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Campbell Grapplers Finish Eighth in Navy Classic; Navy Takes Team Title

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Navy wrestling team won five of the ten individual events and took the team title at 2004 Navy Classic Saturday afternoon at Halsey Field House.

Navy won the team scoring with 202.5 points. Virginia Tech finished second (152) and N.C. State placed third (126). Campbell finished eighth in the eight team field with one team point.

Navy's Sam Gray (133-lbs.), Nate Gulosh (141-lbs.), John Cox (149-lbs.), Thayer Paxton (197-lbs.) and Tanner Garrett (HWT) all claimed individual titles for Navy.

Matt Lebe (157-lbs.) of West Virginia, Chris Stith (165-lbs.) of Virginia Tech, Andy Roy (174-lbs.) from Rutgers and Chris Ressa (184-lbs.) of Rutgers also earned individual titles.

Campbell's only victory of the night came in the 184-pound weight class. Josh Kalafchi earned a 5-4 victory over Zack Hawk of Duquesne.

The Camels do not compete again until January 7 when they host American. CU has 17 matches scheduled in the spring semester. [Round-By-Round Campbell Results]

FINALS

125 - Garrett Cummings (NCSU) def. Justin Staylor, 13-11 (sv)

133 - Sam Gray (Navy) def. #16 David Hoffman (Va. Tech), 4-2

141 - Nate Gulosh (Navy) def. #5 Brandon Lauer (WVU), 9-5

149 - John Cox (Navy) def. Chris Deluca (NCSU), 9-6

157 - #10 Matt Lebe (WVU) def. Greg Zannetti (Rutgers), 10-8

165 - #15 Chris Stith (Va. Tech) def. #19 Zac Fryling (WVU), 3-2

174 - #7 Andy Roy (Rutgers) def. Kevin Gabrielson (NCSU), MD 8-0

184 - Chris Ressa (Rutgers) def. Steve Borja (Va. Tech), 12-7

197 - Thayer Paxton (Navy) def. Andrew Adams (Navy), Fall 6:30

HWT - Tanner Garrett (Navy) def. Joel Caruso (GMU), 6-2

TEAM SCORES

1. Navy 202.5

2. Virginia Tech 152

3. NC State 126

4. Rutgers 122.5

5. West Virginia 90.5

6. George Mason 69.5

7. Duquesne 30.5

8. Campbell 1