March 5, 2000

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Sophomore Brandon York defended hi ACC championship at 133-pounds on March 4 in Cole Field House by defeating North Carolina's Brad Byers for teh second straight year. With the win, York is poised to become the first Maryland wrestler to win four conference titles in his career.

On March 16, York and three other Terps--who are all only sophomores and include Josh Weidman, Mark Mansueto and Rob Booth--will travel to the NCAA Tournament in St. Louis, Mo. for the three day event. York was the lone Maryland qualifier last year and was knocked out in the first round.

The Terps' four qualifiers mark the most Maryland wrestlers to compete in the NCAA Tournament since 1996, when the school finished No. 29 nationally after having five Terps make the trip to Cedar Falls, Iowa. That year, 134-pound senior Jim "The Guzzler" Guzzio finished fifth to earn All-American honors and the highest Maryland finish since current assistant coach Tom Miller, at 142 pounds, took third in 1992. Shane Mack, Jeff Whalen, Arash Alizadeh and Damon Stephens also qualifed but fell short in the first round.

At 141, Mark Mansueto went undefeated during the ACC regular season and led the Terps with 10 dual wins. He reached the finals of the conference tournament by defeating NC State's Oraefo Brown, but needed more time against No. 4 seed P.J. Bory from Virginia, who upset his way to the title by beating Mansueto, 6-4.

At 157, Rob Booth was Maryland's guttiest wrestler at the ACC tournament, pinning Duke's Geoff Anderson at 4:21 in the first round and then decisioning Virginia's Don Carlo-Clauss in the semifinals. Booth had previously lost to Carlo-Clauss twice during the regular season. He faced the Wolfpack's Scott Garren in the finals and fell, 10-2.

Josh Weidman at 165, is Maryland's hottest wrestler heading into the nationals. Before losing in the ACC finals to NC State's Joel Dramis, Weidman had won 10 straight matches dating back to Feb. 6.

UMTerps.com will have complete coverage of the Terps' trip to the Nationals.

Brandon York (133)
Overall Record: 34-6
Dual Record: 7-1
In the ACC: 3-1
Cumulative Falls: 4 (3:14)
CSO    W    Matt Humker (George Mason)             5-1
CSO    W    Jordan Kause (North Carolina)          13-1
CSO    W    Jeremy Sluyter (East Stroudsburg)      3-1
CSO    W    Damien Green (Delaware State)          F3:14
**FIRST PLACE**
ESO    W    Jason Bernd (Virginia)                 6-5
ESO    W    Matt Hunkler (George Mason)            9-6
ESO    W    Mark Siwek (East Stroudsburg)          5-2
ESO    L    Brad Byers (North Carolina)            5-2
ESO    W    Chris Spealler (Lock Haven)            Med. For.
**THIRD PLACE**
PSO    W    Barry Saley (Ohio)                     10-2
PSO    W    Dan Flounders (Unattached)             4-0
PSO    W    Jason Bernd (Virginia)                 9-4
PSO    W    Scott Moore (Penn State)               Med. For.
PSO    W    Justin Wilcox (Edinboro)               3-2
**FIRST PLACE**
*CS    W    Kevin Jeffress (Coppin)                14-3
WO     W    Joe Alexander (Virginia)               5-3
WO     W    John Miller (Buffalo)                  T16-1, 5:43
WO     W    Justin Haupt (Bloomsburg)              8-2
WO     L    Scott Moore (Penn State)               3-1
WO     W    Michael Settembrino (Seton Hall)       8-4
WO     W    Nick Boucher (Cleveland State)         8-2
WO     W    Rob English (U.P.J.)                   15-4
WO     L    Shawn Kegal (Buffalo)                  2-1
**FOURTH PLACE**
MBT    W    Mike Neenan (Syracuse)                 F3:25
MBT    W    Ashley Byrd (Columbia)                 6-3
MBT    W    Rod Becker (George Mason)              3-2
MBT    W    Jeff Beverly (Rutgers)                 3-1
MBT    L    Mike Coyle (James Madison)             6-5
**SECOND PLACE**
*NC    L    Brad Byers (North Carolina)            2-1, 2OT
*NCS   W    Damon Blackley (NC State)              8-3
*BU    W    Tommy Doerr (Bucknell)                 9-4
CC     W    Ryan Mays (Carson Newman)              12-4
CC     W    Dave Takseraas (Virginia)              17-4
CC     L    Roman Fleszar (Hofstra)                14-8
**SECOND PLACE**
*DU    W    Luke Palmisano (Duke)                  13-12
*VA    W    Toby MacDonald (Virginia)              6-5
*OD    W    Joel Jimenez (Old Dominion)            12-3
*AU    W    Peter Tarricone (American)             21-3, 7:00
ACC    W    Lee Carroll (NC State)                 3-1
ACC    W    Brad Byers (North Carolina)            6-1
**TWO-TIME ACC CHAMPION**



Mark Mansueto (141)
Overall Record: 19-11
Dual Record: 9-1
In the ACC: 4-0
Cumulative Falls: 2 (5:19)
ESO    W    Bill Bocra (Columbia)                  7-3
ESO    W    Travis Granger (Binghamton)            7-5
ESO    L    Josh Geery (Gloucester)                F5:10
ESO    L    Taylor McCrea (Kutztown)               8-2
PSO    L    Eric Eisenhart (Cornell)               8-5
*CS    W    Forfeit                                --
WO     W    Eric Eisenhart (Cornell)               10-6
WO     W    Erick Glass (Duquesne)                 11-8
WO     L    Jason Betz (Penn State)                12-2
WO     L    Greg Austin (Rutgers)                  5-1
MBT    W    Eric Burger (Binghamton)               13-7
MBT    W    Chris Hanlon (Pennsylvania)            8-5
MBT    W    Kevin Logue (Roger Williams)           F5:19
MBT    L    Tony Abbate (Slippery Rock)            3-2
MBT    W    Eric Burger (Binghamton)               13-6
MBT    L    Donnie Defillipis (George Mason)       9-0
*NA    L    Mark Conley (Navy)                     6-3
*NC    W    Andrew Slack (North Carolina)          TF 23-8, 6:35
*NCS   W    Oraefo Brown (NC State)                5-2
*BU    W    Rocky Miller (Bucknell)                13-5
CC     L    Donnie DeFilippis (George Mason)       9-3
CC     L    Tim Voiles (Carson Newman)             7-3
*DU    W    Harry Clarke (Duke)                    11-4
*VA    W    Dave Takseraas (Virginia)              16-6
*DS    W    Jason Street (Delaware State)          10-1
*OD    W    Andy Simons (Old Dominion)             16-8
*HU    W    Aron Dorsey (Howard)                   6-3
*AU    W    Pat Diaz (American)                    12-5
ACC    W    Oraefo Brown (NC State)                3-2, sd
ACC    L    P.J. Bory (Virginia)                   6-4 
**ACC RUNNER-UP**


Rob Booth (157)
Overall Record: 15-14
Dual Record: 6-5
In the ACC: 2-2
Cumulative Falls: 6 (1:09)
WVO    W    Zeke Hernandez (Seton Hall)            F3:49
WVO    L    Joe Carr (West Virginia)               7-6
WVO    W    Justin Wheatley (Unattached)           F3:09
WVO    W    Peter Kroshieski (Clarion)             4-2
PSO    L    Jake Cairns (Old Dominion)             10-3
*CS    L    Suliemann Mumin (Coppin)               8-5
WO     W    Vinayak Ahya (Unattached)              15-3
WO     L    Jacob Partlow (Buffalo)                8-2
WO     L    Devin Derenzis (Bloomsburg)            7-2
MBT    W    Darren Brused (Rutgers)                5-3
MBT    L    Doug Cieleshi (Slippery Rock)          5-4
MBT    W    Matt Koppenheff (Pennsylvania)         7-0
MBT    W    Jason Moyer (Seton Hall)               Def. 2:06
MBT    L    Bill Boeh (Duquesne)                   7-4
*NA    L    Don Waters (Navy)                      9-2
*NC    W    Dennis Landin (North Carolina)         9-4
*NCS   L    Justin Parlier (NC State)              11-8
*BU    W    Ryan Fasnacht (Bucknell)               4-2
CC     L    Jason Grant (George Mason)             5-1
CC     L    Don Carlo-Clauss (Virginia)            3-2
*DU    W    Geoff Anderson (Duke)                  TF6:55, 15-0
*VA    L    Don Carlo-Clauss (Virginia)            5-3
*DS    W    John Smith (Delaware State)            10-3
*OD    L    Jake Cairns (Old Dominion)             7-2
*HU    W    Gari Miller (Howard)                   TF6:38, 15-0
*AU    W    Aaron Baker (American)                 8-2
ACC    W    Geoff Anderson (Duke)                  F4:21
ACC    W    Don Carlo-Clauss (Virginia)            8-6
ACC    L    Scott Garren (NC State)                10-2
**ACC RUNNER-UP**


Josh Weidman (165)
Overall Record: 28-7
Dual Record: 9-1
In the ACC: 3-1
Cumulative Falls: 0
WVO    L    Jason Ward (West Virginia)             5-3
WVO    W    Joe Benham (John Carroll)              10-1
WVO    W    Matt King (Edinboro)                   10-5
WVO    W    Paul Wyka (Seton Hall)                 9-4
WVO    W    Chris Vecchio (Penn State)             NA
WVO    W    Andy Cote (Unattached)                 5-3
WVO    L    Richard Taylor (West Virginia)         10-5
WVO    W    Tom McMath (West Virginia)             5-4
**FIFTH PLACE**
WO     W    David Eckley (Army)                    3-2
WO     W    Brian Weida (Unattached)               4-0
WO     W    Ryan Butterbaugh (U.P.J.)              7-3
WO     L    Matt King (Edinboro)                   2-1
MBT    W    Kenn Caudell (Slippery Rock)           8-2
MBT    W    Gabe Higley (George Mason)             7-3
MBT    W    Rich Murray (Stevens Trade)            3-2
MBT    L    Andy Cote (Millersville)               4-3
MBT    W    John Leone (Wagner)                    Def.
**THIRD PLACE**
*NA    W    James Griffin (Navy)                   7-2
*NC    W    Jamie Groudle (North Carolina)         3-0
*NCS   L    Joel Dramis (NC State)                 14-3
*BU    W    Forfeit (Bucknell)                     ---
CC     W    Chad Scheidegger (George Mason)        12-2
CC     L    Noel Thompson (Hofstra)                8-5
CC     W    Nathan Moorman (Carson-Newman)         11-0
CC     W    Brian Muir (Virginia)                  6-1
**THIRD PLACE**
*DU    W    Mike Mitchell (Duke)                   7-0
*VA    W    Brian Muir (Virginia)                  4-2
*DS    W    Forfeit (Delaware State)               ---
*OD    W    George Sable (Old Dominion)            11-4
*HU    W    Ephraim Walker (Howard)                10-4
*AU    W    Denis Alampiev (American)              5-4
ACC    W    Mike Mitchell (Duke)                   3-2
ACC    W    Jamie Groudle (North Carolina)         3-2
ACC    L    Joel Dramis (NC State)                 5-2
**ACC RUNNER-UP**