Tar Heels End Regular Season Slate Versus Virginia

Saturday, February 13

Chapel Hill, N.C.

6 PM

North Carolina

No. 21 Virginia

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

February 12, 2021 | Wrestling

By: UNC Athletic Communications

CHAPEL HILL - No. 14 North Carolina wraps up its dual meet season and ACC competition on Saturday when it hosts No. 21 Virginia in Carmichael Arena. The match is set to begin at 6:00 p.m. EST and will be broadcast on ACC Network Extra. There will be no general fan attendance.

UNC (4-2, 2-2 ACC) enters Saturday following a two-win road trip to Pennsylvania last weekend. The Tar Heels knocked off No. 15 Pittsburgh and No. 25 Lehigh, setting up the final regular season match of the year. The Tar Heels have nine wrestlers in the first edition of the NCAA Coaches Rankings, released Thursday by the NCAA. No. 2 Austin O'Connor leads the way at 149 pounds, while No. 8 Jaime Hernandez (133), No. 9 Zach Sherman (141) and No. 10 Kennedy Monday also earned top-10 spots.

Virginia (3-2, 2-2 ACC) defeated Duke last weekend at home, a 42-3 performance. It also defeated No. 16 Pittsburgh in January, 17-16. Coach Steve Garland's team has eight wrestlers in the NCAA Coaches Rankings, led by No. 7 Louie Hayes (133) and No. 10 Jay Aiello (197).

Carolina narrowly defeated Virginia in Charlottesville last season in a match that came down to the final bout of the dual, a win from Hernandez at 133 pounds.

The full NCAA Coaches Rankings can be found here.

The link to watch Saturday's dual on ACC Network can be found here.

North Carolina Probables

125: Wil Guida, Fr.
133: Joe Heilmann, R-So.
141: No. 10 Zach Sherman, R-Jr.
149: No. 1 Austin O'Connor, R-Jr. OR Nick Lirette, R-Sr.
157: Josh McClure, R-Sr. OR Sonny Santiago, Fr.
165: No. 11 Kennedy Monday, R-Sr. OR Sawyer Davidson, R-Sr.
174: No. 18 Clay Lautt, R-Jr.
184: Devin Kane, R-Jr. OR Blah Dahnweih, R-Fr. OR Ethan Hoffman, R-Jr.
197: No. 19 Max Shaw, R-Fr. OR Mark Chaid, R-Fr.
285: Andrew Gunning, R-Sr. OR Brandon Whitman, Jr.

Virginia Probables

125: Trey Lane OR Josiah Encarnacion
133: No. 10 Louie Hayes
141: No. 16 Brian Courtney
149: Denton Spencer
157: No. 17 Justin McCoy
165: No. 13 Jake Keating
174: Vic Marcelli
184: Robby Patrick OR Hudson Stewart
197: No. 8 Jay Aiello
HWT: Jessie Knight