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emerald sports Oregon matmen win Pac-10 title STANFORD, Calif. - The Oregon wrestling team suc cessfully defended its Pac-10 wrestling title Sunday night at Stanford University The Ducks tallied 81 'h points. 6% points ahead of second place Oregon State and 113A points ahead of third-place Arizona State, which had 693/4. “We really opened it up at the end of the meet," said Duck assistant coach Dean Dixon ■ At least it didn’t go down to the last match.” Oregon had three conference champions — 118-pound Mike Erb, 142-pounder Bill Nugent and heavyweight Dan Cook. Erb and Nugent were both defend ing Pac-10 champions Erb got things rolling for the Ducks as he beat ASU's Gary Bairos in the semifinals and then topped Brian Higa of Washington State in the final by one point, 6-5 “Erb pretty much controlled the match,” said Dixon. 'He went up 6-3 and then let Higa get a takedown but that was about it.” At 126 and 134, Oregon's Miles Hancock and Cliff Porter, both rebounded from losses to capture the consolation titles Hancock beat Stanford’s Brian Edmonds 13-0, while Porter blanked Lloyd Melone of Washington State 9-0 At 142, Nugent had little trou ble in reclaiming his title. He disposed of Oregon State's Curt Berger 16-4 in the semis and then bested Adam Cohen of Arizona State 11-7 in the final At 150, in a tough bracket, Oregon’s Barry Boyles captured third place after losing his semifinal match Sophomore Keith Beutler captured second-place for Oregon at 167, falling to Joe Koeth of Arizona State 8-2 after injuring his ankle Lance Hochandel. Oregon’s freshman at 190 pounds, fell to Oregon State’s Gene Webb 7-3 in the final Cook, after placing second last year at the Pac-10 meet, captured the heavyweight title over Mike Severn of Arizona State. 11-5 "The team is real happy right now," Dixon said “It's the first time in Oregon history that we have won the Pac-10 cham pionship two years in a row CHAMPIONSHIP First Round 134 — Cliff Porter UO dec Brigham John son. Stan 17-5 142 — Mejoe Hernandez WSU. dec Brad Hightower Stan. 10-2 150 — Barry Boyles UO dec Bruce Rubin Stan 18-6 158 — Rick O'Shea UO dec Rick Eilingsen WSU, 11-6 167 — Don Hanson WSU dec Jell Smyth OSU. 16-3 177 - Doug Perkins Stan dec Frank Oimo ASU 15-7 190 — Keith Elgin ASU. dec Randy Larson WSU. 15-8 SEMIFINALS 118 — Brian Higa WSU dec Mark Rod riguez. OSU 7-6 Mike Erb. UO. dec Gary Bairos ASU. 10-4 126 - Clift Berger OSU dec Miles Hancock. UO, 11-8 Lang David son WSU pin Brian Edmonds Stan 2 15 134 - Walt Markee OSU, dec Cliff Porter UO, 10-5 Bobby Williams ASU. pin Lloyd Melone WSU, 1:13 142 — Adam Cohen ASU. pm Mejoe Hernandez WSU. 4 40 Bill Nugent, UO. dec Curt Berger OSU. 16-4 150 — Lindley Kistler, ASU, dec Barry Boyles UO. 6-0 Brad Swartz OSU. dec Emerald photo Heavyweight Dan Cook picked up one of three conference championships for the Ducks. Gary Niklason WSU default 158 — Rick O'Shea UO dec Dale Krzmarzick OSU 11-9 Jackson Kistler ASU , dec Mark Mar tell Stan , 12-5 167 - Keith Beutler UO, dec Don Hanson WSU 13-11 Joe Koeth ASU , dec Tom Mullen Stan 16-3 177 — Doug Perkins Stan dec Steve Porter WSU , 15-1 Jim Baumgardner OSU dec Charles Nutter, UO, 19-4 190 — Lance Hochanadel UO dec Ketth Elgin ASU by default Gene Webb OSU dec Ed Katz Stan 6-5 HWT — Dan Cook. UO. pin Ted Hart WSU. 1 01 Mike Severn ASU dec Chris Bteienberg OSU. 10-9 FINALS 118 — Mike Erb UO dec Brian Higa. WSU 6-5 126 — Lang Davidson WSU. d Cliff Berger OSU 9-8 134 - Waif Markee OSU a Bobby Williams ASU 6-3 142 - Bill Nugent UO, dec Adam Cohen ASU 11-7 150 — Brad Swartz OSU. dec Lindley Kistler. ASU, 10-5 156 — Jackson Kistler ASU dec Rick O'Shea UO 5-4 167 — Joe Koeth ASU dec Keith Beutler UO 6-2 177 — Jim Baumgardner OSU dec Doug Per kins Stan 3-1 190 — Gene Webb OSU, dec Lance Hochanadet UO. 7-3 HWT — Dan Cook. UO dec Mike Severn ASU 11-5 CONSOLATION SEMI-FINAL 134 — Lloyd Melone WSU dec Brigham Johnson Stan 12-8 142 — Curt Berger OSU dec Brad Hightower Stan 150 — Gary Nikiason, WSU. pin Bruce Rubin Stan 158 — Rick Ellingsen WSU dec Mark Martel! Stan, 5-3 167 — Tom Mullen Stan dec Jett Smyth OSU. 10-5 177 - Frank Olmo ASU dec Charles Nutter UO. 2-0 190 —Ed Katz Stan dec Randy Larson WSU 17-11 THIRD PLACE 118 — Mark Rodriguez OSU dec Gary Bairos ASU. 9-6 126 — Miles Hancock UO dec Brian Edmonds Stan 13-0 134 — Clitt Porter UO dec Lloyd Melons WSU 9-0 142 — Mejoe Hernandez WSU dec Curt Berger OSU 7-6 150 — Barry Boyles UO dec Gary Nikiason WSU 8-3 158 — Dale Krzmarzick OSU dec Rick Ellmgson WSU 10-4 167 — Tom Mullen Stan dec Don Hanson WSU 6-3 177 — Sieve Porter WSU dec Frank Olmo ASU 7-4 190 — Ed Katz Stan dec Keith Elgin ASU 12-4 HWT — Chris Bielenberg OSU pin Ted Hart WSU 1 00 Duck women edge Korean nationals Emerald photo Senior Bov Smith (above) teamed with Allton Lang to defeat the Koreans 78-75. By Steve Turcotte Of ttie Emerald The Korean women's national basket ball team came calling at McArthur Court in hopes of avenging a defeat three years ago at the hands of the Oregon Ducks But what they got they didn t like — a 78-75 setback to the Ducks at Mac Court before a relatively small crowd of 2,664 In contrast to the men s games at Mac Court this year, the crowd was vocal — what they lacked in numbers, the crowd more than made up for in the foot stomping and cheering departments ‘We fought harder than we had before,” said Oregon women's basketball coach Elwin Heiny “It was the crowd that got the team into the game The crowd really cared, and the players realized that they had come to see a high-class game ” The Koreans threatened to make it a blow out early, taking a 16-9 lead with 13:33 remaining in the first half But two jumpers by Bev Smith and an Alison Lang layin quickly cut the deficit to 18-17, After that point, with 11 minutes left, it was so close that there were nine ties and five lead changes It was Lang who kept the Ducks close in the first half The talented 6-4 center from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, erupted for 24 points in the opening half She connected on 11 of 16 shots from the floor and went 2-for-3 from the line "They did key on Bev and Alison,” said Heiny, "but it’s no secret — it's hard to stop any two players like Bev and Alison who play so well together Bev is good at drawing the defense away from Alison, and then getting the ball into her." On a Hwa Soon Kim layin with 41 seconds to go, the Koreans took a 41-40 halflime lead into the dressing room, and shades of three years ago began to develop Like in the first half, the Koreans once again threatened to make the game a blowout Leading 51-48 with 13 59 left in the contest, the Koreans scored six straight points to take a 57-48 lead before Smith rebounded with a three-point play The Ducks battled and battled and finally took a 66-65 lead on a Mary Ann Stoican jumper with 5 18 left The lead then switched back and forth for the next three minutes until Oregon took a 76-75 lead on two Lang charity tosses with just 1 19 to go Both teams played the patience game but Oregon came out smelling like a rose when Lisa Vetter, a freshman guard, calmly hit two free throws with 52 seconds remaining. After that, the Ducks just hung on and played smartly to win the game On Sunday, the Ducks faced Bellco Electric, an AAU club from Seattle It was obivous from the outset that the Ducks were flat from the night before but still had enough in them to take an 88-78 decision "We expected to be flat today and we were," admitted Heiny "I was very tired from last night,' said Lang, who finished with a game-high 27 points — a total of 64 points in two games for the weekend The Ducks took the early lead, but Bellco battled back The biggest lead for Oregon was a 16-point advantage in the second half. But the Seattle team did not quit. They pulled to within five points with a couple of minutes to play, but a con trolled offense and poor Bellco shooting enabled the Ducks to win the game
