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12/28/2007 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
DURHAM, N.C. ? The Duke wrestling squad will compete for the
first time in four weeks when they head to Greensboro, N.C., for the
prestigious Southern Scuffle Tournament on Dec. 29 and 30 at the
Greensboro Coliseum. 16 Blue Devils from nine weight classes will
compete in the two-day tournament. Last year, the Blue Devils finished
26th out of 32 teams at the Southern Scuffle.
Senior captain
Kellan McKeon will represent Duke at 125 pounds. McKeon is 15-6 this
season with three falls and two top-four finishes. He is 11-5 in
tournaments this year.
Duke will utilize two 141-pound wrestlers
in Greensboro. Sophomore Spencer Jasper is 8-9 this season with three
falls and a second-place finish at The Citadel Open on Nov. 4 in
Charleston, S.C. Jasper's career record at Duke is 20-19. Freshman A.J.
Guardado is 10-9 in his first season with two pins and a fourth-place
finish at the Davidson Open on Dec. 1.
Redshirt sophomore
Michael Degli Obizzi will go at 149 pounds this weekend. Degli Obizzi
is 15-4 this year, including a 13-1 mark in tournaments and titles at
the UNC Pembroke Open on Nov. 10 and the Davidson Open. Degli Obizzi
now boasts a 37-26 record as a Blue Devil.
At 157 pounds,
sophomores Voris Tejada and Jared Sernoffsky get the nod at the
Southern Scuffle. Tejada has placed in the top five in three of Duke's
four tournaments this season. He is off to a 19-7 mark this year and
his career .717 winning percentage (38-15) currently ranks 16th
all-time at Duke. Sernoffsky has placed in the top three in two meets
this season and has a 12-4 mark with three pins. He is 20-10 in his two
years as a Blue Devil.
Junior captain Addison Nuding and
redshirt junior Aaron Glover will handle the duties at 165 pounds.
Nuding is 13-4 on the year with a second-place showing at Pembroke and
a championship at Davidson under his belt. Glover took second place
behind Nuding with four wins at the Davidson Open in his first action
of the 2007-08 campaign.
Redshirt sophomore Ben Wales and
redshirt junior Turner Rooney will both compete for Duke at 174 pounds.
Wales won The Citadel Open and now holds an 11-8 record this season
with one fall. His overall record at Duke is 20-19. Rooney placed
second at The Citadel, losing only to Wales at the meet, and has posted
a 6-5 mark this year with one pin and a 20-17 all-time record.
Duke's
most dominating wrestler at any weight this year has been 184-pound
redshirt sophomore captain John Barone, who won at Pembroke and
Davidson and placed second at the East Stroudsburg Open on Nov. 17.
Barone won a 12-6 decision over the then-No. 8 nationally ranked Marc
Bennett of Indiana on Nov. 24. He was named the ACC's wrestler of the
week on Nov. 27. Barone's 11-second pin of Mike Walsh of Limestone
College on Dec. 1 was the fastest fall in Duke history, breaking an
18-year-old school record. He is 19-1 with six falls in 2007 and 54-17
overall as a Blue Devil, which is good for ninth place on Duke's
all-time winning percentage list with a .761 clip.
At 197
pounds, three Duke wrestlers will see action in Greensboro. Redshirt
junior Dan Fox is 9-9 in this season with two pins. Redshirt freshman
Robert Holbrook is 8-6 and earned a third-place finish at The Citadel
Open. Redshirt junior captain Dan Tulley, who holds a 20-27 record at
Duke, will take to the mats for the first time in 2007-08.
At
the heavyweight division will be redshirt sophomores Wade Van Sickle
and Mike Tunick. Van Sickle has three top three finishes this season
and has posted a 17-5 record with three falls this season. He is 39-29
overall as a Blue Devil. Tunick went 2-2 with two pins at the Davidson
Open in his only competition of the season.
Duke will next
compete against Campbell, Gardner-Webb and Anderson College at the N.C.
State Duals on Saturday, Jan. 5, beginning at 12 p.m. The Blue Devils
first home meet, and only one in January, is Wednesday, Jan. 9 at 7
p.m. versus N.C. State in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
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