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Spartans Down Alumni In 17-16 Mat Squeaker
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by Bryan Murray
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| Coming off a catastrophic effort against UC Berkeley, the Spartan wrestling team edged the SJSU alumni contingent
17-16 Saturday night in the men's gym. |
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| The 'oldtimers' assembled an impressive squad including two-time PCAA champ Walt Thatcher, who lost at 167 pounds
to Dean Prescott in a 9-3 decision. |
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| Steve Dick out fought Leland High School wrestling coach Mike Cancilla at the 134 pound spot in a 5-3 bout. |
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| Alumnus Loren Miller, recently admitted to the SJSU Hall of Fame, posted a 19-3 decision over Ranjel Marroquin
in the 158 pound slot. |
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| The Spartans posted two pins over the alumni, including Gary Uyeda's victory over Steve Vollmer in the 150 pound
class at 3:54 into the match. Assistant coach Tim Kerr at 177 pounds pinned alumnus Tom Roberts with 3:10 showing
on the clock. |
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| Head coach T.J. Kerr makes no excuses for the lopsided defeat against UC Berkeley. He said, "It was kind of
embarrassing. We weren't in shape, but our victory against the alumni was a step in the right direction." |
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| Kerr is determined to get his team into the NCAA playoffs again this year. |
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| The wrestlers next challenge is a quadruple meet with UC Santa Barbara, UCLA, and Cal State Bakersfield. Santa
Barbara's new coach is Bobby Douglas, 1969 World Champion at the 149.5 pound classification. |
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| The UCLA team is one of the top ten in the nation. The meet will be held in Santa Barbara. |
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| The wresters' next home meet will be Dec. 6 against San Francisco State University. San Francisco is currently
the Far Western Conference champion. |
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| SJSU sent several wrestlers to the NCAA meet last year including 118 pound All-American Dan Kida. |
