Boise State leads heading into the Pac-10 Wrestling Championship finals tonight at 6:30 p.m. PT

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John Fuller (TheMat.com)
03/03/2002


CORVALLIS, OR - The Pac-10 wrestleback semifinals, 3rd and 5th place matches were held in this morning's session at Gil Coliseum at Oregon State University. The top four place winners qualify for the NCAA Division I National Championships in Albany, NY March 21-23, along with three wildcards spots that will be determined by coaches at the end of the tournament.    A handful of seeded wrestlers fell in the wrestleback semifinals, including Mike Simpson of Arizona State (2nd/125); Matt Sanchez of Cal-Bakersfield (4th/125); Jason Harless, Oregon (2nd/133); Nathan Navarro, Oregon State (3rd/133); Gabe Vigil, Boise State (4th/141); Rocky Smart of Arizona State (1st/157); Brody Barrios, Cal-Poly (4th/165); and Charles Sandlin, CPU (3rd/184) who was disqualified from the tournament for flagrant misconduct for allegedly biting his opponent during the match. In addition, Sandlin also will lose all team points accumulated throughout the tournament. With a top four qualifying position out of reach, their only hope for a NCAA qualifying bid now lies with the coaches and the three wildcard spots.     The following are the medal round results, along with the matchups for the finals, which will take place tonight at 6:30 p.m. PT    Team Scores & Number of Qualifiers  117/7 - Boise State   109.5/7 - Oregon  100.5/5 - Arizona State  77.5/5 - Oregon State  71.5/3 - Cal-Poly  57/3 - Cal-Davis  50.5/4 - Stanford  43/2 - Cal-Bakersfield  31.5/2 - Portland State  29/2 - Cal-Fullerton      Medal Round Results  *Top four placers qualify for NCAA National Championships    125 Pounds  1st - #1 seed Ben VomBaur, BSU vs. #3 seed Shaun Williams, UO  3rd - Nathan Peterson, SU maj dec.  Michael Delaney, OSU, 12-2  5th - #4 seed Matt Sanchez, CSUB maj dec. #2 seed Mike Simpson, ASU, 14-6    133 Pounds  1st - Jesse Brock, BSU vs. Efren Ceballos, CSUB   3rd - #1 seed David Douglas, ASU dec. #4 seed Urijah Faber, UCD, 9-4  5th - #2 seed Jason Harless, UO dec. #3 seed Nathan Navarro, OSU, 8-4    141 Pounds  1st - #1 seed Eric Larkin, ASU vs. Brian Watson, UO   3rd - #2 seed Cedric Haymon, CPU dec. Brad Metzler, SU, 7-3  5th - #4 seed Gabe Vigil, BSU fall Ryan Meloche, CSUB, 5:37    149 Pounds  1st -#1 seed Collin Robertson, BSU vs. #2 seed Matt Gentry, SU   3rd - #3 seeded Thomas Juarez, CSUB dec. #4 seed Casey Hunt, UO, 2-1  5th - Matt Cox, CPU fall Evan Larkin, ASU, 4:26    157 Pounds  1st - Jeremiah Jarvis, UCD vs. #2 seed Tony Overstake, UO   3rd - Mitch Morgan, BSU fall #3 seed Levi Weikel-Magden, SU, 4:25  5th - #1 seed Rocky Smart, ASU maj dec. Leo Sanchez, CSUF, 11-1    165 Pounds  1st - #1 seed Eugene Harris, UO vs. #2 seed Burt Pierson, UCD   3rd - Nick Frost, ASU dec. #3 seed Chris Carlino, CSUF, 12-7  5th - #4 seed Brody Barrios, CPU dec. Jed Pennell, OSU, 10-3    174 Pounds  1st - #1 seed Nathan Coy, OSU vs.  #2 seed Steve Strange, CPU   3rd - Shane Webster, OU dec. #3 seed Pat Owens, BSU, 13-4  5th - Mike Font, UCD win by injury default over #4 seed Quinn Collett, PSU     184 Pounds  1st - #1 seed Jeremy Wilson, PSU vs. #2 seed Isaac Weber, OSU   3rd - #4 seed Tony D'Amico, BSU dec. Rowdy Lundgreen, CSUF, 5:10  5th - Will Carr, ASU win by disqualification of #3 seed Charles Sandlin, CPU    197 Pounds  1st - #1 seed Erik Gladish, ASU vs. #3 seed David Schenk, CPU  3rd - #2 seed Jason Lovell, OSU dec. Randy Davidson, PSU, 5-2  5th - Jacob McGinnis, BSU dec. Jake Leair, UO, 10-4    285 Pounds  1st - #1 seed Kellan Fluckiger, ASU vs. #2 seed Jason Cooley, OSU   3rd - #3 seed Eric Webb, UO dec. #4 seed Boe Rushton, BSU, 8-4  5th - Clint Walbeck, CPU dec. Flynn Flicker, UCD, 2-1