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NC State Wrestling Back On Road At Ohio U.
1/18/2008 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
RALEIGH, N.C. NC State’s wrestling team broke a four-match winning streak last Saturday by kissing its sister in an 18-18 tie at Liberty. The Wolfpack will look to get the bad taste out of its mouth on Sunday with a 1 p.m. dual match at Ohio University.
The Bobcats enter the match at 5-10 in dual matches following a 1-3 weekend January 11-12 at the Virginia Duals. At the Virginia Duals, Ohio lost 36-3 to Virginia and 23-15 to North Dakota State before subduing Duquesne 35-15. Prior to the Virginia Duals, Ohio took a 39-0 thumping at the hands of Michigan State in East Lansing.
Freshman 141-pounder Germane Lindsey leads the Bobcats with a 13-9 record. At 9-4, sophomore 174-pounder Jacob Ison is the only other Ohio starter with a winning record.
NC State is led by a quartet of defending ACC champions. Junior 141-pounder Joe Caramanica has a 20-4 overall record and is ranked No. 7 nationally in the most recent NWCA poll. He has a six-match winning streak that currently is the longest on the team.
Sophomore 149-pounder Darrion Caldwell is 21-3 and is ranked No. 10 nationally. Caldwell has won his last five matches, four by pin and one by technical fall, and his last eight victories are all by fall or technical fall (6 pins, 2 tech falls).
At 184 pounds, redshirt-junior Ryan Goodman has successfully made the transition from football to wrestling. Goodman is 12-4 overall and has won five matches in a row, including one pin and two technical falls.
Redshirt-sophomore 125-pounder Taylor Cummings also is on a five-match winning streak and is 16-8 overall.
Following are the probable matchups for NC State and Ohio University:
125 - Taylor Cummings (16-8) vs. Heath Allen (1-16)
133 - Darius Little (7-7) vs. Seth Morton (6-11)
141 - # 7 Joe Caramanica (20-4) vs. Germane Lindsey (13-9)
149 - # 10 Darrion Caldwell (21-3) vs. Kevin Christensen (7-8)
157 - Ray Ward (4-4) or Anthony Badaracco (2-11) vs. Clay Tucker (7-14)
165 - Jalil Dozier (7-8) vs. Kent Smith (6-5)
174 - Randy Goodman (5-12) vs. Jacob Ison (9-4)
184 - Ryan Goodman (12-4) vs. Erik Schuth (7-11)
197 - Mark Jahad (7-11) vs. Chris Iammarino (8-13)
Hwt - Bobby Isola (10-9) vs. Jason Marshall (6-11)
NC State wrestling notebook
Caldwell On A Roll: 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 21 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 nine 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 Terkay in 1993, when he went 41-0 and won the national championship.
With 23 pins to his credit, Caldwell is tied for sixth in school history for career pins with Jim Best (1985-86, 1988-89). While Caldwell has a ways to go to break the school record of 64 by Terkay, he easily could finish the current season as high as third place in school history. The late Tab Thacker (1981-84) ranks second in career pins with 54, but Dan Madsen in third with 29 is well within Caldwell’s reach this season, given his current pace.
Caldwell has just 50 bouts to his credit so far in his career, but his .820 career won-lost percentage (41-9) would be tied for sixth 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 nine 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 56-14 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 .800 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 23 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. His pin of Liberty’s Scottie Clymer was the first in Caldwell’s career that came after the second 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 13 pins this season occurred in the first 30 seconds of the bout.
Add in technical falls and defaults, and 25 of Caldwell’s 41 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. He has gone 10 matches since then without a match going the distance. For his career, only 18 of Caldwell’s 50 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 (16-8) and Ryan Goodman (12-4) 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 23 career pins; the rest of the team combined has 38.
The Bobcats enter the match at 5-10 in dual matches following a 1-3 weekend January 11-12 at the Virginia Duals. At the Virginia Duals, Ohio lost 36-3 to Virginia and 23-15 to North Dakota State before subduing Duquesne 35-15. Prior to the Virginia Duals, Ohio took a 39-0 thumping at the hands of Michigan State in East Lansing.
Freshman 141-pounder Germane Lindsey leads the Bobcats with a 13-9 record. At 9-4, sophomore 174-pounder Jacob Ison is the only other Ohio starter with a winning record.
NC State is led by a quartet of defending ACC champions. Junior 141-pounder Joe Caramanica has a 20-4 overall record and is ranked No. 7 nationally in the most recent NWCA poll. He has a six-match winning streak that currently is the longest on the team.
Sophomore 149-pounder Darrion Caldwell is 21-3 and is ranked No. 10 nationally. Caldwell has won his last five matches, four by pin and one by technical fall, and his last eight victories are all by fall or technical fall (6 pins, 2 tech falls).
At 184 pounds, redshirt-junior Ryan Goodman has successfully made the transition from football to wrestling. Goodman is 12-4 overall and has won five matches in a row, including one pin and two technical falls.
Redshirt-sophomore 125-pounder Taylor Cummings also is on a five-match winning streak and is 16-8 overall.
Following are the probable matchups for NC State and Ohio University:
125 - Taylor Cummings (16-8) vs. Heath Allen (1-16)
133 - Darius Little (7-7) vs. Seth Morton (6-11)
141 - # 7 Joe Caramanica (20-4) vs. Germane Lindsey (13-9)
149 - # 10 Darrion Caldwell (21-3) vs. Kevin Christensen (7-8)
157 - Ray Ward (4-4) or Anthony Badaracco (2-11) vs. Clay Tucker (7-14)
165 - Jalil Dozier (7-8) vs. Kent Smith (6-5)
174 - Randy Goodman (5-12) vs. Jacob Ison (9-4)
184 - Ryan Goodman (12-4) vs. Erik Schuth (7-11)
197 - Mark Jahad (7-11) vs. Chris Iammarino (8-13)
Hwt - Bobby Isola (10-9) vs. Jason Marshall (6-11)
NC State wrestling notebook
Caldwell On A Roll: 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 21 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 nine 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 Terkay in 1993, when he went 41-0 and won the national championship.
With 23 pins to his credit, Caldwell is tied for sixth in school history for career pins with Jim Best (1985-86, 1988-89). While Caldwell has a ways to go to break the school record of 64 by Terkay, he easily could finish the current season as high as third place in school history. The late Tab Thacker (1981-84) ranks second in career pins with 54, but Dan Madsen in third with 29 is well within Caldwell’s reach this season, given his current pace.
Caldwell has just 50 bouts to his credit so far in his career, but his .820 career won-lost percentage (41-9) would be tied for sixth 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 nine 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 56-14 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 .800 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 23 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. His pin of Liberty’s Scottie Clymer was the first in Caldwell’s career that came after the second 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 13 pins this season occurred in the first 30 seconds of the bout.
Add in technical falls and defaults, and 25 of Caldwell’s 41 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. He has gone 10 matches since then without a match going the distance. For his career, only 18 of Caldwell’s 50 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 (16-8) and Ryan Goodman (12-4) 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 23 career pins; the rest of the team combined has 38.
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