No. 17 West Virginia Loses to No. 22 North Carolina

Friday, December 12

Chapel Hill, N.C.

7 p.m.

West Virginia University

No. 22 North Carolina

December 12, 2025 09:30 PM | Wrestling

By: Charles Montgomery

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The No. 17 West Virginia University wrestling team lost to No. 22 North Carolina, 27-7, at Carmichael Arena in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on Friday.

West Virginia (5-1) dropped its first dual of the season, with only two wrestlers picking up wins.

Redshirt sophomore No. 1 Ty Watters (157) remains undefeated on the year after he narrowly beat No. 33 Laird Root by decision, 6-3.

Freshman Leo Contino made his dual debut for the Mountaineers at 174 pounds. He dominated Marcus Murabito, winning by major decision, 10-0.

Final Results
125: No. 16 Kysen Terukina (UNC) over Louie Gill (WVU): 6-3 Dec
133: No. 16 Ethan Oakley (UNC) over No. 25 Gunner Andrick (WVU): 4-2 Dec
141: No. 19 Luke Simcox (UNC) over No. 33 Jordan Titus (WVU): 5-2 SV Dec
149: Nate Askew (UNC) over Willie McDougald (WVU): 9-4 Dec
157: No. 1 Ty Watters (WVU) over No. 33 Laird Root (UNC): 6-3 Dec
165: No. 18 Bryce Hepner (UNC) over Shawn Taylor (WVU): Fall (1:06)
174: Leo Contino (WVU) over Marcus Murabito (UNC): 10-0 MD
184: Jake Dailey (UNC) over No. 19 Ian Bush (WVU): 5-3 Dec
197: Robert Platt (UNC) over No. 21 Rune Lawrence (WVU): 10-7 Dec
285: No. 28 Nolan Neves (UNC) over Brock Kehler (WVU): 4-1 SV Dec

*WVU rankings from FloWrestling
*UNC rankings from InterMat

West Virginia faces No. 5 Oklahoma State on Sunday at 2 p.m. at Hope Coliseum in Morgantown for Coal Rush.

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