Hokies Wrestling is in the hunt for another ACC Championship. It's going to be a barn burner with Tech, NC State, and Pitt all capable of coming out on top. I thought a fresh thread for today's festivities would be good. I'll be at the tournament so my analysis may be delayed. Highly appreciate anyone that wants to post updates throughout the day.
πΎπ€π’ππ£π ππ€π§ ππ© πΌπ‘π‘ πππ°π²π² π²πππππππππππππποΈ March 5, 2023π Reynolds Coliseum, Raleigh, NCβοΈ 11AM-7PM ESTπΊ ACCN Extra & @accnetworkπ https://t.co/9MOqcT5e0Sπ° https://t.co/jgcOGtU2MELET'S. GO. π€#Team100 #Hokies #ALLINALLTHETIME π¦ pic.twitter.com/ziWcdgBF5Cβ Virginia Tech Wrestling (@HokiesWrestling) March 5, 2023
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Let's go!!!
HOKIES!!!
Is there a schedule posted somewhere so I know what mat to be watching?
Hokes wrestling Twitter does a pretty good job of throwing up who's on deck on which mat
Anybody got a stream?
ACCNx on WatchESPN
ACCNx on WatchESPN is blacked out by my provider
Trying to follow on TrackWrestling.
At the Noon check in, NC State leads all with 7 points, followed by UNC (4.5), Pitt (4), UVA (3), and VT (1) in scoring.
Crook (141) and Brady (165) advance to the semis.
Waiting on Catka (285) to make it 3 for 3 into the semis.
Catka up 10-0 after 1.
TECH FALL FOR CATKA
Give me all the team points!
That was critical.
Current Standings:
Pittsburgh: 8
NC State: 7
UVA: 6
VT/UNC: 4.5
Duke: 0
Good to get out of the first round undefeated. Brady and Crook had some gritty matches but got it done. Big to see Catka work Weatgerspoon after being pretty passive in their dual matchup. Only downside in the first round was that NC State got a bunch of easy bonus points by having matchups against Duke.
At the end of the Quarterfinals
NC State and Pitt lead, tied at 8
UNC is 3rd with 6.5
UVA is 4th with 6
VT is 5th with 4.5
Duke is last with 0
Bonus Points so far:
Pitt: MD (125 vs UVA), For (174), MD (184 vs UVA), SV (285 vs UNC)
UNC TF (125 vs Duke), MD (184 vs Duke)
NC State: Fall (133 vs Duke), Fall (157 vs Duke)
UVA: MD (197 vs Duke)
VT: TF (285 vs UVA)
Ventresca into the 125 Finals
I was gonna be real peeved if ventresca lost after the bullshit injury non-injury
Eddie V with 3-2 win over UNC Wagner... into championship !
Come on Sam!
Review call upholds the original decision.
Latona falls 3-4 and will wrestle for 3rd.
Can't do that. Have to wrestle final minutes. As soon as he went on skates he gave Orine room to shoot. Terrible loss.
Come on Sam got 2 before zero
Was very close. Hate to see NC state win
BRYCE WITH THE DEC OVER NC STATE
BRADY KNOCKS OFF #1 HELLER
Brady with some OFFENSE... i likey... the championship is his if he keeps up these attacks
MAJOR DECISION BY MEKHI
Looked like he got his leg tweaked right at the end. Robie was furious. Spiked whatever was in his hands.
Team scores update please? TIA.
NC State 52
VT 49.5
Pitt 26
UNC 17.5
UVA 17
Duke 0
Thank you!
For those who understand the scoring, what are our chances of taking the team lead?
Depends. There are points for placement on top of match scoring. Certain results give greater bonuses. Can we take the lead? Yes.
Doh
Drink! (I saw that)
Bolen can't quite hold the lead. Falls to the backside.
wrong thread
You can drink too.
1 second short. Catka drops to the consolation bracket.
5 Hokies advance to the finals
Well that was a blood bath. Hokies both young and old lay eggs. Hokies find themselves out of contention for the title. Now it's all about seeding for NCAAs.
Sad times
Crook with the SV to advance to the 3rd place bout and joins 5 other teammates in the NCAAs
Latona with the 10-6 Decision to advance to the 3rd place bout.
Is it me or are they calling stalls more frequently than in year's past?
Bolen hangs on. 5-4. Advances to the 3rd place bout and has secured a trip to the NCAA tournament
Smith advances to the 3rd place bout with a MAJOR and has qualified for the NCAAs
Catka into the 3rd place match.
At the end of the 3rd session the team points are as follows:
1. NC State 84.5
2. Virginia Tech 63
3. Pittsburgh 48
4. North Carolina 33
5. Virginia 30
6. Duke 14
Your Hokies Remaining Matches:
125 First Place: Ventresca vs Trombley (State)
133 Third Place: Latona vs Agin (Duke) - Must win to get NCAA Invite
141 Third Place: Crook vs McNeil (UNC)
149 First Place: Henson vs Arrington (State)
157 First Place: Andonian vs O'Connor (UNC)
165 First Place: Brady vs McCoy (UVA)
174 First Place: Lewis vs Faison (State)
184: Third Place: Bolen vs Heller (Pitt)
197: Third Place: Smith vs Battista (UVA)
285: Third Place: Catka vs Weatherspoon (UVA) - Must win to get NCAA Invite
Latona wins 3rd with a Major and qualifies for the NCAAs.
Crook takes 4th in the 141 class.
NCSU fans/coaches yelling far a stall call against Heller from Pitt has me laughing.
3rd Place for Bolen
3rd Place for Smith
3rd Place for Catka, earning a trip to Tulsa,
All 10 Hokies are going to the NCAAs
Going into the Championship Round
NC State 87.5
Virginia Tech 75
Pittsburgh 54
North Carolina 36
Virginia 32
Duke 14
Is there any way we can catch NCstallU?
Ventresca def Trombley, with at least a Major (+4 to VT)
Henson def Arrington, with at least a Major (+4 to VT)
Andonian def O'Connor, with at least a Major (+4 to VT)
Brady def McCoy, with at least a Major (+4 to VT)
Lewis def Faison, with at least a Major (+4 to VT)
That would be +20 to VT, although a tech fall or fall/pin would add to that total as well. Let's say we get a pin out of those for +22.
In the other divisions:
Orine, Jack, Hidlay, Trumble, Trephan, only two can earn a win. (+6 to State)
That would put the final at VT 94, State 93.5
I like your math!
Go HOKIES!!!
A BA win over AOC would be amazing
gosh whatever we can do, just win baby win
Brady you gotta finish
Dang... Not a great start to the finals.
Lewis you gotta wrestle
Whew
I hate NCSU
Fuck that crybaby Wolfpack
And he tried to break Lewis's ankle with a toe hold! What a punk.
Yeah he and alot of other Wolfpack wrestlers need a lesson in respect. You lost the match get over it instead of trying to hurt your opponent
Ncs wrestling is the iowa of the acc
If these same stall calls were being made last year NCSstallU wouldn't have secured the ACC title.
Wow... That was really tough. Trombley did absolutely nothing that entire match.
Stalled until the end, but Eddie got sloppy and over aggressive.
So many chances to win that.
How do they keep getting away with bullshit wins
I feel dirty rooting for Pitt in anything, but here we are...
Henson is a good looking young wrestler.
Henson is a baddddd man.
WTF was O'Conor doing there?? Whipping his hands off on Andonian.
It was Andonian's blood
Tough tournament for Tech. Had a ton of chances and just lost a bunch of coin flips. That being said a subpar ACC usually means a great NCAA for the Hokies. This team is good enough to win a trophy.
2 Champions had a solid tournament.
Conor Brady looked great, as the announcers said, team is young
The big question mark is if Lewis comes back. Between Sam Fisher and TJ Stewart at 184 next year there will only be a small drop off from Bolen. Guys like Ventresca, Crook, and Henson should all be even better after a year of starting experience.
Hokies, we are sending 10 wrestlers to the big show.
How many other schools are also sending 10.
Hint: it's a small list......
Let's go!
Ummm 5? Am I right?
Want to know the answer, but don't want to count the wrestlers in the brackets.
Brackets come out at 8 tonight.
Ventresca 27 seed vs UNCO Stevo Poulin - 6 Seed
Latona gets the 6 seed vs Connor Brown of Missouri
Could face Vito Arujau of Cornell in the 3/6
Crook gets the 15 seed vs Northwesterns Frankie Tal Shahar.
Could face undefeated Andrew Alirez of UNCO
Henson gets the 4 seed, faces Alec Hagan of Ohio in the first round
Could face #1 Yianni Diakomihalis of Cornell in the Semifinals.
BA gets the 7 and will go against Peyton Kellar (Ohio).
Big potential Day 2 against Levi Haines of Penn State
Brady gets the 23rd seed vs #10 Carson Kharchia of Ohio State.
That was only a 3-1 defeat for Brady in the dual!
And both of them wrestled together at the same Ohio high school so they know each other's strengths and weaknesses
Brady is trending up while Kharchla had a bit of a rough showing at Big Tens. Great opportunity for an upset.
Mekhi get the 3 seed vs Rutgers' Jackson Turley.
Could face Nebraska's Mikey Labriola in the Semis
Bolen gets the 7 seed vs Navy's David Key.
Should get Hidlay in the Quarterfinals.
Sidenote: The NCAA host called him Hunter Biden
Smith gets the 21 seed vs Zac Braunagel of Illinois.
Tough road to advance
Big Cat gets started seeded 22 vs #11 Trent Hillger from Wisconsin
Explain to me, without sounding insane, how Brooks as the 3 makes sense.
4 schools got all 10 in the show.
Iowa
Missouri
Oklahoma State
Virginia Tech
Quick thoughts after seeing the brackets for the first time...
At first I was surprised to see Andonian as a 7, but I like the draw. He gets 2 guys he hasn't faced before in the quarters and semis and avoids O'Conner until the end. With some luck, I think he could wrestle Saturday night.
Mekhi gets a rematch in the semis and avoids Starocci until the finals.
If Bolen wins the first 2 then he will get to see Trent one last time. He has kept the last couple of matches close.
Tough draw for Caleb being on the same side as Yianni.
I am extremely excited for the NCAAs. So many good story lines to follow. So much young talent with the potential to do some damage. Veterans looking to claim another AA accolade. Should be a great showing for the Hokies.