Wrestling Finishes With 1-2 Record at National Duals

STATE COLLEGE, Pa., (January 23, 2000) West Virginia University's wrestling finished with a 1-2 record at the prestigious National Duals this weekend at Penn State. The Mountaineers (3-2-1, 2-0-1) drew No. 12 Pennsylvania in the opening round of the double elimination tournament and lost to the sixth seeded Quakers 23-20.

In the first round of consolations, West Virginia defeated Rider 29-9 before losing to No. 7 Nebraska, the tournament's fifth seed, 35-6.

Senior Vertus Jones, (Slickville, Pa.) won both of his matches to up his overall mark to 19-0, just four victories shy of tying the all-time consecutive wins streak of 23 set by Scott Collins in 1991. Freshman Billy Smith (Greensburg, Pa.) is now tied for fifth all-time on WVU's all-time freshman wins list at 18. Senior Sean Hage (Powder Springs, Ga.) won all three of his matches by way of forfeit.

West Virginia is back in action Feb. 4 at 6 p.m. at Virginia Tech.


#16 West Virginia 20
#12 Pennsylvania 23
125 #19 Angelo Zegarelli (W) maj. dec. Kevin Rucci (P), 17-7
133 #13 Bob Patnesky (W) dec. Jason Nagle (P), 6-2
141 Jody Giuricich (P) dec. Micah Khan (W), 3-1
149 Billy Smith (W) dec. Jonathan Gough (P), 7-4
157 #2 Brett Matter (P) won by disqualification over #15 Joe Carr(W)
165 Tim Ortman (P) maj. dec. Richard Taylor (W), 9-1
174 #2 Rick Springman (P) won by fall over Erik Warg (P), 4:48
184 #3 Vertus Jones (W) won by tech. fall over Ethan Bullock, 24-9 (6:19)
197 Mike Fickell (P) maj. dec. Jon Foster (W), 12-2
HWT #6 Sean Hage (W) won by forfeit

#16 West Virginia 29
Rider 9
125 Joe Pollard (R) dec. #19 Angelo Zegarelli, 4-3
133 #13 Bob Patnesky (W) tech. fall Dave Stauffer, 21-5
141 Micah Khan (W) dec. P.J. Sargent (R), 6-5
149 Billy Smith (W) dec. Derek Jenkins (R), 8-6
157 #15 Joe Carr (W) dec. Nick Harrington (R), 4-2
165 Richard Taylor (W) dec. R.J. Haynes, 3-2
174 Erik Warg (W) dec. Bob Rizzuto, 14-7
184 Vertus Jones (W) dec. Shawn Scannell, 12-6
197 Todd Palmisano (R) won by fall over Jon Foster (W), 1:36
HWT #6 Sean Hage (W) by forfeit

#16 West Virginia 6
#7 Nebraska 35
125 #4 Paul Gomez (N) dec. #19 Angelo Zegarelli (W), 9-4
133 #10 Todd Beckerman (N) maj. dec. #13 Bob Patnesky (W), 11-3
141 Justin Flores (N) dec. Micah Khan (W), 10-3
149 #16 Joe Henson (N) dec. Billy Smith (W), 9-6
157 #3 Brian Snyder (N) dec. #15 Joe Carr (W), 5-1
165 Tony Denke (N) dec. Richard Taylor (W), 10-3
174 #18 Ati Connor (N) tech. fall Erik Warg (W), 22-7
184 Charles McTorry (N) won by forfeit
197 #3 Brad Vering (N) won by fall over Jon Foster (W), :52
HWT #6 Sean Hage (W) won by forfeit


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