Poway Wrestling Streak Is Halted in Oklahoma

Poway’s 155-match unbeaten streak came to an end Friday at the Cowboy Classic dual-meet wrestling tournament in Stillwater, Okla.

Poway (155-1-1 since 1977) lost to Edmond (Okla.), ranked No. 2 in the state and fifth in the nation, 31-19, on the first day of the two-day tournament.

“If you’re going to lose it may as well be in the heartland of wrestling,” Poway Coach Wayne Branstetter said. “It was closer than the score indicates. There was a real fine line between a couple matches. We could have just as well won it.”

Poway was without Ross Funchess, a 165-pound junior who hyperextended his elbow earlier in the day during Poway’s 39-27 victory over Bixby (Okla.).

The Titans today will wrestle Perry (Okla.) before meeting Midwest City, the nation’s top ranked team.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Tim Rapp scored a season-high 40 points to lead 10th-ranked UCSD to a 97-86 overtime victory over host Claremont-Mudd. Gordon McNeill added 18 points and 12 rebounds for UCSD. Darvin Jackson had 11 steals, including five in overtime.

UCSD improved to 17-3 and set a school record with its ninth consecutive victory. Claremont (14-3) was led by Chris Greene.

BASEBALL

Kipp Jeffries scored on a two-out single by Steve Dietz in the bottom of the ninth to give San Diego State a 5-4 victory over Cal State Los Angeles at SDSU Smith Field. Scott Dennison, the only Aztec with more than one hit, went two for three with a run and an RBI. SDSU (1-0) will play CSLA (1-2) again today at 5 p.m..

USC scored six runs in the seventh innning to defeat USIU, 6-2, at USC. There were no extra-base hits in the game.

USIU dropped to 0-3. Tenth-ranked USC improved to 3-1.

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Sixth-ranked SDSU dropped a Western Intercollegiate Volleyball Assn. match to No. 1 USC, 15-12, 15-11, 15-9 at Peterson Gym.

Mike Mattarocci and Eric Etebari led the Aztecs (2-1, 2-1) with 14 and 10 kills, respectively. Leon Devaney led the Trojans (5-0, 1-0) with 14 kills.

FOOTBALL

Ramona High School offensive lineman Mike Murray orally committed to attend Long Beach State. Murray, 6-foot-2, 280 pounds, started at center the past two years for the 2-A section semifinalists.

Murray also visited Fresno State and the University of Pacific.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Point Loma Nazarene won its sixth game in a row and its eighth of its last nine against Biola, 71-59. Christy Stevens scored 19 of game-high 21 points in the second half after PLNC trailed, 35-28, at halftime. Shannon Abrams, in her first game back from a broken hand, added 13 in the nonconference victory for the Crusaders (16-6).