Virginia Wrestling Falls to N.C. State, 31-13

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Feb. 17, 2002

RALEIGH, N.C. – The University of Virginia wrestling team dropped a 31-13 decision to the N.C. State Wolfpack this afternoon in an Atlantic Coast Conference dual match at Reynolds Coliseum. The Cavaliers pulled out to an early 6-0 lead but the Wolfpack would go on to win seven of the last nine bouts en route to an 18-point victory.

Virginia jumped out to an early 6-0 lead when Bob Seidel (Wall, N.J./Wall) pinned NCSU’s Ryan McCallum 4:10 into the match at 141. But N.C. State ran off 21 unanswered points to pull ahead 21-6 before UVa’s Jimi Massey (Williamsport, Md.Williamsport) recorded a 14-5 major decision victory over N.C. State’s Jon Godwin at 184 to make it a 21-10 contest. After the Wolfpack went ahead 24-10, the Cavaliers’ Ryan Painter (Rainelle, W.V./Rainelle) posted a 3-2 decision in the heavyweight class to pull Virginia within 24-13. However, the Wolfpack won the final two bouts to put the wraps on a 31-13 victory.

With the loss, Virginia falls to 4-10 overall, 1-2 in the ACC. The win improves N.C. State to 8-7 overall, 3-1 in the conference. The Cavaliers will return to home action on Wednesday, February 20th when UVa hosts the Maryland Terrapins in a dual match. Competition is scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m. and will be held at Memorial Gymnasium.

Scoring SummaryVirginia 		13N.C. State	31

Wgt.	Opponents					Result	Team Score V/NCS141	Bob Seidel (UVa) def. Ryan McCallum (NCSU)		Fall @ 4:10	6-0149	Jake Giamoni (NCSU) def. Paul Dunstan (UVa)		6-4		6-3157	David Miller (NCSU) def. Tim Foley (UVa)  		Fall @ 2:59	6-9165	Pierre Pryor (NCSU) def. Don Carlo-Clauss (UVa)	Fall @ 3:44	6-15174	Dustin Kawa (NCSU) def. Brian Muir (UVa)		Fall @ 4:04	6-21184	Jimi Massey (UVa) def. Jon Godwin (NCSU)		MD, 14-5	10-21197	Jason Gore (NCSU) def. Andrew DeMartino (UVa)	10-4		10-24HWT	Ryan Painter (UVa) def. Ngozi Collins (NCSU)		3-2		13-24125	George Cintron (NCSU) def. Byron Dunlap (UVa)	MD, 10-1	13-28133	Clairence Davis (NCSU) def. Ryan Stewart (UVa)	8-4		13-31

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