Blue Devils Head to Gardner-Webb for Midweek Bout

Wednesday, December 3

Boiling Springs, NC

6 p.m.

Duke University

Gardner-Webb

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Blue Devils Head to Gardner-Webb for Midweek Bout

12/2/2025 3:59:00 PM | Wrestling

Duke Notes

Duke (4-3) at Gardner-Webb (3-2)
Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025 * 6 p.m.
Boiling Springs, N.C. * Paul Porter Arena
ESPN+

SETTING THE SCENE
• The Duke wrestling team (4-3) heads to Boiling Springs, N.C., Wednesday, Dec. 3 to face off with Gardner-Webb (3-2).
• The match will be held at 6 p.m., in Paul Porter Arena.

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

THE SERIES WITH GARDNER-WEBB
• Duke and Gardner-Webb will meet for the 38th time in program history with the Blue Devils leading the series, 30-6-1. The Bulldogs have won the last three matches.
• Duke's 30 all-time victories against Gardner-Webb are tied for its third most against any program (41 vs. Davidson, 38 vs. Campbell, 30 vs. The Citadel).
• Last season, Duke narrowly lost, 19-23, in Durham as Logan Ferrero (157), Aidan Wallace (165), Gaetano Console (174) and Connor Barket (285) won their matches.
• The Blue Devils are 14-2-1 all-time in matches played at Boiling Springs, including victories in five of the last six road matches.

LAST TIME OUT
• The Duke wrestling trio of Mikey Boulanger, Aurelius Dunbar and Aidan Wallace went a perfect 2-0 on November 22 at the VMI Tri-Meet as the Blue Devils split as a team with Mercyhurst and VMI at Cormack Hall in Lexington.
• The Blue Devils opened the day with a 53-0 victory over Mercyhurst and closed the afternoon with a 28-10 loss to VMI. Duke moved to 4-3 on the season.
• The Blue Devils kicked off the day with a forfeit win for Riley Rowan at 125.
• Redshirt freshman John King collected his first dual match win as he totaled a tech fall, 18-3, against Edwin Mooney at 133 pounds.
• After a tech fall, 21-5, win by Raymond Adams over Marcus Colson at 141, Duke redshirt freshman Dylan Ross registered his first collegiate dual match win with a 17-1 tech fall victory against Colin Scherer.
• True freshman Mikey Boulanger totaled his fifth win of the season as he posted a 19-4 tech fall win versus Xavier Dombkowski at 157 pounds.
Both Aurelius Dunbar and Aidan Wallace won at 165 and 174 pounds with tech fall victories.
• Junior David Hussey posted his third dual match win and sixth overall victory of his career with a 17-0 tech fall win against Jake LeClerc at 184 pounds.
• Redshirt freshman Owen McGrory added his fifth win of the year and third in dual match action with a pin against Josh Johnson-Cantrell at 197 pounds.
• Graduate student Tyler O'Boyle posted his first Duke victory at heavyweight with a pin against Gino Guerrisi.
• Versus host VMI, the Blue Devils registered three straight wins at 157, 165 and 174 pounds, but it wasn't enough in a 28-10 loss.
• Mikey Boulanger closed a nice afternoon by the rookie with a major decision, 16-3, victory against Ray Cmil at 157 pounds.
• Graduate student Aurelius Dunbar continued his hot start to his Blue Devil career as he moved to 4-1 on the year at 165 pounds with a 6-3 decision against Ryan Vigil.
• Aidan Wallace, who is ranked No. 23 nationally, registered his second victory on the day to improve to 9-1 on the year. He totaled a 5-1 decision against Beau Lewis.

BARKET & WALLACE RANKED NATIONALLY
• Duke wrestling redshirt junior Connor Barket is currently listed in four different rankings -- FloWrestling (#19), Intermat (#22) and WrestleStat (#23).
• Seeing action at 174 pounds this season, redshirt sophomore Aidan Wallace is also ranked in three different polls -- Intermat (#23), WrestleStat (#32) and FloWrestling (#26).
• Wallace (9-1) and Barket (8-0) have combined for a 17-1 start to the 2025-26 campaign.

DUNBAR HAS SOLID START TO DUKE CAREER
• Blue Devil graduate student Aurelius Dunbar has featured a solid start to his Duke career with a 4-1 ledger. He has collected wins against Sacred Heart, Morgan State, Mercyhurst and VMI, while the only loss came to Drexel.