#6 @PackWrestle Hosts Virginia Friday Night in Reynolds Coliseum

Friday, January 26

Raleigh, N.C.

7:30 p.m.

NC State

Virginia - Alumni Night

#6 @PackWrestle Hosts Virginia Friday Night in Reynolds Coliseum

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RALEIGH, N.C. – The No. 6 NC State Wrestling team returns to home action for the first time since November, as the Wolfpack (11-1) will host ACC foe Virginia (3-6) Friday Night in Reynolds Coliseum. The dual will start at 7:30 p.m. and will be streamed on ACC Network Extra.

	#6 NC State (11-1, 1-0) vs. Virginia (3-6, 0-1)
Date	Friday, Jan. 26
Time	7:30 p.m.
Location	Raleigh, N.C.
Venue	Reynolds Coliseum
Tickets	$7 adults, $5 youth
Streaming	ACC Network Extra
Live Scoring	TrackWrestling
Social Media	@PackWrestle

Promotions
• Harris Teeter Million Meals Challenge – Bring 3 or more canned foods/non-perishable items and receive $3 admission at the door
• Wrestling Alumni Night
• Post-Match Autograph Session

Quick Takedowns
• NC State has won three straight against Virginia, including 23-10 last year at UVA.
• For the second straight week, NC State is ranked #6 in the NWCA/USA Today Coaches' Poll. Dating back to the 2015-16 season, NC State has been ranked in the top-10 in each of the last 36 polls, after having not appeared in the top-10 at all since 1993.
• NC State had 10 wrestlers ranked in the first NCAA Coaches' Panel Rankings, the only school to have a wrestler ranked in the top-30 every weight class. Five of the 10 ranked were ranked in the top-three in their weight class.
• 6 NC State wrestlers are ranked in the top-20 in their weight class by InterMat this week, including five in the top-5 and three in the top-3.
• NC State's 11-1 dual start is the second-best in school history (21-0 in 2016).
• The Pack has outscored its first 12 opponents 413-76 (34.4-6.3) and has won 98 of the 120 (81.7%) individual matches in those duals. 59 of the 98 wins have been for bonus points.
• The Pack's 10 ranked in the NCAA Coaches' Panel Rankings are a combined 73-9 in duals this year.
• NC State had six seniors ranked in the first NCAA Coaches' Panel Rankings. During their career, those six have combined for 451 career wins, all with at least 59.
• Over the last three season, NC State has won 47 of its last 51 duals.
• Sr. Kevin Jack (141) is a perfect 13-0 all-time in ACC duals. Over the last two seasons, he has outscored his opponents 91-17 and has not allowed a single takedown.
• Jack became the fifth NC State wrestler to record 100 career wins, he is now 16 shy of the school record. Redshirt-senior Pete Renda (184) also has a change at 100, as he currently has 89.
• R-Fr. Hayden Hidlay (157) is one of only two freshmen (both redshirts and true) nationally in all weight classes still undefeated (Alex Marinello, Iowa – 165). He is 15-0 on the season.
• Hidlay is the reigning ACC Wrestler of the Week, and he has won the award a league-high three times this season, including back-to-back weeks in December.

Probable Starters
#6 NC State Wolfpack (11-1, 1-0 ACC)
125: #3 R-Jr. Sean Fausz (10-1) -OR- So. Tommy Cox (13-4)
133: #26 R-Fr. Tariq Wilson (18-4)
141: #2 Sr. Kevin Jack (14-1)
149: #13 R-Sr. Beau Donahue (15-2)
157: #3 R-Fr. Hayden Hidlay (15-0)
165: #28 R-Sr. Brian Hamann (14-4)
174: #19 R-Fr. Daniel Bullard (11-5)
184: #3 R-Sr. Pete Renda (16-0)
197: #3 R-Sr. Michael Macchiavello (13-1)
285: #27 Sr. Michael Boykin (15-4) -OR- R-Jr. Malik McDonald (14-4)

Virginia Cavaliers (3-6, 0-1 ACC)
125: #11 R-Fr. Louie Hayes (23-5)
133: #5 So. Jack Mueller (17-2)
141: R-Fr. Sam Martino (6-12)
149: #23 R-So. Sam Krivus (14-10) -OR- Fr. Jake Keating (19-12)
157: R-So. Fred Green (10-8) -OR- R-Fr. Michael Murphy (5-8)
165: #30 R-Sr. Andrew Atkinson (12-5)
174: #25 R-Jr. Will Schany (16-7)
184: Fr. Michael Battista (1-13) -OR- R-Fr. Jack Walsh (0-10)
197: #31 R-Fr. Jay Aiello (12-9)
285: R-So. Tyler Love (7-11) -OR- Fr. Brian Kennerly (6-6)

* - Team Ranking according to USA Today/NWCA Division I Wrestling Coaches Poll
* - Individual Rankings according to 1/18 D1 Coaches' Panel Rankings

Key Matchups
133: #26 R-Fr. Tariq Wilson (18-4) vs. #5 So. Jack Mueller (17-2)
Wilson leads the Wolfpack with 18 wins this season, and has scored victories over returning NCAA Qualifiers, but is looking for his first signature win – he is 0-1 against ranked foes. Mueller was an All-American last season as a true freshman, and is ranked #5 this week with a 17-2 mark on the season and holds a pair of top-10 wins.

149: #13 R-Sr. Beau Donahue (15-2) vs. #23 R-So. Sam Krivus (14-10)
Donahue is ranked for the first time in his career, and sits at 15-2 on the season and a perfect 7-0 in duals. Krivus who was an NCAA Qualifier last season, and is up to #23 this week, narrowly loss to #5 Heilmann 4-2 in the UNC dual last weekend.

Series Against Virginia
NC State and Virginia will be facing each other in a dual for the 65th time since the start of ACC competition (1955). NC State holds a slight 33-30-1 since conference action began, winning each of the last three matchups to take the series lead (22-20 in 2015 at UVA, 35-7 in Raleigh in 2016, and 23-10 last year at UVA).

Last Year Versus Virginia
With the score tied 7-7 after the first four matches, No. 8 NC State won four straight matches, and five of the final six, to came away with a 23-10 ACC dual win at Virginia.

How this year's probable NC State starters fared:
125: #7 Jack Mueller (UVA) major dec. Tommy Cox; 13-2
141: #2 Kevin Jack (NCSU) major dec. #7 George DiCamillo; 10-1
184: #10 Michael Macchiavello (NCSU) dec. Will Schany; 3-1
197: #24 Malik McDonald (NCSU) dec. Chance McClure; 8-5