#5 @PackWrestle Travels to Duke Friday Night

NC State Notes Packet

RALEIGH, N.C. – NC State will get its ACC portion of the schedule started this weekend, as the Wolfpack makes the drive over to Durham to face Duke Friday night. The dual will be held in Cameron Indoor Stadium starting at 7 p.m., and will be streamed on ACC Network Extra.

	#5 NC State (7-1, 0-0) at #7 Duke (6-6, 0-1)
Date	Friday, Jan. 28
Time	8 p.m.
Location	Durham, N.C.
Arena	Cameron Indoor Stadium
Streaming	WatchESPN
Social Media	Twitter: @PackWrestle \| Instagram: wolfpackwrestling

Road Warriors
While the Pack enjoys the comforts of Reynolds Coliseum, 30-3 since the $35 million renovation prior to the 2016-17 season, NC State has also been all business on the road. Over the last three seasons, NC State has won 13 of its last 14 road duals, and is 31-3 in road duals dating back over the last seven seasons.

This season, the Pack is a perfect 3-0 in road duals, outscoring those foes 90-25, and has won 23 of the 30 individual matches.

Dating back to the 2015-16 season, NC State has won 51 of its 57 duals away from Raleigh (31-3 on the road, 20-3 neutral sites).

Reaching 100
A pair of the Pack's 'Super Seniors' each has a chance to pick up their 100th career victories in the Red & White singlet this season.

Hayden Hidlay is just one win away from 100, as his current career record of 99-8 (.925) is the second-highest winning percentage in school history. Tariq Wilson currently has 89 career wins spread over his three different career weight classes.

Only five wrestlers in NC State history have reached 100 career wins prior to this season, current volunteer assistant Kevin Jack was the last to do so in 2018.

Dual Dominance
Through the first eight duals, NC State has outscored its foes 238-68 (29.8-8.5). NC State has claimed victory in 59 of the 80 individual matches (73.8%), and 34 wins (57.6%) have been for bonus points.

PROBABLE LINEUPS
#5 NC State Wolfpack (7-1, 0-0 ACC)
125: #15 R-So. Jakob Camacho (9-2)
133: #17 R-Fr. Kai Orine (9-1) -OR- R-So. Jarrett Trombley (9-2)
141: #24 Fr. Ryan Jack (11-4)
149: #3 Gr. Tariq Wilson (7-0)
157: #10 Fr. Ed Scott (15-0)
165: #22 Gr. Thomas Bullard (9-4)
174: #4 Gr. Hayden Hidlay (8-0)
184: #3 R-So. Trent Hidlay (9-0)
197: #20 Fr. Isaac Trumble (10-3)
285: #25 R-Fr. Owen Trephan (13-4) -OR- Jr. Tyrie Houghton (14-7)

Duke Blue Devils (6-6, 0-1 ACC)
125: So. Logan Agin (10-8)
133: R-So. Drake Doolittle (4-15)
141: So. Parker Decker (2-5)
149: #13 R-Sr. Josh Finesilver (22-2)
157: Jr. Wade Unger (10-12)
165: R-Jr. Gabe Dinette (7-7)
174: #15 R-Sr. Matt Finesilver (22-3)
184: Jr. Vincent Baker (10-11)
197: R-Sr. Kaden Russell (12-9)
285: Jr. Jonah Niesenbaum (14-6)

FEATURED BOUTS
149: #3 Tariq Wilson vs. #13 Josh Finesilver
Wilson is 7-0, all dual win, and the last five have been decisions. Finelsilver was crowned the Southern Scuffle champion earlier this season, and his only losses this season were both to top-10 foes (Millner of App State both times). The two have met two previous times, but both of those meetings came back in 2018 while both were at 133 pounds. Wilson won both, a first-period pin in the dual and 8-4 at the ACC Championship.

174: #4 Hayden Hidlay vs. #15 Matt Finesilver
Hidlay has outscored his foes 90-19 this season, and has won 38 straight dual matches dating back to December of 2018. Finesilver is back in the Duke lineup for the first time since 2018-19 (redshirt in 2019-20 and injury last season). He started the season winning his first 20 matches, but has dropped three of his last five – two to top-16 foes. This will be their first career matchup, Hidlay did defeat his brother, Mitch, two times back in 2017-18 (10-5, 3-2).

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Players Mentioned

Thomas Bullard

Jakob Camacho

Hayden Hidlay

Trent Hidlay

Tyrie Houghton

Kevin Jack

Ryan Jack

Kai Orine

Ed Scott

Owen Trephan

Jarrett Trombley

Isaac Trumble

Tariq Wilson