Virginia Returns To Action At Mat Town Open Sunday
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Virginia wrestling team returns to action on Sunday (Nov. 28) when 33 members of the squad travel to compete at the Mat Town Open hosted by Lock Haven University. Wrestling begins at 9:30 a.m. ET.
HOW TO FOLLOW THE ACTION
Fans can follow the action through live results and updated brackets provided by FloWrestling. Updates will also be provided periodically throughout the day on the program’s official Twitter account (@UVAWrestling).
TEAMS IN THE FIELD
In addition to the open field and Virginia, wrestlers from 10 different NCAA programs will be competing in the open tournament, including wrestlers from No. 11 Cornell, No. 22 Lehigh, No. 23 Pittsburgh, App State, Bloomsburg, Bucknell, Buffalo, Lock Haven, Navy and West Virginia.
VIRGINIA WRESTLERS IN THE MAT TOWN OPEN
125: Trey Lane, Patrick McCormick
133: Joe Haynes (Unattached), Erik Roggie (Unattached)
141: Evan Buchanan, Kyren Butler (Unattached), Luca Errico, Scott Kiyono
149: Patrick Evans, Jarod Verkleeren
157: Alex Cruz, Jon Errico, Dominic Isola, Nic Sansone, Denton Spencer, Anthony Steinmeyer
165: Gavin Cagle (Unattached), Ray Costa, Loudon Hurt, No. 20 Justin McCoy
174: Krystian Kinsey, Justin Phillips, Hudson Stewart (Unattached), David Veltri
184: Michael Battista, Hadyn Danals (Unattached), Vikram Ostrander (Unattached)
197: Channing Connors, Colden Dorfman (Unattached), Ethan Weatherspoon
285: Jessie Knight, Mateusz Kudra, Quinn Miller
LAST TIME AT THE MAT TOWN OPEN
This is Virginia’s first appearance at the Mat Town Open since the 2017-18 season when the Cavaliers had five wrestlers place at the annual event. Of those wrestlers, current Cavaliers to place were Scott Kiyono with second at 133 pounds, Brian Courtney with third at 141 pounds and Jake Keating with second at 149 pounds. Virginia sent eight wrestlers to the event that season.
UP NEXT FOR THE HOOS
Following the Mat Town Open, the Cavaliers will have an extended break before returning to action at the Ken Kraft Midlands Championships. The two-day event is hosted by Northwestern and begins on Wednesday, Dec. 29, at Now Arena in Hoffman Estates, Ill.