NC State’s Trent Hidlay Wins National & ACC Wrestler of the Week Honors

NC State Redshirt Freshman Trent Hidlay (184) cleaned up the honors after a historic week, earning National Wrestler of the Week honors from The Open Mat, and earned ACC Wrestler of the Week honors a week after his older brother Hayden Hidlay earned it in Week 1.

NC State 184-pound redshirt freshman Trent Hidlay has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Wrestler of the Week after he defeated two top-five opponents on the road in a span of just a few hours.

Hidlay, also named the National Wrestler of the Week by The Open Mat, opened with a 7-5 decision over No. 5 Ben Darmstadt in the Wolfpack’s 25-9 win at No. 15 Cornell on Saturday afternoon. With the score tied 4-4 and ride time locked for Darmstadt, Hidlay forced a second stall and then notched the winning takedown with just 12 seconds left.

Later in the day at Binghamton, Hidlay downed No. 4 Lou DePrez in extra time, 2-1, to help NC State to a 28-9 team victory. Hidlay and DePrez were knotted at 1-1 with just three seconds showing on the clock in overtime when Hidlay’s escape produced the winning point.

Trent Hidlay moved from No. 12 to No. 4 in this week’s InterMat weight class rankings. He followed up last week’s performance by his brother Hayden, a junior two-time All-American at 157 for the Wolfpack who earned ACC Co-Wrestler of the Week honors for Nov. 19. (ACC)

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