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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
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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
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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