Page 14- The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 20, 1989 'M' finishes fifth at NCAA's BY STEVEN COHEN From day one of the 1988-89 Michigan wrestling season, the main objectives for the Wolverines were to win Big Ten and national titles. The team had come up short at the Big Tens, with a third place finish behind Iowa and Minnesota. And last weekend at the NCAA champion- ships, despite strong early perform- ances and overall team depth, Michigan finished in fifth place. Oklahoma State, which won its 28th championship and its first since1971, finished first with 91.25 points. Arizona State (70.5), Iowa State (63), Oklahoma (61), and Michigan (53.25) rounded c the top five. Conference members Iowa (52.5) Minnesota (45.75) and North- western (40.5), finished sixth, seventh, and eighth, respectively. "I think you just have to look at the number of overtime matches to see the amount of parity," Purdue coach Mitch Hull said. "I just wish the Big Ten did a little better." - Though fifth place was where Amateur Wrestling News forecasted Michigan in its tournament rank- ings, the Wolverines expected better. "If we wrestle to our ability and we get some breaks there's no reason why we can't be right up in there," said Michigan coach Dale Barr upon entering the tournament. THREE Wolverines earned All- American status, led by 158-pounder Joe Pantaleo, who for the second year in a row took second. 142- pounder Larry Gotcher improved a notch upon his fifth place showing, while 134-pounder John Fisher finished a disappointing fourth. "I think he (Bahr) is pleasd that everyone contributed by scoring points but also feels for some of us who didn't reach our expectations," 167-pounder Mike Amine, last year's national runnerup, said. "He told me that he feels as bad as we (Fisher and I) do about not reaching our goals." Oklahoma State, Arizona State, and Iowa State were expected to finish ahead of Michigan, but Oklahoma, ranked tenth was somewhat of a surprise. Michigan's strong early round performance left the Wolverines in second place after Thursday night's second round. But starting on Friday, the Wolverines' title hopes quickly faded. 126-pounder John Moore went 1- 2 and was eliminated from the tournament. 190-pounder Fritz Lehrke won his first two matches but losses in his next two to Chris Short of Minnesota and to fifth-seed Andy Voit of Penn State eliminated Lehrke from the tournament. Heavyweight Bob Potokar also started out strong, upsetting 6th seed David Jones of California State- Fullerton. But two overtime losses knocked Potokar out of the tournament one victory away from All-America status. AFTER a loss to Iowa State's top-ranked Tim Krieger, 150-pounder Sam Amine defeated Ben Dagley of Ashland University by a 15-0 mar- gin. However, Amine was knocked out after losing a close decision to Division II national champion Dan Russel of Portland State. Like brother Sam, and John Moore, Mike Amine lost an early- round match to the eventual champ- ion. In the third-round Amine met Wisconsin's top-ranked Dave Lee, who decisioned Amine 9-6. When Amine lost his next match to 8th- ranked Marty Morgan, he was out of contention. The fifth-seeded Gotcher won his first two matches before bowing to eventual runner-up Junior Saunders of Arizona State. Gotcher then won two of his next three matches to finish in fourth place and earn All- American status by finishing in the top eight. In a shocker, 134-pounder John Fisher fellshort in3his quest to win a national title when he was upset by Oklahoma's T.J. Sewell 6-6 and 8-1 in the semifinals. "(Iowa coach Dan) Gable reads people's faces," said Melchiore, who found himself in the consolations after losing to eventual champ Sean O'Day of Edinboro. "He looked at Fisher and told me, 'He's down. You better be up for this match." Melchiore pinned Fisher in 1:19 to earn third place honors. "I knew that if I didn't beat him this time I might never beat him. After you lose to a guy four times it gets hard. (If I speak to him) I'd say it was a hell of a year. We went at it this year. He still wears on my mind when I see him." Said Arizona State coach Bobby Douglas: "I feel for everyone who lost, not only John Fisher. I have never seen a tournament like this in my twenty odd years in wrestling. These wrestlers gave all they had. Fisher's loss was a heartbreaker, but behind every heartbreaking defeat there are success stories." Douglas could have been referring to Sun Devil 158-pounder Rick St. John, who defeated Pantaleo in the finals in a close overtime match for his first victory in four tries against Pantaleo. St. John had nothing but respect for Pantaleo. "He's a good wrestler. I look forward to wrestling him. It is a match to the very end every time. "He's a very powerful wrestler, like a pit bull. He's very hard to wrestle. Imagine someone short and strong coming out you. He just keeps coming at you." ,1 JOSE JUAREZ/DaRy Re (Signing): Olympic star Jackie Joyner-Kersee promoted the opening of the new Meijer's store in Ann Arbor last Friday. Kersee is now touring the country after retiring from competition. Embattled Kentucky coach resigns i LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky coach Eddie Sutton, hounded by an NCAA investigation of the school's basketball program, announced his resignation Sunday after four seasons. Sutton told a national television audience that he was resigning, "for one reason - the love I have for the University of Kentucky, for the Kentucky basketball program and the people of the Commonwealth. 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