Five Cavaliers Place At Wolfpack Open Sunday
RALEIGH, N.C. – Five members of the Virginia wrestling team turned in podium finishes on Sunday (Nov. 17) at the Wolfpack Open, paced by Robert Patrick (Ligonier, Pa.) with a first-place finish at 174 pounds.
Michael Battista (Ashburn, Va.) took second place at 184 pounds, Drew Peck (Chambersburg, Pa.) finished fifth at 184 pounds, while Sam Book (Fairfax, Va.) and Gary Hart (Richmond, Va.) finished sixth at 133 pounds and 149 pounds, respectively. The five Cavaliers led 19 members of the squad who competed at the event.
Patrick went 4-0 on the day with a pin in his first bout before posting back-to-back tech falls to advance to the finals. He then won by decision over Thomas Flitz of Appalachian State to take first place at 174 pounds.
Battista won back-to-back bouts, the first by decision and the second by major decision, before a medical forfeit sent him through to the finals. He dropped a tight 6-5 decision in the championship bout to Chris Kober of Campbell to take second place at 184 pounds.
Peck went 4-1 on the afternoon to take his fifth-place finish, including three decision and a pin in 12 seconds.
Book and Hart both went 4-2 on the way to the sixth-place finishes at their weight classes.
125:
Trey Lane
Jacob Brasseur (Presbyterian) dec. Lane, 5-4
Ryan More (VT) dec. Lane, 6-3
133:
Sam Book – 6th Place Finish
Book dec. Majid Corbett (Limestone), 13-7
Book dec. Gabriel Hixenbaugh (Buies Creek RTC), 12-10
Codi Russell (App. State) major dec. Book, 14-4
Book dec. Deandre Swinson (App. State), 4-2
Book tech fall Tyler Kellison (App. State), 19-4
Gabriel Hixenbaugh (Buies Creek RTC) dec. Book, 10-3
141:
Nick Coy
Tariq Wilson (NCSU) major dec. Nick Coy, 13-2
Coy pinned Loye Burkhead (Spartanburg Methodist), 4:14
Coy by forfeit over Wiliam Davidson (Truett-McConnell Univ.)
Coy tech fall Ethan Willis (Citadel), 16-1 (6:08)
Coy dec. Ty Mills (Duke), 10-4
Coy dec. Jacob Dado (Citadel), 3-2
Alex Urquiza (NCSU) dec. Coy, 3-2
Scott Kiyono
Kiyono dec. Ty Mills (Duke), 8-4
Alex Urquiza (NCSU) dec. Kiyono, 4-1
Kiyono dec. Silas Shaw (NCSU), 10-7
Anythony Brito (App. State) dec. Kiyono, 4-2
149:
Ray Costa
Costa dec. Jude Lloyd (Queens Univ. of Charlotte), 7-1
Bryce Andonian (VT) pinned Costa, 4:45
Costa pinned Devan Moore (Newberry), 6:33
Andrew McKahan (Limestone) dec. Costa, 3-2
Gray Hart – 6th Place Finish
Hart dec. Phil Ruiz (Limestone), 2-0
Hart dec. Robert Escalante (Spartanburg Methodist), 7-1
Matt Fields (NCSU) dec. Hart, 3-2
Hart dec. Jacob Mariakis (Chattanooga), 2-0
Hart advances by medical forfeit from Michael Murphy (UVA)
AJ Leitten (NCSU) dec. Hart, 7-2
Michael Murphy
Murphy tech fall Zach McCann (American), 16-0 (4:31)
Murphy major dec. Andrew McKahan (Limestone), 11-1
Bryce Andonian (VT) major dec. Murphy, 15-6
Murphy major dec. Grant Lundy (Chattanooga), 12-4
Murphy medical forfeit to Gray Hart (UVA)
157:
Patrick Evans
Sean Glasgow (Limestone) dec. Evans, 9-5
Evans dec. Justin Lemay (UMd), 15-8
Cole Smith (ODU) major dec. Evans, 11-1
Anthony Steinmeyer
Connor Brady (VT) pinned Steinmeyer, 2:51
Steinmeyer major dec. Carlos Ugalde (Limestone), 13-2
Steinmeyer pinned Sean Glasgow (Limestone), 6:07
Steinmeyer pinned Grant Speer (Citadel), 0:58
Doug Gudenburr (Citadel) tech fall Steinmeyer, 16-1 (5:14)
165:
Justin Phillips
Phillips tech fall Billy Christie (Newberry), 17-2 (6:02)
Phillips dec. Kristian Scott (VT), 8-4
Christian Beach (App. State) dec. Phillips, 6-4
Jonathan Spadafora (UMd) dec. Phillips, 7-2
David Veltri
Cole Burke (Citadel) dec. Veltri, 2-1
Ian James (Truett-McConnell Univ.) dec. Veltri, 6-2
174:
Channing Connors
Connors dec. Cole Maddox (Campbell), 11-6
Joey Mazzara (UNC) major dec. Connors, 13-4
Krystian Kinsey (UVA) dec. Connors, 8-4
Krystian Kinsey
Jack Bond (ODU) dec. Kinsey, 3-2
Kinsey dec. Copper Youngblood (Citadel), 6-1
Kinsey dec. Channing Connors (UVA), 8-4
Kinsey dec. Lance Andriani (NCSU), 7-2
Kinsey dec. Kolton Clark (VT), 8-4
Alex Faison (NCSU) dec. Kinsey, 11-4
Robert Patrick – 1st Place Finish
Patrick pinned Trent Knight (Buies Creek RTC), 1:36
Patrick tech fall Kolton Clark (VT), 16-0 (2:52)
Patrick tech fall Barrett Blakely (App. State), 16-1 (2:35)
Patrick dec. Thomas Flitz (App. State), 9-6
Jack Walsh
Thomas Flitz (App. State) major dec. Walsh, 10-0
Walsh pinned Anderw Annand (Newberry), 6:01
Stephon Halliburton (Queens Univ. of Charlotte) major dec. Walsh, 8-0
184:
Michael Battista – 2nd Place Finish
Battista dec. Max Shaw (UNC), 10-3
Battista major dec. Noah Curreri (Queens Univ. of Charlotte), 10-1
Battista advances by medical forfeit Antonio Agee (ODU)
Chris Kober (Campbell) dec. Battista, 6-5
Drew Peck – 5th Place Finish
Peck dec. Noah Bushman (ODU), 7-0
Clay Ream (Unattached) dec. Peck, 7-2
Peck pinned Kenneth Prince (Limestone), 0:12
Peck dec. ZeBrandon Gant (Newberry), 7-2
Peck dec. Julian Gorring (App. State), 10-5
197:
Ethan Weatherspoon
Elijah Seay (King Univ.) dec. Weatherspoon, 9-2
River Henry (ODU) dec. Weatherspoon, 6-3
285:
Mateusz Kudra
Kudra pinned Ethan Powell (Truett-McConnell Univ.), 2:05
Michael McAleavey (Citadel) dec. Kudra, 9-3
Kudra pinned Jarrett Tronge (VT), 1:43
Kudra major dec. Tim Warren (App. State), 8-0
Deonte Wilson (NC State) major dec. Kudra, 9-0