The dual started at 149 pounds. Sam Speno got the Pack its first victory of the night, defeating Troy Heilmann 6-3. Speno scored a pair of first period takedowns, and got a clinching takedown with 45 seconds left. Speno improves to 6-0 in duals this year.
After UNC won at 157, Brian Hamann gave the Pack the lead once again with an 8-2 decision over Devin Kane. Hermann scored an early takedown in the first, and got a four-point near fall at the end of the period to take a 6-0 lead.
UNC retied the score with a decision at 174, but the Pack answered once again. Junior Nicky Hall earned the shutout win, 5-0 over Anderson Pope at 184 pounds and NC State was up 9-6.
The Tar Heels once again closed the gap, as Daniel Chaid scored an OT win over Michael Macchiavello, 3-1. Macchiavello was wrestling up a weight class from his normal 184 pounds, but after the win UNC was deducted a team point for unsportsmanlike conduct, and it was 9-8 NC State with four bouts left.
For the first time in the dual, NC State got back-to-back wins and an insurmountable lead.
A second straight OT match went the way of NC State this time around. At heavyweight, Mike Kosoy got a takedown in extra time to earn the 5-3 victory. Seeing action at 125 pounds for the first time this season, redshirt-sophomore Sean Fausz scored a 12-3 major decision.
NC State was unable to clinch the dual, as UNC won at 133 pounds and pulled within 16-11 heading into the top-3 showdown between Kevin Jack and Joey Ward to close the ACC dual.
Jack took care of business and closed out the dual with his 21st straight win on the season, including third over a top-five foe. Jack started with the lone takedown in the first period. After a Jack escape and second takedown it was 5-1 Jack in the second. Starting the third on top, Jack turned Ward and for a two-point near fall and closed with another late takedown in a dominating 10-4, where he did not give up a takedown.
Results:
149: Sam Speno (NCSU) dec. Troy Heilmann; 6-3 - 3-0
157: Joey Moon (UNC) dec. Thomas Bullard; 6-5 - 3-3
165: Brian Hamann (NCSU) dec. Devin Kane; 8-2 - 6-3
174: Ethan Ramos (UNC) dec. Nick Reenan; 11-4 - 6-6
184: Nicky Hall (NCSU) dec. Anderson Pope; 5-0 - 9-6
197: Daniel Chaid (UNC) dec. Michael Macchiavello; 3-1 (SV1) - 9-8 (UNC deducted a team point)
285: Mike Kosoy (NCSU) dec. Cory Daniel; 5-3 (TB2) - 12-8
125: Sean Fausz (NCSU) major dec. James Szymanski; 12-3 - 16-8
133: Nicholas Lirette (UNC) dec. Jamal Morris; 8-7 - 16-11
141: Kevin Jack (NCSU) dec. Joey Ward; 10-4 - 19-11
Up Next: The Pack will return to ACC action this weekend, as NC State will be in action at Virginia on Sunday at 1 p.m.
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