UNC Wrestling 2025-2026
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Obviously I hate losing to state year after year, but this is the young team that has ups and downs. While it is frustrating, I expected matches like this. I am disappointed that a few older wrestlers dropped the ball in their matches tonight. it is unfair to compare how each wrestled against Virginia, as state had 3 different wrestlers in their lineup tonight, including a national champion.
We started out strong, with a win over a very good ranked wrestler at 141. At 149 Askew is wrestling up from his ideal weight, and still has some adjusting to college wrestling. He needed to have this redshirt year, but he is in the spot and is doing his best. After Askew I felt like Root, Carrigan, Dailey, Neves, and Terukina wrestled to at least the basic expectation.
I felt like Hepner, Plat, and Oakley were not as ready for their opponent as they might have been. Hepner had a tough match, but he shouldn’t have given up a major decision. I felt like the other 2 should be a win going into the match. Win 2 of these 3 matches and don’t give up the major and it is a tie match. After the first match I felt we struggled to find the right time to be aggressive vs the time to defend. As is normal state was aggressive and it paid off for them.
Hopefully they can shake this off and be prepared for #14 Pitt next week.
We started out strong, with a win over a very good ranked wrestler at 141. At 149 Askew is wrestling up from his ideal weight, and still has some adjusting to college wrestling. He needed to have this redshirt year, but he is in the spot and is doing his best. After Askew I felt like Root, Carrigan, Dailey, Neves, and Terukina wrestled to at least the basic expectation.
I felt like Hepner, Plat, and Oakley were not as ready for their opponent as they might have been. Hepner had a tough match, but he shouldn’t have given up a major decision. I felt like the other 2 should be a win going into the match. Win 2 of these 3 matches and don’t give up the major and it is a tie match. After the first match I felt we struggled to find the right time to be aggressive vs the time to defend. As is normal state was aggressive and it paid off for them.
Hopefully they can shake this off and be prepared for #14 Pitt next week.
