NC State Newsstand: Wrestling places 4th at Cliff Keen Invitational
NC State wrestling, the No. 2 ranked team in the nation, had a successful trip to Las Vegas with a fourth-place finish at the Cliff Keen Invitational over the weekend. The Pack had two first-place champions and four others that found the podium.
Kai Orine won at 133 lbs, while Trent Hidlay finished atop the podium at 197 lbs for the Wolfpack. Other Wolfpack wrestlers to place included Ryan Jack (2nd, 141 lbs), Ed Scott (3rd, 157 lbs), Dylan Fishback (7th, 184 lbs) and Jackson Arrington (8th, 149 lbs).
Hidlay, currently ranked No. 5 at 197 by FloWrestling, won this event last season at 184. He earned four ranked wins this year as he beat No. 6 Jacob Cardenas (Cornell), No. 8 Jaxson Smith (Maryland), No. 18 Evan Bockman (Utah Valley) and No. 27 Justin Rademacher (Oregon State).
Orine, the fifth-ranked wrestler at 133 by FloWrestling, beat three ranked opponents in Las Vegas — No. 11 Evan Frost (Iowa State), No. 18 Derrick Cardinal (South Dakota State) and No. 25 Gabe Whisenhunt (Oregon State).
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Jack had a trio of ranked wins, while Scott earned four in their time in Las Vegas. Fishback, Troy Hohman and Owen Trephan all picked up one ranked win at the event.
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NC State has a chance to win its 10th game in the bowl, which would mark the first time since 2002 that the Pack has earned at least that many victories, and it will be the first with exactly 10. Doeren is excited for the chance to make history with the Wolfpack.
“It’s never happened at NC State,” Doeren said. “We’ve had an 11-win team and a bunch of 9 and 8 and 7s, but never a 10. In over 135 years of football, it would be the first time. Any time you can break ground with something over a period that long, it’s meaningful to say the least. This game means a lot to our football program and the guys are going to play really hard.”
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