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Feb. 20, 2000
RALEIGH, N.C. — NC State won the first six matches, one of themby fall, and wound up winning eight of the 10 matches overall enroute toa lopsided 27-9 ACC wrestling victory over Virginia on Sunday at ReynoldsColiseum.
NC State improved to 10-4 overall and further strengthened itsstranglehold on first place in the conference standingsNC State is now4-0 in conference action, and is the only school in the conference with awinning league record. Virginia fell to 4-6 overall and 1-2 in theconference.
Freshman Scott Garren got the match rolling for the Wolfpack witha 4-3 win over Don Carlo-Clauss at 157 pounds. Joel Dramis then defeatedBrian Muir 9-4 at 165, and Kevin Boross followed by pinning Steve Mazzolaat the 1:16 mark in the 174-pound bout. That gave NC State a 12-0 lead,and Zach Breitenbach made it 15-0 with a 4-0 shutout of Ryan McGrath at184.
Jason Gore kept the streak alive by beating Jimi Massey 3-1 at197, but Virginia’s Josh Etu got the Cavaliers on the board with an 8-3win over Ngozi Collins at heavyweight. Virginia’s Steve Garland, rankedNo. 6 at 126 pounds, defeated NC State’s George Cintron by medicaldefault, a six-point victory in the team scoring that cut the NC Statelead to nine points at 18-9.
The Cavaliers did not record another victory, however. LeeCarroll defeated Toby MacDonald 4-1 at 133. Oraefo Brown scored late inthe 141-pound match to tie the score at 7-7 and force overtime, where hewent on to defeat P.J. Bory 9-7. That clinched the team victory for NCState, and Tommy Davis put the icing on the cake with a 9-7 win on adouble-overtime tiebreaker over John Pozniak.
NC State 27, Virginia 9
157 – Scott Garren (NCS) dec. Don Carlo-Clauss, 4-5
165 – Joel Dramis (NCS) dec. Brian Muir, 9-4
174 – Kevin Boross (NCS) fall Steve Mazzola, at 1:16
184 – Zach Breitenbach (NCS) dec. Ryan McGrath, 4-0
197 – Jason Gore (NCS) dec. Jimi Massey, 3-1
Hwt – Josh Etu (UVa) dec. Ngozi Collins, 8-3
126 – Steve Garland (UVa) defeated George Cintron by medical default
133 – Lee Carroll (NCS) dec. Toby MacDonald, 4-1
141 – Oraefo Brown (NCS) dec. P.J. Bory, 9-7, ot
149 – Tommy Davis (NCS) dec. John Pozniak, 9-7, tb