ACC Week Six Recap

Before we look at the final weekend of ACC duals coming up, let's take a quick look back at the results from last weekend and the matches that stood out. Team scores went as expected but there were some interesting individual results. 

#10 Virginia Tech 28 -- #18 Pittsburgh 9

125 #5 Eddie Ventresca Maj #23 Nick Babin 15-1

133 #15 Connor McGonagle Maj Tyler Chappell

141 #10 Sam Latona Dec Anthony Santaniello 10-7

149 #1 Caleb Henson Dec #23 Finn Solomon 4-1 SV

157 #22 Dylan Evans Dec #11 Rafael Hiplolito 4-1 SV

165 Jared Keslar Dec #30 Mac Church 5-1

174 #26 Lennox Wolak Fall #18 Luca Augustine

184 #22 TJ Stewart Maj Chase Kranitz 16-4

197 #10 Mac Stout Dec #12 Andy Smith 7-3

285 #13 Jimmy Mullen Maj #15 Dayton Pitzer

Even though the team score was lopsided, this was a very entertaining dual. Dylan Evans opened the dual with an upset over Rafael Hipolito, who was in his first match back from an injury. The Panthers followed that with a second upset with Jared Keslar taking out Mac Church. Lennox Wolak has been gaining momentum the last few weeks and had a beautiful feet-to-back maneuver to get the pin over Luca Augustine. Mac Stout ran up his 17th straight win in an upset over Andy Smith. In the final match of the dual, we saw #1 Caleb Henson pushed to sudden victory where he got the takedown to seal the victory over a very stingy Finn Solomon. We also saw Henson warned for stalling, which I don’t think I have ever seen… The dual win gives the Hokies a shot at a share of the ACC Dual title in their dual against NC State on Friday. 

#16 North Carolina 26 – Virginia 10

125 #11 Spencer Moore Dec #31 Keyveon Roller 5-0

133 #12 Ethan Oakley Dec #32 Gable Porter 4-2

141 #19 Dylan Cedeno Dec #22 Jayden Scott 5-3

149 #5 Lachlan McNeil Dec Erik Roggie 5-3

157 #23 Sonny Santiago Inj Def Nick Sanko

165 #21 Nick Hamilton Dec Charlie Darracott 4-1 SV

174 Rocco Contino Maj Nick Fea 19-9

184 #21 Gavin Kane TF Griffin Gammell 22-7

197 Cade Lautt Dec Steven Burrell 10-7

285 Nolan Neves Dec Gabe Christensen 4-2

The Tar Heels have been a very interesting team to watch this dual season. They have a solid lineup and have been able to keep almost every individual match close and put themselves in position for several upsets. They kept this momentum going and their hopes for a share of the ACC dual title alive with a win over the Hoos. There were no upsets on paper, but there were some close matches that will have seeding implications and will be interesting to watch at the ACC Championships. Spencer Moore was able to assert control against a very dangerous Keyveon Roller and Ethan Oakley won another one-score match against Gable Porter. Dylan Cedeno continues to be a bright spot for the Hoos, but was tested by a very game Jayden Scott. Lachlan McNeil had his closest match in conference against Erik Roggie, who was in for an injured Jack Gioffre; this is the lone decision in conference for McNeil, his other four wins have been bonus points. It was also great to see the return of Rocco Contino for UVA who picked up a major decision in his first match back from a long injury break. The Tar Heels control their own destiny in a trip west to meet Stanford on Friday. If they win, they are guaranteed a share of the dual title. 

#7 NC State 27 – #17 Stanford 13

125 #3 Vince Robinson FFT

133 #7 Tyler Knox Maj #13 Kai Orine 9-1

141 Troy Hohman Dec #21 Jason Miranda 5-3

149 #10 Jaden Abas Dec #22 Koy Buesgens 5-1

157 #14 Ed Scott Maj Aden Valencia 13-3

165 #13 Hunter Garvin Dec #28 Derek Fields

174 #21 Matty Singleton Maj Lars Michaelson 11-2

184 #14 Dylan Fishback TF Cole Han-Lindemyer 15-0

197 #22 Nick Stemmett Dec #31 Christian Knop 4-0

285 #4 Isaac Trumble TF #31 Peter Ming 19-3

The Cardinal had a long East Coast road trip, with a win over Princeton on Thursday to kick off the weekend. Unfortunately, they had several starters out, so we didn’t get to see some of the matchups that we really wanted. The biggest matchup was a controlling win by RS Freshman Tyler Knox over two-time All-American Kai Orine; I’m very interested in a potential rematch there. Troy Hohman bumped up a weight and got a big upset win over Jason Miranda, who had been on a great run. Aden Valencia bumped up two weights to face Ed Scott and gave a valiant effort, but Scott earned the major decision. 197 was a tight match with Nick Stemmet getting a 4-0 decision and Isaac Trumble made a statement with a dominant tech fall over Peter Ming, who had been on a great run. The Wolfpack will control how the conference dual title shapes up next week. If they beat the Hokies they win the dual title outright, if they lose, it will be a split title. 

#17 Stanford 37 -- Duke 12

125 Evan Coles FFT

133 #7 Tyler Knox TF Raymond Adams 17-0

141 #21 Jason Miranda Maj Christian Colman 15-2

149 #10 Jaden Abas Fall SP O’Donnell

157 Jack Consiglio Fall Logan Ferrero

165 #13 Hunter Garvin Maj #26 Aidan Wallace 10-2

174 Gaetano Console Fall Lars Michaelson

184 Cole Han-Lindemyer Maj David Hussey 11-2

197 #22 Nick Stemmet TF Kwasi Bonsu 20-4

285 #31 Peter Ming Dec #20 Connor Barket 12-5

The Cardinal finished their road trip with a dominating win over Duke. In the two ranked matches, Stanford had statement wins. Hunter Garvin earned a major decision over Aidan Wallace and Peter Ming reversed his loss on Friday, getting a big upset win over Conner Barket who was in his first match back after a couple weeks out. Stanford will host UNC next week and Duke will be off as they have completed their conference slate.