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Duke University
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Gardner-Webb
Photo by: Sam Janicki
Blue Devils Host Gardner-Webb Tuesday
1/13/2025 4:35:00 PM | Wrestling
Gardner-Webb (2-5) at Duke (4-7)
Tuesday, Jan. 14   * 3 p.m. * ACCNX
Card Gymnasium * Durham, N.C.
Live Scoring  l Watch on ACCNX l Duke Notes l Digital Program
SETTING THE SCENE
• The Duke wrestling team hits the mat Tuesday, Jan. 14 as the Blue Devils host Gardner-Webb at 3 p.m., inside Card Gymnasium live on ACC Network Extra.
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• Duke has won three out of the last four matches, including three in a row at home.Â
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• The Blue Devils will also host North Carolina this week on Friday, Jan. 17 at 7 p.m., in Cameron Indoor Stadium. It will be aired live on ACC Network Extra.Â
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THE SERIES
• Duke and Gardner-Webb will face each other for the 37th time in program history with the Blue Devils leading the series, 30-5-1. In matches played in Durham, N.C., the Blue Devils hold a 13-3 ledger, but has lost two in a row.Â
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• Duke head coach Glen Lanham is 7-3 against the Runnin' Bulldogs since taking over at Duke.
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HOW TO FOLLOW
• The match will be broadcast live on ACC Network Extra with Dean Linke on the call. Live scoring will be available through TrackWrestling.
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NOTING THE BLUE DEVILS
• Redshirt sophomore Connor Barket featured a 13-match winning streak, which ended during the Southern Scuffle. It marked the longest streak of his short collegiate career. The streak was the longest since the 2022-23 season when Jonah Niesenbaum totaled a 15-match streak.
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• Connor Barket is currently ranked No. 30 by Intermat, No. 24 by WrestleStat and No. 30 by FloWrestling. Duke's Aidan Wallace is also ranked No. 33 by WrestleStat, No. 29 by Intermat and No. 32 by FloWrestling.
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Wallace owns a team-high two wins against ranked opponents, which both came at the Southern Scuffle.Â
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• A total of three Blue Devils currently feature double-digit victories on the season -- Connor Barket (19), Aidan Wallace (20) and Vincent Lee (10). Lee has been sidelined with a back injury recently and has not competed.Â
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• With his seventh-place finish at the Southern Scuffle, Connor Barket now owns back-to-back podium placements at the event as he placed seventh in 2024.Â
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• Against VMI, freshman Riley Rowan picked up his first collegiate victory as he totaled a 10-4 decision against Cody Tanner. Rowan comes from a family of wrestlers as his father, David, wrestled at Edinboro and his brother, Kyle, wrestled at Stanford. Â
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• After dealing with a knee injury for the first month, redshirt sophomore Gaetano Console picked up his first dual match win of the season with a 14-4 major decision victory against Marc Koch of Davidson. He now owns 10 dual match wins over his career.
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• Redshirt freshman Aidan Wallace owns a team-best 20 wins on the season and holds a 20-6 ledger heading into the Gardner-Webb contest. He recently posted a 5-1 record at the Southern Scuffle and placed second overall. Wallace has won 13 out of his last 16 matches.
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• Sophomore Raymond Adams has won two out of his last four dual matches with victories against Presbyterian and Davidson at the 133 pounds.Â
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• Duke had its three-match winning streak come to an end at NC State. The streak tied for the longest winning streak since the 2014-15 campaign. The Blue Devils have totaled five three-match win streaks since the 2014-15 season. It marks the longest streak since 2014-15 when Duke won five in a row.Â
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• If Connor Barket nets a win versus Gardner-Webb on Tuesday, Duke will feature two 20-win wrestlers as Aidan Wallace already owns 20 victories. The last time the Blue Devils featured two 20-win wrestlers was in 2021-22 with Matt (29) and Josh (28) Finesilver.Â
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LAST TIME OUT
• The Duke wrestling team opened ACC play Friday in Raleigh and dropped a 47-0 decision at fifth-ranked NC State, which was held inside James T. Valvano Arena at William Neal Reynolds Coliseum.
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The match opened at 133-pounds with Duke's Raymond Adams falling with a 12-1 major decision to seventh-ranked Kai Orine. Duke dropped the next three bouts heading into 165 pounds and trailed 18-0.
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Winner of 13 out of his last 15 contests, 29th-ranked Aidan Wallace faced 32nd-ranked Derek Fields. After a 0-0 first period, Wallace took a 1-0 lead on an escape, but Fields registered a take down and led 3-1 entering the final two minutes. Fields grabbed an escape and take down, while Wallace added an escape to drop a 7-2 decision.
Heading into the heavyweight match with a pair of ranked wrestlers, the Wolfpack led 38-0.
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Duke's 30th-ranked Connor Barket faced fourth-ranked Isaac Trumble. Barket, who hails from West Lafayette, Ind., ended up dropping just his fifth match of the year with a 19-2 tech fall.
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WALLACE & BARKET PLACE AT SOUTHERN SCUFFLE
• Duke redshirt freshman Aidan Wallace turned in a second-place finish to close action at the Southern Scuffle, which was held at UT-Chattanooga in Chattanooga, Tenn.
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For the weekend in the 165-pound weight class, Wallace posted a 5-1 ledger along with his first two ranked wins of his career and two seeded victories. He became the first Duke finalist at the event since Josh Finesilver in 2022.
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On Sunday, Wallace opened action in the semifinals with a 10-6 decision against 32nd-ranked Tate Picklo of Oklahoma. In the finals, Wallace dropped an 18-3 tech fall to 13th-ranked Gunner Filipowicz of Army.
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Redshirt sophomore Connor Barket turned in a seventh-place ledger on the weekend with a 4-2 record in the heavyweight bracket. Barket posted a fall at the 5:39 mark against Virginia's Gabe Christenson and then dropped a 14-4 major decision against Hunter Catka of Virginia Tech. In the seventh-place match, Barket posted a 10-2 major decision against Daulton Mayer of Bellarmine to close action.
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Tuesday, Jan. 14   * 3 p.m. * ACCNX
Card Gymnasium * Durham, N.C.
Live Scoring  l Watch on ACCNX l Duke Notes l Digital Program
SETTING THE SCENE
• The Duke wrestling team hits the mat Tuesday, Jan. 14 as the Blue Devils host Gardner-Webb at 3 p.m., inside Card Gymnasium live on ACC Network Extra.
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• Duke has won three out of the last four matches, including three in a row at home.Â
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• The Blue Devils will also host North Carolina this week on Friday, Jan. 17 at 7 p.m., in Cameron Indoor Stadium. It will be aired live on ACC Network Extra.Â
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THE SERIES
• Duke and Gardner-Webb will face each other for the 37th time in program history with the Blue Devils leading the series, 30-5-1. In matches played in Durham, N.C., the Blue Devils hold a 13-3 ledger, but has lost two in a row.Â
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• Duke head coach Glen Lanham is 7-3 against the Runnin' Bulldogs since taking over at Duke.
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HOW TO FOLLOW
• The match will be broadcast live on ACC Network Extra with Dean Linke on the call. Live scoring will be available through TrackWrestling.
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NOTING THE BLUE DEVILS
• Redshirt sophomore Connor Barket featured a 13-match winning streak, which ended during the Southern Scuffle. It marked the longest streak of his short collegiate career. The streak was the longest since the 2022-23 season when Jonah Niesenbaum totaled a 15-match streak.
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• Connor Barket is currently ranked No. 30 by Intermat, No. 24 by WrestleStat and No. 30 by FloWrestling. Duke's Aidan Wallace is also ranked No. 33 by WrestleStat, No. 29 by Intermat and No. 32 by FloWrestling.
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Wallace owns a team-high two wins against ranked opponents, which both came at the Southern Scuffle.Â
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• A total of three Blue Devils currently feature double-digit victories on the season -- Connor Barket (19), Aidan Wallace (20) and Vincent Lee (10). Lee has been sidelined with a back injury recently and has not competed.Â
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• With his seventh-place finish at the Southern Scuffle, Connor Barket now owns back-to-back podium placements at the event as he placed seventh in 2024.Â
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• Against VMI, freshman Riley Rowan picked up his first collegiate victory as he totaled a 10-4 decision against Cody Tanner. Rowan comes from a family of wrestlers as his father, David, wrestled at Edinboro and his brother, Kyle, wrestled at Stanford. Â
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• After dealing with a knee injury for the first month, redshirt sophomore Gaetano Console picked up his first dual match win of the season with a 14-4 major decision victory against Marc Koch of Davidson. He now owns 10 dual match wins over his career.
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• Redshirt freshman Aidan Wallace owns a team-best 20 wins on the season and holds a 20-6 ledger heading into the Gardner-Webb contest. He recently posted a 5-1 record at the Southern Scuffle and placed second overall. Wallace has won 13 out of his last 16 matches.
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• Sophomore Raymond Adams has won two out of his last four dual matches with victories against Presbyterian and Davidson at the 133 pounds.Â
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• Duke had its three-match winning streak come to an end at NC State. The streak tied for the longest winning streak since the 2014-15 campaign. The Blue Devils have totaled five three-match win streaks since the 2014-15 season. It marks the longest streak since 2014-15 when Duke won five in a row.Â
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• If Connor Barket nets a win versus Gardner-Webb on Tuesday, Duke will feature two 20-win wrestlers as Aidan Wallace already owns 20 victories. The last time the Blue Devils featured two 20-win wrestlers was in 2021-22 with Matt (29) and Josh (28) Finesilver.Â
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LAST TIME OUT
• The Duke wrestling team opened ACC play Friday in Raleigh and dropped a 47-0 decision at fifth-ranked NC State, which was held inside James T. Valvano Arena at William Neal Reynolds Coliseum.
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The match opened at 133-pounds with Duke's Raymond Adams falling with a 12-1 major decision to seventh-ranked Kai Orine. Duke dropped the next three bouts heading into 165 pounds and trailed 18-0.
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Winner of 13 out of his last 15 contests, 29th-ranked Aidan Wallace faced 32nd-ranked Derek Fields. After a 0-0 first period, Wallace took a 1-0 lead on an escape, but Fields registered a take down and led 3-1 entering the final two minutes. Fields grabbed an escape and take down, while Wallace added an escape to drop a 7-2 decision.
Heading into the heavyweight match with a pair of ranked wrestlers, the Wolfpack led 38-0.
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Duke's 30th-ranked Connor Barket faced fourth-ranked Isaac Trumble. Barket, who hails from West Lafayette, Ind., ended up dropping just his fifth match of the year with a 19-2 tech fall.
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WALLACE & BARKET PLACE AT SOUTHERN SCUFFLE
• Duke redshirt freshman Aidan Wallace turned in a second-place finish to close action at the Southern Scuffle, which was held at UT-Chattanooga in Chattanooga, Tenn.
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For the weekend in the 165-pound weight class, Wallace posted a 5-1 ledger along with his first two ranked wins of his career and two seeded victories. He became the first Duke finalist at the event since Josh Finesilver in 2022.
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On Sunday, Wallace opened action in the semifinals with a 10-6 decision against 32nd-ranked Tate Picklo of Oklahoma. In the finals, Wallace dropped an 18-3 tech fall to 13th-ranked Gunner Filipowicz of Army.
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Redshirt sophomore Connor Barket turned in a seventh-place ledger on the weekend with a 4-2 record in the heavyweight bracket. Barket posted a fall at the 5:39 mark against Virginia's Gabe Christenson and then dropped a 14-4 major decision against Hunter Catka of Virginia Tech. In the seventh-place match, Barket posted a 10-2 major decision against Daulton Mayer of Bellarmine to close action.
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Players Mentioned
125/133
/ Wrestling
285
/ Wrestling
165/174
/ Wrestling
184/197
/ Wrestling
125
/ Wrestling
157/165
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