The dual opened at 174 pounds with Luke Feist turning a 12-2 first period lead into an 18-2 technical fall over ASU's Rick Renzi to stake the hosts to an early 5-0 team lead. Greg Gifford then took the mat at 184 pounds and won his eighth bout in a row, this time with a 10-2 major decision over Zack Giesen. Trailing by one point, Jason Trulson was awarded a win by forfeit at 197 pounds to give ASU the lead, 10-5.
Stanford won the next two bouts, first with Phillip Doerner winning a 5-2 decision at heavyweight over Thor Moen to cut the Sun Devil lead to 10-8. The hosts took the lead back, 14-10, at 125 pounds when No. 3 Tanner Gardner won by forfeit. The lead, however, was short-lived as Shawn Jones picked up a 14-5 major decision at 133 pounds over Cameron Teitelman, tying the score at 14-14.
Robert Galvan gave the Sun Devils the lead once again by snapping a six-dual losing streak, scoring a 15-9 decision over Matt Kim at 141 pounds and putting the Sun Devils on top, 17-14. But, the ASU lead was also short-lived as a forfeit at 149 pounds put the hosts back in front, 20-17, with two bouts remaining.
No. 4 Brian Stith closed out his dual career with a 3-1 decision over No. 15 Josh Zupancic to tie the team score at 20-20, while improving to 21-2 on the year. Stith finished with 55 dual wins in his career and is tied for ninth all-time in Sun Devil history. In the final bout of the evening, No. 12 Patrick Pitsch gave his team the overall win as he posted a 6-0 decision over Scott Loescher at 165 pounds, pushing ASU to the win, 23-20.
The Sun Devils will now prepare to compete in the 2007 Pac-10 Wrestling Championships, slated for Saturday and Sunday, February 24-25, inside the Icardo Center in Bakersfield, Calif. The Sun Devils are two-time defending conference champions and will be looking to win their third crown in a row.
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