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Wrestling Misfortune Continues:
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Thrown Headgear Cost Spartans Fullerton Match
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by Leonard Hoops
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| Dale Kestel has had his share of problems this year. |
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| The Spartan wrestlers seemed to have had enough misfortune going into last Saturday's meet with Fullerton State,
having lost both their 126 pound and heavyweight wrestlers for the season, but Kestel, SJSU's coach, knows you
can't assume anything. |
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| "We won four matches, and they won three, and we still lost," Kestel said. |
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| Actually, the Spartans ended the meet tied with Fullerton 18-18, but Kestel said they were deducted a team point
when one of his wrestlers threw his headgear. |
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| The Spartans then took sixth place out of 11 teams in the Biola Invitational on Sunday. |
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| While the loss to Fullerton dropped SJSU to 4-9, it was not without its bright points. Don Knox returned to the
177 pound ranks after three weeks on the injured list and took a technical win, 17-0, over Mark van Everen. |
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| "Knox looked pretty good, especially in the tournament," Kestel said. "He came back to take third." |
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| Joe Zamlich (134 pounds), Shannon Felix (150 pounds), and Kraig Walker (158 pounds) also won their matches against
the Titans. |
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| Zamlich beat Rob Simpson 15-6. Felix defeated Mitch Pagano 9-8 and then took third in the tournament. Walker won
12-7 over Darren Lindey , and he took fourth on Sunday. |
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| Heavyweight Dan Coates won a forfeit for Fullerton to give them the meet win. |
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| Dave Ciprian, SJSU's 126 pound junior that quit the team because of time demands and personal problems, is not
likely to return this year. |
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| "He hasn't talked to me," Kestel said. "Sure it hurts, but the team scored more points without him
this weekend. He's not the most coachable person. He's not the most important person on the team." |
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| The Spartan's next meet is against Stanford on Feb.14 at Spartan Gym. The meet is scheduled to start at 7:30 pm. |
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