Dec. 4, 2007

San Luis Obispo, CA - Cal State Fullerton will battle No. 2-ranked and defending national champion Minnesota in a dual meet Saturday afternoon at 5 p.m. in San Luis Obispo, where the Golden Gophers also will wrestle the host Cal Poly Mustangs.

Minnesota fell out of its No. 1 national ranking in this week's USA Today/InterMat/NWCA Division I team rankings. But the Golden Gophers still have eight wrestlers ranked individually in the national top 20 -- at every weight except 197 and 285.

Fullerton is "receiving" votes and just out of the Top 25 after an eighth-place showing over the weekend at the Cliff Keen Invitational in Las Vegas. The Titans' 133-pounder, T. J. Dillashaw placed second in Las Vegas and jumped into the No. 14 national ranking for is weight class. Other ranked Titans are heavyweight Wade Sauer at No. 5, 149-pounder Morgan Atkinson at No. 10 and 184-pounder Ian Murphy at No. 14.

Minnesota has the No. 1 149-pounder in Dustin Schlatter and a pair of No. 2-ranked wrestlers in Manuel Rivera at 141 and Roger Kish at 184. Jayson Ness is ranked No. 3 at 125.

Fullerton is 1-1 in dual meets with a rout of Portland State and a 1-point loss to Cal Poly.

Complete Div. I rankings