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Matside Updates: Tough Farewells; Matt Finesilver Prepped

Matt Finesilver Prepped for 2019 World Team Trials Challenge
Duke rising senior Matt Finesilver doesn’t have to go far for his next national wrestling tournament as NC State plays host to the 2019 World Team Trials Challenge Tournament this weekend, May 17-19. Finesilver will be among the nation’s top wrestlers competing for spots in one of two Final X events, which determines the World Team. Finesilver, fresh off of taking fourth at the U.S. Open at the end of April to secure an Olympic redshirt, will compete at 79 kilograms in the senior freestyle division. Action begins for him, Saturday, May 19 at 10 a.m. Session II gets underway at 5:30 p.m. Competing at 174 pounds for the Blue Devils the past two seasons, Finesilver is a two-time NCAA qualifier and garnered All-ACC honors in 2019 with a runner-up finish.
It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye
The quartet of Mitch Finesilver, Zach Finesilver, Brandon Leynaud and Alec Schenk officially became Duke alums this past Sunday at the 2019 Duke Commencement ceremony. The group’s impact on the wrestling program can’t be put into words, but lives in the Blue Devils’ consecutive top 25 finishes at the NCAA Championships. Without the tireless work of these four during their careers, Duke would not be where it is today as a wrestling program.

• Mitch Finesilver: Evolutionary Anthropology; Sociology minor
• Zach Finesilver: History; Evolutionary Anthropology minor
• Brandon Leynaud: Sociology; Neuroscience & Psychology minors
• Alec Schenk: Sociology; Italian minor
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June 2, 2019 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized