Feb. 6, 2001

The North Carolina wrestling team defeated Duke, 35-3, Tuesday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham. With the win, the Tar Heels improve to 6-4 overall, 3-0 in the Atlantic Coast Conference, while Duke falls to 11-6, 0-2 in the ACC.

Sophomore Chris Collins and junior JohnMark Bentley led the way for the Tar Heels, registering pins in the 125 and 149-pound classes, respectively. Bentley is now to 23-1 overall for the season.

With the win, North Carolina added one point to their Carlyle Cup points total. The Tar Heels currently lead the competition 18.5-2.5 over Duke.

The Tar Heels next face Navy on Saturday, Feb. 10, in Annapolis, Md.

North Carolina 35

Duke 3

125- Chris Collins (UNC) pinned Tommy Hoang (Duke), 3:09

133- Brad Byers (UNC) dec. Sean Meakim (Duke), 11-4

141- Michael Booth (UNC) dec. Harry Clarke (Duke), 3-1

149- JohnMark Bentley (UNC) pinned Andy Soliman (Duke), 2:59

157- Chris DiGuiseppe (UNC) dec. Josh Sheridan (Duke), 8-1

165- Jason Wilson (UNC) dec. Tim Marcantonio (Duke), 7-5

174- Corey Bell (UNC) dec. Frank Cornely (Duke), 6-3

184- Tom Cass (Duke) dec. Nick Richmond (UNC), 12-6

197- Clint Osborn (UNC) dec. Deagan Smith (Duke), 5-4

Hwt. - Matt Kenny (UNC) major dec. Levi Karnehm (Duke), 19-2