2010 ACC Tournament Preview
The 2010 ACC Tournament will be held on Saturday
(all day) March 6, at North Carolina State. Below is a look at possible
individual winners/placers, with number of automatic allocations per weight
class.
The six ACC teams are: Duke, Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina
State, Virginia, and Virginia Tech. The top three ACC teams this season appear
to be Maryland, Virginia Tech, and Virginia, and the team point race could be
very close. Below are listed the top contenders, their Div I W/L records, year
of NCAA eligibility, and home state.
Keep in mind that, after the qualifiers are over, the NCAA will name about 46
additional wrestlers (wild card or at-large selections) besides the automatic
qualifiers, to compete in the 2010 NCAA Tournament. I’d expect that some of
those additional wrestlers will be from the ACC.
125 – 3 automatic qualifiers.
1 - Jarrod Garnett, Virginia Tech (*20-5) So/DE
2 - Ross Gitomer, Virginia (*15-12) Sr/NJ
3 - James Knox, Maryland (*17-10) Sr/MD
HM - Pete Terrezza, Duke (*12-7) So/NJ
133 – the winner automatically qualifies.
1 - Steve Bell, Maryland (*16-5) Sr/PA
2 - Matt Snyder, Virginia (*19-13) Fr/PA
3 - Brock Livorio, Virginia Tech (*10-4) So/PA
HM - Jeremy Shaw, North Carolina (*17-10) Sr/DE
HM - Dale Shull, North Carolina State (*16-13) Fr/CO
141 – 3 automatic qualifiers.
1 - Alex Krom, Maryland (*16-5) Sr/PA
2 - Chris Diaz, Virginia Tech (*26-3) Jr/DE
3 - Derek Valenti, Virginia (*21-7) So/NJ
HM - Mike Rappo, North Carolina (*11-9) Jr/PA
149 – 2 automatic qualifiers.
1 - Brian Stephens, Virginia Tech (*21-10) Fr/OH
2 - Bobby Ward, North Carolina State (*21-7) So/PA
3 - Jon Kohler, Maryland (*14-15) Jr/MD
HM - Shawn "Hurricane" Harris, Virginia (*14-10) So/OH
HM - Brent Jorge, Duke (*10-7)Fr/FL
157 – 4 automatic qualifiers.
1 - Jesse Dong, Virginia Tech (*30-3) So/OH
2 - Thomas Scotton, North Carolina (*24-7) Jr/NJ
3 - Kyle John, Maryland (*22-10) So/PA
HM - Dan Gonsor, Virginia (*17-7) So/OH
165 – 2 automatic qualifiers.
1 - Josh Asper, Maryland (*26-5) Fr/MD
2 - Matt Epperly, Virginia Tech (*20-9) Jr/VA
3 - Kyle Kiss, North Carolina (*17-12) So/NJ
174 – the winner automatically qualifies.
1 - Chris Henrich, Virginia (*27-2) Jr/PA
2 - Voris Tejada, Duke (*17-8) Sr/NJ
3 - Thomas Ferguson, North Carolina (*11-12) So/NC
184 – 2 automatic qualifiers.
1 - Tommy Spellman, Virginia Tech (*25-9) Jr/NJ
2 - Mike Salopek, Virginia (*25-8) Fr/PA
3 - Corey Peltier, Maryland (*15-14) So/RI
HM - Diego Bencomo, Duke (*16-8) Fr/AZ
HM - Nick Tenpenny, North Carolina (*13-13) So/NJ
197 – 3 automatic qualifiers.
1 - Hudson Taylor, Maryland (*34-2) Sr/NJ
2 - Dennis Drury, North Carolina (*21-8) Sr/PA
3 - Brent Jones, Virginia (*20-10) Sr/VA
HM - John Barone, Duke (*12-7) Sr/NY
285 – 3 automatic qualifiers.
1 - Konrad Dudziak, Duke (*11-0) Sr/NJ
2 - Ziad Haddad, North Carolina (*15-6) Fr/PA
3 - Pat Gilmore, Maryland (*21-9) Jr/PA
HM - Jack Danilkowicz, Virginia (*14-10) Jr/IN
HM - Eloheim Palma, North Carolina State (*13-14) Fr/NC