Jan. 31, 1998

North Carolina Overpowers Maryland

College Park, MD -- The North Carolina Tarheels were at their best on Saturday and they left Marylandís Ritchie Coliseum with a 38-0 shutout of an injury-plagued Maryland team. The Terps, who were missing three starters, struggled in their opening matches as North Carolina pulled out to their commanding lead.

With the Tarheels ahead 10-0 through the first three matches, Maryland seniors Shane Mack (Ithaca High School/Lancaster, PA) at 142 pounds and Jeff Whalen (Cedar Cliff High School/Camp Hill, PA) at 150, were poised to make a run for the Terps, but they were upset by JohnMark Bentley and Robert Lord respectively.

Maryland's third captain, senior Craig Garrison (Pompton Lakes High School/ Pompton Lakes, NJ) lost a close match to Craig Bell at 177 pounds by a score of 3-2. The total difference between the three matches involving Marylandís senior tri-captains was only four points.

Maryland falls to 4-5 overall and 0-2 in the ACC as North Carolina improves to 6-4, 2-1 in the ACC.

The Terrapins next meet will be in Charlottesville, Virginia on Friday, February 6 as they take on the University of Virginia. They will return to the Washington, D.C. area to compete in the American University Invitational the following morning beginning at 9 a.m.

                                                           Md.     UNC

118   Chuckie Connor (UNC) dec. Joe Guzzio (MD), 16-2      0       4
126   C.C. Fisher (UNC) dec. Mark Mansueto (MD), 5-1       0       7
134   Josh Cowley (UNC) dec. Scott Herfel (MD), 12-7       0       10
142   JohnMark Bentley (UNC) dec. Shane Mack (MD), 3-2     0       13
150   Robert Lord (UNC) dec. Jeff Whalen (MD), 5-3, OT     0       16
158   Jamie Groudle (UNC) dec. Josh Weidman (MD), 9-6      0       19
167   Dan Calhoun (UNC) pinned Chad Masemer (MD) at 2:38   0       25
177   Corey Bell (UNC) dec. Craig Garrison (MD), 3-2       0       28
190   Scott Stay (UNC) wins by forfeit                     0       34
Hwt.  Joe Hummel (UNC) dec. Jule Dolci (MD), 12-2          0       38
  




			

			









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