UVU campus briefs

WRESTLING: Utah Valley University's wrestling team continued its hot week on the East Coast as they went into Raleigh, N.C., and beat N.C. State, of the ACC, 26-10 on Friday to improve to 3-0.

The Wolverines won seven of 10 matches, including seven of the final eight bouts over 1-1 N.C. State.

"The match was great tonight," UVU coach Greg Williams said. "Our freshmen at the upper weights (Josh Wood and Dylan Stadel) improved a lot from last night and won hard fought matches."

Trailing 7-0, the Wolverines looked to junior Justin Morrill (149 pounds) to get them going. Morrill won his match over N.C. State's Colton Palmer by injury default at the end of the first period to cut the score to 7-6.

UVU freshman Monte Schmalhaus (165 pounds) won his match by decision (12-5) to help start the Wolverines rally where they went onto win the final six matches in a row.

Sophomore Brad Darrington (174-pounds) then gave Utah Valley a 12-10 lead on the night as he defeated N.C. State's Quinton Godley in a very tightly contested match, 4-2 in the second period of sudden victory.

VOLLEYBALL: Utah Valley University needed five sets to rally and post a 22-25, 25-15, 22-25, 25-17, 15-6 victory over host Houston Baptist University to advance to the Great West Conference Championship game.

The second-seeded Wolverines (22-9) will face No. 1 seed North Dakota Fighting Sioux today at 1 p.m.