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ARIZONA STATE WRESTLING 1988 NCAA Champions • 16-Time Pac-10 Champions SAVE ASU WRESTLING www.ASUWrestling.com WEEK 8 - GCU & CSUB DUAL #6 SUN DEVILS at ANTELOPES 2008-09 SUN DEVIL SCHEDULE at Grand Canyon Antelopes • 0-5 overall Overall Record: 3-2, Pac-10 Duals: 2-0 Saturday, January 3 • 5:00 p.m. MT • at Antelope Gym (Phoenix) Home: 3-0 (2-0), Away: 0-2 (0-0), Neutral: 0-0 Series: ASU leads, 1-0-0 • Last: ASU won, 42-10 (at ASU, 2007-08) Date Opponent W/L Score N 8 UC Davis • 1 W 26-12 DUAL #7 ROADRUNNERS at SUN DEVILS 14 Portland State • 2 W 40-0 vs. CS Bakersfield Roadrunners • 3-3 overall (2-0 Pac-10) 21 at #1 Iowa L 41-0 Sunday, January 4 • 6:00 p.m. MT • at Wells Fargo Arena (Tempe) 23 at #2 Iowa State L 24-11 Series: ASU leads, 20-8-1 • Last: CSUB won, 22-13 (at CSUB, 2007-08) 30 [#13] Embry-Riddle W 38-6 D 5-6 at Las Vegas Invite 18th place 18 at Reno TOC 6th place Wrestling Travels to Grand Canyon, Hosts CS Bakersfield 29-30 at Midlands 3 19th place Sun Devils return to dual action after three tournaments in a row in December J 3 at Grand Canyon 5 pm 4 CS Bakersfield • 6 pm Coming off a 19th-place finish at the Midlands Championships and a day off to ring in the 18 #11 Oklahoma 2 pm 23 #7 Minnesota 7 pm new year, the Arizona State University wrestling team will jump back into dual competition 31 Cal Poly • 7 pm this weekend with a pair of duals in the Valley of the Sun. Following three tournaments in a F 6 at Stanford • 7 pm row, the Sun Devils (3-2, 2-0 Pac-10) will first travel down the road into Phoenix for a 5 p.m. 8 at Oregon State • 2 pm dual Saturday at Grand Canyon (0-5) before playing host to Pac-10 foe CS Bakersfield () at 14 CS Fullerton • 6 pm 6 p.m. Sunday inside Wells Fargo Arena. M 2-3 at Pac-10 Champs. 4 All Day 19-21 at NCAA Champs. 5 All Day EXTRA COVERAGE Home duals in bold; • Pac-10 dual; All times local to site 1 - at Mesa HS; 2 - at Maryvale (Phoenix) HS; 3 - Evanston, Ill.; Internet coverage will be available for both duals this weekend as Arizona State's duals with 4 - Fullerton, Calif.; 5 - St. Louis, Mo. Grand Canyon and CS Bakersfield can be followed via live stats at intermatwrestle.com. [##] - NAIA national rankings Also, for the Saturday dual with the Antelopes, GCU will be providing live streaming video. To 2008-09 DEVIL DATA access the video coverage, go to: http://b2tv.com/partner_members.asp?id=78 (cost is $7). Location ................................................. Tempe, Ariz. Enrollment ...................................................... 67,082 IT'S BEEN A WHILE Nickname ................................................ Sun Devils When the Sun Devils face the Antelopes on Saturday evening inside Antelope Gym on the Colors ............................................... Maroon & Gold Grand Canyon campus in Phoenix, it will mark the first time in just over 15 years that Arizona Conference ................................................ Pacific-10 State has wrestled another Arizona school on their mats. The last time ASU was the visitor University President ...................... Dr. Michael Crow VP for University Athletics ........................ Lisa Love against another Copper State opponent came on December 17, 1993, when the Sun Devils Home Venue ................ Wells Fargo Arena (14,198) blanked host Phoenix College, 40-0. Head Coach ........................... Thom Ortiz (8th year) Career Record ............................. 77-54-1 (8th year) COPPER STATE SHOWDOWNS At ASU .......................................... 77-54-1 (8th year) For the second year in a row, the Sun Devils will wrestle against two schools hailing from ASU All-Time Record .......... 465-265-13 (47th year) the state of Arizona, which, prior to the 2007-08 season, had not happened since 1981 when Assistant Coach ...................... Al Fuentes (1st year) ASU won, 34-12, at Arizona and 43-6 at home against Northern Arizona. The Sun Devils Assistant Coach ..................... Brian Stith (2nd year) have already met and defeated Embry-Riddle, 38-6, and will now take on Grand Canyon on Assistant Coach ............. Zach Roberson (2nd year) Saturday in the program's first road dual against another Arizona school since 1993. In that Athletic Trainer ......................... Joe Silvey (1st year) 15 year span, the Sun Devils have wrestled another Arizona school 10 times (10-0), defeating Wrestling SID ........................................... Alex Ryan Embry-Riddle nine times and Grand Canyon once. Overall, the Sun Devils stand 54-9-0 all- Email .................................... [email protected] time against teams from the state of Arizona, including 9-0-0 against ERAU and 1-0-0 against Phone .......................................... (480) 965-4987 Fax .............................................. (480) 965-5408 GCU, the lone remaining programs in the state. THE SUN DEVILS.COM DEFENDING THE HOME MATS Since Thom Ortiz took over coaching duties in time for the 2001-02 season, the Sun Devils ASU PROBABLE STARTERS have been very impressive at home, posting an overall mark of 41-18-0. Ortiz' teams also have been nearly perfect against Pac-10 foes as the Sun Devils stand 25-3-0 against league Wt. Sun Devil All (Dual) opponents after going 1-2 last year. ASU is 3-0 overall at home this year and 2-0 against 125 Anthony Robles (8/9/8) ................... 17-5 (3-2) Pac-10 foes. 133 Angel Alegre ...................................... 1-0 (1-0) 141 Chris Drouin (5/8/12) ....................... 16-5 (4-1) 149 Josh Calteux ...................................... 0-0 (0-0) RUNNING AGAINST THE PAC 157 Te Edwards ........................................ 1-2 (0-0) The Sun Devils, who are 2-0 so far this season in conference action, have competed in 165 Kyle DeBerry ..................................... 8-8 (3-2) the Pac-10 Conference for 30 seasons, starting in the 1978-79 season. During that time, 174 Eric Starks ......................................... 7-8 (2-2) Arizona State has won over 87-percent (.871) of its Pac-10 duals, recording a mark of 111- 184 Jake Meredith .................................... 5-6 (0-1) 16-1 against 13 different schools. Of those 13 teams, eight are still competing in the Pac-10 197 Jake Cranford .................................... 7-5 (3-1) Conference with the Sun Devils holding a 78-16-1 record against those teams. 285 Imanibom Etukeren ........................... 0-2 (0-0) (##/##/##) InterMat-AWN-W.I.N. individual rankings UNDER ORTIZ VS. PAC-10 Arizona State holds a 43-9-0 record against Pac-10 foes since Thom Ortiz took over the pro- gram eight years ago, including a 25-3-0 home record and an 18-6-0 road mark after opening the conference slate with home wins over UC Davis and Portland State. COACH ORTIZ & TEAM NOTES HEAD COACH THOM ORTIZ COMPLETE 2008-09 SUN DEVIL SCHEDULE Thom Ortiz is in his seventh year as the head coach of Date Opponent Location Score Overall Pac-10 Home Road Neut. the Arizona State University wrestling program and holds N 8 UC Davis • Mesa HS W 26-12 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 a career 77-54-1 (through Embry-Riddle dual). He has 14 Portland State • Maryvale HS W 40-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 guided the Sun Devils to three Pac-10 Championships 21 at #1 Iowa Iowa City, Iowa L 41-0 2-1 2-0 2-0 0-1 0-0 in his short stint in Tempe, including the 2003, 2005 and 23 at #2 Iowa State Ames, Iowa L 24-11 2-2 2-0 2-0 0-2 0-0 2006 crowns. In a vote by his peers, he has been select- 30 [#13] Embry-Riddle Wells Fargo Arena W 38-6 3-2 2-0 3-0 0-2 0-0 ed as the Pac-10 Coach of the Year three times. D 5-6 at Las Vegas Invitational Las Vegas, Nev. 18th place 3-2 2-0 3-0 0-2 0-0 Since taking the reigns of the program, Ortiz has coached 18 at Reno TOC Reno, Nev. 6th place 3-2 2-0 3-0 0-2 0-0 13 different wrestlers to 20 Pac-10 Championships, 29-30 at Midlands Champs. Evanston, Ill. 19th place 3-2 2-0 3-0 0-2 0-0 including three-time champion Patrick Pitsch (165, 2006- J 3 at Grand Canyon Phoenix 08) and eight different Sun Devils to 12 All-America hon- 4 CS Bakersfield • Wells Fargo Arena ors. In his second season with the program, he helped 18 Oklahoma Wells Fargo Arena Eric Larkin reach the finals of the NCAA Championships 23 Minnesota Wells Fargo Arena for the second year in a row, this time walking away 31 Cal Poly • Wells Fargo Arena undefeated and as the national champion. At the 2006 F 6 at Stanford • Palo Alto, Calif. NCAA Championships, Ortiz helped Brian Stith, the tour- nament's 10th seed, finish second in the nation. 8 at Oregon State • Corvallis, Ore. 14 CS Fullerton • Wells Fargo Arena Prior to taking over at ASU, Ortiz worked along side his M 2-3 at Pac-10 Championships Fullerton, Calif. collegiate coach, Bobby Douglas, at Iowa State where 20-22 at NCAA Championships St. Louis, Mo. he was named a runner-up in the 2000 NWCA Assistant • Pac-10 Conference dual; [##] indicates NAIA ranking Coach of the Year honors. Ortiz helped recruit arguably the best collegiate wrestler of all-time in Cael Sanderson, the undefeated four-time NCAA Champion. OPPONENT INFO: GRAND CANYON The Antelopes are 0-5 on the year and, after a 0-24-1 record in their first year last year, are As a wrestler for the Sun Devils, Ortiz won two Pac-10 still in search of their first victory in program history.