Takedown Report

Buckeyes Down No. 2 NC State, Win Collegiate Duals Title

COLUMBUS, Ohio – No. 8 Ohio State (7-1) won a 2023 Collegiate Duals Title Tuesday with a 26-7 win over No. 21 Northern Iowa, a 28-9 win over Lock Haven and an upset victory over No. 2 NC State, 21-20, at the Montgomery Bell Center in Nashville, Tennessee.
Against the Wolfpack, Ohio State redshirt freshman Brendan McCrone (125) got the match underway with a pin of No. 1 ranked Jakob Camacho just 37 seconds into the first period. No. 12 Nic Bouzakis then pinned No. 5 Kai Orine 51 seconds into the 133 pound match to give Ohio State a 12-0 lead. 
No. 3 ranked Jesse Mendez then pinned No. 4 Ryan Jack in the 141-pound match for an 18-0 lead for the Buckeyes. 
NC State chipped away at the Ohio State lead before true freshman Rocco Welsh won his bout with a late third-period takedown for a 9-6 win by decision and Ohio State’s final points at the event in the 21-20 win.  
How it Happened
 Ohio State vs. Northern Iowa
125-Brendan McCrone (OSU) def. Trever Anderson (UNI) | D, 10-8 (OSU 3, UNI 0)
McCrone opened the scoring with a takedown and four points for a nearfall. Anderson got on the board with a reversal to trail 7-2 after the first period. An Anderson takedown midway through the second period made it 7-5 McCrone. A Buckeye reversal then made it 9-5 Buckeyes after five minutes. Anderson cut it to 10-8 with a takedown 45 seconds into the third after a McCrone escape. That’s how it ended to give McCrone a win by decision. …

Ohio State vs. North Carolina State
125-Brendan McCrone (OSU) def No. 1 Jakob Camacho (NCST) | F 0:37 (OSU 6, NCST 0)
McCrone wasted no time in getting a takedown and then the win by fall just 37 seconds into the match.

133-No. 12 Nic Bouzakis (OSU) def. No. 5 Kai Orine (NCST) | F, 0:51 (OSU 12, NCST 0)
Bouzakis, not to be outdone, put the Buckeyes up 12-0 in the team standings with a fall of his own 51 seconds into his bout.

141-No. 3 Jesse Mendez (OSU) def. No. 4 Ryan Jack (NCST) | F, 6:54 (OSU 18, NCST 0)
Mendez trailed 3-1 after the first and closed it to 3-2 with an escape early in the second. Jack took a 4-2 lead early in the third with an escape. Mendez took a 5-4 lead with a takedown with 1:20 to go. Jack got a reversal to tie it at 6-all before Mendez got the fall late in the third.

149- No. 5 Jackson Arrington (NCST) def. No. 4 Dylan D’Emilio (OSU) | D, 5-3 (OSU 18, NCST 3)
Arrington took a 4-1 lead into the third period when D’Emilio got an immediate reversal to trail 4-3 but Arrington got the win by decision, 5-3.  

157- No. 6 Ed Scott (NCST) def. No. 13 Paddy Gallagher (OSU) | D, 4-2 (OSU 18, NCST 6)
There was no score in the first period. Gallagher took the 1-0 lead with an escape to start the second. Scott tied it at 1-all with an escape to open the third. Scott got the takedown late in the third and won the bout by decision, 4-2.

165- Derek Fields (NCST) def. No. 21 Isaac Wilcox (OSU) | D, 4-1 (OSU 18, NCST 9)
After a scoreless first period, Fields took a 1-0 lead with an escape in the second. Fields added a late takedown for a 4-0 lead going to the third where he won by decision, 4-1.

174-Rocco Welsh (OSU) def. No. 23 Alex Faison (NCST) | D, 9-6 (OSU 21, NCST 9)
Faison led 3-1 after three minutes with an opening-period takedown. Welsh made it 3-2 Wolfpack with an escape early in the second. Welsh scored a takedown followed by a Faison reversal for a 5-all match. Welch escaped to go up 6-5 heading to the third. Faison then escaped to tie it up again at 6-all. Facing overtime, Welch scored a late takedown for the 9-6 win by decision.

184-No. 15 Dylan Fishback (NCST) def. Ryder Rogotzke (OSU) | D, 7-3 (OSU 21, NCST 12)
Fishback got the opening takedown before a Rogotzke escape made it 3-1. Fishback got an escape in the second and Rogotzke escaped in the third to make it 4-2. Fishback then got the winning takedown to earn the win by decision, 7-3.

197- No. 4 Trent Hidlay (NCST) def. No. 23 Luke Geog (OSU) | TF, 22-7 (OSU 21, NCST 17)  
Hidlay led 8-1 after the first with a couple takedowns and two stalling points. Geog fought back to make it 11-6 Wolfpack before a Hidlay takedown late made it 15-6 after five minutes. Hidlay then finished off the bout to win by technical fall, 22-7.

HWT- No. 17 Owen Trephan (NCST) def. No. 18 Nick Feldman (OSU) D 8-4, (OSU 21, NCST 20)
There was no score after the first. Feldman got the first score with an escape to open the second for a 1-0 lead. Trephan got the point back with an escape early in the third to make it 1-all. Trephan then got a takedown for a 4-1 lead Feldman added an escape to make it 4-2. Feldman then got his first takedown of the match to go up 5-4. Trephan then escaped to tie it at 5-all before getting the winning takedown with less than 10 seconds to go for an 8-6 win by decision.

OHIO STATE 21, NC STATE 12                               OSU     NCST
125      Mccrone (OSU) WBF Camacho (NCST), 0:37   6          0
133      Bouzakis (OSU) WBF Orine (NCST), 0:51        12        0
141      Mendez (OSU) WBF Jack (NCST), 6:54            18        0
149      Arrington (NCST) DEC Demilio (OSU), 5-3      18        3
157      Scott (NCST) DEC Gallagher (OSU), 4-2          18        6
165      Fields (NCST) DEC Wilcox (OSU), 4-1             18        9
174      Welsh (OSU) DEC Faison (NCST), 9-6             21        9
184      Fishback (NCST) DEC Rogotzke (OSU), 7-3     21        12
197      Hidlay (NCST) TF Geog (OSU), 22-7               21        17
HWT    Trephan (NCST) DEC Feldman (OSU), 8-6       21        20

Up Next
The No. 8 Buckeyes return to Columbus for a bout with No. 3 Cornell Friday, Jan. 5 (8 p.m./BTN) at the Covelli Center. … story at Ohiostatebuckeyes.com/Wrestling-no-8-buckeyes-at-2023-collegiae-duals-updates

And
Wolfpack Wrestling Adds Two More Wins from Collegiate Duals
Nashville, Tenn. – The second-ranked NC State wrestling team (9-1) defeated Lock Haven 34-6 and No. 25 Northern Iowa 25-16 before coming up short to No. 10 Ohio State 20-21 on Tuesday afternoon at the 2023 Collegiate Duals. 

Notable Notes
• Out of 30 bouts on the day, the red-and-white took home nine ranked victories
•  #5/5 Jackson Arrington (149) upset Ohio State’s #4/4 Dylan D’Emilio, 5-3
• Trent Hidlay (197) and Ed Scott (157) each went 3-0 perfect
• Hidlay dominated the day with one pin and two technical falls 
• The team was down 0-18 after the first three bouts with Ohio State but came back to finish 20-21
• Derek Fields (165) re-entered the lineup for the Wolfpack’s ranked matchups and came out on top. He posted a technical fall over Northern Iowa’s Evant Yant and a 4-1 ranked upset over Ohio State’s #24/21 Isaac Wilcox

Pack Pins
• #2/4 Trent Hidlay pinned Lock Haven’s Brad Morrison at the 2:26 mark
• #5/5 Jackson Arrington pinned Northern Iowa’s Adam Allard at the 5:26 mark … story at … GOpack.com/Wolfpack-wrestling-adds-two-more-wins-from-collegiate-duals

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