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Grapplers Upend Maryland, 24-11

By Tom Bell
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

Virginia's young wrestling
team became the first in ACC
history to top Maryland in a
dual meet, Friday night, as the
Cavaliers soundly defeated the
Terps, 24-11, before a large,
vocal crowd at old Memorial
Gymnasium.

The win broke a string of
84 consecutive ACC victories
for Maryland, and established
Virginia as the team to beat in
the conference tournament this
weekend in Raleigh, North
Carolina. The Cavaliers also
became the unofficial ACC
regular season champion, as
they upped their conference
record to 4-0, while dropping
Maryland to a 3-1 mark.
Virginia is now 10-3 overall.

Victories in the first four
weight classes gave the
Cavaliers a commanding 14-0
lead early in the match, and
Maryland could not muster
enough strength in the upper
weights to overcome the
deficit, as Virginia coasted to
the win.

Maryland came into the
match weakened by injuries, as
regulars John Baker and Curt
Callahan, two of the strongest
wrestlers on the Maryland
squad were unable to wrestle.
Baker, a 126 pounder, is out
for the season, but 150 pound
Callahan is expected to be
ready for this weekend's
tournament.

The large crowd in the
antiquated gymnasium came to
in the first match of the
night, as 118 pound Kim
Hatcher scored a takedown
with 1:35 to go in the match
to break a 4-4 tie with the
Terps' Gary Mulligan, and held
on to take a 6-5 win over the
defending ACC champ.

Three points in the final
period gave John Pitas a win at
126, and gave the Cavaliers a
6-0 lead in the match, before
Shelley Zablow pinned John
Fellinger with 24 seconds left
in the 134 pound match.
Zablow's pin, after he had
taken a 7-1 lead, made the
score 11-0. Co-Captain John
Pegues took a 5-1 lead into the

final period and held on for a
7-3 win over Tom Talbert to
give Virginia its
insurmountable 14-0 lead.

The first lost of the night
came in the 150 pound class,
where Wayne Hoffman lost a
7-3 decision to Maryland's
Tom Nordland, but
158-pounder Lynn Housner
made up for the loss by
pinning Harry Griffiths with
one second left on the clock in
the final period to give the
Cavaliers a 19-3 advantage.

Virginia absorbed a 3-1 loss
by Kevin Michaels on a
takedown by Pat McCall with
27 seconds left, before
CO-Captain Ted Moore took a
8-5 decision over Maryland's
Pat Toomey to officially clinch
the victory. A 10-6 loss by
190-pounder Paul Boehm and a
draw by Heavyweight Bill
Farrell brought the final score
to 24-11.

The Cavaliers have suddenly
become favorites in the ACC
tourney, replacing Maryland,
who has dominated it ever
since its inception. The win
over Maryland should give
many of the Virginia matmen
top seeding in the tournament,
which decides the ACC
champion. Like basketball,
wrestling decides its champions
in the ACC in the tournament,
with regular season meets
deciding nothing but the
seedings.

In the tournament the
Cavaliers should face tough
competition from the Terps
again, and also from N.C. State
which gave the team its closest
match during the ACC regular
season.

Cavayearlings Lose, 113-96

Barry Parkhill hit on 14 of 18
field goals, but it wasn't enough as
the Cavayearlings fell to the Baby
Terps, 113-96.

Jim O'Brien led Maryland in
scoring and rebounding with 33
points and 29 rebounds. Parkhill's
35 point effort led all scorers,
however, as Jim Hobgood, Larry
Gerry, and Pat Patrick tailled in
double figures as well.

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