Nov. 3, 2007
Menlo Park, Calif. - The Stanford wrestling team got an early start to its season today, with 20 team members competing at the Menlo Open at Haynes Prim Pavilion on the Menlo College campus. Nine Cardinal wrestlers went undefeated in the pool tournament to get a successful head start on the season.
The tournament was structured in pools of three, four or five wrestlers. Four Stanford freshmen, Nick Amuchastegui, Max Rosefigura, Murdoch Miller and Matt Winterbourne, went undefeated on their first day of collegiate action. Redshirt freshmen Justin Paulsen and Lucas Espericueta also went undefeated, as did sophomores Jake Johnson and Peter Miller. Senior captain Phillip Doerner also completed the day with a perfect record.
"I was excited to have us get some competition outside the wrestling room," said Head Coach Kerry McCoy. "Our freshmen got an opportunity to see their strengths and weaknesses and we got a good chance to see what we need to work on. This gives us some great momentum going into next week."
The team will head to Tecumseh, Kans. next week for its first dual, meeting Fort Hays State on Friday.
Stanford Results
Menlo Open
November 3, 2007
125 pounds
Austin Quarles (0-2): lost by tech. fall to Frank Lomas (CS Bakersfield), 15-0; lost by fall to Jason Moorhouse (Skyline), 3:39.
Blair Matsuura (0-3): lost to Justin Durham (CS Bakersfield), 10-3; lost to Robert Escalante (Delta College), 6-0; lost maj. dec. to Sean Carlson (Fresno State), 12-4.
133 pounds
Porfirio Madrigal (2-1): lost to Rudy Justo (Menlo College), 9-4; tech. fall Camilo Ardilo (SRJC), 20-5; pinned Michael Howard (West Valley), 3:08.
Justin Paulsen (3-0): pinned Ben Leacox (SRJC), 3:05; maj. dec. Armando Martinez (Delta College), 16-4; dec. Donovan Barela (CS Bakersfield), 10-5.
141 pounds
Matt Kim (2-1): tech. fall Tito Ceniceros (Delta College), 15-0; tech. fall Derrek Chu (San Jose State), 20-4; lost to Jose Sanchez (Unattached), 12-8.
Cameron Teitelman (2-1): pinned Paul Kellam (Delta College), 4:39; lost to Todd Wilcox (Foothill JC), 6-4; tech. fall Genaro Muniz (SRJC), 17-3.
Steve Scheele (1-2): lost to Jewel Jackson (Fresno State), 13-8; dec. Matt Morelli (SRJC), 10-4; fall to Max Rosefigura (Stanford), 1:42.
Max Rosefigura (3-0): pinned Matt Morelli (SRJC), 3:45; pinned Jewel Jackson (Fresno State), 5:12; pinned Steve Scheele (Stanford), 1:42.
149 pounds
Lucas Espericueta (3-0): maj. dec. Anthony Box (CS Bakersfield), 13-2; dec. Mike Righi (Menlo College), 12-9; pinned John West (Skyline), 2:35.
Kenny White (0-3): lost maj. dec. to Sam Barnhart (CS Bakersfield), 14-3; lost to Sabas Cruz (Menlo College), 5-1; lost by fall to Andrew Powers (Fresno Pacific), 2:35.
157 pounds
Trevor Stevens (1-2): dec. Brent Warner (SRJC), 2-0; lost by tech. fall to Trevor Hall (CS Bakersfield), 18-3; lost to Lee Morrison (Menlo College), 5-3.
Marcus Henderson (2-1): dec. James Myles (Delta College), 12-11; tech. fall Arthur Robbins (SRJC), 22-6; lost maj. dec. to Joey Granata (CS Bakersfield), 13-3.
Murdoch Miller (3-0): maj. dec. Sean Weeks (Menlo College), 9-1; maj. dec. Daniel Gonzalez (Evergreen Valley College), 15-5; win by default Damani Buckley (Fresno State).
Nick Amuchastegui (3-0): pinned Nick Williams (SRJC), 1:07; tech. fall Emmanuel Hernandez (Delta College), 18-2; maj. dec. Jose Serabia (Fresno State), 11-2.
165 pounds
Kyle Barrett (1-0): pinned Troy Ramsdell (Delta College), 3:35.
Peter Miller (3-0): pinned Mike Cearley (Delta College), 6:35; pinned Popo Hernandez (Delta College), 0:54; maj. dec. Mike Jeffery (Menlo College), 14-4.
174 pounds
Alex Muller (1-2): dec. Christopher Shogren (Unattached), 5-2; lost by fall to Gary Nelson (Menlo College), 4:23; lost by fall to Shawn Michalek (Unattached), 4:47.
197 pounds
Jake Johnson (3-0): pinned Alexander Stergion (San Jose State), 0:59; tech. fall Matt Giffin (Menlo College), 23-5; pinned Kyle Sandate (Shasta College), 1:38.
Matt Winterbourne (4-0): dec. Andrew Stramler (CS Bakersfield), 10-3; dec. Mark Ryan (SRJC), 7-2; dec. Andres Salas (Delta College), 11-9; dec. Johnny Merryfield (CS Bakersfield), 9-4.
Heavyweight
Phillip Doerner (2-0): pinned Reza Habib (San Jose State), 2:50; pinned Taylor Wilson (Evergreen Valley College), 5:12.