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Sunday Updates
1:45 p.m. — Michael Macchiavello is up in his second match of the best-of-three finals now. He'll have to beat Nickal to force a third bout.
Macchiavello hung tough, but fell 5-0. It was really 3-0 after Nickal got points for passivity and two pushouts, but Macchiavello tried a desperation shot at the end and gave up a takedown for the final score. Macchiavello did have a really deep shot at the end of the first period but could not finish it. He'll finish in second place.
1:31 p.m. — Former NC State wrestler Michael Boykin is up on mat 1, taking on Cornell All-American Ben Honis.
In a wild back-and-forth match that saw Boykin take a 5-1 lead, he gave up a takedown and four turns that broke things open. Despite a late rally, Boykin falls by a final score of 13-11 to place fourth.
1:07 p.m. — Former NC State All-American Tommy Gantt is up now on mat 1. He's taking on Richie Lewis, a former standout at Rutgers.
Gantt trails 1-0 at the break, and gave up another pushout early in the second period. But then he rattles off eight straight points from two pushouts, two takedowns and a turn for an 8-2 victory and third-place finish.
12:40 p.m. — NC State graduate Sean Fausz is wrestling for third place right now on mat 1, taking on Shelton Mack.
Fausz trailed 2-1 at the break, but rallied with two pushouts and a takedown with about five seconds left to ice it and win 5-2 to place third.
12:28 p.m. — Former NC State national champion Michael Macchiavello is up on mat 1, taking on three-time NCAA Champion Bo Nickal in the first match of their best-of-three championship series.
Nickal opened the scoring with a four point throw, and then three quick turns results in a 10-0 tech that took a little over a minute.
Third-place matches are starting now.
Saturday Recap
In the junior division, a pair of NC State freshmen who redshirted last year placed — Trent Hidlay won at 86 kilograms (more on that below, at 3:16 p.m.) and Jarrett Trombley took third at 61 kg.
On the senior level, former NCAA champion and NC State graduate Michael Macchiavello won the challenge tournament at 92 kg and will face three-time NCAA Champion Bo Nickal in tomorrow's best-of-three championship. Nickal beat Macchiavello in late April at the US Open, 14-4.
However, Macchiavello won't be the only one in action tomorrow. Fellow former NC State wrestlers Sean Fausz (61 kg), Tommy Gantt (74 kg) and Michael Boykin (97 kg) will all be going for third place. Wrestling is scheduled to start at noon.
7:55 p.m. — NC State just had three wrestlers all up at once.
The only one in the championship bracket, Michael Macchiavello, posted a 3-0 win over Hayden Zillmer to make tomorrow's best-of-three championship final.
On the consolation side, Michael Boykin advanced to tomorrow's third-place match via injury forfeit and Timmy McCall fell in a 10-6 decision.
7:28 p.m. — Tommy Gantt up now on mat 1, taking on Dan Vallimont in the consolation semifinals. He takes a 3-0 lead at the break thanks to a takedown and pushout, and then adds another pushout in the third period for a 4-3 victory. He will wrestle in tomorrow's third-place match.
7:05 p.m. — Sean Fausz is up now on mat 2, taking on Joseph Palmer. Fausz scores two first-period takedowns, including one off of a sweet takedown, and then he adds a fifth point for a failed challenge by his opponent.
After leading 5-0 at the break, Fausz keeps racking up the points en route to a 9-2 victory and spot in the consolation finals.
6:36 p.m. — Former NCAA champion Michael Macchiavello is now up on mat 2, taking on former Nebraska All-America TJ Dudley in the semifinals of the challenge tournament.
After giving up the first takedown and trailing 2-1 at the break, Macchiavello added two second-period takedowns and only gave up a stepout to post a 5-3 victory. He'll wrestle in tonight's challenge tournament finals for a spot in the best-of-three finals tomorrow.
6:01 p.m. — In the championship semifinals of the senior freestyle challenge tournament, Tommy Gantt is getting ready to wrestle Michigan All-American Logan Massa.
Massa struck first with a pair of takedowns in the first period and took a 4-0 lead into the break. Gantt returned fire in the second with an impressive pair of takedowns, but gave up a late pushout that resulted in the 5-4 final score. He will drop to the consolation bracket later tonight.
5:30 p.m. — The third and final session of the day is starting now. It involves the challenge tournament semifinals, finals and consolations through the consolation semifinals for senior freestyle.
In action from the Wolfpack will be Tommy Gantt and Michael Macchiavello, who begin the round in the semifinals, and Sean Fausz, Timmy McCall and Michael Boykin in the consolation bracket.
3:16 p.m. — Trent Hidlay is coming up for the second match of his best-of-three championship series against Victor Marcelli.
Marcelli opens with a four-point throw again, but then Hidlay storms back and scores seven straight to take a 7-4 lead into the break.
Hidlay poured it on in the second and final period and shut out his opponent for an 11-4 victory. He is the best 86-kilogram wrestler in the US 20 years old or younger.
2:16 p.m. — Jarrett Trombley is up now on mat 1 against Jevon Parrish, who started at Nebraska as a true freshman this past year.
Trombley trailed 4-0, but scored a huge four-point turn near the end of the first period and added another turn before the buzzer to take a 6-4 lead at the break.
Trombley scored a stepout early in the second before Parrish started making a run. Trombley gave up a few points but then seals the match at the end with a takedown just before the buzzer for the 9-8 win. He places third in the junior division by way of an impressive win over a high-quality opponent after facing some adversity (he had to take an injury time midway through the second period) in a back-and-forth bout.
2:00 p.m. — Trent Hidlay is up now on mat 2 against Victor Marcelli in the best-of-three finals. Both redshirted this past season; Marcelli goes to UVA.
Hidlay posts a 12-7 victory in the first match. It was back and forth early with both hitting four-point moves, but Hidlay pulled away at the end and takes a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three finals.
Saturday Session 1 Recap
The first session is done, so the senior-level freestyle wrestling (where most of the guys with NC State ties are in action) is done until 5:30 p.m. They have wrestled up to the championship semifinals and first two rounds of consolations of the challenge tournament.
Here's a look at how the guys with NC State ties have done in senior freestyle:
61 kg Sean Fausz (recent NC State graduate/RTC member) — 1-1, wrestling in the consolation semifinals tonight
70 kg Hayden Hidlay (redshirt sophomore/RTC member) — 0-2, eliminated
74 kg Tommy Gantt (NC State graduate/RTC member) — 1-0, wrestling in the semifinals tonight vs. Michigan All-American Logan Massa
79 kg Lee Davis (NC State graduate/RTC member) — 0-2, eliminated
92 kg Michael Macchiavello (NC State graduate/RTC member) — 1-0, wrestling in the semifinals tonight vs. Nebraska All-American T.J. Dudley, who he beat twice at the US Open earlier this offseason
92 kg Timmy McCall (Wisconsin graduate from Hope Mills, N.C./RTC member) — 1-1, wrestling in the consolation semifinals tonight
97 kg Michael Boykin (NC State graduate/RTC member) — 0-1, wrestling in tonight’s consolation semifinals
125 kg Mike Kosoy (NC State graduate/now training at Arizona State) — 0-2, eliminated.
Two with ties to NC State will be in action in the next session, which starts at 1:30 — freshman Jarrett Trombley is going for third at 61 kilograms and classmate Trent Hidlay is going in the championship match.
12:20 p.m. — Former NC State wrestler and university graduate Mike Kosoy fell by a final score of 5-1 and is eliminated.
12:18 p.m. — RTC athlete Timmy McCall just won by technical fall, 10-0, in 28 seconds.
11:58 a.m. — Lee Davis is up on mat 2, taking on Benjamin Harvey in consolations, but falls by a final score of 10-0.
11:50 a.m. — NC State redshirt sophomore Hayden Hidlay is up now on mat 2, taking on Alec Pantaleo, a recent Michigan graduate who split his matches with Hidlay at March's NCAA Championships. Pantaleo won the latter matchup in the third-place match.
Hidlay falls 8-3 and is eliminated from the tournament.
11:26 a.m. — NC State graduate Michael Boykin is up on mat 3 and leads 1-0 at the break thanks to a pushout. After trading one-point tallies, Boykin led most of the match, but got pushed out late and would've lost 2-2 on criteria, but his corner challenged the call and lost so it technically goes down as a 3-2 defeat.
Fellow NC State graduate Mike Kosoy (now training at Arizona State) is up now on mat 2, trailing 2-0 at the break. He lost 4-0.
Back down at 61 kilograms in the consolations, it looks like Sean Fausz has received already received forfeit for the next round and is into the consolation semifinals.
11:15 a.m. — 2018 NCAA champion and NC State graduate Michael Macchiavello is up now on mat 3, taking on Scottie Boykin. Macchiavello was in a back-and-forth match but broke it open late with back-to-back gut wrenches and went on to close down a 10-6 win and reach the semifinals.
NC State RTC athlete Timmy McCall is up next on mat 1, taking on Nebraska All-American T.J. Dudley. He fell 10-6, and drops to the consolation bracket.
11:00 a.m. — NC State graduate Lee Davis is up on mat 2, taking on a three-time Division II national champion, Nick Becker.
Davis trails 3-0 at the end of the first, and falls to the consolation bracket after a 8-0 defeat.
10:43 a.m. — Former NC State All-American Tommy Gantt is now up on mat 2, facing 2017 NCAA finalist Joey Lavallee.
Gantt and Lavallee tied at 2-2 at the end of the first. Gantt locks up a 9-3 victory and moves on to the semifinals of the challenge tournament.
10:40 a.m. — Two-time All-American and redshirt sophomore Hayden Hidlay is up on mat 1, taking on 2019 NCAA champion and four-time All-American Anthony Ashnault. Hidlay leads 4-0 at the period break.
However, late in the second (and final) period Hidlay was taken down and turned, losing a 4-4 match on criteria. The Wolfpack corner is challenging the call, but it is upheld, meaning Hidlay technically loses 5-4.
10:10 a.m. — Recent NC State graduate and 2019 fifth-year senior Sean Fausz (61 kg) is up first for the Wolfpack on day two, but he fell 10-0 to 2016 NCAA champion Nico Megaludis and drops to the consolation bracket.
10:00 a.m. — Day two of the World Team Trials have started at Reynolds Coliseum, and it's the big day for NC State wrestling on the big stage.
Yesterday, the Wolfpack had three with ties to the program in action — two future Wolfpackers that are currently in high school who both went 0-2 and freshman Jarrett Trombley, who redshirted this year. Trombley will be in action again today, wrestling for third place in the junior division at 61 kilograms.
We have also updated our three storylines for NC State fans to watch (which also has an explanation of how the tournament works) after the first day of action, but here's the full roster of wrestlers with ties to the Wolfpack and a schedule:
JUNIOR FREESTYLE
61 kg Jarrett Trombley, freshman/RTC member — wrestling for third Saturday
65 kg Ed Scott, rising-senior high school commit — eliminated
86 kg Trent Hidlay, freshman/RTC member — sitting in the best-of-three finals Saturday afternoon to face the winner of the challenge tournament
97 kg Owen Trephan, incoming freshman next season/signee — eliminated
SENIOR GRECO-ROMAN
55 kg Joe DeAngelo, NC State graduate/now an assistant coach at Army — eliminated
SENIOR FREESTYLE
61 kg Sean Fausz, fifth-year senior and recent NC State graduate/RTC member
70 kg Hayden Hidlay, redshirt sophomore/RTC member
74 kg Tommy Gantt, NC State graduate/RTC member
79 kg Lee Davis, NC State graduate/RTC member
92 kg Michael Macchiavello, NC State graduate/RTC member
92 kg Timmy McCall, Wisconsin graduate from Hope Mills, N.C./RTC member
97 kg Michael Boykin, NC State graduate/RTC member
125 kg Mike Kosoy, NC State graduate/now training at Arizona State
Schedule
Saturday May 18
10:00 am – 12:00 pm - Senior Women's Freestyle: 1st Round, Quarterfinals and Consolation Rd. 1
10:00 am – 1:00 pm - Senior Men's Freestyle: 1st Round, Quarterfinals and Consolation Rd. 1-2
1:30 pm – 5:15 pm - UWW Junior Freestyle: Best 2 out of 3 Championship, 3rd Place, True 3rd (If Necessary)
1:30 pm – 5:15 pm - Senior Greco-Roman: Best 2 out of 3 Championship, 3rd Place, True 3rd (If Necessary)
5:30 pm – 9:00 pm - Senior Men's Freestyle: Semifinals, Finals and Consolation Rd. 3, Cons-Semis.
5:30 pm – 9:00 pm - Senior Women's Freestyle: Semifinals, Finals and Consolation Rd. 3, Cons-Semis.
Sunday May 19
12:00 pm – 3:45 pm - Senior Men's Freestyle: Best 2 out of 3 Championship, 3rd Place, True 3rd (If Necessary)
12:00 pm – 3:45 pm - Senior Women's Freestyle: Best 2 out of 3 Championship, 3rd Place, True 3rd (If Necessary)
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