ARIZONA STATE WRESTLING 2006 Pac-10 Champions • 16-Time Pac-10 Champions 1988 NCAA Champions
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ARIZONA STATE WRESTLING 2006 Pac-10 Champions • 16-Time Pac-10 Champions 1988 NCAA Champions WEEK 6 - SUN DEVIL DUALS 2008 SUN DEVIL DUALS • JANUARY 6 • WELLS FARGO ARENA • TEMPE 2007-08 SUN DEVIL SCHEDULE Dual #6: vs. Army Black Knights (4-2-0) • 12:00 pm Overall Record: 5-0, Pac-10 Duals: 2-0 Dual #7: vs. Grand Canyon Antelopes (0-5-1) • 1:30 pm Home: 1-0 (0-0), Away: 2-0 (2-0), Neutral: 2-0 Dual #8: vs. #23 Pennsylvania Quakers (1-0-0) • 3:00 pm Date Opponent W/L Score N 9 at UC Davis • W 20-17 11 vs Pacific (Ore.) 1 W 45-6 ASU Wrestling Set to Host 2008 Sun Devils Duals Sunday 11 vs [#8] Southern Oregon 1 W 30-7 Sun Devils looking to remain perfect with three duals on Alumni Weekend 11 at Portland State • 1 W 36-9 18 at Keystone Classic 2 5th Looking to remain undefeated in dual competition, the Arizona State University wrestling 25 [#5] Embry-Riddle W 35-9 team (5-0, 2-0 Pac-10) will resume it's 2007-08 campaign following the holiday break by 30-1 at Las Vegas Invite 24th playing host to the 2008 Sun Devil Duals starting at noon Sunday inside Wells Fargo Arena. D 18 at Reno Tournament 11th J 6 Army 3 Noon The Sun Devils are off to their best start since the 1992-93 team opened the year 6-0-0 and 6 Grand Canyon 3 1:30 pm will welcome Army (4-2), Grand Canyon (0-5-1) and No. 23 Pennsylvania (1-0) to Tempe this 6 #23 Pennsylvania 3 3:00 pm weekend. All three teams will face one another with duals set for noon, 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. 11 at Cal Poly • 7:00 pm ASU also will be honoring the program's alumni in attendance during the Duals, including the 12 at CS Bakersfield • 5:00 pm members of the 1988 NCAA Championship team, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary. 13 at CS Fullerton • 2:00 pm 4 25 Oregon State • 7:00 pm THE SCHEDULE 27 Oregon • 2:00 pm F 1 at Oklahoma 7:00 pm Wells Fargo Arena will have a pair of mats on the floor Sunday as two duals will be held 8 Iowa 5 7:30 pm simultaneously. At noon, the Sun Devils and Army Black Knights will meet while the Penn 10 Iowa State 2:00 pm Quakers and Grand Canyon Antelopes face one another on the second mat. At 1:30 p.m., 17 Stanford • 2:00 pm it will be a battle of Arizona with the Devils and 'Lopes meeting on one mat while the East M 2-3 at Pac-10 Championships 6 All Day Coast battle of Army vs. Penn will take place on the second mat. In the 3 p.m. finale, it will be 20-22 at NCAA Championships 7 All Day former teammates colliding as Thom Ortiz' Sun Devils face Zeke Jones' Quakers while Army Home duals in bold (at Wells Fargo Arena); • Pac-10 dual and GCU square off on the second mat. 1 - at Portland, Ore.; 2 - at Philladelphia; 3 - Sun Devil Duals; 4 - at Mesa High; 5 - at Glendale Copper Canyon High; 6 - at Eugene, Ore.; 7 - at St. Louis, Mo. THE SCHEDULE - PART II Southern Oregon & Embry-Riddle rankings are in NAIA Since it is Alumni Weekend, several other events are planned as well. On Saturday (January 5), the program will conduct its first Alumni Golf Outing, opening with a shotgun start at 2007-08 DEVIL DATA 12:30 p.m. at ASU's Karsten Golf Course. The outing, which is open the public to participate Location ................................................. Tempe, Ariz. (see www.TheSunDevils.com for more information), will be followed by a fajita dinner at the Enrollment ...................................................... 63,278 Nickname ................................................ Sun Devils course. The next day, at the Sun Devil Duals, all alumni in attendance will be honored on the Colors ............................................... Maroon & Gold mats during the Duals with a separate presentation taking place to honor the 1988 NCAA Conference ................................................ Pacific-10 Championship team. University President ...................... Dr. Michael Crow VP for University Athletics ........................ Lisa Love CHECK YOUR TV LISTINGS Home Venue ................ Wells Fargo Arena (14,198) On Thursday, Anthony Robles taped an interview with ESPN's First Take, which airs on Head Coach ........................... Thom Ortiz (7th year) ESPN2 daily between 10 a.m. and noon EST (8 a.m.-10 a.m. Arizona). Although the specific Career Record ............................. 70-44-1 (7th year) At ASU .......................................... 70-44-1 (7th year) time the segment with the Sun Devil wrestler will air is unknown, fans can look for the inter- ASU All-Time Record .......... 459-255-13 (46th year) view to be shown either Tuesday or Wednesday. More information, once it is known, will be Assistant Coach ...................... Eric Larkin (4th year) placed on thesundevils.com. Assistant Coach ....................... Brian Stith (1st year) Assistant Coach .............. Zach Roberson (1st year) DOUGLAS' DEVILS Athletic Trainer ................ Michael Suman (1st year) Heading into the 1987-88 season, nine different Division I schools had captured the national Sports Performance ............... Ben Hilgart (3rd year) wrestling title with none of those schools hailing further west than the state of Oklahoma. IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS That season, coach Bobby Douglas' Sun Devils put together an impressive 17-2 dual record, WT Sun Devil Rec. InM AW Rev Win Pac falling only to defending national champion Iowa State (20-19) and Oklahoma State (22-16). 125 Robles 12-5 19 - - - 3 When the postseason came, the Sun Devils captured their fourth Pac-10 title in a row and 133 Schavrien 7-4 - - - - 6 moved onto the NCAA Championships in Ames, Iowa, where seven Sun Devils earned All- 141 Drouin 12-5 - - - - 7 America honors and stunned the wrestling community by winning the national team title, scor- 149 Je. Trulson 8-6 - - - - 10 ing 93 points to runner-up Iowa's 85.5. That day, Mike Davies led the way with his runner-up 157 Pavlenko 7-9 - - - - 9 165 Pitsch 9-3 10 9 11 7 1 finish at 190 while Chip Park (126), Dan St. John (158) and Jim Gressley (167) each took 174 Renzi 2-7 - - - - 8 third. Current ASU head coach Thom Ortiz (142) placed fourth, Rod Severn (HWT) took fifth 184 Chriswell 5-1 16 - 14 20 5 and current Penn head coach Zeke Jones (118) finished sixth. Twenty years later, that Sun 197 Ja. Trulson 14-4 - - - - 1 Devil team holds a historic distinction as being the lone western school to win the NCAA 285 Q. Pruett 6-5 - - - - 8 Division I Wrestling Championships. ASU 5-0 nr n/a nr nr InM: NWCA/InterMat (1/2); AW: Amateur Wrestling News (1/2); Rev: RevWrestling (1/2); Win: WIN Magazine (12/17); DAN "THE BEAST" SEVERN Pac: Pac-10 (12/11) While many former Sun Devil wrestlers will be on hand this weekend, one in particular might stand out taller, especially in this day of the growing popularity of mixed martial arts (MMA). THESUNDEVILS.COM SID Wrestling Contact: Alex Ryan ([email protected]) • Phone: (480) 965-4987 • Fax: (480) 965-5408 COACH ORTIZ & TEAM NOTES (CONT.) HEAD COACH THOM ORTIZ COMPLETE 2007-08 SUN DEVIL SCHEDULE Date Opponent Location Score Overall Pac-10 Home Road Neut. Thom Ortiz is in his seventh year as the head coach of N 9 at UC Davis • Davis, Calif. W 20-17 1-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 the Arizona State University wrestling program and holds N 11 vs Pacific (Ore.) 1 Portland, Ore. W 45-6 2-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 a career 70-44-1 (through ERAU dual). He has guided 1 the Sun Devils to three Pac-10 Championships in his N 11 vs [#8] Southern Oregon Portland, Ore. W 30-7 3-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 2-0 1 short stint in Tempe, including the 2003, 2005 and 2006 N 11 at Portland State • Portland, Ore. W 36-9 4-0 2-0 0-0 2-0 2-0 crowns. In a vote by his peers, he has been selected as N 18 at Keystone Classic Philladelphia, Pa. 5th 4-0 2-0 0-0 2-0 2-0 the Pac-10 Coach of the Year three times. N 25 [#8] Embry-Riddle Wells Fargo Arena W 35-9 5-0 2-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 N 30-1 at Las Vegas Invitational Las Vegas, Nev. 24th 5-0 2-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 Since taking the reigns of the program, Ortiz has coached D 18 at Reno Tournament Reno, Nev. 11th 5-0 2-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 11 different wrestlers to 19 Pac-10 Championships and J 6 Army 2 Wells Fargo Arena eight different Sun Devils to 12 All-America honors. In J 6 Grand Canyon 2 Wells Fargo Arena his second season with the program, he helped Eric J 6 #23 Pennsylvania 2 Wells Fargo Arena Larkin reach the finals of the NCAA Championships for J 11 at Cal Poly • San Luis Obispo, Calif. the second year in a row, this time walking away unde- J 12 at CS Bakersfield • Bakersfield, Calif. feated and as the national champion. At the 2006 NCAA J 13 at CS Fullerton • Fullerton, Calif. Championships, Ortiz helped Brian Stith, the tourna- J 25 Oregon State • Mesa HS ment's 10th seed, finish second in the nation.