RALEIGH, N.C. – Led by a pinfall win for Isaac Trumbull and technical falls for Ed Scott and Vince Robinson in his return to Reynolds Coliseum, No. 6 North Carolina State Wrestling ranked App State on Friday night. They made a trade and won 34-12. The first two home games of the 2024-25 season.
After bulking up to 133 pounds in the offseason, redshirt sophomore Troy Homan entered the Wolfpack lineup and competed in the opening round of the dual meet. The first score of the night against App State’s Chad Bellis came on a two-point reversal at the start of the second period. After that, they allowed a technical point and an escape, resulting in a two-point difference. He got a 3-point takedown with 30 seconds left in the second period, but Upstate’s head coach challenged and reversed it to keep it 2-2. With less than a minute left in the match, Bellis got a takedown on the edge for an easy decision victory and the Mountaineers’ first team points of the night.
No. 7 Kai Olin, who entered the starting lineup for the first time at Reynolds Coliseum at No. 141, lost to App State’s Shawn Carter, who defaulted with an injury early in the third period, and lost to North Carolina State for team points. That gave them a 6-3 lead.
Coy Busgens made his first start at 149 pounds against Kaden Kiser, earning a 7-5 victory. The first period ended scoreless, but Buesgens started the second period from behind and although they gave up two points, they managed to escape and make it 1-2. The Pack’s redshirt freshman got a takedown with 30 seconds left in the second period to take a 4-2 lead. Tied at 4 with a minute left in the game, a scramble led to Buesgen’s next takedown, moving closer to Buesgen’s victory and a team score of 9-3.
Ed Scott, next in ninth place, made an active return to Reynolds Coliseum in the 157 weight class by defeating mountaineer Anthony Conetta. He went for a pinfall in the first period, but with little time left, he was only able to score four points on nearfalls, quickly increasing his lead to 10-1. Scott dominated until the third period, scoring a technical fall to end the match early and extend his team’s lead to 11.
The key match of the night was a 165-pound bout between No. 20 Derek Fields and his opponent, No. 8 Will Miller, who started the season 3-0. Fields was able to contain Miller in the first period and start the second period with a run. He went down 2-3 with two minutes left and never took the lead, giving App State three team points.
Matty Singleton, ranked No. 25 in the world, returned to the mat in Raleigh after redshirting internationally last year and made weight to move up to 174. He came out explosively looking for an early pinfall, but only secured a four-point near fall, pushing him to a 7-0 lead to end the first three minutes. The Georgia native was able to take an early lead, but allowed only two points to Luke Uliano and lost 9-2 to the visiting Mountaineer.
In the 184-pound weight class, No. 14 Dylan Fishback faced Thomas Brooker, who defaulted with an injury in the first period.
In the next game against 197-pound No. 30 Christian Knopf, Carson Floyd defaulted with an injury in the third period, handing App State its final team point of the night.
At heavyweight, Isaac Trumbull pinned Levi Andrews in the first period to make his debut at 285 pounds in style in front of his home crowd.
After taking a huge lead in the first five minutes of the match, redshirt freshman Vince Robinson closed out the night with a flashy technical fall over Noah Luna, finishing in first place with a 20-5 record. .
to the next
The team heads to New Jersey tomorrow to take on Toms River’s Princeton and No. 17 Rutgers in the Journeyman’s Jersey Jostle on Sunday, Nov. 17 at RWJ Barnabas Health Arena.
result
#6 NC state 34, app state 12
Location: Reynolds Coliseum
Number of attendees: 2,526
133 | Chad Bellis (APP) December Troy Homan (NCSU), 7-5
141 | #7 Kai Oline (NCSU) def. Shawn Carter (APP), injured default (5:12)
149 | Koi Buesgens (NCSU) December Kadenkaiser (APP), 7-5
157 | #9 Ed Scott (NCSU) Tech Fall Anthony Conetta (APP), 23-6
165 | #8 Will Miller (APP) December #20 Derek Fields (NCSU), 7-3
174 | #25 Matty Singleton (NCSU) December Luke Uliano (APP), 9-2
184 | #14 Dylan Fishback (NCSU) def. Thomas Brooker (APP), injured default (2:10)
197 |Carson Floyd (APP) def. #30 Christian Knopf (NCSU), injured default (5:30)
285 | #7 Isaac Trumbull (NCSU) def. Levi Andrews (APP), fall until 2:30
125 | Vince Robinson (NCSU) Tech Fall Noah Luna (APP), 20-5
*Ranking is based on InterMat research (November 12th)
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