North Carolina
Lehigh
Tar Heels Drop Three At Northeast Duals
November 26, 2011 | Wrestling
Nov. 26, 2011
TROY, N.Y. - A short-handed North Carolina wrestling team put up a strong fight at the Northeast Duals in Troy, N.Y. Saturday afternoon. Due to injuries the Tar Heels were forced to forfeit three weight classes on the afternoon as they fell to No. 14 Rutgers, 33-9, No. 20 Penn, 32-12 and No. 6 Lehigh, 27-17.
The underclassmen led the way for the Tar Heels once again as sophomores Brian Bokoski and Corey Mock along with freshmen Evan Henderson and Alex Utley all posted 2-1 marks on the day.
okoski helped spring Carolina to a pair of leads with decisions over Vincent Dellafave (Rutgers) and Geoffrey Bostany (Penn). Mock bounced back from a pin in the opening dual of the day to post a pin of his own against Troy Hernandez (Penn) before registering a 13-2 major decision over Anthony Salupon (Lehigh).
Henderson, Carolina's top wrestler in the early going, posted a decision over No. 15 Billy Ashnault of Rutgers before battling No. 4 Zack Kemmerer of Penn to a decision loss. The setback was Henderson's first of his career but the freshmen bounced back to post a tech fall over Jim Carucci of Lehigh.
Fellow freshman Alex Utley opened with back-to-back decisions over Dan Seidenberg (Rutgers0 and Erich Smith (Penn). Utley then took on the top wrestler in the country at 184 in Lehigh's Robert Hamlin. Utley battled Hamlin to the bitter end before falling by decision, 4-2.
Brock LiVorio posted a tech fall win in the final dual of the day as he posted a 16-0 win over Alex Abreu of Lehigh. Jon Burns also claimed a win for the Tar Heels on the day as he posted a 7-3 decision over Lehigh's Kyle Rosser after dropping his opening two bouts by a combined two points. Burns fell to No. 4 Mario Mason of Rutgers, 3-2, and Steve Robertson of Penn, 4-3.
Results
No. 14 Rutgers 33, North Carolina 9
125 - Brian Bokoski (UNC) dec. Vincent Dellafave (Rutgers), 5-4 UNC leads, 3-0
133 - Michael DeMarco (Rutgers) dec. Brock LiVorio (UNC), 10-3 Tied, 3-3
141 - No. 14 Evan Henderson (UNC) dec. No. 15 Billy Ashnault (Rutgers), 7-2 UNC leads, 6-3
149 - No. 4 Mario Mason (Rutgers) dec. Jon Burns (UNC), 3-2 Tied, 6-6
157 - Anthony Volpe (Rutgers) pinned Corey Mock (UNC), 1:50 Rutgers leads, 12-6
165 - No. 7 Scott Winston (Rutgers) won by forfeit Rutgers leads, 18-6
174 - No. 15 Greg Zannetti (Rutgers) won by forfeit Rutgers, 24-6
184 - Alex Utley (UNC) dec. Dan Seidenberg (Rutgers), 3-2 Rutgers leads, 24-9
197 - Daniel Rinaldi (Rutgers) dec. Nick Tenpenny (UNC), 3-0 Rutgers leads, 27-9
HWT - Daniel Hopkins (Rutgers) won by forfeit Rutgers wins, 33-9
No. 20 Penn def. North Carolina, 32-12
125 - Brian Bokoski (UNC) dec. Geoffrey Bostany (Penn), 10-9 UNC leads, 3-0
133 - No. 15 Bryan Ortenzio (Penn) maj. dec. Brock LiVorio (UNC), 9-0 Penn leads, 4-3
141 - No. 4 Zack Kemmerer (Penn) dec. No. 14 Evan Henderson (UNC), 9-3 Penn leads, 7-3
149 - Steve Robertson (Penn) dec. Jonathan Burns (UNC), 4-3 Penn leads, 10-3
157 - Corey Mock (UNC) pins Troy Hernandez (Penn), FALL 2:27 Penn leads, 10-9
165 - Lorenzo Thomas (Penn) win by forfeit, Penn leads, 16-9
174 - Ian Korb (Penn) win by forfeit, Penn leads, 23-9
184 - Alex Utley (UNC) dec. Erich Smith (Penn), 8-5 Penn leads, 23-12
197 - No. 6 Micah Burak (Penn) dec. Nick Tenpenney (UNC), 11-2 Penn leads 27-12
285 - Anthony DiLonardo (Penn) win by forfeit, Penn wins, 33-12
No. 6 Lehigh 27, North Carolina 17
125 - Mason Beckman (Lehigh) dec. Brian Bokoski (UNC) 12-8, Lehigh leads, 3-0
133 - Brock LiVorio (UNC) tech fall Alex Abreu (Lehigh) 16-0, 4:58 UNC leads, 5-3
141 - Evan Henderson (UNC) tech fall Jim Carucci (Lehigh) 16-1, 5:09 UNC leads, 10-3
149 - Jon Burns (UNC) dec. Kyle Rosser (Lehigh) 7-3 UNC leads, 13-3
157 - Corey Mock (UNC) major dec. Anthony Salupo (Lehigh) 13-2 UNC leads 17-3
165 - No. 9 Brandon Hatchett (Lehigh) won by forfeit UNC leads, 17-9
174 - Nate Brown (Lehigh) won by forfeit UNC leads, 17-15
184 - No. 1 Robert Hamlin (Lehigh) dec. Alex Utley (UNC) 4-2 Lehigh leads 18-17
197 - No. 9 Joe Kennedy (Lehigh) dec. Nick Tenpenny (UNC) 6-2 Lehigh leads, 21-17
285 - Zach Rey (Lehigh) won by forfeit Lehigh wins, 27-17
Players Mentioned
