The Hokies improve to 5-1 on the season with the win and have now won two-straight against the Mountaineers. No. 2 Joey Dance remained undefeated with a pin at 125 and No. 3 Jared Haught, a Parkersburg native, picked up a 3-2 decision in the final match of the afternoon over No. 7 Jacob Smith.
“It was a great atmosphere today at Parkersburg High School,†head coach Kevin Dresser said. “We actually had a lot of Hokies in the crowd so thank you to those who came out. We're going to give our guys a little time off before we reconvene and get ready for Princeton and North Carolina to kick off the New Year.â€
In what was the main event of the dual, Haught and Smith were knotted up at 1-1 at the end of regulation. The score remained tied after sudden victory OT but Haught jumped out in front on a reversal in the first 30-second ride out period. Smith escaped in TB2 but Haught held on for the 3-2 win in front of his hometown crowd. Haught is now 2-0 against Smith this season after previously defeating him with a 6-4 sudden victory decision in the semis of the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite.
Four near fall points early in the third period sealed the tech fall for No. 3 Ty Walz in the opening bout of the match at heavyweight. Before a decision from freshman Dominic Latona at 133 that put the Hokies ahead 14-0, Dance followed Walz with his second pin of the season with 18 seconds left in the second period at 125.
West Virginia's Joe Wheeling picked up a major decision at 141 but the Hokies rattled six-straight wins, including the first in the Tech career of redshirt sophomore Ryan Blees at 157, to clinch the match.
The Hokies will go on a short break but will open the New Year with two road duals at Princeton on Jan. 6 and its first ACC match of the season at North Carolina on Jan. 8.
Results:
HWT: No. 3 Ty Walz (VT) TF Brandon Ngati (WVU), 24-7 (6:46)
125: No. 2 Joey Dance (VT) FALL Devin Brown (WVU), 4:32
133: Dominic Latona (VT) dec. Cory Stainbrook (WVU), 6-2
141: Joe Wheeling (WVU) MD Brendan Ryan (VT), 13-2
149: No. 8 Solomon Chishko (VT) dec. Christian Monserrat (WVU), 10-5
157: Ryan Blees (VT) MD Dylan Garrett (WVU), 11-2
165: David Bergida (VT) dec. Ryan Lopez (WVU), 10-4
174: No. 2 Zach Epperly TF Ty Milward (WVU), 21-6 (5:35)
184: No. 4 Zack Zavatsky (VT) MD Parker Von Egidy (WVU), 16-8
197: No. 3 Jared Haught dec. No. 7 Jacob Smith, 3-2 (TB2)
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