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Wrestlers Lose To Cal Poly
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by Mike Jones
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| Last weekend was a very busy one for the SJSU wrestling team. |
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| After losing 34-9 to Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo on Thursday night, the Spartans bounced back Friday night to easily
defeat Long Beach State 44-5 and Biola 43-4. They capped the weekend Saturday by taking third in the Biola Invitational
Tournament. |
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| But even with the two other victories and the high placing in the tournament, the Cal Poly loss was a tough one
to lose, mainly because of the great rivalry between the two schools. |
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| Coach T.J. Kerr said his team was "as prepared as it could be," but "Cal Poly was extremely hot." |
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| "All the breaks were going their way," Kerr said. "It was as if we were destined to lose." |
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| This seemed evident with Marvin Jones and Michael Hairston. Jones was wrestling at 177 pounds and Hairston at 158
pounds. According to Kerr, both were doing great, when all of a sudden, both were pinned. |
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| The winners for SJSU against Cal Poly were Wayne Jones at 126 and Ed Baza at 134. |
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| Both Jones and Baza won easy decisions. Jones defeated his opponent 20-7, while Baza won 16-6. |
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| "Baza looked great," Kerr said. "He hasn't had a close match at 134 yet." |
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| Kerr added that Jones wrestled very well, but he banged his elbow while wrestling against Biola and will not wrestle
this week. He said there is a lot of fluid and inflammation and it could be infected. |
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| Aside from Jones and Baza, Kerr was also pleased with the performances of freshman Pat Huyck, and juniors Clay
Davis and John Middlestead. |
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| "Huyck did good," Kerr said. "He lost 14-12 against the number one seed form Nevada-Las Vegas (in
the Biola Invitational)." |
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| Davis, who normally wrestles at 177 pounds, has been wrestling as a heavyweight ever since Casey Gulliford was
sidelined with a knee injury. |
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| "Davis didn't do bad for a small heavyweight," Kerr said. "He took fourth in the tournament." |
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| Kerr also mentioned that one of Davis' victories in the tournament was against a wrestler who weighed over 300
pounds. |
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| Middlestead, at 142 pounds, beat an All-American from Cal Poly twice in the tounrament. |
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| Even though they took third in the Biola Invitational, Kerr was pleased because they finished higher than any Pac-10
school. |
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| The Spartans will wind up the regular season Friday night against Fresno State. |
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| Kerr said that he will use the best line-up that he can against Fresno. He mentioned that 190 pound John Torrise
has a pinched nerve in his neck, and he and Marvin Jones will switch weights, Jones wrestling at 190 and Torrise
at 177. |
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| Freshman Dave Ciprian will wrestle in Wayne Jones' place at 126. Kerr said that Ciprian is a little small, but
that he is "a tough kid." |
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| Friday's match will be at Spartan Gym and will start at 7:30 pm. |
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