TAMPERE, Finland — In his first international wrestling tournament, redshirt freshman Ryan Deakin made it to the championship bout.
 
Deakin wrestled David Baev of Russia in the finals of the Junior World Championships in Tampere, Finland, but fell, 10-0. 
 
"I just came in here and treated it like every other tournament. I had to try to wrestle and get to my positions and stay on my offense," Deakin said.
 
After receiving a bye in the first round, Deakin opened with a statement technical fall, 13-0, over Ukraine's Okeksandr Rybalko.
 
The redshirt freshman, wrestling at 66 kg, moved on to the quarterfinals to face Mongolia's Temuulen Enkhtuya. Deakin quickly went down, 6-0.
 
"He rolled me and that's always hard going down a couple points," Deakin said. "But I knew if I kept going, there was plenty of time in the match. I was really not thinking about it too much. Just keep wrestling and keep getting into my stuff."
 
He battled back. Deakin picked up three takedowns to take the victory over the Mongolian and move into the semifinals.
 
With one match left until the finals, he faced off against Amirhossei Hosseini of Iran, where Deakin posted a dominating 10-2 victory.
 
Baev, Deakin's opponent in the final match, is a past Cadet world champ and picked up four technical falls in his four matches in the preliminary session. 

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