NC State
#12 Cornell
#6 Wrestling Travels to #12 Cornell for Sunday Matinee
12/19/2024 7:09:00 PM | Wrestling
RALEIGH – Sixth-ranked NC State wrestling travels to 12th-ranked Cornell for its final competition of 2024. The two are set to face-off Sunday afternoon in Bartels Hall at 4 p.m. in Ithaca, N.Y.
Dual-Meet Info
• Official dual-meet start time is 4 p.m. Sunday afternoon in Bartels Hall, while fans at home can view the broadcast on ESPN+.
Probable Lineups
125 | Louie Gill VS. Marcello Milani
133 | Troy Hohman or Kai Orine VS. #30 Brett Ungar or Tyler Ferrara
141 | Jaydon Robinson or Tyler Tracy VS. Josh Saunders
149 | Koy Buesgens VS. #18 Ethan Fernandez
157 | #10 Ed Scott VS. #2 Meyer Shapiro or Nate Wade
165 | Luke Ahrberg or #32 Derek Fields VS. #5 Julian Ramirez
174 | #20 Matty Singleton VS. #11 Simon Ruiz
184 | #13 Dylan Fishback VS. #9 Chris Foca
197 | #29 Christian Knop or Andrew Macchiavello VS. #25 Mikey Dellagatta or Aiden Hanning
285 | #4 Isaac Trumble VS. #32 Ashton Davis or Aiden Compton
Win On Sunday Would…
• Be the 787th win in program history (786-486-22)
• Be the 252nd win in Popolizio's head coaching career (251-85-2)
• Be Popolizio's 171st victory at NC State (170-32)
• Be the 3rd win over the Big Red (2-3)
Series History (trails 2-3)
• Sunday's dual-meet marks the sixth meeting between the Wolfpack and the Big Red. Cornell leads the series over NC State by just one victory, with three wins total (in 1992, 1996, and 2015). Amidst the Popolizio era, the leader of the Pack carries two wins (2020 and 2024) and only one loss (2015).
• The two faced each other this past season in Reynolds Coliseum for a top-10 match-up in front of over 3,000 fans that resulted in a 24-9 win for the red-and-white. Five of the 10 bouts featured individually ranked battles.
Quick Notes
• The ACC holds five teams ranked nationally in the top-25 (No. 6 NC State, No. 7 Virginia Tech, No. 15 Stanford, No. 18 Pittsburgh, and No. 25 North Carolina). There are seven teams total with wrestling programs in the ACC.
• The program has remained ranked in the No. 6 spot for six consecutive NWCA polls this season, it was previously eighth in the preseason poll and seventh after the first week of 2024-25 competition.
• Eight of the 10 weight classes for NC State boast a ranked wrestler by InterMat, four of which are in the top-10.
• 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.
• 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.
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