Navy 28 NC State 7
157 - Don Waters (Navy) dec. Scott Garren, 1-2
165 - Joel Dramis (NCS) major dec. James Griffin, 10-2
174 - Mark Newman (Navy) dec. Kevin Boross, 2-3
184 - Mike Bigrigg (Navy) dec. Zach Breitenbach, 1-2
197 - Justin Woodruff (Navy) dec. Jason Gore, 4-6
Hwt - Steve Kovach (Navy) dec. Ngozi Collins, 2-4
125 - Drew Smith (Navy) by default
133 - Zane Stickel (Navy) dec. Lee Carroll, 6-8
141 - Mark Conley (Navy) major dec. Oraefo Brown, 5-13
149 - #14 Tommy Davis (NCS) dec. Tom Storer, 5-2

NC State Wrestling Subdued by Navy 

RALEIGH, N.C. (Feb. 12) - NC State fell to Navy, 7-28, in  intercollegiate wrestling action at the Weisiger-Brown Complex. Even  though the Pack dropped seven straight matches at one point of the meet,  Navy only tallied one major defeat and no pins making the final score  misleading. 

The loss dropped the Wolfpack to 7-3 in dual matches for the season,  while Navy's record rose to 8-2. 

Navy jumped out to an early lead when Don Waters won a close decision in  the 157 pound classification. Thanks to two escape points, Waters edged  out the Pack's Scott Garren, 1-2 

In the 165 pound match, NC State's Joel Dramis tallied a major decision  over James Griffin, 10-2. With the match score at 9-2, Griffin was  handed a major defeat via the extra point that he was awarded for having  over a minute riding time. 

Navy returned to it's winning ways in the 174 pound match. Mark Newman  defeated the Pack's Kevin Boross, handing him just his third defeat of  the season. A late escape point gave Newman a slim advantage in the  final period as he hung on for the 3-2 victory. 

The 184 match was quite possibly the turning point of the meet. With the  score tied at one and NC State's Zach Breitenbach locked in a battle  with Navy's Mike Bigrigg in overtime, Bigrigg was awarded a point on a  stalling call against Breitenbach. The call gave Navy a 9-4 lead in the  meet as Bigrigg took the match 2-1. 

Justin Woodruff of Navy was victorious in the 197 match when he scored a  couple of late points on escapes versus NC State's Jason Gore. Gore  ended up losing, 4-6. 

The heavy weight match was the second match of the meet to enter  overtime. With NC State's Ngozi Collins and Navy's Steve Kovach tied at  two in the extra period, Kovach tallied a take down and won the match,  4-2. 

Navy's Drew Smith scored an easy victory in the 125 pound meet when NC  State forfeit the match. The Pack was forced to forfeit due to the fact  that George Cintron, NC State's only 125 performer, was still hampered  by a sprained MCL. 

The 133 pound match saw Navy's Zane Stickel score a 6-8 victory over NC  State's Lee Carroll. Carroll had pulled to with in a point, at 6-7, but  a Stickel point on an escape move in the third period helped seal the  victory for him. 

Mark Conley tallied Navy's only major decision of the meet when he  defeated Oraefo Brown, 5-13. Conley was awarded an extra point for his  allotment of riding time minutes as he knocked off Brown by the eight  points needed to score a major win. 

The final match of the meet saw NC State's Tommy Davis, ranked No. 14 in  the nation, score a 5-2 decision over Tom Storer. Davidson received four  of his five points via two takedowns.