Courtesy UVA Media Relations
The Virginia wrestling team (9-6, 1-3 ACC) picked up an ACC victory on Friday night as the Cavaliers defeated Duke (6-10, 0-3 ACC) at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
NOTING THE HOOS
- Virginia improved to 67-7-2 in the all-time series with Duke and has won eight consecutive duals against the Blue Devils.
- The Cavaliers posted five bonus-point victories on the night, including three major decisions and a pair of technical falls.
- Gable Porter and Colton Washleski each picked up their 18th win of the season with Washleski taking a major decision to open the night and Porter winning by technical fall.
- Freshman Rocco Hayes improved to 3-0 in dual action and 2-0 in ACC duals with his win at 125 pounds.
FROM HEAD COACH STEVE GARLAND
“It has been an absolutely crazy last 48 hours with a lot of stuff going on in terms of illness and injury, and once again our guys found a way to fill those gaps, step up, fill holes and wrestle well. I’m really proud of this team tonight. I think we wrestled great from top to bottom. This should give us some momentum heading into a huge match with Virginia Tech next week.”
UP NEXT
Virginia returns home to host Virginia Tech next Friday at John Paul Jones Arena. Wrestling is set for 7:30 p.m. and tickets can be purchased at UVATix.com.
VIRGINIA 28, DUKE 9
157: No. 32 Colton Washleski major dec. Mikey Boulanger, 12-3 – UVA 4, DU 0
165: Michael Murphy dec. Aurelius Dunbar, 8-4 – UVA 7, DU 0
174: No. 23 Aidan Wallace dec. Mason Stefanelli, 7-5 – UVA 7, DU 3
184: Dylan Newsome dec. David Hussey, 5-0 – UVA 10, DU 3
197: Steven Burrell Jr. major dec. Owen McGrory, 12-4 – UVA 14, DU 3
285: No. 23 Connor Barket dec. Brenan Morgan, 4-2 – UVA 14, DU 6
125: Rocco Hayes major dec. Spencer van Savoye, 12-1 – UVA 18, DU 6
133: Kyle Montaperto tech fall Riley Rowan, 17-1 – UVA 23, DU 6
141: Gable Porter tech fall Raymond Adams, 15-0 – UVA 28, DU 6
149: Dylan Ross dec. Wynton Denkins, 2-1 – UVA 28, DU 9
