Brent Metcalf rallied to defeat World No. 1 Magomed Kurbanaliev of Russia 11-8 at 65 kg/143 pounds. John Sachs photo. Continued from page 18
NCAA runner-up Novachkov from Cal Poly.
The World All-Stars tied the dual at 2-2 with a big win by Haislan Garcia of Canada over three-time NCAA champion Logan Stieber at 65kg/143 lbs by a 6-2 margin. With the bout tied at 2-2, Garcia hit two front headlock turns in the second period to open up his victory. The USA took the team lead in the next match at 65 kg/143 lbs., as two-time World Team member Brent Metcalf came from behind in a wide-open battle over 2013 World bronze medalist Magomed Kurbanaliev of Russia, 11-8. Kurbanaliev took a lead in the second period with a four-point throw, but a Metcalf takedown, followed by a two-point turn gave him a 10-8 lead. A pushout gave Metcalf the three-point win, his second career victory over Kurbanaliev. Metcalf’s win started a four-match run by the United States which put the dual meet away. “He’s sneaky. He score off moves I should have been scoring on. I gave him a 4 there, which is probably my 2 if I am smart. That is a 6-point swing. I had a front headlock takedown and he stepped
over on me. Slick moves. I knew he was good. I have to be smarter there,” said Metcalf. 2012 World silver medalist Helen Maroulis got her offense going over veter- an Pan American rival Marcia Andrades, scoring a pin at the 5:53 mark. Maroulis had secured a technical fall by throwing Andrades to her back, and finished it off with a pin. It was her fourth career win over Andrades.
Back-to-back wins by Penn State ham- mers David Taylor at 74 kg/163 lbs. and Ed Ruth at 86 kg/189 lbs. clinched the win for Team USA. Taylor, a two-time NCAA champion and two-time Hodge Trophy winner, showed great poise in controlling two-time World bronze medalist Yabrail Hasanov of Azerbaijan, 6-0. Taylor, who has been second at the U.S. Open the last two years, won all of the key scrambles in the match.
Ruth, who won three NCAA crowns for
the Nittany Lions, got his offense going early from the feet, and scored a second- period 10-0 technical fall over Taymuraz Friev of Spain. Ruth, who was third at the U.S. Open the last two years, was aggressive in dominating the bout. The World All-Stars won their final bout
at 97 kg/213 lbs., as 2004 Olympic cham- pion and five-time World champion Khadjimurat Gatsalov of Russia stopped 2013 Junior World champion Kyle Snyder, 6-3. Snyder trailed by only one point after the first period, but was unable to stay with Gatsalov, considered one of the top stars in the world today. Team USA won its second women’s match at 69 kg/152 lbs., as 2008 Olympic bronze medalist Randi Miller took an early lead and continued to score from her feet with an 11-5 win over 2013 World champion Alina Makhinya of Ukraine. Miller, who took five years off from wrestling before returning to competition this season, was strong in all positions. “It’s a lot of fun. We are not used to so much support when we normally com- pete. Being here is awesome. The pres- sure on me came because she is the cur- rent World champ. I wanted to wrestle a good match and see where I stood with the World champ. She’s still the champ. Winning here is winning here. You have to win when it counts,” said Miller. Burroughs closed the show with an
offensive explosion and the USA was able to get a very exciting win. It was the third time that Beat the Streets had held an event in Times Square.
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