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Oregon grapplers hope to capitalize on having had a couple of weeks to prepare for three tough matches this weekend.
Rejuvenated, UO ready for trip
■ Head coach Chuck Kearney said the Ducks’ layoff won t
affect their road trip to Utah, Idaho, Arizona
By Matt O’Neill
Oregon Daily Emerald
After a week off, the Oregon
wrestling team embarks on a
three-match road trip to Brigham
Young, Boise State and Arizona
State.
The Duck grapplers (9-3) are
coming off a weekend in which
they swept five dual matches, in
cluding an upset win at home
against then-No. 25 Fresno State.
Head coach Chuck Kearney
said the week of lay-off will not
hurt his team.
“Having a chance to have a
weekend off is like having a bye
week for the football team,” Kear
ney said.
“It allows us to pu+ seven or
eight days of hard training togeth
er. Emotionally it gives us time to
reflect and refocus on the end-of
the-season run.”
The Ducks begin the trip today
with their final nonconference
match at unranked BYU, which is
led by two nationally ranked
wrestlers.
Sixteenth-ranked sophomore
Aaron Holker (141 pounds) and
No. 20 senior Rangi Smart (165
pounds) lead the Cougars’ charge.
Kearney said that the match
will be intriguing, despite the fact
that the Cougars (4-6) are not
ranked, like the other two oppo
nents on the trip. BYU still will
provide matchup problems.
“The BYU match will be inter
esting, to say the least,” Kearney
said. “Good wrestlers against good
wrestlers, and it could go either
way.”
One of those interesting
matchups will likely be sopho
more David Watson taking on
The BYU match will
be interesting, to say the
least Good wrestlers
against good wrestlers,
and it could go either
way.
Chuck Kearney
head coach
»
Holker. According to Kearney,
Watson has stepped up during the
past couple weeks.
“David is definitely getting bet
ter,” Kearney said. “He is one of
the guys who is really improving
for us.”
Another good matchup will put
another Duck sophomore, Leif
Williams, against Smart. Kearney
said he is very pleased with the
way Williams is wrestling at this
point, and the match against
Smart should be pivotal for the
Ducks.
“Leif is wrestling the best since
he’s been at Oregon,” Kearney
said.
“His matches over the last week
or so have been big for us.”
Junior Adam Marino continues
to fill in for injured freshman Bri
an Watson, who broke his hand at
a practice prior to the Fresno State
match. Kearney said he was
pleased with the way Marino has
wrestled in Watson’s stead.
“Adam got better as the day
went on [at the Oregon Wrestling
Classic],” Kearney said. “He is
wrestling up a weight class,
which is a tough challenge for
him.”
The same ten wrestlers who
competed in the Oregon Wrestling
Classic will travel this weekend.
They’ll be joined by senior Mark
Castle, sophomore Derek Smith,
freshman Matt Lee and two other
grapplers at the 149-weight class.
Oregon travels to Boise, Idaho
on Friday to face the No. 22 Bron
cos (6-3) in the first of two Pacific
10 Conference matches of the trip.
The other Pac-10 match will be in
Tempe, Ariz., on Sunday when
the Ducks will hit the mats against
the No. 13 Sun Devils (8-7).
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