Duke Travels to Baltimore to Face Morgan State & Drexel

Sunday, November 16

Baltimore, MD

12 p.m.

Duke University

Morgan State

Photo by: Sam Janicki

Duke Travels to Baltimore to Face Morgan State & Drexel

11/15/2025 10:00:00 AM | Wrestling

Duke Notes

Duke (2-1) at Morgan State (0-1)
Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025 * 12 p.m.
Baltimore, Md. – Hurt Gymnasium

Duke (2-1) vs. Drexel (0-0)
Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025 * 2 p.m.
Baltimore, Md. – Hurt Gymnasium

SETTING THE SCENE
• The Duke wrestling team will continue dual match action this weekend as the Blue Devils travel to Baltimore, Md., for bouts with Morgan State and Drexel. The event will be held at Hurt Gymnasium on the campus of Morgan State University.
• The Blue Devils take on Morgan State on Saturday, November 15 at 12 p.m., followed by a 2:00 p.m. contest with Drexel.

HOW TO FOLLOW
• Fans can follow the action live on FloWrestling.

THE SERIES MORGAN STATE
• Duke and Morgan State will meet for the second time in program history. The Blue Devils lead the series with a 1-0 record.
• The teams met for the first time on January 24, 1987, when the Blue Devils won 35-11 in Washington, D.C.

THE SERIES WITH DREXEL
• Duke and Drexel will meet for the seventh time in program history, with the Dragons holding a 4-2 edge in the series.
• The teams last met on December 4, 2021, when the Blue Devils won 25-20 in College Park, Md. Duke collected two wins against ranked Drexel wrestlers in the match.
• The Blue Devils have not lost a match against the Dragons since February 1, 2014.

LAST TIME OUT
• The Duke wrestling team split matches with Hofstra and eighth-ranked Lehigh on November 8 in Bethlehem, Pa., before competing in the Journeymen Classic on November 9 and topping four brackets.
• Against Hofstra, the Blue Devils won 24-17 with victories from SP O'Donnell (149), Mikey Boulanger (157), Aidan Wallace (174), Gaetano Console (184), Owen McGrory (197) and Connor Barket (285).
• Wallace and Barket also collected wins against #8 Lehigh before Duke ultimately fell 38-7. Wallace has now won 13 out of his last 17 dual matches, while Barket has won 15 of his last 20.
• The Blue Devils then traveled to Freedom High School on Sunday for the Journeymen Classic, where Barket, Boulanger, Dylan Ross and Wallace won their brackets.
• Barket won three bouts to win the Black group, Boulanger went 3-0 to take the Blue group, Ross collected three victories to win the Tan bracket and Wallace registered three wins to claim the Red group.
• Three Blue Devils took second place in their brackets as well – John King, O'Donnell and Logan Richey. All three registered 2-1 records. Junior Raymond Adams also placed third in his group with a 2-1 ledger.
• King collected his first two wins as a Blue Devil on the day.

BARKET & WALLACE RANKED NATIONALLY
• Duke wrestling redshirt junior Connor Barket is currently listed in four different rankings -- Open Mat (#20), FloWrestling (#20), Intermat (#22) and WrestleStat (#29).
• Seeing action at 174 pounds this season, redshirt sophomore Aidan Wallace is also ranked in two different polls -- Intermat (#26) and FloWrestling (#27).
• Barket, a native of West Lafayette, Ind., is coming off a season where he advanced to the NCAA Championship for the first time in his collegiate career. He collected a 24-12 ledger and was ranked as high as No. 17 nationally a season ago. Barket posted a 12-5 dual match ledger and totaled four wins against ranked opponents.
• In the preseason, Barket was ranked No. 18 by FloWrestling, No. 21 by Intermat and No. 27 by WrestleStat in the Heavyweight listing.

BOULANGER HAS IMPRESSIVE START
• True freshman Mikey Boulanger has registered an impressive start to his collegiate wrestling career with a 4-2 ledger. He won his first college dual match against Hofstra's Frank Volpe with an 8-2 decision. He then won all three of his matches in the Journeymen Collegiate Classic to win his bracket.