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‘RUNNER WRESTLING NOTEBOOK FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEBRUARY 24, 2010 Contact: Sarah Finney, Assistant SID ([email protected]) • 661.654.3071 (office) • 661.654.6978 (fax) 2009-10 CSUB ROADRUNNER WRESTLING SCHEDULE CSUB at PAC-10 CHAMPIONSHIPS February 26-27, 2010 • ALL DAY Nov. 7 Blue–Gold/Alumni Meets The Pavilion • Davis, Calif. Nov. 28 @ Minnesota L, 9-31 Dec. 4-5 @ Las Vegas Invitational 21st THIS WEEK: The Roadrunners begin postseason ‘RUNNER REPORT: The Roadrunners concluded Dec. 16 *Cal Poly L, 18-22 action this week, heading to the 2010 Pac-10 the 2010 regular-season with a bang, crushing UC Dec. 20 @ Reno TOC 14th Championships, hosted by UC Davis. Davis, 39-4, in the Icardo Center on Feb. 13. CSUB won nine of 10 bouts, including technical fall victo- Dec. 29-30 @ Southern Scuffle 13th TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE: ries by Frank Lomas and Riley Orozco, and a win by Jan. 3 *Arizona State L, 13-25 SESSION I fall by Andrew Balch in the final match of the night. Jan. 8 @ *Cal State Fullerton W, 26-12 Friday, Feb. 26 - Noon - 4 pm Jan. 17 @ *Oregon State L, 9-35 RANKED ‘RUNNERS: The second of three NCAA SESSION II Division I Coaches Panel Rankings, release Feb. 9, Jan. 23 *Boise State L, 17-21 Friday, Feb. 26 - 6 pm - 9 pm has four Roadrunners listed in the top 32. The rank- Jan. 24 @ Menlo College W, 39-3 Quarterfinal cons. ing is one of three factors which determine entry to vs. Southern Oregon W, 29-12 SESSION III the NCAA Championships. Frank Lomas was No. vs. UC Davis W, 30-12 Saturday, Feb. 27 - Noon - 2 pm 29 at 125 pounds, Elijah Nacita was No. 12 at 141 Jan. 29 @ San Francisco State W, 25-15 Semifinal cons., 5th and 7th place matches pounds, Riley Orozco was No. 24 at 197 pounds Jan. 30 @ California Collegiate Open and Mitch Monteiro was No. 11 at heavyweight. Saturday, Feb. 27 - 4pm Feb. 10 @ Cal Baptist W, 29-9 Pac-10 Wrestling Championship Finals The NCAA also released it’s first RPI ranking, the Feb. 12 @ *Stanford L,14-23 second of three factors to determine entry to the Feb. 13 *UC Davis W, 39-4 TOURNAMENT TICKET INFO: Reserved single NCAA Championships. In matches through Feb. session passes are $15 for Sessions I and II and Feb. 26-27 @ Pac–10 Championships All Day 7, Lomas is No. 30, Nacita is No. 13 and Orozco $17 for Session III while Adult General Admission is No. 13. Mar. 18-20 @ NCAA Championships All Day single session passes are $10 for Sessions I and II and $13 for Session III. Child, Senior, and Student All Times Local • Bold=home meet IN THE POLLS: In the most recent InterMat General Admission single session passes are $7 *Pac-10 Dual Wrestling poll, Elijah Nacita remained No. 12 at for Sessions I and II and $10 for Session III. 141 pounds and Mitch Monteiro is No. 13 at heavy- PAC - 10 CHAM P IONSHI P S All-Session passes are still on sale as well at the weight. Nacita (No. 11), Monteiro (No. 11) and Riley Orozco (No. 19) are all listed in the latest d1college- LINEU P UC Davis Ticket Office. Reserved All-Session passes, with a chairback, are $40. Adult General wrestling.com poll. Nacita is ranked No. 11, Orozco Admission All-Session passes are on sale for is No. 19 and Monteiro is No. 11 by theopenmat. 125 — Frank Lomas (19-13) $30 while Child, Senior, and Student General com. Monteiro is No. 18 by WIN Magazine. 133 — Justin Durham (12-13) Admission All-Session passes are $20. 141 — Elijah Nacita (16-9) PAC-10 FAVORITES: CSUB’s Riley Orozco (197 149 — John Cardenas (5-12) To purchase your tickets, call the UC Davis Ticket pounds) and Mitch Monteiro (heavyweight) enter 157 — Andrew Balch (18-15) Office at 530-752-1915. the Pac-10 Championships ranked No. 1 in their respective divisions in the most recent conference 165 — Joey Granata (18-9) PAC-10 CHAMPIONSHIPS WEBCAST: In con- poll, released Feb. 18. Joey Granata (165 pounds) 174 — Trevor Hall (13-14) tinuing its growing partnership with CSTV, the and Mike Larson (184 pounds) are both ranked 184 — Mike Larson (22-13) Pac-10 will broadcast the 2010 Pac-10 Wrestling third, while Elijah Nacita is fifth in a highly competi- 197 — Riley Orozco (19-6) Championships live online at www.pac-10.org. The tive 141-pound division. Official seeding for the tour- HWT — Mitch Monteiro (12-5) event will be broadcast for FREE through CSTV’s nament brackets takes place Thursday, Feb. 27. All-Access promotion. Those wishing to watch the event can do so, by clicking on the All-Access link CSUB’s PAC-10 HISTORY: on the right hand side of the Pac-10 homepage. • CSUB had a pair of Pac-10 champions in 2009. CSU BAKERSFIELD WRESTLING NOTES • FEB. 24, 2010 • PAGE 2 OF 6 Elijah Nacita knocked off No. 1 seed Chris Drouin comeback this year, conceding a tight 2-1 decision of Arizona State at 141 pounds and Mitch Monteiro to Duenas, Nacita picked up two technical fall wins, QUICK FACTS beat Clayton Jack of Oregon State. including one over MSU Mankato’s Robbie Fisher, GENERAL INFORMATION • Bakersfield has won two Pac-10 team titles, the first who beat him in the opening round, and No. 1 seed Location ..............................................Bakersfield, Calif. in 1996 and the second in 1999. Filip Novachkov of Cal Poly. Nacita’s 6-4 decision Founded .................................................................1970 • The Roadrunners placed third in 2009. over Novachkov avenged a 7-5 loss to the Mustang • Bakersfield’s 155 team points in winning the 1996 from just five days prior. Enrollment .............................................................8,000 Pac-10 title is still a conference record for most Colors ......................................................Blue and Gold points scored at the Pac-10’s. LAST MINUTE ADDITION, LAST SECOND WIN: Affiliation .............................................. NCAA Division I • After placing in the top five for the first 13 years in Senior heavyweight Mitch Monteiro was a last minute Conference .................................................Independent the Pac-10, the Roadrunners have finished better add to the line-up at the 44th NWCA All-Star Classic President ......................................... Dr. Horace Mitchell than fifth place three times in the past nine years. on Nov. 22, but that gave him no disadvantage over Faculty Athletic Rep. ...................Dr. Jacquelyn Kegley his opponent. Monteiro, then ranked No. 6, used Athletic Director ..................................... Rudy Carvajal ALL-TIME AT THE PAC-10 CHAMPIONSHIPS: a takedown in final seven seconds of the match to Athletic Department Phone ....................661.654.2188 • 2009: 3rd (124.5 points) earn a 4-3 win over then No. 2 David Zabriskie of Ticket Office Phone .................................661.654.2583 • 2008: 7th (94.5 points) Iowa State. • 2007: 2nd (105.0 points) COACHING STAFF • 2006: 5th (85.0 points) ANOTHER NWCA ALL-STAR WIN: Mitch Monteiro Head Coach ................................... T.J. Kerr (26th year) • 2005: 7th (67.0 points) was the first Roadrunner to be selected as an NWCA Alma Mater ............................. San Jose State, 1972 • 2004: 4th (87.0 points) All-Star since Stephen Neal earned the honor in Record at CSUB ...................... 232-135-4 (25 years) • 2003: 6th (66.5 points) 1999. Neal was a three-time NWCA All-Star selec- Career Record ......................... 414-205-7 (37 years) • 2002: 8th (43.0 points) tion, and won all three bouts. CSUB has now had 15 E-mail [email protected] • 2001: 6th (70.0 points) all-time selections to the event and has been victori- • 2000: 4th (101.5 points) ous in all but one bout. Assistant Head Coach ..........Mike Mendoza (8th year) • 1999: 1st (136.5 points) E-mail [email protected] • 1998: 4th (91.0 points) ON DECK: The 2010 NCAA Championships are Mar. Assistant Coach ......................Ryan Halsey (3nd year) • 1997: 2nd (118.0 points) 18-20 at the Qwest Center on Omaha, Neb. E-mail ....................... rhalsey@rch_construction.com • 1996: 1st (155.0 points) Volunteer Coach ......................... Brian Cobb (6th year) • 1995: 3rd (108.0 points) NEED MORE INFO?: For all of the most up-to-date Student Assistant Coach ................Brandon Zoetewey • 1994: 2nd (98.25 points) information about CSU Bakersfield wrestling and Alumni Relations Coordinator ...............Stephen Neal • 1993: 3rd (92.0 points) all other Roadrunner sports, check out the CSUB Wrestling Office Phone ...........................661.654.2343 • 1992: 3rd (84.5 points) Athletics Web site at: www.GoRunners.com. • 1991: 2nd (101.5 points) WRESTLING INFORMATION • 1990: 2nd (90.5 points) 2008-09 Record/Pac-10 Finish ................10-5 Dual/3rd • 1989: 5th (41.0 points) 2008-09 NCAA Tournament Finish ......36 of 72 teams • 1988: 5th (39.25 points) NCAA Qualifiers Returning/Lost .............................3/3 Starters Returning/Lost ...........................................8/4 DUAL STREAK COMPLETE: Riley Orozco rolled Letterwinners Returning/Lost ...............................15/7 through the dual portion of the 2010 schedule with a Redshirts/Newcomers ..............................................6/7 perfect 9-0 record. The junior 197-pounder had five decisions, two major decisions, one technical fall and First Year .................... 1973 (1st year Division I - 1988) a pin for his nine wins. All-Time Record .............................................419-190-6 NCAA DI / NCAA DII ...............199-120-4 / 220-70-2 RILEY ON A ROLL: Junior Riley Orozco is on a roll NCAA Team Championships ...............8 (in Division II) entering the 2010 Pac-10 Championshisp this week. NCAA Individual Champions .................9 (DI), 30 (DII) Not only did he go perfect in dual competition this Pac-10 Conference Championships .... 2 (1996, 1999) season, but he carries a 10-match win streak into this week’s action. He has only lost six matches all sea- SPORTS INFORMATION son, and just twice did losses come back-to-back.