In one of the biggest nights for State wrestling, the team takes on UNC at Reynolds Coliseum.

The event will also mark the senior night for the Pack (4-6, 0-3 ACC) as they will look to claim their first conference victory of the season against the Tar Heels (2-13, 1-3 ACC).

Senior Quinton Godley said despite this being his final home match, he’ll be more focused on beating Carolina than anything else. “I’m pretty sure it’s going to be intense,” Godley said. “I know it’s senior night but the main focus for me is that it’s N.C. State versus UNC.  “I’m going to miss all this.” Another wrestler who will be touching the mat at the Reynolds Coliseum one final time is senior Colton Palmer. Palmer said he was proud of what he had achieved during his time at State. “Wrestling is an extremely tough sport and you see a lot of guys you came into college with drop off after a year or two or even three years,” Palmer said. “They quit, they can’t handle it. I am proud that I have stuck it out, I have been here five years. I have competed well for the team; I have stuck it out with my schoolwork and everything. “I’m really just happy, I’ve made it this far and I’m ready to finish up strong.” Coach Carter Jordan felt his team would approach the match against Carolina like any other game. “What I’ve learned here is to treat it like any other match,” Jordan said. “To train for it the same way, to prepare for it the same way. The more you hype it up, the tighter the kids can tend to get and don’t do what they normally are supposed to do.” Jordan felt for the first time in a long while, the team was actually ready to battle the Heels. “This is the first time in years that we are actually going to be competitive with them on paper,” Jordan said. “The guys are ready. I challenge them to go out there and chase them all over the mat because that’s what we do.” One player who will perhaps be missed the most because of the impact he has had on the wrestling team at State, especially this year, is senior Darius Little. Little has won 28 of his match-ups this year, and lost just once in his last 16 matches. He ranks tied for No. 6 in all-time school history with 91 wins. Little said it’s hard to believe that his time at State is nearing the end. “Every time somebody tells me its my last home match, I can’t believe it,” Little said. “I mean it’s just another match. I want to go out strong, put on a performance. I am looking forward to it. “It’s a sentimental moment but everybody has to go through it.” Little, ranked No. 10 in the nation in the 141-pound weight category, felt this season was the culmination of all the hard work he has put in over the years. “My goal coming into the season was to finish with at least 100 wins, just like [2009 NCAA champion Darrion Caldwell] did,” Little said. “This season has been my best ever. Mentally I’m a lot stronger than I’ve been any other year. I guess this season I am starting to believe more than I have in any other season so its paying off.” The men’s wrestling team has partnered with the University athletics department at the initiative of assistant coach Steve Anceravage to raise money for the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) foundations at tonight’s event. “We’re raising money for the local ALS association,” Anceravage said. “The reason why we’re taking part in it is because my uncle, has been suffering with that disease so the athletic department and N.C. State wrestling have been nice enough to make a joint effort to raise money. There will be a table there where we will be accepting donations. Just by showing up you raise a certain amount of money, and we have got some lump sum donations as well. “It’s going to be a good event for obviously a good cause as well.”