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ARIZONA STATE WRESTLING 1988 NCAA Champions • 16-Time Pac-10 Champions SAVE ASU WRESTLING www.ASUWrestling.com WEEK 13 - CS FULLERTON DUAL #13 TITANS at SUN DEVILS 2008-09 SUN DEVIL SCHEDULE vs. CS Fullerton Titans (10-6 overall • 4-3 Pac-10) Overall Record: 5-7, Pac-10 Duals: 3-3 Saturday, February 14• 2:30 p.m. MT • at Wells Fargo Arena (Tempe) Home: 4-3 (3-1), Away: 1-4 (0-2), Neutral: 0-0 Series: ASU leads, 15-2-0 • Last: CSUF won, 26-18 (at CSUF, 1-3-08) Date Opponent W/L Score N 8 UC Davis • 1 W 26-12 14 Portland State • 2 W 40-0 Wrestling Closes Out Dual Season Hosting CS Fullerton 21 at #1 Iowa L 41-0 Sun Devils and Titans to meet Saturday afternoon in Tempe to close out '09 23 at #2 Iowa State L 24-11 30 [#13] Embry-Riddle W 38-6 The Arizona State University wrestling team (5-7, 3-3 Pac-10) will look to halt a two-dual D 5-6 at Las Vegas Invite 18th place losing streak and end the dual season on a high note when it plays host to the Titans of CS 18 at Reno TOC 6th place 29-30 at Midlands 3 19th place Fullerton (10-6, 4-3 Pac-10) at 2:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon inside Wells Fargo Arena in J 3 at Grand Canyon W 41-6 Tempe. The dual will be the final action for the Sun Devils before heading to Fullerton for the 4 CS Bakersfield • L 36-15 2009 Pac-10 Championships on March 1-2. 18 #11 Oklahoma L 36-7 23 #9 Minnesota L 26-12 LIVE LOOK IN 31 Cal Poly • W 36-10 Fans that are unable to attend the dual in person on Saturday can set their web browsers to F 6 at Stanford • L 20-19 nwcaonline.com and view the live statistics of the dual as they happen. 8 at Oregon State • L 19-13 14 CS Fullerton • 2:30 pm M 1-2 at Pac-10 Champs. 4 All Day 'DARTH' BADER ON HAND 19-21 at NCAA Champs. 5 All Day Former Sun Devil All-American and current rising UFC star Ryan 'Darth' Bader will be on hand Home duals in bold; • Pac-10 dual; All times local to site before and after the dual on Saturday to meet with fans and sign autographs. Bader will be at a 1 - at Mesa HS; 2 - at Maryvale (Phoenix) HS; 3 - Evanston, Ill.; table on the arena floor 15 minutes before the start of the dual and for 30 minutes following the 4 - Fullerton, Calif.; 5 - St. Louis, Mo. [##] - NAIA national rankings end of the dual. 2008-09 DEVIL DATA FINAL TIME Location ................................................. Tempe, Ariz. Saturday's dual will be the final dual of the season for the Sun Devils with the team looking to Enrollment ...................................................... 67,082 cap the year on a high note. Historically, the Sun Devils are 33-13-0 all-time in their final dual of Nickname ................................................ Sun Devils Colors ............................................... Maroon & Gold the season and also stand 31-15-0 all-time in their final home dual of the season. Arizona State Conference ................................................ Pacific-10 lost last year's final dual of the season and its final home dual of the year as both coincided in a University President ...................... Dr. Michael Crow 28-16 setback to visiting Stanford. VP for University Athletics ........................ Lisa Love Home Venue ................ Wells Fargo Arena (14,198) HAPPY TO UPSET Head Coach ........................... Thom Ortiz (8th year) In Sunday's dual at Oregon State, the 174 match proved to be a shocker as Eric Starks, a true Career Record ............................. 79-59-1 (8th year) freshman, scored a 4-2 upset of senior and 11th-ranked Kyle Bressler, who also was the second- At ASU .......................................... 79-59-1 (8th year) ranked wrestler in the Pac-10. Starks, who had lost his previous four matches against Top 20 ASU All-Time Record .......... 467-270-13 (47th year) wrestlers this season, shot in and scored a takedown six seconds into the match and built over Assistant Coach ...................... Al Fuentes (1st year) Assistant Coach ..................... Brian Stith (2nd year) two minutes of riding time before Bressler escaped to make it 2-1 through one. Bressler escaped Assistant Coach ............. Zach Roberson (2nd year) to start the second and Starks did the same to start the third to make it 3-2 before Starks held on Athletic Trainer ......................... Joe Silvey (1st year) and added a point for riding time to win, 4-2. Wrestling SID ........................................... Alex Ryan Email .................................... [email protected] DROUIN VERY WELL Phone .......................................... (480) 965-4987 So far this season, Chris Drouin is 11-1 in dual competitions with his lone loss coming in a 3-2 Fax .............................................. (480) 965-5408 decision on the road to then-No. 7 Alex Tsirtsis of Iowa. In his 11 victories, the closest result he has had was the 11-7 decision over No. 9 Mike Thorn of Minnesota (Jan. 23). In his last THE SUN DEVILS.COM match, Drouin won another major decision -- his third in a row-- to give him 10 bonus-point victories in dual competition this season. Undefeated against Pac-10 foes at 6-0, Drouin has ASU PROBABLE STARTERS won his last seven matches in a row currently and has been victorious in 16 of his last 18. Wt. Sun Devil All (Dual) STARKS HONORED 125 Anthony Robles (#12) ..................... 21-6 (7-3) For the second week in a row, a Sun Devil wrestler has been selected as the Arizona State 133 David Prado ....................................... 1-3 (1-3) Male Athlete of the Week with Eric Starks earning this week's award along with Sarah 141 Chris Drouin (#6) ........................... 23-5 (11-1) Stevens of the track & field team. Last week, Chris Drouin was honored. 149 Vicente Varela ................................. 9-10 (4-6) 157 Michael Swigart ................................. 3-6 (1-3) LOOK WHO'S BACK 165 Kyle DeBerry ................................. 11-12 (6-6) After sitting out the past two duals (vs. Minnesota and Cal Poly) because of illness, Anthony 174 Eric Starks ..................................... 12-10 (7-4) Robles made his return to the line up for the Sun Devils over the weekend on the road and 184 Jake Meredith .................................... 9-9 (4-4) picked up a pair of victories against Pac-10 foes. Robles opened the weekend with a pin of 197 Jake Cranford .................................. 10-8 (6-4) Stanford's Austin Quarles in 2:20 and ended with his 8-3 decision over Jake Gonzales of 285 Imanibom Etukeren ........................... 2-7 (2-5) Oregon State. Robles is now 21-6 on the year with a 5-0 record in Pac-10 duals. National ranking used is InterMat (Feb. 10) 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 79-59-1 (through Oregon State 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 W 41-6 4-2 2-0 3-0 1-2 0-0 08) and eight different Sun Devils to 12 All-America hon- 4 CS Bakersfield • Wells Fargo Arena L 36-15 4-3 2-1 3-1 1-2 0-0 ors. In his second season with the program, he helped 18 #11 Oklahoma Wells Fargo Arena L 36-7 4-4 2-1 3-2 1-2 0-0 Eric Larkin reach the finals of the NCAA Championships 23 #9 Minnesota Wells Fargo Arena L 26-12 4-5 2-1 3-3 1-2 0-0 for the second year in a row, this time walking away 31 Cal Poly • Wells Fargo Arena W 36-10 5-5 3-1 4-3 1-2 0-0 undefeated and as the national champion. At the 2006 F 6 at Stanford • Palo Alto, Calif. L 20-19 5-6 3-2 4-3 1-3 0-0 NCAA Championships, Ortiz helped Brian Stith, the tour- nament's 10th seed, finish second in the nation. 8 at Oregon State • Corvallis, Ore.