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Kerr Seeks 101st Mat Win Tonight
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by Dave Meltzer
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| SJSU wrestling coach gained his 100th career victory Wednesday night as the Spartans defeated Nevada-Las Vegas
22-17. |
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| Kerr will go for his 101st coaching victory tonight as SJSU hosts UCLA at 7:30. |
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| "I thought we wrestled more as a team than we had in the last two or three meets," Kerr said of the win
over UNLV. |
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| "UCLA should be really tough. They have a strong squad from top to bottom," Kerr said. "Their heavyweight,
their 134-pounder and their 150-pounder are their main stars." |
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| Going into last night's match against Cal State Bakersfield, the Bruin's dual meet record stood at 3-3. |
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| Heavyweight Mike Haschak, with an 11-4 record is currently ranked third in the nation. |
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| As a team, the Bruins were ranked 18th nationally in December. |
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| Other Bruin stalwarts include 134-pound Harlan Kistler (8-2), 150-pound Pat O'Donnell (4-5), and 191-pound John
Henderson (7-4). |
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| One of the featured matches tonight should send SJSU Eddie Baza (21-5) against UCLA's Gary Bohay (8-6). |
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| "Their guy may be a slicker wrestler, but Baza's a little fighter," Kerr said. |
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| The Spartans got off to a quick 8-0 lead against UNLV Wednesday. |
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| Wayne Jones at 118 defeated UNLV's highly touted wrestler Roger DeSart by an 8-4 margin. Baza followed with a 20-8
superior decision over Tom Romo. |
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| The Rebels came back with three straight wins to take an 11-8 lead. |
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| 134-pounder Pete Durazo defeated Steve Lutz 8-3, 142-pound John Everett stopped Dennis McDowell 8-2, and 150-pound
Mike Reif beat Doug Stewart 13-0. |
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| Reggie Thompson (158) won a superior decision to give the Spartans back the lead 13-11. Thompson defeated Charles
Wilmer 26-4. |
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| "This was Reggie's best performance in a long time," Kerr said. |
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| UNLV regained the lead 14-13 in the 167-pound match as Mike Garcia defeated Adam Elias 4-1. |
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| "Adam did a really good job for us," Kerr said. "He had to wrestle every weight from 142-167. Not
too many guys can do that." |
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| The Spartans finally clinched the match with wins at 177 and 191. |
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| Ken Klein gained the only pin of the night at 2:52 over Javier Romero. |
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| After Jerry Morrison's (191) victory over Mike Lammori by a 5-2 margin, the Spartans had an insurmountable 22-14
lead. |
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| UNLV closed the final score to 22-17 as heavyweight Ernie Velton won a tough battle from Casey Gulliford 12-5. |
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| SJSU's Dave Brouhard, the nation's 7th ranked wrestler at 167, returns to action tonight. |
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