March 18, 2005

SAINT LOUIS, Missouri - University of Virginia wrestlers Rocco Caponi (Uniontown, Ohio/SVSM) and Paul Bjorlo (Reston, Va./South Lakes) competed in their second matches of the 2005 NCAA Wrestling Championships at the Savvis Center. Caponi posted a 9-2 victory over Wisconsin's Kelly Flaherty at 174-pounds, while Bjorlo dropped a 10-4 decision to Oklahoma State's Kevin Ward at 157-pounds in their second bouts at Nationals. Caponi is now 1-1 and will face Minnesota's Gabriel Dretsch in his next bout. Bjorlo went 0-2 after a pair of matches.

Caponi lost a hard-fought 9-5 decision to Lehigh's #8 seeded Travis Frick in his first match before defeating Flaherty. Bjorlo dropped a close 5-3 decision to Penn State's Nate Galloway in his first match before falling to Ward.

Here is a look at the results of Caponi and Bjorlo for the 2005 NCAA Wrestling Championships:

Wgt.	Opponents					Result
174
L	#8 Travis Frick (Lehigh) def. Rocco Caponi (UVa)	9-5
W	Rocco Caponi (UVa) def. Kelly Flaherty (Wisconsin)	9-2
Next Match: vs. Gabriel Dretsch (Minnesota)
157
L	Nate Galloway (Penn State) def. Paul Bjorlo (UVa) 	5-3
L	Kevin Ward (Oklahoma State) def. Paul Bjorlo (UVa) 	10-4

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