Virginia Continues ACC Slate At No. 4 NC State
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Virginia wrestling team (3-4, 0-2 ACC) continues its conference slate on Friday night (Feb. 4) when the Cavaliers travel to face No. 4 NC State (9-1, 2-0 ACC) in a 7 p.m. dual at Reynolds Coliseum.
HOW TO FOLLOW THE ACTION
The dual meet will be stream on ACCNX and is available on the ESPN app and WatchESPN.com to customers who subscribe to a television provider that carries ACC Network. A link to the stream is available at VirginiaSports.com. Fans can also get updates by following the program’s official Twitter account (@UVAWrestling).
QUICK SHOTS
• Brian Courtney was named the ACC Wrestler of the Week after his wins last week over No. 10 Jaime Hernandez in the dual with North Carolina and an extra match against Joe Heilmann
• Seven Hoos are in the individual rankings by InterMat this week with No. 13 Jay Aiello leading at 197 pounds
• The Cavaliers kick off back-to-back road duals in the ACC with this weekend’s dual at NC State
• UVA has eight wrestlers ranked in the initial NCAA Coaches rank with the next ranking expected in mid-February
VIRGINIA PROBABLES
125: Patrick McCormick (10-8)
133: No. 22 Brian Courtney (9-2)
141: Dylan Cedeno (2-3)
149: No. 30 Jarod Verkleeren (16-5)
157: No. 29 Jake Keating (8-4) OR Jon Errico (12-4) OR Denton Spencer (7-3)
165: No. 17 Justin McCoy (11-0)
174: Justin Phillips (11-4)
184: No. 25 Michael Battista (12-2)
197: No. 13 Jay Aiello (8-1)
285: No. 31 Quinn Miller (10-5)
NC STATE PROBABLES
125: No. 14 Jakob Camacho (11-2)
133: No. 15 Kai Orine (11-1) OR Jarrett Trombley (10-2)
141: No. 24 Ryan Jack (12-4)
149: No. 3 Tariq Wilson (9-0)
157: No. 10 Ed Scott (16-0)
165: No. 21 Thomas Bullard (11-4)
174: No. 4 Hayden Hidlay (9-0)
184: No. 3 Trent Hidlay (11-0)
197: No. 20 Isaac Trumble (12-3)
285: No. 26 Tyrie Houghton (16-7) OR Owen Trephan (15-4)
LAST TIME OUT FOR THE HOOS
• Virginia is coming off a tight dual against No. 24 North Carolina that was awarded to UNC 17-16 on criteria
• The teams each won five weight classes with each side recording a major decision to tie at 16-16 for the night
• UNC scored 53 total points to 45 for the Cavaliers in the dual giving the Tar Heels the dual victory
• UVA got wins from Brian Courtney (133), Justin McCoy (165), Jay Aiello (197), Quinn Miller (285) and Patrick McCormick (125) in the dual – including the major decision from Aiello to keep the Cavaliers in the match
• Virginia won the final three weight classes (197, 285 and 125) to tie the match and send it to criteria
UP NEXT FOR VIRGINIA
The Cavaliers continue to wrestle on the road next weekend when the Hoos travel to face Duke in a Saturday (Feb. 12) dual at 2 p.m.