North Carolina thumps Bucknell
LEWISBURG, Pa. — Josh McClure’s upset of No. 10 Zach Hartman and No. 4 Austin O’Connor’s second-period pin helped No. 17 North Carolina beat Bucknell, 31-6, Friday night at Sojka Pavilion. Joe Heilmann began the night for the Tar Heels (9-5) with a dominant 4-0 win over Bucknell’s (5-7) Jakob Campbell. The true freshman was strong on top and used a lengthy third-period ride to start things in the right direction. Gary Wayne Harding followed that up with his second-straight major decision win, while Jaime Hernandez’s 6-4 decision at 141 pounds gave Carolina an early 10-0 lead.
At 149, it didn’t take long for O’Connor to win via fall for the sixth time in his redshirt freshman season. He and Matthew Kolonia started the second period neutral, and it took just 14 seconds for O’Connor to secure the pin. That marked his 24th win of the season, advancing the Carolina lead to 16-0. O’Connor’s performance sparked plenty of momentum, but McClure’s upset of No. 10 Zach Hartman was the highlight of the night. Tied 1-1 late in the third period after a back-and-forth battle, McClure found a way to use a tricky position in his favor and score a takedown with under 25 seconds in the match. He fought until the final whistle and held on, winning a 3-1 decision. Rest of the story at https://intermatwrestle.com/articles/21318
Chattanooga posts 31-11 win at Gardner-Webb
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga wrestling team posted a 31-11 win at Gardner-Webb tonight. The Mocs even their record at 5-5 overall and stay in first place in the Southern Conference race at 3-0.
Chattanooga took seven of the 10 matches, scoring bonus points in three of the contested bouts. Action began tonight with junior Chris Debien posting a 9-7 win over Blake Mulkey at 141. Debien won his fourth-straight match to move to 19-10 overall and 3-0 in SoCon matches. Freshman Tanner Smith continued his hot streak with a first period pin over Conrad Scheiss (2:09) at 149. It was Smith’s fifth win in his last six outings, including four in a row. He improved to 8-4 and 3-0 in league competition.
Freshman Ryan Resnick scored a takedown at the buzzer to defeat Evan Schenk at 157, before the Runnin Bulldogs got on the board with a tech fall at 165. Freshman Hunter Fortner scored a major decision at 175, followed by junior Ben Stacey’s first win at 184. That pushed the Chattanooga lead to 19-5 with four matches left. Rest of the story at https://intermatwrestle.com/articles/21321
NC State comes away with 23-17 road win at Virginia
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. — After dropping the first bout, No. 8 NC State won four straight matches and took a commanding lead in a 23-17 road win at #23 Virginia Friday night. With the win, head coach Pat Popolizio picked up his 100th dual victory at NC State. The dual started at 125 pounds, and No. 5 Jack Mueller scored a first-period tech fall. Bumping up from 125 pounds, No. 12 Sean Fausz scored a 6-0 decision at 133 pounds. Fausz scored a takedown in both the first and third periods for the Pack’s first win of the night.
Jamel Morris controlled his bout enroute to a 10-3 decision at 141 pounds. Morris scored an early takedown in the first and a late one in the second, and used a four-point near fall in the third to secure the win. No. 8 Justin Oliver scored the Pack’s first bonus point win of the night, notching a 13-3 major decision at 149 pounds. Oliver finished the bout with 4:06 of ride time, in addition to not giving up a takedown. No. 4 Hayden Hidlay made it back-to-back major decisions, as he came away with a 15-6 win at 157 pounds. Hidlay scored a pair of takedowns and a pair of two-point near falls in the first period to take a commanding 8-1 lead. At the halfway point NC State was up 14-5. Read rest of the story at
Virginia Tech dominates Duke
DURHAM, N.C. — No. 12 Virginia Tech notched seven bonus point victories and won nine of 10 bouts as the Hokies handled Duke, 40-3, on Friday evening in Cameron Indoor Stadium. Tech (8-2, 2-0 ACC) tallied two pins, four major decisions and received a forfeit at 133 pounds. At 184, Zack Zavatsky became just the 12th Hokie to register 100 career wins with his 18-9 major decision over Duke’s Kaden Russell. The Hokies return to action next Friday when the take on North Carolina at 6:30 p.m. in Chapel Hill.
MATCH NOTES
The Hokies have now won eight consecutive duals and have beaten 20 of its last 21 ACC opponents.
Tech’s seven bonus wins are its most of the season.
Zavatsky currently ranks 12th on the program’s all-time wins list and is six victories away from tying Chris Diaz for 11th.
The Hokies’ first three wins of the night went for bonus points including Joey Prata’s fourth major decision of the season and Mitch Moore’s ninth pin of the year.
Moore’s win by fall came 45 seconds into the bout was his seventh first period fall of the season.
Ryan Blees pushed the pace and had multiple leg attacks but it wasn’t enough to knock off sixth-ranked Mitch Finesilver, whose third period takedown with a minute to go made it 3-1.
17th-ranked Matt Finesilver had won seven-straight matches entering the night but David McFadden used two takedowns and two near fall to win it 6-2. Rest of the story and details at https://intermatwrestle.com/articles/21320
Nebraska cruises past Rutgers
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — The No. 6 Nebraska Cornhuskers displayed strong performances up and down the lineup on Friday night as they came away with a 31-9 victory over the #14 Rutgers Scarlet Knights. NU took eight of the ten bouts with five of the victories coming courtesy of bonus points. The Huskers won four matches by major decision, three by decision and one by pinfall. For the third time in four matches, NU tallied at least four bonus-point wins in a dual victory.
No. 16 Zeke Moisey (125) got the Huskers going immediately with a 10-0 major decision to put the team up 4-0. Moisey has now won four of his last five matches and sits just six wins away from reaching the 100-win mark in his career. In the next match, true freshman Jevon Parrish (133) was defeated by No. 5 Nick Suriano of Rutgers. Suriano was the national runner-up at 125 pounds last year after posting a 25-1 record. His 12-2 major decision over Parrish knotted the team score up at four. No. 19 Chad Red Jr. (141) put four more points on the board for the Huskers with a major decision of his own overPeter Lipari. A second period takedown and a four-point nearfall gave Red Jr. a significant cushion and he was able to notch his third major of the season. Rest of the story at https://intermatwrestle.com/articles/21323
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