Rookie Anthony Robles opened things up by knocking off Marcos Orozco, the third-place finisher at the 2007 Pac-10 Championships, by a 7-5 score. Robles gave up an early takedown before scoring three two-point nearfalls in the second quarter to take a 6-2 lead. Ahead 6-3 at the start of the third, Orozco, a senior, took down Robles, but the Sun Devil escaped for the final 7-5 victory.
Leading 3-0, the Sun Devils added four more points to their team total as rookie Todd Schavrien claimed a 14-3 major decision at 133 over Brandon Law. Schavrien built a 4-1 lead after the first period of action and scored a reversal and one point for an illegal hold on Law for a 7-1 lead through two. With a two-point nearfall, a pair of takedowns and the riding time point, Schavrien ended the bout with an 11-point victory.
ASU built its lead to 10-0 after the 141 bout saw its third rookie, Chris Drouin, claim a 9-4 decision over Nexi Delgado. Drouin led the entire way as he scored a pair of takedowns in the first period for a 4-2 lead and improved it to 6-4 through two. In the final period, Drouin scored one more takedown and added the riding time bonus for the 9-4 final.
Despite the large lead, the hosts jumped ahead, 14-10, by winning the next four bouts. Barrett Abel won a 16-0 technical fall over rookie Preston Pruett at 149 before Kyle Dubs downed Alex Pavlenko, 9-3, at 157 pounds. Dustin Noak gave the Aggies an 11-10 lead following the 165 bout with his 7-2 defeat of rookie Cory Nelson before Tyler Bernacchi won a 7-3 decision over senior Rick Renzi at 174 for a 14-10 UCD lead.
Although his team was trailing, rookie and 19th-ranked Brent Chriswell made that deficit short-lived as the transfer from Purdue took down his opponent 31 seconds into the bout before pinning him two seconds later for the fall. The six team points earned put the Sun Devils back on top, 16-14, with two bouts remaining. No. 14 Jason Trulson extended the ASU lead to 20-14 after the 197 pound bout as the senior picked up a 14-2 major decision over Jordan Taghvai. Trulson took a 5-0 lead through one before extending the lead to 7-1 after the second.
With a victory by Quinton Pruett at heavyweight or a loss of technical fall or less, the Sun Devils would win the bout. Although the junior captain came out on the losing end of a 7-2 decision to Ricky Alcala, the three team points was not enough to overtake the Sun Devils, giving the visitors the 20-17 victory.
The Sun Devils will next head to Portland, Ore., on Sunday when they face three teams as part of the Portland State Duals inside the Stott Center. ASU will face Pacific (Ore.) at noon, Southern Oregon at 2 p.m. and host Portland State at 4 p.m. in a Pac-10 Conference dual.
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