North Carolina 32 Clarion 10

            (Chapel Hill, N.C.): Clarion received a major decision from Quintas McCorkle and decisions from Anthony White and Bekzod Abdurakhmonov but it wasn’t enough as the Golden Eagles lost an NCAA Division I wrestling match at North Carolina on Saturday afternoon 32-10.
 

            Clarion, who earlier Saturday morning defeated Davidson 36-15, saw its record go to 3-1 overall, while North Carolina raised its mark to 5-5.
 

            Clarion was down 10-0 after losing the first three bouts, when Anthony White got the Eagles on the scoreboard at 141-pounds. White, a freshman, defeated Mike Rappo 6-3 to bring the Eagles to within 10-3 on the scoreboard. White used a first period takedown, an escape in the second, and a third period takedown and riding time for the win.
 

            After losing the out at 157, Clarion junior Bekzod Abdurakhmonov won an exciting 4-3 match over Thomas Scotten. Scotten was ahead 3-2 late in the third period (due to a penalty point received in the second), when Bekzod fired a double leg takedown with only one second remaining in the match to win 4-3.
 

            Clarion’s only other win came at heavyweight where Quintas McCorkle defeated Ben Brooks 11-3. McCorkle had three takedowns in the match, but with relentless offensive pressure, received 4 stalling points in the match.
 

            North Carolina won seven of the ten bouts to claim a 32-10 victory.
 

            CLARION NOTES: Clarion’s #8 James Fleming at 157 and Joe Waltko at 133 will not wrestle on the trip this weekend due to injuries… Clarion will wrestle at #4 Virginia Tech on Sunday at 7pm…. The match will air on radio station c-93 in Clarion and on the internet at redzonemedia.com. Clarion is now 5-3 all-time against North Carolina.
 

NORTH CAROLINA 32 CLARION 10

125- Jake Corrill (NC) dec. Trey Hicks (CL) 7-5
133- Pat Owens (NC) dec. Devin Cook (CL) 4-2
141- Dan Lopes (NC) maj. dec. Colby Pisani (CL) 11-1
149- Anthony White (CL) dec. Mike Rappo (NC) 6-3
157- Corey Mock (NC) wbf Kyle Braddock (CL) 1:39
165 Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (CL) dec. Thomas Scotten (NC) 4-3
174- Thomas Ferguson (NC) wbf Scott Joseph (CL) 5:42
184- Anthony Giorgio (NC) maj. dec. Steven Cressley (CL) 11-2
197- Zac Bennett (NC) wbf Alex Thomas (CL) 1:59
285- Quintas McCorkle (CL) maj. dec. Ben Brooks (NC) 11-3
Clarion: 3-1
North Carolina: 5-5