2010-11 davidson wrestling media guide

Tyler Mullen

Vitaly Radsky

Charlie Wolff

Alex Radsky

2010 MEDIA GUIDE

WRESTLING

2010 SCHEDULE

614

All DayAll Day

The Citadel openNC State Open

NOVEMBER

9 a.m.3 p.m.

Davidson Open at the Citadel *

418

DECEMBER

79

13151622

12 p.m.9 a.m.TBDTBD7 p.m.9 a.m.

77:30 p.m.11 a.m.1 p.m.3 p.m.

at Franklin & Marshallat Pittsburgh 1vs. Drexel 1vs. Millersville 1DukeClarionUUNCG *vs.AIC 2at Boston University 2vs. Sacred Heart 2

JANUARY

2

410131620

5 p.m.7 p.m.7 p.m.7 p.m.2 p.m.

7:30 p.m.2 p.m.2 p.m.

at Anderson University (S.C.)vs. Belmont Abbey 3VMI *at Campbellat Chattanoogaat Gardner-WebbAppalaAppalachian State *

FEBRUARY

517-19

All DayAll Day

SoCon Championships 4NCAA Tournament 5

MARCH

1 PITT DUALS, PITTSBURGH, PA.2 BOSTON UNIVERSITY DUALS, BOSTON, MA.3 ANDERSON, S.C. (ANDERSON UNIVERSITY)

4 BOONE, N.C. (APPALACHIAN STATE)5 PHILADELPHIA, PA.

ASTERISK (*) DENOTES CONFERENCE MATCH BBLACK TEXT DENOTES HOME GAME

ALL TIMES EASTERN AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Davidson College welcomes your coverage of wrestling for the 2010-11season. For interviews, information or pictures, please contact MarkBrumbaugh of the Sports Information Office.

Phone: (704) 894.2931Fax: (704) 894.2636E-mail: [email protected]

2010-11 WRESTLING QUICK FACTSGeneral Information

School Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Davidson CollegeLocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Davidson, N.C.Founded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1837Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,900Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WildcatsSchool Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Red (PMS 186) and BlackConference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SouthernAffiliation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NCAA Division IPresident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tom Ross (Davidson ’72)Athletics Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Murphy (Davidson ’78)Home Facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Belk Arena (5,223)

Coaching StaffHead Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bob PatneskyAlma Mater/Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .West Virginia, ‘01E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected] Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(704) 894-2805Career Record (Years) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35-68-1 (6)Record at Davidson (Years) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SameAssistant Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Michael ChildsAlma Mater/Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Drexel, ‘03E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected] Trainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pam StephensAlma Mater/Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Charlotte, ‘10

Team HistoryFirst Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1920All-Time Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287-588-18

Team Information2009-10 Team Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-162009-10 SoCon Record/Finish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-5/6th Starters Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8/2Letterwinners Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12/4 Newcomers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Sports InformationSports Information Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marc GignacOffice Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (704) 894.2123Wrestling Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark BrumbaughE-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected] Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (704) 894.2931Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (704) 894.2636Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.davidsonwildcats.com

TABLE OF CONTENTSQuick Facts/Schedule . . . . . . . . . .1Roster/Team Photo . . . . . . . . . . . .2Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Player Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-11Coaching Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-132009-10 In Review . . . . . . . . .14-152009-10 Statistics/Results . . . . . .16Davidson HOF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17Records and Honors . . . . . . . . . .18

All-Time Results . . . . . . . . . . .19-21Davidson Administration . . . . .22Administration/Head Coaches . . .23Media Information . . . . . . . . . . .24The Southern Conference . . . . . .25

2010 SCHEDULENov. 6 The Citadel Open All Day

14 NC State Open All Day

Dec. 4 Davidson Open All Day 18 at The Citadel * 3 p.m.

Jan. 7 at Franklin & Marshall 12 p.m. 9 at Pittsburgh 1 9 a.m.

vs. Drexel 1 TBD vs. Millersville 1 TBD

13 Duke 7 p.m. 15 Clarion 9 a.m. 16 UNCG * 7:30 p.m. 22 vs. American International College 2 11 a.m.

at Boston University 2 1 p.m. vs. Sacred Heart 2 3 p.m.

Feb. 2 at Anderson University (SC) 5 p.m. vs. Belmont Abbey 3 7 p.m.

4 Virginia Military Institute * 7 p.m. 10 at Campbell 7 p.m. 13 at Chattanooga * 2 p.m. 16 at Gardner-Webb 7:30 p.m. 20 Appalachian State * 2 p.m.

Mar. 5 SoCon Championships 4 All Day

17-19 NCAA Tournament 5 All Day

Boldface type denotes home match - All times Eastern*Asterisk denotes SoCon opponent

1 Pitt Duals, Pitsburgh, Pa.2 Boston University Duals, Boston, Mass.

3 at Anderson, Anderson, S.C.4 Appalachian State - Boone, N.C.

5 Philadelphia, Pa.

CREDITSEditor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark BrumbaughCover Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gavin McFarlin and Mark BrumbaughInside Layout & Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sports Information StaffContributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sports Information Staff Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sideline Sports, Dorsett Clark, Tim Cowie, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill Giduz, Willis Glassgow (WG Sports Photos),

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and Brian Westerholt (Sports on Film)Design Programs . . . . . . . . . . QuarkXPress 8.0, Adobe Photoshop CS3

GENERAL INFORMATION

2010 WRESTLING �1�

2010 WRESTLING TEAMName Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown High School/PreviousChris Cirenza So. 5-9 174 Charlottesville, Va. Woodberry ForestIke Crews So. 5-9 184 Dallas, Texas St. Mark's School of TexasDavid DeCamp Jr. 5-9 157 Robbinsville, N.J. Notre Dame High SchoolJorge Estrada Jr. 5-10 174 Carrollton, Texas St. Mark's SchoolBrent Mowry So. 5-9 157 Aquasco, Md. La PlataTyler Mullen Jr. 5-10 165 Westminster, Md. South CarrollScott Patrick Fr. 5-11 174 Ellicott City, Md. McDonogh SchoolAlex Radsky Sr. 5-5 133 Worthington, Ohio Thomas WorthingtonVitaly Radsky Sr. 5-6 141 Worthington, Ohio Thomas WorthingtonScott Ray So. 5-7 133 Chagrin Falls, Ohio The Kiski SchoolCT Talevi Fr. 5-6 149 Roanoke, Va. Cave SpringCharlie Wolff Sr. 6-6 HWT Rochester, Minn. CenturyMatt Zarth So. 5-5 125 Lexington, Ky. Henry Clay

BY WEIGHTName Wt.Matt Zarth 125

Alex Radsky 133

Vitaly Radsky 141Scott Ray 141

CT Talevi 149

Chris Cirenza 157David DeCamp 157Brent Mowry 157

Tyler Mullen 165

Jorge Estrada 174Scott Patrick 174

Ike Crews 184

Charlie Wolff HWT

COACHING STAFFName Position Year Alma Mater

Bob Patnesky Head Coach 7th West Virginia, ‘01

Michael Childs Assistant Coach 1st Drexel, ‘03

Tim Stroud Assistant Coach 10th Furman, ‘78

Julio Arce Assistant Coach 12th Hampton, ‘82

PRONUNCIATION GUIDEChris Cirenza SIR-enzaDavid DeCamp DEE-campJorge Estrada HOR-heyBrent Mowry MOU-ryAlex & Vitaly Radsky Rad-SKICT Talevi TUH-levy

DAVIDSON WILDCATS�2�

2010 ROSTER/TEAM PHOTO

Back Row (l-r): Head coach Bob Patnesky, CT Talevi, Matt Zarth, Scott Ray, Brent Mowry, Vitaly Radsky, Alex Radsky, assistant coach Tim StroudFront Row (l-r): assistant coach Michael Childs, Chris Cirenza, David DeCamp, Ike Crews, Charlie Wolff, Tyler Mullen, Jorge Estrada, Scott Patrick


2010 OUTLOOKAfter Alex Radsky ended Davidson’s 41-year

individual championship drought at theSouthern Conference Wrestling Championshipslast season, head coach Bob Patnesky hopesthat not only will Radsky return to the NCAATournament, but that he will be joined by otherWildcats in Philadelphia.

“If we stay healthy, it could be a nice seasonfor the ‘Cats,” said Patnesky, who enters hisseventh season as Davidson’s head coach.“We’re going to have some peaks and valleys,but we just need to focus on the things that aregoing to make us better each and every day.But in the end come March, when it is all onthe line, we need to perform at our best, andhopefully we’ll have another conference cham-pion and maybe one or two more going to thenational tournament this year.”

125With the graduation of four-year starter Ben

Altman, sophomore Matt Zarth will be countedon to take his place in the starting lineup at 125pounds. Zarth saw limited action during hisfreshman campaign, going 6-9 with two pins at125 pounds, and drawing starts in a pair ofSoCon matches against Chattanooga andAppalachian State. With one-year of collegiateexperience under his belt, the Wildcats arelooking forward to a solid second-year per-formance.

“Matt Zarth is a very talented sophomore,”said Patnesky. “We expect great things fromhim. He just needs to turn the corner and focuson the things he needs to do to win at thislevel.”

133Senior Alex Radsky will continue to lead the

‘Cats on and off the mat as he looks to defendhis SoCon Championship at 133 pounds. Theleague’s coaches picked him to repeat, naminghim to the preseason All-SoCon team, andnational publications Wrestling USA Magazineand WrestlingReport.com are both predicting areturn bid to the NCAA Tournament. Radskyhas only sought to improve over the spring andsummer, qualifying for the USA WrestlingWorld Team Trials and spending six weekswith his twin-brother Vitaly in Belarus study-ing the national wrestling team.

“Alex Radsky is an extremely hard workerand sets his goals at the highest levels they canbe,” said Patnesky. “He’s looking to repeat asthe conference champion and get back to theNCAA Tournament and have a great perform-ance there. He’s definitely one of the guys theteam looks up to.”

141In 2009-10, Vitaly Radsky led the ‘Cats in

wins with 20, posted the team’s best conferencerecord at 4-1 and scored the most dual pointson the team with 57 – all career highs – butplaced second in the SoCon Tournament aftersuffering an 8-3 defeat in the championshipmatch. Radsky has dedicated himself toimproving during the offseason, attempting toqualify for the USA Wrestling World Team

Trials during the spring and spending sixweeks studying the Belarus national wrestlingteam with twin-brother Alex. Vitaly will needto be at his best in his final collegiate cam-paign, as the 141-pound weight class is amongthe most competitive in the SoCon.

“Vitaly still feels the pain of making one mis-take in the conference finals to a guy he hadbeaten before,” said Patnesky. “He works dili-gently everyday to become the best, and he isin a very competitive weight, so each andevery match he wrestles must be close to per-fection. I believe he has it in him to be a confer-ence champion, go to the national tournament,and make a little noise.”

Sophomore Scott Ray will look to competefor time on the mat in the 133-, 141-, and 149-pound classes. After starting his rookie cam-paign with a 5-8 record, an injury cut his 2009-10 season short.

“Scott is a hard worker and does the thingsthat need to be done,” said Patnesky. “He hasgreat technique and whatever weight he com-petes at, he is going to compete hard and givehis all.”

149While Ray could see time in the 149-pound

class, freshman CT Talevi will also be countedon to step up during his rookie campaign.Talevi, who hails for Roanoke, Va., placed inthe top five at the state championships duringhis junior and senior years at Cave Spring HighSchool, where he broke the career (123) andsingle-season (44) records for wins.

“CT is another hard worker,” said Patnesky.“It’s his freshman year, so we’ll have to seehow things go, but each and every time he goesout there, he is going to give his best effort.”

157The battle for the starting nod at 157 pounds

will be competitive as the 2009-10 preseasonAll-SoCon pick at 149 pounds, David DeCamp,moves up to the class. DeCamp had one of thebest starts on the team last season at 149, win-ning all eight matches against collegiate oppo-nents at the UNC Pembroke Open to placethird. But his season ended in November withan injury.

DeCamp will battle sophomore Brent Mowryfor the starting nod. Mowry went 6-9 duringhis rookie campaign before an injury ended hisseason prematurely.

“Brent Mowry has really made a commit-ment to the sport of wrestling during the off-season,” said Patnesky. “He’s really workedhard to recover from his injury last season.He’s wrestling well and it is going to be a realchallenge to see who the guy is, as we haveDavid DeCamp moving up from 149. It’s goingto be a real battle.”

165Tyler Mullen could be another one of

Davidson’s conference title contenders afterearning the No. 2 seed in the conference tour-nament at 165 pounds in 2010. An injury keptMullen off the mat until January last season,

but he gave the ‘Cats an immediate boost uponhis return, winning seven-consecutive matchesafter dropping his first two. He finished theseason with a career-best 10-7 record, includinga 3-1 mark in conference bouts. His confidencehas only risen entering the 2010-11 season.

“Tyler Mullen is a very athletic guy withvery explosive, fast-twitch muscle fibers,” saidPatnesky. “It’s his junior year, and he’s gainingmore and more confidence each year he goesalong. He can beat anybody on any given day,so he could also have a great conference tour-nament.”

174 - 184 - 197Junior Jorge Estrada, sophomore Chris

Cirenza and freshman Scott Patrick will com-pete for the starting nod at 174 pounds.

“Jorge Estrada has really made a commit-ment to the sport of wrestling this past year,”said Patnesky. “He’s really worked hard in thepreseason, and we’ve seen significant gains inhis wrestling style.”

Cirenza only saw action in four matches dur-ing his rookie campaign, all coming at 165pounds, before an injury cut his season short.

Patrick, from Ellicott City, Md., was anMIAA conference champion and MIS statechampion wrestling at the McDonogh School,breaking the school’s single-season wins record(52). He also placed third at the National PrepWrestling Championships.

“Chris is a hard worker who has also made acommitment to the sport,” said Patnesky. “ScottPatrick is a very talented kid. They’re all goingto battle for the spot and we’ll see who is goingto be the man.”

Ike Crews will look to improve in his secondseason at 184 pounds. A tremendous competi-tor, Crews dedicated himself during the offsea-son to strength and conditioning.

“Ike spent a ton of time in the weight roomthis past year and is much bigger than he waslast year,” said Patnesky. “He is a student ofthe sport and he keeps learning each and everyday. Ike is a competitor, and he’s going to fightfor seven minutes every time he steps on thatmat. The potential is there.”

285Charlie Wolff continued to improve during

his junior year, and the heavyweight is lookingto put together a career year. He returned tocampus after a summer of workouts at hislightest weight ever, and is looking to make arun in the conference tournament.

“The thing about Charlie Wolff is that hewrestles with heart, and that can take you along way in what you are doing,” saidPatnesky. “Over the summer he made alifestyle change and came in at 270 pounds,which he has never done before. In the earlytournaments we can see a significant differencein his performance. He’s really turned a cornerand really believes in himself. He wants towin.“

Radsky’s Career StatisticsYear Weight Record Pins Dual Conf. Pts.2007-08 133 9-18 2 5-8 0-5 21

141 0-2 0 0-2 0-0 02008-09 133 13-15 2 9-9 2-3 392009-10 133 17-6 2 12-4 3-2 48Total 39-41 6 26-23 5-10 108

2009-10: Won Southern Conference championship at 133 pounds by

defeating Chattanooga’s Josh Statum, 3-2, with a third-period takedown... became Davidson’s first SoCon Champion in 41 years and first NCAAChampionship representative in 11 years … competed at NCAAWrestling Championships in Omaha, Neb., going 0-2 ... qualified forUSA Wrestling World Team Trials following the season … entered SoContourney as a No. 2 seed, earning a first-round bye ... defeated AngelGarcia (UNC Greensboro), 11-8, in the semifinals to advance ... posted acareer-best 17-6 overall record, 12-4 dual record and 3-2 conferencerecord ... built a 10-match winning streak that began with a win overUNCG’s Casey Boyle on Jan. 27 ... streak included three conference dualmatches and two conference tournament wins ... also includes threemajor decisions and a fall ... winning percentage of .739 ranks as theeighth-best season mark in Davidson history and leads the team ...ranked third on the team in total wins 17 ... totaled thir¬d-most dualpoints with 48 ... made season-debut Dec. 2 at Duke, dropping a 5-7decision to Nico Cortese ... followed by winning the Davidson Open (3-0) Dec. 5.

2008-09: Saw action in 29 matches on the year, all coming at 133 ...

Scored a team-high 39 dual meet points, courtesy of a 9-9 dual recordand two pins ... Recorded 13 wins on the season, tied for third-most onthe squad ... Picked up a pair of SoCon victories against VMI and TheCitadel ... Took third place at 133 in the SoCon Tournament, whichincluded a win over the No. 2 seed in the bracket ... Finished the regularseason with four-straight dual meet wins, including a pin in the regularseason finale.

2007-08: Competed in 29 matches for the Wildcats with 27 coming in

the 133-pound weight class… scored 21 points in dual meets, which tiedfor the fifth most on the team… went 2-2 in the Davidson Open… col-lected two pins in dual meets against Princeton and Messiah.

Prep Years: Two-time district qualifier and a state qualifier once

while earning four letters for Dennis Lyberger at Thomas WorthingtonHigh School… placed third in sectionals and sixth at districts en route toa 42-3 record at 119 as a senior… named team Co-Most Valuable Wrestleras a senior… posted a 110-37 career record… also lettered in soccer andcross country… earned Academic All-Ohio honors.

Personal: Born June 12, 1988, in Odessa, Ukraine… the son of Slava

and Ellen… has a twin brother, Vitaly, who also wrestles at Davidson…plans to major in history.


WILDCAT PROFILES

Senior w 5-5 w 133

Worthington, Ohio

Thomas Worthington

History

133 ALEXRADSKY

2009-10: Southern Conference finalist at 141 pounds … competed in

USA Wrestling Northern Plains Senior Freestyle Regionals … earned topseed heading into SoCon Championship … advanced to finals by defeat-ing David Yost of VMI, 3-1 … posted team-high 20 wins and 57 dualpoints and tied for team high five pins … records of 20-8 overall, 14-3 induals and 4-1 in SoCon were career-bests … opened season going 3-2 atthe Hokie Open, leading the team by advancing to the quarterfinals …was named the Southern Conference Wrestler of the Week after goingundefeated with three pins in four bouts during competition Feb. 10-16… earned wins by fall in dual-doubleheaders against Gardner-Webb andFranklin & Marshall (Jan. 16) and Anderson and Belmont Abbey (Feb.12) … won eight consecutive matches from Jan. 22 to Feb. 16, includingthree conference matches … wrestled up to 149 pounds againstMillersville, winning 3-2 … competed in a total of 28 matches on theyear.

2008-09: Tied for the team lead with 16 wins on the season, all coming

at 141 ... recorded a team-high 10 dual meet wins, and scored 37 pointsoverall ... was named SoCon Wrestler of the Week for the week of Dec. 10after winning the 141-pound bracket at the Davidson Open, picking upfive-straight victories, including two pins and a major decision ... had atotal of five pins on the year, tops on the squad ... Placed fourth at theSoCon Tournament.

2007-08: Posted a 12-12 record, wrestling in four different weight

classes for the Wildcats… started the season at 125 and wound upwrestling at 141 at the SoCon Championships… went 7-7 at 125… loggedone win at 133 and one at 149… was 6-4 in dual meets and scored 25points, the fourth-highest total on the team… opened the campaign bygoing 4-2 at the Pembroke Open… posted wins at the Navy Classic andSouthern Scuffle… picked up his first career pin in a dual meet vs.Chattanooga.

Prep Years: Lettered four years for Dennis Lyberger at Thomas

Worthington High School… district qualifier as a freshman and qualifiedfor states his last three seasons… placed eighth in states as a sopho-more… two-time team Most Valuable Wrestler… posted a 24-8 record asa senior… had a 4.0 grade point average and was a three-time AcademicAll-Ohio selection.

Personal: Born June 12, 1988, in Odessa, Ukraine… the son of Slava

and Ellen… has a twin brother, Alex, who also wrestles at Davidson.

Radsky’s Career StatisticsYear Weight Record Pins Dual Conf. Pts.2007-08 125 7-7 0 1-1 0-0 3

133 1-0 0 1-0 0-0 4141 3-5 1 3-3 2-2 12149 1-0 0 1-0 0-0 6

2008-09 141 16-12 5 10-8 1-4 372009-10 141 19-8 5 13-3 4-1 57

149 1-0 0 1-0 0-0 3Total 48-32 11 30-15 7-7 122


WILDCAT PROFILES

Senior w 5-6 w 141

Worthington, Ohio

Thomas Worthington

141 VITALYRADSKY

2009-10: Was a finalist at heavyweight at the Davidson Open …

scored a career-high 32 dual points with a career-best 9-8 dual record …earned conference win with 3-2 overtime decision over Chattanooga …in must-win situation, earned a sudden-victory decision over Millersvilleto tip match in Davidson’s favor … came through in clutch twice on Feb.12 when Davidson was down to both Anderson and Belmont Abbeyentering the final match … defeated Anderson, 6-4, in the second 30-sec-ond tiebreaker following the second sudden-victory overtime period andscored an 8-0 major decision over Abbey … competed in 26 matches.

2008-09: Saw action in 30 matches on the year, all coming at 285 ...

recorded a career-high 11 wins overall, including a SoCon victory...scored 27 points, which included seven dual meet wins ... had a streak ofthree-straight wins during the season ... went 2-2 at the Davidson Open,picking up back-to-back victories to start the tournament.

2007-08: Competed in 28 matches at 285 pounds for the Wildcats…

had three pins which tied for the third most on the team… scored 18points off of four victories in dual meets… placed fourth in theDavidson Open after recording a 3-2 mark… collected victories at thePembroke Open and the Navy Classic.

Prep Years: Posted a 25-8 record and placed third at sectionals in

senior season... also lettered in football and helped team to two Big 9Championships.

Personal: The son of Broce and Kikki Wolff... has a brother, Oscar,

and a sister, Katie... born Aug. 1, 1989, in Rochester, Minn.

Wolff’s Career StatisticsYear Weight Record Pins Dual Conf. Pts.2007-08 285 9-19 3 4-9 0-5 182008-09 285 11-19 0 7-11 1-4 272009-10 285 11-15 1 9-8 1-4 32Totals 31-53 4 20-28 2-13 77


WILDCAT PROFILES

Senior w 6-6 w 285

Rochester, Minn.

Century

HWT CHARLIEWOLFF

2009-10: Elected to the preseason All-Southern Conference team by

the league’s coaches … opened season with eight consecutive collegiatewins at UNC Pembroke Open, including four pins, to finish third at 149pounds … faced elite competition at Sprawl & Brawl Duals inBinghamton, dropping a 9-5 decision to No. 13 Donnie Vinson … missedremainder of the season due to injury.

2008-09: Named to the Southern Conference All-Freshman Team fol-

lowing the season ... Amassed a 10-13 record overall at 149, going 4-1 inthe SoCon ... Tied for the team lead with 39 points earned, in part tothree pins and a 9-7 dual meet mark ... Had four two-match winningstreaks throughout the season, including back-to-back victories to closethe regular season ... During the final month of the regular season, hewent 4-1, with a pair of pins and recorded 18 points in his four wins.

Prep Years: Three-time Mercer County Champion and four-time

finalist while at Notre Dame High School ... Won the District 17Championship as a senior ... Was named to the 1st Team All-Area squadas a senior, after twice being named to 2nd Team All-Area ... Was an All-County honoree for three seasons ... Had a career record of 110-14, whichwas a school record, and also set a school record for wins in a season (38)... 2008 Scholar Athlete of the Year.

Personal: Born April 18, 1990 in Pompton Plains, N.J. ... Son of Lynn

and Dave DeCamp ... Has two siblings, Allison and Lindsay.

Junior w 5-9 w 157

Robbinsville, N.J.

Notre Dame High School

157 DAVIDDECAMP

DeCamp’s Career StatisticsYear Weight Record Pins Dual Conf. Pts.2008-09 149 11-15 3 9-7 3-1 392009-10 149 8-4 4 0-4 0-0 0Totals 19-19 7 9-11 3-1 39


WILDCAT PROFILES

Junior w 5-10 w 174

Westminster, Md.

South Carroll

174 JORGEESTRADA

Estrada’s Career StatisticsYear Weight Record Pins Dual Conf. Pts.2008-09 197 2-18 1 0-14 0-5 02009-10 174 3-19 1 1-12 0-1 4

184 0-1 0 0-1 0-0 0Totals 5-38 2 1-27 0-6 4

2009-10: Earned two wins at the Davidson Open at 174 pounds, win-

ning by fall in 6:32 and by major decision over Tom Pennington, Jr.(Gardner-Webb) … earned first career dual match win against BelmontAbbey, an 11-3 major decision … competed in 22 matches at 174 poundsand one at 184.

2008-09: Saw action in 18 matches during his freshman season, pick-

ing up a pair of wins ... Took a 14-6 major decision at the DavidsonOpen ... Followed that with his first career pin, which came in just 34seconds of action.

Prep Years: Four-year letterwinner at St. Mark’s School ... Two-time

State Champion in Texas (2007-08) ... Conference Champion duringsophomore, junior, and senior seasons ... 2007 &?2008 All-Area SecondTeam member ... Had a 51-4 record as a senior ... Also played three sea-sons of varsity football ... William Holt Terry Scholarship winner.

Personal: Born June 3, 1989 ... Son of Maria Estrada ... Has two sib-

lings, Jose and Emilio.


WILDCAT PROFILES

Junior w 5-10 w 165

Westminster, Md.

South Carroll

165TYLERMULLEN

Mullen’s Career StatisticsYear Weight Record Pins Dual Conf. Pts.2008-09 165 13-14 4 7-8 1-3 34

174 0-2 0 0-2 0-1 02009-10 165 10-7 1 10-5 3-1 41Totals 23-23 5 17-15 4-5 75

2009-10: Returned from injury in January, dropping first two matchesbefore winning next seven-straight … one of first two losses was againstNo. 20 Jarrett Hostetter, an 11-5 decision … scored pin (3:11) in dual withFranklin & Marshall … won three conference matches, recording a majordecision (10-2) over Conor Black (VMI), winning a 6-5 decision overEdwin Hojilla (UNCG) and winning by default over Pierre Frazile (TheCitadel) … went 3-3 to finish regular season … earned No. 2 seed inSouthern Conference championship.

2008-09: Named to the Southern Conference All-Freshman Team fol-lowing the season ... Ranked third on the team with 34 dual meet points,courtesy of a 7-10 record and four pins ... His four takedowns tied for theteam lead and came at an average of just over three minutes into thematch ... Recorded a 13-14 record at 165 and went 0-2 in his action at 174... At the Davidson Open, brought home a third-place finish in the 165-pound bracket after going 4-1 on the tournament.

Prep Years: Was State Champion in his senior season, after beingState Runner-Up for the previous two years ... Four-time Carroll CountyChampion ... Was named to the Maryland All-State team for three sea-sons (2006-08) ... 2008 Carroll County Wrestler of the Year ... Was an All-County Team honoree all four years as a prep ... Compiled a 141-18career record with 85 career pins ... His 141 victories were a CarrollCounty record for all-time career wins ... Graduated No. 1 in his classwith a GPA of 4.7.

Personal: Born February 2, 1990, in Columbia, Md. ... Son of Georgeand Susan Mullen ... Has two brothers, Ryan and Daniel ... Brother Ryanplays football for Washington & Jefferson College.

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WILDCAT PROFILES

Sophomore w 174 w 5-9

Charlottesvile, Va.

Woodberry Forest

174 CHRISCIRENZA


Dallas, Texas

St. Mark’s School of Texas

184 IKECREWS

Crew’s Career StatisticsYear Weight Record Pins Dual Conf. Pts.2009-10 184 4-26 2 1-18 0-4 4

197 0-1 0 0-1 0-0 0Totals 4-27 2 1-19 0-4 4

Cirenza’s Career StatisticsYear Weight Record Pins Dual Conf. Pts.2009-10 157 1-3 0 0-0 0-0 0Totals 1-3 0 0-0 0-0 0

2009-10: Competed at Hokie Open and UNC Pembroke Open at 165

pounds … earned first collegiate win over Chris Didyoung of Limestoneat the UNC Pembroke Open, a 5-4 decision … missed remainder of sea-son due to injury.

Prior to Davidson: Four-year letterwinner for Woodberry Forest

School ... Named to the All-Prep team as a senior ... Finished second atthe state tournament as a freshman, sophomore and junior ... Two-timenational prep qualifier ... Finished second at the Virginia IndependentSchool State Finals as a junior and third as a senior ... Recorded a 38-12record as a senior, and had a career mark of 125-59 ... Also played soccer,lacrosse and golf as a prep.

Personal: Son of Emanuel and Linda Cirenza ... Has a brother,

Joseph, and a sister, Marisa ... Was a Walker Scholar in the fall of his sen-ior year ... Graduated Cum Laude.

2009-10: Won first collegiate match 184 with a pin in 1:37 at the Hokie

Open … won by fall again at the UNC Pembroke Open in 1:51 … earneda 3-2 decision in first round of the Davidson Open … won first dualmatch at the Virginia Duals, earning a 15-5 major decision over StuartRoes (Apprentice School) … competed in 30 matches at 184 pounds andone at 197 pounds.

Prior to Davidson: Member of three state championship teams at

the St. Mark’s School of Texas ... team was the state runner-up in 2008 inaddition to winning the dual team championship the same year ... wasthe state champion at heavyweight as a senior ... finished second in thestate at 215 in his junior season ... Member of the Team Texas Freestyleand Greco Team in 2006 ... team captain as a senior ... recorded a 42-6record during his final prep season ... was all-conference selection infootball senior year, helping lead his team to a pair of state titles ... four-year letterwinner and three-year starter at center for the football team.

Personal: Son of Ken and Patti Crews ... has a pair of brothers -

Cameron and Carter, and a sister, Kelly ... father, Ken and sister, Kellyboth attended Davidson, and his father played football for the Wildcatsin college ... was a member of the Honor Roll all four years of highschool.


WILDCAT PROFILES


Chagrin Falls, Ohio

The Kiski School

141SCOTTRAY

2009-10: Went 2-2 in collegiate debut at the UNC Pembroke Open

with major decisions at 133 pounds over Limestone and Campbell …went 3-2 at the Davidson Open, winning two matches via technical falls… wrestled in 13 matches.

Prior to Davidson: Four-year letterwinner at The Kiski School ...

district champion as a sophomore after finishing second as a freshman ...was state runner-up during senior season, and third as a junior ...reached the round of 12 at the 2008 prep nationals ... two-time team cap-tain ... recorded a 37-7 record senior season, and had a career mark of134-37 ... captained the baseball team during senior season.

Personal: Son of Jeff and Janet Ray ... has a sister, Jessica ... father,

Jeff, played baseball at Davidson ... Sister Jessica was a soccer player andran cross country at Williams College ... was an Honor Roll member allfour years of high school ... won the Math Award as a senior.

Ray’s Career StatisticsYear Weight Record Pins Dual Conf. Pts.2009-10 133 5-6 0 0-2 0-0 0

141 0-2 0 0-2 0-0 0Total 5-8 0 0-4 0-0 0

IKECREWS


WILDCAT PROFILES


Aquasco, Md.

La Planta

157 BRENTMOWRY

Mowry’s Career StatisticsYear Weight Record Pins Dual Conf. Pts.2009-10 157 6-9 1 1-4 0-1 3Totals 6-9 1 1-4 0-1 3

2009-10: Competed in 15 matches at 157 pounds … went 3-2 with a

pin at the UNC Pembroke Open … went 2-2 with a major decision at theDavidson Open … earned first dual win over Millersville at the Virginiaduals.

Prior to Davidson: Three-year letterwinner at La Plata High

School, where he recorded 100 victories in his career, becoming one ofjust seven wrestlers in school history with 100 wins ... Was nationallyranked by Wrestling USA and earned All-American honors as a senior ...Qualified for states all three seasons, placing third and fourth ... 2009County Wrestler of the Year ... Was named the Citizen Scholar Athlete ofthe Year following senior year ... Was the District and RegionalChampion in his career, while also placing twice at the War on the Shoreand Mount Mat Madness meets ... As a senior, recorded 39 victories, 21pins and 88 takedowns.

Personal: Son of Brian and Angela Mowry ... Has three sisters -

Summer, Amanda and Aleah ... Member of the National Honor Society inHigh School ... Maintained a 4.0 grade-point-average throughout his fouryears ... Earned the Presidential Award for Academic Excellence ...NHCSA Academic All-American honoree.


Lexington, Ky.

Henry Clay

125MATTZARTH

2009-10: Went 4-2 at 125 pounds with a pin in first collegiate tourna-

ment, the Hokie Open … scored pin at UNC Pembroke Open … compet-ed in two conference duals … competed in 15 matches at 125 poundsand three at 133 pounds.

Prior to Davidson: Was a three-time Kentucky State Champion,

taking top honors in 2007, 2008 and 2009 ... Regional Champion in 2007and 2009 ... Named the Henry Clay High School Most Valuable Wrestlerall four seasons as a prep ... Won the 2009 Tommy Bell Award as themost outstanding senior student-athlete in the Lexington area ... Wasgiven the Henry Clay Coaches Cup as most outstanding male athlete ...Recorded a 49-2 record as a senior, and went 177-19 for his career ... Firstthree-time State Champion ever from Fayette County.

Personal: Son of Ronald and Joan Zarth ... Has a sister, Tomi ... Won

the Faculty Cup as a senior for highest male GPA in the school with a4.92 ... AP Honors with distinction recipient ... 2006-2009 President’sAcademic Award winner ... Member of the State Champion debate teamin 2007 ... U.S. Marine Corp Scholastic Excellence Award honoree in as asenior ... Went on a mission trip to Bolivia in the summer of 2008 to helpbuild a workshop that would house well-drilling equipment for the localvillage.

Zarth’s Career StatisticsYear Weight Record Pins Dual Conf. Pts.2009-10 125 6-9 2 0-3 0-2 0

133 1-2 0 1-2 0-0 6Totals 7-11 2 1-5 0-2 6

Freshman w 174 w5-11

Ellicot City, Maryland

McDonogh School

174SCOTTPATRICK

Before Davidson: Four-year letter winner at McDonogh School …

MIAA conference champion … MIS state champion … third-place atNational Preps… holds the school wrestling record at 52 for most wins ina season … team captain senior year … team’s “Eagle” award winner …one-year varsity letter winner in soccer… given Coach’s award for soc-cer… dean’s list student.

Personal: Son of Donald and Liz Patrick … has one sibling, Tyler …

major is undeclared.

Freshman w149 w 5-6

Roanoke, Va.

Cave Spring

149CTTALEVI

Before Davidson: Two-time all-state wrestler at Cave Spring H.S.

... set school records for career wins (123) and single-season wins (44) ...placed fourth at state championships as a senior and fifth as a junior ...earned second-place finishes in region and district competitions as a sen-ior after earning third-place finishes in each as a junior ... River RidgeDistrict champion as a sophomore ... recognized with team scholar ath-lete award in 2007, 2009 and 2010 ... inducted into Latin Honor Society,Beta Club and National Honor Society ... finalist for Latin Governor'sSchool ... won Lamp of Knowledge Award.

Personal: Son of Steve and Jackie Talevi ... has one sister, Jennifer ...

major is undeclared.

7th Year

West Virginia, ‘01

Record: 35-68-1

BOBPATNESKY

country. He was a three-time Jr. National All-American, a national finalist, individually rankedamong the top 12 wrestlers in the country forthree years and finished his college career withmore than 100 victories. He also competed for theU.S. on a tour of France and Poland in 1999 andearned NWCA Academic All-American acco-lades.

Before serving as an assistant coach at OhioUniversity, Patnesky served as a volunteer assis-tant coach at his alma mater for a season. There,his primary duties included recruiting, coaching,scheduling and scouting opponents.

Patnesky is single and lives in Charlotte withhis dog, Bella.

Bob Patnesky is in his seventh season asDavidson College’s head wrestling coach andranks third in all-time victories at the school.

Patnesky returned Davidson to the NCAAWrestling Championships for the first timesince 1999 after guiding Alex Radsky to theSouthern Conference Championship at 133pounds in 2010. Radsky was the first Wildcatto claim the top spot on the conference podi-um in 41 years. Alex’s twin, Vitaly, finished asthe SoCon runner-up at 141 pounds.

Davidson has consistently been one of thetop wrestling programs in the country for aca-demics under Patnesky’s tutelage. TheWildcats have been ranked in the NWCA’sDivision I All-Academic Top 30 the past fiveyears, earning the fifth-best team grade pointaverage in the past two seasons. In 2009, AlexRadsky earned a place on the NWCA All-Academic team and Ben Altman was namedto the ESPN the Magazine/CoSIDA All-District team.

In the 2008-09 season, a pair of Wildcatwrestlers finished third at the SouthernConference Championships. David DeCampand Tyler Mullen were both named to theSoCon All-Freshman Team following theirimpressive rookie campaigns, and the 'Catsboasted two SoCon Wrestler of the Week hon-orees, with Sam O'Hair and Vitaly Radskyboth bringing home the award, makingDavidson one of just four schools in the con-ference with multiple weekly award winners.

Three Wildcats finished third or higher atthe 2008 SoCon Championships with BenAltman placing second at 125 pounds. Altmanwas named to the NWCA All-Academic team,

and Davidson finished 11th in the country inthe team GPA rankings for the second straightseason. It’s the third consecutive season the‘Cats have been ranked in the top-25.

Five Wildcats placed third at the SouthernConference Championships in 2007, and theteam scored the second-most points in schoolhistory at the event. Altman was named theconference’s Freshman of the Year. In addition,Davidson topped Duke for the first time in 40years and placed 11th in NWCA team GPArankings.

As the interim head coach in 2004-05,Patnesky led the Wildcats to an 8-7 overallrecord, their first winning campaign sinceDavidson recorded an identical mark in the1983-84 season.

He came to Davidson College as an assis-tant coach prior to the 2003-04 season afterserving in the same capacity at OhioUniversity for two years while earning hismaster's degree in recreation and sport sci-ences. There he coached four-time All-American Jake Percival.

“It is truly an honor to work and coach atan institution like Davidson College,” saidPatnesky. “The academic prestige is what real-ly attracts student-athletes to the school.”

A High School National finalist, Patneskywas a three-year starter at West Virginia,where he earned his bachelor’s degree in 2001.The three-time NCAA qualifier is the all-timewinningest wrestler in his weight class at WestVirginia.

Patnesky was the 2000 Eastern WrestlingLeague champion, helping his team win theEWL crown and a sixth-place finish in the

The Patnesky FileDate of Birth: February 23, 1978Hometown: Canonsburg, Pa.High School: Canon McMillan ’96College: West Virginia ’01Graduate School: Ohio ’03Coaching Assignments: . . . . . .West Virginia Assistant Coach, 2000-01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ohio Assistant Coach, 2001-03 . . . . . . . . .Davidson Assistant Coach, 2003-04 . . . . . . . . . .Davidson Head Coach, 2005-pres.

Coaching RecordOVERALL SOCON

YEAR SCHOOL W L PCT. W L PCT.

04-05 Davidson 8 7 .533 0 5 .00005-06 Davidson 7 9 .441* 1 3 .300*06-07 Davidson 6 12 .333 0 5 .00007-08 Davidson 3 12 .200 0 5 .00008-09 Davidson 6 12 .333 0 5 .00009-10 Davidson 5 16 .238 0 5 .000TOTALS 35 68 .341* 1 28 .034

*includes one tie


COACHING STAFF


COACHING STAFF

1st Year

Drexel, ‘03

MICHAELCHILDS

Michael Childs enters his first season as the Davidson assistantwrestling coach.

Childs, a four-year letter winner as a student-athlete at Drexel, bringsa wide range of experiences to the Wildcats.

“Michael comes to us with a wealth of knowledge,” said Patnesky.“He has been around wrestling all of his life and is very excited for theopportunity to coach here. He will contribute to our program in a varietyof ways.”

The Wayne, Pa. native spent six years as a high school head wrestlingcoach beginning in 2001. Childs began at Friends Select School inPhiladelphia where he doubled participation rates and coached awrestler to a top-12 finish at the National Prep Tournament. He thenserved as the head coach at Springfield Township H.S. in Erdenheim, Pa.for four years, where he increased participation rates and coached awrestler to a fourth-place finish at the state championships.

Most recently, Childs was assisting at his high school alma mater,Radnor, where as a student he posted a 91-19 record and posted a top-eight finish at the state championships, was a freestyle state championand a two-time Keystone State Games Champion.

He spent the 2008-09 academic year at Penn State, where was a volun-teer coach for the Nittany Lion Wrestling Club while serving as an aca-demic tutor and mentor for student-athletes.

Childs gained international experience beginning in 2007, serving asthe manager and head wrestling coach at the Grip House in Glasgow,Scotland, a Muay Thai/mixed martial arts gym. He oversaw daily opera-tion of the gym and trained professional fighters from throughout theUK and Europe in wrestling.

Childs is the son of Jack Childs, who has been the head coach atDrexel for the past 35 years and has been inducted into the NationalWrestling Hall of Fame Pennsylvania Chapter and the PennsylvaniaWrestling Hall of Fame. Michael competed for his father at Drexel, andgraduated with a degree in psychology in 2003.

Childs is a member of the National Strength and ConditioningAssociation and is currently pursuing a Certified Strength andConditioning Specialist certification..

10th Year

Furman, ‘78

TIMSTROUD

Stroud is in his 10th season as an assistant coach with DavidsonCollege wrestling. Helping primarily with the conditioning of the Wildcatwrestlers, Stroud is a local wrestling product who began competing inhigh school at North Mecklenburg.

He graduated from Furman University in 1978 where he was a four-year starter and a team captain during his final campaign. Prior to com-ing to Davidson, Stroud served 20 years in the Army as a Field ArtilleryOfficer and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1998.

He now serves as the Assistant Director for Operations at theKnobloch Campus Center at Davidson.

12th Year

Hampton, ‘82

JULIOARCE

Arce is in his 12th year of service to the Davidson wrestling team.Currently, he is serving as a volunteer coach following three years as anassistant. Born in Colombia, Arce is a 14-time Columbian NationalChampion. He was the 1982 Pan-Am Champion and the CentralAmerican runner-up in 1986. He received his bachelor's degree, as well asa master's degree, from Hampton University in Hampton, Va. He worksfor Clariant Corporation, located in downtown Charlotte, in a manage-ment position. Arce brings a wealth of technical knowledge to the squadand his main focus will be on the heavyweight competitors.

Gardner-Webb. Altman rallied though, earninga major decision over Brett Boston(Appalachian State-unattached) and a 12-8decision over Chris Jones (SMU) to place third.

Ben Altman Named SoCon

Student-Athlete of the Week

Ben Altman’s stellar performance forDavidson at the Virginia Duals on Friday, Jan. 8and continued success in the classroom earnedthe senior mathematics major SouthernConference Student-Athlete of the Week honorsfor the week of Jan. 13.

Altman currently led the Wildcats with a14-8 overall record and 20 total points in dualmatches. The Wilmington, Del. native sported a3.867 cumulative grade point average enteringhis final semester at Davidson.

Wrestling at 125 pounds at the VirginiaDuals, Altman scored a pin in the matchagainst Millersville and a technical fall againstthe Apprentice School.

Wolff, Altman Lead 'Cats

Comeback Over MillersvilleAn overtime decision for Charlie Wolff (285

pounds) and a pin by Ben Altman (125 pounds)erased a five-point deficit in the final two boutsto give the Davidson wrestling team a 27-23win over Millersville on Friday, Jan. 22 in TheThunderdome. Tri-meet host and SouthernConference foe Virginia Military Institutedefeated Davidson, 37-4 prior to theMillersville match.

Millersville held a 23-18 lead over Davidsonentering the final two bouts, but Wolff earned a3-1 overtime decision over Chase Godfrey tobring the ‘Cats within two points. Since thematch started at 133 pounds, Altman was leftwith the task of securing the victory in the 125-pound class.

Needing just a decision to tip the match inDavidson’s favor, Altman pinned MattDevestine in one minute, 40 seconds for thefinal four-point margin.

Vitaly Radsky wrestled at 149 pounds forjust the second time in his collegiate career, andthe first-time since his freshman year, but the141-pounder was able to pull out a 3-2 decisionover J.J. Lester to give the ‘Cats a 15-0 lead.

Jarret Hostetter, who was previously nation-ally-ranked, pinned junior Joe McGinley at 157pounds to put Millersville on the scoreboard,but sophomore Tyler Mullen responded with a4-2 decision over Steve Hess to extend the‘Cats’ lead to 12 points.

Millersville erased the margin in the nexttwo bouts, winning by forfeit at 174 pounds

and winning by fall at 184 pounds. They wentahead by five points after earning a technicalfall at 197 pounds, but were unable to stopWolff and Altman.

Mullen was the only victorious Wildcatagainst VMI (4-5, 2-1 SoCon), taking a 10-2major decision against Conor Black.

Mullen Extends Streak to Seven

Vitaly Radsky earned a thrilling sudden vic-tory decision and Tyler Mullen (165 pounds)improved to 3-0 in Southern Conference action,but it was not enough as The Citadel prevailedover Davidson, 31-12 Thursday, Feb. 4 in BelkArena.

Mullen’s win via injury default pulled the‘Cats within three with four bouts remaining,but Davidson spotted the Bulldogs six pointswith a forfeit at 174 pounds, and then TheCitadel claimed the remaining bouts with twodecisions and a major decision.

Alex (133) and Vitaly (141) Radsky earnedDavidson’s other two victories.

Vitaly Radsky’s bout with Nick LaFevrewas the closest of the night as it was decided ina one-minute sudden victory period. After ascoreless opening three-minute frame, LaFevrescored first with an escape, but Radsky tookhim down for a 2-1 lead. Radsky chose bottomfor the final frame, but was unable to escape,allowing LaFevre to accrue 1:26 of riding timeto even the match at two to send it to overtime.Starting at neutral, both wrestlers tumbled sev-eral times in a spirited bout before Radsky wasable to secure the takedown and claim thematch.

Wolff Comes Through In Clutch

Twice For WildcatsDavidson found themselves down to both

Anderson University and Belmont Abbeyentering the final bouts of the respectivematches, but heavyweight Charlie Wolff camethrough in both to give the Wildcats a 23-22victory over Anderson and a 23-20 win overBelmont Abbey in non-conference wrestlingaction Friday, Feb. 12 in Belk Arena.

Vitaly Radsky scored two pins at 141pounds to lead the ‘Cats with 12 points scored.Alex Radsky (133) and Carl Sandercock (149)also won by falls.

When Wolff stepped into the mat againstAnderson, the ‘Cats were down 22-20, and thenagainst Abbey, they were down 20-19.

Wolff defeated Anderson’s Chase Duke, 6-4,in the second 30-second tiebreaker followingthe second sudden-victory overtime period to

Altman, DeCamp Lead Wildcats at

UNC Pembroke OpenBen Altman (125 pounds) and David

DeCamp (149) led Davidson with third-placefinishes in their respective weight classes at the29th annual Pembroke Classic on Saturday,Nov. 14 in the English E. Jones Center.

With competition at 125 not starting untilthe second round, Altman drew a bye in thesecond round and won a 14-9 decision overNewberry’s Jonathan Cronin to advance to thequarterfinals. Altman just lost a 9-7 decision toCampbell’s Wes Heavner to fall to theWrestleback bracket, but Altman rallied with a13-0 major decision over Belmont Abbey’sRyan Devita. In the Wrestleback quarterfinals,Altman earned his biggest win of the day, an18-2 technical fall in 4 minutes, 59 secondsagainst Darton’s Luis Ponce. In the semi-finals,Altman earned an 8-2 decision over Campbell’sC.J. Gittens. The win placed Altman in con-tention for third-place, which he won in 1:26,pinning UNC Greensboro’s Eric Chandler.

DeCamp’s day began by pinningLimestone’s Shaun Cadoret in 2:03 and UNCGreensboro’s Aaron Smith in 1:02, but he raninto trouble in the Championship third round,losing an 8-3 decision to Joe Mavins.

DeCamp was undeterred, winning his nextsix matches. The preseason All-SoCon selectionpinned UNC Pembroke’s Noel Mueller in 53seconds, won a 7-0 decision over Newberry’sNick Pare, and then won a 14-2 major decisionover Newburry’s Davis Bagwell to advance tothe Wrestleback quarterfinals. DeCamp took apair of 4-0 decisions over Campbell’s Nick Rexand Virginia’s Dave Ebbot to advance to thethird-place match, where he pinned BrandonBradley of UNC Pembroke in 1:57.

Alex Radsky Wins Davidson OpenAlex Radsky earned his first tournament

title, winning at 133 pounds to lead Davidsonin the Davidson Open on Saturday, Dec. 5 atBaker Sports Complex. Charlie Wolff (heavy-weight) and Ben Altman (125) also placed intheir respective classes.

Radsky won all three of his matches, earn-ing his first-round victory with a pin in 2:30. Inthe quarterfinals, Radsky earned a 6-1 decisionover Jared Jones of No. 24 Virginia Tech andthen battled for a 3-1 decision over ClintSpencer (Newberry-Unattached) in the champi-onship match.

Wolff ultimately placed second after gettingpinned in the championship round by DustinPorter, who was competing unattached fromGardner-Webb. Wolff went 3-1 on the day withone pin. He advanced out of the first roundwith a 3-1 decision, and was then able to out-last Josh Gibson (Newberry-unattached) in thequarterfinals. Wolff earned the victory withfour seconds of riding time after the contestwent the distance in double overtime. In thesemifinal round, Wolff battled Matt Wade, alsounattached from Newberry, and eventuallypinned him after 6:49.

Altman earned a major decision in his firstmatch, but suffered a technical fall to eventualsecond-place finisher Michael Slaughter of


2009-10 IN REVIEW

Tyler Mullen

165 pounds, but saw the Camels take a 21-17lead after dropping the 174-, 184- and 197-pound bouts via two major decisions and a fall.Campbell was unable to field a heavyweightwrestler though, spotting Davidson six pointsand the win.

In the second dual match, N.C. State (7-14)swept the final six matches to erase theWildcats’ 16-3 advantage. The ‘Cats built thelead with back-to-back pins by junior VitalyRadsky (141 pounds) and Sandercock (149).

Both Radsky brothers went undefeated,extending their respective winning streaks andimproving their career-best season records.

Sandercock felled Campbell’s Billy Heemerin three minutes, 54 seconds and N.C. State’sRobert Mills in 3:16.

Vitaly Radsky Named SoCon

Wrestler of the Week

Vitaly Radsky was named the SouthernConference Wrestler of the Week after goingundefeated with three pins in four bouts dur-ing competition Feb. 10-16.

Radsky was 4-0 last week, picking up threepins and a major decision for the Wildcats. Heearned pins against Anderson, Belmont Abbeyand North Carolina State as a well as a 13-3major decision against Campbell that propelledDavidson to a 23-21 victory.

Alex Radsky Wins SoCon

Championship at 133 Pounds

Alex Radsky became Davidson's first indi-vidual Southern Conference wrestling champi-on since 1969, earning a thrilling 3-2 decision at133 pounds over top-seed Josh Statum ofChattanooga Saturday, Mar. 6 during the 73rdannual SoCon Wreslting Championship inBaker Sports Complex.

Radsky became Davidson's first individualchampion since Kerry Keith won at 191 poundsfor the Wildcats 41 years ago. He is alsoDavidson's first representative at the NCAAWrestling Championships since Ian Kaplanreceived an at-large bid in 1999. Those will take

place in Omaha, Neb., March 18-20.The first frame was scoreless, but Statum

chose bottom and promptly escaped to startthe second period. Statum was unable toextend his 1-0 lead and Radsky escaped just aseasily from the bottom to start the third.Radsky soon took a shot and grabbed Statum’sleft leg for the two-point takedown. Statumeventually escaped, but it was not enough asthe two remained neutral until the end.

His twin brother, Vitaly Radsky, reached thefinals at 141 pounds but lost an 8-3 decision toUNC Greensboro's Ivan Lopouchanski, thebracket’s second seed. Vitaly had defeated No.4 David Yost, 3-1 to reach the championshipmatch.

Radsky Concludes Action at

NCAA Wrestling ChampionshipsA third-period takedown proved to be too

much to overcome, as Alex Radsky was defeat-ed 4-1 by Sean Clair of Eastern Michigan in thefirst wrestleback round Saturday, Mar. 18 inQwest Center.

The loss eliminated Radsky from the dou-ble-elimination tournament. He finishes theseason with a career-best 17-6 record, whichranks among the best all-time in Davidson his-tory.

The first frame was scoreless, but Clair (21-14) took a 1-0 lead in the second with an escapeafter Radsky chose top. The two started fromneutral and Clair was able catch Radsky withan early shot for a two-point takedown.Radsky was unable to get free until Clair lethim up late. Radsky’s late attempts nearlybrought him back in contention, but Clair wasjust able to free himself in the final seconds asRadsky nearly took him down. Clair was thenawarded a bonus point for riding time.

Radsky was placed in the wrestlebacks afterIan Paddock (Ohio State) pinned him in theopening round. It was the first loss by fall forRadsky this season.

Davidson Ranks Fifth

Academically; Alex Radsky

Named NWCA All-AcademicThe Davidson Wildcats posted the fifth-best

team grade point average in Division Iwrestling for the second consecutive season,while junior Alex Radsky was named to theNational Wrestling Coaches Association(NWCA) All-Academic team, the organizationannounce.

Davidson has been ranked in the NWCA’sDI All-Academic Top 30 the past five years.

Radsky, who became Davidson’s firstSouthern Conference Champion in 41 yearsand competed at the NCAA WrestlingChampionships for the first time in his career,is Davidson’s first individual selection to theNCWA All-Academic team since Ben Altmanearned the honor in 2008. Radsky earned a3.284 GPA while majoring in political science,and was named to the 2009-10 SouthernConference Winter Academic All-Conferenceteam in April.

tip the match in the Wildcats’ favor. Taking bot-tom to start the second period, Wolff scored areversal and Duke scored an escape, so Dukechose bottom for the third period and evenedthe match with an escape. After a scoreless one-minute sudden victory period, the pair tradedescapes in the tiebreaker frames and wentthrough another scoreless sudden victory peri-od. Duke took bottom for the first and escapedto take a 4-3 lead, but Wolff scored an escapeand a takedown in the ensuing tiebreakerframe for the win.

Wolff scored an 8-0 major decision overAbbey’s Kyle Spar. After a scoreless first, Wolfftallied an escape and takedown, then addedanother two points with a takedown in thethird frame. Spar’s second and third stall warn-ings gave Wolff two additional points, and theriding time bonus secured the major decision.

Davidson held a 17-0 lead over Andersonafter senior Ben Altman opened the match withan 18-2 technical fall over Dequan Warner, andthen the Radsky twins both earned pins. Alexpinned Cory Monteforte in 4:10, while Vitalypinned Christopher Francis in 4:56. Andersonearned a decision at 149 and a major decisionat 157 to pick up seven points before sopho-more Tyler Mullen extended the Davidson leadwith a 7-6 decision over Trevor Sanford.

The Belmont Abbey match was closerthroughout. An Alex Radsky (133) 8-4 decision,a pin by Vitaly Radsky in 2:32, and a pin bysenior Carl Sandercock (149) in 3:21 gave the‘Cats a 15-3 advantage, but Corey White cutinto the margin with a pin for Abbey at 157pounds, and then Jake Varilek earned a deci-sion at 165 pounds to cut the lead to just threepoints. However, sophomore Jorge Estradaearned his first career dual win in convincingfashion, an 11-4 major decision at 174 pounds,to give the Wildcats a 19-12 edge.

Abbey took the lead though with a techni-cal fall at 184 pounds and a decision at 197pounds, but Wolff’s major decision then gavethe ‘Cats the 23-20 win.

Sandercock, Radskys Dominant

Against Campbell, N.C. StateCarl Sandercock extended his win-by-fall

streak to three with a pair of pins as theWildcats defeated Campbell, 23-21, but fell toN.C. State, 35-16, in non-conference wrestlingaction Tuesday, Feb. 16 night in the John W.Pope, Jr. Convocation Center.

Davidson extended its winning streak tothree in taking its fifth-straight match overCampbell. The ‘Cats held a 10-point lead afterTyler Mullen scored a 10-2 major decision at

2009-10 IN REVIEW


Charlie Wolff

2009-10 STATISTICS/RESULTS


INDIVIDUAL RECORDS ALPHABETICALLYWeight Wrestler Record Pins Dual SoCon Points

125 Ben Altman 19 - 15 5 9 - 9 0 - 3 49

165 Chris Cirenza 1 - 3 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0

184 Ike Crews 4 - 26 2 1 - 18 0 - 4 4197 Ike Crews 0 - 1 - 0 - 1 0 - 0 0

149 David DeCamp 8 - 4 4 0 - 4 0 - 0 0

174 Jorge Estrada 3 - 19 1 1 - 12 0 - 1 4184 Jorge Estrada 0 - 1 - 0 - 1 0 - 0 0

197 Mark Jeevratnam 0 - 21 0 0 - 18 0 - 5 0

157 Joe McGinley 3 - 19 1 1 - 13 0 - 3 3165 Joe McGinley 1 - 1 0 1 - 1 0 - 1 3

157 Brent Mowry 6 - 9 1 1 - 4 0 - 1 3

165 Tyler Mullen 10 - 7 1 10 - 5 3 - 1 41

133 Alex Radsky 17 - 6 2 12 - 4 3 - 2 48

141 Vitaly Radsky 19 - 8 5 13 - 3 4 - 1 57149 Vitaly Radsky 1 - 0 0 1 - 0 0 - 0 3

133 Scott Ray 5 - 6 0 0 - 2 0 - 0 0141 Scott Ray 0 - 2 0 0 - 2 0 - 0 0

149 Carl Sandercock 3 - 12 3 3 - 8 0 - 1 18157 Carl Sandercock 0 - 1 0 0 - 1 0 - 0 0

141 Ben Thompson 1 - 4 0 1 - 2 0 - 0 6149 Ben Thompson 0 - 5 0 0 - 5 0 - 4 0

285 Charlie Wolff 11 - 15 1 9 - 8 1 - 4 32

125 Matt Zarth 6 - 9 2 0 - 3 0 - 2 0133 Matt Zarth 1 - 2 0 1 - 2 0 - 0 6

Totals 119 - 196 28 64-126 11 - 33 277

INDIVIDUAL RECORDS BY WEIGHTWeight Wrestler Record Pins Dual SoCon Points

125 Ben Altman 19 - 15 5 9 - 9 0 - 3 49125 Matt Zarth 6 - 9 2 0 - 3 0 - 2 0

133 Alex Radsky 17 - 6 2 12 - 4 3 - 2 48133 Scott Ray 5 - 6 0 0 - 2 0 - 0 0133 Matt Zarth 1 - 2 0 1 - 2 0 - 0 6

141 Vitaly Radsky 19 - 8 5 13 - 3 4 - 1 57141 Scott Ray 0 - 2 0 0 - 2 0 - 0 0141 Ben Thompson 1 - 4 0 1 - 2 0 - 0 6

149 David DeCamp 8 - 4 4 0 - 4 0 - 0 0149 Carl Sandercock 3 - 12 3 3 - 8 0 - 1 18149 Vitaly Radsky 1 - 0 0 1 - 0 0 - 0 3149 Ben Thompson 0 - 5 0 0 - 5 0 - 4 0

157 Joe McGinley 3 - 19 1 1 - 13 0 - 3 3157 Brent Mowry 6 - 9 1 1 - 4 0 - 1 3157 Carl Sandercock 0 - 1 0 0 - 1 0 - 0 0

165 Tyler Mullen 10 - 7 1 10 - 5 3 - 1 41165 Chris Cirenza 1 - 3 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0165 Joe McGinley 1 - 1 0 1 - 1 0 - 1 3

174 Jorge Estrada 3 - 19 1 1 - 12 0 - 1 4

184 Ike Crews 4 - 26 2 1 - 18 0 - 4 4184 Jorge Estrada 0 - 1 - 0 - 1 0 - 0 0

197 Mark Jeevratnam 0 - 21 0 0 - 18 0 - 5 0197 Ike Crews 0 - 1 - 0 - 1 0 - 0 0

285 Charlie Wolff 11 - 15 1 9 - 8 1 - 4 32Totals 119 - 196 28 64-126 11 - 33 277

SCHEDULE/RESULTS5-16 Overall, 0-5 SoCon

Nov. 8 Hokie Open1

NTS

14 Pembroke Open2

NTS

22 No. 17 Illinois3

L, 0-47

22 Pittsburgh3 L, 0-49

22 Rider3 L, 3-48

22 Binghamton3 L, 0-50

Dec. 2 at Duke L, 13-36

5 Davidson Open NTS

18 Chattanooga* L, 6-40

Jan. 8 Pitt-Johnstown4

L, 3-43

8 Millersville4

L, 17-25

8 The Apprentice School4

L, 21-24

16 Franklin & Marshall W, 33-20

16 Gardner-Webb L, 23-31

22 at VMI* L, 4-37

22 vs. Millersville W, 27-23

27 at UNC Greensboro* L, 9-40

Feb. 4 The Citadel* L, 12-31

9 at Appalachian State* L, 8-42

12 Anderson W, 23-22

12 Belmont Abbey W, 23-20

16 at Campbell W, 23-21

16 vs. NC State L, 16-35

18 Duquesne L, 16-27

Mar. 6 SoCon Championship 6th

Boldface type denotes home match*Asterisk denotes SoCon opponent

1

- Salem, Va.2

- Pembroke, N.C.3

- Sprawl & Brawl at Binghamton, N.Y.4

- Hampton, Va.

2009-10 SOCON STANDINGSTeam SoCon Overall

Chattanooga 5-0 11-7UNCG 4-1 8-7Appalachian State 3-2 9-11Citadel 2-3 9-6VMI 1-4 5-9Davidson 0-5 5-16

2009-10 SOCON CHAMPSWt. Name Team

125 Tony Gravely Appalachian State133 Alex Radsky Davidson141 Ivan Lopouchanski UNCG149 Dean Pavlou Chattanooga157 Turtogtokh Luvsandorj The Citadel165 Victor Hojilla UNCG174 Byron Sigmon UNCG184 Austin Trotman Appalachian State197 Dylan Temple Appalachian State285 Odie Delaney The Citadel

Team: UNCG

WILDCAT RECORD BOOK


WRESTLING IN THE DAVIDSON ATHLETICS HALL OF FAMECharles W. Parker '38Several areas in the Baker Sports Complex on the Davidson Campus are testimonyto the impact Charlie Parker had on wrestling at Davidson College. The Charles W.Parker Wrestling Room and the Wildcats' dressing room were both given in hishonor by former Davidson wrestlers. Except for a five-year break with the U.S.Army Air Corp in World War II, Parker spent four decades as the Wildcats'wrestling coach. One of the highlights of his career was in 1963 when he coachedthe U.S. wrestling team in the Pan-American games in Brazil. He served in severalnational amateur wrestling associations, including the U.S. Olympic WrestlingCommittee (1959-1960) and the National AAU Committee. Parker edited theNCAA Wrestling Guide and was secretary-treasurer of the Carolina WrestlingOfficials Association. He was a certified international wrestling official and a char-ter member of the National Athletic Trainers Association. Parker was inducted into

Davidson’s Hall of Fame in 1991-92

Lowell L. Bryan '68Inducted in the HOF Class of 1994-95, Bryan was a Southern Conference wrestlingchampion for Davidson in 1967. He also played football and baseball for theWildcats. In 1991 he received the James P. Hendrix Award, which is presented tothe Davidson football letterman who by use of the lessons learned on the playingfield has gone on to achieve outstanding success in his chosen profession. Bryan isa partner with McKinsey and Co., a New York financial consulting firm whichadvises top managers of companies on strategy and the impact of economic andcredit changes in their industry.

Harold A. Westervelt '59Inducted in 1997-98, Harold A. Westervelt is the only wrestler in Davidson historyto win three consecutive Southern Conference championships. In 1957 and 1958, hewon the conference title at 157 pounds. In 1959, Westervelt moved up to the 177pound class and won again. In 2006, he was named to the Southern Conference's75th Anniversary team - the only Davidson wrestler selected for that honor.Westervelt was also a three year letterman in football for the Wildcats from 1956through 1958, the last time Davidson posted three consecutive winning seasons.

Kerry Keith '69Keith was a two-sport standout, as a fullback on the football team and a star on thewrestling squad. Twice he led the Wildcats in rushing, first with 719 yards on 155carries (4.6 avg.) in 1967, then with 377 yards on 121 yards in 1968. He also scorednine touchdowns as a sophomore, tying the school record at the time. He finishedhis career with 1,378 yards rushing (14th all-time) on 353 attempts as well as 16touchdowns, plus 19 receptions for 225 yards. On the mats, Keith advanced to thenational tournament in 1968, earning Davidson’s first-ever points at the nationalmeet with a first-round victory. He was the Southern Conference champion at 191pounds as a senior, one of only six individuals ever to win a SoCon title.

RECORDS/HONORSDavidson in the NCAA Tournament


Year W L T Pct. Coach1920-21 Not recorded None1921-22 Not recorded None1922-23 0 3 0 .000 None1923-24 3 3 0 .500 None1924-25 4 2 0 .667 Captain Weems1925-26 3 1 0 .750 Captain Weems1926-27 2 5 0 .286 Captain Weems1927-28 5 2 0 .714 Tex Tilson1928-29 3 3 0 .500 Tex Tilson1929-30 2 5 1 .312 Tex Tilson1930-31 1 5 0 .167 Doc Unger1931-32 0 5 0 .000 Doc Unger1932-33 2 2 1 .500 Doc Unger1933-34 0 5 0 .000 Doc Unger1934-35 10 1 0 .909 Doc Unger1935-36 5 4 0 .556 Doc Unger1936-37 3 2 1 .583 Parks Harrison1937-38 1 6 0 .143 Parks Harrison1938-39 3 3 0 .500 Parks Harrison1939-40 1 5 0 .167 Chet Chapman1940-41 0 4 1 .100 Charlie Parker1941-42 3 3 0 .500 Charlie Parker1942-46 — No team —1946-47 0 7 0 .000 Charlie Parker1947-48 3 6 1 .350 Charlie Parker1948-49 4 5 0 .444 Charlie Parker1949-50 0 7 0 .000 Charlie Parker1950-51 Not recorded Charlie Parker1951-52 2 5 0 .286 Charlie Parker1952-53 Not recorded Charlie Parker1953-54 2 6 1 .278 Charlie Parker1954-55 Not recorded Charlie Parker1955-56 3 5 0 .375 Charlie Parker1956-57 5 5 0 .500 Charlie Parker1957-58 5 3 0 .625 Charlie Parker1958-59 4 6 0 .400 Charlie Parker1959-60 2 5 1 .312 Charlie Parker1960-61 5 5 0 .500 Charlie Parker1961-62 7 3 0 .700 Charlie Parker1962-63 6 2 1 .722 Charlie Parker1963-64 3 7 0 .300 Charlie Parker1964-65 3 4 2 .444 Charlie Parker1965-66 2 7 0 .222 Charlie Parker1966-67 6 2 0 .750 Charlie Parker

Year W L T Pct. Coach1967-68 1 6 1 .188 Charlie Parker1968-69 3 7 0 .300 Charlie Parker1969-70 3 5 0 .375 Charlie Parker1970-71 5 2 0 .714 Charlie Parker1971-72 5 4 0 .556 Charlie Parker1972-73 3 5 0 .375 Charlie Parker1973-74 4 6 0 .400 Charlie Parker1974-75 3 6 0 .333 Charlie Parker1975-76 5 5 0 .500 Charlie Parker1976-77 3 7 0 .300 Charlie Parker1977-78 2 8 0 .200 Charlie Parker1978-79 2 6 0 .250 Charlie Parker1979-80 2 9 0 .182 Bob Estock1980-81 8 8 0 .500 Bob Estock1981-82 6 12 1 .342 Bob Estock1982-83 7 8 0 .467 Vince Arduini1983-84 8 7 0 .533 Vince Arduini1984-85 4 4 1 .500 Vince Arduini1985-86 4 8 1 .346 Tom Oddo1986-87 2 16 0 .111 Tom Oddo1987-88 3 15 0 .167 Tom Oddo1988-89 1 9 0 .100 Tom Oddo1989-90 0 8 0 .000 Tom Oddo1990-91 3 10 1 .250 Tom Oddo1991-92 2 12 1 .167 Tom Oddo1992-93 2 13 0 .133 Tom Oddo1993-94 8 17 0 .320 Tom Oddo1994-95 4 20 0 .167 Tom Oddo1995-96 4 15 0 .210 Tom Oddo1996-97 3 13 0 .188 Tom Oddo1997-98 9 9 1 .500 Tom Oddo1998-99 6 14 0 .300 Tom Oddo1999-00 3 12 0 .200 Tom Oddo2000-01 6 13 0 .316 Tom Oddo2001-02 0 15 0 .000 T.J. Jaworsky2002-03 1 14 0 .067 T.J. Jaworsky2003-04 4 13 0 .235 T.J. Jaworsky2004-05 8 7 0 .533 Jaworsky/Patnesky

2005-06 7 9 1 .441 Bob Patnesky2006-07 6 12 0 .333 Bob Patnesky2007-08 3 12 0 .200 Bob Patnesky2008-09 6 12 0 .333 Bob Patnesky2009-10 5 16 0 .240 Bob PatneskyTotals 287 588 18 .331

YEAR-BY-YEAR TEAM RECORDSConference Champion

1938 Howard McFayden HWT

1957 Harold Westervelt 1571958 Harold Westervelt 1571959 Harold Westervelt 1771967 Lowell Bryan HWT

Colin Hudson 1151969 Kerry Keith 1912010 Alex Radsky 133

Freshman of the Year1994 Miles Miller 1672007 Ben Altman 125

All-Conference1997 Miles Cox 1182000 Ian Kaplan 157

All-Freshman2009 David DeCamp 149

Tyler Mullen 165

Conference Wrestler of the Week2000-01 Jeff Libersat Jan. 10

Jeff Libersat Jan. 312003-04 Mark O’Hair Jan. 262004-05 Benjamin Graham Jan. 122006-07 Marcus Boyd Jan. 102007-08 Sam O’Hair Jan. 172008-09 Vitaly Radsky Dec. 10

Sam O’Hair Feb. 172009-10 Vitaly Radsky Feb. 17

ACADEMIC HONORSSoCon All-Academic Winter Team

(established in 2005)

2006 Patrick Coman 125Travis Hunter 133

NWCA All-Academic Top 30 TeamRankings

2006 25th2007 11th2008 11th2009 5th2010 5th

NWCA All-Academic Team2008 Ben Altman2010 Alex Radsky

SEASON RECORDS Win-Loss Record (min. 15 decisions)

Name Year Record Pct.Ian Kaplan 1998-99 21-3 .875Tom Hissam 1982-83 25-4 .862Ian Kaplan 1997-98 27-7 .794Tom Hissam 1983-84 19-5 .792Marcus Boyd 2005-06 14-4 .778Ian Kaplan 1999-00 28-9 .757Scott Smith 1980-81 20-7 .741Alex Radsky 2009-10 17-6 .739Matt Pendle 2004-05 27-10 .730Jeff Libersat 1997-98 20-8 .714Vitaly Radsky 2009-10 20-8 .714

Freshman Win-Loss Record (min. 15 decisions)

Name Year Record Pct.Matt Pendle 2004-2005 27-10 .730Jeff Libersat 1997-1998 20-8 .714Miles Miller 1993-1994 29-14 .674Benjamin Graham 2004-2005 25-13 .658Trebor Clavette 2004-2005 23-12 .657Ben Altman 2006-2007 26-14 .650Ian Kaplan 1996-1997 22-12 .647John Breidenstine 1983-1984 20-11-1 .640

PinsName Year PinsMatt Pendle 2004-2005 14Sam Knowles 1993-1994 13Tom Hissam 1983-1984 12Jim Avola 2006-2007 11

NATIONAL HONORSNCAA At-Large Bids

1998 Ian Kaplan 1501999 Ian Kaplan 157

SOCON HONORS

Jim Avola recorded 11 pins in 2006-07, thefourth-most in a season in school history

ALL-TIME RESULTS


1963-64

3-7 w 0-2 SoCon wCharlie Parker

VMI* 9-19 LNorth Carolina 11-17 LDuke 11-21 LN.C. State 15-20 LGeorgia Tech 14-16 LEmory 22-6 WPfeiffer 5-26 LPembroke 29-3 WGeorgia 18-10 WThe Citadel* 9-14 LSoCon Championships

1964-65

3-4-2 w 0-1-1 SoCon w Charlie Parker

Pembroke 31-3 WDuke 12-23 LVMI* 11-21 LNorth Carolina 16-16 TEmory 26-7 WGeorgia Tech 11-21 LThe Citadel* 14-14 TGeorgia 18-12 WN.C. State 13-17 LSoCon Championships

1965-66


Furman 35-5 WVMI* 18-25 LNorth Carolina 8-27 LEmory 28-13 WGeorgia Tech 11-22 LEast Carolina* 8-27 LN.C. State 8-31 LWilliam & Mary* 18-21 LThe Citadel* 3-31 LSoCon Championships

1966-67


Dec. 2 at Duke 21-18 W9 at VMI* 10-23 L14 at North Carolina 21-16 W

Jan. 12 St. Andrews 19-15 WFeb. 3 Furman 30-15 W

9 East Carolina* 34-3 W17 at N.C. State 8-31 W27 The Citadel* 7-24 L

Mar. 3-4 SoCon Championships 3rd

1967-68

1-6-1 w SoCon unknown wCharlie Parker

1968-69


William & Mary* 3-32 LVMI* 10-26 LN.C. State 0-33 LSt. Andrews 25-12 WFurman* 19-14 WGuilford 15-12 WDuke 13-19 LThe Citadel* 9-20 LNorth Carolina 16-21 LEast Carolina* 5-30 LSoCon Championships 5th

1969-70


Guilford 23-15 LUNC Charlotte 24-16 WFurman* 26-14 WThe Citadel* 18-22 LVMI* 9-23 LN.C. State 10-26 LNorth Carolina 20-14 WSoCon Championships 5th

1970-71


Dec. 4 at N.C. Collegiate Tourn. NTS11 at Furman* 32-6 W17 at UNC Charlotte 25-11 W

Jan. 19 at N.C. State 0-36 L29 at VMI* 6-30 L

Feb. 5 at Washington & Lee 29-8 W19 at North Carolina 30-6 W23 at Catawba 33-5 W26 at SoCon Championships 4th

1971-72

5-4 w SoCon unknown w Charlie Parker

1972-73


Catawba 32-22 WWashington & Lee 18-22 LN.C. State 4-34 LNorth Carolina 21-30 LFurman* 36-12 WVMI* 12-29 LThe Citadel* 12-26 LPfeiffer 58-0 WSoCon Championships 7th

1973-74


Livingstone 42-15 WCatawba 28-21 WNorth Carolina 5-29 LWashington & Lee 16-27 LVMI* 10-31 LPfeiffer 54-3 WThe Citadel* 13-25 LElon 22-21 WCampbell 9-30 LFurman* 18-21 LSoCon Championships 7th

1974-75

3-6 w0-2 SoCon wCharlie Parker

Dec. 6 at N.C. Collegiate Tourn. NTS10 Catawba 13-33 L13 at Livingstone 24-18 W

Jan. 21 at Campbell 15-35 L25 at VMI* 15-24 L25 vs. The Citadel* 0-40 L25 vs. Lynchburg 27-19 W31 Western Carolina 16-28 L

Feb. 14 at South Carolina 26-25 W18 at Elon 12-33 L

Mar. 1 SoCon Championships 7th

1975-76


Dec. 12 Livingston 27-20 W16 at Catawba 12-33 L

Jan. 17 VMI* 15-30 L17 Elon 15-36 L17 The Citadel* 9-38 L21 Campbell 31-21 W30 Lynchburg 34-18 W

Feb. 13 at Washington & Lee 18-31 L14 at Hampden-Sydney 32-24 W19 Coll. of Charleston 47-6 W

SoCon Championships 7th

1976-77


Dec. 8 Catawba 15-35 L10 at Livingstone 22-32 L

Jan. 15 VMI* 6-27 L15 Elon 12-32 L15 The Citadel* 8-33 L

Lynchburg 28-23 W22 at The Citadel Tourn. NTS

Feb. 2 at Campbell 22-24 L4 Hampden-Sydney 48-9 W11 Washington & Lee 12-30 L18 at Furman* 36-6 W


1977-78


Dec. 7 at Catawba 15-30 LJan. 14 The Citadel* 9-45 L

14 Elon 4-47 L18 Campbell 13-31 L21 at The Citadel Tourn. NTS26 Lynchburg 15-31 L

Feb. 3 at Pfeiffer 21-27 L10 at Washington & Lee 18-32 L11 at Hampden-Sydney 43-6 W18 at Furman* 33-17 W24 at VMI* 18-29 L


1978-79

2-6 w SoCon unknown w Charlie Parker

1979-80

2-9 w 0-5 SoCon wBob Estock

Dec. 6 at Catawba 26-20 W8 The Citadel* 3-50 L8 Elon 23-36 L

Jan. 15 Campbell 21-27 L19 at The Citadel Tourn. NTS26 at Wash. & Lee Tourn. NTS

Feb. 2 Hampden-Sydney 40-21 W2 Lynchburg 15-33 L9 at Furman* 28-30 L15 at Washington & Lee 18-35 L16 at VMI* 12-36 L16 vs. The Citadel* 10-46 L16 vs. Appalachian State* 12-51 L


1980-81

8-8 w 2-2 SoCon wBob Estock

Dec. 5 at Catawba Tourn. NTS10 Catawba 12-34 L13 at Pfeiffer 31-20 W

Jan. 14 at Furman* 31-22 W17 at The Citadel Tourn. NTS21 Campbell 16-27 L21 VMI* 0-50 L21 The Citadel* 24-32 L24 at Wash. & Lee Tourn. NTS28 Pfeiffer 36-18 W31 vs. Colgate 3-38 L31 vs. Lynchburg 34-20 W31 at Hampton-Sydney 26-21 W

Feb. 7 Furman* 51-4 W11 at Elon 20-31 L13 Washington & Lee 36-13 W20 vs. Barber Scotia 60-0 W20 vs. East Carolina 6-44 L20 at Campbell 18-24 L28 SoCon Tournament 7th

1981-82

6-12-1 w 1-6 SoCon w Bob Estock

Dec. 5 at Pfeiffer Tourn. NTS9 at Catawba 20-22 L12 at Pfeiffer 30-24 W17 Livingstone 38-15 W

South Carolina 6-39 LPembroke State 22-25 LEast Tennessee State 42-6 WThe Citadel* 0-51 L

Jan. 28 Pfeiffer 27-27 T30 The Citadel* 12-32 L30 Appalachian State* 10-36 L

Feb. 3 at Furman* 34-12 W6 VMI* 12-33 L6 Pfeiffer 30-18 W10 Elon 12-26 L

Hampden-Sydney 20-15 WElon 18-19 LThe Citadel* 14-32 LAppalachian State* 4-43 L

17 Campbell 16-32 LSoCon Championships 6th

1982-83

7-8 w 2-1 SoCon wVince Arduini

Furman* 42-15 WVMI* 9-34 LElon 23-21 WLivingstone 10-31 LPfeiffer 27-24 WWashington & Lee 19-36 LHampden-Sydney 35-0 WLoyola 28-12 WCatawba 22-28 LPfeiffer 32-17 WLynchburg 19-29 LLivingstone 12-37 LFurman* 30-10 WElon 12-41 LCampbell 5-45 LSoCon Championships 5th

1983-84

8-7 w 2-1 SoCon wVince Arduini

Elon 16-24 LFurman* 34-9 WWashington & Lee 13-34 LPfeiffer 36-9 WFurman* 24-26 LCatawba 24-27 LN.C. A&T 27-26 WFurman* 37-7 WHampden-Sydney 30-17 WNewport News 9-43 LPfeiffer 48-12 WUniv. of South 48-6 WElon 30-22 WCatawba 25-26 LBarber-Scotia 14-35 LSoCon Championships 5th

1984-85

4-4-1 w 2-1 SoCon wVince Arduini

Furman* 33-15 WPfeiffer 33-24 WN.C. A&T 30-30 TBarber-Scotia 18-27 LPfeiffer 28-22 WThe Citadel* 0-49 LElon 12-41 LFurman* 42-9 WWinthrop 12-32 LSoCon Championships 5th

1985-86

4-8-1 w SoCon unknown wTom Oddo

1986-87

2-16 w SoCon unknown wTom Oddo

1987-88

3-15 w 0-5 SoCon wTom Oddo

Nov. 7 at WSSU Tournament NTS14 at Pembroke Classic NTS

Dec. 5 Pembroke 16-37 L5 The Citadel* L5 Gardner-Webb 43-9 W12 Wilkes Comm. Coll. 7-45 L16 Virginia Tech 3-49 L29 at Sunshine Open NTS

Jan. 5 Olivet 18-35 L13 Furman* 18-31 L

Chattanooga* 0-54 LGeorgia Tech 21-28 LFerrum 41-18 W

22 at Wash. & Lee Invite NTS27 Gardner-Webb 19-21 L29 at Mid-South Tourn. NTS

Feb. 3 WSSU 12-40 L6 Georgia Tech 40-7 W10 Wilkes Comm. Coll. 5-42 L13 Furman* 13-41 L13 Washington & Lee 12-38 L17 Appalachian State* L17 Ferrum L


ALL-TIME RESULTS


1988-89

1-9 wTom Oddo

Nov. 5 at Collegiate Invite NTS12 at PSU Classic NTS

at Campbell Invite NTSDec. 2 The Citadel 6-38 L

2 Longwood 0-45 L2 Gardner-Webb 24-27 L10 Wilkes Comm. Coll. 2-49 L10 Virginia Tech 8-45 L10 Ferrum 34-24 W

Jan. 14 Georgia Tech 8-39 L14 Furman 6-47 L14 The Citadel 0-47 L14 Washington & Lee 15-33 L20 at Wash. & Lee Invite NTS

at Mid-South Invite NTS

1989-90

0-8 wTom Oddo

Nov. 4 Wilkes Open NTS18 WSSU Open NTS

Dec. 1 Longwood 0-48 L2 Gardner-Webb 13-27 L2 The Citadel 4-46 L9 Georgia Tech 16-30 L

Jan. 13 Furman 15-45 L13 Washington & Lee 15-36 L20 The Citadel 13-39 L23 at Furman 6-39 L26 Wash. & Lee Tourn. NTS

1990-91

3-10-1 wTom Oddo

Nov. 3 at Cougar Open NTS 9 at Pembroke Classic NTS

8 Longwood 23-24 L8 Gardner-Webb 15-29 L8 Pembroke 0-45 L8 Newport News 39-15 W

Jan. 12 Furman 6-40 L12 Georgia Tech 43-6 W12 Washington & Lee 33-11 W19 at The Citadel 3-44 L19 vs. Appalachian State 3-45 L26 at Wash. & Lee Tourn. NTS

Feb. 1 at Mid-South Tourn. NTS5 Campbell 15-31 L9 Duke 0-45 L12 at Furman 6-43 L16 at Southeastern Open NTS20 at Campbell 17-30 L23 at Gardner-Webb 27-27 T

1991-92

2-12-1 w 0-3 SoCon wTom Oddo

Nov. 10 at VMI Invitational NTS24 at JMU Invitational NTS

Dec. 3 Longwood 8-43 L3 Virginia State 20-34 L

Jan. 11 Washington & Lee 29-18 W11 Anderson 11-38 L25 Wash. & Lee Tourn. NTS

Feb. 1 Mid-South Tourn. NTS8 Georgia State 16-31 L9 Eastern Illinois 0-52 L9 Chattanooga* 0-53 L14 The Citadel* 3-48 L15 at Southeast Invitational NTS21 Appalachian State* 0-53 L22 Duke 0-51 L27 Gardner-Webb 60-0 W29 Longwood 9-37 L29 Campbell 18-33 L29 Georgia State 16-32 L29 Georgia Tech 26-26 T


1992-93

2-17 w 0-3 SoCon wTom Oddo

Nov. 8 at VMI Invitational NTS15 at JMU Invitational NTS

Dec. 5 at Howard 10-43 L5 vs. James Madison 0-50 L5 vs. Chicago State 22-42 L

6 at Longwood 4-45 LJan. 10 at Washington & Lee 18-36 L

11 at Apprentice 15-34 L11 vs. William & Mary 0-50 L16 Pensacola Christian 45-9 W16 Carson Newman 0-56 L16 The Citadel* 0-56 L16 Longwood 21-30 L23 Wash. & Lee Tourn. NTS30 Mid-South Tourn. NTS

Feb. 6 at Pensacola Christian 24-31 L6 vs. Georgia State 30-24 W7 at Georgia State 9-37 L13 at Southeast Invitational NTS16 Appalachian State* 6-44 L20 at VMI* 6-45 L24 at Campbell 9-36 L27 Longwood 15-34 L27 Gardner-Webb 15-31 L


1993-94

8-17 w 0-5 SoCon (5th) wTom Oddo

Dec. 4 UNC Greensboro 10-34 L4 Chicago State 27-20 W4 Howard 4-42 L11 Gardner-Webb 16-32 L11 Apprentice 11-32 L

Jan. 14 Apprentice 19-31 L15 Pensacola Christian 36-14 W15 Washington & Lee 13-19 L16 VMI* 0-51 L16 William & Mary 6-42 L17 West Liberty State 3-40 L17 Longwood 36-13 W17 UNC Greensboro 60-0 W17 Pensacola Christian 32-18 W

Feb. 6 UNC Greensboro 9-34 L6 The Citadel* 13-29 L6 Georgia State 6-37 L16 Appalachian State* 7-36 L19 Georgia Tech 37-3 W19 Georgia State (B) 21-20 W19 Georgia State 18-36 L20 The Citadel* 15-32 L20 Chattanooga* 0-53 L26 Longwood 39-16 W26 Campbell 18-30 L


1994-95


Nov. 11 at Pembroke Classic NTS19 at Pensacola Christian Tourn. NTS

Dec. 3 Wagner 31-12 W3 The Citadel 13-31 L3 Apprentice 12-29 L3 Gardner-Webb 3-32 L

Jan. 11 at William & Mary 15-34 L11 vs. VMI* 9-36 L12 at Longwood 6-36 L12 vs. Howard 15-37 L13 vs. Apprentice 6-39 L14 at Washington & Lee 25-16 W14 vs. Pensacola Christian 24-25 L14 vs. York 4-46 L21 at Wash. & Lee Tour. NTS28 vs. Virginia Tech 15-32 L28 vs. Apprentice 15-32 L

Feb. 4 vs. Duke 0-48 L4 vs. Georgia State (B) 40-13 W4 vs. James Madison 9-42 L4 vs. Georgia State 6-36 L11 vs. Longwood 24-22 W11 at The Citadel 19-25 L14 at Appalachian State* 12-47 L18 at Chattanooga* 0-42 L18 at The Citadel* 4-40 L22 at Campbell 3-43 L


1995-96


Nov. 11 at VMI Tournament NTS18 at Pensacola Christian Tourn. NTS

Dec. 2 The Citadel 3-36 L2 Apprentice 27-13 W2 Coppin State 21-22 L28 at Sunshine Open NTS

Jan. 11 at Longwood 30-31 L11 vs. VMI* 0-50 L12 vs. Apprentice 42-0 W13 at Washington & Lee 25-24 W13 vs. Pensacola Christian 21-31 L20 at Wash. & Lee Tourn. NTS27 vs. UNC Pembroke 18-26 L27 vs. Norfolk State 19-28 L27 vs. Virginia Tech 9-36 L27 vs. Gardner-Webb 9-37 L

Feb. 3 Duke 3-43 L10 at The Citadel* 3-40 L11 at Georgia State 6-38 L11 vs. Chattanooga* 9-40 L17 Campbell 13-18 L17 Longwood 32-13 W21 Appalachian State* 9-40 L


1996-97


Jan. 7 Duke 0-45 L8 VMI* 6-44 L8 Norfolk State 15-27 L10 Apprentice 21-27 L11 Washington & Lee 19-25 L11 Johns Hopkins 33-13 W

Feb. 1 Longwood 15-21 L1 Anderson 21-21 W8 UNC Greensboro* 5-37 L11 Appalachian State* 9-37 L15 Chattanooga* 6-42 L15 The Citadel* 3-46 L16 Coppin State 18-29 L16 UNC Greensboro 6-45 L19 Campbell 9-36 L22 Longwood 26-18 W


1997-98

9-9-1 w 0-5 SoCon (6th) wTom Oddo

Dec. 21 Anderson 18-18 TJan. 7 at Swarthmore 26-6 W

7 vs. Lebanon Valley 37-7 W8 at Duke 12-36 L9 VMI* 14-35 L10 at Pensacola 28-18 W10 vs. Johns Hopkins 39-9 W10 vs. Washington & Lee 42-10 W31 at Norfolk State 21-25 L31 at Anderson 34-18 W

Feb. 7 Anderson 33-15 W7 UNC Greensboro* 6-41 L7 Norfolk State 25-15 W11 Appalachian State* 12-33 L14 at The Citadel* 9-35 L14 at Chattanooga* 6-40 L21 at Longwood 40-12 W21 vs. Campbell 10-34 L


1998-99


Dec. 21 at Wagner 21-19 W21 vs. Boston College 18-32 L21 vs. Columbia 0-48 L

Jan. 5 Anderson 14-27 L7 at Duquesne 3-37 L8 at Slippery Rock 15-34 L9 at Pensacola Christian 28-18 W9 vs. Washington & Lee 32-10 W9 vs. Johns Hopkins 43-3 W13 at Appalachian State* 9-34 L16 Duke 12-28 L17 at Virginia Tech 3-40 L18 at VMI* 0-42 L30 Norfolk State 35-15 W

31 at UNC Greensboro* 6-36 L31 vs. Coppin State 9-33 L

Feb. 6 at Gardner Webb 27-1 W14 at Chattanooga* 0-49 L14 vs. The Citadel* 7-44 L20 at Campbell 11-32 L


1999-2000


Nov. 13 at MSU Indiv. Open NTS21 at Old Dominion Tourn. NTS27 at Carolina Open NTS

Dec. 4 at Campbell 9-36 L4 vs. UNC Pembroke 10-30 L4 vs. Anderson 12-28 L

Jan. 8 at Washington & Lee 24-18 W8 vs. Gettysburg 18-28 L8 vs. Pensacola Christian 24-17 W12 Cumberland 27-18 W12 Longwood 13-30 L14 VMI* 7-39 L15 at Swarthmore Invitational 3rd22 Wash. & Lee Tourn. 2nd28 Duquesne 6-26 L29 at UNC Greensboro* 9-32 L

Feb. 5 at Appalachian State* 6-39 L12 at The Citadel* 6-36 L12 vs. Chattanooga* 7-42 L19 Campbell 6-30 L26 SoCon Championships 6th

2000-01


Nov. 12 at VMI Tournament NTS19 at Old Dominion Tourn. NTS25 at Carolina Open NTS30 at VMI* 9-33 L

Dec. 2 Anderson 17-22 LJan. 6 at Washington & Lee 26-16 W

6 vs. Gettysburg 16-31 L6 vs. Pensacola Christian 30-15 W10 at Longwood College 7-34 L10 vs. Delaware State 24-16 W13 at Ursinus 13-29 L13 vs. Bridgewater State 26-18 W13 vs. Scranton 30-6 W20 at Wash. & Lee Tourn. NTS27 Howard 12-25 L27 UNC Pembroke 26-15 W

Feb. 3 UNC Greensboro* 13-19 L3 Duke 10-29 L7 Appalachian State* 3-40 L11 at Chattanooga* 6-39 L11 vs. The Citadel* 8-35 L17 at Gardner-Webb 18-24 L20 at Campbell 18-24 L


2001-02

0-15 w 0-5 SoCon (6th) wT.J. Jaworsky

Nov. 10 at West Virginia Open NTS17 at Old Dominion Tourn. NTS24 at Carolina Open NTS

Dec. 1 Anderson 13-30 L 28 at Sunshine Open NTS

Jan. 5 at Gettysburg 18-30 L5 12-39 L7 at Duquesne 3-47 L7 vs. Thiel 12-33 L12 at Franklin & Marshall 3-46 L12 vs. Boston College 9-25 L19 Wash. & Lee Tourn. NTS22 at Appalachian State* 3-40 L26 at UNC Greensboro* 3-48 L

Feb. 1 at Duke 0-49 Lat Gardner-Webb 3-34 L

8 at The Citadel* 9-43 L8 vs. Chattanooga* 3-48 L23 VMI* 0-54 L23 Campbell 0-52 L


ALL-TIME RESULTS


2002-03


Nov. 3 at Keydet Invitational NTS15 at Pembroke Classic NTS21 at UNC Pembroke 7-22 L30 at Carolina Open NTS

Dec. 28 at Sunshine Open NTSJan. 4 at Washington & Lee 32-24 W

4 vs. Gettysburg 19-33 L4 vs. Pensacola Christian 18-27 L9 Appalachian State* 6-47 L9 Franklin & Marshall 4-40 L15 UNC Greensboro* 9-32 L18 at Wash. & Lee Tourn. 4th25 The Citadel* 0-49 L25 Virginia 11-36 L

Feb. 1 Chattanooga* 6-39 L1 Duke 9-38 L7 Duquesne 12-37 L8 at Gardner-Webb 10-42 L15 at Campbell 6-38 L16 VMI* 0-48 L


2003-04


Nov. 1 at Keydet Invitational NTS15 at Pembroke Classic NTS22 at Bodybar Invitational NTS

Dec. 2 at The Citadel* 3-45 L6 at Carolina Open NTS29 at Southern Scuffle NTS

Jan. 9 Washington & Lee 55-0 W9 Pensacola Christian 38-10 W9 Gettysburg 37-9 W15 at UNC Greensboro* 8-35 L17 at Wash. & Lee Tourn. 1st of 723 at VMI* 19-23 L24 at Virginia 8-38 L24 vs. North Carolina 7-30 L31 Chattanooga* 0-46 L31 Duke 7-35 L

Feb. 3 at Appalachian State* 9-39 L7 at Franklin & Marshall 19-25 L7 vs. Drexel 11-30 L15 American 25-21 W15 Gardner-Webb 7-31 L28 Campbell 12-37 L28 James Madison 13-36 L


2004-05

8-7 w0-5 SoCon (6th) wJaworsky/Patnesky

Nov. 12 Pembroke Classic NTS13 Pembroke Classic NTS20 Bodybar Invitational 9th of 11

Dec. 4 Carolina Open NTS29 Southern Scuffle 18th of 23

Jan. 7 vs. Wagner 42-9 Wat Duquesne 29-22 W

8 vs. Pensacola Christian 48-6 Wat Gettysburg 27-18 Wvs. Washington & Lee 37-12 W

14 vs. McDaniel 27-24 W14 vs. South Dakota State 15-31 L14 vs. SUNY-Brockport 13-28 L19 UNC Greensboro* 6-39 L30 Franklin & Marshall 30-13 W

Feb. 1 Appalachian State* 16-29 L7 VMI* 12-31 L12 at Chattanooga* 0-49 L17 The Citadel* 6-37 L26 at James Madison 22-20 W


2005-06

7-9-1 w1-3-1 SoCon (4th) wBob Patnesky

Nov. 12 at West Virginia Open NTS19 Navy Classic NTS

Dec. 4 Penn State Open NTS29 Southern Scuffle 31st of 32

Jan. 14 Gardner-Webb 17-26 L14 Belmont Abbey 39-9 W18 at VMI* 19-19 T22 at Kent State 10-40 L22 vs. Cleveland State 15-25 L22 vs. Slippery Rock 12-34 L

28 Campbell 33-13 W28 Anderson College 31-9 W31 at Appalachian State* 23-17 W

Feb. 4 at Franklin & Marshall 27-22 W4 vs. George Mason 24-22 W5 vs. Drexel 9-28 L11 Chattanooga* 3-40 L14 at The Citadel* 10-32 L19 James Madison 30-13 W19 Duquesne 16-21 L


2006-07

6-12 w 0-5 SoCon (6th) w Bob Patnesky

Nov. 4 at West Virginia Open NTS11 at Chattanooga 6-46 L18 at Navy Classic 8 of 13

Dec. 2 Davidson Open NTS29 Southern Scuffle 31 of 32

Jan. 4 at Buffalo 6-33 Lvs. Clarion 12-33 L

6 at Duke 18-17 Wvs. Princeton 30-18 W

12 vs. Apprentice 13-35 Lvs. SUNY Brockport 9-39 L

13 vs. Anderson (S.C.) 29-22 W24 UNC Greensboro 3-38 L26 at Gardner-Webb 12-35 L28 VMI 19-25 L

Feb. 3 at Anderson (S.C.) 35-9 Wvs. Belmont Abbey 39-6 W

7 Appalachian State 21-22 L11 The Citadel 14-24 L13 at Campbell 25-23 W17 at Duquesne 12-32 L

vs. Pitt-Johnstown 10-34 LMar. 3 SoCon Championships 6th

2007-08


Nov. 10 at Pembroke Open NTS17 at Navy Classic 7 of 12

Dec. 1 Davidson Open NTS29 at Southern Scuffle 28 of 30

Jan. 9 at Clarion 14-31 L11 vs. Duke 14-28 L11 vs. Princeton 35-15 W15 Gardner-Webb 23-25 L20 at UNC Greensboro 9-30 L20 vs. Virginia 4-45 L25 at VMI 10-28 L26 at Liberty 19-25 L26 vs. Messiah 18-28 L

Feb. 3 Chattanooga 6-40 L5 at Appalachian State 8-37 L12 at The Citadel 6-31 L16 Campbell 26-19 W16 Anderson 26-15 W22 Duquesne 18-19 L


2008-09


Nov. 8 at Chattanooga * 0-46 Lvs. Newberry 4-39 L

15 Duke 13-25 LBuffalo 6-31 LCampbell 20-18 W

23 Keystone Classic 9th of 10Dec. 6 Davidson Open 2nd of 24

19 at Delaware Valley 12-27 Lvs. Delaware State 22-21 W

29-30 at Southern Scuffle 28th of 32Jan. 10 at Gardner-Webb 19-25 L

vs. Lock Haven 21-15 Wvs. Virginia Tech 11-34 L

17 vs. North Carolina 10-29 L25 VMI * 23-12 W29 UNC Greensboro * 3-34 L

Feb. 3 Appalachian State * 9-25 L13 at Belmont Abbey 31-15 W

vs. Anderson 14-20 L15 The Citadel * 16-22 L22 at Duquesne 29-14 W

Mar. 7 at SoCon Championships 6th

2009-10


Nov. 8 Hokie Open NTS14 Pembroke Open NTS22 vs. No. 17 Illinois 0-47 L22 vs. Pittsburgh 0-49 L22 at Rider 3-48 L22 vs. Binghamton 0-50 L

Dec. 2 at Duke 13-36 L5 Davidson Open NTS18 Chattanooga* 6-40 L

Jan. 8 vs. Pitt-Johnstown 3-43 L8 vs. Millersville 17-25 L8 vs. The Apprentice School 21-24 L16 Franklin & Marshall 33-20 W16 Gardner-Webb 23-31 L22 at VMI* 4-37 L22 vs. Millersville 27-23 W27 at UNC Greensboro* 9-40 L

Feb. 4 The Citadel* 12-31 L9 at Appalachian State* 8-42 L12 Anderson 23-22 W12 Belmont Abbey 23-20 W16 at Campbell 23-21 W16 vs. NC State 16-35 L18 Duquesne 16-27 L

Mar. 6 SoCon Championship 6th

Jim Murphy was introduced as DavidsonCollege’s Director of Athletics in November of1995, returning to his alma mater to lead theWildcats on the eve of their 100th anniversary ofintercollegiate athletics and into the next century.

Prior to his appointment at Davidson, Murphy,54, spent 10 years as executive associate athleticdirector and chief financial officer for the GeorgiaTech Athletic Association.

An Atlanta native, Murphy played football andbaseball during his freshman year at Davidson. His

experience has been invaluable as he guides a program which is unique in itsdesire for excellence in both athletics and academics and has one of thesmallest enrollments among NCAA Division I schools.

Reflecting his support of academics, Davidson’s NCAA graduation rateof 91 percent was the highest in Division I in 2001-02, second in 2002-03 witha rate of 97 percent and continues to be above 90 percent each year.

Davidson has claimed the Southern Conference Graduation Rate Awardfor the last nine years, sharing the honor with Wofford in 1999-2000. In addi-tion, Davidson has won the SoCon's Barrett-Bonner Award, given to theschool that places the highest percentage of its student-athletes on theleague’s academic honor roll, 16 times in the award's 18-year history.

“I firmly believe Davidson represents the ideal in college athletics andthink the success of Davidson’s students, both in competition and after grad-uation proves that,” said Murphy. “It’s true that Davidson needs intercolle-giate athletics, but intercollegiate athletics need Davidson even more.”

Since Murphy’s return to Davidson, the Wildcats have pursued severalmajor capital projects, including the creation of the highly-innovative $10million Davidson Scholars Program, and major improvements have beencompleted in Belk Arena and at Smith Field at Richardson Stadium.

The construction of the Belk Artificial Surface Field for field hockey, thenew Alumni Stadium for soccer, Wilson Baseball Park and practice facilityand the football stadium expansion project, which included a state-of-the-artweight room, a new press box and additional permanent seating, all havecome during Murphy's tenure.

The 2004 NACDA Division I-AA/I-AAA Southeast Region AthleticDirector of the Year, Murphy served two terms on the prestigious NCAADivision I Management Council, a policy-making body within the NCAAgovernance structure. He chaired the Division I-AA Governance Committeeand formerly served on the NCAA Division I Business and Finance Cabinet,the Division I Governance Committee and the Division I Finance Committee.

From 2002-04, Murphy chaired the Athletic Directors Association of theSouthern Conference. He was part of Charlotte’s successful bid to host theNCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Championships in 1999 and 2000 and alsoserved as Tournament Director of the first and second-round games of the2005 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship in Charlotte.

Murphy is a past member of the Division I Football Issues Committeeand Past-President of the Football Championship Subdivision AthleticDirectors Association. He was also a member of the NCAA Task Force onRecruiting, an 18-member panel charged with changing the culture ofrecruiting in intercollegiate athletics, and currently serves on the NCAA’sFiscal Responsibility Oversight Group.

A licensed Certified Public Accountant and 1978 graduate of Davidsonwith a degree in economics, he earned a Master of Science degree in manage-ment from Georgia Tech in 1979. He worked from 1979-85 as an audit man-ager with the international public accounting firm of KPMG Peat Marwickin Atlanta with responsibility for financial statement audits of public andprivate companies with up to $1 billion in assets.

Murphy has been active in the community since his return to Davidson.He is involved with Social Venture Partners - Charlotte, chairs the Board ofManagers of the Lake Norman YMCA, the Board of Directors of theCharlotte Regional Sports Commission, served three years on the Board ofthe Charlotte Council for Children and three years on the Board of Directorsof the Town of Davidson Youth Baseball League.

Murphy is married to Dr. Susan Roberts, a political science professor atDavidson, and his 25-year-old son, Matt, is a graduate of the University ofNorth Carolina and works in advertising in Chapel Hill, N.C.

Thomas W. Ross becameDavidson’s 17th president Aug. 1,2007, after three decades of leader-ship and public service in NorthCarolina.

Ross graduated from Davidsonin 1972. In the decade after, hegraduated with honors from theUniversity of North CarolinaSchool of Law, he taught at theUniversity’s School ofGovernment, joined a Greensboro

law firm and served for one year in Washington, D.C., as chief of staff of acongressional office.

In 1984, Governor Jim Hunt appointed Ross as Superior Court Judge,a position he held for 17 years.

In his work adjudicating felony cases, Ross became familiar with astate justice system that suffered shortcomings from uneven sentencingand a burgeoning prison population. In 1990, the N.C. Chief Justiceappointed him to chair a new Sentencing and Policy Advisory Committee.For two years the 23-member panel worked to create a structured sentenc-ing system that was eventually accepted by the legislature and became amodel for similar programs nationwide.

For his efforts, Ross received the William H. Rehnquist Award forJudicial Excellence from the National Center for State Courts. Chief JusticeRehnquist, now deceased, presented the award personally to Ross in theGreat Hall of the Supreme Court.

In 1999, North Carolina Chief Justice Burley Mitchell appointed Rossas director of the state’s Administrative Office of the Courts. After runningthe North Carolina Court System for nearly two years, Ross was invitedby the trustees of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation to become theFoundation’s executivedirector. His seven years atthe Foundation involvedhim in statewide issuesand policy, advocating forlegislative reform and cre-ating coalitions of nonprof-it agencies to increase theirinfluence in public affairs.

Since becoming presi-dent of Davidson Collegein 2007, Ross has overseenan ambitious strategicassessment process, initiat-ed campus-wide discus-sions of diversity andinclusivity, and announcedthe name of The DavidsonTrust, the college’s historicfinancial aid program thatreplaced loans with grantsin all financial aid pack-ages. He established 2008-09 as the Year ofSustainability, and led thecollege’s Celebration ofHonor and Integrity in2009-10.

Ross married the for-mer Susan Donaldson in1972, and they have twochildren, Mary KathrynElkins ’01 and Thomas W.Ross, Jr. ’99.

Tom Ross

President

Jim Murphy

Director of Athletics

Tom and Susan Ross.

ADMINISTRATION


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ADMINISTRATION/HEAD COACHES

On November 10, 1917, a small cohort of 22 footballplayers traveled to Atlanta to represent Davidson Collegeagainst Auburn, one of the most formidable teams in theSouth. The Plainsmen had massacred their first fouropponents, outscoring teams, 141-6.

According to one account, they were “big, quick, andundefeated” and heavily favored in the day’s matchup.Davidson was 2-4 and started a line averaging 20 poundsless.

Not surprisingly, Auburn dominated the game, out-gaining the “Red and Black” 240 yards to Davidson’s 91yards. Astoundingly, Davidson pulled together an offen-sive attack through the efforts of running back A.R.“Buck” Flowers and quarterback Henry Spann, delivering

a “bewildering array of forward passes.” Davidson defeated one of the most powerful teams in

the South that day, 21-7, with scrappiness that captured theawe and respect of Atlanta sportswriters. They wrote of the“Wildcats” from Davidson College, whose small stature andferocious style proved overwhelming. One account notesthat Morgan Blake of the Atlanta Journal remarked of theDavidson team, “No other team ever put together in theseUnited States of the same weight as Coach Fetzer’s teamcould ever get the verdict over the flock of wild men fromNorth Carolina.”

The Davidsonian picked up on the nickname, and it has been used ever since, replacing former, milderreferences such as “Red and Black,” “Presbyterians” and “Preachers.”

— revised and rewritten from an account in the Davidson College archives

THE HISTORY OF THE WILDCAT

Kim WayneLacrosse

John YoungSwimming & Diving

ADMINISTRATION

Michele SavageWomen’s Basketball

Gary AndrewM. Cross Country/Track

Greg AshtonWomen’s Soccer

Bob McKillopMen’s Basketball

Drew BarrettMen’s Tennis

Craig SwietonStrength &

Conditioning

Tripp MerrittFootball

Caroline PriceWomen’s Tennis

Matt SpearMen’s Soccer

Jen StraubW. Cross Country/Track

Tim StraubGolf

Ginny TurnerField Hockey

Annie PorgesDirector of the Davidson

Athletic Foundation

Martin McCannAsst. AD for Marketing& Event Management

Jamie HendricksDirector of Ticketing &

Game Operations

Tim CowieVolleyball

Lee JonesDirector of Lake Campus

Marc GignacSports Information Director

Katy McNayAssistant Athletic Director,

Senior Woman Administrator

Brian BarmesEquipment Manager

Scott ApplegateAssociate Director of Athletics

Beth HayfordHead Athletic Trainer

Bob PatneskyWrestling

Dick CookeSenior Men's Administrator,

Head Baseball Coach

Sandy HelfgottDirector of

P.E. & Recreation

HEAD COACHES

�� MEDIA INFORMATION


SPORTS INFO. STAFFPress Facilities

The press row area at Belk Arena is located atfloor level on the South Side

Press/Photography CredentialsAll requests for media credentials should bedirected to the SID Office. Credentials shouldbe picked up in person at the press box inBaker Sports Complex. A print credential willgive the holder access to the press box and thedesignated media interview area after thegame, but not the sidelines. Photography cre-dentials will enable the holder access to thepress box and the designated photo areasmarked on the sidelines. Credentials are limit-ed to daily newspapers, national magazines,student newspapers, wire services, televisionstations and team photographers.

Radio BroadcastsStations originating broadcasts of Davidsonmen’s soccer games receive mat-site locationsat Belk Arena. Permission to broadcast must besecured at least two weeks in advance from theSID Office. Phone lines are available uponrequest by contacting the SID Office to makearrangements.

Player InterviewsExcept for postgame, interviews with Davidsonplayers must be arranged through the SIDOffice.

PostgameAfter a 10-minute cooling off period, interviewswill be conducted in Belk Arena.

Video StreamingAll home wrestling dual matches will be videostreamed through the Wildcats’ Web site atwww.DavidsonWildcats.com. Visit the All-Access page to sign up for this service.

Live StatsLive stats will be available for all home dualmeets at www.DavidsonWildcats.com

Mailing AddressSports InformationDavidson CollegeBox 7158Davidson, NC 28035

Overnight AddressSports InformationDavidson College209 Ridge RoadDavidson, NC 28036

Press Box Phone: 704-894-2962Sports Information Fax: 704-894-2636Web site: www.DavidsonWildcats.com

Assistant SID

Lauren Biggers

Office Phone:

704-894-2815

E-Mail:

[email protected]

Charlotte ObserverHarry Pickett (College Sports Editor)[email protected]. Box 32188, Charlotte, NC 28232Phone: 704-358-5127 Fax: 704-358-5110

Carolina Weekly NewspapersDenny Seitz,[email protected] S Old Statesville Rd., Huntersville, N.C. 28078Phone: 704-358-5127 Fax: 704-358-5110

Concord Independent TribuneSteve [email protected]. Box 608, Concord, NC 28026Phone: 704-782-3155 Fax: 704-786-0645

The DavidsonianP.O. Box 7182, Davidson, NC 28035Phone: 704-894-2148 Fax: 704-892-2625

Mooresville TribuneLarry [email protected]. Box 300, Mooresville, NC 28115Phone: 704-664-5554 Fax: 704-664-3614

North Charlotte WeeklyJustin [email protected] John J. Delaney Dr., Charlotte, NC 28277Phone: 704-543-9797 Fax: 704-543-9790

Salisbury PostRonald [email protected]. Box 4639, Salisbury, NC 28677Phone: 704-633-8950 Fax: 704-639-0003

Statesville Record-LandmarkJason [email protected]. Box 1071, Statesville, NC 28677Phone: 704-873-1451 Fax: 704-872-3150

News 14 (Time Warner)Mike Solarte (Sports Director)[email protected] E. Morehead St., Charlotte, NC 28202Phone: 704-973-5800 Fax: 704-731-2760

WBTV (CBS)Delano Little (Sports Director)[email protected] Julian Price Place, Charlotte, NC 28208Phone: 704-374-3711 Fax: 704-374-3818

WCNC-TV (NBC)Greg Bailey (Sports Director)[email protected] Woodridge Center Dr., Charlotte, NC 28217Phone: 704-329-3667 Fax: 704-357-4975

WSOC-TV (ABC)Tiffany Wright (Sports Director)[email protected]. Box 34655, Charlotte, NC 28234Phone: 704-335-4746 Fax: 704-335-4736

WCCB-TV (Fox)Bruce Snyder (Sports Director)[email protected] Television Place, Charlotte, NC 28203Phone: 704-632-7551 Fax: 704-358-4841

WBT RadioJim Szoke (Sports Director)1 Julian Price Place, Charlotte, NC 28208Phone: 704-374-3500 Fax: 704-570-1109

SID

Marc Gignac

Office Phone:

704-894-2123

Cell Phone:

980-297-9981

E-Mail:

[email protected]

Assistant SID

Gavin McFarlin

Office Phone:

704-894-2635

E-Mail:

[email protected]

Assistant SID/

Wrestling Contact:

Mark Brumbaugh

Office Phone:

704-894-2931

E-Mail:

[email protected]

COVERING THE ‘CATS DAVIDSON MEDIA

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SOUTHERN CONFERENCEA majority of the sports at Davidson

compete in the Southern Conference, oneof the oldest conferences in the nation,which began its 89th season in 2009. Thesoccer, volleyball, cross country, track andfield, basketball, tennis, wrestling, baseballand golf programs at Davidson all partici-pate in the league.

Only the Big Ten (1896), the MissouriValley (1907) and the Pac-10 (1915) confer-ences have been around longer than theSoCon (1921). The conference currentlyconsists of 12 members in five statesthroughout the Southeast and sponsors 19varsity sports and championships, whichproduce participants for NCAAChampionships.

The Southern Conference was the first“super conference,” with charter member-ship including Alabama, Auburn andNorth Carolina. The SoCon gave birth tothe three-point shot in college basketball,has the oldest basketball tournament in thenation and was the college home of suchsporting greats as Arnold Palmer, StephenCurry, Jerry West and Charlie “ChooChoo” Justice.

Academic excellence has long been amajor part of the Southern Conference’stradition. League athletes have been recog-nized countless times on CoSIDAAcademic All-America and district teams.Eighteen Rhodes-Scholar winners havecome out of the conference, including sixfrom Davidson. Each year, the league dis-tributes at least three graduate scholar-ships, two of which were won by Wildcatsoccer players in 2004.

The Southern Conference was born onFeb. 25, 1921, in Atlanta, Ga., when 14institutions from the 30-member SouthernIntercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA)reorganized as the Southern Conference.The charter members were Alabama,Auburn, Clemson, Georgia, Georgia Tech,Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi State,North Carolina, N.C. State, Tennessee,Virginia, Virginia Tech and Washington &Lee, and athletic competition began thatfall.

In 1922, seven schools — Florida,Louisiana State, Mississippi, SouthCarolina, the University of the South,Tulane and Vanderbilt — joined the ranks.

Since then, conference membership hasexperienced a series of membershipchanges with 42 institutions being affiliat-ed with the league. The league has under-gone two major transitions during its his-tory.

The first occurred in December of 1932.The Southeastern Conference formed outof the 23-school Southern Conferencewhen 13 members west and south of theAppalachian Mountains reorganized tohelp reduce the extensive travel demands.

In 1953, Clemson, Duke, Maryland,North Carolina, N.C. State, South Carolinaand Wake Forest withdrew from the

league to form the Atlantic CoastConference, seeking to schedule a greaternumber of regular-season basketball gamesagainst local rivals.

Today, the league continues to thriveand is home to Appalachian State, Collegeof Charleston, The Citadel, Davidson, Elon,Furman, Georgia Southern, UNCGreensboro, Chattanooga, WesternCarolina and Wofford. On July 1, 2008,Samford officially joined the league, bring-ing membership of the conference to 12.VMI is an associate member in the sport ofwrestling.

The SoCon currently declares champi-ons in 10 men’s sports — football, soccer,cross country, basketball, indoor and out-door track and field, wrestling, baseball,tennis and golf — and nine women’s sports— soccer, volleyball, cross country, basket-ball, indoor and outdoor track and field,tennis, golf and softball.

The Southern Conference office is locat-ed in historic Beaumont Mill inSpartanburg, S.C.

Davidson’s SoCon

ChampionshipsBaseball 1985Men’s Basketball 1964, 1965, 1966,

1968, 1969, 1970,1971, 1972, 1973, 1981, 1986, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002,2003, 2004, 2005,

2006, 2007, 2008, 2009Women’s Cross Country 2003, 2005Football 1969Men’s Golf 1954, 1960, 1966,

1967, 1968Men’s Soccer 1968, 1969, 1970,

1971, 1983, 1992,1994, 1995, 2003,

2005 Women’s Soccer 1994, 1995, 1996,

2005, 2009Men’s Tennis 1954, 1955, 1965,

1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973

Volleyball 1999, 2000

Plain type denotes regular season title. Boldface denotes tournament title.

Italicized boldface denotes regular season andtournament title.

All-Time SoCon

MembershipAlabama 1921-1932Appalachian State 1971-pres.Auburn 1921-1932College of Charleston 1998-pres.Chattanooga 1976-pres.The Citadel 1936-pres.Clemson 1921-1953Davidson 1936-1988; 1991-pres.Duke 1928-1953East Carolina 1964-1976East Tennessee State 1978-2005Elon 2003-pres.Florida 1922-1932Furman 1936-pres.George Washington 1936-1970Georgia 1921-1932Georgia Southern 1991-pres.Georgia Tech 1921-1932Kentucky 1921-1932Louisiana State 1922-1932Marshall 1976-1997Maryland 1921-1953Mississippi 1922-1932Mississippi State 1922-1932North Carolina 1921-1953UNC Greensboro 1997-pres.North Carolina State 1921-1953Richmond 1936-1976Samford 2008-pres.South Carolina 1921-1953Tennessee 1921-1932Tulane 1922-1932Univ. of the South 1922-1932Vanderbilt 1922-1932Virginia 1921-1937VMI 1924-2003Virginia Tech 1921-1965Wake Forest 1936-1953Washington & Lee 1921-1958West Virginia 1950-1968Western Carolina 1976-pres.William & Mary 1936-1977Wofford 1997-pres.

The Southern Conference

702 N. Pine Street

Spartanburg, S.C. 29303

Phone: 864.591.5100

Fax: 864.591.3448

www.soconsports.com

The SoCon at aGlance

Commissioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Iamarino .

Senior Associate Commissioner . . . . . . Geoff Cabe

Associate Commissioner . . . . . . . . . . . . Sue Arakas

Assoc. Commissioner for Compliance . . . Doug King

Dir. of Multimedia Services . . . . . . . . Jamie Stevens

Dir. of Championships . . . . . . . . . . . . Brandon Neff

Senior Account Executive . . . . . . . . . Mike Mitchell

Asst. Commissioner for Media Relations . . . . Jason Yaman

Assoc. Dir. of Media Relations . . Jonathan Caskey

Media Relations Asst. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Calhoun Hipp

Championships/Operations Asst. . . . . . .Kristen Gay

Assistant to the Commissioner . . . . . . Laura Hayes

2010-11 davidson wrestling media guide

Documents

davidson open

davidson years

davidson administration

davidson hof

boston university duals

anderson university

media information

ncaa tournament