Titans Finish 21-18 at Las Vegas Invitational Dec. 6-7, 2002– Las Vegas, NV
After two days of competition against some of the top wrestlers in
the nation, Cal State Fullerton headed home with an overall record of
21 victories and 18 defeats at the Cliff Keen Invitational at the Las
Vegas Convention Center.
133 - David Rodriguez won his opening match and ended up 3-2 for the tourney
after losing to Michigan's Foley Dowd, 18-5.
141 - Juan Mora (3-2) lost his opening bout but then came back to win
three in a row before suffering an elimination loss.
149 - Brett Gordon beat Saul Lucatero of Menlo College, 10-8, but then
lost to Anthony Pedrosa of Illinois, 5-4. He then beat Jeremiah Tobias
of Michigan, 7-6, before losing to Oregon State's Tony Hook, 3-1.
157 - Dustin Vance split his four matches. He beat Paul Carlson of North
Dakota State, 2-1, and Nata McMillin of Nebraska, 3-2. His losses came
to Kenny Burleson of Missouri, 4-2, and Joey Martinez of Menlo College,
11-3.
165 - Risto Marttinen beat John Zamora of Northern Idaho, 19-4 for a technical
fall, but then was beaten by Pat Owen of Michigan, 12-2. He came back
to win two more bouts before losing to Sean Jenkins of Brown, 6-5.
174 - Chris Carlino beat Doran Heist of Brown, 22-6 for a technical fall,
but then lost to Tom Maesters of Augustana (SD), 8-6. He then won four
matches in a row -- two by pin -- before losing to Ryan Lange of Purdue,
10-6.
184 - Rowdy Lundegreen lost to Jason Cox of VMI, 8-6, and then had to
default.
197 - Landon Seefeldt went 3-2 for the tourney, beating Peter Mosley of
Brown, 8-2, before being eliminated by Kyle Smith of Michigan, 6-1.
Hvy - Edgar Hernandez was pinned by Dustin Sullivan of Adams State, 2:34,
and then lost to Jonas Corl of Harvard, 6-0.
