CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The 25th-ranked Virginia wrestling team split its two matches Friday at the Virginia Duals at the Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Va. The fifth-seeded Cavaliers won their opener, 36-3, over Ohio before suffering a tight 16-14 loss to No. 4-seed Pennsylvania in the quarterfinals. Virginia (8-2) next will wrestle Lock Haven at 10 a.m. Saturday.
No. 15
Eric Albright (Jr., York, Pa.),
Chris Henrich (Fr., Lansdale, Pa.), No. 8
Rocco Caponi (Jr., Uniontown, Ohio) and No. 19
Brent Jones (So., Burke, Va.) each won both of their matches Friday.
In the opener against Ohio, the Cavaliers coasted to a team win by taking nine of 10 matches. Jones also added a pin, his team-best ninth of the season, while
Ross Gitomer (So., Flemington, N.J.) recorded his team-best eighth technical fall of the year and notched his 24th win of the year – also a team-high.
The Penn match was tightly contested throughout, as each team took five bouts with the difference coming on a major decision at 149 pounds. Caponi added another win over a ranked opponent to his ledger with a 7-2 win over No. 19 Lior Zamir. The victory was the 100th of Caponi’s career as he moved to 23-1 this season.
Virginia 36, Ohio 3 UVA OU
125 Ross Gitomer (UVa) tech fall Heath Allen (Ohio), 18-3 5 0
133 No. 15 Eric Albright (UVa) major dec. Quentin Keyes (Ohio), 11-1 9 0
141 Nick Nelson (UVa) dec. Seth Morton (Ohio), 8-2 12 0
149 Kevin Christianson (Ohio) dec. Shawn Harris (UVa), 2-0 12 3
157 Dan Gonsor (UVa) dec. Clay Tucker (Ohio), 11-6 15 3
165 No. 13 Michael Chaires (UVa) dec. Kent Smith (Ohio), 8-3 18 3
174 Chris Henrich (UVa) dec. Jacob Ison (Ohio), 10-5 21 3
184 No. 8 Rocco Caponi (UVa) wins by forfeit 27 3
197 No. 19 Brent Jones (UVa) fall Chris Iammanno (Ohio), 2:38 33 3
HWT Jack Danilkowicz (UVa) dec. Jason Marshall (Ohio), 3-1 36 3
Penn 16, Virginia 14 UVA UP
125 No. 8 Rollie Peterkin (Penn) dec. Ross Gitomer (UVa), 4-0 0 3
133 No. 15 Eric Albright (UVa) dec. Bryan Ortenzio (Penn), 2-0 3 3
141 Kellon Balum (UVa) dec. Rick Rappo (Penn), 5-4 6 3
149 No. 15 Cesar Grajales (Penn) major dec. Pat Riley (UVa), 11-3 6 7
157 Rob Hitschler (Penn) dec. Drew DiPasquale (UVa), 8-2 6 10
165 Zack Shanaman (Penn) dec. No. 13 Michael Chaires (UVa), 6-1 6 13
UVa Unsportsmanlike Conduct after 165 lb. match (-1 point) 5 13
174 Chris Henrich (UVa) dec. Scott Giffin (Penn), 4-2 8 13
184 No. 8 Rocco Caponi (UVa) dec. No. 19 Lior Zamir (Penn), 7-2 11 13
197 No. 19 Brent Jones (UVa) dec. Thomas Shovlin (Penn), 5-3 14 13
HWT Trey McLean (Penn) dec. Jack Danilkowicz (UVa), 9-2 14 16
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