Ryan Lang (North Royalton, Ohio/St. Edward), Jake Herbert (Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny), Mike Tamillow (Oak Park, Ill./Fenwick) and Nick Hayes (Council Bluffs, Iowa/Lewis Central) all posted perfect 3-0 records.
The Wildcats started their day with a dual against Virginia. Freshman Brandon Precin continued his impressive fall by taking down Ross Gitomer by a 4-2 decision. After Eric Metzler (Luxemburg, Wis./Luxemburg-Casco) fell in his match at 133 lbs., top-ranked Lang went the distance with Peter Ferrara, topping him in a 3-0 decision.
The Cavaliers and Wildcats went back and forth through the middle weights. Vincent Colletti (Naperville, Ill./Montini Catholic) dropped his match at 149, but Dominic Marella (Roselle, Ill./Conant) came right back at 157 with a 7-6 decision over Mike Sewell. After Jim Friend (Libertyville, Ill./Libertyville) fell in his 165-pound match, Nick Hayes (Council Bluffs, Iowa/Lewis Central) took a 6-0 decision over Beau Fisher.
Top-ranked Jake Herbert has been dominant early in the season and continued that trend with a 20-5 technical fall at 6:07 over Rocco Caponi at 184 lbs. Tamillow, wrestling at 197 lbs., dominated Kyle Narkiewicz with a 10-1 major decision. Carl Howe (Three Rivers, Mich./Three Rivers) fell in his heavyweight match, but the Wildcats took the dual, 24-12.
The 'Cats took to the mat against host North Carolina in their second of three duals on the afternoon and in contrast to all the other fall duals for Northwestern, Precin fell in the 125-pound match to Drew Forshey 6-4. However, James Kohlberg (Rolling Meadows, Ill./Rolling Meadows) took a 8-0 major decision at 133 to put the 'Cats ahead.
Lang continued his undefeated fall when UNC's Vincent Ramirez defaulted due to injury at 141 lbs. Coletti evened his record for the afternoon with a 5-3 overtime win at 149, but NU dropped the next two matches when Marella and Greg Hagel (Linwood, N.J./Blair Academy) fell at 157 and 165, but the 'Cats came through at the upper weights. Hayes started things off with 9-8 decision and Herbert won on a 20-5 technical fall at the 3:20 mark. Tamillow continued the run at 197 lbs. with a pin at 6:18.
The most anticipated match of the day was between the two heavyweights for the Wildcats and Tar Heels. No. 5 Fox defeated UNC's fourth-ranked Spencer Nadolsky in overtime, 5-3. Nadolsky was selected to be one of two heavyweights to wreslte at Monday's All-Star Classic in Dallas. Lang and Herbert were picked in their weight classes for the prestigious event. NU took the dual in convincing fashion by a 30-9 score.
NU capped off its perfect record at this year's ACC/Big Ten Clash with a 37-9 win over NC State. The 'Cats left heavyweight open with a comfortable lead and only dropped one other match.
Precin led off with a 15-0 technical fall over Jeremy Hartrum and Kohlberg won an 8-3 decision at 133 lbs. Lang stayed perfect with a 7-3 win over Darrion Caldwell while Coletti improved to 2-1 on the afternoon with a pin of Joe Caramanica at 149.
Marella dropped Northwestern's only match in the dual, but Hagel put the 'Cats back on track with a 19-4 technical fall over the Wolfpack's Obie Simpson. After Hayes won his match at 174 by a 10-5 decision Herbert and Tamillow put up back-to-back falls with Tamillow pinning Mark Jahad in 56 seconds. NU left heavyweight open to take the 37-9 win.
With the three dual victories, Cysewski's 125 wins are now the most for any coach in Northwestern history. He passed Ken Kraft's mark of 124. Cysewski is now in his 17th season.
Lang and Herbert will head to Dallas for the NWCA All-Star Classic. The event, held Monday evening, traditionally pits the No. 1 versus No. 2 wrestlers in each weight class. NU returns to team competition Dec. 8 against Northern Illinois.
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