Action gets underway for the Tar Heels on Nov. 6 when they travel to Blacksburg, Va. for the Hokie Open before back-to-back dual weekends in Hershey, Pa. and Latham, N.Y.
The Hershey Duals (Nov. 12) will see Carolina take on a pair of top 25 finishers from a year ago in Illinois and Nebraska before closing out the day with duals against Ohio State and Boston.
The very next weekend the Tar Heels will face off against top 10 finisher Lehigh, along with Penn and Rutgers at the Northeastern Duals.
Carolina will close out 2011 in Las Vegas, Nev. as the Tar Heels will take part in the two-day Cliff Keen Invitational Dec. 2-3 before taking a break to close out the semester.
The Tar Heels will open the 2012 calendar year at the Southern Scuffle in its new home of Chattanooga, Tenn. on Jan. 1-2 before opening the home and conference season Jan. 9 against rival Duke.
Back-to-back weekends in Virginia follow for the Tar Heels as they will do battle in the Virginia Duals prior to a conference weekend at Virginia and Virginia Tech.
Carolina will then host conference foe Maryland on Jan. 27 followed by a match against Navy the next day. The Tar Heels will close out conference action on Feb. 3 with a dual at NC State.
To close out the regular season the Tar Heels will travel to Buies Creek, N.C. for duals against Northwestern and Campbell, followed by a trip to Charleston, S.C. for duals against Sacred Heart and The Citadel.
Carmichael Arena will play host to the 2012 ACC Championships on March 3 as the Tar Heels will have home mat advantage in the yearly battle for the ACC crown.
The 2012 NCAA Championships will be held in St. Louis, Mo.
The Tar Heels sent three wrestlers to the NCAA Championships a year ago and will return the services of a pair of freshmen who reached the Championships in 157 pounder Corey Mock and 197 pounder Zac Bennett.
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