arizona State.
Hammond won four in a row in the consolation bracket before losing to
Felton again in the consolation semifinals. Hammond lost in the fifth place
match to the No. 2 seed, Kyle Blevins of Appalachain State 9-2. Blevins is 16th
in the current Intermatwrestle.com rankings at 165.
Brady Garner (R-Sr., Preston, Idaho, Portland State)
advanced to the quarterfinals at 174 before the second seed, Nick Purde of Ohio
defeated him 11-7. Garner was pinned by Southern Oregon's Brock Gutchens in the
consolation round of 16.
Tyler Iwamura (R-Jr., San Diego, Calif., Santa Fe
Christian HS) earned a spot in the quarterfinals of the 125-pound bracket where
he was defeated by the fourth seed, Mitchell Lofstedt of southern Oregon 5-2.
Iwamura went out in the consolation round of 16 when he lost 3-1 to West
Virginia's Shane Young.
CSUB finished in a tie for 16th (15.5) with Stanford. Oklahoma State was the team champion (166).
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