BUIES CREEK,
N.C. With four starters out of the lineup,
NC State’s role as heavy favorites over
Campbell was diminished Wednesday night. Still, the Wolfpack won six of 10 bouts, including a pin by
Colton Palmer at 157 pounds, a technical fall by back-up Ray Ward at 165, and major decision Taylor Cummings at 125 and Jalil Dozier at 165, to hand the
Camels a 25-12 defeat.
Darius Little (133 pounds), Darrion Caldwell (149), Randy Goodman (174) and Ryan Goodman (184) all missed the bout due to minor injuries, but of the six regulars who were in the lineup, five were victorious, improving NC State to 7-7-1 in dual matches this season. Campbell fell to 1-13-1.
NC State never trailed in the team scoring, thanks in large part to Cummings’ 9-1 major decision over CJ Gittens in the opening bout. Campbell won two of the next three bouts, but the Wolfpack led 7-6 in the team scoring and went on to win the next three bouts by pin, major decision and technical fall to take a 22-6 lead and break the match open.Campbell won decisions at 184 and 197 before heavyweight Bobby Isola wrapped things up with a 10-5 decision over Rob Yoder.
NC State will wrestle at Drexel on Saturday at 10 a.m.
NC State 25, Campbell 12
125 Taylor Cummings (NCS) major dec. CJ Gittens, 9-1
133 Trevour Smith (CU) dec. Ryan Tice, 5-4
141 #6 Joe Caramanica (NCS) dec. Kelin Bidelspach, 5-0
149 Bob Matthews (CU) dec. Chris Gambino, 7-2
157 Colton Palmer (NCS) pinned Jake Fose, at 3:58
165 Jalil Dozier (NCS) major dec. Chris Mazzatta, 19-7
174 Ray Ward (NCS) tech. fall Jeff Cote, at 6:51
184 Kyle Higgins (CU) dec. Dane Coffee, 14-8
197 Parker Burns (CU) dec. Mark Jahad, 9-4 ot
Hwt Bobby Isola (NCS) dec. Rob Yoder, 10-5
