SJSU Wrestling Archives The Spartan Daily 12-4-74                   Grapplers Suffer Rough Week             by Mike Lefkow           While most students were gobbling turkey last week, the Spartan wrestlers were being gobbled up by four opponents in six matches, leaving coaches Terry and Tim Kerr upset and facing the re-evaluation of their team. Neither coach was particularly impressed with SJSU's performance in their first five matches, of which the Spartans won two, but Saturday's 30-5 loss to Stanford University made them mad. "We didn't wrestle up to our potential against Stanford," said assistant coach Tim Kerr. "If we had, we could have beaten them. They (Stanford) weren't that good. I could excuse the losses to Arizona (State) and UCLA because they have good teams, but not Stanford." The week started well enough, as SJSU traveled to Chico and won its maiden match against Chico State 23-17. That was a week ago last Saturday. Last Wednesday the Spartans participated in the Bakersfield Tournament, and that is where disaster struck. The tournament started on a positive note with SJSU nipping UC Santa Barbara 20-18. The win extended the Spartans' dual meet record to 16 straight over two seasons. But the win may have been the inkling of the bad things to come. SJSU needed a five-point forfeit in the 190-pound weight class by UCSB for their margin of victory. The long winning streak came to an end in their next match of the tournament, as the local grapplers dropped a 23-8 decision to UCLA. Kerr was not disappointed with the UCLA match, but he was disappointed with the match against tournament host Bakersfield State, which beat SJSU 25-16. "Maybe being at home had something to do with that one," he said. The Spartans closed out the tournament by losing to the eventual tourney winner Arizona State 28-0. Then came the loss to Stanford, and now the coaches are wondering. "We need to be a little hungrier," said Tim Kerr. Terry Kerr, the head coach, agreed with his brother. "We went up a weight against Stanford, but it shouldn't have made any difference. We were in better condition than they were. I don't know what happened," he said. But Tim Kerr wasn't all that depressed. "We expect to improve steadily. We have an inexperienced team. Our young guys, like the frosh, need to gain experience. We lost our first six matches last season, so we're used to slow starts," he said.