Part of the reason this season’s wrestling team has been called the best in school history is because of two seniors: Doug Lee and Chael Sonnen.
The senior All-Americans will leave their mark on the team’s win column and in the school record book.
With wins last weekend, Sonnen and Lee moved to eighth and ninth on the career victories list, respectively. Sonnen has 98 wins to his name as a Duck, while Lee is two wins behind at 96.
Sonnen is second on the career pins list at 45, only eight behind school record holder Don Brown.
Sophomore Eric Webb is another key contributor to this year’s team. The heavyweight is 10th on the single-season winning percentage list with a .851 average. Webb is 23-4 this season.

In the polls
Despite two devastating losses last weekend, the Oregon wrestling team held its ground in the national polls. Though they dropped to No. 20 in the Intermat.com national poll, the Ducks actually gained ground in the National Wrestling Coaches Association poll to the No. 14 spot.
Junior Shaun Williams, who sat out last week’s matches due to a concussion, remained the No. 5 125-pounder in the nation.
Lee and Sonnen were both ranked No. 7 by Intermat. Sophomore Brian Watson moved up one place to No. 9 following a win over Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo’s Nate Ybarra.
Webb remained the No. 8 wrestler despite an upset over the No. 2 heavyweight in the nation.
Junior Eugene Harris rounded out the ranked Ducks at No. 19.

Insult to injury
With both matches already clinched, both Fresno State and Cal Poly proved to be poor sports in its wins over Oregon.
In the final match on Sunday, Lee was leading Cal Poly’s Chuck Sandlin in the third period when Sandlin bit Lee. Sandlin was disqualified and Lee was awarded six points. The win pushed the score to 23-20 in the Mustang’s favor.
On Friday, Webb faced long odds against Fresno State’s No. 2 Billy Blunt. But by the end of the match, Webb had a takedown and an escape to lead Blunt 3-2. At the buzzer, a frustrated Blunt threw a punch over Webb’s shoulder that landed in his face. Webb was awarded and extra team point, but that proved to be irrelevant as the Bulldogs won by seven points.

Pac-10 standings
After sustaining Pacific-10 Conference losses on consecutive weekends, the Ducks essentially eliminated themselves from contention for the regular season title. It is noteworthy that the regular season standings have absolutely no effect on postseason qualifying.
The Ducks (4-2) are tied for fourth-place with Oregon State, a team Oregon beat 22-16 on Dec. 13.
Oregon has yet to wrestle second-place Arizona State and does not wrestle first-place Cal State-Bakersfield.

Ouch!
The Oregon State wrestling team put forth a better-than-perfect record against Pac-10 rival UC-Davis, whipping the hapless Aggies 43 to negative-2. The Beavers won every match while UC-Davis was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct in two matches.