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Blue-White Match
Tar Heels Open Season with Blue-White Match
November 14, 2004 | Wrestling
Nov. 14, 2004
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Highlighted by pins by sophomores Nick Buckman and Ben Connell and freshman Daniel Llamas, the North Carolina wrestling team kicked off the 2004-05 season with its annual Blue-White Match Sunday at Carmichael Auditorium.
Buckman, a transfer from Penn State, downed fellow transfer Kyle Shelton from Oklahoma State at 157 pounds, while Connell pinned Spencer Nadolsky in the heavyweight match-up. Llamas, a rookie from Durham, N.C., downed sophomore Tim Barbis at 174.
Llamas' prep teammate Vincent Ramirez recorded the other big win of the day, a 19-2 technical fall win over Rick Seibold, at 141 pounds. All-America Evan Sola was victorious at 133 pounds, with a 4-0 win over freshman Jared Royer.
Other winners on day included Drew Forshey (125), Garrett Atkinson (165), Justin Dobies (184) and David Dashiell (197). Brian Baglio picked up a medical forfeit win at 141 pounds.
Carolina opens its regular season on November 21 at the Missouri Open.
NORTH CAROLINA BLUE-WHITE MATCH RESULTS Weight Matchup Result Score 125 Drew Forshey over Bobby Shaw 5-3 133 Evan Sola over Jared Royer 4-0 141 Vincent Ramirez over Rick Seibold TF 19-2 149 Brian Baglio over Chris Ramos Medical Forfeit 157 Nick Buckman over Kyle Shelton Fall 165 Garrett Atkinson over Alex Maciag 8-7 174 Daniel Llamas over Tim Barbis Fall 184 Justin Dobies over Andrew Posil 7-2 197 David Dashiell over Austin Wall 7-5 OT HWT Ben Connell over Spencer Nadolsky Fall
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