Upcoming Event: Wrestling versus Southern Scuffle on January 3, 2026
Wrestling
vs Southern Scuffle
Duke Falls To NC State In Regular-Season Finale
2/23/2005 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
Feb. 23, 2005
RALEIGH, N.C. - Despite victories in four of the last six bouts, Duke suffered a 25-18 loss to NC State on Wednesday night at Reynolds Coliseum in the final ACC regular-season match of the year for both teams. With the loss, Duke dropped to 9-5 overall and 2-3 in the conference, while State improved to 8-8 and 3-3 in the ACC.
At 149 pounds, Antwone Floyd took on Alex Hernandez in a tight match-up. Hernandez scored a pair of takedowns in the final period to gain the decision.
NC State's Kody Hamrah made it 7-0 with a 13-3 major decision over Duke's Zach Weisberg at 157. At 165, Ryan Nowicki took down Duke's Adam Lesser midway through the first period, directly onto Lesser's back, and gained the pin at the 1:58 mark. At 174, Levi Craig suffered a pin by Kevin Gabrielson.
At that point, the Blue Devils were able to gain some momentum behind stalwarts Frank Cornely (184 lbs.) and Mark Thompson (197 lbs.). Cornely got six takedowns, a near fall and riding time to roll up a 19-7 major decision over Rick Brownlee at 184, and Thompson pulled Duke to within 10 points at 19-9 with a technical fall over Jeremy Colbert, 15-0, on the strength of two takedowns and four near falls.
At heavyweight, the Wolfpack's Jainor Palma rode Venroy July for most of the second period to gain riding-time advantage, and took a 1-1 decision as the only other points scored in the match were for escapes. That gave NC State a 22-9 lead in the team scoring, and Garrett Cummings clinched the team victory for NC State with a 7-2 decision over Kellan McKeon at 125 pounds. That gave the Wolfpack a 25-9 lead with two matches remaining.
Bryan Gibson picked up six points for Duke with pin of Jeremy Hartrum at 133. Gibson broke open a close match with a takedown and a near fall in the third period, allowed an escape and then took Hartrum down and turned him on his back at the 6:29 mark. The Blue Devils' Wes Kuser defeated Jeff Breese 9-3 in overtime at 133, extending the freshman's winning streak to five matches.
149 * Alex Hernandez (NCS) dec. Antwone Floyd, 10-7
157 * Kody Hamrah (NCS) major dec. Zach Weisberg, 13-3
165 * Ryan Nowicki (NCS) pinned Adam Lesser, at 1:58
174 * Kevin Gabrielson (NCS) pinned Levi Craig, at 0:43
184 * Frank Cornely (DU) major dec. Rick Brownlee, 19-4
197 * Mark Thompson (DU) tech fall Jeremy Colbert, 15-0, at 5:45
Hwt * Jainor Palma (NCS) dec. Venroy July, 2-1
125 * Garrett Cummings (NCS) dec. Kellan McKeon, 7-2
133 * Bryan Gibson (DU) pinned Jeremy Hartrum, at 6:29
141 * Wes Kuser (DU) dec. Jeff Breese, 9-3, ot
Players Mentioned
PLAYER
/ WrestlingPLAYER
/ WrestlingPLAYER
/ WrestlingPLAYER
/ WrestlingPLAYER
/ WrestlingPLAYER
/ WrestlingPLAYER
/ Wrestling
PLAYER
/ WrestlingPLAYER
/ WrestlingConnor Barket Post ACC Championship
Monday, March 10
Season Opener Video
Friday, November 01
Duke Athletics: A Tour of Campus
Saturday, October 19
Welcome to Duke
Saturday, October 19
