Dominick Serrano, the UNC Bears’ defending Big 12 Conference wrestling champion, lost a quarterfinal match Friday and dropped into the consolation rounds at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
In his second match of the day, Serrano lost a 4-1 decision to sixth-seeded Gage Walker of Missouri. Serrano came into the conference tournament ranked 11th nationally at 133. He won his first match Friday with a 13-2 major decision over Richard Murillo of California Baptist.
The loss was the second of the season in 18 matches for Serrano, the third seed at 133 pounds and defending champion at the weight. The Big 12 title last year as Serrano’s first. He was a four-time state champion at Windsor High School. Serrano started his collegiate career at Nebraska before transferring to UNC in 2023.
Serrano now joins the other nine wrestlers in the Bears’ lineup in the consolation rounds. Serrano was the only UNC winner in the early matches Friday. He was scheduled to face 12-seed Carter Schmidt of Oklahoma in a consolation quarterfinal match Friday evening.
Serrano, in his sixth season as a collegiate wrestler, overcame an early-season back injury to win the 133-pound title and outstanding wrestler honors at the prestigious Southern Scuffle in January.
Severance High School graduate Kilian Schultz lost his first match at 165 via a 10-2 major decision to top-seeded LaDarion Lockett of Oklahoma State. Schultz then lost in a first consolation-round match to Utah Valley’s Zyon Trujillo on a 4-1 decision.At 157, UNC Daishun Powe lost a 7-2 decision to former Bears wrestler Vinny Zerban. Zerban, the third seed now at Iowa State, took a medical forfeit in the quarterfinals against South Dakota State’s Cael Swensen. Zerban is out for the remainder of the championships.
Zerban earned NCAA All-American honors last year at UNC by finishing in the top eight at the NCAA Championships. Zerban and 125-pounder Stevo Poulin, also an All-American, transferred to Iowa State after former Bears coach Troy Nickerson left the program for Army West Point.
Poulin advanced to the Big 12 semifinals Friday with two wins at 125.
The finals of the Big 12 championships are scheduled for 8 p.m. Saturday.
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