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No. 19 App State Wrestling Dominates Duke

BOONE, N.C. — Less than 10 seconds after the home dual against Duke began, Caleb Smith brought fans in Varsity Gym to their feet with an emphatic takedown.
 
Fans of the 19th-ranked Mountaineers had reason to cheer all evening, as App State won the first nine matches in a 42-3 victory against Duke on Tuesday night. The crowd of 968 witnessed eight of those wins produce bonus points in a one-sided affair that gave the Mountaineers their 10th victory over a Power Five program since JohnMark Bentley became head coach.
 
After climbing to its highest-ever ranking in the NWCA Coaches Poll earlier in the day — App State is as high as No. 18 in the country in a different poll and has been as high as No. 16 in InterMat’s rankings, back in 2016-17 — the Mountaineers improved to 7-2 overall by dominating their final nonconference dual.
 
The Appalachian Open on Saturday is next on the schedule, and App State will take a 3-0 league record into its SoCon dual at Gardner-Webb on Monday.
 
Smith’s fast start in Tuesday’s opener at 125 pounds propelled him … rest of story at APPstatesports.com/news/2023/1/24/-19-wrestling-no-19-app-state-wrestling-hammers-duke

January 30, 2023 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized