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Wrestling Preview: Broadcast Info, Projected Lineups and Series History vs. NC State
A top-10 matchup to start 2024 for the Cowboys.
The Cowboys will start 2024 with a top-5 foe away from Stillwater.
Ninth-ranked Oklahoma State will travel to Raleigh, North Carolina, to wrestle No. 4 NC State at 6 p.m. Friday. There’s a lot to this dual, even beyond being a clash between two top-10 teams.
The Wolfpack is coached by former Cowboy wrestler Pat Popolizio. Facing off against a former athlete usually bodes well for John Smith, who is 24-1 when coaching against his former wrestlers, however, that only loss was to Popolizio’s NC State in 2015.
This dual was originally scheduled to take place at Naval Air Station Sigonella in Sicily, Italy, on Dec. 30, but those plans were quietly changed to a home-and-home series earlier this season. NC State will visit Stillwater in 2025. Had plans stuck, it wouldn’t have been the first time these programs traveled to Italy, as they competed in the first-ever college dual overseas in Naples, Italy, in 2018, which was the last time they met. OSU won that matchup, 19-16.
Although this top-10 matchup won’t get a unique venue, it did draw a national broadcast, as the dual will be on ESPNU. It will be the first time this season the Cowboys will be on national television, but not the last, as their home dual with Iowa on Feb. 25 will be on FS1.
Here’s more about OSU’s first dual of the calendar year after starting the season 4-0.
Viewing Info
When: 6 p.m. Friday
Where: James T. Valvano Arena at William Neal Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh, North Carolina
Watch: ESPNU
Projected Matchups
| Weight | Oklahoma State | NC State |
| 125 | No. 22 Troy Spratley (10-3) -or- Sam Smith (10-1) | No. 17 Jakob Camacho (7-3) -or- Jarrett Trombley (1-2) |
| 133 | No. 3 Daton Fix (2-0) -or- Reece Witcraft (6-3) | No. 6 Kai Orine (8-1) |
| 141 | No. 8 Tagen Jamison (12-2) -or- Sammy Alvarez (13-3) | No. 4 Ryan Jack (10-2) |
| 149 | No. 20 Jordan Williams (9-3) | No. 4 Jackson Arrington (11-2) |
| 157 | No. 24 Teague Travis (9-1) | No. 6 Ed Scott (14-2) |
| 165 | No. 2 Izzak Olejnik (14-0) -or- Joey Sanchez (4-0) | No. 20 Derek Fields (9-2) -or- AJ Kovacs (8-5) |
| 174 | No. 29 Brayden Thompson (3-3) | No. 32 Alex Faison (8-5) |
| 184 | No. 3 Dustin Plott (14-1) | No. 5 Dylan Fishback (12-3) -or- Brock DelSignore (5-1) |
| 197 | No. 12 Luke Surber (8-1) -or- Jersey Robb (8-1) | No. 4 Trent Hidlay (15-0) |
| HWT | No. 11 Konner Doucet (9-2) | No. 16 Owen Trephan (9-4) -or- Isaac Trumble (5-0) |
*Rankings from Intermat
Series History (OSU leads, 7-1)
| Season | Winner | Score | Location |
| 2017-18 | Oklahoma State | 19-16 | Neutral |
| 2015-16 | NC State | 19-15 | Stillwater |
| 2014-15 | Oklahoma State | 20-12 | Raleigh |
| 2011-12 | Oklahoma State | 35-3 | Stillwater |
| 2010-11 | Oklahoma State | 43-3 | Stillwater |
| 1998-99 | Oklahoma State | 40-0 | Raleigh |
| 1997-98 | Oklahoma State | 33-8 | Stillwater |
| 1989-90 | Oklahoma State | 29-5 | Neutral |
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