Carolina Grapplers Fall At Maryland And No. 19 Navy
Jan. 28, 2006
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - An injury-depleted North Carolina wrestling squad dropped two tough duals on the road Saturday, falling at Maryland and at No. 19 Navy. The Tar Heels, who fell 24-18 to Maryland in College Park and then dropped a 41-4 match to the Midshipmen in Annapolis, are now 12-8-1 on the season, including an 0-2-1 record in Atlantic Coast Conference action. Redshirt freshman Vincent Ramirez led the Tar Heels Saturday with a pair of wins to improve his record to 31-6 on the season and 16-1 duals. He opened the day with a 5-1 over Alex Krom of Maryland and followed with a 12-1 major decision over Navy's Spencer Manley for Carolina's lone win versus the Midshipmen. Riddled by injuries, Carolina forfeited four matches against Navy, giving the Midshipmen 24 of their 41 points. The Tar Heels also dropped two bouts to Navy in overtime. In a meeting of the of the nation's top heavyweights UNC's Spencer Nadolsky, ranked 12th nationally, dropped a 3-1 overtime decision to Navy's Tanner Garrett, who is ranked seventh. The defeat snapped a 21-match winning streak for Nadolsky, who last lost at the Nov. 26 Carolina Open. He is now 34-3 this season. Junior Deon Barrett also dropped an overtime match versus Navy, losing to Craig Dziewiatkowski, 7-5 in extra action. Earlier in the day at Maryland, the Tar Heels, who forfeited two bouts in this match, rallied from a 15-6 deficit after four bouts to tie the dual at 15. After Nadolsky won his 21st straight match thanks to a forfeit, Carolina picked up victories from Ramirez and sophomore Isaiah Britton at 149 to tie the match at 15 after six bouts. However, the Terps won three of the final four matches to secure the win and improve to 3-0 in ACC action. Ramirez posted the 5-1 win over Krom, and Britton followed with a pin in 1:55 of Andrew Schlaffer at 149. Maryland then ran off three straight wins before sophomore Justin Dobies notched a 6-3 victory over Luke Stauffer at 184 to close out the match. The teams traded forfeits in the first three bouts of the day, including two by the Tar Heels at 197 and at 125.
Dobies, Ramirez and Nadolsky are all a perfect 3-0 versus ACC opponents after wins over Virginia and Maryland. Carolina returns to action versus rival Duke Jan. 31 at Carmichael Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Maryland 24, North Carolina 18 Records: MD 5-7, 3-0 ACC, UNC 12-7-1, 0-2-1 ACC WT. BOUT RESULT SCORE MATCH SCORE 197 Jerry Afari (MD) win via forfeit FOR MD 6-0 HWT Spencer Nadolsky (UNC) win via forfeit FOR TIE 6-6 125 James Knox (MD) win via forfeit FOR MD 12-6 133 Brendan Byrne (MD) def. Jared Royer (UNC) 10-6 MD 15-6 141 Vincent Ramirez (UNC) def. Alex Krom (MD) 5-1 MD 15-9 149 Isaiah Britton (UNC) def. Andrew Schlaffer (MD) Fall 1:55 TIE 15-15 157 Adam James (MD) def. Brian Baglio (UNC) 8-3 MD 18-15 165 Adam DeCosmo (MD) def. Deon Barrett (UNC) 5-1 MD 21-15 174 Mike Maceroli (MD) def. Jake Puckett (UNC) 5-3 MD 24 -15 184 Justin Dobies (UNC) def. Luke Stauffer (MD) 6-3 MD 24-18 |
