California Baptist defeats CSU Bakersfield 30-12 in Riverside
Drayden Morton’s technical fall and a pair of pins helped California Baptist build a margin it held to the finish in a Feb. 21 dual at California Baptist University.
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — California Baptist beat CSU Bakersfield 30-12 in a dual meet at California Baptist University on Feb. 21.
Drayden Morton, listed No. 33 at 157 pounds, ended his match by technical fall, 19-4, a late run that pushed California Baptist’s advantage. Morton opened with a first-period takedown and a four-point nearfall, then added takedowns in the third period at the 26- and 11-second marks to reach the technical-fall margin.
No. 32 Richard Murillo provided a late highlight for California Baptist at 133 pounds, winning 9-6 with a takedown in the first overtime. Murillo led 4-0 after Period 2 and forced overtime when he recorded a +1 to tie the match at 6-6 in regulation; he finished the bout with the overtime takedown.
California Baptist also collected multiple bonus-point wins inside regulation. Richie Clementi recorded a major decision, 11-1, at 149 pounds, and Eli Sheeren pinned Chris Neal at 197 pounds. Gabe Schumm added a pin at 165 pounds, and Tristan Kemp closed his match at heavyweight with a 5-1 decision that included a third-period takedown.
Timothy Cowan’s 7-3 decision at 184 provided an important margin of scoring for California Baptist late in the dual. Cowan scored a three-point takedown in the first period and secured the outcome with a takedown in the closing seconds of the third.
CSU Bakersfield produced its own pivotal results. No. 30 Richard Castro-Sandoval upset No. 28 Cooper Shore at 125 pounds, winning 6-2; Castro-Sandoval opened with a three-point takedown and preserved the edge with a riding-time point in the third. Santino Sanchez registered a fall at 141 pounds for CSU Bakersfield, finishing with a 10-0 scoreboard entry after multiple nearfall and takedown sequences.
The dual featured sustained scoring swings in the middle weights, with Murillo’s overtime decision and Morton’s technical fall serving as decisive bonus-point contributions that helped California Baptist maintain separation after CSU Bakersfield’s ranked win at 125.
Match-level scoring details and period sequences are drawn from the official bout records and transcripts. The meet included several stalling calls recorded in bout transcripts, and at least two bouts were decided by pins and one by technical fall, accounting for the bulk of the bonus points that determined the dual margin.
California Baptist closed the dual with 30 team points to CSU Bakersfield’s 12. The two teams met in Riverside, Calif., with the dual producing several ranked matchups and a mix of pins, a major decision, and bonus-point decisions that decided the outcome.