2005-06 PSU VVikingiking WrestlingWrestling James Scharmann, Media Relations Assistant 503-725-5744 • [email protected] Portland State Athletics Media Relations PO Box 751, Portland, OR 97207 NEXT UP PSU ATAT 2/26-27: PAC-10 CHAMPIONSHIPCHAMPIONSHIPS hree seniors will lead Portland State into the Pac-10 conference championships on Feb. 26- 27 in Stanford, Calif. Chris Feist, Karras Kalivas and Adam Duryee have accounted for 54 OVERALL: 3-19 Tpercent of the Vikings match victories this season. PAC-10: 0-8 174-pounder Kalivas leads Portland State this season with a 3-2 record versus Pac-10 op- ponents. The Bakersfi eld, Calif., native also holds the distinction of being the Viking with the Date Opponent Time longest dual match win streak of the season at fi ve. A junior college All-American at Bakersfi eld 11/12 SOUTHERN OREGON _ L 32-12 Community College, Kalivas will get his fi rst and only chance at placing at a Division I conference 11/12 PACIFIC _____________W 24-18 tournament. 11/12 ARIZONA STATE* ______ L 44-6 The same can be said for 149-pounder Duryee who has collected the most overall victories for 11/19 Best Of The West ______ All Day the Vikings this season with 13. Duryee was successful in his last tournament appearance taking 12/10 vs. Southern Oregon ____ L 29-10 second at the Best of the West on Nov.19 recording a 4-1 record at the event. 12/14 at Cal State Bakersfi eld* __ L 45-6 Feist, Portland State’s 165-pounder, is in the midst of a 5-2 stretch and of late has been one of 12/14 at Cal Poly* ____________ L 39-6 the most dependable Vikings. For the season, Feist is 12-12. 12/18 Reno Tournament _______ All Day 1/5 WYOMING ____________ L 42-3 2/26-27: PAC-10 CHAMPIONSHIPS 1/7 NEBRASKA-KEARNEY L 40-10 • Vikings 2004-05 Pac-10 Finish: 10th (26 pts.) 1/7 SIMON FRASER ______ L 25-21 • Top 2004-05 PSU Finishers: 2nd, 149 Eddie Dahlen; 2nd, 285 Allen Kennett 1/7 AIR FORCE ___________ L 38-9 LAST 1/8 PSU TOURNAMENT ___ All Day 1/11 UTAH VALLEY STATE _ L 30-15 1/13 at Oregon Classic Duals __10 a.m. vs. Oregon* ___________ L 32-12 1/20 at North Dakota State ____ L 37-6 1/21 at South Dakota State ___ L 28-18 1/27 NORTHERN COLORADO L 30-22 1/28 at Pacifi c _____________W 25-13 1/28 FRESNO STATE _______W 24-23 2/4 at Stanford* ____________ L 40-7 2/4 at UC Davis* ___________ L 36-9 6 p.m. – Session II (Semifi nals & Consolations) 2/10 at Boise State* __________ L 46-0 2/11 at Utah Valley State _____ L 30-17 2/15 at Oregon* _____________ L 49-0 2/26 hampionships _11 a.m. PROBABLE STARTERS VIKING LEADERS Wt. Yr. Wrestler Rec. Notes 125 FR Bricen Yakabe 10-15 Wrestled in all 05-06 Viking dual meets WINS 133 SO Kip Watson 1-9 Tenative having suffered knee injury Overall: Adam Duryee, 13 141 FR Tony Kubec OR 1-4 Div. I: Feist, 12 SR Ben Barch 1-1 Last wrestled Nov. 19 PINS 149 SR Adam Duryee 9-14 13 overall victories Murphy & Duryee, 3 157 JR Kainoa Casco 7-7 5-3 over last eight matches 165 SR Chris Feist 12-12 5-2 over last seven matches TECH. FALLS 174 SR Karras Kalivas 11-10 9-5 in January including fi ve straight dual wins Three tied with one 184 SO Sean Murphy 2-14 MAJOR DECISIONS 197 SO Jake Schneider 6-13 Chris Feist, 4 HWT JR Steve Fittinger OR 0-13 Suffered knee injury on Jan. 27 FR Joey Nobriga 0-6 2005-06 PSU VikingViking WrestlingWrestling 11 a.m. – Session III (Consolation Semifi nals, Finals - Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth- MARLIN GRAHN A Portland State Uni- versity institution, Marlin Grahn returns for his 22nd season at the helm of the Vikings’ wrestling program. Grahn’s impact on Viking athletics stretches back 36 years when he arrived on the Park Blocks as a stu- dent-athlete in 1969. over duties at 174-pounds, a spot usually held by senior Karras Kalivas. Both Vikings Recently, he has over- seen the Vikings’ return to NCAA Division I as a mem- ber of the Pac-10 confer- ence. Grahn was an outstanding wrestler for the Vikings for four years under legendary coaches Howard Westcott and Don Conway, compiling a record of 53 win and 13 Duryee. Schneider’s competition, Tony Rolen, used a takedown with :15 seconds left losses, with 26 pins from 1969 through 1973. Following his days as a student-athlete, Grahn served as an assistant coach for Don Conway (1973-76) and Len Kauffman (1977-84), before being promoted to head coach prior to the start of the 1984-85 season. • Two NCAA II National Championship TeamsTeams 1989 & 1990 • Four Regional Championship Teams 149: Stewart Bogart (UO) decision Adam Duryee (PSU), 5-0 1988, 1989, 1990 & 1992 157: Cyle Hartzell (UO) major decision Kainoa Casco (PSU), 19-7 • 40 All-Americans, seven National Champions and 184: Shane Webster (UO) tech. fall Sean Murphy (PSU), 21-6 Head Coach .............Marlin Grahn (Portland State, ‘73) 197: Tony Rolen (UO) decision Jake Schneider (PSU), 8-6 School Record ..........................126-281-9/22nd year Career Record ...................................................Same 285: Chris Dearmon (UO) pinned Steve Fittinger (PSU), 1:17 Marlin Grahn’s Phone .........................503-725-4688 Volunteer Assistant Coaches ..................... Mark Tracey, ................................Anthony Amado, Charlie Lucas Home Arena (Capacity) ...Peter W. Stott Center (1,500) 2004-05 Dual Record .............................................. 2-17 2004-05 Pac-10 Record .................................. 0-7 (10th) Letterwinners Returning/Lost ................................ 14/5 Starters Returning/Lost ............................................. 8/2 Redshirts/Freshmen/Transfers ............................... 4/5/4 2005-06 PSU VikingViking WrestlingWrestling V NOTES PAC-10 TEAM RANKINGS enior Chris Feist enters the Pac-10 Championships with a 5-2 record over his last 2. Cal Poly 3. Oregon State 4. Oregon MATCH BREAKDOWN 5. Boise State 6t. UC Davis Jan. 27- Win at 165: 13-5 major decision vs. Devan Lewis (UNC) Cal State Bakersfi eld Jan. 28- WinWin at 165: 18-3 technical fall vs. Marshall Cook (PAC),(PAC), 6:30 8. Cal State Fullerton Win at 165: Won by Forfeit. 9. Stanford Feb. 4- Win at 165: 14-6 major decision vs. Miguel Matta (STAN) Loss at 165: Pinned by Dustin Noack (UCD), 1:44 Feb. 10- Loss at 165: 5-3 decision vs. Lex Case (BSU) PROGRAM HISTORY Feb. 11- Win at 165: 9-0 major decision vs. Devin Siddoway (UVSC) Program Year ________________ 50th (1956-2005) Pac-10 Conference _____________ 8th (1998-2005) NCAA Team Championships __________ 67, 89, 90 NCAA Individual Champions ________________ 11 Winning Seasons __________________________ 23 All-Time Record ______________414-480-21 (.463) 2004-05 Record __________________________2-17 2004-05 Pac-10 Record _____________________0-7 MEDIA RELATIONS in recent memory, went on to place sixth at the Pac-10 Championships after a 10-18 regular season... Yakabe also has the distinction of being the only Viking not to miss a Assistant Athletic Director/ Media Relations .......................................... Mike Lund Email ............................................. [email protected] Phone ................................................ 503-725-5602 Assistant Media Relations Director ............................................................. Rick Stupak Email [email protected] Phone ................................................ 503-725-2525 Media Relations Assistant (Wrestling Contact) .................................................... James Scharmann Email ......................................... [email protected] Offi ce ................................................ 503-725-5744 Media Relations Fax .............................. 503-725-5610 PSU Athletics Website .....................www.GoViks.com Steve Brenner Senior 174-pounder Karras Kalivas 2005-06 PSU VVikingiking WrestlingWrestling PAC-10 PROBABLE LINEUPS #11 Arizona State (14-7, 8-0) Cal State Bakersfi eld (5-7, 3-5) Oregon State (12-2, 6-1) 2004-05 Pac-10 Finish: First 2004-05 Pac-10 Finish: Eighth 2004-05 Pac-10 Finish: Third Returning Champions: Velazquez, Stith 125- Jeremy Mendoza • 28-2 125- Zack Bigboy • 4-7 OR Brandon Zoetewey • 6-9 125- Eric Stevenson • 27-7 133- John Espinoza • 3-0 133-Tommy Vargas • 9-4 133- Bobby Pfennigs • 13-2 141- Jason Robbins • 5-6 141-Matt Schumm • 16-10 141- Kyle Larson • 22-3 149- Pat Payne • 17-12 149-Anthony Baza • 16-4 149- Orlando Perez • 14-12 157- Brian Stith • 25-2 157-Daniel Atondo • 6-7 157- Tony Hook • 19-7 165- Patrick Pitsch • 21-11 165-Brian Busby • 18-8 165- Anthony Weber • 12-16 174- Chris Remsen • 0-2 174-Christian Arellano • 17-9 174- Jeremy Larson • 24-8 184- C.B. Dollaway • 10-6 184-Brandon Ceremello • 2-11 184-Kyle Bressler • 5-14 197- Ryan Bader • 25-4 197-Colton Nichols • 1-7 197- Dan Pitsch • 15-9 285- Cain Velasquez • 30-5 285-Eric Parker • 21-11 285- Ty Watterson • 26-7 Boise State (8-4, 4-3) Cal State Fullerton (5-8, 0-6) Stanford (7-6, 4-3) 2004-05 Pac-10 Finish: Fourth 2004-05 Pac-10 Finish: Ninth 2004-05 Pac-10 Finish: Fifth Returning Champions: Jorgensen, Cherrington 125- Cory Fish • 17-12 125- Curtis Schurkamp • 7-14 125- Tanner Gardner • 31-9 133- Scott Jorgensen • 20-8 133- T. J. Dillashaw • 14-14 133- Eric Minnick • 4-20 141- Jordan Brock • 5-16 141- Teddy Astorga • 6-12 141- Juston Johnson • 4-6 149- Tyler Sherfey • 25-8 149- Morgan Atkinson • 22-12 149- Josh Zupancic • 22-4 157- Ben Cherrington • 12-0 157- Shawn Reilly • 17-9 157- Scott Loescher • 19-17 165- Lex Case • 5-10 OR Johnny Nunez • 6-15 165- Risto Marttinen • 21-11 165- Ray Blake • 37-10 174- Ben Gilliand • 9-11 174- Ian Murphy • 10-5 174- Luke Feist • 15-16 184- K.C.