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Tough Night In Chapel Hill For Duke As UNC Wins, 32-6
1/17/2008 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. ? Duke traveled the short distance to Chapel Hill on Thursday night with hopes of pulling off an upset. However, a strong North Carolina squad defeated the Blue Devils, 32-6, in Fetzer Gymnasium. With the loss, the Blue Devils fall to 6-6 on the season and 0-2 in ACC meets. North Carolina improves to 5-3 overall and 1-0 in the ACC.
Duke's senior captain Kellan McKeon started off the night at 125 pounds and gave former ACC champion Drew Forshey a run for his money, but came up on the short end of a 9-2 decision.
With the first of the Blue Devil's two individual victories on the night was redshirt senior captain Bryan Gibson at 133 pounds. Gibson earned a 7-1 decision over UNC's Jeremy Shaw. That win tied the meet at 3-3, but it would be almost all Tar Heels the rest of the way. Gibson's season record is now 8-3 and he is tied for second on the team with four pins. With the win he moves into sole possession of 17th place on the all-time Duke wins list with 71.
At 157 pounds, sophomore Voris Tejada had a closely fought match with Thomas Scotton of UNC, but ended up losing, 7-3. Tejada now holds a 25-10 mark overall this year and a 6-1 record in duals. His career .710 winning percentage (44-18) is 17th all-time at Duke.
Redshirt sophomore captain John Barone chalked up another victory in what is turning out to be one of the most impressive seasons ever for a Duke grappler. His 2-1 decision over Nick Tenpenny earned him his first ACC match of the year. Barone is now 27-4 with 11 falls and an 11-1 ledger in duals. His 62-20 overall mark as a Blue Devil is good for ninth place on Duke's all-time winning percentage list with a .756 clip. Barone is tied for 12th on Duke's single season wins list and is already tied for 21st on the career wins list. He needs eight more victories to eclipse the single season wins record, and there are 10 more regular season dual meets and the ACC Tournament to go.
Duke redshirt junior Aaron Glover and redshirt sophomore Mike Tunick both drew extremely tough matches on Thursday night. Glover went up against the No. 12 nationally-ranked 165-pounder in Keegan Mueller and lost 15-1 in a major decision. At the heavyweight class, Tunick battled with No. 18 Justin Dobies and went down in a major decision, 13-4.
With the loss, Duke is now down 9-2 in this year's Carlyle Cup standings. The Carlyle Cup is an all-sports competition between Duke and North Carolina and is in its eighth year of existence. Carlyle & Company, the Greensboro, N.C.-based jeweler, remains the title sponsor of this head-to-head all-sports competition. The two schools have split the first seven Cups, 3-3-1.
Next up for Duke will be a road contest versus No. 21 Maryland on Saturday, Jan. 26 at 4:00 p.m., at Comcast Pavilion in College Park, Md. The Blue Devils do not return home to Cameron Indoor Stadium until Sunday, Feb. 10 when they take on ACC foe Virginia at 6 p.m.
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