| "It was a good team effort," SJSU wrestling coach T.J. Kerr said following his squad's 20-13 victory
over Humboldt State last Tuesday at Humboldt. |
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| And a team effort was just what the Spartans needed as they won six out of ten matches for a narrow victory. |
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| "I anticipated a hard fought battle," Kerr said. |
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| The Spartans got off to a good start as 118-pound Wayne Jones opened the meet with a 17-6 decision over Humboldt's
Pat Nellis. |
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| "It helped winning the first one," Kerr added. "Their fans can get rowdy." |
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| Humboldt evened up the meet in the next match as Marty Nellis won a close decision over Eddie Baza 5-4. |
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| Baza, who was bothered by a sore shoulder he injured in the Chico State meet, led 4-1 at one point, but "let
up" according to Kerr and dropped the match. |
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| SJSU rebounded in the next match as John Middlestead decisioned Keith Hawks 8-3 in the 134-pound division. |
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| But the Spartans then faltered losing their next two matches. |
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| Dennis McDowell lost to Mike Fredenberg 6-2 in the 142-pound division and Doug Stewart was decisioned by Craig
Vejvoda 4-2 in the 150-pound division. |
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| "Dennis showed a lot of improvement," Kerr said, later adding that McDowell looked good throughout the
match while wrestling one of Humboldt's toughest members. |
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| Following Stewart's match, the SJSU wrestlers found themselves down for the first time, but then reeled off three
straight wins in 158, 167, and 177. |
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| Reggie Thompson started off by decisioning Adrian Smedley 6-4. |
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| Then Randy Davis defeated Rich Sykes 10-3. |
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| Finally, Dave Brouhard completed the three-man sweep by beating Roy Coudright 16-9. |
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| In the 190-pound division the streak ended when Jerry Morrison lost his match 9-1 to Mike Malkevitch. |
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| Heavyweight Ken Klein then finished the meet on a positive note with an 11-3 victory over Raymond Rodrigues. |
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| "Our conditioning didn't look too bad compared to theirs," Kerr said, "and our technique wasn't
bad either, but we didn't get any breaks." |
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| With the victory the Spartans are now 2-0 in dual meets, and will host the Mumby Invitational Saturday. |
