1997_12 The Daily Collegian December 1997

              THE DAILY
Q COLLEGIAN
O       Friday, December 5, 1997
Sports
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COMER
NAIA Wrestling Poll
1.
Missouri Valley
2
U. of Mary
3.
MSU-Northern
4.
U. of Findlay
5.
Southern Oregon
6.
Simon Fraser
7.
Central Washington
8.
Embrv-Riddlc
9.
Dickinson
10.
Pacific Lutheran
11.
Linden wood
12
UW-Parksidc
13.
Valley City
14.
Westmar
15.
Cumberland
16
Pacific
17.
Jamestown
IS
Northwestern
19.
Ml. Saint Joseph
20.
Dakota Wesleyan
Two Fresno Stale wrestlers
mOved~lnlo the national top 12
m this week's National Wrestling
Association/Amateur News
Rankings.
With a perfect 4-0 record this
season, freshman Stephen Abas
is ranked No. 10 at 118 pounds.
Abas took first place at the All-'
California Open on Nevember
16.
Also undefeated this year at
5-0 is junior Stan Greene. He is
ranked No. 11 at the 126 pounds.
Greene also took first at the All-
California Open.
The No. 29 Bulldogs return to
action this Friday and Saturday
at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas In¬
vitational at the Buffalo Bills
Resort in Stateline, Nev.
- Fresno State's opener is
Wednesday. December 10 at the
North Gym versus Cal-State Ful-
lerton.
-Sports Information
Individual wrestling
records
Green
Jackson
Abas
Rider
Huff
Frausto
Nelson
DeCarli
Kim
Coffing
McDowell
Cornish
Demcrs
-Sports
126
190
118
190
190
142
167
150
126
134
150
158
158
5-0
5-2
4-0
4-0
3-0
3-1
3-1
3-2
3-3
2-2
2-2
2-2
2-2
Information
Bulldogs place well at Speedo Cup
By Luis Hernandez
The Daily Collegian
The Fresno State swimming
team didn't know where they could
place at the Speedo Cup that is tak¬
ing place at Long Beach.
And after the first day of com¬
petition, the Bulldogs are answer¬
ing their own question with their
performance in the pool
After the first day of competi¬
tion, the Bulldogs have secured
fourth place at the Speedo Cup af¬
ter compiling 162 points.
The Bulldogs grabbed sixth
place at the medley relay race. The
Bulldogs completed the race in
3:57.54. The Cal Berkeley Golden
Bears took first place in the race
with a time of 3:45.
It is the Cal-Berkelcy Golden
Bears who lead the meet after the
first day of competition. The
Golden Bears were led by Elli
Ovarton, who swam the 200-meter
individual medley race in 1:59.83.
Coming behind the Golden
Bears, University Of Nevada and
Brigham Young took second and.
third.
The Wolf £ack grabbed 347
points and the Cougars amassed
185.5
The competition will continue
until Saturday.
Before the competition. Fresno
State swimmers said that it was
hard to predict where the Bulldogs
would place in the season's biggest
meet.
After completing the Speedo
Cup. the Bulldogs will take on UC-
Davis at Davis Friday. Dec. 12.
Sports Info
Holly Gravatt is one Bulldog swimer competing at the Speedo
Cup.
Wrestlers look to hit jackpot in Vegas
File photo
Tim Cornish, front, tries to get away from a Matt Demers" hold.
By Maj A. Khan
The Daily Collegian
The Fresno State wrestlers are
in Las Vegas today for the Las Ve¬
gas Invitational.
The tournament is the first lime
the Bulldogs will see WAC-school
wrestlers this season.
Coach Dennis DeLiddo expects
performances similar to what he
saw in the All-California Open last
. month, where five of his wrestlers
won their respective weight classes.
The Bulldogs travel with a line¬
up that docs not include lone-senior
Sean Kim.
Kim had missed a number of
practices before the team left for
Las Vegas.
"He's back. He's not in shape,
but he's back,*' DeLiddo said."
If Kim is to wrestle this year, his
senior year, he will need to chal¬
lenge his spot away from either
freshman Stephen Abas or junior
Stan Greene.
"He didn't want to challenge us
out. Whoever r>c challenges, it'll be
close. It'll be one take-down that'll
decide it." said Abas, who wrestles
at the 118-pound class.
Abas was not so concerned with
the loss of the team's lone senior
this year as he was about his chance
to wrestle the top three in the na¬
tion, and knocking off Oklahoma
State's Teague Moore off the No. I
ranking in the nation in his division.
"It doesn't really matter, I'm
going to have to wrestle real good."
Greene said.
The starling line-up is as fol¬
lows: Abas at 118-pounds, Greene
at \2tr, freshman Adam Coffing at
134, junior Alfredo Frausto at 134.
freshman Matt Demers at 150,
sophomore Tim Cornish at 158,
junior Markese Nelson at 167, jun¬
ior Demertist Huff at 177, junior
Donny Rider at 190, and junior
Dave Wheeler at the heavy-weight.
The Bulldogs will host Cal-State
FuMorton on Dec. 10.
On the 14th. the 'Dogs will host
San Francisco State and University
of Minnesota.
NFL Picks
Pittsburgh Steelers will suprise Denver Broncos
By Ryan Estrada
The Daily CoJIegian
Here are my predictions for
this week's games in the NFL.
' Pittsburgh 31, Denver 30 -
When looking at this match,
people automatically think great
contest. That's true, but with Den¬
ver manhandling New England
earlier in the season, the Steelers
will know**immediately if they
have a shot at the AFC title.   J
Carolina 21, Dallas 19 - With
playoff hopes wilted, the Cow¬
boys will sink lower after this
game.
Buffalo 25, Chicago 13 - Put
coach Wannstedt down as the next
coach to verbally "provoke" his
team after this loss.
San Francisco 20, Minnesota
17 -/rftupsct by the Vikings could
have the 49ers wondering if they re¬
ally are contenders.
Tampa Bay 23, Green Bay 20
- If the Bucs expect to be taken se¬
riously in the playoffs, then they
must win this game.
Kansas City 36, Oakland 15 -
For this game the Chiefs should
consider giving their whole first-
string squad the day off and let the
second unit play.
Miami 26, Detroit 14 - A win
for the Dolphins will come from the
rejuvenation of the running game
by Lawrence Phillips.
Jacksonville 27, New England
21 - With the Jaguars holding on
for first place, you can bet that they
will be up for this game.
Seattle 24, Baltimore 17 -
Knowing that neither team will be
in the playoffs, you can pretty much
disregard this game.,
Philadelphia 19, N.Y. Giants
16 - A loss to the Eagles would send
them out of the playoff picture.
N.Y. Jets 29, Indianapolis 17 -
Parcells' expertise reflects his
team's record. That's why he's go¬
ing to win this game.
Tennessee 27, Cincinnati 23 -
I know that there's only three more
games left for the Bengals! but
c'mon they should just give it up.
Washington 17, Arizona 14 -
The Redskins have a shot at the
playoffs, but the Cardinals don't.
Atlanta 22, San Diego 15 -
The Chargers have really sunk
low this season. That's why they
will lose their sixth straight game
here.
St. Louis 20, New Orleans 16
- The Rams have made me sick
this year. But this time around
they actually have a chance at
improving that. Look at who
they're taking on: Da Loser.