Virginia Wrestling Finishes 18th at Southern Scuffle

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Dec. 30, 2005

GREENSBORO, N.C. – – Nick Smith went 1-1 and the Virginia Wrestling Team finished 18th to wrap up competition at the 2005 Southern Scuffle Friday. Virginia had two wrestlers advance to the quarterfinals, before falling into the consolation bracket.

Smith defeated Edinboro’s Jeremy Mosley, 4-1, before Oregon State’s Ty Watterson pinned him at 2:58. Minnesota captured the title with a total of 192 points. Missouri, Cornell, Edinboro and Ohio State rounded out the top five.

North Carolina was the only Atlantic Coast Conference team to finish in top 10. NC State tied for 11th followed by Virgina Tech (17th), Maryland (20th) and Duke (19th).

Virginia returns to action next Wednesday when the Cavaliers take VMI in the Battle on the Beltway at Robinson High School in Fairfax, Va. The meet was originally scheduled for 7:30 p.m., but will now start at 6 p.m.

125 pounds
Consolation Round
Anthony Burke (Virginia) def. Brad Gentzle (Pittsburgh) 6-4

133 pounds
Quarterfinals
Tyler McCormick (Missouri) def. Eric Albright (Virginia) 6-2
Consolation Round
Amond Prater (Missouri) def. Eric Albright (Virginia) 7-1

149 pounds
Consolation RoundJoe Caramanica (North Carolina State) def. Drew Dipasquale (Virginia) Pin (2:24)

165 pounds
Consolation Round
Jason McGee (Kent State) def. Damian Johnson (Virginia) 12-11

184 pounds
QuarterfinalsAlex Camargo (Kent State) def. Rocco Caponi (Virginia) 11-3
Consolation Round
Alex Picazo (Ohio State) def. Rocco Caponi (Virginia) 7-6

Heavyweight
Wrestleback 4th
Nick Smith (Virginia) def. Jeremy Mosley (Edinboro) 4-1
Consolation Round
Ty Watterson (Oregon State) def. Nick Smith (Virginia) Pin (2:58)

1. 192.0 MINNESOTA
2. 149.0 MISSOURI
3. 131.0 CORNELL
4. 103.0 EDINBORO
5. 94.5 OHIO STATE
6. 86.0 LEHIGH
7. 82.5 KENT STATE
8. 68.5 OREGON STATE
9. 55.0 U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY
10. 50.5 NORTH CAROLINA
11. 50.0 GARDNER-WEBB
11. 50.0 NORTH CAROLINA ST
13. 48.5 TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA
14. 46.0 PITTSBURGH
15. 44.0 LOCK HAVEN
16. 39.5 CITADEL
17. 38.0 VIRGINIA TECH
18. 36.5 VIRGINIA
19. 31.5 UNC GREENSBORO
20. 30.0 EAST STROUDSBURG
21. 27.0 MARYLAND
22. 26.5 EASTERN MICHIGAN
23. 24.0 OHIO
24. 23.5 APPALACHIAN STATE
25. 21.0 VMI
26. 18.5 RIDER
27. 16.0 OLD DOMINION
28. 10.5 CAMPBELL
29. 10.0 DUKE
29. 10.0 GEORGE MASON
31. 3.0 DAVIDSON
32. 0.0 PRINCETON