The dual opened at 165 with No. 15 Patrick Pitsch pinning Evan Barbre in 4:13 to stake the hosts to an early 6-0 lead. That lead grew to 10-0 after Rick Renzi scored a 16-8 major decision over Steve Gee. The first Sun Devil senior to compete on the day was Greg Gifford, who capped his ASU home career with a 10-2 major decision. From there, Jason Trulson won by forfeit at 197 to extend the Sun Devils' lead to 20-0.
After a fall at heavyweight made the dual score 20-6, senior John Espinoza took the mat and won a 4-1 decision over Joshua Obergon to push the advantage to 23-6. But, the Mustangs would win the 133 bout by fall and followed with two more wins by decision to cut the lead to 23-18 with one bout remaining.
In the final bout of the day, senior No. 5 Brian Stith scored a 4-1 decision victory to give the hosts the victory. The win moved Stith into the No. 14 position on the ASU all-time wins list with 108 while also pushing him up to No. 9 in career dual victories with 54.
ASU hits the road next weekend to close out its 2007 dual schedule with a 7 p.m. dual Friday in Palo Alto, Calif., with the Stanford Cardinal.
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