The ACC dual started at 149 pounds, and the Wolfpack won each of the five before the intermission to build a 17-0 lead at the break.
#13 R-Sr. Beau Donahue got the dual started in exciting fashion. Pitt's Robert Lee got a takedown with eight seconds left to even the score 4-4, but Donahue got the escape just two seconds later and claimed the 5-4 win.
#3 R-Fr. Hayden Hidlay scored his 13th bonus point win during his 17-0 season, as he recorded four takedowns en route to an 18-7 major decision over 2017 ACC Champion Taleb Rahmani at 157 pounds.
R-Sr. Brian Hamann, down 2-0 to start the second period, got a two-point and then a four-point near fall in the second period and claimed a 7-5 win at 165 pounds.
R-Fr. Daniel Bullard scored the second bonus point win of the night, as he got a takedown in all three periods and cruised to a 9-0 major decision at 174 pounds.
#3 R-Sr. Pete Renda completed the sweep before intermission, with a 5-2 win at 184 pounds.
Pitt picked up their first win at 197 pounds, but the Pack countered with an upset at 285 pounds.
Sr. Michael Boykin, making his first dual start since November, scored both of the takedowns in the bout and took out #19 Ryan Solomon, 5-3. After Solomon tied it 3-3 with 20 seconds left, Boykin scored the winning takedown seconds later, and got his third ranked win this season.
The Panthers notched back-to-back wins at 125 and 133 pounds but the dual was well in hand even after those results at 20-9 going into the final bout.
The second upset came at 141 pounds, as R-Jr. Jamel Morris stepped into the lineup and bumped up a weight class and scored the upset over #19 Nick Zanetta. Morris was up 6-1 with the ride time clinched entering the third, but a flurry of action in the third pushed the final to 12-8.
UP NEXT: The Wolfpack will return home to host the final three home duals of the 2017-18 season. Up first, NC State will host ACC rival North Carolina next Friday night, Feb. 9, at 7:30 p.m. in Reynolds Coliseum.
Results:
149: #13 Beau Donahue (NCSU) dec. Robert Lee; 5-4 – 3-0
157: #3 Hayden Hidlay (NCSU) major dec. Taleb Rahmani; 18-7 – 7-0
165: Brian Hamann (NCSU) dec. Jake Wentzel; 7-5 – 10-0
174: Daniel Bullard (NCSU) major dec. Tommy O'Brien; 9-0 – 14-0
184: #3 Pete Renda (NCSU) dec. Gregg Harvey; 5-2 – 17-0
197: Zach Bruce (Pitt) dec. Tyler Johnson; 5-0 – 17-3
285: Michael Boykin (NCSU) dec. #19 Ryan Solomon; 5-3 – 20-3
125: L.J. Bentley (Pitt) dec. Tommy Cox; 4-3 – 20-6
133: #11 Dom Forys (Pitt) dec. #13 Tariq Wilson; 7-5 – 20-9
141: Jamel Morris (NCSU) dec. #19 Nick Zanetta; 12-8 – 23-9
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