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NC State comes away with 23-17 road win at Virginia

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. — After dropping the first bout, No. 8 NC State won four straight matches and took a commanding lead in a 23-17 road win at #23 Virginia Friday night. With the win, head coach Pat Popolizio picked up his 100th dual victory at NC State. The dual started at 125 pounds, and No. 5 Jack Mueller scored a first-period tech fall. Bumping up from 125 pounds, No. 12 Sean Fausz scored a 6-0 decision at 133 pounds. Fausz scored a takedown in both the first and third periods for the Pack’s first win of the night.

Jamel Morris controlled his bout enroute to a 10-3 decision at 141 pounds. Morris scored an early takedown in the first and a late one in the second, and used a four-point near fall in the third to secure the win. No. 8 Justin Oliver scored the Pack’s first bonus point win of the night, notching a 13-3 major decision at 149 pounds. Oliver finished the bout with 4:06 of ride time, in addition to not giving up a takedown. No. 4 Hayden Hidlay made it back-to-back major decisions, as he came away with a 15-6 win at 157 pounds. Hidlay scored a pair of takedowns and a pair of two-point near falls in the first period to take a commanding 8-1 lead. At the halfway point NC State was up 14-5. Read rest of the story at

February 2, 2019 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized