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Men’s College Notebook: Ohio State, UNC, Oklahoma among notable dual-meet winners from Week 6

Dec 15, 2025, 2:50 PM EST
by Brian Reinhardt
Plenty of dual action this past weekend, let’s look at some of the highlights.
An Ohio State-Ment 
After dropping the opening bout at 125 pounds, #2 Ohio State won the next four, two went for bonus, and ran away with a 26-10 win over #9 NC State. The win pushed the Buckeyes’ record to 8-0. A stretch that includes four top-10 wins, and they have outscored their foes a combined 275-44 (115-31 against those four top-10 foes).
#1 Jesse Mendez continues to make his push for a third straight national title at 141 pounds, as he scored a second-period tech fall against #7 Ryan Jack (21-6). It was Mendez’s second tech fall this year against a ranked foe. The Buckeyes also captured slight upsets at 149 and 174 pounds. #5 Ethan Stiles scored a controversial third-period takedown to defeat #4 Koy Buesgens, 4-3. #6 Carson Kharchla downed #3 Matty Singleton, 8-4. It was the first loss of the season for both Wolfpack wrestlers.
Trumble Establishes Himself 
A positive to come out of the dual for NC State was the steady progress Isaac Trumble has continued to make since returning from injury. It was in a battle of top five heavyweights. In just his second match of the year, Trumble scored a first-period takedown and accumulated over 90 seconds of riding time to take out #2 Nick Feldman, 5-1. Trumble’s return last weekend was also a ranked win, a 9-1 major decision over #17 Hunter Catka of Rutgers.
Trumble injured his knee before the ACC Championships and had it scoped that week. He had to injury default out of that tournament, but at the NCAA Championships, he tore the knee in his third bout. He still went on to capture All-American honors and a fourth-place finish before having surgery after the season.
Start Paying Attention To UNC 
North Carolina passed its first ranked test of the season, easily defeating #17 West Virginia, 27-7, to improve to 6-0 this year. UNC scored four ranked wins on the night, including upsets by a pair of unranked wrestlers: Jake Dailey over #19 Ian Bush at 184 pounds (5-3) and Robert Platt over #21 Rune Lawrence at 197 pounds (10-7). The Tar Heels jumped out to a 12-0 advantage, earning decisions from 125-to-149 pounds. UNC also closed the dual with three straight decisions from 184 to heavyweight.
The 6-0 start is the best for the program since 2005-06, … more at … https://www.themat.com/news/2025/december/15/men-s-college-notebook-ohio-state-unc-oklahoma-among-notable-dual-meet-winners-from-week-6

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