North Carolina State University Athletics
NC State Captures ACC Wrestling Championship
3/3/2001 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
The ACC contested its wrestling championship concurrently with the Colonial Athletic Association and the Southern Conference in Mat Jam, the first event of its kind in collegiate wrestling. Breitenbach's victory provided the winning margin for the Wolfpack in a tightly contested race with Virginia. The Wolfpack finished with 78.5 points, 5.5 more than the Cavaliers. North Carolina was third with 68 points.
The title is the 11th for NC State, all under current head coach Bob Guzzo. It was State's first ACC wrestling crown since 1996, breaking a four-year run by North Carolina. The Pack placed a league-high six wrestlers in the finals. Pierre Pryor won his second title at 157 with an 8-0 major decision over Virginia's Don Carlo-Clauss. George Cintron (125), Pryor and Breitenbach won individual titles for the champions. The Pack added three second-place and two third-place finishes.
Virginia had two champions, Greg Francesca at 165 and Jimi Massey at 184. The Cavaliers also had three second-place. The victory capped a week for Breitenbach in which he was also inducted into Phi Beta Kappa and was awarded a Weaver-James-Corrigan Postgraduate Scholarship by the ACC.
Host North Carolina had three champions, including JohnMark Bentley at 149 pounds, Corey Bell at 174 pounds and Matt Kenny at heavyweight. Bell became the third four-time ACC champion in Carolina history. Bentley and Kenny won ACC titles for the third time. The only other four-time ACC champions for UNC were Al Palacio (1983, 1985-87 at 118) and Justin Harty (1994-97 at heavyweight). Bentley was named the ACC's Most Outstanding Wrestler.
Atlantic Coast Conference Championship Finals
125- George Cintron (NC State) decisions Tommy Hoang (Duke) 3-1
133- Brandon York (Maryland) decisions Joe Alexander (Virginia) 2-0
141- Mark Mansueto (Maryland) decisions Orafeo Brown (NC State) 5-1
149- JohnMark Bentley (North Carolina) decisions Tommy Davis (NC State)
4-1
157- Pierre Pryor (NC State) major decisions Don Carlo-Clauss (Virginia)
8-0
165- Greg Francesca (Virginia) decisions Tim Marcantonio (Duke) 9-2
174- Corey Bell (North Carolina) decisions Dustin Kawa (NC State) 6-5
184- Jimi Massey (Virginia) decisions Jake Stewart (Maryland) 9-6
197- Zach Breitenbach (NC State) decisions Clint Osborn (North Carolina)
8-2
HWT- Matt Kenny (North Carolina) wins by technical fall vs. Josh Etu
(Virginia) 19-3
ACC Team Standings
1. NC State 78.5 2. Virginia 73 3. North Carolina 68 4. Maryland 52.5 5. Duke 34
2001 ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP
Hosted By The University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, N.C.
Saturday, March 3, 2001
125
FIRST ROUND
Tommy Hoang (Duke) major decisions Ryan Stewart (Virginia) 15-2
SEMIFINALS
George Cintron (NC State) wins by technical fall Joe Guzzio (Maryland)
20-3
Hoang (Duke) decisions Chris Collins (North Carolina) 4-1
FINALS
Cintron (NC State) decisions Hoang (Duke) 3-1
CONSOLATION SEMIFINALS
Guzzio (Maryland) wins by fall vs. Stewart (Virginia) 2:04
CONSOLATION FINALS (THIRD PLACE)
Collins (North Carolina) decisions Guzzio (Maryland) 9-4
133
FIRST ROUND
Joe Alexander (Virginia) decisions Ryan McCallum (NC State) 10-4
SEMIFINALS
Brandon York (Maryland) decisions Sean Meakim (Duke) 8-6
Alexander (Virginia) decisions Brad Byers (North Carolina) 8-6
FINALS
York (Maryland) decisions Alexander (Virginia) 2-0
CONSOLATION SEMIFINALS
McCallum (NC State) decisions Meakim (Duke) 2-1
CONSOLATION FINALS (THIRD PLACE)
McCallum (NC State) decisions Byers (North Carolina) 8-6
141
FIRST ROUND
Harry Clarke (Duke) decisions Mike Booth (North Carolina) 3-1
SEMIFINALS
Mark Mansueto (Maryland) decisions Clarke (Duke) 9-3
Orafeo Brown (NC State) decisions Bob Seidel (Virginia) 3-2
FINALS
Mansueto (Maryland) decisions Brown (NC State) 5-1
CONSOLATION SEMIFINALS
Seidel (Virginia) decisions Booth (North Carolina) 3-2
CONSOLATION FINALS (THIRD PLACE)
Seidel (Virginia) major decisions Clarke (Duke) 9-1
149
FIRST ROUND
JohnMark Bentley (North Carolina) wins by fall vs. G. Anderson (Duke)
2:29
SEMIFINALS
Bentley (North Carolina) major decisions Bryan Rabinowitz (Maryland)
24-10
Tommy Davis (NC State) decisions P.J. Bory (Virginia) 7-2
FINALS
Bentley (North Carolina) decisions Davis (NC State) 4-1
CONSOLATION SEMIFINALS
Bory (Virginia) wins by technical fall vs. Anderson (Duke) 18-3
CONSOLATION FINALS (THIRD PLACE)
Bory (Virginia) decisions Robinovitz (Maryland) 9-3
157
FIRST ROUND
John Carlo-Clauss (Virginia) decisions Rob Booth (Maryland) 9-3
SEMIFINALS
Pierre Pryor (NC State) wins by fall vs. Josh Sheridan (Duke) 1:55
Carlo-Clauss (Virginia) decisions Chris DiGuiseppe (North Carolina) 4-2
FINALS
Pryor (NC State) major decisions Carlo-Clauss (Virginia) 8-0
CONSOLATION SEMIFINALS
Booth (Maryland) decisions Sheridan (Duke) 3-2
CONSOLATION FINALS (THIRD PLACE)
DiGuiseppe (North Carolina) major decisions Booth (Maryland) 12-2
165
FIRST ROUND
Tim Marcantonio (Duke) decisions Josh Weidman (Maryland) 7-5
SEMIFINALS
Greg Francesca (Virginia) wins by technical fall Phillip Davanzo (NC
State) 19-3
Marcantonio (Duke) decisions Jason Wilson (North Carolina) 6-5
FINALS
Francesca (Virginia) decisions Marcantonio (Duke ) 9-2
CONSOLATION SEMIFINALS
Weidman (Duke) major decisions Davanzo (NC State) 14-2
CONSOLATION FINALS (THIRD PLACE)
Weidman (Duke) major decisions Wilson (North Carolina) 14-1
174
FIRST ROUND
Dustin Kawa (NC State) major decisions Frank Cornely (Duke) 9-1
SEMIFINALS
Corey Bell (North Carolina) major decisions Sal Aquina (Maryland) 10-2
Kawa (NC State) major decisions Brian Muir (Virginia) 13-5
FINALS
Corey Bell (North Carolina) decisions Dustin Kawa (NC State) 6-5
CONSOLATION SEMIFINALS
Aquia (Maryland) decisions Cornely (Duke) 5-4
CONSOLATION FINALS (THIRD PLACE)
Muir (Virginia) decisions Aquia (Maryland) 7-3
184
FIRST ROUND
Tom Cass (Duke) decisions Jason Gore (NC State) 11-7
SEMIFINALS
Jake Stork (Maryland) decisions Nick Richmond (North Carolina) 15-9
Jimi Massey (Virginia) Cass (Duke) 6-1
FINALS
Jimi Massey (Virginia) decisions jake Stewart (Maryland) 9-6
CONSOLATION SEMIFINALS
Richmond (North Carolina) decisions Gore (NC State) 4-1
CONSOLATION FINALS (THIRD PLACE)
Cass (Duke) decisions Richmond (North Carolina) 9-6
197
FIRST ROUND
Clint Osborn (North Carolina) decisions Zach Freday (Virginia) 3-2
SEMIFINALS
Zach Breitenbach (NC State) decisions Bob Vorhies (Maryland) 11-4
Osborn (North Carolina) decisions Daegan Smith (Duke) 6-3
FINALS
Zach Breitenbach (NC State) decisions Clint Osborn (North Carolina) 8-2
CONSOLATION SEMIFINALS
Freday (Virginia) decisions Vorhies (Maryland) 5-3
CONSOLATION FINALS (THIRD PLACE)
Smith (Duke) major decisions Freday (Virginia) 16-6
Heavyweight
FIRST ROUND
Josh Etu (Virginia) wins by fall vs. Levi Karnehm (Duke) 4:05
SEMIFINALS
Matt Kenny (North Carolina) wins by fall vs. James Taylor (Maryland)
3:06
Etu (Virginia) decisions Ricky Fowler (NC State) 3-1
FINALS
Kenny (North Carolina) wins by technical fall vs. Etu (Virginia) 19-3
CONSOLATION SEMIFINALS
Taylor (Maryland) decisions Karnehm (Duke) 4-3
CONSOLATION FINALS (THIRD PLACE)
Fowler (NC State) decisions Taylor (Maryland) 3-2
ACC Team Standings
1. NC State 78.5 2. Virginia 73 3. North Carolina 68 4. Maryland 52.5 5. Duke 34
MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER: JohnMark Bentley, North Carolina
