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Wolfpack Wrestling Claims Share of ACC Dual Title with 17-16 win at #14 Hokies

BLACKSBURG, VA. – #10 NC State and #14 Virginia Tech split the 10 matches, but the Wolfpack won the dual on criteria with total individual points and came away with a 17-16 win in Blacksburg Friday night. NC State finished with a 53-46 advantage on most individual points scored.
With the win, the Pack finishes with a 4-1 mark in the ACC and was the co-ACC Dual Champions with North Carolina. NC State won back-to-back ACC regular season titles for the first time since 2001-02. The dual started with a top-5 battle at 184 pounds, which saw Virginia Tech’s #5 Zack Zavatsky claim a 6-2 win over #3 Nick Reenan. The Hokies added a decision at 197 pounds and major decision at heavyweight to build their lead to 10-0 after three bouts. The Wolfpack answered the bonus point win and scored its first win of the day at 125 pounds, as #11 Sean Fausz scored an 11-0 major decision, with 4:08 of ride time. Fausz scored a first period takedown and a pair of two-point near falls to take a commanding 7-0 lead after the first. Rest of the story at https://gopack.com/news/2019/2/22/wrestling-packwrestle-claims-share-of-acc-dual-title-with-17-16-win-at-14-hokies.aspx

February 23, 2019 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Ohio State concludes regular season with win over Cornell

ITHACA, N.Y. — Ohio State ends its 2018-19 regular season with a win against Cornell. The Buckeyes defeated the Big Red 25-9, improving their overall record to 12-2.

The Buckceyes won seven of the 10 bouts, with victories from Micah Jordan (22-1), Ke-Shawn Hayes (18-7), Ethan Smith (15-8), Myles Martin (17-0), Kollin Moore (16-1) and Chase Singletary (18-5). Jordan won by a tech fall, giving the Buckeyes a 5-0 lead to start off the match. Hayes and Moore each earned four points for the Buckeyes with major decision advantages. Martin remains undefeated heading to the Big Ten Championships. Rest of the story and details at https://intermatwrestle.com/articles/21518

February 23, 2019 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Gardner-Webb defeats Davidson in SoCon action

DAVIDSON, N.C. — Gardner-Webb totaled six match wins Friday night to leave Davidson with a 22-18 dual match victory in Southern Conference wrestling action. The evening began at 285 pounds, where Jeffery Linker was pinned by Davidson’s Mitchell Trigg in 2:18, putting the ‘Dogs in an early 6-0 hole. GWU tied the score in the following bout, earning a forfeit win at 125 pounds. Brandon Bright fell to Kyle Gorant by a 11-6 decision at 133 pounds to give the Wildcats a 9-6 advantage, but Blake Mulkey would give GWU a 10-9 lead after picking up a 14-6 major decision over Caleb Ziebell at 141 pounds. Davidson would again take a lead at 12-10 after a 5-0 decision by Will Baldwin over Austin Reames at 149 pounds, but Gardner-Webb would answer with three straight wins. Rest of the story at https://intermatwrestle.com/articles/21516

February 23, 2019 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

UNC grabs share of ACC dual title with win over Duke

DURHAM, N.C. — No. 13 North Carolina defeated Duke, 23-16, on Friday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium to win a share of the ACC regular season dual meet title for the first time since 2002. Gary Wayne Harding led the way with a win via fall, and Cory Daniel and Joe Heilmann won with tech falls to help Carolina capitalize with bonus points. The Tar Heels (12-7, 4-1) will share the dual meet title with NC State, who defeated Virginia Tech on Friday to finish with a similar 4-1 mark in the ACC. 

After the teams drew 174 to start the match, Duke started with a win from No. 16 Matt Finesilver over Devin Kane. But No. 14 Chip Ness began to swing the momentum for Carolina, picking up a 15-7 major decision over Kaden Russell. The Tar Heel redshirt senior surrendered two takedowns in the first period, but stormed back to pick up a win in his final dual-meet match at UNC. Duke took the match at 197, but UNC responded with a pair of tech falls in the next two matches to flip the script. Redshirt senior Cory Daniel answered with a 22-7 tech fall over Aarad Fisher to put Carolina back on top, 9-6. After that on the other end of the lineup, Joe Heilmann used a flurry of takedowns in the first and second periods to cruise, winning 22-6 over Duke sophomore Harrison Campbell. Rest of the story at https://intermatwrestle.com/articles/21512

February 23, 2019 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment