Duke enters Tuesday night's dual meet 0-7 overall and 0-2 in the ACC after dropping their first seven contests of the year. The Blue Devils lost all three of their dual meets at the ACC-Southern Conference Mat Jam Duals on Nov. 13, falling to Tennessee-Chattanooga, 32-3, to Appalachian State, 21-16, and to VMI, 22-15.
Duke lost to The Citadel, 28-12, on Jan. 9 before falling to N.C. State, 26-7, on Jan. 17 in Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Blue Devils dropped both dual meets last week, falling to UNC Greensboro, 23-9, on Wednesday night and to Maryland, 21-12, on Saturday afternoon.
Scouting the North Carolina Tar Heels
North Carolina boasts a 12-8-1 overall record and an 0-2-1 ACC mark entering Tuesday's match. The Tar Heels opened conference action by rallying for a 16-16 draw against N.C. State on Jan. 20. North Carolina dropped two league matches last week, falling to Virginia, 27-10, on Friday night and to Maryland, 24-18, on Saturday afternoon.
The Tar Heels are 0-6-1 in their last seven dual meets. Injuries have hit North Carolina's wrestling program, causing the Tar Heels to forfeit two matches against Maryland and four matches against No. 19 Navy on Saturday.
North Carolina won the 2005 ACC Championship.
Duke-North Carolina Ties
Duke assistant coach Corey Bell was a four-time ACC champion and NCAA qualifier for North Carolina during his collegiate wrestling career. Bell, who is in his fifth year with the Blue Devils, majored in communication studies at North Carolina.
Carlyle Cup
North Carolina holds a 6-5 lead over Duke in this year's Carlyle Cup, which is a yearlong competition between the Blue Devils and the Tar Heels sponsored by Carlyle & Co. of Greensboro, N.C.
Duke vs. North Carolina Probable Matches
125: Kellan McKeon (Duke) vs. Bobby Shaw (North Carolina)
133: Michael Degli Obizzi (Duke) vs. Jared Royer (North Carolina)
141: Philip Wightman (Duke) vs. Vincent Ramirez (North Carolina)
149: Daniel Shvartsman (Duke) vs. Isaiah Britton or Chris Ramos (North Carolina)
157: Cameron Harms (Duke) vs. Brian Baglio (North Carolina)
165: Aaron Glover (Duke) vs. Deon Barrett or Garrett Atkinson (North Carolina)
174: Levi Craig (Duke) vs. Alex Maciag or Jake Puckett (North Carolina)
184: Dan Tulley (Duke) vs. Justin Dobies (North Carolina)
197: Konrad Dudziak (Duke) vs. David Dashiell (North Carolina)
HWT: Wade Van Sickle (Duke) vs. Spencer Nadolsky (North Carolina)
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