Cal Poly Overcomes Fullerton Lead in Pac-10 Match
Feb. 12, 2005 — San Luis Obispo, CA
Ralph Garcia beat No. 10-ranked Landon Seefeldt in overtime at 197 pounds Saturday afternoon and that provided key points for Cal Poly SLO as the Mustangs nipped Cal State Fullerton, 20-19, in a Pac-10 wrestling match.
That 5-3 win drew the Mustangs to within 13-7 and Cal Poly, which had lost the first four weight classes, went on to win the next three matches to build an insurmountable 20-13 lead that withstood a pin by the Tians’ Juan Mora at 141 pounds in the final contest.
FIn the battle of nationally ranked wrestlers at 125 pounds, Cal Poly’s No. 5-ranked Vic Moreno beat Fullerton’s No. 19-ranked Jesse Miramontes, 14-4.
Fullerton is now 13-4-1 on the season and 5-2-1 in the Pac-10. The Titans host Wyoming at 2 p.m. on Sunday in the final dual matach of the year and need a win to equal the school record for dual match victories in a season.
Cal Poly SLO 20, Cal State-Fullerton 19
149-Jeff Silva, CSUF, dec. David Roberts (CP), 11-7
157-Morgan Atkinson, CSUF, dec. Adam Bones (CP), 3-2
165-Risto Marttinen, CSUF, dec. Steve Gee (CP), 5-2
174-No. 19 Leonel Sanchez, CSUF, dec. Yuri Kalika (CP), 11-3
184-No. 11 Ryan Halsey (CP), dec. Jesse Taylor, CSUF, 20-8
197-Ralph Garcia (CP) dec. No. 10 Landon Seefeldt, CSUF, 5-3 OT
Hvy- Arturo Basulto (CP) dec. Chris Chambers, CSUF, 10-7
125-No. 5-Vic Moreno (CP) dec. No. 19 Jesse Miramontes, CSUF, 14-4
133-Chad Mendes (CP) pinned Paul Tice, CSUF, 1:31
141-Juan Mora, CSUF, pinned Evan Melgares (CP), 6:15
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