

Stanford 22, Cal Poly 13

- Despite wrestling without multiple starters, No. 21 Stanford opened Pac-12 action with a 22-13 win at Cal Poly, Friday, at Mott Gym.Stanford won six of the 10 bouts to improve to 5-1 overall, while Cal Poly dropped to 2-4, 0-1 in the Pac-12.The dual started at 174 pounds, where redshirt juniorgot the Cardinal on the board first with an 8-5 decision over Nathan Tausch. It was the first win of the season for Hill.Cal Poly took the lead momentarily with wins at 184 and 197 pounds. Stanford freshmanwrestled 12th-ranked Tom Lane tough at 197 pounds. The Cardinal rookie had a 2-1 lead after the first. O'Malley is now 5-4.Making his season debut, redshirt sophomoreknotted up the team score with an 11-2 major decision over Samuel Aguilar at heavyweight. True freshmanput the Cardinal back in front with a dominating 15-0 technical fall over Benny Martinez at 125 pounds.Seniorregistered his first dual win of the year with a 5-1 decision over Trae Vasquez at 133 pounds. Wrestling up at 141 pounds, true freshmancame up short in a 5-3 sudden victory decision for Cal Poly's Wyatt Cornelison, cutting Stanford's lead to 15-13.Redshirt freshmanturned in a 7-1 decision over Brawley Lamer at 157 pounds. Eischens led 4-1 after two. He scored a reversal to start the third and finished with 3:15 of riding time to improve to 16-6 overall.Redshirt freshmancapped the scoring for the Cardinal with a 16-2 major decision over Bernie Truax. Griffith, who is ranked seventh nationally, is now 18-0 to start the season - tied for the ninth-longest winning streak in program history.Stanford remains on the road this weekend, wrestling at Life Pacific (2 p.m.) and California Baptist (6 p.m.) on Saturday.