Jan. 13, 2008

Fullerton, Calif. - Heavyweight Wade Sauer and 141-pounder Teddy Astorga registered pins Sunday afternoon to lead Cal State Fullerton to a 26-18 Pac-10 wrestling victory over Arizona State.

The Titans improved to 7-5 overall and 5-1 in Pac-10 duals with their first home win ever over ASU while the Sun Devils lost their third consecutive Pac-10 match to fall to 2-3 and 8-3 overall.

Fullerton got major decisions from Morgan Atkinson at 149 pounds and Devin Velasquez at 157 as well as decisions from Todd Noel at 174 and Ian Murphy at 184.

ASU got a pin at 125 from Anthony Robles and a major decision from Todd Schavrien at 133. Thor Moen picked up ASU's final 6 points when Fullerton's John Drake defaulted in the final seconds of the 197-pound bout while losing, 1-0.

The most entertaining bouts came at 165 and 184. In the former, ASU's Pat Pitsch dominated the first period and nearly pinned Teddy Bristol. But the Titans' freshman fought back to within 6-3 in the second period before Pitsch, the Pac-10's top-ranked 165-pounder, regained control and won, 9-3.

At 184, Murphy was losing to Brent Chriswell, 4-3, with about 20 seconds remaining. Murphy escaped and then scored a takedown with 15 seconds left and Chriswell could manage only an escape in a 6-5 loss.

ASU is idle until Jan. 25 when it hosts Oregon State. Fullerton is off until the Jan. 26 San Francisco State Open.

Cal State Fullerton 26, Arizona State 18

Hvy - Wade Sauer (CSF) pinned Quinn Pruett (ASU), 4:47
125 - Anthony Robles (ASU) pinned Andre Gonzalez (CSF), 2:23
133 - Todd Schavrien (ASU) maj. dec. Sean Roman-Marin (CSF), 14-1
141 - Teddy Astorga (CSF) pinned Chris Drouin (ASU), 6:05
149 - Morgan Atkinson (CSF) maj. dec. Orlando Jimenez (ASU), 13-1
157 - Devin Velasquez (CSF) maj. dec. Alex Pavlenko (ASU), 11-3
165 - Pat Pitsch (ASU) dec. Teddy Bristol (CSF), 9-3
174 - Todd Noel (CSF) dec. Cory Nelson (ASU), 10-5
184 - Ian Murphy (CSF) dec. Brent Chriswell (ASU), 6-5
197 - Thorn Moen (ASU), inj. def. over John Drake (CSF)
Arizona State lost 1 team point for misconduct