McMINNVILLE, Ore. – Strong efforts by a number of individuals could not carry the host Linfield Wildcats past the favored Southern Oregon Raiders in a dual wrestling meet Sunday afternoon inside Ted Wilson Gymnasium.
 
The SOU men scored five pins on the way to a 37-12 team victory. The Raider women capitalized on three pins and three forfeited weight classes to secure a 35-10 triumph.
 
MEN
Linfield's points came in the latter flights. Competing in the 174-pound weight class, Wildcat Price Pothier fired up the crowd by pinning the Raiders' Jordan Faifai in 1 minute, 51 seconds. Pothier raised his season record to 3-2 with the win.
 
Lance Van Hoose then picked up a tight 5-4 decision over once-beaten Kabb Christiansen of SOU at 184 pounds. Van Hoose sits at 6-5 for the season.
 
Heavyweight Jacob Barnes pushed his season record to 8-0 with a hard-fought 7-4 result over the Raiders' Antonio Garcia.
 
Another closely contested outcome occurred at 149 pounds, where Micah Worthington was sadddled with a 7-4 setback at the hands of SOU's Aaron Gandara.
 
Southern Oregon 37, Linfield 12
125: Mitch Warren (SOU) pinned Jacob Moore (Linfield), 2:33
133: Evan Potter (SOU) won by major decision over Kellen Hanson (Linfield), 9-0
141: Anthony Perez (SOU) pinned Jakob Jarvis (Linfield), 6:42
149: Aaron Gandara (SOU) won by decision over Micah Worthington (Linfield), 7-4 
157: Travis Thorpe (SOU) pinned Jack Barrett (Linfield), 1:21 
165: Ayden Wolgamott (SOU) won by forfeit 
174: Price Pothier (Linfield) pinned Jordan Faifai (SOU), 1:51 
184: Lance Van Hoose (Linfield) won by decision over Kabb Christensen (SOU), 5-4 
197: Andrew Herrara (SOU) pinned Darrius Walker (Linfield), 2:09 
HWT: Jacob Barnes (Linfield) won by decision over Antonio Garcia (SOU), 7-4
 
WOMEN
Still needing to find bodies to fill out all the weight classes, Linfield was forced to surrender 15 team points from the get-go. But the Wildcats did take a measure of satisfaction with individual victories by Paulina Fabela-Santos and Ayana Medina.
 
Fabela-Santos gave Linfield some early momentum with a pin of the Raiders Kyleigh Fradelis at the 2:48 mark of the 116-pound pairing. It marked the first win of the new season for Fabela-Santos, who is now 1-4.
 
Medina produced a 10-0 technical fall over the Raiders' Marissa Kurtz at 130 pounds. With the win, Medina ran her season record to 7-3.
 
Southern Oregon 35, Linfield 10
101: Diamond Lopez (SOU) won by forfeit
109: Liv Villaneuva (SOU) won by forfeit
116: Paulina Fabela-Santos (Linfield) pinned Kyleigh Fradelis (SOU), 2:48 
123: Mia Bonotan (SOU) won by decision over Riley Omonaka (Linfield), 8-0
130: Ayana Medina (Linfield) won by tech fall over Marissa Kurtz (SOU), 10-0  
136: Bella Amaro (SOU) won by tech fall over  Brielle Brick (Linfield), 12-0 
143: Averie Stockwell (SOU) pinned Klaira Flatt (Linfield), 4:30 
155: Sage Teixeira (SOU) won by decision over Elena Kroll (Linfield), 7-2
170: Joye Levendusky (SOU) pinned Kami Hart (Linfield), 0:39  
191: Ramona Jimenez (SOU) won by forfeit
 
AHEAD
With finals week and the holiday break looming, Linfield is idle until the new year. The Wildcat women are scheduled to resume action with a dual meet against Simon Fraser on Saturday, Jan. 7, at 3 p.m. The following day, both the Linfield men and women's squads will serve as hosts for the inaugural Mat 'Cat Invitational, Sunday, Jan. 8, starting at 9 a.m.