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Sunday, February 3rd, 2008 Bakersfield Californian
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FULLERTON, Calif. – The CSUB wrestling team took a 9-0 deficit to Cal State Fullerton after two matches and was never able to recover in a 21-13 Pac-10 loss Sunday. The Roadrunners later bounced back for a 21-12 non-conference win over Menlo College, moving to 8-3 overall and 5-3 in league action.
Todd Noel opened action with a 9-6 decision over CSUB's Jason Points and No. 11 nationally-ranked Ian Murphy pinned Troy Goodban at 184 to give the Titans the early lead.
Riley Orozco, wrestling up a division at 197, claimed a 3-1 decision over John Drake to cut the deficit to 9-3, and after a CSUB loss in the the heavyweight match, Brandon Zoetewey's 11-3 decision over Andre Gonzalez brought the score to 12-6 in favor of CSUF. But the 'Runners won just two more matches in the dual – Elijah Nacita's 7-2 decision victory at 141 and Daniel Atondo's 13-5 major decision at 165.
In the second dual, CSUB got off to a strong start with wins by Trevor Hall (174), Points (184) and Garth Wara (197) to go up 12-0. Menlo's Jesse Ruiz broke the streak with a 6-3 decision over Ryan Bergman in the heavyweight match, but Zoetewey, Jeremy Doyle and Daniel Alejandro all won by decision to push the 'Runners' advantage to nine points.
Doyle's 6-0 decision over Menlo's Jarell Price was his 30th of the season while Nacita has now won 13 consecutive matches.
CSUB closes out its regular-season in the Icardo Center on Feb. 10, hosting Pac-10 rival Cal Poly at 5 p.m. The 'Runners will then break from competition until the Pac-10 Championships in Eugene, Ore., on Mar 2-3.
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CSUB Earns A Split On The Road 
