O’Connor cemented himself as one of the best wrestlers to ever step foot in Chapel Hill. A year removed from earning All-American status on a torn ACL, the sixth-year senior claimed his fifth All-American finish this season -- becoming the first Tar Heel to do so.
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The Tar Heels returned a quartet of talented graduate seniors, and the preseason No. 16-ranked team looked to make a push to earn UNC’s first conference crown in over a decade. But the returns of Austin O’Connor — an NCAA individual national champion — and Clay Lautt haven’t equated to immediate success for North Carolina on the mat, as the Tar Heels have dropped six of their first eight dual meets.
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“I don’t think we’ve seen our full potential by any means,” head coach Coleman Scott said. “They’ve just got to keep plugging away and it’ll come.”
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After earning a victory against Campbell to begin the season, the Tar Heels have now been dominated in two matches against premier wrestling programs.
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“Especially this year, we have high expectations for ourselves,” Lautt said. “We want to win the ACC. We want to be in the top five in the country."
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Battling against a top-five team should serve as a litmus test for the Tar Heels. With a number of North Carolina’s returning core pieces still recovering from injury — namely redshirt seniors Auston O’Connor and Zach Sherman — UNC’s youth was put to the test Sunday.
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The UNC wrestling team is finally receiving new practice mats after plans for a new wrestling facility were unfortunately halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019. Head coach Coleman Scott sees the new room as a reward for the program's success.
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After a variety of injuries produced dissatisfying ends to last season, Austin O’Connor, Jaime Hernandez, Zach Sherman and Clay Lautt decided to return for their sixth and final season with the UNC wrestling program.
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In its last meet of conference play, No. 22 UNC wrestling (8-6, 3-2 ACC) fell 25-12 to No. 4 N.C. State (12-1, 5-0 ACC) at Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh, N.C. on Friday night.
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UNC wrestling’s five-match winning streak came to an end on Friday night as the team suffered its first loss in the ACC this season to a strong Virginia Tech roster.
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As their high school careers come to an end, the Tenolds are looking forward to beginning their next chapter in Chapel Hill rather than in wrestling-powerhouse-state Iowa, with their sights set on taking UNC wrestling to even greater heights.
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“It was a little ugly,” UNC wrestling head coach Coleman Scott said. “We got pushed around too much.” But the tide turned for North Carolina, and it came by way of wrestlers you’d likely least expect on a night like this — the underclassman.
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The No. 24 North Carolina wrestling team (8-5, 3-0 ACC) sent the seniors out in style, with a 19-12 win over the No. 19 Pittsburgh Panthers (6-5, 1-2 ACC) Friday night at Carmichael Arena.
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As UNC looks to continue progressing up the national rankings following a set of tough defeats to ranked opponents, it will benefit from tough competition like this in the lead-up to a tough finish to its conference schedule.
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“It’s our sport, Friday and Sunday, no matter who you’re wrestling, we expect the same of our guys every time,” head coach Coleman Scott said. “We've got to take it personal. We want to win every time we step foot on the mat.”
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