@PackWrestle Announces 2018-19 Schedule

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RALEIGH, N.C. – NC State head coach Pat Popolizio has announced the Wolfpack's 2018-19 schedule.

Last season, the Wolfpack posted a school-best fourth place finish at the 2018 NCAA Championships, with another school-record of four All-Americans.

For 2018-19, two of those All-Americans return (R-So. Hayden Hidlay – 2^nd place, and R-So. Tariq Wilson – 3^rd place), along with the addition of 2016 All-American transfer Justin Oliver, and the Pack has nine previous NCAA Qualifiers on the roster.

NC State has finished in the top-10 in the final NWCA/USA Today Coaches' poll each of the last three seasons, finishing No. 6 last season. NC State has been ranked in the top-10 for the last 40 polls over the last three season, after having not been ranked in the top-10 at all since 1993. Also over the last three seasons, NC State ranks second nationally in dual winning percentage at 91.1%, having won 51 of the last 56 duals.

Last season, NC State led the ACC and ranked 12^th nationally in average attendance, setting a new school record for its five home duals averaging 1,868 fans.

2018-19 Schedule Breakdown
• Saturday, Nov. 3 – Outdoor Expo
Prior to the NC State-Florida State football game, the wrestling team will hold its annual wrestle-offs in the Close-King Indoor Practice Facility.

• Sunday, Nov. 11 – Journeymen Collegiate Classic (Troy, N.Y.)
Pack's annual trip to start the season, one-day tournament has wrestlers in pods, guaranteed 3-4 matches overall.

• Saturday, Nov. 17 – Wolfpack Duals
Pack opens competition in Reynolds Coliseum, welcoming UNC Pembroke, Reinhardt and Davidson.

• Sunday, Nov. 18 – Wolfpack Wrestling Club Open
An open tournament in Carmichael Gymnasium.

• Thursday, Nov. 29 – at Old Dominion
NC State has won the last four matchups, ODU returns multiple ranked wrestlers at the lower weights.

• Tuesday, Dec. 4 – vs. Appalachian State
NC State has won the last five matchups, App. State returns three NCAA Qualifiers and has won three straight Southern Conference Championships.

• Sunday, Dec. 16 – vs. Nebraska
The Pack won 29-2 last year at Nebraska, and the home team has won the last four matchups dating back to 2015. Nebraska starts the season No. 7, and has six of their 10 starters ranked in the top-10 of their weight class.

• December 29-30 – South Beach Duals (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.)
With two duals per day, NC State will face Indiana, Purdue, Utah Valley and Wyoming.

• Sunday, Jan. 6 – at Ohio State
The Buckeyes start the season No. 2 in the polls. They lost three four-time All-Americans, but six of their 10 starters are ranked in the top-five nationally at their weight.

• Jan. 11-13 – vs. Brown and West Virginia
Still working on final details of exact dates and times, but both duals will be on separate days in Raleigh.

• Saturday, Jan. 19 – vs. Drexel
The Dragons were 12-4 last season, finishing in the top-25 in the final poll.

• Friday, Jan. 25 – vs. Duke
NC State has won the last three matchups. Duke returns four NCAA Qualifiers in the Finesilver brothers.

• Friday, Feb. 1 – at Virginia
NC State has won the last four matchups, including the last two in Charlottesville (22-20 in 2015 and 23-10 in 2017).

• Sunday, Feb. 10 – vs. Pittsburgh
NC State has won the last four matchups, never having lost to Pitt in Reynolds in two previous meetings (27-12 in 2015 and 23-15 in 2017).

• Friday, Feb. 15 – at North Carolina
NC State has won five straight matchups, its longest winning streak in the series since seven straight from 1981-84.

• Sunday, Feb. 24 – at Virginia Tech
Last year, this final dual matchup determined the ACC Dual Championship, with the Pack winning the final matchup in OT.

• Saturday, March 9 – ACC Championship (Blacksburg, Va.)

• March 21-23 – NCAA Championships (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

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