North Carolina State University Athletics
NC State Wrestling Takes 5th Place At Navy Classic
11/19/2001 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
Nov. 19, 2001
Annapolis, Md. - Seven NC State wrestlers recorded top-six finishes to lead the Wolfpack wrestling team to a fifth-place finish at the 2001 Navy Wrestling Classic, held November 17 at Annapolis, Md.
Senior Pierre Pryor, who won Outstanding Wrestler at the 1999 Navy Classic, took second place at 165 pounds, and senior Ngozi Collins placed third in the heavyweight classification to pace the Wolfpack. Sophomore Dustin Kawa finished fourth at 174 pounds and freshman Kevin Gabrielson took fourth place at 157. Sophomore Jake Giamoni won fifth place at 141, and sophomore Jon Godwin (184 pounds) and senior Jason Gore (197 pounds) came away with sixth-place finishes for NC State.
Giamoni, who improved to 5-2 on the season, won four matches for the Wolfpack, with one of his two losses a 3-0 decision to second-ranked Sean Gray of Virginia Tech. Gabrielson, Pryor, Kawa, Godwin and Collins each won three matches for the Pack, which will return to action in two weeks at the Cliff Kean Las Vegas Tournament, November 30 and December 1 at Las Vegas, Nevada.
Wolfpack notes: Pryor recorded his 20th career pin with an 83-second fall over Brian Hanifin of James Madison in the first round at 165. With his three victories, Pryor improved to 65-26 for his career at NC State.
* NC State recorded three pins in addition to Pryor's. Freshman Dave Miller pinned Anthony DelPriore of The Citadel in 1:24 at 149, Kawa defeated Keith Adams of James Madison by fall at 3:23 at 174, and Godwin pinned Keith Collins of Navy at 4:49 at 184.
