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NC STATE’s Trombley Pin Leads #3 WolfPack to 21-18 Win over #7 Virginia Tech

With the win, NC State claims at least a share of the ACC dual title for the third straight year
RALEIGH, N.C. – Down 15-9 with four bouts left, #3 NC State won three of the final four bouts of the night and claimed a 21-18 win over #7 Virginia Tech inside Reynolds Coliseum. The Hokies claimed a pin at 197 pounds to take the 15-9 lead. NC State went back-to-back top-20 wins with takedowns in the final seconds of the third period to get the wins at heavyweight then at 125 pounds to tie the dual 15-15 with two bouts left. R-Fr. Jarrett Trombley clinched the dual for NC State with a third straight Wolfpack top-20 win, as he locked up a cradle for the first period fall over #22 Collin Gerardi. The Pack has now clinched at least a share of the ACC regular-season championship, its third straight. NC State has now won three straight top-10 ACC matches, and sits at 4-0 in the conference with a trip to Duke next Friday night.
By the time VT won the final bout at 141 pounds, the winner of the dual was already decided. The bout started at 149 pounds, and #26 Bryce Andonian of Virginia Tech scored a first period pin over #32 A.J. Leitten for a quick 6-0 lead for the Hokies. #2 Hayden Hidlay got the Pack on the board, as he used a takedown in the first and third periods and scored a 6-2 win over #17 B.C. LaPrade. The Pack evened it after three bouts with a top-10 win at 165 pounds, as #10 Thomas Bullard downed #6 David McFadden 2-1. With a 1-0 lead, Bullard started the third on top and racked up 1:14 of ride time before the escape for the deciding point. NC State made it three in a row and claimed its first lead, as #13 Daniel Bullard scored a pair of takedowns and racked up 3:51 of ride time for his 7-3 decision. In a top-three matchup at 184 pounds, #2 Hunter Bolen scored the lone takedown of the bout in the first period and claimed a 3-1 decision over #3 Trent Hidlay. The dual was even 9-9 at the midway point. …. rest of the story and details at https://gopack.com/news/2020/2/14/wrestling-trombley-pin-leads-3-packwrestle-to-21-18-win-over-7-virginia-tech.aspx

February 14, 2020 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized