The meet marked the final regular season road contest for Duke this season. The Blue Devils are now 11-9 overall this season and 0-5 in the ACC.
"Our guys did a fantastic job," said head coach Clar Anderson. "We won every close match. I feel the guys are peaking at the right time. They have to head into the ACC Championships knowing that they just beat a team that has defeated a couple of ACC teams."
Wednesday night began at 197 pounds, and redshirt junior captain Dan Tulley fought hard but lost a close decision, 6-4, to the No. 13 nationally-ranked 197-pounder in Daren Burns.
Senior captain Kellan McKeon got Duke on the board with a tight 4-3 decision over Mitchell Johnson at 125 pounds. McKeon made an escape last in the third period to seal the win. He is now 25-13 this season with a 12-7 mark in duals.
At 141 pounds, redshirt senior captain Bryan Gibson earned his 74th career victory with a 7-5 decision over Ben Wilmore. The win tied him for 14th place in the Duke record books for career wins. Gibson is 11-6 this year and 7-4 in duals.
The key match of the night for Duke belonged to redshirt sophomore Michael Degli Obizzi, who pinned Marcus Hannah at 6:32 of their bout. It was Degli Obizzi's fifth fall of the year, which is tied for second on the team. He has posted a 20-8 record this season at 149 pounds and is 42-30 in his career in Durham.
Sophomore Voris Tejada continued his roll as of late, winning his eighth straight with a 6-3 decision over Mark Ring at 157 pounds. Tejada is 32-11 in 2007-08 with a 13-2 dual mark and a 51-19 career showing. He ranks tied for 12th on Duke's career winning percentage list with a .729 mark.
At 165 pounds, junior captain Addison Nuding won another close match for the Devils, this time a 4-3 decision over Byron Sigmon. That win gave Duke an 18-11 lead after having trailed 11-3. Nuding's season record stands at 27-8 and 14-4 in dual meets. Nuding is 49-35 all-time at Duke.
In the final match of the night with the Blue Devils clinging to an 18-14 lead, redshirt sophomore John Barone picked up the clinching win with a 13-8 decision over Jeremy Cannon. He is now 33-6 with 13 falls and a 17-3 ledger in duals. Barone's 68-22 overall mark as a Blue Devil is good for ninth place on Duke's all-time winning percentage list with a .756 clip. He is tied for second on Duke's single season wins list and is already 19th on the career wins list. He needs one more win to tie and two more victories to eclipse the single season wins record, and has one more regular season dual meet and the ACC Tournament to go. Literally every Duke record is under assault this year by the native of Shirley, N.Y.
The regular season will wrap up at home in Cameron Indoor Stadium on Sunday at 4:30 p.m., and the Blue Devils' three seniors will be honored prior to the meet.
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