North Carolina
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No. 15 Carolina Sweeps Competition At Pitt Duals
January 10, 2016 | Wrestling
PITTSBURGH --- Led by triple winners Joey Ward, John Michael Staudenmayer, Ethan Ramos and Alex Utley, No. 15 North Carolina swept the competition at the 2016 Pitt Duals Saturday at Fitzgerald Field House. Carolina opened the day with a 26-11 win over Edinboro before defeating Ivy League foes Columbia and Brown by scores of 24-12 and 29-9. Evan Henderson added a pair of pins for the Tar Heels, who improved to 9-1 on the year heading into next Saturday's ACC opener at Virginia Tech.
UNC fell behind in all three duals but used bonus point wins to pull away and extend its winning streak to eight. Ward registered two major decisions and a tech fall in his three victories, outscoring his opponents 41-3. Ramos had a pair of majors and narrowly missed a third, while Utley needed just 2:34 for a first period tech fall in his win over Edinboro's Chris Laird.
After an upset loss to Patricio Lugo of Edinboro in the first dual of the day, Henderson showed dominant form in a pair of first period pins. The redshirt senior stuck Columbia's Tyler Ponte in 2:15 before needing a mere 13 seconds to get the fall over Brown's Travis Vasquez, a pin that stands as the fastest of Henderson's All-American career. He now has 42 career pins, just eight shy of the school record of 50 set by T.J. Jaworsky.
Carolina had a good day at 197 pounds as well as Chip Ness and Scott Marmoll combined to go 3-0. Ness tallied a pair of decisions against Edinboro and Brown while Marmoll netted a bonus point with an 11-2 major over Columbia's Troy Hembury.
UNC will begin Atlantic Coast Conference competition on Saturday, Jan. 16, when the Tar Heels travel to Blacksburg to take on No. 5 Virginia Tech.
#15 North Carolina 26, Edinboro 11
125: Sean Russell (E) tech. fall Anthony Bosco (UNC), 22-7 - Edinboro leads 5-0
133: James Szymanski (UNC) dec. Anthony Rivera (E), 5-3 - Edinboro leads 5-3
141: No. 8 Joey Ward (UNC) maj. dec. Tyler Vath (E), 14-2 - UNC leads 7-5
149: Patricio Lugo (E) dec. No. 6 Evan Henderson (UNC), 9-4 - Edinboro leads 8-7
157: Robert Henderson (UNC) maj. dec. Spencer Nagy (E), 12-2 - UNC leads 11-8
165: No. 14 John Michael Staudenmayer (UNC) dec. Casey Fuller (E), 6-1 - UNC leads 14-8
174: No. 2 Ethan Ramos (UNC) maj. dec. Patrick Jennings (E), 13-5 - UNC leads 18-8
184: No. 19 Alex Utley (UNC) tech fall Chris Laird (E), 16-1 (2:34) - UNC leads 23-8
197: Chip Ness (UNC) dec. Vince Pickett (E), 8-4 - UNC leads 26-8
285: Billy Miller (E) dec. Cory Daniel (UNC), 10-3 - UNC wins 26-11
#15 North Carolina 24, Columbia 12
125: Britain Carter (CU) dec. Anthony Bosco (UNC), 3-1 - Columbia leads 3-0
133: Angelo Amenta (CU) dec. James Szymanski (UNC) 1-0 - Columbia leads 6-0
141: No. 8 Joey Ward (UNC) maj. dec. Joe Moita (CU) 11-1 - Columbia leads 6-4
149: No. 6 Evan Henderson (UNC) fall Tyler Ponte (CU), 2:15 - UNC leads 10-6
157: Markus Scheidel (CU) dec. Robert Henderson (UNC), 8-4 - UNC leads 10-9
165: No. 14 John Michael Staudenmayer (UNC) dec. Tyrel White (CU), 2-0 - UNC leads 13-9
174: No. 2 Ethan Ramos (UNC) maj. dec. Zack Hernandez (CU), 13-4 - UNC leads 17-9
184: No. 19 Alex Utley (UNC) dec. Mike Fetchet (CU), 11-4 - UNC leads 20-9
197: Scott Marmoll (UNC) maj. dec. Troy Hembury (CU), 11-2 - UNC leads 24-9
285: Garrett Ryan (CU) dec. Cory Daniel (UNC), 2-1 - UNC wins 24-12
#15 North Carolina 29, Brown 9
125: Michael Russo (B) dec. Anthony Bosco (UNC), 2-1 - Brown leads 3-0
133: Zeke Salvo (B) dec. James Szymanski (UNC), 7-5 - Brown leads 6-0
141: No. 8 Joey Ward (UNC) tech fall Charlie Banaszak (B), 16-0 (3:08) - Brown leads 6-5
149: No. 6 Evan Henderson (UNC) fall Travis Vasquez (B), 0:13 - UNC leads 11-6
157: Justin Staudenmayer (B) dec. Christian Barber (UNC), 6-0 - UNC leads 11-9
165: No. 14 John Michael Staudenmayer (UNC) dec. Jon Viruet (B), 7-3 - UNC leads 14-9
174: No. 2 Ethan Ramos (UNC) dec. Andrew LaBrie (B), 8-2 - UNC leads 17-9
184: No. 19 Alex Utley (UNC) dec. Austin Pharr (B), 6-3 - UNC leads 20-9
197: Chip Ness (UNC) dec. Gus Marker (B), 6-1 - UNC leads 23-9
285: Cory Daniel (UNC) wins by forfeit - UNC wins 29-9
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