Fresno State Athletics
No. 21 Wrestling Beats Cal State Fullerton 32-9
12/8/2001 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
Dec. 8, 2001
FRESNO, Calif. - The No. 21-ranked Fresno State wrestling team beat Cal State Fullerton 32-9 by winning seven of 10 matches in the meet. The Bulldogs improved to 3-0 and the Titans fell to 0-5.
Fresno State jumped to 8-0 with major decision victories by sophomore Jim Medeiros and junior Ben Baca in the 149 and 157 divisions respectively.
Cal State Fullerton got its first win in the 165 division with a close 3-2 decision over junior Eddie Gifford. The Titans' Chris Carlino came from a 2-1 deficit in the third period and got a takedown in the last seconds of the match for the win.
Freshman Britt Mooney beat Zachary Elliot (CSF) 12-6 in the 174 division, putting the Bulldogs up 11-3. Fresno State lost its next match in the 184 division. Cal State Fullerton's Bryan Webster beat freshman Landon Seefeldt (FS) by a 9-4 decision.
The Bulldogs scored 18 points in the next three matches. Cal State Fullerton injury defaulted the 197 division and Marcio Botelho and Stephen Abas both got pins in their respective divisions.
Botelho pinned Kenny Dickason (CSF) in 2 minutes and 24 seconds in the hwt. division.
No. 1-ranked senior Stephen Abas was beating Robert Valenzuela 16-4 before pinning him in 6 minutes and 1 second.
In the 133 division No. 9-ranked senior Derrick Hayes beat David Rodriguez 11-6, giving Fresno State its last points of the meet. Junior Ralph Lopez (FS) lost to Juan Mora (CSF) 8-6 in the 141 division.
Fresno State hosts Wyoming on Friday at 7 p.m. The Cowboys are nearly nationally ranked.
Team Results
Fresno State 32
Cal State Fullerton 9
Individual Match Results
149- Jim Medeiros (FS) maj. dec. Jeff Silva (CSF) 12-4 (4-0 FS)
157- Ben Baca (FS) maj. dec. Leonel Sanchez (CSF) 13-5 (8-0 FS)
165- Chris Carlino (CSF) dec. Eddie Gifford (FS) 3-2 (8-3 FS)
174- Britt Mooney (FS) dec. Zachary Elliot (CFS) 12-6 (11-3 FS)
184- Bryan Webster (CSF) dec. Landon Seefeldt (FS) 9-4 (11-6 FS)
197- Brian Spalliero (FS) inj. def. Shawn Henebry (17-6 FS)
Hwt- Marcio Botelho (FS) fall Kenny Dickason (CSF) 2:24 (23-6 FS)
125- Stephen Abas (FS) fall Robert Valenzuela (CSF) 6:01 (29-6 FS)
133- Derrick Hayes (FS) dec. David Rodriguez (CSF) 11-6 (32-6 FS)
141- Juan Mora (CFS) dec. Ralph Lopez (FS) 8-6 (32-9 FS)
