OLYMPIA, Wash. – In his first matches in five weeks, Linfield's 125-pound junior
Jacob Moore won three straight matches to reach the finals at Sunday's Evergreen Open, hosted by The Evergreen State College.
In the semifinals, Moore needed a takedown in overtime to beat Jesus Campos of Clackamas Community College 20-17. In the championship match, he ended up falling to Simon Fraser's Ben Sommers. Still, it was a good tournament for the junior from Silverton to get rid of the rust from the weeks away from competition.
"When he's healthy, Jacob can compete with anyone," said Linfield coach
Frank Johnson. "It's good to see him back and rounding into shape at just the right time, as we head toward the post-season."
Wildcats sophomore
Ethan Ensrud also reached the finals at the tournament, the third straight open tournament in which he has managed a runner-up finish. Ensrud went 3-1 on the day to push his season record to 23-11.
In his quarterfinal win over Eastern Oregon's Kylan Guerra, Ensrud was trailing by three points with less than 30 seconds remaining – although he had locked up a riding-time point, so effectively, he was trailing by two points as the clock dwindled.
A three-point takedown at the buzzer would give him a one-point win, but Ensrud did even better, taking down Guerra with 10 seconds on the clock and quickly pinning the Mountaineers freshman.
"Ethan has ice water in his veins," Johnson said. "He's never out of a match."
On the women's side of the bracket, only two Wildcats competed in Olympia due to various injuries and January Term study abroad trips. But Abisua Perez-Diaz, who won her first collegiate match a two weeks ago, prevailed again in Olympia for her fourth victory.
"She's starting to come along and believe in herself," Johnson said. "If you saw how hard she worked in the offseason, this isn't a surprise. She has earned every single one of these wins."
AHEAD
The Linfield men and women host "Night at the Museum," at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, on Friday night Jan. 24, at 7 p.m. The men wrestle Southwestern Oregon and the women wrestle Evergreen State.
EVERGREEN OPEN
At Costantino Recreation Center, Olympia, Wash.
Men
125:
Jacob Moore (Linfield) pinned Ivan Villescas (Washington State), 2:34
Jacob Moore (Linfield) pinned Johnson Nguyen (unattached), 4:30
Jacob Moore (Linfield) won in sudden-victory overtime over Jesus Campos (Clackamas-unattached), 20-17
1st-place match: Ben Sommers (Simon Fraser-unattached) won by tech fall over
Jacob Moore (Linfield), 19-4
Tanner Bartonico (SF State-unattached) pinned Sayed Amanzad (Linfield-unattached), 0:45
Johnson Nguyen (unattached) pinned Sayed Amanzad (Linfield-unattached), 2:30
133:
Connor Crum (unattached) won by major decision over
Max Vander Meide (Linfield), 11-2
Max Vander Meide (Linfield) pinned Jesus Bracamonte (West Cliff University), 4:18
Kobe Bui (Washington State) pinned
Max Vander Meide (Linfield), 1:01
149:
Carlos Kisokwa (Linfield) won by tech fall over Darian Areraio (unattached), 16-0
Ruben Le (SF State-unattached) won by major decision over
Carlos Kisokwa (Linfield), 12-1
Jonathan Tanguma (unattached) won by major decision over
Carlos Kisokwa (Linfield), 17-8
157:
Colin Shamp (unattached) pinned Fermin Carrillo (Linfield-unattached), 1:04
Diago Silva (Simon Fraser-unattached) pinned Fermin Carrillo (Linfield-unattached), 2:12
165:
Brian Walker (Linfield-unattached) won by decision over
Lucien Lefebvre (Linfield), 4-2
Thomas Venezia (West Cliff University) pinned
Brian Walker (Linfield-unattached), 4:39
Brian Walker (Linfield-unattached) pinned Milo Jones LongStreet (Washington State), 4:10
Brian Walker (Linfield-unattached) pinned Constantine Haralabopoulos (University of British Columbia), 0:37
Varney Doreen (University of Oregon) pinned
Brian Walker (Linfield-unattached), 4:30
Lucien Lefebvre (Linfield) pinned Jansen Kouame (SWOCC), 3:22
Andrew Schafer (University of Idaho) won by decision over
Lucien Lefebvre (Linfield), 6-2
174:
Ethan Ensrud (Linfield) pinned Ely Malametz (Cherry Creek WC), 3:39
Ethan Ensrud (Linfield) pinned Kylan Guerra (Eastern Oregon), 6:50
Ethan Ensrud (Linfield) won by decision over Ethan Contreras (University of Oregon), 6-3
1st-place match: Mario Deanda-Lopez (SWOCC) won by decision over
Ethan Ensrud (Linfield), 10-6
197:
Justin Sawai (Eastern Oregon) won by decision over
Divenson Willis (Linfield), 5-3
Divenson Willis (Linfield) pinned Caiman Garcia (West Cliff University), 6:57
Elliot Carlsson (unattached) pinned
Divenson Willis (Linfield), 4:30
Nestor Diaz (Linfield-unattached) pinned Caiman Garcia (West Cliff University), 4:34
Alex Grant (Washington State) pinned
Nestor Diaz (Linfield-unattached), 2:19
Armand Brinlee (unattached) pinned
Nestor Diaz (Linfield-unattached), 3:47
Demarcus Scott (unattached) pinned
Roan Zigenis (Linfield), 1:40
Elliot Carlsson (unattached) pinned
Roan Zigenis (Linfield), 1:53
HWT:
Darrian Hoobery (Eastern Oregon) won by tech fall over
Julian Ortiz (Linfield), 17-2
Julian Ortiz (Linfield) pinned Marcellus Belton (Evergreen State), 3:35
Savion Galloway (Evergreen State-unattached) pinned
Julian Ortiz (Linfield), 0:44
Women
103:
Natalie Johnson (Big Bend) pinned
Tori Debold (Linfield), 1:13
Natalie Johnson (Big Bend) pinned
Tori Debold (Linfield), 1:37
160:
Dayna Enderlin (Washington State) pinned
Abisua Perez Diaz (Linfield), 2:01
Abisua Perez Diaz (Linfield) won by tech fall over Tlachinolli Arevalo (University of Oregon), 10-0
Belen Lopez (Simon Fraser-unattached) won by tech fall over
Abisua Perez Diaz (Linfield), 10-0