The Pack started the bout with six points. Starting at 133 pounds, Jamal Morris dominated the first period and scored a pin at the 2:59 mark. The pin was Morris' first in his Pack career.
No. 3 Kevin Jack then picked up a 6-3 win at 141 pounds to put the Pack up 9-0 after two bouts. Down 2-1 to start the second, Jack scored a reversal and accumulated 2:31 of ride time in the final two periods to go with a third-period takedown.
After Duke's first win at 149, No. 6 Tommy Gantt improved to a perfect 13-0 on the season with a 13-4 major decision. Gantt scored all six takedowns of his match, and earned his 10th bonus point win among his 13 season wins.
Duke picked up their second win at 165 pounds, and at the intermission NC State held a 13-6 lead.
Nicky Hall picked up more bonus points for the Pack, with a 12-4 major decision at 174 pounds. After each grappler scored a first-period takedown, Hall got a four-point near-fall near the end of the period and held the lead throughout.
No. 15 Pete Renda made it back-to-back bonus point wins with his 17-1 tech fall win at 184 pounds. Renda locked un a couple of cradles during the bout and scored two four-point near-falls.
Duke's third win of the night was at 197 pounds, and all three Blue Devil wins were by ranked guys against unranked NC State wrestlers.
The Pack closed the dual with back-to-back six-point wins. No. 1 Nick Gwiazdowski picked up another first period pin, and improves to 17-0 on the season and runs his NCAA-leading winning streak to 72 matched. Gwiazdowski's pin was his ninth of the season. In the final bout, Duke forfeited at 125 pounds and Jamel Morris was credited with the ACC win.
NC State has now won 38 of the last 42 duals against Duke dating back to 1975. Over those last 40 years, NC State is now a perfect 22-0 in dual action at Duke. The 34 points scored against Duke are the most in the series since a 38-3 win in 2001, and are the most at Duke in a dual since a 36-0 win in 1996.
Results:
133: Jamal Morris (NCSU) fall Brandon Leynaud; 2:59 - 6-0
141: No. 3 Kevin Jack (NCSU) dec. Zach Finesilver; 6-3 - 9-0
149: No. 9 Mitch Finesilver (DU) dec. Beau Donahue; 12-7 - 9-3
157: No. 6 Tommy Gantt (NCSU) major dec. Connor Bass; 13-4 - 13-3
165: No. 17 Jake Faust (DU) dec. Lee Davis; 5-0 - 13-6
174: Nicky Hall (NCSU) major dec. Alec Schenk; 12-4 - 17-6
184: No. 15 Pete Renda (NCSU) tech fall Trey Adamson; 17-1 - 22-6
197: No. 5 Conner Hartman (DU) dec. No. 17 Michael Boykin; 6-0 - 22-9
285: No. 1 Nick Gwiazdowski (NCSU) fall Brendan Walsh; 1:53 - 28-9
125: Jamel Morris (NCSU) forfeit - 34-9
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