Wrestlers claim Pac-10 title
Nine earn NCAA spots,
Stuebing named MVP
By STEVE TURCOTTE
Of the Emerald
CORVALLIS - Nine Duck
wrestlers will be going to
Princeton, N.J., for the NCAA
nationals as Oregon swept
through the Pacific-10 cham
pionships with 93 Vi points.
Oregon coach Ron Finley
began beaming early in the
evening at the Pac-10 wrestling
finals Monday night here at Gill
Colesium.
And why not?
With Mike Erb’s victory at 118
pounds, the Ducks clinched the
Pac-10 crown.
After the first day of wrestling
Sunday night, the Ducks had
amassed 77’/2 points while their
two rivals, Arizona State and
Oregon State, had 59'/2 and 59
points, respectively.
But Finley refrained from
emphasizing the Duck lead.
“We could even lose this
tournament," said the Duck
mentor Monday afternoon. “We
may only even win by five. It
could be that close.”
But contrary to his comments,
Oregon’s 10 wrestlers claimed
an easy first-place finish to win
their second-ever Pac-10
wrestling title.
Oregon’s 93’/2 points over
shadowed the rest of the field.
OSU took second with 76 Vi and
ASU finished third with 72
points. The bottom three were
Arizona with 34 points, Wash
ington State with 26'/2 and
Stanford with eight.
“I really didn t expect us to be
out in front as far as we were
after Sunday night,” Finley said.
“We got a lot of points by pins,
and with seven guys in the fin
als, it did not hurt our chances
one bit.”
Erb opened up the Oregon
title hunt with a tough 8-6 deci
sion over Davie Martin of ASU.
Erb trailed 6-5 with 28 seconds
remaining in the match, but a
takedown with four seconds
remaining and one point for rid
ing time clinched the match and
ensured a Duck victory.
"In the third period, I was
trying to turn him and keep the
riding time that I had and I
accomplished that,” said soph
omore wrestler Erb.
Oregon’s Bill Nugent, at 142,
scored the upset of the evening
with a 9-7 decision over two
time All-American Mike Bauer
from Oregon State. After a
Bauer takedown and only one
minute remaining, Nugent
turned things around with an
escape and a takedown in the
waning moments to win.
“The first time I wrestled
Bauer, earlier this season, I was
scared,” said Nugent, a junior.
“But this time I was relaxed and
was hoping to do a good job,
and I did that. He goes after you
really hard, but this time I was
ready for him "
But at 158 pounds, it ap
peared that Oregon's Rick
O’Shea was not ready for the
Beavers’ John Ohly as he
dropped an 11-5 decision
Oregon got back on the win
ning track at 167 pounds as Jeff
Stuebing recorded the quickest
pin of the tournament (33
seconds) over John Bliss of
WSU.
“He’s tough, but not too
tough on his back," said Stueb
ing, who was named the
tournament's most valuable
wrestler. “Last time I wrestled
him, I let up in the third round.
“Before the match tonight, 1
told myself not to let up in the
third round — but it didn’t get
that far,” Stuebing said.
At 190, Ryan Kelly decisioned
Dan Morrow of WSU 10-5 to win
his first Pac-10 crown. After a
Morrow escape with 1:40
remaining, the match was tied
4-4. But a Kelly takedown and
nearfall gave the Oregon senior
the victory in the closing
moments.
“Morrow beat me last year in
the Pac-10’s," said Kelly. “I felt I
wrestled his way for the first two
rounds and he was really wear
ing me down. But I finally picked
things up in the third round and
won.”
In consolation action,
126-pounder Miles Hancock
pinned Lloyd Melone of WSU in
3:01 to capture third place, but
failed to make the national
squad as the Pac-10 coaches
voted to send Oregon’s Barry
Boyles (150) and teammate
Mike Miller (177).
Boyles was defeated by
ASU’s Jackson Kister 10-3 in
the tough 150 bracket to finish
fourth Miller also finished
fourth after losing to Doug
Perkins of Stanford, 11 -3.
The top two wrestlers in each
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Photo by David W Zahn
Jeff Stuebing, named the Pac-10's most valuable wrestler, record
ed the quickest pin of the tournament.
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"I don’t think we really felt the
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much relaxed heading into the
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