Tanner Gardner Claims Third Title of the Season at Las Vegas Invitational
Stanford senior tops Tony Pescaglia of Missouri in the championship bout.
Dec. 1, 2007
Tanner Gardner won his third
tournament title of the year.
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.
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.
