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Little wrestles to Pac-10 title
By Steve Ruff on I
Sports Writer '■'" **   .
Continuing his domination of the Pac
10 Conference, All-American Fred "the
Spider" LitUe claimed the 177-pound Pac-10
Championship, and helped the Fresno
State wrestling team place fourth in the
league championships, held Saturday and
Sunday at the Oregon State University
campus in Corvallis.
. Little, tha No. 5 177-pojunder in the
nation, left a'trail of beaten and outclassed
wrestlers, before culminating his
appearance with a 9-0 thrashing of
Arizona State's John Ginther for the
championship.
"I felt really, good out there. I've been
working a lot harder this year, and I feel I
wrestle better to my potential at 177
pounds (instead of ,167 lbs.). I think
things are falling into place," said Little.
Outscoring his opponents 36-5 in the
tournament. Little demolished Utah State's
Ted Castro 14-2, Oregon State's Erik
Miller 6-0 and Fullerton Stele's Jose
Flores 7-3, before his victory over die
No.7-ranked Ginther.
With the tournament victory under his
belt, Litjle raised his record to 28-4 on the
season. For his career. Little is now 25-0
against league competition, and now
stands second on the Bulldog's all-time
victory list wiuV97 career wins. It was his
third league title in three years, but his
first in the Pac-10 (the 'Dogs wrestled in
the PCAA last year), and his first since he
jumped this season from the 167-pound
class to the 177-pound class. Little's first
place finish also guarantees him a bid to
the NCAA Championships, to be held
March |9-21 at the University of
Maryland, situated in College Park.
Maryland.
"I feel pretty good heading into
nationals. I started running this week, and
you can bet I'll be running the next two
weeks. I hurt my shoulder in the tourney,
but with therapy, in two weeks 111 be a
fighting man." Little said.
Also placing for FSU was John OBrien.
The 190-pound senior, who was seeded No.
3 in his weight class, claimed second
place when he was defeated in the
championship match by Arizona State's
Mike Davies, 7-3. O'Brien defeated
Oregon's Joe Rissone • 7-4. and second-
seeded Kurt Knetchel of Utah State 7-4. in
route to the championship match.
"I wrestled pretty well oveHU.T made a
few mistakes in the final match, but it was
a good weekend. It felt great to beat
Knetchel, because he was a seed higher
than me, and he beat me earlier in the year
and made- me look pretty bad, so I was
happy with the win." OBrien said.
Holder of last year's 190-pound PCAA
Championship. O'Brien went 2-1 during
the tourney to raise his record to 23-8.
and earn his second straight trip to the
NCAA Championships. The top three
finishers in each weight division received
automatic NCAA bids. OBrien is looking
forward to his trip to College Park.
"When I went last year, 1 had
confidence, but I didn't have the
experience. Now. I know IVe got the
experience to finish in the Top 8 and
become an All-American." OBrien said.
Junior Vince Walker also received an
NCAA bid when he decisioned Oregon
State's Steve Landen 8-2 to earn a third-
place finish. Walker, a 167-pound JC All-
American transfer from Garden City
College in Kansas, went 3-1 during the
championships to raise his record to 13-
11 on the season. At one point during the
season. Walker's record stood at 3-9, but
since then, he has won 10 out of his last
12. and will be attending his first NCAA
tournament.
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75^WJE" YEARS
M&Lntaqe Days
uWZemy raiitnma Stat* IImvprsitv   Fresno
"I had a big adjustment to make from
die JC level to the.major college level. I
was holding on to things that were
hurting my wrestling. Being homesick, I
guess, was die best way to say it. I tried
to put it out of my head and concentrate
more    on    wresding. Hopefully.    I'm
peaking at the right time. I'm just glad I'm
going to nationals," Walker said.
' The only other Bulldog to receive an
NCAA invitation was freshman Fred
Hunziker. Hunziker. a 142-pounder. went
2-2 during the championships to cam a
fourth-place finish, and was impressive in
his 1-0 overtime loss .to All-American
Scott   Wiggin   from   Stanford.   Hunziker's
record inched up to 11-8-1, and with his
wildcard invitation, he becomes the first
freshman in Fresno State history to gain
an NCAA bid.
"I was just hoping I'd. get a wild card
bid My only losses were to the, No. 1 and
No. 2 seeds, so I thought I had a chance.
It makes me feel really good. Hopefully,
I'll have this feeling the next three years.
too. I'll find out what it's all about die
next couple of weeks," Hunziker said.
Arizona State clinched the team
championship as it ran away from die 'rest
of the field, totalling 101.75 points,
compared with 50.25 points for second
place   Utah   Suite.
SETBACK
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"We played ^aggr&sive defense
together." said Hall. "Myy girl ( Menke-
Wilson) would give it to Zina's girl
(Martell) and Zina would play up in her
face. (Martell is) a tough girl to defense
and we didn't play her really well, but we
played tough and (hat was the key to
containing their backcourl."
Hall and Harris also did a comendablc
job of moving .the ball on offense,
combining for 15 assists and' just four
turnovers.
"The hardest thing about running 4an
offense against Fresno is keeping an eye
on their guards," said Harris, "Their guards
are quick and they'll steal the ball while
you're    directing    your    players    to    go
somewhere so you have to watch thera and
direct at the same time." "\      _/•
With the FSU guards neutralized on
both ends of the court, the load fell on the
front line, and only forward Shannon
McGee was up to the task. The 6-foot
senior hit connected on 12 of 16 field
goal attempts, and five of six free Wows
en route to a game-high 29 points.
Laurie Heinrichs # scored 14 points, but
was not the dominating defensive force
she's been for much of die season. The
Rebels made their intrusions into the
paint behind Heinrichs and the PCAA
blocked-shots leader failed to reject a shot
and establish herself as an intimidator.
Fresno State, which fell to 22-8. will
now have to set their sights on a second
consecutive bid to the Women's National
Invitational Tournament. Last season, the
'Dogs went 0-3 in the WNTT, finishing last
in the eight-team field.
BASEBALL
Continued from page 6
Fresno State registered 15 more hits on
Saturday and FSU starter John Salles ran his
record to 5-1, pitching an eight-hitter and
striking out nine *Zag batters, as Fresno State
claimed the 8-3 win..
Although the hits again came in large
quantities. FSU's mentor saw opportunities
come then go. "We got umpteen hits, but
just weren't able to take advantage of loo
many of them." FSU stranded eight base
runners.
The hottest FSU stick on Saturday
belonged to Steve Pearse, who banged out
four hits in four at-bats, and also tallied a pair
of RBIs. Goodwin and Bates belted three hits
each, and Goodwin stole a pair of bases to
move his team-leading total to 16.
In Friday's opener, Dennis Springer, in not
one of his dandiest outings, gave up six hits,
fanned sue, but also walked six in lifting his
record to 2-1, while going die entire distance.
The 'Dogs, who bashed 16 hits, had six
players crack two hits a piece. Shawn Gilbert
led the high-powered attack with three hits
and three RBIs. FSU had dropped behind 1-0.
but Gilbert's double in the third together with
Stewarts second homer of the year gave
Fresno State all the runs they would need.
Still, Gilbert drove in two more runs an
inning later. And in the fifth, Brandon
Mitchell's two-out RBI single extended the
score to 5-2.
Nexr on the 'Dogs' slate is a two-game
series Tuesday and Wednesday with Texas
Christian at Beiden Field. Springer is
scheduled to pitch the opening night and Salles
is expected to throw on Wednesday. Both
games have 7 pjn. starting times.
California State University. Fresno
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