Nov. 21, 1997

Cal State Bakersfield Defeats Stanford, 21-15

STANFORD, Calif. -- Cal State Bakersfield opened its 1997-98 camapaign with a 21-15 win over host Stanford (0-2) on Friday night at Burnham Pavilion. The Roadrunners won the final four matches of the evening to erase a 15-6 deficit.

Stanford won four of the first six matches to take the nine-point lead. The Cardinal's Warren McPherson (142 pounds; Hillsboro, OR/Hillsboro HS), BJ Sanchez (150; Arvada, CO/Regis Jesuit HS) and Doug Bardsley (158; Snohomish, WA/Snohomish HS) all posted convincing wins to help build the early lead.

But the Roadrunners later came back to tie the match thanks to a 13-7 win by Tito Ortiz (Huntington Beach, CA/Golden West JC) in the 190-pound match. Bakersfield then clinched the win when the Cardinal forfeited the heavyweight match.

Stanford returns to action on Tuesday, November 25 when it hosts NCAA Division II champion San Francisco State at 7 p.m. at Burnham Pavilion.

Cal State Bakersfield 21, Stanford 15
118 - Rudy Ruiz (STAN) d. Moses Delfin 5-2;
126 - Larry Vasquez (CSB) d. Zach Zimmerer 14-13;
134 - Mike Mendoza (CSB) d. Jason Talbott 10-4;
142 - Warren McPherson (STAN) d. Jonathon Archuleta 11-3;
150 - B.J. Sanchez (STAN) d. Nathan Vasquez 12-2;
158 - Doug Bardsley (STAN) d. Ian Nelms (CSB) 11-2;
167 - Lionel Halsey (CSB) d. Jeff Grant 8-3;
177 - Rafael Davis (CSB) d. Shane Cross 4-0;
190 - Tito Ortiz (CSB) d. Tim Kendall 13-7;
HWT - Steven Neal (CSB) by forfeit.

Records - Cal State Bakersfield 1-0, Stanford 0-2.

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