Stanford Upends Arizona State, 28-16

Pins by two Cardinal freshmen help the squad top the Sun Devils for the first time in program history.

Feb. 17, 2008

Tempe, Ariz. - The Stanford wrestling team ended its 2007-08 regular season on a high note. With the help of pins by freshmen Porfirio Madrigal and Lucas Espericueta, the Cardinal topped the Arizona State Sun Devils for the first time in program history, 28-16. Stanford heads to next month's Pac-10 Championships with a 13-4 overall record and a 6-3 mark in the conference.

Starting at 125 pounds, the Cardinal was given a six-point head start when senior Tanner Gardner earned a win by forfeit. Gardner (35-1) is now just one win short of matching Matt Gentry's career win record, and one pin short of matching Chris Horpel's single-season pin record.

Stanford 28, Arizona State 16
125 - No. 6 Tanner Gardner (S) win by forfeit
133 - Porfirio Madrigal (S) pinned Todd Schavrien (A), 6:44
141 - Chris Drouin (A) maj. dec. Max Rosefigura (S), 15-4
149 - Lucas Espericueta (S) pinned Orlando Jimenez (A), 4:30
157 - No. 10 Josh Zupancic (S) maj. dec. Alex Pavlenko (A), 19-5
165 - Patrick Pitsch (A) dec. Kyle Barrett (S), 4-0
174 - Luke Feist (S) dec. Rick Renzi (A), 1-0
184 - No. 15 Brent Chriswell (A) pinned Zack Giesen (S), 1:02
197 - Jake Johnson (S) dec. Thor Moen (A), 11-4
HWT - Imanibom Etukeren (A) dec. Phillip Doerner (S), 9-3