North Carolina State University Athletics
Caldwell Advances to Wrestling Quarterfinals
3/19/2009 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
Junior 149-pounder Darrion Caldwell won his second-round match at the NCAA Wrestling Championships on Thursday evening, taking a 10-2 major decision from Buffalo freshman Desmond Green. The win lifts Caldwell to 35-1 this season and moves him into a quarterfinal bout on Friday vs. Purdue’s Jake Patacsil. The winner automatically will qualify as All-American.
Senior 141-pounder Joe Caramanica, meanwhile, dropped his second-round bout to eighth-seeded Ryan Williams of Old Dominion, 10-5. Caramanica fell to 11-9 and will return to action Friday in the wrestleback bracket.
Sophomore 133-pounder Darrius Little caught a bad break Thursday when third-seeded James Kennedy of Illinois went down in the opening round. Little drew Kennedy in the wrestlebacks and lost 8-3. Little finished his season at 17-17.
Senior 157-pounder Kody Hamrah fell behind Michigan’s Aaron Hynes 12-4, rallied to cut the lead to two points at 12-10, but loss a wild one, 14-12. Hamrah ended his season at 31-9.
The quarterfinals and the third round of wrestlebacks will begin on Friday morning. Check frequently with gopack.com for further updates, and go to intermatwrestle.com for live stats directly from matside.
Click the above link to access live stats.
Darrius Little, 133 pounds
lost to Tristen DeShazer (Northern Illinois), by fall at 2:32
lost to #3 James Kennedy (Illinois), 8-3
(Darrius Little eliminated)
Joe Caramanica, 141 pounds
pinned #9 Corey Jantzen (Harvard), at 1:51
lost to #8 Ryan Williams (Old Dominion), 10-5
#3 Darrion Caldwell, 149 pounds
pinned Cesar Grajales (Penn), at 3:18
defeated Desmond Green (Buffalo), 10-2
Kody Hamrah, 157 pounds
lost to #3 Jordan Leen (Cornell), 11-6
lost to Aaron Hynes (Michigan), 14-12
(Kody Hamrah eliminated)
