EUGENE, Ore. - A trio of CSUB wrestlers claimed top-three finishes Monday at the Pac-10 Championships, earning automatic bids to the 2008 NCAA Division I National Championships in St. Louis, Mo.

Boise State claimed the team title with 152.5 points, while Stanford (160.5points) edged Oregon State (106.0 points) for second place. The Roadrunners finished with 94.5 points, good for seventh place.

Mitch Monteiro was the Pac-10 runner-up for a second consecutive year, falling 3-2 in the championship match. Meanwhile, Daniel Atondo earned a return trip to nationals, while Brandon Zoetewey will make his first trip to the national tournament after both Roadrunners claimed third place finishes.

Following a scoreless first period in the heavyweight title bout, Monteiro went up 2-0 on a reversal with 1:05 remaining in the second period. Oregon State's Tanner Gardner earned an escape point, then went ahead 3-2 on a reversal 33 seconds into the third period.

Zoetewey, who placed fifth at the Pac-10's one year ago, defended his No. 3 seeding Monday with a 5-4 decision over No. 5 Micah Ferguson (Cal Poly) in the wrestleback semi-finals and a 3-1 decision over No. 4 seed Marcus Orozco (UC Davis) to place third.

In the wrestleback match, the 125-pound junior took a 3-0 lead with a takedown and escape before Ferguson scored a takedown with three seconds remaining in the second period, cutting the lead to 3-2. As time in the final period wound down, Ferguson earned another takedown, but Zoetewey quickly escaped to tie the score 4-4 as time expired. Zoetewey's riding time advantage became the deciding factor in the 5-4 final.

In the third place match, Zoetewey scored an early takedown and later added one more point with an escape to gut out the two-point win over Orozco.

At 165, No. 4 seeded Atondo used a pair of 8-1 decisions on his way to a second consecutive third place finish at the Pac-10's. After a scoreless first period against No. 6 Keegan Davis (Oregon State), Atondo scored five unanswered points in the second period and, put the nail in the coffin by scoring a takedown with two seconds remaining in the match.

The third place match against Stanford's Kyle Barrett was very similar as Atondo rode a 5-0 first-period lead on his way to the 8-1 final.

Riley Orozco opened the day by knocking off No. 2 John Drake (Cal State Fullerton), 8-4, to advance to the third place bout where he would place fourth after falling 4-2 to Boise State's Matt Casperson.

At 157, freshman Trevor Hall lost his wrestleback match, 15-6 to No. 2 Josh Zupancic (Stanford), then bounced back to claim fifth place with a 7-5 decision over No. 4 Kyle Bounde (Oregon).

Also placing fifth for the 'Runners was Thomas Kimbrell at 133. In the wrestleback semi-finals, he No. 6 seeded junior and No. 5 Boris Novachkov (Cal Poly) took a 1-1 tie into a second tie breaker period when Novachkov scored a one-point escape for the 2-1 win. In the fifth place match, Kimbrell made easy work of UC Davis' Francisco Manriquez in an 8-3 final.

While the possibility of earning an at-large bid is not entirely out of the question, Jeremy Doyle's career as a Roadrunner may have come to an end with a sixth place finish. The senior dropped a pair of two-point decisions to Stanford's Lucas Espericueta and Cal Poly's Eric Maldonado Monday.

All first, second and third place winners earned automatic bids to the National Championships while a total of nine wrestlers who placed out the top three will be named “wild card” selections.

The NCAA Championships will take place March 20-22 at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Mo.