The NC State Wrestling team will have four going for a semifinal berth tomorrow, and the remaining six qualifiers are all still alive in the consolation round at the 2022 NCAA Championships.
After the first two sessions, the Pack sits in third place in the team race with 21.5 points. Penn State leads with 27.5 and Arizona State is second with 22. NC State and Iowa are the only two teams with all 10 wrestlers still alive.
Tariq Wilson (149 pounds),
Ed Scott (157),
Hayden Hidlay (174) and
Trent Hidlay (184) all advanced to the quarterfinals with a pair of wins on the first day of action.
Friday Afternoon Matchups Session 3QUARTERFINALS149 Quarterfinals | #2 seed
Tariq Wilson vs. #10 seed Ridge Lovett (Nebraska)
157 Quarterfinals | #4 seed
Ed Scott vs. #5 seed Quincy Monday (Princeton)
174 Quarterfinals | #4 seed
Hayden Hidlay vs. #5 seed Michael Kemerer (Iowa)
184 Quarterfinals | #3 seed
Trent Hidlay vs. #6 seed Trey Munoz (Oregon St.)
CONSOLATION125 Cons. Rd. 2 | #14 seed
Jakob Camacho vs. #13 seed Drake Ayala (Iowa)
133 Cons. Rd. 2 | #15 seed
Kai Orine vs. #17 seed Haiden Drury (Utah Valley)
141 Cons. Rd. 2 | #18 seed
Ryan Jack vs. #16 seed Quinn Kinner (Rider)
165 Cons. Rd. 2 | #21 seed
Thomas Bullard vs. #11 seed Izzak Olejnik (Northern Illinois)
197 Cons. Rd. 2 | #15 seed
Isaac Trumble vs.
285 Cons. Rd. 2 | #21 seed Tyrie Houhgotn vs.
After dropping its first two second round matches, the Pack responded with four straight wins in the round, advancing four into tomorrow's quarterfinals.
Thursday Night Results Session 2SECOND ROUND125 2nd Rd. | #3 seed Pat Glory (Princeton) major dec. #14 seed
Jakob Camacho 10-2
133 2nd Rd. | #2 seed Daton Fix (Oklahoma) dec. #15 seed
Kai Orine 7-4
149 2nd Rd. | #2 seed
Tariq Wilson (NCSU) dec. #18 seed Anthony Artalona (Penn) 4-3
157 2nd Rd. | #4 seed
Ed Scott (NCSU) dec. vs. #13 seed Justin Thomas (Oklahoma) 9-6
174 2nd Rd. | #4 seed
Hayden Hidlay (NCSU) major dec. #13 seed Matt Finesilver (Duke) 13-5
184 2nd Rd. | #3 seed
Trent Hidlay (NCSU) vs. #19 seed Isaiah Salazar (Minnesota) 5-3
Wilson gave up the first takedown, but responded with his own and a pair of escapes for a 4-3 decision over Penn's Artalona. Scott used a pair of takedowns, a pair of reversals and 1:09 of ride time to down Oklahoma's Thomas 9-6.
Both Hidlay brothers punched their tickets to the quarterfinals for the second straight year. Hayden had all five takedowns and 2:02 of ride time for a bonus point win, 13-5 over Duke's Finesilver. Trent had a pair of first-period takedowns to secure a 5-3 decision over Minnesota's Salazar.
CONSOLATION RD. 1141 Cons. | #18 seed
Ryan Jack (NCSU) dec. #31 seed Wilfredo Gil 10-5
165 Cons. | #21 seed
Thomas Bullard (NCSU) tech fall #28 seed Cael Carlson (Minnesota) 15-0
197 Cons. | #15 seed
Isaac Trumble (NCSU) WBF #31 seed JT Brown (Army) 5:33
285 Cons. | #21 seed
Tyrie Houghton (NCSU) dec. #28 seed Michael McAleavey (The Citadel) 9-4
Jack started with a 10-5 decision, as he recorded all five takedowns of the bout and added in 3:07 of ride time. Bullard followed up with the lone tech fall of the day, as he jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the first period and his bout ended with an escape in the second, 15-0.
Trumble scored the Pack's third pin of the day with a fall 5:33 into his match. Houghton closed the Wolfpack's day with a 9-4 decision, with three takedowns and over two minutes of ride time.
UP NEXTAction resumes tomorrow with Session 3 at 11 a.m. TV coverage will be on ESPNU, and all eight mats will be streamed on WatchESPN. Session 4 (the semifinals and Blood Round) will be at 8 p.m., televised on ESPN.
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