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Las Vegas Invitational
Goodman Places Fifth At Las Vegas Invitational
12/4/2005 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
Dec. 4, 2005
It took two wrestlers ranked in the top six nationally to finally bring an end to NC State 197-pounder Ryan Goodman's run through the Cliff Kean Las Vegas Inviational. Even then, Goodman lost by the slimmest of margins -- two points and one point -- in finishing fifth at 197 pounds and leading the Wolfpack to a 25th-place team finish in one of its best showings ever at the Vegas Tournament, generally regarded as a stern early-season test.
"This is about the best showing we've had as a team since I've been back with the program," said Wolfpack head coach Carter Jordan, who joined the coaching staff in 1997-98. "It took some outstanding performances to beat us. We had several kids wrestle deep into the brackets, and if you look back through the brackets, almost every guy that beat wound up placing in that bracket. All in all, I'm very encouraged."
Goodman's showing was espccially impressive. The redshirt-freshman transfer from Nebraska wound up wrestling five ranked opponents in a span of about 30 hours, beat three of them, and lost to the other two by two points and one point.
"He's really good," Jordan said of Goodman. "You're really not sure just how good a guy is until you see him out on the mat against other top kids. We were all pretty certain that he was one of the top guys in the country, and he proved that this weekend. The two guys that beat him placed first and third. He wasn't that far from winning the whole thing."
The Wolfpack now will take two weeks off for exam break before heading to the Great Plains for dual matches December 16 at North Dakota State and December 17 at South Dakota State.
Following are final results for NC State wrestlers in the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational:
125 pounds, Jeremy Hartrum
Pigtails - won by decision over Talon Vickers (Utah Valley State), 6-0
Round of 32 - won by decision over Craig Trampe (Dana), 4-3
Round of 16 - lost to No. 9 Jeremy Mendoza (Arizona State), 4-13
Wrestleback round 3 - lost by technical fall to Jeff Hedges (Northern Idaho), 1-17
133 pounds, Jeff Breese
Round of 32 - lost to No. 8 Scott Jorgenson (Boise State), 4-18
Wrestleback round 1 - won by fall over Mike Long (Augustana), at 2:40
Wrestleback round 2 - lost by major decision to Brett Allgood (Nebraska-Kearney), 4-13
141 pounds, Jalil Dozier
Pigtails - lost to Chris McCormick (Missouri), 3-6
Wrestleback round 1 - lost to Gordo Villaesusa (Embry-Riddle), 3-7
149 pounds, Joe Caramanica
Pigtails - won by decision over Matthew Crippes (Air Force), 16-9
Round of 23 - won by decision over Aaron Gomoll (Ohio), 0-6
Round of 16 - lost by decision to No. 10 Doug Withstandy (Purdue), 2-7
Wrestleback round 3 - won by decision over Justin Rawle (Utah Valley State), 6-3
Wrestleback round 4 - lost by injury default to Wayne French (UT Chattanooga)
157 pounds, Bryant Reams
Round of 32 - lost by fall to Zachary Lee (Western State), at 4:51
Wrestleback round 2 - lost by fall to Jake Murphy (Purdue), at 1:02
165 pounds, Mike Waite
Pigtails - lost by fall to Mickey Moran (Buffalo), at 4:26
Wrestleback round 1 - lost to Daniel Peterson (UT-Chattanooga), 4-16
174 pounds, Rick Brownlee
Round of 32 - won by decision over Luke Feist (Stanford), 10-8, ot
Round of 16 - pinned No. 11 Nick Roy (Michigan), at 2:43
Round of 8 - lost by decision to Kurt Brenner (West Virginia), 4-10
Wrestleback round 5 - lost by decision to No. 17 Eric Ring (Edinboro), 1-4
184 pounds, Jeremy Colbert
Pigtails - lost to Dustin Wiles (Penn), 0-10
Wrestleback round 1 - won by default over Jason Trulson (Arizona State)
197 pounds, Ryan Goodman
Round of 32 - won by major decision over Orrin Kleinhenz (Columbia), 17-8
Round of 16 - won by decision over No. 18 Casey Phelps (Boise State), 3-2
Round of 8 - won by decision over No. 11 Matt Monteiro (Cal State Bakersfield), 8-4
Semifinals - lost by decision to No. 5 Kyle Cerminara (Buffalo), 6-8
Wrestleback round 5 - lost by decision to No. 6 Ryan Bader (Arizona State), 2-3
5th place - won by decision over No. 8 Daren Burns (UNC Greensboro), 7-5
Heavyweight, Jainor Palma
Round of 32 - Won by decision over Kris Bietz (Augustana), 7-4
Round of 16 - lost by major decision to No. 3 Greg Wagner (Michigan), 3-13
Wrestleback round 3 - lost be decision to Matt Weight (Illinois), 1-2
