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Bulldog Wrestling Falls to No. 18 Cal State Bakersfield
2/3/2000 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
Feb. 3, 2000
FRESNO, Calif. - In the annual battle of Highway 99, No. 18 California State Bakersfield, for the second straight year, ran past Fresno State 29-10 in Bakersfield, Calif.
The Roadrunners' wrestling team brings five wrestlers rated in the Top 20 by InterMat Wrestling and the team itself is one of the best programs on the west coast.
The `Dogs lost the first seven matches to the powerful Roadrunners, but Fresno State kept three of those matches very close losing by a combined total of five points. Bulldogs' Eddie Gifford (Fr., Las Vegas, Nev.) and Dan Jackson (So., Kingsburg, Calif.) were involved in two of the previous mentioned contests, as No. 20 Ian Nelms squeaked passed Gifford 5-4 and Jackson gave the ninth rated Andy Varner all he could handle before eventually losing 5-3.
No. 6 Paris Ruiz (Sr., Fresno, Calif.) earned his 25th win of the season and bolstered his major decision total to 12. But the most impressive Bulldog victory was in the heavyweight category, as Grant Harrington (So., Visalia, Calif.) got win number nine by collecting his second pin of the season.
The `Dogs drop to 9-7 in dual matches this year and will next be in competition at the All-California Tournament in San Francisco, Calif. on Saturday Feb. 5 at 9 a.m.
Fresno State at Cal State Bakersfield in Icardo Center, Bakersfield, Calif. Feb. 2, 2000 7 p.m.
Cal State Bakersfield 29 Fresno State 10
(141) Jonathon Archuleta (CSB) def. Ralph Lopez (FS) 4-2
(149) Larry Vasquez (CSB) def. Darrick Duran (FS) PF (6:09)
(157) No. 18 Nathan Vasquez (CSB) def. Tim Cornish (FS) 6-0
(165) No. 20 Ian Nelms (CSB) def. Eddie Gifford (FS) 5-4
(174) No. 9 Andy Varner (CSB) def. Dan Jackson (FS) 5-3
(184) No. 6 Lionel Halsey (CSB) def. Jason Rossotti (FS) MD 8-0
(197) Robert Odell (CSB) def. Tom Gohde (FS) 10-3
(Hwt.) Grant Harrington (FS) def. David Neal (CSB) PF (3:48)
(125) No. 13 Ruben DeLeon (CSB) def. Derrick Hayes (FS) MD 10-2
(133) No. 6 Paris Ruiz (FS) def. Anthony Adams (CSB) MD 12-2
Shown in order of appearance.
