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Kevin Jack Claims Midlands Title, Pack Places Five on Podium

TDR Editor’s News; The Wolfpack did well at the prestigious Midlands tournament over the holiday break.
NC State finishes sixth as a team
EVANSTON, ILL. – For the second year in a row, the NC State wrestling team came away with an individual title at the prestigious Midlands Championships. Junior Kevin Jack, the No. 2 seed at 141 pounds for the tournament, went a perfect 5-0 and brought home top honors over two days of action. Ranked fifth nationally, Jack defeated the nation’s No. 6 wrestler (3-2) in the semifinals and then the nation’s No. 3 wrestler (1-0) in the finals Friday night. At the 54th annual Midlands Championships, NC State placed five total grapplers on the podium. In addition to Jack’s win at 141 pounds, redshirt-sophomore Jamal Morris (133), redshirt-senior Sam Speno (149) and senior Pete Renda (184) all finished fifth, while redshirt-junior Michael Macchiavello (184) took seventh. As a team, NC State placed sixth in the field with 78 points. After a 3-0 day yesterday, Jack’s first bout ended in some controversy. Facing off against the tournament’s three seed, and No. 6 nationally ranked Anthony Ashnault of Rutgers, the two were tied 2-2 when the horn sounded at the end of the third period. But the refs went to a video review and called Ashnault for unnecessary roughness when he slapped Jack in the head with just one second left. The call gave Jack a penalty point, and the 3-2 win to advance to the finals. Jack had previously defeated Ashnault 2-0 just a month ago at the Journeymen Tussle.
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January 15, 2017 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized