NC State wrestling: Live blog of day two at NCAA Championship
NC State wrestling is looking to build off a fifth-straight ACC title by registering a second podium finish at NCAA Championship under head coach Pat Popolizio. To do so, the Pack will need to finish in the top four of the team standings.
TheWolfpacker.com will have updates throughout the day Friday.
For a recap of day one, click here.
Action concludes for NC State wrestling (10:35 p.m.)
Action wrapped up for NC State tonight, three All-Americans in action tomorrow. Scott and Hidlay will have one bout early to determine if they go into the 3rd or 5th place bout, while Orine will be in the 7th place match.
Medal Rounds – 11 AM (ET)
157 Medal Round: No. 8 Ed Scott (NC State – 23-8) vs. No. 5 Josh Humphreys (Lehigh – 19-1)
184 Medal Round: No. 2 Trent Hidlay (NC State – 23-2) vs. No. 5 Marcus Coleman (Iowa State – 23-4)
133 7th Place Bout: No. 5 Kai Orine (NC State – 18-7) vs. No. 6 Sam Latona (Virginia Tech – 26-7)
Scott’s pin highlights nightcap (10:28 p.m.)
133 pounds:
No. 5 Kai Orine (NC State – 18-6) vs. No. 8 Aaron Nagao (Minnesota – 21-5)
1st – Orine dives low into both legs, takedown 40 seconds in. Nagao escape after 24 seconds. Orine again, low for the takedown and Nagao quick escape. 4-2 Orine, +0:28 riding time (RT)
2nd – Nagao chooses down, Orine with the stall while still on top, but RT gets over 1 minute. Escape by Nagao off the restart. 4-3 Orine, +1:05 RT
3rd – Orine chooses neutral. Orine low again, water fall position but Nagao captured the leg and takedown with 1:15 left for the lead, and takes RT under 1 minute. Stall on Nagao while on top. Orine cannot escape and falls 5-4.
Orine will be in the seventh place match tomorrow.
157 pounds:
No. 8 Ed Scott (NC State – 22-8) vs. #7 Bryce Andonian (Virginia Tech – 11-3)
1st – Andonian with the first takedown, followed by a Scott escape. Andonian with another takedown and pair of near fall points. Scott escape. 2-6 Andonian, -1:17 RT
2nd – Scott chooses down, and Andonian gives the escape. Scott strikes with a takedown 30 seconds in. RT goes under 1 minute before Andonian escape. 5-7 Andonian
3rd – Andonian chooses down and Scott gives the release. Scott takedown with 1:10 left pulls within one, gives the escape with 1:00 left. Scott takedown with 32 seconds left to even the score. Scott puts Andonian to his back, and gets a huge pin with 5 seconds left.
Scott will be in action tomorrow morning to determine if he makes the third place or fifth place bout.
184 pounds:
No. 2 Trent Hidlay (NC State – 23-1) vs. No. 3 Aaron Brooks (Penn State – 16-1)
1st – Brooks gets a leg, and takedown at the 1:45 mark. Hidlay escape after 15 seconds. Brooks strikes again with 1 minute left. 1-4 Brooks, -1:17 RT
2nd – Brooks chooses down and is out in 7 seconds. 1-5 Brooks, -1:08 RT
3rd – Hidlay chooses down and escapes, but RT up to 1:49. A second stall on Brooks gives Hidlay a point.
Hidlay falls 6-3.
Hidlay will be in action tomorrow morning to determine if he makes the third place or fifth place bout.
NC State wrestling has two more clinch All-American status (9:49 p.m.)
131 pounds:
No. 5 Kai Orine (NC State – 17-6) vs. No. 15 Kyle Biscaglia (Northern Iowa – 22-10) – A rematch from Las Vegas that saw Orine hit a cement mixer late to win.
1st – Scoreless first.
2nd – Orine chooses down and is out in two seconds for the first point. Another cement mixer hit for Orine. Takedown and four swipes midway through the period. Escape in final seconds for Biscaglia. 7-1 Orine
3rd – Biscaglia chooses top. Stall on Orine with 45 seconds left. Biscaglia gets the ride out, but not a turn.
2023 All-American Kai Orine with a 7-1 decision.
Orine has one more bout on the night. Will face winner of No. 8 Aaron Nagao (Minnesota – 20-5) vs. No. 14 Zach Redding (Iowa State – 18-11)
141 pounds:
No. 16 Jackson Arrington (NC State – 23-8) vs. No. 6 Brock Mauller (Missouri – 18-3)
1st – Arrington late shot, counter by Mauller for the takedown with 5 seconds left. 0-2 Mauller
2nd – Arrington chooses down and gets on the scoreboard after 25 seconds. Arrington takedown midway through the period and rides him out the rest of the period. 3-2 Arrington
3rd – Mauller chooses neutral. Arrington collects the leg with 40 seconds left, but Mauller fights through with a takedown with 12 seconds left and Arrington cannot escape.
Arrington has been eliminated, one win shy of All-American honors as a true freshman, as he falls 4-3.
157 pounds:
No. 8 Ed Scott (NC State – 21-8) vs. No. 6 Daniel Cardenas (Stanford – 19-2)
1st – Cardenas with a takedown 30 seconds in, Scott escape after 30 seconds. Scott with the drive through for a takedown midway through, and Cardenas escape. 3-3, +0:16 riding time (RT) for Scott
2nd – Cardenas chooses down and escapes in 15 seconds to retake the lead. Scott in on the leg again, great defense by Cardenas late to hold it off. 3-4 Cardenas, +0:35 RT
3rd – Scott chooses down and evens it up with 1:52 left. Stall on Cardenas with 1:13 left. 4-4 going into OT.
SV1 – Cardenas shot off the whistle, Scott blocks and reshoots but no scoring. Scott goes low, gets to the thigh, takedown with 55 seconds left.
2023 All-American Ed Scott with a 6-4 win in OT.
Scott has one more bout on the night. Will face winner of No. 7 Bryce Andonian (Virginia Tech – 10-3) vs. No. 11 Chase Saldate (Michigan State – 28-7)
Trephan eliminated, blood round and semifinals ahead (4:59 p.m.)
Heavyweight:
No. 7 Owen Trephan (NC State – 23-4) vs. No. 16 Tate Orndorff (Ohio State – 17-8)
1st – Scoreless first.
2nd – Orndorff chooses down and escapes in 10 seconds for the first point.
3rd – Trephan chooses down. Orndorff hit with a stall on top. Trephan escape evens it with 1:20 left, riding time (RT) no factor. 1-1 to OT.
SV1 – No scoring.
TB1 – Trephan chooses down and Orndorff gets the 30 second ride out. Orndorff chooses neutral, Trephan needs a takedown in the 30 seconds to win. Trephan unable to score.
Trephan has been eliminated from the tournament with a 2-1 loss in extra time.
SEMIFINALS – 7 PM (ET) on ESPN
184: No. 2 Trent Hidlay (NC State – 23-1) vs. #3 Aaron Brooks (Penn State – 16-1)
– Third straight time meeting at the NCAAs. Brooks has won both previous matches – 3-2 in the 2021 NCAA Final and 6-4 in OT in the semifinals last year.
BLOOD ROUND
133: No. 5 Kai Orine (NC State – 17-6) vs. No. 15 Kyle Biscaglia (Northern Iowa – 22-10)
149: No. 16 Jackson Arrington (NC State – 23-8) vs. No. 6 Brock Mauller (Missouri – 18-3)
157: No. 8 Ed Scott (NC State – 21-8) vs. No. 6 Daniel Cardenas (Stanford – 19-2)
Winners in blood round clinch All-American status.
Team Scores after the first three sessions:
Penn State – 78
Iowa – 48
Cornell – 45.5
Nebraska – 44
Michigan – 39
Missouri – 34
Ohio State – 31
NC State – 29
Iowa State – 28
Arizona State – 27
Two from NC State wrestling advance to blood round, one eliminated (3:42 p.m.)
125 pounds:
No. 20 Jarrett Trombley (NC State – 15-7) vs. No. 6 Stevo Poulin (Northern Colorado – 30-6)
1st – Trombley shoots off the whistle, gets Poulin in the water fall position, takedown 30 seconds in. Quick Poulin escape. Blood time for Poulin with 41 seconds left, gets a head wrap. Poulin with a takedown and two swipes with 20 seconds left, big escape with 6 seconds left. 3-5 Poulin
2nd – Trombley chooses down and Trombley escapes with riding time (RT) under 1 minute. More blood time for Poulin with 1:13 left. 4-5 Poulin, -0:49 RT
3rd – Poulin chooses down and gets the reversal, then a Trombley escape. 5-7 with 1 minute left, RT no factor. Trombley shoots late, Poulin with the defense and takedown.
Trombley falls 9-5.
Trombley has been eliminated from the tournament.
149 pounds:
No. 16 Jackson Arrington (NC State – 22-8) vs. No. 23 Victor Voinovich (Oklahoma State – 17-12)
1st – Arrington with an early takedown and rides out the period. 2-0 Arrington, +2:30 RT
2nd – Voinovich chooses neutral. Another Arrington takedown midway through the period. Refs talk about, call stands without review. Arrington secures the RT point in the second period before a Voinovich escape. 4-1 Arrington, +3:10 RT
3rd – Arrington choose neutral and no points scored.
Arrington moves into the Round of 12 with a 5-1 decision (3:10 of RT).
Arrington moves into tonight’s Blood Round vs. No. 6 Brock Mauller (Missouri – 18-3). Winner becomes an All-American.
157 pounds:
No. 8 Ed Scott (NC State – 20-8) vs. No. 17 Jarrett Jacques (Missouri – 19-6)
1st – Scott strikes first with an early takedown and rides out the period. 2-0 Scott, +2:43 RT
2nd – Scott chooses down and escapes in 2 seconds. 3-0 Scott, +2:41 RT
3rd – Jacques chooses neutral. Scott adds a takedown 10 seconds in, and secured the RT. Jacques escape with 1:15 left.
Scott moves into the Round of 12 with a 6-1 decision.
Scott moves into tonight’s Blood Round vs. No. 6 Daniel Cardenas (Stanford – 19-2)
Two more from NC State wrestling stay alive in consolation (3:03 p.m.)
197 pounds
No. 6 Isaac Trumble (NC State – 20-5) vs. #28 Jacob Koser (Navy – 26-11)
1st – Koser shoots of the whistle and gets takedown 22 seconds in. Trumble gets caught going for the reversal and gives up four swipes from a half nelson. Trumble gets the reversal with 34 seconds left and rides him out. 2-6 Koser
2nd – Trumble chooses neutral. Koser goes low again, Trumble works though it for the takedown 30 seconds in. Cradle locked up for Trumble, but Koser comes out with the reversal. Trumble a reversal of his own with 30 seconds left, and takes riding time (RT) under 1 minute. 6-8 Koser, -0:43 RT
3rd – Koser chooses down, and gets hit with stalling midway through. Another cradle by Trumble, broken up by Koser with 30 seconds left. RT secured. Trumble rides out the period, 8-8 into OT. (Hard to tell from TV, had to be a second stalling call in there somewhere).
SV1 – Takedown for Trumble 24 seconds in.
Trumble advances with a 10-8 decision.
Trumble faces the winner of No. 14 Jacob Warner (Iowa – 16-7) vs. No. 20 Evan Bockman (Utah Valley – 21-8) later in this session. Winner gets a spot in the Blood Round tonight.
Heavyweight
No. 7 Owen Trephan (NC State – 22-4) vs. #25 Michael Wolfgram (West Virginia – 21-13)
1st – Scoreless first.
2nd – Wolfgram chooses down and escapes in 10 seconds. Stall on Trephan. Wolfgram gets the leg for the third time, Trephan fights it off again. 0-1
3rd – Trephan chooses down and ties it with an escape. RT no factor with 1:50 left. Late shot by Trephan, takedown with 10 seconds left.
Trephan takes the 3-1 win.
Trephan faces the winner of No. 16 Tate Orndorff (Ohio State – 16-8) vs. No. 15 Grady Griess (Navy – 36-6) later in this session. Winner gets a spot in the Blood Round tonight.
Trent Hidlay clinches All-American status (2:23 p.m.)
184 pounds:
No. 2 Trent Hidlay (NC State – 22-1) vs. No. 7 Hunter Bolen (VT – 21-5)
Hidlay won the dual this year, 5-3 in OT. It was the first match-up between the two that had more than one takedown. Bolen won the first three showdowns between the two, but Hidlay has won the last three heading into their seventh all-time match-up.
1st – Stall called on Bolen 38 seconds in. Scoreless first.
2nd – Bolen chooses down and Hidlay rides out the period. 0-0, +2:00 riding time.
3rd – Hidlay chooses down and escapes after 9 seconds for the first point. Bolen then hit with a second stall, giving Hidlay a 2-0 lead with 1:45 left. Hidlay hit with a stall with 1:30 left. RT is secured. Takedown in final two seconds for Hidlay after Bolen shoots in.
Hidlay defeats VT’s Bolen for the fourth straight time, 5-0 with 1:51 of RT.
Hidlay guarantees himself a fourth straight All-American season (third straight by earning it at the NCAAs) and moves into the semifinals to face the two-time reigning national champion No. 3 Aaron Brooks (Penn State – 15-1).
Scott stays alive with a pin (1:39 p.m.)
157 pounds:
No. 8 Ed Scott (NC State – 19-8) vs. No. 23 Peter Pappas (George Mason – 24-4)
1st – Scott gets to the leg, locks in a cradle for a takedown with 15 seconds left. Scott then turns cradle into a pin with 7 seconds left in the period.
Scott moves on with a first period pin.
Faces the winner of No. 17 Jarrett Jacques (Missouri – 18-6) vs. No. 18 Derek Gilcher (Indiana – 25-14) later in this session. Winner gets a spot in the Blood Round tonight.
Arrington stays alive in consolation bracket (1:24 p.m.)
149 pounds:
No. 16 Jackson Arrington (NC State – 21-8) vs. #18 Mitch Moore (Oklahoma – 19-8) – former Virginia Tech Hokie
1st – Arrington gets the leg and takedown midway through. Moore with the escape after 45 seconds. 2-1 Arrington, +0:45 riding time (RT)
2nd – Arrington chooses down and Moore rides out the period. 2-1, Arrington, -1:16 RT
3rd – Moore chooses down, and Arrington gets RT under 1 minute. Stalemate, Arrington still on top with 0:59 left, hanging to one-point lead. Moore escape evens it with 45 seconds left, RT no factor. Arrington gets Moore into the water fall position, but Moore rolls through and no points. OT.
SV1 – Moore headlocks, but Arrington slips through for the takedown 15 seconds in.
Arrington continues with a 4-2 decision.
Arrington faces the winner of No. 9 Jaden Abas (Stanford – 20-6) vs. No. 23 Victor Voinovich (Oklahoma State – 16-12) later in this session. Winner gets a spot in the Blood Round tonight.
Jack becomes second NC State wrestler eliminated (12:57 p.m.)
141 pounds:
No. 5 Ryan Jack (NC State – 21-4) vs. #22 Malice Hines (Lehigh – 18-12)
1st – Jack shoots, but Hines comes out on top one minute in for the takedown. Jack escape with 1:06 left, but refs wave it off and Hines still on top. Hines gets four swipes in the final 10 seconds while riding out. 0-6 Hines, -1:59 riding time
2nd – Hines chooses down and gets the reversal 10 seconds in. Jack escapes. Hines with another takedown with 10 seconds left. 1-10 Hines, -2:23 RT
3rd – Jack chooses down and gets the escape in 20 seconds. Jack takedown, and he lets him up with 41 seconds left. Jack another takedown and release. Goes for the gator roll but gets caught for the takedown and swipes.
Jack falls by major decision 18-6 and has been eliminated from the tournament.
Orine falls to consolation bracket, Trombley stays alive (12:53 p.m.)
125 pounds:
No. 20 Jarrett Trombley (NC State – 14-7) vs. No. 14 Noah Surtin (Missouri – 17-6)
1st – Surtin with a throw late, but no takedown. Scoreless first.
2nd – Trombley chooses down and escapes in 39 seconds. 1-0 Trombley, -0:39 riding time (RT)
3rd – Surtin chooses down and evens it with 1:52 left. Trombley goes low and gets Surtin in the water fall position a couple of times but ref calls potentially dangerous with 0:42 left. Injury time for Surtin as his left knee got twisted. Trombley chooses down on the restart and his escape gives him the lead with 0:31 seconds left. Potentially dangerous again, restart with 0:12.
Trombley secures the 2-1 win.
Faces the winner of No. 6 Stevo Poulin (Northern Colorado – 29-6) vs. No. 21 Jore Volk (Wyoming – 24-10) later in this session. Winner gets a spot in the Blood Round tonight.
133 pounds:
No. 5 Kai Orine (NC State – 17-5) vs. No. 4 Michael McGee (Arizona State – 22-10)
The two met in Las Vegas in early December. McGee claimed an 18-4 major decision.
1st – McGee strikes first about midway through the period with a takedown. Orine gets the escape with 20 seconds left. 1-2 McGee, -1:16 RT
2nd – Orine chooses down, McGee gets RT up to 2:42 before the escape. McGee shoots late, takedown on the edge with 14 seconds left. 2-4 McGree, -2:57 RT
3rd – McGee chooses down and escapes with 1:12 left, and the RT point is locked up. Orine shoots, but McGee counters with 35 seconds left.
Orine falls 8-2.
He will next wrestling in tonight’s Blood Round.
Quick preview of Friday for NC State
Here is a quick preview of the action on Friday at the NCAA Championships for NC State wrestling
Quarterfinal — 12 pm (ET) on ESPNU
133: No. 5 Kai Orine (NC State – 17-5) vs. No. 4 Michael McGee (Arizona State – 22-10)
– The two met in Las Vegas in early December. McGee claimed an 18-4 major decision.
184: No. 2 Trent Hidlay (NC State – 22-1) vs. No. 7 Hunter Bolen (Virginia Tech – 21-5)
– Hidlay won the dual this year, 5-3 in OT. It was the first match-up between the two that had more than one takedown. Bolen won the first three showdowns between the two, but Hidlay has won the last three.
Consolation Round 2
125: No. 20 Jarrett Trombley (NC State – 14-7) vs. No. 14 Noah Surtin (Missouri – 17-6)
141: No. 5 Ryan Jack (NC State – 21-4) vs. No. 22 Malice Hines (Lehigh – 18-12)
149: No. 16 Jackson Arrington (NC State – 21-8) vs. No. 18 Mitch Moore (Oklahoma – 19-8)
157: No. 8 Ed Scott (NC State – 19-8) vs. No. 23 Peter Pappas (George Mason – 24-4)
197: No. 6 Isaac Trumble (NC State – 20-5) vs. No. 28 Jacob Koser (Navy – 26-11)
285: No. 7 Owen Trephan (NC State – 22-4) vs. No. 25 Michael Wolfgram (West Virginia – 21-13)
From The Wolves’ Den message board — paths to the podium for each wrestler in the consolations
NCAA Championships team scores after rounds 1 and 2
Penn State – 26
Iowa – 21.5
Missouri – 17.5
Minnesota – 16.5
NC State – 16.5
Cornell – 15.5
Nebraska – 15.5
