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SJSU Wrestling Archives The Spartan Daily 3-2-81 |
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Spartans Win PCAA |
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by Jerry McDonald |
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| It was hardly a surprise. After dominating the PCAA all season long, there was no element of shock when SJSU handily
prevailed Friday night in Fullerton in the PCAA tournament. The Spartan matmen rolled up 91 1/2 points to 72 for second place Portland State for their seventh title in nine years. Utah State followed with 68 1/4 and Fullerton State 37 1/4, Fresno State 27 3/4, and Long Beach State 11 1/2 rounded out this year's tourney. More importantly, the Spartans had five individual champions, all of which qualify for the NCAA tournament in New Jersey, March 12-14. "There were no surprises," admitted assistant coach Ralph Kuehn. "I thought we wrestled well, although we had hoped to qualify six wrestlers. Everything went just about as we figured." The most impressive of the five individual champs for SJSU was 177-pounder Dave Brouhard. Brouhard had been battling the flu all week, so his stamina was suspect. As it turned out, he didn't need any, pinning three consecutive opponents, the longest lasting a mere 3:19. The championship was Brouhard's third in four years. In the 126-pound division, David Barnes took up slack for the loss of Wayne Jones by winning his division. In the final, Barnes won by default when his opponent repeatedly shied away from action after being injured. SJSU 134 pounder Eddie Baza won his third PCAA title in as many years with a 12-7 win over Portland State's Rich Anderle, who lost to Baza for the third time this year. At 150. Reggie Thompson prevailed over Portland State's Charlie Lucas 8-2 for his first trip to the nationals. For his performance against Thompson, Lucas was awarded the lone-wild-card berth to the nationals. The fifth SJSU champion was 190 pounder Jerry Morrison, who won his second title in as many tries. Morrison prevailed over Utah State's John Schebler 6-4 in the final. The tournament's Outstanding Wrestler award went to Kevin Benson of Portland State, who lost only one match this season. Benson prevailed 23-2 in his final match. The Coach of the Year was SJSU's T.J. Kerr. |
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