Jan. 17, 2008

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Paced by a pin from Durham native Vincent Ramirez and five major decisions, North Carolina registered a 32-6 victory over rival Duke Thursday in Atlantic Coast Conference wrestling action at Fetzer Gymnasium. The Tar Heels (5-3, 1-1 ACC) have now won 33 of their last 34 meetings with the Blue Devils (6-6, 0-2 ACC). The victory also extended UNC's lead in the race for the Carlyle Cup, the all-sports competition between Carolina and Duke, to 9-2.

Ramirez's pin at 149 pounds gave the Tar Heels a 10-point lead that they would only build on throughout the night. Following the first major decision for UNC, a 12-1 win by redshirt freshman Nick Stabile (15-3) at 141, Ramirez (11-7) needed just 57 seconds to pin Duke's Mike Bell to push the Tar Heel advantage to 13-3.

Twelfth-ranked Keegan Mueller followed two bouts later with his third straight dominating performance at 165, a 15-1 major decision over Aaron Glover at 165. The Dallas native improved his record to 18-3 and has outscored his last three opponents by a 43-1 margin.

True freshman Kyle Kiss (14-8) tacked on the Tar Heels' second straight major decision with a 12-1 defeat of Duke's Ben Wales at 174. After a Duke win at 184, sophomore Dennis Drury and junior Justin Dobies closed the match with back-to-back major decisions at 197 and heavyweight, respectively. Drury (11-9) scored an 8-0 shutout of Duke's Dan Tulley, while the 18th-ranked Dobies (19-5) posted a 13-4 major against Mike Tunick in the final bout of the night.

Also picking up wins for the Tar Heels were senior Drew Forshey (12-6) at 125 and redshirt freshman Thomas Scotton (12-4) at 157. Forshey got Carolina on the board in the first match with a 9-2 decision over Chapel Hill native Kellan McKeon, while Scotton contributed to UNC's run of five straight victories with a 7-3 decision over Voris Tejada, who entered the match with a 25-9 record, at 157.

Duke claimed wins from Bryan Gibson at 133 and John Barone at 184 for its six points.

The Tar Heels are back in action Jan. 25-26 at Virginia and Virginia Tech.

North Carolina 32, Duke 6
Wt.	Result							Score/Time
125	Drew Forshey (UNC) dec. Kellan McKeon (DU)		9-2
133	Bryan Gibson (DU) dec. Jeremy Shaw (UNC)		7-1
141	Nick Stabile (UNC) major dec. Spencer Jasper (DU)	12-1
149	Vincent Ramirez (UNC) pins Mike Bell (DU)		0:57
157	Thomas Scotton (UNC) dec. Voris Tejada (DU)		7-3
165	#12 Keegan Mueller major dec. Aaron Glover (DU)		15-1
174	Kyle Kiss (UNC) major dec. Ben Wales (DU)		12-1
184	John Barone (DU) dec. Nick Tenpenny (UNC)		2-1
197	Dennis Drury (UNC) major dec. Dan Tulley (DU)		8-0
HWT	#18 Justin Dobies (UNC) major dec. Mike Tunick (DU)	13-4