Stanford Falls To No. 24 Cal State Fullerton, 25-17

The Cardinal will finish out the regular season at Arizona State next week.

Feb. 10, 2008


Stanford, Calif. - In the final contest on the Farm for the 2007-08 Cardinal wrestling team, the No. 24 Cal State Fullerton Titans came out on top, besting Stanford, 25-17. The Cardinal falls to 12-4 with the loss and 5-3 in the Pac-10.

Seniors Tanner Gardner and Josh Zupancic made the most of their Stanford home finales, combining for 11 of the 17 Stanford points. Junior Luke Feist picked up the other Stanford win, pinning his second opponent of the year in the first period.


Tanner Gardner pinned his 17th opponent of the year in the loss.

Gardner (34-1) kept the Cardinal alive with a win by fall at 125 pounds, putting Andre Gonzalez on his back in 2:50 to narrow the Stanford deficit to just four points. The pin was Gardner's 17th of the year, just one short of the program's single-season record. Gardner is just two wins short of matching Matt Gentry's career win record set in 2005 (138).

Stanford will wrap up the regular season next week in Tempe, Ariz., battling Arizona State next Sunday at noon. The Pac-10 Championships will be hosted by the University of Oregon in Eugene this year, Mar. 2-3.

Cal State Fullerton 25, Stanford 17
125 - No. 6 Tanner Gardner (S) pinned Andre Gonzalez (F), 2:50
133 - No. 10 TJ Dillashaw (F) maj. dec. Porfirio Madrigal (S), 9-0
141 - Teddy Astorga (F) dec. Max Rosefigura (S), 10-3
149 - No. 15 Morgan Atkinson (F) dec. Lucas Espericueta (S), 11-5
157 - No. 10 Josh Zupancic (S) tech. fall Devin Velasquez (F), 19-3
165 - Teddy Bristol (F) maj. dec. Kyle Pubols (S), 12-2
174 - Luke Feist (S) pinned Todd Noel (F), 2:43
184 - No. 12 Ian Murphy (F) dec. Zack Giesen (S), 4-3
197 - John Drake (F) maj. dec. Jake Johnson (S), 10-2
Hwt - No. 5 Wade Sauer (F) maj. dec. Phillip Doerner (S), 9-1
*dual started at 141 pounds