He is great against talent that he knows he can run over.

Fields loses 9-8 and his season is over. Ended both the first and second periods on bottom. Can't give away points.

Trumble into the quarterfinals with a win over Pitzer, who beat him at the ACC Tournament.

Robinson and Trumble our lone two into the quarters

Thanks for the updates. Hope that Dylan, Matty & Ed will make some noise tomorrow!!

College Wrestling
NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
Day 2, Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA
Announcers: Sean Kenney/Tim Johnson//Quint Kessenich
Session III: Quarterfinals ESPNU, noon
Announcers: Shane Sparks/Trent Hidlay
Session III MatCast ESPN+, noon
Announcers: Mike Couzens/Daniel Cormier/Rock Harrison (rules)//Quin Kessenich
Session IV: Semifinals ESPN2, 8 p.m.
Announcers: Shane Sparks/Trent Hidlay
Session IV MatCast ESPN+, 7 p.m.

At the conclusion of day one at the 2025 NCAA Wrestling Championships, five members of the Pack are still alive. After session two, two advanced in their championship brackets, three moved into the consolation bracket, and three ended their time at the tournament.

Vince Robinson and Isaac Trumble each went 2-0 on the day to advance to the quarterfinals in session three tomorrow

Robinson made his NCAA debut with a major decision over No. 29 seed Joey Cruz of Iowa, followed by a second round nail-biter at 125 lbs. The redshirt-freshman advanced to the quarterfinals by securing a takedown in the final seconds after trailing the entirety of his match to No. 13 seed Marc-Anthony McGowan of Princeton.

Next up tomorrow, Robinson will face No. 12 seed Dean Peterson of Rutgers who pinned the reigning national champion (Richie Figueroa of Arizona State) in the second round today. Robinson and Peterson previously met at the beginning of the season when competing at the Jersey Jostle, which resulted in a win by injury default for the member of the Pack.

Trumble's NCAA heavyweight debut included two matches over conference foes with an opening round technical fall over No. 26 seed Peter Ming of Stanford and a decision victory over No. 10 seed and 2025 ACC Champion Dayton Pitzer of Pittsburgh.

Later on in day two of competition, Trumble will face No. 2 seed Wyatt Hendrickson of Oklahoma State. The two have previously met twice this season already, Hendrickson won both matches.

Two seniors for NC State concluded their careers in a Wolfpack singlet Thursday night, Kai Orine and Derek Fields both went 0-2 on the day to be eliminated from the tournament.

Orine faced the No. 7 seed, Nic Bouzakis of Ohio State, and No. 10 seed and 2024 All-American, Dylan Shawver of Rutgers. Fields faced No. 4 seed Terrell Barraclaugh of Utah Valley and No. 20 seed Gunner Filipowicz of Army West Point.

In the 149 pound weight class, redshirt-freshman Koy Buesgens loss both of his matches to end his time at his first NCAA Championships. In the morning session he fell to No. 13 seed and 2023 All-American Dylan D'Emilio of Ohio State by decision and lost to No. 4 seed Paniro Johnson of Iowa State in overtime.

RESULTS
Session 1 Results
Champ. Round 1
(4) Vincent Robinson (NCSU) major decision (29) Joey Cruz (Iowa) 12-1
(7) Nic Bouzakis (Ohio State) won by fall (26) Kai Orine (NCSU) 2:12
(13) Dylan D`Emilio (Ohio State) decision (20) Koy Buesgens (NCSU) 5-1
(11) Matty Bianchi (Little Rock) decision (22) Ed Scott (NCSU) 5-2 (SV-1)
(4) Terrell Barraclough (Utah Valley) tech fall Derek Fields (NCSU) 15-0 (7:00)
(14) Matthew Singleton (NCSU) decision (19) Jared Simma (Northern Iowa) 4-2
(15) Dylan Fishback (NCSU) decision (18) Maximus Hale (Pennsylvania) 10-3
(7) Isaac Trumble (NCSU) tech fall (26) Peter Ming (Stanford) 18-2 (6:12)

Session 2 Results
Champ. Round 2
(4) Vince Robinson (NC State) decision (13) Marc-Anthony McGowan (Princeton) 6-4
(3) Dean Hamiti (Oklahoma State) major decision Matty Singleton (NC State) 15-3
(2) Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa) major decision (15) Dylan Fishback (NC State) 14-3
(7) Isaac Trumble (NC State) decision (10) Dayton Pitzer (Pittsburgh) 5-2

Cons. Round 1
(10) Dylan Shawver (Rutgers) decision (26) Kai Orine (NC State) 4-1 (SV-1)
(4) Paniro Johnson (Iowa State) decision (20) Koy Buesgens (NC State) 2-1 (TB-1)
(22) Ed Scott (NC State) tech fall (27) Grigor Cholakyan (Stanford) 19-3 (6:08)
(20) Gunner Filipowicz (Army West Point) decision (29) Derek Fields (NC State) 9-8

https://gopack.com/news/2025/3/21/wrestling-robinson-and-trumble-advance-five-wrestlers-stay-alive-after-day-one-of-ncaas

NC State tied for 13th after Thursday

Knowledge is 🔑

Here is a behind the scenes interaction between associate head coach Zack Esposito & 2023 U23 World Champion Isaac Trumble after his first match.

He won his first match by the score of 18-2!
NCAA information & interviews | 🔗 in bio #NCAAWrestling25 pic.twitter.com/JHdFhcxubM

— USA Wrestling (@USAWrestling) March 20, 2025

#4 Vincent Robinson (NC State) defeats #13 Marc Anthony McGowan 6-4 at 125, sealing it with a superduck takedown in the final second!!! pic.twitter.com/WY5VpuLphC

— Saturday Night Lights (@WrestlingSNL) March 20, 2025

Big win for Vince and two big upsets open up this bracket for Vince. Top two seeds lost in QF.

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Big win for Vince and two big upsets open up this bracket for Vince. Top two seeds lost in QF.

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Huge. All American, advances to tonight's semifinals against #8 seed Sheldon Seymour of Lehigh.

Does anyone know why we used two redshirts on Jack and Arrington this year? We really could have used them in the line up this season.

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Does anyone know why we used two redshirts on Jack and Arrington this year? We really could have used them in the line up this season.

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I'm just someone who watches from afar and enjoys our program and our guys but seems that you stack guys to avoid other guys (AKA a Penn St wrestler who you want to avoid having to face every year like Trent did). But I don't really know. I think this was always going to be a down year and we just took our lumps and expect to be back to our normal standard of the past 4-5 years next season. No doubt that Jack and Arrington would have helped, Arrington was probably your 2nd best wrestler on paper heading into the season. The guys in the middle weights gave all they could but talent just wasn't there in those ranks this year unfortunately. Hoping for a big match from Trumble today.

What a tourney for Robinson so far. Bracket has opened up for him in a big way with 1 and 2 seeds being gone. Go win the whole thing!

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Does anyone know why we used two redshirts on Jack and Arrington this year? We really could have used them in the line up this season.

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Pop addressed this exact question in one of the the "Pop-ins podcasts" at the early part of the season, which I watched. I can't remember all the reasons he gave, but my general impression (from remembering right now) is that it did make a lot of sense, and was the best decision. I do remember Pop said that it should set us up to have a very good squad next season.

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Does anyone know why we used two redshirts on Jack and Arrington this year? We really could have used them in the line up this season.

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This is fairly common in wrestling, and is often referred to as an Olympic redshirt. For a lot of these guys it is to get an extra year of training to better prepare them for a possible world team trial. State has really leaned into the Olympic training in the program under Pop.

If you look at next year's roster, it is nicely set up for bouncing back.

How about Fishback and SIngleton? Both are redshirt sophomores.

Fishback beats Kane of UNC (again) and SIngleton majors the kid from Illinois. Would love to see these two work to the blood round

Team scores...

1. Penn State - 53.5
2. Nebraska - 53
3. Oklahoma State - 38
4. Ohio State - 32
5. Illinois - 27
6. Cornell - 26.5
7. Iowa/Northern Iowa/Virginia Tech - 26
10. Minnesota - 19
11. Lehigh - 18.5
12. NC STATE - 17.5

Team scores...

1. Penn State - 53.5
2. Nebraska - 53
3. Oklahoma State - 38
4. Ohio State - 32
5. Illinois - 27
6. Cornell - 26.5
7. Iowa/Northern Iowa/Virginia Tech - 26
10. Minnesota - 19
11. Lehigh - 18.5
12. NC STATE - 17.5#PackMentality || #NCAAWrestling

— NC State Wrestling 🤼‍♂️ (@PackWrestle) March 21, 2025

Isaac T. Got overwhelmed and overpowered. Looks like on that return to the matt something was injured.

I understand the move up to HW but man is he giving up lots of lbs to these top guys.

Adding another All-American to the list! 🐺⭐️ https://t.co/OPhYf6Z9KE

— NC State Athletics (@PackAthletics) March 21, 2025

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Isaac T. Got overwhelmed and overpowered. Looks like on that return to the matt something was injured.

I understand the move up to HW but man is he giving up lots of lbs to these top guys.

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Yep, I've beat this drum all season about him at HWT.

To be fair, Hendrickson would win the national title if Gable Stevenson didn't come back.

You may know him as…

10k, mr. smoovoperator, vino, or vinny
but you can now refer to him as All-American. #PackMentality || #NCAAWrestling pic.twitter.com/9l50KCTXV7

— NC State Wrestling 🤼‍♂️ (@PackWrestle) March 21, 2025

State would have been better if Owen T was heavyweight & Isaac was at 197. Not sure, but I think I saw that Owen was ranked #4 for in the last rankings.

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State would have been better if Owen T was heavyweight & Isaac was at 197. Not sure, but I think I saw that Owen was ranked #4 for in the last rankings.

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100%

Would've turned our weakest weight (197) into one of our strongest.

Semifinals are tonight at 7pm EST

125 Semifinals:

8) Sheldon Seymour (LEH) vs. (4) Vincent Robinson (NCST)

(3) Eddie Ventresca (VT) vs. (7) Troy Spratley (OKST)

Semifinals are tonight at 7pm EST🍿

125 Semifinals:

8) Sheldon Seymour (LEH) vs. (4) Vincent Robinson (NCST)

(3) Eddie Ventresca (VT) vs. (7) Troy Spratley (OKST)@LehighWrestling @HokiesWrestling @CowboyWrestling @PackWrestle

— Wrestling Schefter (@wrestlingbait) March 21, 2025

Huge win for Singleton over the 6 seed from Binghamton!

Dylan Fishback takes out (7) Isaac Dean (Rider) 4-1 in overtime. Huge

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82TxPackFan said:

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State would have been better if Owen T was heavyweight & Isaac was at 197. Not sure, but I think I saw that Owen was ranked #4 for in the last rankings.

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100%

Would've turned our weakest weight (197) into one of our strongest.

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Just saw that Trephan is through to the semi's.

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Dylan Fishback takes out (7) Isaac Dean (Rider) 4-1 in overtime. Huge

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Matty & Dylan getting it done!!

Updated team scores

1. Penn State (90.5
2. Nebraska (65.5
3. Oklahoma State (63
4. Iowa (42
5. Northern Iowa (37.5
6. Ohio State (37
7. Minnesota (35.5
8. Illinois (33.5
9. Cornell (29.5
10. Michigan (27.5
11. Lehigh/Virginia Tech (26
12. NC STATE (20.5#NCAAWrestling

— NC State Wrestling 🤼‍♂️ (@PackWrestle) March 21, 2025

Session 4 Matchups 🔜

Tonight at 8 p.m. on ESPN2 and ESPN+, semifinals of the championship bracket and the blood round for the consolation wrestle-backs. #PackMentality || #NCAAWrestling pic.twitter.com/aokNdp6m0v

— NC State Wrestling 🤼‍♂️ (@PackWrestle) March 21, 2025

Where is mat 7 and 8?

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Where is mat 7 and 8?

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Watch espn app

SportManagementEngineer said:

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MovingPacker said:

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Where is mat 7 and 8?

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Watch espn app

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Not on there. There is no mat 7 or 8. There just using the format from earlier today for some reason.
They have been showing Fishback on mat 7 for the last hour.

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SportManagementEngineer said:

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MovingPacker said:

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Where is mat 7 and 8?

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Watch espn app

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Not on there. There is no mat 7 or 8. There just using the format from earlier today for some reason.
They have been showing Fishback on mat 7 for the last hour.

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Looks like there's only 6 mats this round. The link below is the MatCast showing all 6 matches at once.

https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/69dba4cc-45e9-40b3-89b2-dba30e4a5bf6#bucketId=1