Wrestling squad leads Pac-10 standings
Oregon is a strong
force in the Pac-10 after
last season’s 2nd-place
conference finish
Wrestling
Mindi Rice
Freelance Sports Reporter
A perfect 4-0 record in the
Pacific-10 Conference puts
Oregon as one of two teams to
go undefeated in Pac-10 play
this season.
The Ducks have wins against
Oregon State, Portland State,
Stanford and California-Davis
for their undefeated confer
ence record.
Leading Oregon along its
way are four Ducks — two
sophomores and two seniors —
who, between three national
polls, appear in the top 20
rankings for their respective
weight classes.
The top-ranked Duck, sopho
more Shane Webster, is ranked
in all three polls. The Wrestling
Mall puts Webster at No. 13,
while both W.I.N. Magazine and
Amateur Wrestling News have
Webster sitting at No. 11.
Sophomore Martin Mitchell is
ranked No. 20, by W.I.N. Maga
zine, in the 125 weight class.
At 141, senior Casey Hunt is
ranked No. 19 by The
Wrestling Mall.
Fellow senior Tony Over
stake, at 149, is ranked No. 17
by W.I.N. Magazine and Ama
teur Wrestling News.
Weekend warriors
ranked
Boise State, Oregon’s Pae-10
opponent Friday night, comes to
McArthur Court ranked No. 17
by W.I.N. Magazine and No. 22
by The Wrestling Mall.
Five Broncos are ranked by
The Wrestling Mall in the top
20 at their weight class. Four
seniors — Ben VomBaur at
125, Gabe Vigil at 141, Collin
Robertson at 149 and Boe
Rushton at heavyweight — are
in the top 10. VomBaur is No. 3
and Robertson is No. 5, while
both Vigil and Rushton sit at
No. 7. Junior Tony D’Amico, at
184, is ranked No. 18.
Arizona State visits Eugene
on Sunday as the highest
ranked Pac-10 team. Ranked
No. 7 by W.I.N. Magazine and
No. 10 by The Wrestling Mall,
the Sun Devils are 9-5 in dual
meet competition, with two
wins coming against confer
ence opponents.
Redshirt senior Erik Larkin
leads the way for the Sun Dev
ils, ranked No. 1 by The
Wrestling Mall at the 149
weight class. Two more red
shirt seniors join Larkin in the
top five, with heavyweight Kel
lan Fluckiger at No. 4 and Dana
Holland at No. 5.
Two Sun Devils sit at No. 8 in
their weight class, redshirt jun
ior Nick Frost at 165 and red
shirt senior Curtis Owen at 174.
Another redshirt senior, Mike
Simpson, is ranked No. 9 at the
133 weight class.
What’s the score?
For an idea of how to score a
wrestling match, it must first be
understood that there are two
different aspects to score.
The different weight class
matches have a score, and from
those scores, a meet score —
and winning team — can be
translated.
Each of the 10 weight classes
has a match between two
wrestlers. The wrestlers score
points by earning takedowns on
their opponents and escaping
when they suffer a takedown,
among other things.
At the end of each weight
class, a score is added to the
team total. If a wrestler earns a
victory by defeating his oppo
nent in points, it is a three
point decision. If the wrestler
outscores his opponent by 8-14
points, he earns a four-point
major decision for his team.
If a wrestler pins his oppo
nent, he earns six points for his
team. If the opposing team for
feits a match, the wrestler also
earns six points.
Mindi Rice is a freelance writer
for the Emerald.
Adam Amato Emerald
Sophomore Shane Webster (top) is the top-ranked Duck in
his weight class, ranked as high as No. 11 at 174.
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Andre Joseph struggled at fi rst starting for Luke Jackson, but settled in Saturday.
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tendon is so tight that I can barely ex
tend my finger and I can’t really make
an open palm yet.”
When he does play — realistically,
next week against Stanford and Gal
— Jackson will likely have his three
outside fingers taped together or
wear a glove.
In the meantime, Andre Joseph is re
placing Jackson in the starting lineup.
“I feel like I gotta step up,” Joseph
said. “Right now, I’m confident and just
excited to get down there and play.”
Is Lavin leaving?
Despite leading the Bruins to five
Sweet 16 appearances in six years,
Steve Lavin’s days at UCLA appear to
be winding down. Fans boo the Bru
ins at home and boosters are already
dropping names for a possible new
head coach.
The Bruins (4-11, 2-5) are having
one of the worst seasons in school his
tory, and Lavin is taking the brunt of
the blame.
“He’s had so much success down
there — every coach in the country
would love to have his record of suc
cess; I know I would,” Kent said. “My
heart goes out to him because he’s in
a really tough situation right now.”
Oregon point guard Luke Ridnour,
recruited by Lavin in high school, said
he has a lot of respect for the coach.
i
“UCLA’s a tough job — there’s a lot
of pressure,” Ridnour said. “I feel for
what he’s going through.”
More Rid records
Already in the top-five for career
three-pointers and steals, Ridnour
is one assist shy of becoming the
third Duck to record 400 career as
sists. His 399 assists rank him be
hind Kenya Wilkins, the school’s all
team assist leader with 614, and
Ron Lee (572).
With 29 assists in the last three
games, Ridnour leads the Pac-10 with
6.5 assists per game and is second in
scoring at 19.4 points.
Bracket busting
It’s still a bit early to start making
plans for the NCAA Tournament, but
isn’t it fun just thinking about the
madness of March?
In this week’s version of Bracketol
ogy, ESPN.com’s Joe Lunardi has Ore
gon projected as the No. 6 seed in the
South, with a first-round matchup
against llth-seed Auburn (15-4) in
Birmingham, Ala.
But Lunardi isn’t ready to jump on
the Oregon bandwagon. “Not going to
take the Ducks seriously until they
win some league games on the road,”
he wrote. “This weekend provides the
perfect opportunity.”
Contact the senior sports reporter
at adamjude@dailyemerald.com.
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1-17 in Pacific-10 Conference
play . Two will be juniors — Lau
ren Westendorf and Katie O’Neil
— while there are no seniors
slated to be on the roster.
Ferreira has three recruits
already making their way to
Eugene next season, and was
confident his returning play
ers would be able to overcome
the decimation of the roster.
“I don’t think it’s easy,” he
said. “The athletic arena
forges unique relationships
beyond the game. They all
have great feelings and emo
tions about each other, and,
with that being said, they’ve
handled themselves in a real
mature manner in doing
everything they can to
progress forward. But it’s not
easy for them.”
Oregon’s recruiting process
is far from done, as Ferreira
looks to fill the newly
created void on the roster.
The Ducks supported a 14
player roster last season.
To get to that point now,
Ferreira would need to sign
five more players.
Contact the sports reporter
at hankhager@dailyemerald.com.
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