North Carolina State University Athletics
Wrestling Notes
2/19/2001 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
George Cintron, 125, So., Wellington, Fla.
18-6 in 2001, 32-13 career.
Has a 5-2 career mark vs. ACC opponents.
Has had two winning streaks this season of at least four matches, including his current winning streak of eight, which is a career high The first four-match streak came during the Duke Duals and the NC State Duals.
Has won 12 of his last 13 matches, with the one loss at the hands of 17th-ranked Ryan Escobar of Illinois.
Has won 15 of his last 17 matches, dating back to the Lehigh Duals in December.
Is 1-2 vs. ranked wrestlers.
10-9 with 2 falls in 2001.
Is 1-3 vs. ACC opponents.
Clinched the Wolfpack's 19-16 win at North Carolina on February 15 with a clutch 5-2 win over Brad Byers, a tested veteran, in the final match of the evening.
Has won three of his last four matches.
Pinned Appalachian State's Travis Drake at the 2:34 mark on February 3.
Lost to 20th-ranked Brandon York of Maryland 6-1 on January 20, his first college match against a ranked wreslter.
Snapped a four-match losing streak on January 27 with a 7-2 win over Dalton Head of James Madison.
Won a career-high six straight matches prior to the four-match losing streak.
Struggled against tough competition early, dropping four of his first five matches at the Navy Invitational and the Lehigh Duals.
7-9 in 2001, 18-22 with 1 fall career.
Has a 7-2 career mark vs. ACC competition.
Has won four of his last seven matches after starting the year at 3-6.
Has won three of his last five matches, and four of his last seven.
Won three in a row earlier in the year, one shy of his career-best winning streak of four matches.
11-3 in 2001, 70-21 career.
Has a career winning percentage of .769.
Has a 21-6 career mark vs. ACC opposition.
Two-time ACC champion
(141 pounds in 1999)
(149 pounds in 2000)
Had a six-match winning streak broken February 15 by North Carolina's JohnMark Bentley, who picked up the 3-2 decision.
Had won his last six matches before the Bentley match, with four of the six wins by major decision.
Has never lost three matches in a row, and has lost two in a row only twice, once this season and once in February 1999.
All three losses this season came to national top 10 wrestlers (#1 Adam Tirapelle of Illinois, and two vs. #7 JohnMark Bentley of UNC) Has lost only six times in his career to unranked wrestlers, and just twice since his freshman season.
Has won 24 of his last 29 matches dating back to last season, including a career-best 12-match winning streak last season Had winning streaks of nine and 10 matches earlier in his career.
His first loss to UNC's Bentley this season, on January 16 in Reynolds Coliseum, was his first to an ACC foe in two years, snapping a streak of 12 consecutive wins vs. ACC opponents.
Needs seven wins to crack the NC State career top 10 for victories.
18-3 with 4 falls in 2001, 58-22 with 17 falls career.
Has a 14-4 career record vs. ACC opposition.
The 1999 ACC champion at 157.
Received a medical hardship last season after fracturing his wrist the first day of the season.
Has now won a career-high 13 matches in a row Previous longest streak was seven in a row over the 1999-2000 and 2000-01 seasons, winning all four matches a year ago and his first three this season.
Has won 15 of his last 16 matches Has won 22 of his last 25 matches, including seven first-period falls and five major decisions, dating back to the beginning of the 1999-2000 season.
Ten of his 18 wins this season have been by fall or major decision.
Has won his last 11 matches vs. ACC competition.
Currently ranks ninth in school history with 17 career pins.
20-7 with 3 falls in 2001, 36-13 with 7 falls career.
Is 7-2 lifetime vs. the ACC.
The defending ACC champion at 157.
Ranked 18th nationally by Intermat.
Is the Wolfpack's second 20-match winner this season, and has won 20 for the first time in his career.
Had a five-match winning streak snapped January 20 at Maryland, his first-ever ACC loss.
Has won five in a row three times this season, including his current winning streak of five Career-longest winning streak was seven matches a year ago.
Is 2-1 vs. ranked opponents this season, with both victories coming against wrestlers ranked in the top 10.
Has three falls, one technical fall and four major decisions to his credit this season.
Has won 10 of his last 12 matches, 15 of his last 19, 19 of his last 25, and 28 of his last 37 dating back to last season.
12-11 with 1 fall in 2001.
Has a 3-2 record vs. ACC opponents.
NC State's first-ever high school national champion.
Has won four of his last seven matches, and eight of his last 13.
Picked up his second career pin on January 31 with a 3:19 fall over Campbell's Josh McConnell.
Overcame a 6-1 first-period deficit on January 20 to post a 10-9 victory over Sal Aquia at Maryland and snap a two-match losing streak.
Both losses in the losing streak were last-second heartbreakers to ranked wrestlers Lost 2-1 on riding time in overtime to Illinois' Ben King (#7) at the NC State Duals, and then lost 5-3 to UNC's Corey Bell (#14) on a takedown with three seconds left in the match three days later.
Won a career-high four in a row during the Duke Duals and the NC State Duals, including a pin and a major decision.
22-4 with 1 fall in 2001, 63-34 with 4 falls career.
Has a 15-4 career record vs. ACC opponents.
Academic All-American and ACC Honor Roll
Ranked 8th nationally by Intermat, and 13th by Amateur Wrestling News.
Is 3-3 this season vs. ranked opponents.
Has won 13 matches in a row, a career high Previous longest winning streak was five matches, which he did once a year ago.
Won five in a row by either major decisions or technical fall before beating Navy's Mike Bigrigg 9-7 on February 10.
Has won 15 of his last 16 matches, 18 of his last 20, and 36 of his last 46 matches, dating back to the 1999 Lehigh Invitational.
Has suffered back-to-back losses just three times in the last two seasons, and just once in 2000-01.
Has a 42-14 mark over the last two seasons.
Was named ACC Wrestler of the Week the week of January 6-13, and again the week of January 20-27.
3-4 in 2001.
Is 2-2 career vs. ACC opponents.
A member of the Wolfpack football team Started the last four games of the season at defensive tackle as a true freshman.
Ryan McCallum, 133, Fr., Reading, Pa.
Oraefo Brown, 141, So. Miami, Fla.
Tommy Davis, 149, Sr., Newark, Del.
Pierre Pryor, 157, R-Jr., Virginia Beach, Va.
Scott Garren, 165, So., Paulsboro, N.J.
Dustin Kawa, 174, R-Fr., Lithonia, Ga.
Zach Breitenbach, 197, Sr. Cary, N.C.
Ricky Fowler, Hwt., Fr., Columbus, Ga.
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