BOONE, N.C.- The Cleveland State wrestling team fell to N.C. State and Appalachian State (21-13) in a close dual match on Thursday evening at Varsity Gym.
The Vikings (1-5) had wins from Michael Carlone (141), R.J. LaBeef (149), Latrell Davis (157), Xavier Dye (184), and Riley Shaw (285). Carlone won by decision picking up his ninth win and tallying his sixth decision of the year, defeating Appalachian State's Jake Smith 5-4. Davis added another decision victory on the evening defeating ASU's Nick Hall 6-5. Dye had an impressive major decision win of a score of 15-6 over Nick Vetell of Appalachian State. Shaw won a close decision bout over Denzel Dejournette 8-6. With the win Shaw improved his record to 8-5 on the campaign.
LaBeef had the only win for CSU against N.C. State defeating Cohl Fulk in a 10-7 decision, giving him five decision victories on the year. The Vikings will be back in action on Wednesday and Thursday (Jan. 1 & 2) as CSU will travel to Chattanooga, Tennesee to compete in the Southern Scuffle. Wrestling will begin both days at 9:00 a.m.
Appalachian State 21 Cleveland State 13
125: Dominic Parisi (APP) fall John Martin (CSU), (1:29) (APP 6-0)
133: Chris Johnson (APP) dec. Daniel King (CSU), 6-1 (APP 9-0)
141: Michael Carlone (CSU) dec. Jake Smith (APP), 5-4 (APP 9-3)
149: Dylan Cottrell (APP) dec. R.J. LaBeef (CSU), 2-1 (APP 12-3)
157: Latrell Davis (CSU) dec. Nick Hall (APP), 6-5 (APP 12-6)
165: Zack Strickland (APP) dec. Matt Donohoe (CSU), 7-1 (APP 15-6)
174: Colin Hedash (APP) dec. Nick Corba (CSU), 6-2 (APP 18-6)
184: Xavier Dye (CSU) maj. dec. Nick Vetell (APP), 15-6 (APP 18-10)
197: Kacee Hutchinson (APP) dec. Ray Stone (CSU), 11-5 (APP 21-10)
285: Riley Shaw (CSU) dec. Denzel Dejournette (APP), 8-6 (APP 21-13)
N.C. State 35 Cleveland State 3
125: Marshall Brown (NCSU) dec. John Martin (CSU), 4-3 (NCSU 3-0)
133: Chris Wilkes (NCSU) maj. dec. Daniel King (CSU), 20-6 (NCSU 7-0)
141: Sam Speno (NCSU) dec. Michael Carlone (CSU), 9-4 (NCSU 10-0)
149: R.J. LaBeef (CSU) dec. Cohl Fulk (NCSU), 10-7 (NCSU 10-3)
157: Max Rohskopf (NCSU) fall Nick Montgomery, (3:47) (NCSU 16-3)
165: Dylan Ceravelo (NCSU) dec. Matt Donohoe, 11-6 (NCSU 19-3)
174: Pete Renda (NCSU) dec. Nick Corba (CSU), 2-0 (NCSU 22-3)
184: Michael Macchiavello dec. Xavier Dye (CSU), 9-7 (NCSU 25-3)
197: KaRonne Jones (NCSU) maj. dec. Ray Stone (CSU), 22-9 (NCSU 29-3)
285: Nick Gwiazdowski (NCSU) fall Riley Shaw (CSU), (4:05) (NCSU 35-3)
