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#8 Wrestling Guts Out a 21-20 Win Over #24 Stanford
1/17/2026 12:33:00 AM | Wrestling
PALO ALTO, Calif. – Eighth-ranked NC State wrestling edged past 24th-ranked Stanford 21-20 Friday night in the Pack's first-ever trip to The Farm.
In a fiery conference competition, NC State crept past Stanford just barely in the squad's second ACC dual of the season to move 10-3 overall and 2-0 in the ACC.
Coming out with a bang, sixth-year veteran No. 12 Ryan Jack at 141 lbs pinned #17 Jack Consiglio to immediately put the Pack up 6-0 off the bat.
Following up with a statement win, fifth-ranked Koy Buesgens at 149 lbs collected a major decision over ninth-ranked Aden Valencia. Continuing to show his growth in the off-season, the redshirt-sophomore improves to 15-1 in his second career campaign.
After dropping the match at 157 lbs, freshman standout No. 16 Will Denny at 165 lbs snagged a tight 6-5 win, followed up by a decision by fifth-ranked Matty Singleton at 174 lbs as well, to put the team score at 16-5.
NC State then faced back-to-back losses at 184 and 197 lbs to allow the Cardinal to creep back in, 16-14.
Reliable veteran Isaac Trumble, ranked second in the country at heavyweight, provided much-needed bonus points with a technical fall. He now sits with a 75% bonus point percentage on the season, snagging eight wins overall with six of those in the bonus.
The Wolfpack then dropped the last two matches in barn-burners with the 125 lbs match going into sudden victory and the dual being decided in the final match at 133 lbs. Zach Redding held seventh-ranked Tyler Knox to a decision to allow his team to take the victory 21-20.
Up Next
NC State travels to Gilroy High School, where freshman Daniel Zepeda placed himself on the national scene, Sunday to face CSU Bakersfield at 5 p.m. (ET)/2 p.m. (PT).
Results
#8 NC State 21, #24 Stanford 20
Location: Maples Pavilion in Palo Alto, Calif.
Attendance: 943
141 | #12 Ryan Jack (NCSU) win by fall #17 Jack Consiglio (STAN), 2:50 // 6-0
149 | #5 Koy Buesgens (NCSU) major dec. #9 Aden Valencia (STAN), 14-5 // 10-0
157 | #10 Daniel Cardenas (STAN) tech fall Brogan Tucker (NCSU), 21-5 // 10-5
165 | #16 Will Denny (NCSU) dec. EJ Parco (STAN), 6-5 // 13-5
174 | #5 Matty Singleton (NCSU) dec. Collin Guffey (STAN), 7-2 // 16-5
184 | Abraham Wojcikiewicz (STAN) dec. Don Cates (NCSU), 8-5 // 16-8
197 | #19 Angelo Posada (STAN) win by fall #27 Patrick Brophy (NCSU), 1:28 // 16-14
285 | #2 Isaac Trumble (NCSU) tech fall Luke Duthie (STAN), 22-6 // 21-14
125 | #13 Nico Provo (STAN) dec. #1 Vincent Robinson (NCSU), 4-1 (SV) // 21-17
133 | #7 Tyler Knox (STAN) dec. Zach Redding (NCSU), 5-3 // 21-20
*Rankings according to InterMat (1/13/26)
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