After being injured in the first period of the first match of the season and missing the remainder of his sophomore season due to the injury, Dalton Macri will be leaving Cornell and heading to UNC.

Macri was an NCAA qualifier as a freshman after finishing fourth at the EIWA tournament and getting a wild card bid. He went on to collect one of the biggest upset wins of the first round of the NCAA tournament when he defeated Oregon State's Ronnie Bresser.

Coming out of high school as a state champ he was the seventh ranked wrestler in the country. Naturally, Macri will slot into the Tar Heels' lineup at 125-pounds.

We caught up with Macri who explained his rationale behind transferring from Cornell to UNC:

"I was just unhappy being at Cornell and didn't feel like it was the right fit for me anymore. I started to feel like I lost my passion for the sport in February and it just grew as time went on. But I attributed it to where I was and not the sport itself," Macri said. 

The PIAA Champ went on to say that Cornell Head Coach Rob Koll was very helpful with the process, despite not wanting Macri to leave.  For Macri, the moves and changes are coming fast.  Macri is already in Chapel Hill and will begin Summer School on Monday.  

For UNC, Macri is a perfect fit.  125 was a position of need for the Heels, and Macri could potentially have three years of eligibility since he only competed in one match last year.  UNC has great lightweight coaches in the room with Olympic Bronze medalist Coleman Scott leading the charge alongside two-time World Team Member Tony Ramos. 

In addition to Macri, UNC has a very tough recruiting class.  Their class was already ranked 10th behind Austin O'Connor, Zach Sherman, Jaime Hernandez, Chasen Blair and Clay Lautt.  

Watch Dalton Macri take out David Terao at the 2016 EIWA tournament.