North Carolina State University Athletics
Wrestling Continues Road Swing, Saturday At Liberty
1/11/2008 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
After a 27-10 victory Wednesday at Duke, NC State will take a two-week break from Atlantic Coast Conference competition, beginning this Saturday with a 7 p.m. match at Liberty.
The Wolfpack enters the match at 5-5 in dual matches and has won its last four. Liberty is 3-5.
Liberty comes into Saturday’s matchup off a third-place finish at the Virginia State Intercollegiate Championships. Five Liberty wrestlers placed in the tournament, hosted by the University of Virginia, and 141-pounder Tim Harner and 184-pounder Chris Daggett both finished second in their respective weight classes.
Prior to its victory Wednesday at Duke, NC State swept three matches last Saturday at the NC State Duals. The Wolfpack won dual matches vs. Gardner-Webb (29-13), Anderson (42-9) and Campbell (29-6).
Sophomore 149-pounder Darrion Caldwell has won his last four matches with first-period knockouts, three pins and a technical fall. Junior 141-pounder Joe Caramanica has won by major decision, two tech falls and a pin in his last four matches. Junior 184-pounder Ryan Goodman has victories by decision, major decision, tech fall and pin in his last four matches.
Fans wishing to follow the action can do so by clicking on the link above.
Below are the probable matchups for Saturday’s bout vs. Liberty, with NC State’s starter listed first:
125 - Taylor Cummings (15-8) vs. Sean Katz (10-12)
133 - Darius Little (6-7) vs. Christian Smith (8-8)
141 - Joe Caramanica (20-4) vs. Tim Harner (17-9)
149 - Darrion Caldwell (20-3) vs. Scottie Clymer (10-14)
157 - Ray Ward (4-4) vs. Shaun Smith (8-12)
165 - Jalil Dozier (7-7) vs. Chad Porter (14-14)
174 - Randy Goodman (5-11) vs. Aaron Kelley (15-14)
184 - Ryan Goodman (11-4) vs. Kyle Walters (2-2)
197 - Mark Jahad (7-10) vs. Patrick Hogan (2-6)
Hwt - Bobby Isola (10-8) vs. Patrick Walker (15-8)
NC State wrestling notebook
Caldwell A Fast Starter: Only at the midpoint of his sophomore season, 149-pounder Darrion Caldwell already has started a full-scale assault on the NC State record books. With 20 victories so far this season, Caldwell is on a pace that will put him within reach of the school record of 32 victories in a season by a sophomore, held by Sylvester Terkay. Caldwell has 10 dual matches, plus the Atlantic Coast Conference and NCAA championships, still to go this season.
Given his fast start, Caldwell would have to be seen as having a better than even chance at winning 30 matches this season. Only nine wrestlers in the program’s history have won 30 or more matches, the last being Sylvester in 1993, when he went 41-0 and won the national championship.
With 22 pins to his credit, Caldwell is tied for seventh in school history for career pins with Mike Lombardo (1985-88). Caldwell has a ways to go to break the school record of 64 by Terkay, but the next four wrestlers on the list ahead of Caldwell are all between 23 and 29 pins.
Caldwell has just 49 bouts to his credit so far in his career, but his .816 career won-lost percentage (40-9) would be tied for seventh in school history. Because won-lost percentage is subject to fluctuation, NC State’s career leaders only include wrestlers who have wrestled 50 or more bouts and have exhausted their eligibility. Terkay is the career leader at .897 (122-14).
Caramancia Also Pushing For 30 Wins: Darrion Caldwell is not the only NC State wrestler nudging towards the career lists in the record book. Following his technical fall over Duke’s A.J. Guardado, junior 141-pounder Joe Caramanica has a 63-23 career record and needs just seven more victories to crack the school’s all-time top 20.
Like Caldwell, Caramanica has 10 dual matches plus the postseason remaining this season, meaning he has an excellent shot at winning 30 matches. Should Caldwell and Caramanica both win 30 matches this season, it would mark only the second time in program history that a pair of NC State teammates won 30 or more matches apiece in the same season. Brian Jackson (38) and Michael Stokes (34) both won more than 30 matches in 1989.
Goodman’s Career Numbers: Junior 184-pounder Ryan Goodman has a 55-14 record following his three-match sweep at the NC State Duals. He still has a ways to go to crack the top 20 for career wins, but his career winning percentage of .797 would rank 11th in school annals.
Fast Worker: Returning to Darrion Caldwell, he has been working hard to become a seven-minute wrestler and overcome the reputation that he either pins his opponents early or struggles to finish. Looking at his match-by-match results, it’s easy to see where that reputation comes from. Of Caldwell’s 22 career pins, 20 of them came in the first period, 10 in the first minute, and six in the first 30 seconds of the bout. He has never recorded a pin in the third and final period of a match.
Caldwell won his first three college matches with pins at 0:13, 1:35, and 2:20, meaning he was 3-0 before he had logged five minutes of mat time. He has four first-period pins against ranked wrestlers, including three that were in the top 10 at the time. Six of his 12 pins this season occurred in the first 30 seconds of the bout.
Add in technical falls and defaults, and 24 of Caldwell’s 40 career victories came well shy of the seven-minute mark. All but two of his nine career losses were by pin or technical fall.
Prior to this year’s Las Vegas Invitational, Caldwell had gone the distance in back-to-back matches just four times, and never in more than two matches in a row. Caldwell went a full seven minutes in his last four matches at Las Vegas, including a 12-3 major decision over No. 2 Josh Cherulla and an 8-6 decision over No. 3 J.P. O’Connor. None of his five matches at the Southern Scuffle, however, went the full seven minutes.
For his career, only 18 of Caldwell’s 49 matches have gone the full seven minutes.
Miscellaneous notes: NC State wrestlers are 10-19 against ranked opponents this season ... NC State won 17 matches against ranked opponents a year ago, and 17 total the four previous seasons combined ... With Taylor Cummings (15-8) and Ryan Goodman (11-4) within reach of 20 wins this season, the Wolfpack has a shot at having four wrestlers win at least 20 matches in a season for the third year in a row ... NC State wrestlers are 28-14 against wrestlers from the Atlantic Coast Conference ... Darrion Caldwell has 22 career pins; the rest of the team combined has 38.
The Wolfpack enters the match at 5-5 in dual matches and has won its last four. Liberty is 3-5.
Liberty comes into Saturday’s matchup off a third-place finish at the Virginia State Intercollegiate Championships. Five Liberty wrestlers placed in the tournament, hosted by the University of Virginia, and 141-pounder Tim Harner and 184-pounder Chris Daggett both finished second in their respective weight classes.
Prior to its victory Wednesday at Duke, NC State swept three matches last Saturday at the NC State Duals. The Wolfpack won dual matches vs. Gardner-Webb (29-13), Anderson (42-9) and Campbell (29-6).
Sophomore 149-pounder Darrion Caldwell has won his last four matches with first-period knockouts, three pins and a technical fall. Junior 141-pounder Joe Caramanica has won by major decision, two tech falls and a pin in his last four matches. Junior 184-pounder Ryan Goodman has victories by decision, major decision, tech fall and pin in his last four matches.
Fans wishing to follow the action can do so by clicking on the link above.
Below are the probable matchups for Saturday’s bout vs. Liberty, with NC State’s starter listed first:
125 - Taylor Cummings (15-8) vs. Sean Katz (10-12)
133 - Darius Little (6-7) vs. Christian Smith (8-8)
141 - Joe Caramanica (20-4) vs. Tim Harner (17-9)
149 - Darrion Caldwell (20-3) vs. Scottie Clymer (10-14)
157 - Ray Ward (4-4) vs. Shaun Smith (8-12)
165 - Jalil Dozier (7-7) vs. Chad Porter (14-14)
174 - Randy Goodman (5-11) vs. Aaron Kelley (15-14)
184 - Ryan Goodman (11-4) vs. Kyle Walters (2-2)
197 - Mark Jahad (7-10) vs. Patrick Hogan (2-6)
Hwt - Bobby Isola (10-8) vs. Patrick Walker (15-8)
NC State wrestling notebook
Caldwell A Fast Starter: Only at the midpoint of his sophomore season, 149-pounder Darrion Caldwell already has started a full-scale assault on the NC State record books. With 20 victories so far this season, Caldwell is on a pace that will put him within reach of the school record of 32 victories in a season by a sophomore, held by Sylvester Terkay. Caldwell has 10 dual matches, plus the Atlantic Coast Conference and NCAA championships, still to go this season.
Given his fast start, Caldwell would have to be seen as having a better than even chance at winning 30 matches this season. Only nine wrestlers in the program’s history have won 30 or more matches, the last being Sylvester in 1993, when he went 41-0 and won the national championship.
With 22 pins to his credit, Caldwell is tied for seventh in school history for career pins with Mike Lombardo (1985-88). Caldwell has a ways to go to break the school record of 64 by Terkay, but the next four wrestlers on the list ahead of Caldwell are all between 23 and 29 pins.
Caldwell has just 49 bouts to his credit so far in his career, but his .816 career won-lost percentage (40-9) would be tied for seventh in school history. Because won-lost percentage is subject to fluctuation, NC State’s career leaders only include wrestlers who have wrestled 50 or more bouts and have exhausted their eligibility. Terkay is the career leader at .897 (122-14).
Caramancia Also Pushing For 30 Wins: Darrion Caldwell is not the only NC State wrestler nudging towards the career lists in the record book. Following his technical fall over Duke’s A.J. Guardado, junior 141-pounder Joe Caramanica has a 63-23 career record and needs just seven more victories to crack the school’s all-time top 20.
Like Caldwell, Caramanica has 10 dual matches plus the postseason remaining this season, meaning he has an excellent shot at winning 30 matches. Should Caldwell and Caramanica both win 30 matches this season, it would mark only the second time in program history that a pair of NC State teammates won 30 or more matches apiece in the same season. Brian Jackson (38) and Michael Stokes (34) both won more than 30 matches in 1989.
Goodman’s Career Numbers: Junior 184-pounder Ryan Goodman has a 55-14 record following his three-match sweep at the NC State Duals. He still has a ways to go to crack the top 20 for career wins, but his career winning percentage of .797 would rank 11th in school annals.
Fast Worker: Returning to Darrion Caldwell, he has been working hard to become a seven-minute wrestler and overcome the reputation that he either pins his opponents early or struggles to finish. Looking at his match-by-match results, it’s easy to see where that reputation comes from. Of Caldwell’s 22 career pins, 20 of them came in the first period, 10 in the first minute, and six in the first 30 seconds of the bout. He has never recorded a pin in the third and final period of a match.
Caldwell won his first three college matches with pins at 0:13, 1:35, and 2:20, meaning he was 3-0 before he had logged five minutes of mat time. He has four first-period pins against ranked wrestlers, including three that were in the top 10 at the time. Six of his 12 pins this season occurred in the first 30 seconds of the bout.
Add in technical falls and defaults, and 24 of Caldwell’s 40 career victories came well shy of the seven-minute mark. All but two of his nine career losses were by pin or technical fall.
Prior to this year’s Las Vegas Invitational, Caldwell had gone the distance in back-to-back matches just four times, and never in more than two matches in a row. Caldwell went a full seven minutes in his last four matches at Las Vegas, including a 12-3 major decision over No. 2 Josh Cherulla and an 8-6 decision over No. 3 J.P. O’Connor. None of his five matches at the Southern Scuffle, however, went the full seven minutes.
For his career, only 18 of Caldwell’s 49 matches have gone the full seven minutes.
Miscellaneous notes: NC State wrestlers are 10-19 against ranked opponents this season ... NC State won 17 matches against ranked opponents a year ago, and 17 total the four previous seasons combined ... With Taylor Cummings (15-8) and Ryan Goodman (11-4) within reach of 20 wins this season, the Wolfpack has a shot at having four wrestlers win at least 20 matches in a season for the third year in a row ... NC State wrestlers are 28-14 against wrestlers from the Atlantic Coast Conference ... Darrion Caldwell has 22 career pins; the rest of the team combined has 38.
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