74kg R1- Mitchell Mesenbrink vs. Aliaksandr Hulnik
Period 1:
Aoyagi won by techfall in the previous match. Casey is in the corner for Mitch. Here we go! Tying up & hand fighting. Mesenbrink shoots immediately & gets to a low leg. Hulnik counters & tries to flip Mesenbrink over. They keep scrambling & Mesenbrink comes out on top, but Hulnik injures his knee, so we're stopped for injury time. Mesenbrink gets awarded the takesown, 2-0.
Restart in par terre. Mesenbrink adds a turn, 4-0. Back to neutral. Mesenbrink works a front headlock. Hulnik drives forward, there's a funky scramble & Hulnik gets an exposure, 4-2. They work back to their feet. Mesenbrink shoots, gets to the low leg again & then finishes the TD, 6-2. No turns, back to neutral. Tying up & hand fighting. Mesenbrink warned for fingers. Circling, faking & head tapping now. Mesenbrink shoots. Hulnik sprawls back & it's a stalemate. Neutral restart. Circling, tying up & hand fighting. Mesenbrink drags, then drops to a leg & drives Hulnik out, 8-2. Back to neutral. Circling & hand fighting. Hulnik shoots, but can't get there. Mesenbrink presses forward, snaps, then comes behind for the TD, 10-2. He rolls Hulnik to his back & gets the FALL! The buzzsaw is back! Mesenbrink does more work in a couple minutes than most wrestlers do in an entire match! He's going to be a lot of fun to watch in college this year!
Mitchell Mesenbrink FALL Aliaksandr Hulnik 12-2 (2:11)
Josh Barr has a first round bye, so I think that's it for a while.