Wrestling ends tough road swing with 26-18 loss at CS Fullerton

January 13, 2008

FULLERTON, Calif. - A tough weekend on the road came to a close Sunday afternoon for the Arizona State University wrestling team as the Sun Devils fell for the third day in a row, dropping a 26-18 decision to host CS Fullerton inside Titan Gym in Fullerton, Calif. The Sun Devils, who have dropped three in a row after winning their first eight of the year, stand 8-3 overall and 2-3 in the Pac-10 while the host Titans improved to 7-5 overall and 5-1 in the league with their first defeat of ASU in Fullerton.<separator></separator>The dual opened at heavyweight and CSF taking an early 6-0 team lead as No. 5 Wade Sauer pinned <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-wrestl/mtt/pruett_quinton00.html"… Pruett</a> at 4:47. Despite the deficit, the Sun Devils struck back as No. 16 <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-wrestl/mtt/robles_anthony00.html"… Robles</a> pinned Andre Gonzalez at 2:23 to tie the team score at six following the 125-pound bout. ASU took its first lead of the day at 10-6 when <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-wrestl/mtt/schavrien_todd00.html"… Schavrien</a> scored a 14-1 major decision over Sean Roman-Marin at 133 pounds.<separator></separator>But, that lead was short-lived as Teddy Astorga pinned ASU's <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-wrestl/mtt/drouin_chris00.html">C… Drouin</a> at 6:05 to give the hosts a 12-10 lead, a lead they would not surrender. CSUF won the next two bouts by major decision to push its advantage to 20-10 with four bouts remaining. Following the 157 bout, the Sun Devils were deducted one team point, bringing the team score to 20-9.<separator></separator>No. 12 <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-wrestl/mtt/pitsch_patrick00.html"… Pitsch</a>, after suffering a pair of 3-1 losses earlier in the weekend, rebounded with a 9-3 decision over Teddy Bristol at 165 pounds to cut the deficit to eight points (20-12), but the hosts won the next two bouts to put the team race out of reach. At 184 pounds, No. 15 <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-wrestl/mtt/chriswell_brent00.html… Chriswell</a> nearly upset No. 12 Ian Murphy and had a late lead, but Murphy scored a takedown with 20 seconds remaining to win, 6-5, and bring the team score to 26-12. In the final bout of the day, <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-wrestl/mtt/moen_thor00.html">Thor Moen</a> led the match, 1-0, over John Drake, but the Titan wrestler suffered an injury with 15 seconds remaining and had to default the match to Moen, giving ASU six team points.<separator></separator>The Sun Devils will take a weekend off from competition before playing host to the Oregon schools the weekend of January 25-27. The Sun Devils and Oregon State Beavers will meet Friday, January 25, at 7 p.m. inside Copper Canyon High School in Glendale before ASU closes out the weekend with a 2 p.m. dual on Sunday, January 27, inside Wells Fargo Arena against the Oregon Ducks.<separator></separator>Arizona State at CS Fullerton January 13 • Titon Gym • Fullerton, Calif. 285 - #5 Wade Sauer (CSF) pinned <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-wrestl/mtt/pruett_quinton00.html"… Pruett</a> (ASU), 4:47 125 - #16 <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-wrestl/mtt/robles_anthony00.html"… Robles</a> (ASU) pinned Andre Gonzalez (CSF), 2:23 133 - <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-wrestl/mtt/schavrien_todd00.html"… Schavrien</a> (ASU) major Sean Roman-Marin (CSF), 14-1 141 - Teddy Astorga (CSF) pinned <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-wrestl/mtt/drouin_chris00.html">C… Drouin</a> (ASU), 6:05 149 - #11 Morgan Atkinson (CSF) major <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-wrestl/mtt/jimenez_orlando00.html… Jimenez</a> (ASU), 13-1 157 - Devin Velasquez (CSF) major <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-wrestl/mtt/pavlenko_alex00.html">… Pavlenko</a> (ASU), 11-3 * 165 - #12 <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-wrestl/mtt/pitsch_patrick00.html"… Pitsch</a> (ASU) decision Teddy Bristol (CSF), 9-3 174 - Todd Noel (CSF) decision <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-wrestl/mtt/nelson_cory00.html">Co… Nelson</a> (ASU), 10-5 184 - #12 Ian Murphy (CSF) decision #15 <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-wrestl/mtt/chriswell_brent00.html… Chriswell</a> (ASU), 6-5 197 - <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-wrestl/mtt/moen_thor00.html">Thor Moen</a> (ASU) injury default over John Drake (CSF), 6:45 * ASU was dedcuted one point during the dual for misconduct CS Fullerton (7-5, 5-1 Pac-10) defeats Arizona State (8-3, 2-3), 26-18