March 4, 2006

NC State won three individual championships, but North Carolina, with seven wrestlers in the championship round, easily defended its championship at the Atlantic Coast Conference Championships in Lexington, Va.

NC State finished second with 64 points, 26.5 points behing the Tar Heels. With its three individual champions, the Wolfpack leap-frogged past Virginia, which was second after the consolation finals. The Cavaliers finished with 61 points.

Individually, redshirt-freshman Ryan Goodman won the championship at 197 pounds and was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Wrestler, the first NC State wrestler to be named MOW since George Cintron in 2002.

Sophomores Jeremy Colbert (184) and Kody Hamrah also won individual championships for the Wolfpack, while true freshmen Joe Caramanica (149) and Obie Simpson (165) took third.

Team Scores
1. North Carolina 90.5
2. NC State 64
3. Virginia 61.0
4. Maryland 48
5. Virginia Tech 44.5
6. Duke 14.0

NC State's individual results for the 2006 Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament follow:

125, Jeremy Hartrum - 4th place
defeated James Knox (Maryland), 5-3
lost to Justin Staylor (Virginia Tech), 0-8
defeated Kellan McKeon (Duke), 9-7 lost by forfeit to James Knox (Maryland)

133, Garrett Cummings - 4th place
defeated Sheridan Moran (Virginia Tech), 14-5
lost to Brendan Byrne (Maryland), 3-5 sv1
defeated Michael Degli Obizzi (Duke), 6-3
lost to Eric Albright (Virginia), 3-7

141, Jalil Dozier
lost to Vincent Ramirez (North Carolina), 0-12 lost to Alex Krom (Maryland), by technical fall, 2-18, at 6:30

149, Joe Caramanica - 3rd
lost to Drew Dipasquale (Virginia), by fall at 8:54, sv1
defeated Joe Thompson (Virginia Tech), by technical fall, 15-0, at 2:27
defeated Chris Ramos (North Carolina), 6-2

157, Kody Hamrah
defeated Addison Nuding (Duke), 15-7
defeated Dave Kiley (Virginia Tech), 11-9
defeated Adam James (Maryland), 10-3

165, Obie Simpson - 3rd place
defeated Aaron Glover (Duke), 9-8
lost to Damian Johnson (Virginia), 2-11
defeated Jerad Villecco (Maryland), 8-6
defeated Aaron Glover (Duke), 6-3

174, Rick Brownlee
lost to Levi Craig (Duke), 3-4
lost to Steve Ratley (Virginia Tech), 4-13

184, Jeremy Colbert
defeated Mark Czarny (Virginia Tech), by fall at 3:13
defeated Luke Stauffer (Maryland), 11-3
defeated Kyle Narkiewicz (Virginia), 5-4

197, Ryan Goodman
defeated Jerry Afari (Maryland), by fall at 4:05
defeated David Daschiell (North Carolina), 5-3

Heavyweight, Jainor Palma - 4th place
lost to Mike Faust (Virginia Tech), 1-2
defeated Wade Van Sickle (Duke), 2-0
lost to Nick Smith (Virginia), 2-5