Dec. 2, 2005

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Las Vegas, Nev. - Stanford sophomore Tanner Gardner led the way for the Cardinal today at the 2005 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational at the Cashman Center, posting four wins en route to a berth in the semifinals. Seven of the Cardinal's 10 entrants picked up at least one victory, with Gardner and Scott Loescher each recording four wins today.

Gardner, the 11th-ranked wrestler in the country at 125 pounds and the third-seeded competitor at the tournament, notched a perfect 4-0 mark today. His day began with a technical fall in the first round and ended with a pin in the quarterfinals. He will face Arizona State's Jeremy Mendoza tomorrow morning in the semifinals.

At 157 pounds Loescher suffered a first-round loss against eighth-ranked Craig Henning of Wisconsin, but kept going in the wrestle-back bracket, picking up four victories, including a pin and a pair of decisions. Loescher will face Hofstra's James Strouse in the wrestle-backs tomorrow.

Sophomore Josh Zupancic posted a 2-0 record to earn a spot in the Round of 16 at 149 pounds, before leaving the tournament by default. At 165 pounds, senior Ray Blake won four matches, including an opening-round major decision and a tech fall and a pin in the consolation bracket before falling out of the tournament in his sixth match of the day. Redshirt freshman Luke Feist picked up a trio of victories, while true freshman Tyler Parker and senior Ryan Hagen both scored one win apiece.

The second day of competition in Las Vegas will commence with consolation action at 9 a.m., followed by the main draw semifinals at 10 a.m. Fifth and seventh-place matches will be begin at 12:30 p.m., while the championships and third place matches are slated to start at 5 p.m.

2005 Las Vegas Invitational
Stanford Results through Day One
Dec. 2, 2005 * Cashman Center
125 pounds - #11 Tanner Gardner (4-0, Advances to the Semifinals): def. BrandonZoetewey (Cal State Bakersfield), at 6:50 (21-4); dec. Michael Wilding (Western Wyoming), 7-1; dec. Adam Raines (Tennessee-Chattanooga), 6-4; pinned Sean Clair (Eastern Michigan), fall at 3:08.
133 pounds - Eric Minnick (0-2): pinned by Reece Humphrey (Ohio State), fall at 1:18; lost to Virgil Lockett (San Francisco State), 11-4.
141 pounds - Tyler Parker (1-2): lost to #5 Michael Keefe (Tennessee-Chattanooga), 8-4; dec. Frank Brown (Ohio University), 2-0; lost to Jason Lozier (Dana), 1-0.
149 pounds - Josh Zupancic (2-0, out by default): dec. Matthew Button (Harvard), 11-5; dec. Orlando Perez (Oregon State), 12-9.
157 pounds - Scott Loescher (4-1): lost to #8 Craig Henning (Wisconsin), 8-0; pinned TyAikon (Montana State), fall at 1:20; win by default over Daniel Atondo (Cal State-Bakersfield); dec. Jake Frerichs (Ohio University), 7-4; dec. Tony Hook (Oregon State), 7-5.
165 pounds - Ray Blake (4-2): maj. dec. Craig McIntosh (North Carolina-Greensboro), 12-0; lost to Beau Tresemer (Air Force), 5-2; dec. Mike Baria (Harvard), 5-2; tech. fall Damian Johnson (Virginia), fall at 6:00 (15-0); pinned Dan Thompson (Citadel), fall at 0:52; lost to ChrisVondruska (Hofstra), 5-3.
174 pounds - Luke Feist (3-2): dec. Paul Sutton (Nebraska-Kearney), 9-3; lost to RickBrownlee (N.C. State), 10-8 (ot); dec. Nick Wright (North Idaho), 7-6; dec. Ryan Knapp (Ohio) 4-0; lost to Gabe Harry (Dickinson State), 15-4.
184 pounds - Ryan Hagen (1-2): dec. Craig Mock (Western Wyoming), 6-3; lost to #16 RaymondJordan(Missouri), 12-3; lost to ZaneHershey (Air Force), 4-2.
197 pounds - Ian Bork (0-2): lost to Chris Chambers (Cal State-Fullerton), 14-4; lost to Jim Gibson (Edinboro), 6-5.
HWT - Phillip Doerner (0-2): lost to #10 Bode Ogunwole (Harvard), fall at 1:41; lost to John Buck (Citadel), 2-0.