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SJSU Wrestling Archives The Spartan Daily 3-1-78 |
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Matmen's Title String Ends |
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by Rich Freedman and Steven Goldberg |
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| For the first time in five years the Spartan wrestlers are not the PCAA champs. An injury to Dave Brouhard (167) and an unlucky draw probably cost the grapplers the title, according to coach T.J. Kerr. Utah State won the title with 87 points while SJSU placed second with 68 points. Kerr, whose teams won the PCAA title all five years that Kerr has been the SJSU coach, said he wasn't satisfied with the team's performance. "We took second," Kerr said. Brouhard was injured, Kerr said, when Utah State's Mark Harris put a figure four leg lock on Brouhard's chest. The maneuver twisted Brouhard to the point where something had to give, he added. The trainer's verdict was that Brouhard has suffered a rib separation form the sternum. Brouhard will be out for at least six weeks, according to Jim Welsh, SJSU head athletic trainer. "It (the injury) may have cost us 10 points," Kerr said. "We probably would have had seven men in the finals instead of six." Harris, who was trailing Brouhard in the match before the Spartan forfeited because of the injury, went on to place second in the tournament. Utah State also picked up some points because they received five "pigtail matches" while SJSU received only one, Kerr said. A pigtail match pits the first seed wrester against the fifth seed, Kerr said. Those matches are determined by draws and the fifth wrestler is usually easy to beat, he said. USU earned seven points because of those pairings, Kerr added. Some divisions went exactly as Kerr expected. Robert McDowell, sixth rated wrestler in the nation at 142 pounds, easily won his division, Kerr said. The only wrestler that made McDowell worked hard was USU's Dave Duroe. McDowell won his final match 20-5. Duane Harris (190) also was a winner. The team's next meet is the Western Regionals at CSU Fullerton. First and second place finishers will advance to the nationals at University of Maryland March 18. |
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