Seidel is an absolute beast. Good lord what a clinic at 133 as he easily techs Redding.

Pack in an early hole, 8-0

Man with their current FR and incoming class, VT is set to go on a run here

Pack needs to win a few matches. It's been one sided so far.

I'm afraid VT has passed us. Multiple top ten true freshmen, Bo Bassett coming in next year. We better hit the portal hard.

That's not a shot at Buesgens- he beat Gaj earlier this year and this is a bit of a flukey result, but tonight will likely be a rough result.

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I'm afraid VT has passed us. Multiple top ten true freshmen, Bo Bassett coming in next year. We better hit the portal hard.

That's not a shot at Buesgens- he beat Gaj earlier this year and this is a bit of a flukey result, but tonight will likely be a rough result.

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VT looking like ACC champs and looking to make major national noise.

You can certainly hand them the ACC trophy now.

They don't have enough to top 4 at NCAAs but I would guess they'll have 3 or 4 AAs, and two possible finalists at 125 and 133.

Dude. Those VT boys are strong.

Will Denny. Favorite kid on the team.

Not officially dead yet.

Whole team struggles on the mat. We don't ride anyone. We constantly end periods on bottom. Makes no sense.

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Whole team struggles on the mat. We don't ride anyone. We constantly end periods on bottom. Makes no sense.

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Ha, ok one guy can ride for a minute. Good job Matty. Shouldn't have been that close but we're still alive.

A lot closer than expected. That kid was solid.

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A lot closer than expected. That kid was solid.

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And Matty smoked him in November.

Our bottom wrestling has left a lot to be desired.

Man if Arrington and Zapeda don't both get hurt at 157, we would've won this. Tough luck.

What on earth Brophy. From up 10-5 to whatever the hell this is.

Just awful

That is an inexcusable third period from Brophy. Gave up two takedowns and was ridden out for well over a minute.

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That is an inexcusable third period from Brophy. Gave up two takedowns and was ridden out for well over a minute.

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I'm no wrestler, but that seemed bad.

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This was always going to be an all-hands-on-deck situation for NC State to win the regular season. Not enough folks got the job done against VT to make it happen. Brophy or Cates needed to get something. Neither did. NC State has got to give Trumble a shot to close at the end, because he is almost a guarantee.

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We've been in a tough spot since Fishback transferred last year and Arrington got hurt this year. State has struggled to bring in good wrestlers through the portal- I assume that's an NIL issue but it's the reality.

We might still have four AAs and maybe Trumble wins the natty so lots left to wrestle for.

I know there are weight classes, but they looked physically bigger and stronger than us in 80 percent of the matches. Got to give it to them they look really good.

Up Next
The Wolfpack hits the road to take on No. 14 Pittsburgh to open up the final month of regular-season competition.

Results
#7 Virginia Tech 21, #8 NC State 12
Location: Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh, N.C.
Attendance: 5,500
125 | #3 Eddie Ventresca (VT) dec. #5 Vincent Robinson (NCSU), 3-2 TB-2 // 0-3
133 | #7 Aaron Seidel (VT) tech fall #33 Zach Redding (NCSU), 16-0 (3:39) // 0-8
141 | #13 Ryan Jack (NCSU) dec. #17 Tom Crook (VT), 7-2 // 3-8
149 | #9 Collin Gaj (VT) dec. #5 Koy Buesgens (NCSU), 6-0 // 3-11
157 | #16 Ethen Miller (VT) major dec. Luca Felix (NCSU), 12-1 // 3-15
165 | #13 Will Denny (NCSU) dec. #12 Ryan Burton (VT), 8-5 // 6-15
174 | #6 Matty Singleton (NCSU) dec. #31 Sergio Desiante (VT), 5-4 // 9-15
184 | #32 Jaden Bullock (VT) dec. Don Cates (NCSU), 2-0 // 9-18
197 | #16 Sonny Sasso (VT) dec. #25 Patrick Brophy (NCSU), 11-10 // 9-21
285 | #2 Isaac Trumble (NCSU) dec. #16 Jimmy Mullen (VT), 7-0 // 12-21
*Rankings according to InterMat (1/26/26)


https://gopack.com/news/2026/1/30/-8-wrestling-loses-to-7-virginia-tech-at-home

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This was always going to be an all-hands-on-deck situation for NC State to win the regular season. Not enough folks got the job done against VT to make it happen. Brophy or Cates needed to get something. Neither did. NC State has got to give Trumble a shot to close at the end, because he is almost a guarantee.

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We've been in a tough spot since Fishback transferred last year and Arrington got hurt this year. State has struggled to bring in good wrestlers through the portal- I assume that's an NIL issue but it's the reality.

We might still have four AAs and maybe Trumble wins the natty so lots left to wrestle for.

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Why did Fishback transfer again?

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Looks like we've got a solid 5 in Trumble, Matty, Vince, Denny, & Buesgens. After that, not sure what we've got!!

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And Pop loves to give starters nights off in conference matches - for reasons I've never understood. Sat Vince tonight so that's at least a 7 point swing.

Arrington is done for the year. If Zepeda's injury is long-term (and it sure looked like it was an ACL in the finals of the Southern Scuffle), we're in real trouble at 157. Combine that with the two transfers you brought in at 133 (Redding) and 197 (Brophy) not being very good, and this lineup is destined to get beat in conference.

Virginia had two ranked wrestlers, and one of them lost to Matty Singleton. So UVa got four wins from unranked guys. How many years back would you have to go in the Pop era to find the last time State lost four matches to unranked wrestlers in the same dual?

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He was sick for that match...

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82TxPackFan said:

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Looks like we've got a solid 5 in Trumble, Matty, Vince, Denny, & Buesgens. After that, not sure what we've got!!

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And Pop loves to give starters nights off in conference matches - for reasons I've never understood. Sat Vince tonight so that's at least a 7 point swing.

Arrington is done for the year. If Zepeda's injury is long-term (and it sure looked like it was an ACL in the finals of the Southern Scuffle), we're in real trouble at 157. Combine that with the two transfers you brought in at 133 (Redding) and 197 (Brophy) not being very good, and this lineup is destined to get beat in conference.

Virginia had two ranked wrestlers, and one of them lost to Matty Singleton. So UVa got four wins from unranked guys. How many years back would you have to go in the Pop era to find the last time State lost four matches to unranked wrestlers in the same dual?

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He was sick for that match...

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Was he sick or didn't make weight? Trimble said something about someone not making weight in one of his interviews.

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82TxPackFan said:

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Looks like we've got a solid 5 in Trumble, Matty, Vince, Denny, & Buesgens. After that, not sure what we've got!!

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And Pop loves to give starters nights off in conference matches - for reasons I've never understood. Sat Vince tonight so that's at least a 7 point swing.

Arrington is done for the year. If Zepeda's injury is long-term (and it sure looked like it was an ACL in the finals of the Southern Scuffle), we're in real trouble at 157. Combine that with the two transfers you brought in at 133 (Redding) and 197 (Brophy) not being very good, and this lineup is destined to get beat in conference.

Virginia had two ranked wrestlers, and one of them lost to Matty Singleton. So UVa got four wins from unranked guys. How many years back would you have to go in the Pop era to find the last time State lost four matches to unranked wrestlers in the same dual?

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He was sick for that match...

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Was he sick or didn't make weight? Trimble said something about someone not making weight in one of his interviews.

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For the booblehed night, he was ill, I was told.

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MATCH DAY

🆚 No. 12 Pitt
⏰ 7 PM
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🤼‍♂️ Fitzgerald Field House
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Cold and Miserable?

Not me....

Wolfpack Wraslin, Grilled Octopus, Bulleit Frontier Whiskey.

An Odd Man's Grandslam

Won't have a ton of updates tonight but I really like how Redding has been wrestling the last few weeks (last week's ass whoopin aside).

I think he can make it to NCAA's with a good showing at the ACC Tournament. We should have a good amount of allocations at each weight for the conference.

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Won't have a ton of updates tonight but I really like how Redding has been wrestling the last few weeks (last week's ass whoopin aside).

I think he can make it to NCAA's with a good showing at the ACC Tournament. We should have a good amount of allocations at each weight for the conference.

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Redding has been a very pleasant surprise for me. I wasn't expecting this at all. Hope you're right about him.

Ryan looked better.

Koy had an exciting one. Great scramble for the win.

Will was dominant. Thought he'd major Keslar after early wrestling, but Keslar did better staying away.

Vince should have majored his guy. I don't know what's going on with him. Wondering if the cut is just too hard this year and he's at 33 next year.

Tough loss for Matty. His ride in the second looked to gas him.

Donald did good to not get majored. Really fought at the end to prevent it.

Brophy wrestled hard. Other guy was top 10 for a reason. Excited about Brophy's future. He's been another pleasant surprise.

Isaac did what he does. Closes it out. So nice having a dependable force there. Hope he can remain healthy.