π«πππ ππππ πππ π·πππ πNo. 10 Hokies take down No. 7 NC State in Tulsa#ALLINALLTHETIME #Hokies π¦ pic.twitter.com/JzkULB1pWdβ Virginia Tech Wrestling (@HokiesWrestling) November 16, 2025
Hokies beat the Puppies handily to advance in the Wrestle Back bracket.
Nininger upsetting Arrington in final seconds tipped the Dual
True freshman Nininger knocks off Arrington! pic.twitter.com/bWADf9JeB3β The Wrestling Room (Pat Mineo) (@MrPatMineo) November 16, 2025
They will face #13 Illinois. They have locked up at least $30K in NIL. $20k for at least an 8th place finish and $10K Team Takedown bonus against Wyoming.
Honestly, today went better than I expected with Henson redshirting and so many Freshman wrestling.
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Hokies!
Was there any reason as to why Penn State is the only team in the top 16 not to put anybody in this tournament?
They opted out. Its a team event. They decided they didnt need to risk injury for the NIL return.
In other tournament news Bo Bassett and Melvin Miller both won their classes at the 2025 Shorty Hitchcock Tournament
Ventresca wins 6-3 in SV
Campbell trails 4-2 in 2nd against #1 Lucas Byrd, last years national champion
Campbell takes neutral for 3rd. Will need a takedown
Campbell hit with second stall. Trails 5-2
Campbell loses 5-2
Tied at 3
Crook against Kole Brower with early 3-1 lead
Crook appeared to have 2nd takedown but ref didnt score it. Coach Frayer threw the challenge
Challenge denied
Crook on bottom to start second leading 3-1
Crook escape 4-1
Crook up 7-3. Got hit with a locked hands and then escape
Crook with takedown to finish 2nd. 10-3. Brower hit with stall to make it 11-3.
Crook let's him up to start 3rd to make it 11-4.
Crook with one more takedown to get 14-4 Major
Hokies up 7-3
Nininger up against Will Baysingar
Zeroes in 1st.
Baysingar down for 2nd
Nininger rolls him for 4 back points.
4-0
4-1 after 2nd
Nininger starts down in 3rd
Nininger escape and then takedown.
8-1
Nininger with 9-1 Major
Hokies 11-3 now
Do these matches count towards the wrestling season records and rankings? If so, this seems like a great early season test with some prize money to boot. If not, the prize doesn't seem so big
It will definitely be accounted for in Rankings. Not as sure about Duals records.
I fully expect Burton to go from unranked to between 11-15 after this one. He is taking out big names.
Gaj up against # 10 Kannon Webster
Gaj down 1-0 after getting hit with two stalls
Gaj down 5-0 after 1st
Escape in 2nd. 5-1
Oof Gaj getting toyed with.
14-3 after 2nd
Tech fall loss 19-4
Hokies 11-8
Burton up against #8 Braeden Scoles
Damn Burton being evaluated for concussion in first minute
Burton shakes it off and gets early takedown.
3-0
6-1 Burton after escape and takedown
Escape 6-2.
Going to 2nd after cleaning up some blood
Burton started on top so 6-3 after escape
Scoles takedown ties it at 6
Neutral for 3rd
A Burton takedown under review. Currently 9-6
Hokies again lose at the review table. Back to 6-6. This is getting old. 5th or 6th time going against Hokies this weekend.
Headed to SV
And loses in SV 9-6
11 all
Desiante against Collin Kelly
Kelly with early takedown but Desiante escaped and then got a takedown
4-3 after 1st
In second, escape Desiante 5-3
Takedown and escape tie at 6
Another takedown, Desiante trails 9-6
Kelly escape 10-6 in 3rd
Desiante loses 13-7
Hokies trail 14-3
Bullock against #29 Chris Moore
Zeroes after 1st
Bullock down for 2nd
Escape makes it 1-0
Going to 3rd 1-0.
Bullock on top
Escape 1-1. RT not a factor
Ugh Bullock down 7-2 now after takedown and three back points
Really not impressed by Bullock. Seemed a good get in portal but not showing it so far
Bullock loses
Hokies trail 18-11
Essentially have to win out
Sasso against Cade Lautt
Really could use a Sasso Tech Fall here
Sasso up 4-0 in 2nd after no score in 1st
Escape makes it 4-1
Crazy takedown at end of 2nd makes it 7-1
Escape to start 3rd makes it 7-2
Takedown 10-2
Sasso gets 12-2 Major
Team is reporting score as 18-14 but a major should have made it 18-15
Team updated score to 18-15
Mullen up against #8 Luke Luffman
Dual on the line. Win its tied
Major or more its a win
Mullen up 3-1 after 1st.
Luffman in bottom in 2nd
Mullen rode him entire 2nd.
Takes bottom in 3rd
Mullen reversal makes it 5-1
Mullen wins 6-2
Don't know how tiebreaker works
18 all
Edit: Hokies lose tiebreaker.
Will take on Missouri
I think the Tech Fall was the deciding factor.
Flo just said Hokies won on tiebreakers....team still hasn't posted anything
Yeah Flo has changed it now. Lose 1-0 in Tech Falls
It is usually matches won, falls and then total points.
EDIT:
Tiebreaker 1 is Matches won which would have been 5-5
Tiebreaker 2 was bonus points from falls (0-0)
Tiebreaker 3 is total match points where Illinois won 69-68