By james art 
After dropping his first two ACC games with a combined 53 -point, to NC State and Stanford, Virginia Wrestling returned to the road when he was traveling down to Blacksburg to take Virginia Tech. The cavaliers (4-4, 0-3 ACC) again fought and fell 36-3 on Hoki (6-2, 2-1 ACC).
Usually Virginia started cold. Junior Keyveon Roller opened the day for Cavaliers against junior Eddie Ventreska. Ventreska grabbed the early lead by 3-0 during the first period and never looked back. It counteracts every Roller Roller, made and eventually won the 8-0 main solution. In the next game, a sophomore Gable Porter, returning from the disease, took the graduation of Connor McGonagal. Like his teammate, McGonagal received a download during the first period and travels to a great victory for a decision. After only two games, Virginia Tech won 8-0.
With her chances of winning to get you more than the second, it was time for Virginia to go. But the fifth year, Dylan Sedeno was the next one, striving to defend her unbeaten record this season against the graduate of Sam Latona. Shocking, Cedeno could not remove the victory when the stalls call and the untimely download ruined his chances.
Down 11-0, the cavaliers had a high task of starting their return to a match against Jr. Caleb Hanson. Hanson is the ruling national champion and received the early lead with the withdrawal of junior Jack Jufre. Gioffre responded for points, but fatigue showed up and his efforts were not enough to avoid giving Hokis another victory, this time with a basic solution of 19-4.
He needed a win with his team, Jr. Nick Sanko would do the job for Virginia against freshman Matt Henrich. Sanko was very aggressive, trying to exceed the freshman. He first climbed the board with an escape, but late removing from Henrich turned the tables to the match and gave Virginia a 4-1 victory, extending the total score to 18-0.
Junior Nick Hamilton was the next one, hoping to change Cavaliers’ wealth against freshman Mac Church. Hamilton opened the match with a download to take the lead. While Church received a few points back, Hamilton secured a 4-2 win to get Virginia on the board with three points.
In order to maintain the inertia of Cavaliers alive, sophomore Michael Murphy took over the freshman Gage Wright. Like Hamilton, Murphy found a download match. However, Wright returned to even the match in the second period. He then received another removal in the third period to take over the lead 8-4. Murphy tried to return the last seconds, but he only gave way when he lost 12-5.
Now down 21-3 and almost mathematically eliminated, it was a time or dying for Virginia. With his hopes of winning the line, it was senior Hadin Dalans against a sophomore Thomas Stewart, Jr. Unfortunately for the Cavaliers, this was not their day. Danals was removed immediately, then Stuart provided a pin just seconds later to ensure the victory for Hokies.
With the out -of -hand match, Virginia tried to close the gap to make the match respected. Fifth years Ethan Waterspoon was against senior Andy Smith, but it was rather the same. Weatherspoon got on the board early, but Smith immediately returned to tie it. After the match was reduced to the wire, Smith secured a 2-1 decision with some late maneuvers.
Only with heavyweight match, the result was 30-3. Hoping to return some points for the cavaliers, Senior Gabe Cristenson faces the freshman of the red shirt Jimmy Mullion. Both fighters were immediately aggressive and sought to control the match from the beginning. It was Mullion who struck first when Kristenson’s big move was opposed. From then on, everything was Mulian. He quickly received a second download, extending the lead to 6-0, and then another to do it 9-0. Kristenon continued to fight, the result continued to get worse. Before she could blink, he was 16-1 Mulen and the match ended with a win in the fall. The double ended 36-3 in favor of Virginia Tech.
Although the loss was absolutely devastating for cavaliers, the context must be taken into account. It was the third consecutive opponent of Virginia, all of whom came in a two -week period. The team was also injured by injuries, resulting in some inexperienced fighters in critical matches.
All this is said, if the cavaliers want to win games, they cannot give up the bonus win. These lesions make it exponentially more difficult to return and puts a lot of pressure on the back half of the order to secure large victories. With more double line, something will have to change if Virginia wants to save her season. Despite the rough start, coach Steve Garland is still optimistic that they can turn the season.
“I still believe in this team,” Garland said. “I know who they are and what they are capable of. No retreat, no reservations and no regrets. “
With regard to the community clash, the cavaliers entered the day with 5.5-1 lead. With their defeat it is already 5.5-2. The upcoming basketball match will be the next clash.
The cavaliers will return to home for their next double in John Paul Jones Arena, Friday against Duke at 19:00