Sixth-ranked Virginia Tech secured a 29-9 victory over No. 13 North Carolina in an Atlantic Coast Conference wrestling match held Friday evening at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Virginia Tech won eight out of ten bouts during the dual. The loss moves North Carolina’s season record to 9-4 overall and 2-3 in conference competition.
North Carolina’s Nick O’Neill, competing at 141 pounds, achieved his first ACC win by pinning No. 22 Tom Crook of Virginia Tech in the second period. This fall marked O’Neill’s sixth of the season, which is currently the highest on the team.
At 174 pounds, Collin Carrigan earned a sudden-victory decision against No. 30 Sergio Desainte with an overtime takedown. This was Carrigan’s first dual and ACC win this season.
The Tar Heels will next host Stanford for their regular season finale at Carmichael Arena on Friday. The match is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. and will be broadcast on ACCNX.
The full results from the dual are as follows:
125: No. 3 Eddie Ventresca (VT) defeated No. 13 Kysen Terukina (UNC), 7-2 decision
133: No. 6 Aaron Seidel (VT) defeated Matthew Botello (UNC), technical fall, 17-0
141: Nick O’Neill (UNC) pinned No. 22 Tom Crook (VT), fall at 4:26
149: Drew Gorman (VT) defeated Nate Askew (UNC), 9-4 decision
157: No. 16 Ethen Miller (VT) defeated No. 25 Laird Root (UNC), sudden-victory decision, 5-2
165: No. 33 Mac Church (VT) defeated No.12 Bryce Hepner (UNC), 3-2 decision
174: Collin Carrigan (UNC) defeated No.30 Sergio Desiante (VT), sudden-victory decision, 8-5
184: No.32 Jaden Bullock (VT) defeated No.13 Jake Dailey (UNC), 8-3 decision
197: No.14 Sonny Sasso (VT) defeated Robert Platt (UNC), major decision,13-4
285: No.17 Jimmy Mullen(VT) defeated Jacob Levy(UNC), technical fall,19-3