Cavaliers Open Competition At Virginia Duals Friday
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Virginia wrestling team (3-1) heads back out on the road this weekend for two days of competition in the Virginia Duals at the Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Va. The Cavaliers kick off the event with a pair of duals on Friday (Jan. 13) against Ohio and Navy.
HOW TO FOLLOW THE ACTION
The duals at the Virginia Duals will be streamed on FloWrestling which is available by subscription. Live results will be provided through TrackWrestling. Links to both the live stream and results are available at VirginiaSports.com. Fans can also get updates by following the program’s official Twitter account (@UVAWrestling).
WEEKEND DUAL SCHEDULE
Friday
11:30 a.m. – Ohio
1 p.m. – Navy
Saturday
1 p.m. – Kent State
2:30 p.m. – No. 23 Maryland
QUICK SHOTS
• Virginia is coming off a 26-6 victory over George Mason last weekend in a neutral-site dual in Richmond.
• The Cavaliers have five wrestlers ranked or receiving votes in the latest weekly individual rankings.
• Virginia holds a 4-2 lead in the all-time series with Ohio and won the last meeting 29-9 in 2019.
• The Hoos are looking for the first win over Navy after facing the Midshipmen seven times previously.
• The last meeting between Virginia and Navy came in the 2009 season.
• Virginia is 3-6 all-time against Kent State, winning the last meeting 23-12 at the 2020 Virginia Duals.
• The Hoos are 26-40 all-time against former ACC foe Maryland, but won the last meeting 24-9 at Maryland last season and have won five straight against the Terrapins in the series.
• The match against Maryland will be the second dual against a nationally-ranked for for UVA this season.
VIRGINIA’S PROBABLE LINEUPS
125: Patrick McCormick OR Kyle Montaperto OR Peyton Fenton
133: Garrett Grice or Keyveon Roller OR Marlon Yarbrough
141: Dylan Cedeno OR Evan Buchanan OR Brian Courtney
149: No. 30 Jarod Verkleeren OR Michael Gioffre OR Mason Stefanelli
157: No. 26 Jake Keating OR Denton Spencer
165: No. 14 Justin McCoy OR Nick Hamilton
174: Vic Marcelli OR Justin Phillips OR Hudson Stewart
184: No. 16 Neil Antrassian OR Hadyn Danals
197: Michael Battista OR Krystian Kinsey
285: Ethan Weatherspoon OR Colden Dorfman OR Jessie Knight
UP NEXT FOR THE HOOS
Virginia will continue competition at the Virginia Duals on Saturday when the Cavaliers face Kent State and No. 23 Maryland in back-to-back duals to close out the weekend.