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No. 12 Pitt Hosts No. 9 NC State
2/5/2026 3:03:00 PM | Wrestling
#12 Pitt vs. #9 NC State
Date: Friday, Feb. 6, 2026
Location: Fitzgerald Field House – Pittsburgh, Pa.
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Watch: ACC Network
Tickets: Purchase Here
Notes: Pitt Notes
QUICK NOTES
- Mac Stout paces the Panthers with a 14-2 record this season, six of which have come by technical fall. Stout has won six consecutive matches, including defeating three top 25 opponents in that stretch: No. 15 Branson John (Maryland), No. 17 Sonny Sasso (Virginia Tech), and No. 21 Rune Lawrence (West Virginia).
- Dayton Pitzer has won seven straight matches, including picking up wins against No. 12 Jimmy Mullen (Virginia Tech) and No. 24 Connor Barket (Duke) during that span.
- Pitzer has delivered two match-clinching performances for the Panthers this season, recording a pin against Princeton to secure the dual and earning a major decision to lock up a win over No. 22 West Virginia.
- Evan Tallmadge jumped to No. 23 in the 133-pound weight class of the InterMat rankings after defeating No. 19 Ethan Oakley, 8–2, in Pitt's dual win at North Carolina.
- Pitt trails NC State, 10-2, in the all-time series. The last time the Panthers won against the Wolfpack was an 18-16 victory on Feb. 10, 2019, in Raleigh.
- The Panthers have been ranked in the Top 15 in the NWCA Rankings for the past five polls. Pitt previously jumped six spots to No. 16 in the Week 6 rankings after an exciting win at then-No. 14 Lehigh on Dec. 5 and improved to No. 12 in this week's rankings after a win at No. 11 North Carolina.
- Pitt has six wrestlers ranked in the top 25 of the InterMat rankings: No. 8 Mac Stout (197), No. 15 Dayton Pitzer (285), No. 17 Dylan Evans (157), No. 18 Luca Augustine (174), No. 21 Kade Brown (149), and No. 23 Evan Tallmadge (133).
PROBABLE LINEUP vs. NC State
125: Tyler Chappell vs. No. 5 Vincent Robinson -or- Brad Yokum (NCST)
133: No. 23 Evan Tallmadge vs. Zach Redding -or- Troy Hohman (NCST)
141: Briar Priest -or- No. 29 Anthony Santaniello vs. No. 13 Ryan Jack (NCST)
149: No. 21 Kade Brown vs. No. 8 Koy Buesgens (NCST)
157: No. 17 Dylan Evans vs. Luca Felix -or- Brogan Tucker (NCST)
165: No. 33 Jared Keslar vs. No. 10 Will Denny -or- Latrell Schafer (NCST)
174: No. 18 Luca Augustine vs. No. 6 Matty Singleton (NCST)
184: No. 28 Chase Kranitz vs. Don Cates (NCST)
197: No. 8 Mac Stout vs. No. 24 Patrick Brophy -or- Cason Howle (NCST)
285 No. 15 Dayton Pitzer vs. No. 2 Isaac Trumble (NCST)
Players Mentioned
