Adams, Barket Notch Wins; Blue Devils Fall at UNC

Friday, February 23

Chapel Hill, NC

7 p.m.

Duke University

North Carolina

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

Adams, Barket Notch Wins; Blue Devils Fall at UNC

2/23/2024 9:04:00 PM | Wrestling

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Duke wrestling concluded its 2023-24 regular season with a loss at North Carolina on Friday evening, 41-9, in Carmichael Arena. Duke concluded the dual season with a 4-13 overall and 0-5 mark in the ACC, while North Carolina finished 11-7, 3-2.

Freshman Raymond Adams along with redshirt freshman Connor Barket earned Duke's two wins on the night at 133-pounds and heavyweight, respectively.

HOW IT HAPPENED

With Duke trailing 6-0, Adams recorded his first ACC win as a Blue Devil over North Carolina's Max Martin in the 133-bout to hand Duke its first points of the match.
Adams scored his first points in the second period with an escape. Continuing to be aggressive on the offensive side, Adams secured two more takedowns to close his match with a bonus-point, major decision win, 10-1.
Christian Colman had a tight contest with UNC's Jace Palmer reaching the final period knotted 1-1. Palmer ended up coming away with a late takedown to close the 141-bout with a 4-1 decision win.
In the 165-bout, Gaetano Console wrestled hard against Isaias Estrada. Early in the second period, Console recorded two escapes to shorten Estrada's lead to 3-2. Console registered his first lead of the match with an early takedown in the third, but a reversal by Estrada resulted in Console getting pinned.
In the heavyweight bout, Barket faced Adam Honis of the Tar Heels. Taking an early 3-0 lead in the first period, Barket continued to pressure Honis with two more takedowns to close the first with a 9-2 advantage.
The West Lafayette, Ind., product racked up a reversal and three takedowns to close the dual with a 20-4 tech fall.

NOTEABLES

Adams' victory tonight marks his fifth on the season and his first ACC win of his career.
Barket collected his second ACC win in a row and fourth tech fall on the season to improve to 16-16 overall. He now owns a 3-3 ACC ledger.
Out of the last seven matches, Barket has won five of those.

UP NEXT

Duke wrestling will swing back to Carmichael Arena for the ACC Championships on Sunday, March 10.

QUOTES

"Ray had a good match. He wrestled tough. He started to work on some stuff that we were working on this week. So, I mean I'm excited for him. Yeah, he definitely needed that win. It's a good boost. He is a true freshman so you have to start notching these ACC wins -- you have to start somewhere." -- Duke head coach Glen Lanham on Raymond Adams' win

"It was a good win for him. I think he wrestled that kid a little bit in the summer. I think it's a good win for him, a good ACC win. That puts him in a nice spot for the ACC Tournament. He can do well in that tournament. He just has to start stringing some matches together." -- Duke head coach Glen Lanham on Connor Barket's win

RESULTS
125: No. 29 Spencer Moore (UNC) fall. Logan Agin (Duke), (2:57)
133: Raymond Adams (Duke) major dec. Max Martin (UNC), 10-1
141 Jace Palmer (UNC) dec. Christian Colman (Duke), 4-1
149: No. 32 Jayden Scott (UNC) tech fall. Jarred Papcsy (Duke), 21-4
157: No. 32 Sonny Santiago (UNC) tech fall. Logan Ferrero (Duke), 20-5
165: Isaias Estrada (UNC) fall. Gaetano Console (Duke), (5:28)
174: Forfeit (Duke)
184: No. 23 Gavin Kane (UNC) major dec. Conor Becker (Duke), 14-3
197: No. 23 Max Shaw (UNC) fall. Kwasi Bonsu (Duke), (0:57)
285: Connor Barket (Duke) tech fall. Adam Honis (UNC), 20-4

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