Boris Novachkov captured the Pacific-10 Conference Championship at 133 pounds, four other Mustangs finished second and Ryan DesRoches claimed third place at 174 as Cal Poly settled for a third-place team finish Saturday night.
Filip Novachkov, Nick Fisher, Chase Pami and Ryan Smith all placed second.
While Boris Navachkov may have been the only Mustang to grab a Pac-10 championship at their respective weight class, he and five other wrestlers qualified for the NCAA Division I National Championships, scheduled for March 18-20 in Omaha, Neb.
Cal Poly, in first place after Friday’s second session, scored 120 points to finish third. Oregon State, with one champion, three runners-up and five national qualifiers, captured its 18th Pac-10 team championship with 127 points, followed by Boise State, the 2008 and 2009 team champion, with 125 points.
Boris Novachkov earned a 4-3 decision against top-seeded Brandon Low of UC Davis in the 133-pound final for his first Pac-10 title. He placed third in 2008.
His brother, Filip Novachkov, a third-place finisher in 2009, placed second at 141 after falling to Adin Duenas of Cal State Fullerton 9-3. Novachkov was seeded second and Duenas fourth.
At 149, Fisher dropped a 12-9 decision to Barrett Abel of UC Davis. Abel was seeded second and Fisher fourth. Fisher upset the top seed, Jason Chamberlain of Boise State, in the semifinals with a fall in 4:24.
Pami, the two-time Pac-10 champion, settled for second place at 157 this year as he fell 5-1 to Adam Hall of Boise State in the final round.
Smith dropped an 11-5 decision to top-seeded Riley Orozco of Cal State Bakersfield in the 197-pound final.
DesRoches won two matches Saturday to claim third place at 174, earning a 7-2 decision against Todd Noel of Cal State Fullerton and a 6-2 triumph over Eric Starks of Arizona State. DesRoches had lost three times to Starks over the last two seasons, all by decision.
The Mustangs have never captured the Pac-10 championship, settling for second-place finishes in 2004 and 2006. Cal Poly finishes the season 5-2 in conference dual meets this season, third in the Pac-10.