Lehigh Wrestlers Storm Past NC State, 22-11

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Seventh-ranked Lehigh dropped the first three matches of the evening before sweeping the final seven bouts enroute to a 22-11 dual-match victory over NC State on Sunday night at Reynolds Coliseum. Lehigh, which lost a one-point match earlier in the day at North Carolina, improved to 7-2 in dual matches this season, while the Wolfpack dropped to 0-4.

NC State got off to a quick start, winning a pair of major decisions and taking an 11-0 lead after three bouts. True freshman Ryan McCallum won a major decision over Anthony Shave at 134 to start things off, and sophomore Oraefo Brown upset 12th-ranked Matt Goldstein 6-4 at 141 pounds. That appeared to be a critical win for the Wolfpack at the time, but subsequent events proved otherwise.

After Tommy Davis won by major decision over Troy Minarovic at 149, 11th-ranked Ryan Bernholz got Lehigh on the board with a hard-fought 7-5 win over Pierre Pryor at 157. Chris Vitale, ranked 12th at 165, then defeated the Wolfpack's Scott Garren in overtime to make it 11-6 at the midway point.

It was Lehigh after that. In a battle of freshmen, Lehigh's Brad Dillon defeated NC State's Dustin Kawa 13-8 at 174, and Lehigh's Samir Mahmoud got a takedown of Jason Gore at 184 with a second remaining in the second period to break a 2-2 tie, propelling Mahmoud to a 7-5 victory.

Mahmoud's win gave Lehigh the lead in the team scoring at 12-11, and fourth-ranked Jon Trenge, a redshirt freshman, kept the Engineers on a roll with a 10-5 win over 19th-ranked Zach Breitenbach at 197. That made it 15-11 with two matches remaining, and Lehigh sealed the team victory when 16th-ranked Shawn Laughlin took a major decision, 15-3, over the Wolfpack's David DeBinder at heavyweight.

Lehigh's Terrance Clendenin then finished the seven-bout sweep with an 8-5 win over George Cintron at 125.

Lehigh 22, NC State 11

Ryan McCallum (NC State) major dec. Anthony Shave, 12-4
Oraefo Brown (NC State) dec. #12 Matt Goldstein, 6-4
Tommy Davis (NC State) major dec. Troy Minarovic, 10-2
Ryan Bernholz (Lehigh) dec. Pierre Pryor, 7-5
#12 Chris Vitale (Lehigh) dec. Scott Garren, 10-6, ot
Brad Dillon (Lehigh) dec. Dustin Kawa, 13-8
Samir Mahmoud (Lehigh) dec. Jason Gore, 7-5
#4 Jon Trenge (Lehigh) dec. #19 Zach Breitenbach, 10-5
#16 Shawn Laughlin (Lehigh) major dec. David DeBinder, 15-3
Terrance Clendenin (Lehigh) dec. George Cintron, 8-5

North Carolina State University Athletics

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