ATHERTON, Calif. - In its first tournament of the new season, Menlo College had seven wrestlers win their respective pool at the Menlo Open on Sunday at Haynes-Prim Pavilion. In all, 11 Oaks finished in the top three on the day.

A pair of nationally-ranked Menlo grapplers posted some of the bigger results of the competition for the Oaks. Christian Martinez won Pool F with a 13-8 decision over CSU Bakersfield while Josh Emmett took Pool I with a 6-4 decision against Cal Poly's Stephen Thalin. In Pool N, Mike Cavanaugh won an 8-0 major decision versus Cal Poly's Ben Crosby as the three Oaks won their pool-deciding matches over NCAA Div. I foes.

In Pool A, Menlo's Jason Moorhouse placed first and fellow Oak Drake Medieros third; in Pool C, Eric Garcia lost a 4-3 decision to Cal Poly's Brandon Rocha and settled for second place; In Pool H, Travis Olson beat teammate Mike Righi, wrestling unattached, 8-7 for third; Adrian Gonzales won a 5-3 decision for first place in Pool J; and in Pool P, Ozzie Preciado won with a technical fall victory over fellow Oak P.J. Cress.