For seven minutes, Jesse Mendez stayed on the attack.
An underdog against Beau Bartlett, Mendez came in and shot for takedown after takedown, working position after position trying to find an edge over the nation's No. 1 wrestler in his 141-pound weight class.
With the match tied at 1-1 off escape points and the clock dwindling under 20 seconds in the third period, Mendez found his moment.
He grappled with Bartlett through multiple spots on the mat until he grabbed a double-leg on last year's third-place finisher at the NCAA Championships, planted him on the canvas and swung around to secure a takedown with six seconds left to wrestle.