Mat Mustangs Compete At Lucha Open

Erik Holth, CBC Sports Information Director

            Powder Springs, Ga. – For the fourth and final time in the month of November, Central Baptist College wrestling was on the mat, this time at the Lucha Open, hosted by Life University. CBC had five wrestlers compete in the event, Isaiah Hendrix and Tyler Cabral in the Gold Division and Mason Nguyen, Alfredo Zapata and Juan Luis-Tapia at the Silver Division.

            Hendrix went 0-2 at 149 pounds. Cabral went 2-2 at 157 pounds, winning by a 15-5 major decision in his first match before picking up an 8-4 decision win in his third match. Nguyen also went 2-2 at 149 pounds, winning his first two matches, one by fall and one by a 7-2 decision. Zapata had the best showing, going 4-2 at 165 pounds. He won his first match by medical forfeit, his second match by a fall at 4:20, then, following a loss in his third match, he won by a 9-6 decision followed by a 22-5 tech fall for his final win. Luis-Tapia dropped his first match before winning the next two, both by fall, before losing by fall in his final match.

            The wrestling Mustangs will be back on the mat on Dec. 14, in Bartlesville, Okla., for the 918 Open, hosted by Oklahoma Wesleyan.