Virginia Set For Weekend Duals At Queens, Campbell

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Virginia wrestling workforce (0-1) heads out on the street this weekend to proceed twin competitors with a pair of matchups in North Carolina. The Cavaliers will face Queens (0-6) on Friday evening at 7 p.m. earlier than persevering with the weekend street journey at Campbell (2-3) on Sunday at 4 p.m.

HOW TO FOLLOW THE ACTION
Each duals on the weekend shall be streamed on ESPN+ which is accessible by subscription via ESPN.com and the ESPN app. Followers may get updates by following this system’s official Twitter account (@UVAWrestling).

QUICK SHOTS
• This would be the first assembly between the Cavaliers and Queens College of Charlotte.
• Virginia and Campbell have confronted off 4 instances with the Hoos main the all-time sequence 3-1.
• The Hoos have 4 wrestlers within the particular person rankings by InterMat with Justin McCoy (No. 9 at 165), Jake Keating (No. 26 at 157), Jarod Verkleeren (No. 29 at 149) and Neil Antrassian (No. 30 at 184) ranked for the Hoos.
• Jack Gioffre made his collegiate debut in UVA’s first twin of the season towards No. 15 Northwestern.
• Gioffre picked up his first collegiate win in that twin match with a 7-6 resolution over Joel VanderVere.
• The potential lineup may characteristic as many as 4 newcomers to this system this season – together with three freshmen who have been a part of the eighth-ranked recruiting class within the nation.
• Virginia is receiving votes within the newest nationwide workforce rankings as launched by the Nationwide Wrestling Coaches Affiliation, having obtained one vote for the highest 25 this week.

VIRGINIA’S PROBABLE LINEUP (Rankings by InterMat)
125: Patrick McCormick (4-5) OR Kyle Montaperto (7-3)
133: Erik Roggie (1-3) OR Garrett Grice (8-1)
141: Dylan Cedeno (3-2) OR Jack Gioffre (1-0)
149: No. 29 Jarod Verkleeren (9-3)
157: No. 26 Jake Keating (3-3) OR Denton Spencer (6-3)
165: No. 9 Justin McCoy (4-1)
174: Vic Marcelli (6-4) OR Justin Phillips (7-4)
184: No. 30 Neil Antrassian (7-2)
197: Michael Battista (7-2)
HWT: Gabe Christenson (4-5)

QUEENS PROBABLE LINEUP
125: Ashton Thompson
133: Griffin Gonzalez
141: Melvin Rubio
149: Nico D’Amico
157: David Makupson
165: Caleb Moore OR Sebastien Shered
174: J.T. Skalecki
184: D’Andre Hunt
197: Riley Kuhn
HWT: Mikey Lytle

CAMPBELL PROBABLE LINEUP
125: Anthony Molton or Zander Phaturos
133: No. 28 Gabriel Hixenbaugh OR Domenic Zaccone
141: Shannon Hanna
149: Chris Rivera OR Callum Sitek
157: No. 33 Troy Nation OR Hagen Heistand
165: Dom Baker OR Riley Augustine
174: Cole Rees OR Cameron Andrews
184: No. 18 Caleb Hopkins OR Shane Fast
197: Levi Hopkins OR Brandon Hosleton
HWT: No. 13 Taye Ghadiali OR Chad Nix

LAST TIME OUT AGAINST CAMPBELL
• Virginia and Campbell met final season in Charlottesville with the Camels claiming a 21-15 victory.
• The twin was tied at 15 after eight weight lessons earlier than the Camels took selections at 197 and 285.
• Virginia received victories from Brian Courtney (133), Jon Errico (157), Justin McCoy (165) and Michael Battista (197) on the way in which to having the match deadlocked with the 2 weight lessons remaining.
• The Hoos received a serious resolution from Courtney and tech fall from McCoy, whereas the Camels received a pin as a part of the primary 4 matches to have the twin tied.

UP NEXT FOR THE HOOS
Following the weekend of motion in North Carolina, the Cavaliers can have nearly three weeks off earlier than returning to motion on the Midlands Championship hosted by Northwestern. The 2-day occasion is about to run Dec. 29-30.