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Wolfpack Wrestling Unveils 2024-25 Schedule

RALEIGH, N.C. – The NC State wrestling program has released its full schedule for the upcoming 2024-25 season, as announced by head coach Pat Popolizio on Friday. 
Featuring 18 total dates, the team’s slate holds five home duals, in addition to wrestle-offs in Reynolds Coliseum on October 26th at 1 p.m., six away duals, and three neutral site duals. 
Special events and tournaments include Journeymen’s WrangleMania and Collegiate Classic in Bethlehem, Pa., the new Jersey Jostle duals in Toms River, N.J. and the Cliff Keen Invitational in Las Vegas, Nev.  Season tickets are still available and can be purchased on GoPack.com here, fans will be able to purchase individual here as well once they go on sale. Start times and television designations for the duals will be announced at a later date.
The stacked schedule includes six duals with preseason ranked teams by InterMat; No. 5 Oklahoma State, No. 6 Virginia Tech, No. 11 Cornell, No. 15 Stanford, No. 18 Rutgers, and No. 23 North Carolina. The 2024-25 season for the Wolfpack starts on the road at The Citadel on Sunday, November 3 followed by Journeymen’s WrangleMania holding a dual with Campbell and the Collegiate Classic round robin the following weekend, Nov. 9th and 10th in Bethlehem, Pa.
The Pack opens their home schedule on November 15th when they host Appalachian State Friday night, to then travel to Toms River, N.J. that same weekend for Journeymen’s Jersey Jostle with duals against Rutgers and Princeton on that Sunday, the 17th. The following weekend will host Utah Valley when the Pack returns home to Reynolds Coliseum for a Saturday dual on November 23rd.
The month of December consists of the well-known Cliff Keen Invitational in Las Vegas, Nev. on the 6th and 7th as well as a dual in Ithaca, N.Y. at Cornell on the 22nd. … more at … https://gopack.com/news/2024/10/11/wolfpack-wrestling-unveils-2024-25-schedule

October 12, 2024 Posted by | Uncategorized | , | Leave a comment

Defending National Champion Bronchos Face Tough Schedule

Bronchos Have Five Home Duals in 2024-25
EDMOND – Two-time defending NCAA Division II national wrestling champion Central Oklahoma will host five home duals and an open tournament in 2024-25, with four of those events coming during a three-week span late in the season.
UCO went 15-0 in duals before capturing its 23rd regional title and 17th national championship last season. The Bronchos of ninth-year head coach Todd Steidley return seven starters, including four All-Americans. “It’s a challenging schedule,” said Steidley, who has a 101-12 dual record at UCO and was the Division II Coach of the Year last season. “We’re on the road a lot as usual, but I really think that helps us in the long run. Our guys have been working hard to get ready and we’re looking forward to the season.”
Central makes its 2024-25 debut at Hamilton Field House on Nov. 3 with the Broncho Open, then begins the dual schedule the following weekend on the road at Maryville and McKendree.
UCO sandwiches its only first-semester home dual on Nov. 22 in the MIAA opener against Ouachita Baptist between a couple of open tournaments before going to Newman and another open tourney. The Bronchos finish the first semester slate at the rugged Midwest Classic in Indianapolis, Ind. Dec. 14-15.
The season resumes Jan. 10-11 at the NWCA Division II National Duals in Cedar Falls, Iowa and UCO finishes with six more duals. Four of those are at home – Colorado State-Pueblo (Jan. 26), Fort Hays State (Feb. 2), Nebraska-Kearney (Feb. 7) and New Mexico Highlands (Feb. 16) – along with road trips to Drury (Jan. 24) and Central Missouri (Feb. 15). … more at … https://bronchosports.com/news/2024/9/29/wrestling-defending-national-champion-bronchos-face-tough-schedule.aspx

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