Jan. 15, 2008

New York, NY - Cal State Fullerton has broken into the national team wrestling rankings, earning the No. 24 spot on the USA Today/InterMat/NWCA national coaches poll..

The Titans, who are 7-5 in dual meets including 5-1 in Pac-10 dual matches, beat Boise State and Arizona State in matches last week. Iowa is a narrow No. 1 pick.

Individually, the Titans have six ranked wrestlers in No. 4 heavyweight Wade Sauer, No. 11 Morgan Atkinson at 149, No. 13 Ian Murphy at 184, No. 18 T. J. Dillashaw at 133, No. 24 John Drake at 197 and No. 29 Teddy Astorga at 141.

Fullerton is idle until the Jan. 26 San Francisco State Open.

Coaches Poll