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No. 2 Nebraska Tops Tar Heels
February 14, 2004 | Wrestling
Feb. 14, 2004
LINCOLN, Neb. - ehind three victories via fall, second-ranked Nebraska blanked the University of North Carolina wrestling team, 47-0, Saturday at NU Coliseum. With their second shutout loss of the season, the Tar Heels are now 4-11 overall (1-4 ACC) in duals this season, while the Huskers now stand 18-2 with five shutouts on the year.
Nebraska's Kyle Gubbels opened the match with a win via fall at 197 pounds over the Tar Heels' Venroy July, and the Huskers also scored pins 133 and 184 pounds. Nebraska also picked up 12 points thanks to forfeits at 149 and 174 pounds and claimed a technical fall win at 165 pounds.
Carolina sophomore Ashton Buswell wrestled the closest bout of the day, falling to the Huskers' B.J. Wright, 5-3, at 157 pounds. Mike Booth lost 7-1 to Nebraska's Dominick Moyer at 141 pounds, and senior Ryan Adams saw his 11-bout winning streak snapped with an 8-3 loss to Nebraska heavyweight Nathan McClain. Adams is now 27-10 on the season.
The Tar Heels were also shutout againt then-No. 3 Lehigh, 41-0, on Jan. 9.
Carolina hosts its final dual match of the season versus Appalachian State on Feb. 28 at Carmichael Auditorium. This match-up is the Tar Heels' final tune-up before the 2004 Atlantic Coast Conference Championships on March 6 in Charlottesville, Va.
NEBRASKA 47, NORTH CAROLINA 0 Weight Matchup Result Score 125 Jason Powell (NU) over Drew Forshey (UNC) MD, 10-0 133 Joey Malia (NU) over Bobby Shaw (UNC) Fall, 0:45 141 Dominick Moyer (NU) over Mike Booth (UNC) 7-1 149 Jeremy Baker (NU) Forfeit 157 B.J. Wright (NU) over Ashton Buswell (UNC) 5-3 165 Jacob Klein (NU) over Garrett Atkinson (UNC) TF, 23-7 174 James Pummel (NU) Forfeit 184 Travis Pascoe (NU) over Mark Canty (UNC) Fall, 4:05 197 Kyle Gubbels (NU) over Venroy July (UNC) Fall, 4:59 HWT Nathan McClain (NU) over Ryan Adams (UNC) 8-3
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