North Carolina @ Virginia

North Carolina Men's Wrestling defeated Virginia Men's Wrestling Team 25-10 at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va., on January 16, 2026. The Tar Heels pulled away with multiple bonus-point wins that proved decisive in the dual.

Virginia’s Keyveon Roller, ranked #31, earned a major decision, beating Cameron Stinson Jr. 11-2 and collecting four team points for the home side. That result kept the Cavaliers competitive on the scoreboard, but it was not enough to offset North Carolina’s surge later in the lineup.

The turning point came with back-to-back bonus wins for North Carolina. #21 Jake Dailey ended Dylan Newsome by technical fall, 21-5, for five team points, and Robert Platt, ranked #32, followed with a 20-4 technical fall over Steven Burrell Jr., also worth five points. Those two tech falls delivered a 10-point swing and created the separation that decided the dual.

With the three highlighted bouts supplying the bulk of the bonus scoring, North Carolina closed out a 15-point victory. The ranked performances by Dailey and Platt combined with Roller’s major decision framed the meeting, and the Tar Heels’ pair of technical falls ultimately produced the margin that sealed the 25-10 result.