From: Appalachian State Sports Information Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2014 9:30:40 PM Subject: Five Mountaineers Place at Road Runner Open November 16, 2014 Wrestling Contact: Dan Butler (828) 262-7166 • [email protected] **also attached as a .pdf** Online: appstatesports/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=21500&ATCLID=209768500 FRESNO, Calif. – After dropping matches to CSU Bakersfield and Illinois on Friday, Appalachian State University Wrestling saw five Mountaineers place at the Road Runner Open on Sunday in Fresno. Dylan Cottrell (Spencer, W.Va./Roane County) continued his red hot start to the season and remained unbeaten on the year. Cottrell recieved a first round bye followed by a second round decision win over Stanford’s Josh Lauderdale. Cottrell breezed through the quarterfinal with a major decision victory against Bakerfield’s AJ Fierro. A tie breaker victory in the semifinal sent the 149 defending champion to the final. In the Final, Cottell won a 10-7 decision over Kyle Langenderfer (Illinois) to earn his second-straight Road Runner Open title. Coming off of two victories at the tri-dual on Friday, heavyweight Denzel Dejournette (Winston-Salem, N.C./R.J. Reynolds) continued his hot streak at the Road Runner Open. Dejournette won his opening round matchup with a 19-4 tech fall of Bakersfield’s Steven Wood followed by a hard fought 5-4 decision against Chad Lopez of Illinois. In the quarterfinal, Dejournette pinned Sam Alnassiri at the 6:05 minute mark. Dejournette then moved on to the final after a tie breaker victory in the semifinal. The Winston-Salem native pinned Brooks Black (Illinois) en route to claiming first place. In the 125 bracket, Dominic Parisi (Concord, N.C./Jay M. Robinson) cruised through the first two rounds with back-to-back pins. Parisi continued the dominant start to his tournament with a major decision again Yoshito Funakoshi (Cal Poly) in the quarterfinal. Oregon State’s Ronnie Besser ended Parisi’s run to first place with a 9-5 decision in the semifinal. In the consolation bracket, Parisi again was dominant, winning by major decision and then pinning Funakoshi to claim third place. Michael Longo (Corona, Calif./Santiago) recieved a first round bye before pinning Austin Solari (Grand Canyon) at the 4:39 mark in the second round. In the quarterfinal, Longo was defeated by Nick Lawrence (Purdue) via a 7-1 decision. Longo won his next three matches in the consolation bracket to earn a spot in the third place match. UNC’s Troy Heilmann edged Longo in a close 7-5 decision, leaving the California native in fourth place at 141. After a first round bye in the 165 bracket, redshirt freshman Nick Kee (Laurinburg, N.C./Scotland) won his opening match against Matt Nora (Illinois) with a 10-5 decision. Kee then dropped a 5-1 decision the following round to Jim Wilson (Stanford). The Laurinburg, N.C. native earned three-straight decision victories to have a chance for third place. Purdue’s Patrick Robinson pinned Kee 3:41 into the bout, leaving Kee in fourth place. At 133, Vito Pasone (Wilkes-Barre, Pa./E.L. Meyers) and Jacob Grigg (Gastonia, N.C./East Gaston) eached added one victory in the championship bracket. Nick Vetell (Trinity, N.C./Trinity) recorded two victories in the 184 bracket before dropping a quarterfinal decision to Taylor Meeks (Oregon State). Javon Johnson (Holly Springs, N.C./Holly Springs), Zack Strickland (Muncy, Pa./Muncy), Collin Johnson (Dallas, N.C./North Gaston), Kacee Hutchinson (Candler, N.C./Enka), Marcus Johnson (Mohnton, Pa./Governor Mifflin), and Tyler Radford (Marion, N.C./McDowell) all wrestled two matches, but did not record any wins. Forrest Przybysz (Jefferson, Ga./Jefferson) sustained an injury in his opening match and was unable to continue. The Mountaineers are back in action next Sunday in Philadelphia for the Keystone Classic. -- Appalachian State Sports Information 6048 Appalachian Athletics Center 425 Jack Branch Drive Boone, NC, 28608 appstatesports
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