North Carolina State University Athletics
Wrestling Travels to Oklahoma and No. 3 Missouri This Weekend
1/15/2015 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
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RALEIGH, N.C. - The NC State wrestling team will be in road action for two dual matched this weekend, as the Wolfpack (10-3) travel to Oklahoma on Friday at 8 p.m., and then continue to #3 Missouri on Sunday at 3 p.m.
NC State will be competing in its first true-road dual of the 2014-15 season. The Pack has gone 5-1 in neutral site duals, including wins at last weekend’s Pitt Duals over Lock Haven (32-3), Eastern Michigan (36-6), and Bloomsburg (42-0) by a combined score of 110-9.
IN THE RANKINGS
NC State is ranked #19 this weekend accoring to FloWrestling, but fell out of the top-25 in the USA Today/NWCA Division I Coaches Poll for the first time since Nov. 25. The Pack is the top team in ‘Others Receiving Votes’.
Among the indivdual Pack wrestlers ranked:
• Jr. Sam Speno (141) - #18 FloWrestling, #19 WIN
• So. Max Rohskopf (165) - #15 FloWrestling, #16 TheOpenMat
• So. Pete Renda (174) - #12 TheOpenMat, #12 WIN, #14 InterMat
• RS-Jr. Nick Gwiazdowski - #1 TheOpenMat, #1 WIN, #2 FloWrestling, #2 InterMat
THE OPPONENTS
Oklahoma enters with a 5-4 mark on the season, with three of the four losses coming to foes ranked in the top-10. The Sooners were one of five schools in the ‘Others Receiving Votes’ in this week’s USA Today/NWCA Division I Coaches Poll. Oklahoma features three wrestlers ranked in the top-20, two of which are in the top-10 nationally. The Sooners will be in home action for the first time since three home duals on Nov. 1.
Missouri enters a perfect 13-0 on the season in duals, coming off of a 27-9 win at then-No. 4 Cornell this past weekend. The Tigers are ranked No. 3 in this week’s USA Today/NWCA Division I Coaches Poll and No. 4 by FloWrestling.com. Eight of Missouri’s 10 starters are ranked in the top-20 this week, including four in the top-5 of their weight class. Missouri will host Central Michigan on Saturday afternoon before hosting the Pack on Sunday.
OF NOTE
With a pair of wins this weekend, Nick Gwiazdowski would tie the school record for most consecutive wins with 41. Gwiazdowski won his final 20 bouts last year enroute to an NCAA title, and is a perfect 19-0 this year putting his streak to 39 straight. Former Pack national champion Sylvester Terkay won all 41 bouts his senior season and currently holds the school record for most consecutive wins.
UP NEXT FOR NC STATE
The Pack returns to home action on Saturday, Jan. 24 as the Pack will host Kent State at 3 p.m. in Reynolds Coliseum. NC State will honor 1988 national champion Scott Turner, and the dual also serves as the Pack’s alumni weekend.
PROBABLE LINEUPS
NC State (10-3)
125 - RS-Sr. Joe DeAngelo (8-7)
133 - Fr. Bryce Meredith (11-2)
141 - #18 Jr. Sam Speno (9-6)
149 - So. Brian Hamann (5-2) or RS-Fr. Beau Donahue (11-6) or Fr. Sam Melikian (6-6)
157 - RS-Fr. Chad Pyke (11-9)
165 - #15 So. Max Rohskopf (20-6)
174 - So. Pete Renda (15-5)
184 - Fr. Nicky Hall (4-4) or So. Michael Macchiavello (8-5)
197 - Fr. Michael Boykin (14-5)
285 - #2 RS-Jr. Nick Gwiazdowski (19-0)
Oklahoma (5-4)
125 - Fr. Ryan Millhof (15-7)
133 - #6 RS-Jr. Cody Brewer (10-0)
141 - Fr. Trae Blackwell (12-10)
149 - RS-Fr. Shayne Tucker (12-12)
157 - #10 RS-Sr. Justin DeAngelis (14-3)
165 - RS-So. Clark Glass (14-8)
174 - RS-So. Matt Reed (19-8)
184 - Fr. Brooks Climmons (3-7)
197 - RS-So. Brad Johnson (10-7) or Fr. Andrew Dixon (10-10)
285 - #10 RS-So. Ross Larson (18-3)
#3 Missouri (13-0)
125 - #2 RS-Sr. Alan Waters (19-0)
133 - RS-So. Zach Synon (22-7) or RS-So. Matt Manley (10-4)
141 - #5 RS-So. Lavion Mayes (21-0)
149 - #4 RS-Sr. Drake Houdashelt (21-1)
157 - #10 So. Joey Lavallee (14-6)
165 - RS-Sr. Mikey England (15-6)
174 - #7 RS-Sr. Johnny Eblen (17-3)
184 - #9 RS-Fr. Willie Miklus (19-3)
197 - #2 So. J’den Cox (20-0)
285 - #13 RS-Sr. Devin Mellon (20-5)
