Cory Fish was the first Bronco to advance to the finals when he defeated Thomas Kimbrell of Cal State Bakersfield 3-0 at 133 pounds. The victory was the second of the season for the No. 2 seed Fish over Kimbrell. He will face No. 4 seed Ryan Dunn of Oregon in the finals Monday, Mar. 3. Fish recorded a 9-3 victory over Dunn in their only meeting of the season Jan. 25, at Boise, Idaho.
Freshman Adam Hall defeated Lucas Espericueta of Stanford 9-6 to earn his place in the finals at 149 pounds. He will face Morgan Atkinson of Cal State Fullerton in the final. Hall fell to Atkinson 7-4 in their only meeting of the season Jan. 11 at Fullerton, Calif., for his only loss in Pac-10 competition.
Tyler Sherfey earned his third victory of the day at 157-pounds as he upset the No. 2 seed from Stanford Josh Zupancic 3-2. Sherfey opened the match with a two-point takedown eight seconds in and never relinquished the lead to advance to the finals. Sherfey lost to Zupancic 3-1 in their only meeting this season. Sherfey, who is seeded No. 3 in the Pac-10 and 12th in the country, will face Cal Poly's Chase Pami, No.1 seed and 10th in the nation, for the Pac-10 Championship Monday, Mar. 3.
Kurt Swartz advanced to the finals of the conference championship with a 4-3 victory over Keegan Davis of Oregon State. Swartz will face No. 1 seeded Patrick Pitsch of Arizona State in the finals. Swartz lost to Pitsch 6-3 at the Las Vegas Invitational in their only career meeting. Swartz carries an 11-match winning streak and a perfect 8-0 Pac-10 record into the conference finals.
At 174 pounds, the No. 1 seed Nate Lee collected his second victory of the day as he advanced to the conference championship. Lee defeated Dale Seley of Portland State 8-4 to earn his first career trip to the conference finals. Lee will face No. 3 Tyler Bernacchi of UC Davis in the finals. Lee defeated Bernacchi 4-3 in their only meeting of the season. This was the 14th consecutive Pac-10 conference victory for Lee who won third place at 174 pounds at the 2007 Pac-10 Wrestling Championships.
Kirk Smith needed three overtimes to defeat Zack Giesen of Stanford and earn his place in the conference finals. The match was tied 1-1 entering the third overtime and Smith chose to start down. Smith struggled to break free of Giesen's grasp for the first 24 seconds of the third overtime but Smith executed a reverse with six seconds left in overtime to claim the 3-1 victory and an appearance in the conference finals.
Levi Jones will compete for third place at 141-pounds. He fell in the semi-finals to No. 1 seed Chad Mendes of Cal Poly and will now face No. 3 seed Elijah Nacita of Cal State Bakersfield in the semi-finals of the consolation bracket.
Matt Casperson, Boise State's 197-pounder was disqualified in his semi-final match against the No. 1 seed Jason Trulson of Arizona State but will return to action Monday, Mar. 3, to face Jake Johnson of Stanford.
On the day, the Broncos posted a 17-5 record with two pins and seven major decisions.
Session Three of the Pac-10 Championships, which includes the conference finals, will begin Monday, Mar. 3, at 3:00 p.m.
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