NC State
#17 Stanford
#7 Pack Faces #17 Stanford for Final Home Dual
2/13/2025 1:30:00 PM | Wrestling
RALEIGH – Seventh-ranked NC State (10-1, 4-0) wrestling prepares to face No. 17 Stanford (8-3, 1-2) for the first-time ever Friday night in the Wolfpack's final home dual of the season. The dual also marks the first-ever conference meeting between the two.
Dual-Meet Info
• Start time for the dual From Reynolds Coliseum is slated for 7 p.m. on ACC Network with commentary by Rock Harrison and Shawn Kenney.
• Seven seniors will be recognized prior to the start of the match, approximately at 6:45 p.m. The seven include Luke Ahrberg, Jakob Camacho, Derek Fields, Josh Johnson, Christian Knop, Kai Orine, and Ed Scott.
• Admission tickets for the event can be purchased here.
• It's sustainability night! "Leave one, take one" t-shirts will be available for the first 300 participants to swap an old t-shirt for a new Wolfpack Wrestling shirt!
• A meet-and-greet with members of the Pack will take place in the Grand Hall immediately following the conclusion of the dual.
• NC State will welcome back five-time NCAA All-American for the Pack, Hayden Hidlay, who now serves as an assistant coach for the Cardinal.
Probable Lineups
125 | #3 Vince Robinson or Louie Gill VS. N/A
133 | #13 Kai Orine or Troy Hohman VS. #7 Tyler Knox
141 | Tyler Tracy VS. #21 Jason Miranda or Aden Valencia
149 | #22 Koy Buesgens VS. #10 Jaden Abas or Jack Consiglio
157 | #14 Ed Scott VS. #28 Grigor Cholakyan
165 | #28 Derek Fields or Luke Ahrberg VS. #13 Hunter Garvin or Zach Hanson
174 | #21 Matty Singleton VS. #4 Lorenzo Norman or Collin Guffey or Lars Michaelson
184 | #14 Dylan Fishback VS. Tye Monteiro or Cole Han-Lindemyer
197 | #31 Christian Knop or Andrew Macchiavello VS. #22 Nick Stemmet
285 | #4 Isaac Trumble VS. #31 Peter Ming
Win On Friday Would…
• Be the 792nd win in program history (791-487-22)
• Be the 257th win in Popolizio's head coaching career (256-86-2)
• Be Popolizio's 176th victory at NC State (175-33)
• Be the 1st-ever win over the Cardinal (0-0-0)
Series History
First-ever meeting between the two.
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 where it remained for another four weeks. After the team's bye week, the Pack was knocked down to No. 7 on February 11.
• NC State has remained in the top-10 for over 100 straight regular season NWCA polls.
• 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 one of the two highest ranked freshmen in the country across all weight classes according to InterMat (the other being Josh Barr from Penn State at 197).
• Trumble leads the team in bonus point dominance with five falls and five technical falls.
Around the ACC
• The ACC holds five teams ranked nationally in the top-25 (No. 7 NC State, No. 10 Virginia Tech, No. 16 North Carolina, No. 17 Stanford, and No. 18 Pitt). 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.
• NC State remains as the lone undefeated team in conference action with North Carolina and Virginia Tech right behind, each holding one loss.
• Three members of the Pack have claimed five different ACC Wrestler of the Week honors. Vince Robinson (125) on Nov. 12, Jan. 14, and Feb. 4, 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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