BOONE, N.C. — App State Wrestling started its string of Sunday home duals with a dramatic rivalry win. The Mountaineers will need to show up with intensity and purpose this Sunday in Varsity Gym to maximize the stakes in play for the regular-season finale in Boone.
At 3 p.m. on Sunday, App State (7-3, 6-0 SoCon) hosts Davidson (4-12, 2-5 SoCon following a comeback win against VMI) in Varsity Gym. Seven wrestlers will participate in Senior Day ceremonies before what is doubling as a Hurricane Relief Match.
In coordination with North Carolina USA Wrestling and the National Wrestling Coaches Association via the US Wrestling Foundation, the "Wrestling Bridges The Gap" initiative
seeks donations that will help provide prefabricated bridges to areas affected by Hurricane Helene.
App State maintained its unbeaten league record last weekend by rallying for a 24-17 win against Chattanooga, which led 12-7 at intermission and held a 17-14 edge with two matches left. Campbell also had an unbeaten record in SoCon action until Friday, when The Citadel won 24-11 against a shorthanded Camels squad, meaning App State can clinch at least a share of the SoCon regular-season title with a win Sunday against Davidson.
FAN INFO
Online tickets for Sunday's dual are $10 for general admission seats (plus service charge) and $15 (plus service charge) for a seat in the Premium Black section (general admission with a seatback in the Black areas of the new Premium section, surrounding the reserved Premium Gold seats). On match day, the cost to buy at the door is $15 for general admission and $20 for Premium Black tickets.
Home duals are streamed live on FloWrestling, which has a subscription model. If you don't have a FloWrestling account, you can purchase a monthly or annual subscription.
Varsity Gym does have a
clear bag policy for visitors, and the Rivers Street Deck across from Varsity Gym is the most popular parking option for wrestling events, with fans entering the corner of the gym adjacent to the loading dock area off Rivers Street.
STORYLINES
Dalton Battle,
Chad Bellis,
Oren Bost,
Sean Carter,
Riley Edwards,
Will Miller and
Luke Uliano will be recognized before Sunday's dual.
Entering this weekend, the Mountaineers have three wrestlers with unbeaten SoCon dual records (Miller at 165, Uliano at 174 and
Carson Floyd at 197) and three wrestlers with only one SoCon dual loss (
Kaden Keiser at 149,
Jeremiah Price at 157 and
Stephan Monchery at heavyweight).
Davidson's roster includes two wrestlers who were included in the first set of NCAA Coaches' Rankings several weeks back: two-time SoCon finalist Tanner Peake (No. 26 at 157 pounds) and Tyson Sherlock (No. 31 at 141 pounds).
Peake is 16-5 this season with a pair of losses during the Mountaineer Invitational to Price (6-4 decision) and App State's
Anthony Conetta (4-1 decision), while Sherlock is 11-6 with three close losses to ranked SoCon opponents. Davidson wins leader Tyler-Xavier McKnight is 21-11 overall, with a 4-1 loss to Keiser during the Mountaineer Invitational.
Davidson head coach Nate Carr Jr.'s staff includes two first-year assistants who wrestled at App State:
Ike Byers (2019-24) and Alan Clothier (2016-19 before finishing his career at Northern Colorado).
The 2024-25 season is presented by Hungry Howie's and Penn Station.
