NC State
#18 North Carolina
#6 Wrestling Hits the Road to Crosstown Rival #18 UNC
1/30/2025 11:45:00 AM | Wrestling
RALEIGH, N.C. – Sixth-ranked NC State wrestling hits the road to Chapel Hill to face crosstown rival 18th-ranked North Carolina Friday night. The dual marks the Wolfpack's fourth conference match-up of the season, while both are unbeaten in ACC action.
Dual-Meet Info
• Start time for the dual is slated for 7 p.m. on ACC Network Extra with commentary by Ian Unsworth and Clay Lautt.
• Admission tickets for the event can be purchased here.
• The match will take place in Carmichael Arena in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Probable Lineups
125 | #3 Vince Robinson or Louie Gill VS. #13 Spencer Moore
133 | #12 Kai Orine or Troy Hohman VS. #13 Ethan Oakley
141 | Tyler Tracy VS. #22 Jayden Scott
149 | #21 Koy Buesgens VS. #5 Lachlan McNeil
157 | #14 Ed Scott VS. #19 Sonny Santiago
165 | #27 Derek Fields or Luke Ahrberg VS. Charlie Darracott
174 | #20 Matty Singleton VS. #17 Joshua Ogunsanya
184 | #15 Dylan Fishback VS. #22 Gavin Kane
197 | #26 Christian Knop or Andrew Macchiavello VS. Cade Lautt
285 | #4 Isaac Trumble VS. Nolan Neves
Win On Friday Would…
• Be the 791st win in program history (790-487-22)
• Be the 256th win in Popolizio's head coaching career (255-86-2)
• Be Popolizio's 175th victory at NC State (174-33)
• Be the 66th win over the Tarheels (65-52-2)
Series History
• NC State year-by-year records place Friday's dual-meet as the 120th meeting between the Wolfpack and the Tarheels. NC State leads the series over North Carolina by 13 victories but has claimed consecutive wins in the last 11 meetings.
• The two faced each other this past season in a sold out Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh that resulted in a 33-6 win for the Wolfpack.
*Year-by-year records only date back to 1954-55 season
Quick Notes
• The program entered the top-5 at No. 5 on January 7 after occupying the No. 6 spot for seven consecutive NWCA polls this season. After falling to No. 3 Oklahoma State, the Pack fell back down to No. 6.
• Nine of the 10 weight classes for NC State boast a ranked wrestler by InterMat, two of which are in the top-5.
• Isaac Trumble placed second in the heavyweight bracket at the highly-competitive Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational on December 7th after tallying ranked wins over No. 20 Lance Runyon of Northern Iowa and No. 5 Cohlton Schultz of Arizona State. His lone loss in the finals came from Oklahoma State's No. 3 Wyatt Hendrickson who placed third at the 2023 & 2024 NCAA Championships.
• Vince Robinson (125) and Isaac Trumble (285) have climbed to their highest ever individual rankings, both in the top-five of their weight classes. Robinson is currently the highest ranked freshman in the country across all weight classes according to InterMat.
Around the ACC
• The ACC holds five teams ranked nationally in the top25 (No. 6 NC State, No. 10 Virginia Tech, No. 15 Stanford, No. 16 Pitt, and No. 18 North Carolina). There are seven teams total with wrestling programs in the ACC.
• NC State opens the season as the defending ACC Champions for the sixth-straight season. The consecutive titles make the Wolfpack the second wrestling program to hold at least six consecutive ACC trophies (other program is previous conference member Maryland. The program now has 21 total conference championships, the most among current ACC teams.
• Three members of the Pack have claimed four different ACC Wrestler of the Week honors. Vince Robinson (125) on Nov. 12 and Jan. 14, Isaac Trumble (285) on Nov. 19, and Koy Buesgens (149) on Jan. 28.
• NC State is one of two ACC schools (other being Virginia Tech) to have at least two wrestlers ranked in the top-five of their weight classes according to InterMat.
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