January 10, 2005
TEMPE, Ariz. — The Cal State Bakersfield wrestling teams picked up two wins in three matches Monday night at the Sun Devil Duals at the Wells Fargo Center on the Arizona State campus in Tempe.
The Roadrunners cruised to easy victories in their first two matches, downing NAIA No. 6–ranked Embry–Riddle 37–6 and beating Utah Valley State 41–3. However, after a furious comeback, Cal State was unable to hold off Pac–10 rival Arizona State, losing a nail biter, 20–19. The Roadrunners are now 7–2 in dual meets, 3–1 in the Pac–10.
Junior Christian Arellano (Moreno Valley/Canyon Springs HS), senior Efren Ceballos (Mateca HS) and senior Matt Sanchez (Gilroy/Iowa State) each earned three victories on the afternoon to lead the way. Arellano opened the day with a pin and a major decision before holding on for a hard–fought 4–3 win over Arizona State’s Patrick Pitsch at 165 pounds.
Sanchez also picked up a pair of “bonus point” wins, scoring a technical fall against Matt Ripplinger of Utah Valley State and a major decision over Arizona State’s John Espinoza.
Ceballos, who entered the day ranked No. 8 nationally, headlined a couple of matches, beating NAIA No. 7–ranked Richard Byrd of Embry–Riddle 10–2 and NCAA I No. 9–ranked Jeremy Mendoza of Arizona State 7–5.
The feature match between the Sun Devils and the Roadrunners looked like it might be a blowout after ASU won four of the first five matches, jumping out to a 16–3 lead at the midway point. But the Roadrunners responded, winning the next four matches to give them a slim 19–16 lead going into the final match.
The dual came down two a grudge match between the Pac–10’s No. 2 wrestler, Brian Stith, and No. 4 Brian Busby (San Diego/Scripps Ranch HS). But the match was all Stith from the outset as he took Busby down just 15 seconds into the match and built up an 8–3 lead at the end of the first period. He extended his lead to 12–4 after two periods needing to hang out to score the four point win and a one point victory for the home team. Busby managed to ride Stith the entire period and came close to scoring some back points at one point, but Stith fought hard and earned the major decision, giving the Sun Devils the win.
“We just failed to score extra points during the match and they seemed to get them just at the right time,” said CSUB assistant coach Mike Mendoza. “Our guys wrestled pretty well against a tough Arizona State team and it was a great match, they just beat us out in the end.”
The Roadrunners will spend the night in Los Angeles before flying out to the 25th Virginia Duals Friday and Saturday, Jan. 14–15 in Hampton, Va.
Cal State Bakersfield 37 — Embry-Riddle 6
Winner Type Loser Score CB ER
165 #16 Christian Arellano (B) Fall Calvin Devault (E) 4:20 6 0
174 [#7] David Rivera (E) Dec Jason Carrasco (B) 7-2 6 3
184 Scott O’Rear (B) Fall Joffre Lander (E) 1:52 12 3
197 Bryan Travers (B) Dec [#5] Jamie Hernandez (E) 5-2 15 3
285 Eric Parker (B) Dec [#3] Robert Charlton (E) 9-3 18 3
125 #8 Efren Ceballos (B) Major [#7] Richard Byrd (E) 10-2 22 3
133 #7 Matt Sanchez (B) FORF forfeit 28 3
141 Robert Vargas (B) Dec [#6] Gordo Villescusa (E) 8-4 31 3
149 [#1] Tyler Moran (E) Dec Anthony Baza (B) 3-2 31 6
157 #20 Brian Busby (B) Fall Tyler Price (E) 4:58 37 6
Cal State Bakersfield 41 — Utah Valley State 3
Winner Type Loser Score CB UV
165 #16 Christian Arellano (B) Major Wayne Watts (U) 18-5 4 0
174 Jason Carrasco (B) Dec Darren Harris (U) 7-3 7 0
184 Ivan Bigney (U) Dec Scott O’Rear (B) 9-3 7 3
197 Ryan Bergman (B) Dec Darren Cooper (U) 5-0 10 3
285 Eric Parker (B) FORF forfeit 16 3
125 #8 Efren Ceballos (B) Fall Talon Vickers (U) 2:36 22 3
133 #7 Matt Sanchez (B) Tech Matt Ripplinger (U) 16-0 (6:30) 27 3
141 Robert Vargas (B) FORF forfeit 33 3
149 Anthony Baza (B) Major Clayton Wolf (U) 16-2 37 3
157 #20 Brian Busby (B) Major Tanner Cowan (U) 16-2 41 3
Arizona State 20 — Cal State Bakersfield 19
Winner Type Loser Score AS CB
165 #16 Christian Arellano (B) Dec Patrick Pitsch (A) 4-3 0 3
174 Rick Renzi (A) Dec Scott Spratt (B) 10-4 3 3
184 #8 C.B. Dollaway (A) Fall Scott O’Rear (B) 3:35 9 3
197 #6 Ryan Bader (A) Dec Bryan Travers (B) 7-4 12 3
285 #3 Cain Velasquez (A) Major Eric Parker (B) 25-11 16 3
125 #8 Efren Ceballos (B) Dec #9 Jeremy Mendoza (A) 7-5 16 6
133 #7 Matt Sanchez (B) Major John Espinoza (A) 16-4 16 10
141 Matt Schumm (B) Dec Chris Frieje (A) 4-2 16 13
149 Anthony Baza (B) INJ #10 Patrick Williams (A) 2:59 16 19
157 #13 Brian Stith (A) Major #20 Brian Busby (B) 12-4 20 19
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