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No. 16 Virginia Rings in 2015 at Southern Scuffle
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Dec. 31, 2014
| No. 16 Virginia at Defense Soap & Flips Wrestling Southern Scuffle | |
| Date/Time | Thu.-Fri., Jan. 1-2, 2015 | 9 a.m. ET |
| Location | Chattanooga, Tenn. | McKenzie Arena |
| Multimedia | Live Results | Live Video ($) |
| Additional Information | Preseeds | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram |
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The No. 16 Virginia wrestling team begins the 2015 portion of its schedule Thursday and Friday (Jan. 1 and 2) against a challenging field at the 2015 Defense Soap & Flips Wrestling Southern Scuffle. Chattanooga again plays host to the event, which begins at 9 a.m. both days at McKenzie Arena in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Live Video/Brackets
Flowrestling will provide live video of each match as a part of its FloPro subscription. Free live scoring is available through Trackwrestling. Links to both are located on VirginiaSports.com.
In the Rankings
Six Cavaliers are listed in the latest InterMat rankings:
George DiCamillo (10th at 133)
Joe Spisak (13th at 141)
Gus Sako (seventh at 149)
Nick Sulzer (second at 165)
Blaise Butler (sixth at 174)
Zach Nye (16th at 197)
Tournament Schedule (all times Eastern)
Thursday, Jan. 1
9 a.m. – Championship Round of 64
Noon – Championship Round of 32 & Consolation Round 1
3 p.m. – Consolation Round 2
5:45 p.m. – Championship Round of 16 & Consolation Round 3
Friday, Jan. 2
9 a.m. – Championship Quarterfinals & Consolation Round 4
11:30 a.m. – Consolation Round 5
12:30 pm. – Consolation Round 6
1:30 p.m. – Championship Semifinals & Consolation Quarterfinals
3:30 p.m. – Consolation Semifinals
7 p.m. – Championship Finals & Medal Matches
Noting the Southern Scuffle
The Southern Scuffle field once again is one of the best in the nation. Thirty-one teams will compete, including 13 from the latest NWCA Top 25 – Cornell (3), Penn State (4), Missouri (5), Oklahoma State (8), Pitt (9), Lehigh (11), Nebraska (12), Iowa State (14), Michigan (15), Virginia (16), Wyoming (21), NC State (22) and Bucknell (25)
The field features 29 All-Americans, three NCAA Champions and four former NCAA runners-up, while 95 are currently ranked and 45 are ranked in the top 10.
Virginia joins Appalachian State, Duke, NC State, North Carolina and The Citadel and Virginia as the only teams that have competed in the Southern Scuffle every year since it began in 2003.
The Latest on the Cavaliers
Seven Cavaliers are seeded in the field. Sulzer is the No. 2 seed at 165 pounds; top-ranked Alex Dieringer of Oklahoma State holds the No. 1 seed at 165.
Three Cavaliers own No. 4 seeds – DiCamillo (133), Spisak (141) and Sako (149). Nye is the No. 9 seed in a stacked field at 197, while James Suvak is seeded 11th at 184 and Ethan Hayes 12th at heavyweight.
Virginia took sixth place last year at the Scuffle, with Spisak earning runner-up honors at 141 and Sulzer placing third at 165.
Up Next
Virginia returns to dual competition Jan. 9-10 at the Virginia Duals, hosted at the Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Va. Brackets for the tournament will be announced Monday.
Virginia Probables (Rankings according to InterMat)
125: Will Mason (7-6) and Nick Herrmann (5-1*)
133: No. 10 George DiCamillo (12-4) and Joseph Martinez (2-2)
141: No. 13 Joe Spisak (13-3)
149: No. 7 Gus Sako (1-0)
157: Andrew Atkinson (8-6)
165: No. 2 Nick Sulzer (11-0)
174: Greg Bacci (1-1)
184: James Suvak (8-2) and Tyler Askey (10-7)
197: No. 16 Zach Nye (4-1) and Chance McClure (4-6)
285: Ethan Hayes (0-1) and Collin Campbell (7-7)
*Competing unattached