17 DUKE WRESTLING 18 MATCH NOTES 2017-18 SCHEDULE (2-3, 0-0) DUKE BLUE DEVILS vs. DUKE BLUE DEVILS vs. NOVEMBER NC STATE WOLFPACK NAVY MIDSHIPMEN Friday, January 19 | 7:30 p.m. | ACC Network Extra Sunday, January 21 | 2 p.m. | ACC Network Extra Cameron Indoor Stadium | Durham, N.C. Cameron Indoor Stadium | Durham, N.C. HOKIE OPEN KEYSTONE CLASSIC DUKE BLUE DEVILS NAVY MIDSHIPMEN NTS 9TH OF 12 2017-18 record (ACC) 2-3, 0-0 2017-18 record (EIWA) 5-1, 2-1 USA Today/NWCA Coaches Poll NR USA Today/NWCA Coaches Poll RV DECEMBER Head Coach Glen Lanham (Oklahoma ‘88) Head Coach Joel Sharratt (Iowa ‘95) Career Record/Season 38-53/6th season Career Record/Season 26-12/4th season DUKE PROBABLES NAVY PROBABLES CLIFF KEEN OPEN Wt. Rk. Name Yr. Record Wt. Rk. Name Yr. Record 25TH OF 46 125 - Thayer Atkins Sr. 8-9 125 - Aslan Kilic Fr. 6-7 JANUARY 133 - Josh Finesilver Fr. 16-9 or - Logan Treaster Fr. 10-3 141 - Jeremiah Reitz Fr. 4-13 133 - Cody Trybus Fr. 10-9 or - Cody Lambert Jr. 1-1 149 - Brandon Leynaud R-So. 4-11 141 - No. 18 Nicholas Gil Jr. 20-6 157 11 Mitch Finesilver R-Jr. 18-2 149 - Jared Prince So. 10-2 165 - Zach Finesilver R-Jr. 11-7 SOUTHERN SCUFFLE ARMY WP WYOMING or - Corey Wilding Sr. 16-7 5TH OF 24 L, 20-23 L, 7-34 174 - Matt Finesilver Fr. 15-6 157 - Zack Davis Sr. 18-8 184 - Kaden Russell Fr. 6-12 or - Quentin Hovis Fr. 12-5 197 - Alec Schenk R-Jr. 15-9 165 - No. 20 Drew Daniels Sr. 15-3 285 5 Jacob Kasper R-Sr. 23-2 or - Jonathan Carrera Jr. 7-7 * Rankings are InterMat (1/16) 174 - No. 8 Jadaen Bernstein Sr. 15-3 AMERICAN CSU BAKERSFIELD NORTHERN COLORADO or - Al Alford/Spencer Carey So./So. 10-4/9-4 L, 14-26 W, 25-17 W, 19-18 NO. 6 NC STATE WOLFPACK 184 - No. 18 Michael Coleman Sr. 20-5 2017-18 record (ACC) 10-1, 0-1 or - Connor Doyle Jr. 5-4 USA Today/NWCA Coaches Poll 6 197 - Steban Cervantes Sr. 6-5 or - Joshua Roetman So. 8-6 Head Coach Pat Popolizio (Oklahoma State ‘01) 285 - Austin Faunce Sr. 11-9 NC STATE NAVY AT Virginia Tech Career Record/Season 90-23/6th season or - Andrew Piehl So. 7-7 J19 | 7:30 P.M. J21 | 2 P.M. J27 | 1 P.M. NC STATE WOLFPACK PROBABLES FEBRUARY Wt. Rk. Name Yr. Record DUKE THE NUMBERS 125 8 Sean Fausz R-Jr. 10-1 92 – Career wins for redshirt senior heavyweight or Tommy Cox So. 12-4 Jacob Kasper, eight shy of becoming the fourth 133 - Tariq Wilson R-Fr. 17-4 Blue Devil to amass 100 career victories. 141 2 Kevin Jack Sr. 13-1 GARDNER-WEBB VIRGINIA at App State 4 – True freshmen in the starting lineup for the Blue F1 | 7 P.M. F3 | 2 P.M. F8 | 6:30 P.M. 149 14 Beau Donohue R-Sr. 14-2 157 3 Hayden Hidlay R-Fr. 14-0 Devils 165 Brian Hamann R-Sr. 13-4 7-1 – Record put together by the four Finesilver 174 20 Daniel Bullard R-Fr. 11-4 brothers in their homecoming in Colorado last 184 3 Pete Renda R-Sr. 15-0 weekend PITT at UNC OLD DOMINION 197 4 Michael Macchiavello R-Sr. 12-1 F 11 | 2 P.M. F14 | 7 P.M. F18 | 2 P.M. 285 Malik McDonald R-Jr. 14-3 5 – Finish for Duke at the prestigious Southern Scuffle, the highest finish in school history by seven MARCH or Michael Boykin Sr. 15-4 * Rankings are InterMat (1/16) spots 8 – Duals the Blue Devils will wrestle in 22 days in the month of January ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS M3 | CHAPEL HILL, N.C. M15-17 | CLEVELAND, OHIO 14 – Of Kasper’s 23 wins that have come by major decision, technicall fall or pin this season CONTACT INFORMATION Meredith Rieder 15 – Wins for Alec Schenk this season, two more Associate Sports Information Director than he had all of last year [email protected] | (P) 919-684-3328 | (C) 919-812-6741 @DukeWRES HOW TO FOLLOW THE ACTION LOOKING AT THE MIDS GENERAL INFORMATION Both of Duke’s upcoming matches against NC Navy, receiving votes in the most recent NWCA Duke University State and Navy will be broadcast on ACC Network poll, will come to Durham after wrestling American Location ........................................................................... Durham, N.C. Extra. Fans can watch the action live on WatchESPN. Friday night. The Midshipmen are 5-1 in duals and Founded .........................................................1838 as Trinity College com or through the ESPN app. 2-1 against EIWA foes. They most recently fell to Lehigh 34-3. Navy owns recent wins over Bucknell Enrollment .....................................................................................6,526 SERIES HISTORIES and Maryland. Colors ................................................................Royal Blue and White Duke and NC State will line up on the mat for the A quartet of Midshipmen are ranked in the top Nickname.............................................................................Blue Devils 84th time in the programs’ histories. The Wolfpack 20 of their weight classes with Jadaen Bernstein Conference ........................................................ Atlantic Coast (ACC) hold a commanding 61-21-1 overall lead in the series leading the way at No. 8 at 174. Nicholas Gil and and have won eight of the past 10. Head coach Glen Michael Coleman are 19th and 17th, at the respective President ................................ Dr. Richard H. Brodhead (Yale, ‘68) Lanham is 2-3-0 versus the Wolfpack in his five 141 and 184 weights, while Drew Daniels is 20th in Vice President & Athletic Director ............................. Kevin White meetings. the 165 group. Athletics Web Site ...............................................www. GoDuke.com The Blue Devils and Midshipmen meet for the Coleman has a team-best four pins and Corey 13th time overall. Navy is 11-1-0 against Duke, with Wilding has amassed bonus points in nine of his 20 the lone loss coming in the first meeting in 1928. victories. DUKE WRESTLING STAFF The Mids edged Duke in criteria last season after a Head Coach ...................................... Glen Lanham (Oklahoma ’88) 17-17 tie through 10 matches. LAST TIME WE MET The 2017 meeting with NC State was all Wolfpack Email ..........................................................glanham@duaa.duke.edu LOOKING AT THE DUKE LINEUP as it beat Duke 34-6 in Reynolds Coliseum. The Blue Record at Duke ....................................................36-50, 6th Season The Blue Devils open their home schedule Devils started the night with wins at heavyweight Career Record ...........................................................36-50, 3-23 ACC with a 2-3 overall record after grabbing a pair of and 125, but the Wolfpack won the final eight, five NCAA Qualifiers ..................................................................................16 quality wins in Colorado. Duke upended Cal State of which came with bonus points. Bakersfield 25-17 and held off a late charger from In last year’s battle in Annapolis, Jacob Kasper NCAA All-Americans ........................................................................... 4 host Northern Colorado for the 19-18 victory over likely needed just a few more seconds to score the Assistant Coach .......................................Ben Wissell (Purdue ’06) the Bears. fall and guide Duke to victory. However, the Mids Assistant Coach ................................Brandon Nelsen (Purdue ‘15) Duke features four true freshmen in its lineup hung on just long enough to escape with a win and just two seniors in Thayer Atkins and Jacob in the third tiebreaker of criteria after the match Kasper at 125 and HWT, respectively. Kasper is tops finished tied 17-17. Four Blue Devils return from last DUKE SPORTS INFORMATION on the team with 23 wins, while Mitch Finesilver has year’s lineup at Navy, three of which garnered wins. 18. Rookie Matt Finesilver posted a pair of victories Assoc. Director/Wrestling SID ..............................Meredith Rieder in his dual match debuts last weekend, while Alec REMATCHES AWAIT SID Office Phone .........................................................(919) 684-3328 Schenk is having a strong season up at 197 with 15 There are three potential rematches from the SID Cell Phone ............................................................... (919) 812-6741 wins. Kasper and Mitch are ranked fifth and 11th, 2017 dual set for Friday night against the Wolfpack. SID Email ....................................................mrieder@duaa.duke.edu respectively. Thayer Atkins could face Tommy Cox at 125, Alec Schenk is set to go up against Michael Macchiavello SID Fax ...........................................................................(919) 684-2489 LAST TIME OUT after both bumped up to 197 and Jacob Kasper Duke returned to Durham from its road trip west might face Michael Boykin again. Atkins won by with a pair of hard-fought victories. The Blue Devils decision over Cox, while Macchiavello, then ranked used a fast start to best Cal State Bakersfield and 11th, won by major decision 11-4. Kasper bested then turned in a gutsy finish to come back to beat Boykin 3-0 last season and recently defeated the host Northern Colorado. senior to win the Southern Scuffle title. The Finesilver brothers went 7-1 in their It will be all new opponents in the Duke versus homecoming, while Jacob Kasper, Mitch Finesilver, Navy dual. Matt Finesilver and Josh Finesilver all went 2-0. JACOB KASPER CHASING 100 SCOUTING THE WOLFPACK Redshirt senior heavyweight Jacob Kasper is NC State comes to Durham ranked sixth in hunting 100 career victories this season. He is at 92 the nation and sporting a 10-1 overall record. The currently, needing just eight more to become the Wolfpack’s lone loss came was a 19-16 setback to No. fourth Blue Devils to reach the century mark. 3 Oklahoma State in Italy. John Barone holds the record with 112. Kasper The Wolfpack features a deep and talented has 11 regular-season bouts remaining and the ACC starting lineup with six of the wrestler ranked in the and NCAA Championships.