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North Carolina Wrestling Upends No. 19 Pitt Friday Night, 22-12
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Behind four ranked victories, the North Carolina wrestling team (9-7, 1-2 ACC) defeated No. 19 Pitt, 22-12, Friday night in Carmichael Arena.
Carolina earned six decisions, highlighted by ranked wins from Derek Guanajuato (133), Jayden Scott (149), Tyler Eischens (174) and Max Shaw (197). Rounding out the night at heavyweight, Cade Lautt picked up the lone major decision of the night for Carolina.
After Spencer Moore’s 1-0 decision, the freshman Guanajuato collected his first ranked victory of his collegiate career. At 149 pounds, Scott defeated No. 28 Finn Solomon by decision, followed by Sonny Santiago’s 11-4 decision. The Tar Heels ended the match with the Panthers winning three of the final four bouts. Eischens claimed his third-straight ranked decision, Shaw collected his 15th victory of the campaign, and Lautt … story at … GOheels.com/Wrestling-upends-no-19-pitt-friday-night-22-12
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Virginia Falls At No. 8 NC State
RALEIGH, N.C. – The Virginia wrestling team (7-4, 1-2 ACC) fell in dual action on the road Friday night (Feb. 9) as the Cavaliers lost to No. 8 NC State (13-2, 3-0 ACC) by a score of 38-3.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Starting at 157 pounds, the Wolfpack took the early lead with a pair of victories before the Cavaliers would put their first nationally-ranked wrestler on the mat.
In a matchup of ranked opponents, Justin McCoy won a low-scoring battle with a 3-0 decision over No. 29 Alex Faison. McCoy picked up the victory through an escape point, a locked hands call against Faison and a point for stalling against Faison. NC State would then go on to win the remaining seven bouts on the way to the dual victory … story at … Virginiasports.com/Virginia-falls-at-no-8-nc-state
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Duke Drops Road Match at No.13 Virginia Tech
BLACKSBURG, Va. ­– Duke wrestling traveled to Blacksburg, Va., Friday for its first ACC road match of the season and fell to No. 13 Virginia Tech, 45-0, in the Moss Arts Center.
Redshirt freshman Gaetano Console and graduate student Jarred Papcsy wrestled strong matches in tonight’s dual. The Blue Devils move to 4-11 overall and 0-3 in the ACC, while the Hokies improve to 7-3 on the season and 3-0 in league action.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Papcsy wrestled hard against freshman Luke Robie, recording an escape in the final period, but fell to Robie in a late takedown, 5-1. … story at … GOduke.com/Duke-drops-to-no-13-virginia-tech
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Camels remain atop SoCon standings with 35-6 win over The Citadel
BUIES CREEK, N.C. – The Campbell Fighting Camels earned their fourth SoCon victory in a 35-6 defeat over The Citadel Friday evening at Carter Gym.  The Camels are now 10-3 (4-0 SoCon), and the Bulldogs now sit at 11-4 (3-2). The match started with Anthony Molton scoring the pin over Malik Hardy at 125 pounds. The result is Molton’s fourth fall of the season.
Domenic Zaccone followed that up with a tech fall (4:51) over George Rosas to build an 11-0 match lead.
The Citadel would claim the next two matches at 141 and 149, but the Camels would sweep the remaining matches and hold the Bulldogs to only six team points.
Freshman Chris Earnest and Dom Baker earned back-to-back decisions over Hayden Watson (10-8) and Ben Haubert (8-5) respectively. … story at … gocamels.com/Camels-remain-atop-socon-standings-with-35-6-win-over-the-citadel
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The Chattanooga Mocs honored six on the mat and scoreboard on Senior Night at Maclellan Gym.
CHATTANOOGA—The Chattanooga Mocs cruised to a 47-4 win over the Presbyterian Blue Hose Friday night in Maclellan Gym. The Mocs are 10-3 overall, 4-1 in the Southern Conference wrestling standings, while the Blue Hose fall to 3-10, 0-3 in the league.  
“Still not satisfied,” Coach Kyle Ruschell said as the interviewer knew anything less than 60-0 isn’t good enough. “I mean, at this level, are you ever really satisfied? We had a couple of classes where our guys needed to continue to push through the seven minutes instead of just kind of coasting in or settling for a decision when you can get a major or a major when a tech is possible.
“We need to do better a job and be in position, so it’s harder to get to us. We need to do better at looking for scores. But we saw a little bit of progress today.”
The match opened at 157 with a Lincoln Heck third period tech fall blanking Eli Holiday 18-0. Kamdyn Munro followed with a 13-3 major before Sergio Desiante put the match out of reach with a second period tech fall over Joshua Roe. The Blue Hose had forfeits coming at 125, 141 and 149 so the opening 14-point salvo clinched the win three matches into the contest.
Caleb Roe got the visitors on the board with a major of his own before a special couple of moments. Ryan Stein, wrestling up at 197, got his first career win with a third period tech followed by Senior Night festivities. … story at … GOmocs.com/Blue-hose-on-senior-night
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Gardner-Webb Defeats SoCon Foe Davidson 25-17
Runnin’ Bulldogs earn first SoCon win of the season winning six matches on the night
BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. – The Gardner-Webb University wrestling squad defeated the Davidson College Wildcats on Friday night by a final team score of 25-17. The match saw the Runnin’ Bulldogs come out on top six times over the course of the match.
Samuel Mora and Jha’Quan Anderson got the ‘Dawgs on the board first both via major decision. Josh McCutchen joined them in the winner’s column earning a, 8-1 decision of his own. GWU earned six points via a forfeit before the highlight performances of Todd Carter and Zach Price. Carter won earning a tech fall at 2:19, and Price bested Davidson’s Tyler-Xavier McKnight winning a 3-2 tiebreaker on riding time.
Gardner-Webb will return to the mat on Sunday Feb. 11 on the road against Presbyterian College at 2:00 p.m. … story at … GWUsports.com/Gardner-webb-defeats-socon-foe-davidson-25-17
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Lander Clinches Outright West Division Title with 39-10 win Over King
GREENWOOD – The second-ranked Lander Wrestling team capped off their second-straight undefeated conference season on Friday evening as they took down the King Tornado, 39-10, on Senior Night inside Horne Arena. Lander concludes the regular season at 15-3, a perfect 10-0 in Conference Carolinas action, and a perfect 6-0 in the West Division, giving the Bearcats the outright West Division Title. As the top seed out of the west, Lander will face Newberry on Sunday, February 18th in the Conference Carolinas Tournament Semifinals. The Bearcats and Wolves did not face each other this year and Lander is currently on a two-match win streak against the team from up Highway 34.
King concludes the regular season at 9-5 overall, 6-3 in Conference Carolinas action, and 5-1 in the West Division. The Tornado will take the second seed from the Division and will face the UNC Pembroke Braves, the East Division Champions, in the semifinals. Before the match, Kaiden Fisher (Lake Norman, N.C.), … story at … Landerbearcats.com/Lander-clinches-outright-west-division-title-with-39-10-win-over-king.
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Pembroke Wrestling Downs Belmont Abbey, Clinches Conference Carolinas East Division Title
By: Alex Pearce, Assistant Athletic Communications Director
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PEMBROKE – 6th-ranked UNC Pembroke celebrated Senior Night in grand fashion, taking down Belmont Abbey and clinching the Conference Carolinas East Division title.
The Braves (13-5, 8-1 CC) improved to 19-3 all-time against the Crusaders (7-7, 5-5 CC).
5th-ranked 125 pounder Logan Seliga got the Braves on the board first, with a lightning fast first-period pin. Belmont Abbey would take the next two matches to take the lead 7-6. 5th-ranked 149 pounder Jake Piccirilli put the Black & Gold back in front with a 19-3 tech. fall win. After a Crusader win at 157 pounds, Caleb Grau (165), Scotty Joll (174), Christopher Dickey (184), Garrett Steele (197), and Massimo Sullivan (285) would all win their bouts to put the match away. … story at … UNCPbraves.com/Wrestling-downs-belmont-abbey-clinches-conference-carolinas-east
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Buonocore Named Conference Carolinas Freshman Of The Month
GREENVILLE, S.C. – A productive rookie campaign for 141 pounder Avery Buonocore got even better, as he earned Conference Carolinas Wrestling Freshman of the Month, the league announced Friday. The newcomer posted a perfect 6-0 record in January, including a 3-0 clip in league action. The Wilmington native tallied two pins and a major decision, and racked up victories over Newberry, Grand Valley State, Pitt-Johnstown, Allen, Coker, and Davis & Elkins. Buonocore currently sits at 19-5 on the year, with 11 wins coming via pinfall. … story at … UNCPbraves.com/Buonocore-named-conference-carolinas-freshman-of-the-month

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