Sophomore Justin Dobies, redshirt freshman Vincent Ramirez and junior Spencer Nadolsky each won Tuesday to improve to 4-0 individually in ACC action. Nadolsky picked up the biggest win for the Tar Heels, a 10-2 major decision at heavyweight.
With an 18-3 advantage after seven bouts, Carolina head coach C.D. Mock rested David Dashiell at 197 and Bobby Shaw at 125, giving Duke 12 points. Nadolsky picked up the Tar Heels' final four points in between the forfeits with his major decision over Duke's Wade Van Sickle to improve to 36-3 this season and 20-1 in duals.
After redshirt freshman Jared Royer opened the match strongly for Carolina with an 8-2 decision over Michael Degli Obizzi at 133, Ramirez rebounded from an early 5-0 deficit to notch a 10-6 come-from-behind win over Philip Wightman at 141. He followed a three-point near fall for Wightman with a quick reversal and never looked back, posting a 7-1 advantage over the final two periods. The Durham native has won 12 straight bouts and improved his record to 32-6 and 4-0 in conference action.
Duke followed with a decision by Daniel Shvartsman at 149, trimming the UNC lead to 6-3, but junior Brian Baglio quickly put the Tar Heels back in the win column at 157 with a 6-1 win over Cameron Harms.
The Blue Devils nearly picked up their second win of the night at 165, but senior Garrett Atkinson, the reigning ACC champion in the class, scored a takedown of Aaron Glover with less than 10 seconds remaining in the third period to escape with a 5-4 victory and push the Tar Heel advantage to 12-3 midway through the match. Atkinson is now 12-8 on the season.
Sophomore Alex Maciag then picked up a second consecutive dramatic win for the Tar Heels, a 5-4 overtime decision at 174. Duke's Levi Craig scored on an escape to take a 4-3 lead in the second overtime period, but Maciag responded with a reversal in the third extra frame to post a 5-4 win and a 15-3 Carolina advantage. Maciag is now 20-13 this season.
Sophomore Justin Dobies tacked on an overtime win of his own at 184, downing Duke's Dan Tulley, 7-4. The bout was tied at three after regulation, but Dobies took control in OT, scoring a two-point near fall and a takedown to push the Tar Heels' lead to 18-3 and essentially secure the match.
Carolina is back in ACC action Thursday against Virginia Tech in the "Rumble on the River" at St. Christopher's High School in Richmond, Va.
North Carolina 22, Duke 15
Records: UNC 13-8-1 1-2-1 ACC, DU 0-8, 0-3 ACC
WT. BOUT RESULT SCORE TEAM SCORE
133 Jared Royer (UNC) def. Michael Degli Obizzi (DU) 8-2 UNC 3-0
141 Vincent Ramirez (UNC) def. Philip Wightman (DU) 10-6 UNC 6-0
149 Daniel Shvartsman (DU) def. Isaiah Britton (UNC) 6-3 UNC 6-3
157 Brian Baglio (UNC) def. Cameron Harms (DU) 6-1 UNC 9-3
165 Garrett Atkinson (UNC) def. Aaron Glover (DU) 5-4 UNC 12-3
174 Alex Maciag (UNC) Levi Craig (DU) 5-4 OT UNC 15-3
184 Justin Dobies (UNC) def. Dan Tulley (DU) 7-4 OT UNC 18-3
197 Konrad Dudziak (DU) win via forfeit FOR UNC 18-9
HWT #12 Spencer Nadolsky (UNC) def. Wade Van Sickle (DU) 10-2 MD UNC 22-9
125 Kellan McKeon (DU) win via forfeit FOR UNC 22-15
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