European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 b the stars and stripes monday june 8, 1992 Waves Edge titans 3-2 for title Ity Tom Vint Omaha neb. Apr Pepperdine coach Andy Lopez had a pitching plan he figured had to work in his first College world series championship game. All american Patrick Ahearne and relievers Derek Wallace and Steve Montgomery limited Cal state Fullerton to four hits and Steve Rodriguez made a game saving defensive play As the Waves beat the titans 3-2 saturday for the Mcaa baseball championship. College world series Quot Ahearne Wallace and Montgomery was our plan a Lopez said. A they Are three Quality pitchers. I said if Fullerton can beat those three pitchers we done to deserve to be  Fullerton coach Auric Garrido saw it similarly. Quot the difference in the game was Ahearne and that staff holding us to four hits a he said. Pepperdine 48-11-1 went 4-0 in the tournament despite being seeded seventh in the eight team Field. Fullerton finished 46-17 after the first final Matching teams from the same state. Quot it s Tough after All the hard work and everything a said Titan Phil Nevin named most valuable player of the cos. A take your hats off to Pepperdine. They re a great team and they had a great  Nevin who had one of the Fullerton hits finished with 10 hits in 19 at bats two homers and 11 runs batted in. That tied him for third Best Ever in a cos. Ahearne 15-2 started allowing one run in the fifth and Only one other runner As far As third base. Wallace got a big strikeout in a Brief Relief appearance in the seventh. Then Montgomery followed a shaky eighth with a perfect ninth to earn his ninth save. A i did no to want to leave Quot Ahearne said. A coach said a you be done what we Pupp Erdinc a Mark Wasikowski flips Over Fullerton Catcher Jason Moler on an unsuccessful attempt to score from second base. Wanted you to  Montgomery is the Man. 1 Wasny to worried of maybe a Little  trailing 3-1, Fullerton loaded the bases in the eighth when Montgomery hit two batters and intentionally walked Nevin one out later. After Jason Moler drove in a run with a sacrifice Fly Rodriguez made a diving Stop of Tony Banks Sharp grounder to second and threw him out to end the inning. Rodriguez hit a grand slam thursday night to beat Texas 5-4 and put Pep Perdine in the championship game. Quot in be never had a better feeling in my Glove a Rodriguez said of his Stop. A the pitch was supposed to be away but it sailed inside and he turned on it. I heard first baseman Dan Melendez shout a you got it  a Pepperdine took a 2-0 Lead in the first inning off Dan Naulty 13-4. Rodriguez walked and scored two outs later on David Mains double. Mark Wasikowski followed with an rib single. Fullerton made it 2-1 in the fourth when Jeremy Carr led off with the titans first hit off Ahearne. Chris Powell then walked but Carr was thrown out at third trying to Advance on a pitch that skipped off Pepperdine Catcher Scott Vollmer. Nevin the no. 1 pick by the Houston astros in the recent Amateur draft singled Powell to third and he scored on a passed Ball. Eric Ekdahl made it 3-1 in the fifth when he lined his first Homer of the year into a 15-Mph wind. It was Only the Sec-13 cd Ond hit in is at bats for Ekdahl. Smith rebounds to gain olympic wrestling berth Pittsburgh a five time world Champion John Smith recovered from one of the biggest upsets in american wrestling history winning two tight matches against John Fisher after a first match loss saturday to again make the . Olympic freestyle team. In the 10-match wrestle offs 1991 . National team members faced the survivors of last months olympic trials in Philadelphia to determine the 10 . Olympic team members and alternates. Smith who has wrestled Little in the last six months while coaching Oklahoma state lost to Fisher 4-2 in the afternoon but recovered in the evening to win 3-1 and 6-5 in the 136.5-Pound finals. The third and final match did no to Lack controversy. Smith was leading 3-2 when Fisher took him to the mat with a knee pick counter and was awarded two Points for Hack exposure. But Smith was also was Given two Points when the officials ruled Fishers Back was exposed during the move. The Call was booed by Many in the crowd of 4,542 and the decision was also jeered at the end one of the first limes Smith has been booed by an american crowd. A there Weie some really questionable Calls a said Smith the most successful american wrestler in history. A this is the worst match in be wrestled in five years. Ill be Lucky to get through three rounds of the olympics if 1 wrestle like  Only last week Smith was named the world wrestler of the year by the spoils worldwide governing Hod in award won by russians the last five years. A my Confidence was shot from the Start of the match a said Smith the 1988 olympic Gold medallist. A the last three times i wrestled Nim 1 scored 38 Points. 1 can t remember the last time 1 scored two Points in a match. 1 done to think i Ever  Smith has been mostly Idle from competitive wrestling since last fall after taking Over As one of Oklahoma states coaches following a scandal that Cost coach Joe Seay his Job. A you can be in great shape but there a no substitute for battling Guys. Its been so Long since i battled a Smith said. Smith Hadnot lost to an american opponent since an olympic trials loss to Randy Lewis in 1988. Smith later Defeated Lewis in a rematch and went on to win the olympic Gold medal. Kenny monday americans other reigning olympic Gold medallist edged former Penn state wrestler Greg Elinsky 2-1 at 163 pounds after winning the first match in overtime when Elinsky was disqualified for Lack of aggressiveness. A in 1988, 1 was a Young Guy chafing the old Guys a monday said. A now in Man old Guy chasing the Quot Young  another old Guy chasing Young Guys a 37-year-old Chris Campbell a decision Ned Dan Chaid 3-0 and 1-0 at 198 pounds. Campbell who returned in 1989 after sitting out file years is believed to be the oldest . Olympic wrestler Ever. Quot i m 37 going on 21.&Quot lie said retired Fraser focuses sights on Barcelona Gold Omaha neb. Apr Ron Fraser has coached his last game at the University of Miami. He has a few More important games to coach however. After his top seeded hurricanes were eliminated from the College world series by Cal state Fullerton on Friday night Fraser turned his attention to the summer olympics where he will coach the . Team. A a in a looking Forward to the olympic games. That will be another Challenge a said Fraser who is retiring with 1,271 wins second most in Mcaa division i history. Fullerton coach Augi Garrido is confident Fraser will Lead the . Team to a Gold medal in Barcelona. A a he a a proven Leader a Garrido said. A a he a knowledgeable. If he gets the players even if they Are a Cut below the Competition the Usa will  Fraser a last Miami team came up just Short of giving him a third Mcaa championship losing to Fullerton 81 in the semifinals. Despite the defeat the hurricanes finished with a 55-10 record the schools highest Victory total since winning 64 games in 1985. A you done to like to go out on a losing note but in a very proud of our team in my last year a the 55-year-old coach said. Garrido was Happy for his team but sad for Fraser. Quot if it were up to me i would have liked to see him go out a Winner a Garrido said. A it would have been a wonderful Way to go out but my players had other ideas and it was not to  Fraser started at Miami in 1962 with a $2,200 salary a converted Shower for an office and a cow pasture for a Field