Dec. 1, 2007
Complete Results in PDF Format
Las Vegas, Nev. - After two straight fourth place finishes at the event, Tanner Gardner made his final trip to the Las Vegas Invitational count. The senior won all five of his matches to improve to 17-0 on the year, and topped Missouri's Tony Pescaglia in the championship bout to claim his third tournament title of the year.
Gardner, who three matches to advance to the semifinals yesterday, began the day with an 11-0 major decision over No. 16 Rollie Peterkin of Penn to advance to the championship bout. The two-time All-American then bested Pescaglia, 9-7, to win his third tournament title in as many tries. Facing a field that included ten of the nation's top 25 125-pounders, Gardner came out on top, improving his record to an unblemished 17-0.
At 157 pounds, senior Josh Zupancic dropped a decision to No. 12 Mike Chandler of Missouri this morning, falling just one match short of placing.
Stanford's next competition is set for Dec. 19, when the team will head back to Nevada for the annual Reno Tournament of Champions.
Stanford Results
Las Vegas Invitational
Nov. 30-Dec. 1, 2007
125 pounds
Tanner Gardner (5-0, 1st place): pinned Eddie Lopez (Western State), 1:15; pinned Sean Roman-Marin (CS Fullerton), 2:04; dec. No. 14 Brandon Kinney (Columbia), 8-4; maj. dec. No. 16 Rollie Peterkin (Penn), 11-0; dec. Tony Pescaglia (Missouri), 9-7.
141 pounds
Matt Kim (0-2): lost by tech. fall to Kellen Russell (Michigan), 16-0; lost to Richard Lohr (Northern Colorado), 5-3 (OT).
149 pounds
Lucas Espericueta (2-2): lost to No. 20 Kyle Larson (Oregon State), 5-1; dec. Camille DuPont (Western State), 4-2; dec. Cody Chipperfield (Wyoming), 9-4; fall to Jeremy Doyle (CS Bakersfield), 5:03.
157 pounds
Josh Zupancic (2-2): dec. Derik Sickels (Columbia), 5-3; dec. Jason Johnstone (Ohio State), 12-8; lost to No. 6 Matt Kocher (Pittsburgh), 4-3; lost to No. 12 Mike Chandler (Missouri), 7-3.
165 pounds
Peter Miller (1-2): dec. Eric Coxbill (Wyoming), 3-2; fall to No. 8 Nick Marable (Missouri), 0:29; lost to Chris Jones (Missouri Valley), 8-2.
174 pounds
Luke Feist (1-2): lost to No. 2 Matt Stolpinski (Navy), 6-2; dec. Kevin Owen (North Carolina), 5-3; lost to Scott Giffin (Penn), 6-1.
184 pounds
Zack Giesen (1-2): lost maj. dec. to Dave Sullivan (Pittsburgh), 8-0; maj. dec. Erik Schuth (Ohio), 11-0; fall to Colt Reece (Wyoming), 3:55.
197 pounds
Jake Johnson (1-2): dec. Ryan Allen (Boise State), 5-3; fall to No. 8 Dallas Herbst (Wisconsin), 1:26; lost to No. 14 Jason Trulson (Arizona State), 7-2.
Heavyweight
Phillip Doerner (2-2): lost to Leuon Mock (Brown), 5-2; win by default Bryan Stansburg (Colorado School of Mines); dec. Tim Ofield (North Idaho), 6-3; lost to Nick Smith (Boise State), 11-4.