Back-to-Back Wins at 285 and then 125 Pounds Give @PackWrestle 19-11 Win at UNC

Monday, January 23

Chapel Hill, N.C. - Memorial Hall

7 p.m.

NC State

North Carolina

Back-to-Back Wins at 285 and then 125 Pounds Give @PackWrestle 19-11 Win at UNC

1/23/2017 9:33:00 PM | Wrestling

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Sean Fausz gets lone bonus point win of dual at 125 pounds; #2 Jack dominates #3 Ward in finale

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Winning three of the final four matches, the ninth ranked NC State wrestling team scored a 19-11 win at North Carolina Monday night. With the Wolfpack (9-1, 2-0 ACC) holding a slight 9-8 lead (UNC was deducted a team point) after the first six matches, NC State scored back-to-back wins at 285 and 125 pounds, and concluded the night with a dominating 10-4 decision at 141 pounds in a top-three showdown.

The dual started at 149 pounds. #11 R-Sr. Sam Speno got the Pack its first victory of the night, defeating #32 Troy Heilmann 6-3. Speno scored a pair of first period takedowns, and got a clinching takedown with 45 seconds left. Speno improves to 6-0 in duals this year.

After UNC won at 157, #24 R-Jr. Brian Hamann gave the Pack the lead once again with an 8-2 decision over Devin Kane. Hermann scored an early takedown in the first, and got a four-point near fall at the end of the period to take a 6-0 lead.

UNC retied the score with a decision at 174, but the Pack answered once again. Junior Nicky Hall earned the shutout win, 5-0 over Anderson Pope at 184 pounds and NC State was up 9-6.

The Tar Heels once again closed the gap, as Daniel Chaid scored an OT win over #10 Michael Macchiavello, 3-1. Macchiavello was wrestling up a weight class from his normal 184 pounds, but after the win UNC was deducted a team point for unsportsmanlike conduct, and it was 9-8 NC State with four bouts left.

For the first time in the dual, NC State got back-to-back wins and an insurmountable lead.

A second straight OT match went the way of NC State this time around. At heavyweight, #21 Mike Kosoy got a takedown in extra time to earn the 5-3 victory. Seeing action at 125 pounds for the first time this season, redshirt-sophomore Sean Fausz scored a 12-3 major decision.

NC State was unable to clinch the dual, as UNC won at 133 pounds and pulled within 16-11 heading into the top-3 showdown between #2 Kevin Jack and #3 Joey Ward to close the ACC dual.

Jack took care of business and closed out the dual with his 21st straight win on the season, including third over a top-five foe. Jack started with the lone takedown in the first period. After a Jack escape and second takedown it was 5-1 Jack in the second. Starting the third on top, Jack turned Ward and for a two-point near fall and closed with another late takedown in a dominating 10-4, where he did not give up a takedown.

#9 NC State 19, North Carolina 11
149: #11 Sam Speno (NCSU) dec. #32 Troy Heilmann; 6-3 - 3-0
157: #25 Joey Moon (UNC) dec. #28 Thomas Bullard; 6-5 - 3-3
165: #24 Brian Hamann (NCSU) dec. Devin Kane; 8-2 - 6-3
174: #6 Ethan Ramos (UNC) dec. #30 Nick Reenan; 11-4 - 6-6
184: Nicky Hall (NCSU) dec. Anderson Pope; 5-0 - 9-6
197: #32 Daniel Chaid (UNC) dec. #10 Michael Macchiavello; 3-1 (SV1) - 9-8 (UNC deducted a team point)
285: #21 Mike Kosoy (NCSU) dec. #30 Cory Daniel; 5-3 (TB2) - 12-8
125: Sean Fausz (NCSU) major dec. James Szymanski; 12-3 - 16-8
133: Nicholas Lirette (UNC) dec. #14 Jamal Morris; 8-7 - 16-11
141: #2 Kevin Jack (NCSU) dec. #3 Joey Ward; 10-4 - 19-11

Up Next: The Pack will return to ACC action this weekend, as NC State will be in action at Virginia on Sunday at 1 p.m.