Adam Amato Emerald
Shane Webster (top) won both matches Sunday and will compete again tonight
Webster fights
for title tonight
as Ducks float
Six Ducks have the opportunity
to place in the top six during the
Pac-10 tournament finals today
Wrestling
Mindi Rice
Freelance Sports Reporter
After a non-stop day of
wrestling, only one of Oregon’s 10
wrestlers will compete for a cham
pionship today in the Pacific-10
Conference tournament.
Sophomore Shane Webster faces
Arizona State’s Curtis Owen for
the 174 title tonight.
The No. 2-seeded Webster
steamrolled his first opponent
at 174, winning a 22-8 major deci
sion over Cardinal wrestler Haro
ld Penson.
Facing Oregon State’s Jake Huff
man, Webster scored a 10-2 major
decision to set up the title match.
Owen pinned one opponent and
earned a major decision over the
other in the tournament.
Top-seeded Jason Harless faced
Cal State-Fullerton’s David Ro
driguez in his first match at 133.
Harless came away with a major
decision, 11-3.
Facing Sun Devil Mike Simpson,
Harless lost a 4-0 decision in his
second match. Harless wrestles
Nate Ybarra from Cal Poly in to
day’s consolation bracket.
At 125, sophomore Martin
Mitchell opened with a 9-7 deci
sion over No. 2-seed Vic Moreno of
Cal Poly.
In his second match, Mitchell
lost to Cal State-Bakersfield’s
Efren Ceballos, 9-6. Mitchell wres
tles Oregon State’s Michael
Delaney today in the consolat
ion bracket.
Senior Casey Hunt began by
winning a 9-5 decision over Port
land State’s Eddie Dahlen at 141.
Hunt matched up with Boise
State’s Gabe Vigil in his second
match, with Vigil scoring a 3-1 de
cision. Hunt will face Oregon
State’s Mike Unger today.
At 157, junior Branson Phillips
lost a 4-1 decision to Arizona
State’s Rocky Smart in his
first match.
In his first match in consolation,
Phillips won a 12-3 major decision
over Oregon State’s Jeremy Larson.
Phillips continued his winning
in the consolation bracket with a
6-1 decision over Gal State-Fuller
ton’s Dustin Vance. Phillips
will face Boise State’s Ben Cher
rington today.
Redshirt sophomore Luke Lar
win faced Oregon State’s Matt Ellis
first. Ellis, the No. 2 seed at 165,
took a 3-2 decision.
Larwin scored a fall in his first
consolation match at the 3:30
mark for his fourth pin this sea
son. He wrestles Michael Font of
Gal Davis today.
No. 3-seeded redshirt senior
Tony Overstake faced Gal Davis’
Nick Davis for his first match at
149. Overstake came out on the
losing end of a 5-3 decision.
Overstake faced Oregon State’s
Tony Hook for the third time this
season in his second match. Hook
managed to pin Overstake, the
first time Overstake was pinned
this year, to win at the 4:58 mark.
Freshman Tony Rolen first bat
tled Beaver Jed Pennell at 184.
Rolen lost a major decision to Pen
nell, 14-2.
In consolation, Rolen lost a 3-1
decision to No. 3-seeded Boise
State’s Tony D’Amico.
At 197, sophomore Elias Soto
faced Scott O’Bear of Gal State
Bakersfield. Soto earned an 8-3 de
cision to move on to face Gal
Poly’s David Schenk. Against
Schenk, Soto lost a 4-2 decision.
Soto next faced Landon
Seefeldt of Gal State-Fullerton,
losing a 3-2 decision.
Redshirt freshman Neil Phillips
won his first match at heavy
weight. Wrestling Gal State-Fuller
ton’s Bryan Webster, Phillips
pinned Webster in 3:25 for his sec
ond pin of the year.
In his second match, Phillips
faced No. 4-seed Dan Howe from
Gal Poly, losing a decision, 4-0.
In consolation, Phillips lost a 2-0
decision to Gal Davis’ Jason Paul.
The Ducks sit in fifth place after
Sunday with 51 points. Webster is
the only Duck wrestling for a title
with five others in contention to
place third through sixth today.
Mindi Rice is a freelance writer
for the Emerald.
Threes
continued from page 7
shots, they win. When the shots
don’t fall or Oregon is forced into
one-on-one situations, the Ducks
don’t always win.
A case in point was the preseason
loss to Cincinnati in East Ruther
ford, N.J. In the 77-52 loss, Oregon
had 15 assists but shot 36.4 percent
from the field for the game. In Satur
day’s win over the Bruins, the Ducks
shot 47.4 percent and had 22 assists.
Oregon shot 18.5 percent from
three-point land in the Cincinnati
loss, but shot 58.3 percent from
three Saturday.
Those 40 percentage points
could be the difference between a
win and a loss at the NCAA Tour
nament, in which the Ducks all
but secured a berth with Satur
day’s win. Three-point shooting
teams have traditionally done
Brian
Helquist had
a successful
final home
weekend,
pulling down
10rebounds
in the games
against UCLA
and USC.
Adam Amato
Emerald
well in March Madness.
Of course, if Oregon goes cold
from three in the tournament, the
team can always just recruit the
Outback guy. He was
pretty hot from three Saturday.
Contact the sports editor
at peterhockaday@daiIyemerald.com.
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