No. 5 Hokies Defeat No. 8 Wolverines

The No. 5 Virginia Tech Wrestling team continued their reign of terror by obliterating the No. 8 Michigan Wolverines, 24-11, this weekend at the 2016 National Duals Championship Series.

The National Duals were held at Ann Arbor and the Hokies did not disappoint.

HOKIES WIN!! 24-11 victory over #8 Michigan in the 2016 National Duals Championship Series#RaisingTheBar pic.twitter.com/c5YH2r9dMc

— VT Wrestling (@VT_Wrestling) February 21, 2016

The National Duals featured several individual ranked matchups, including some exciting rematches.  No. 3 Joey Dance avenged last year’s loss to No. 20 Conor Youtsey, 11-9.  No. 7 Jared Haught defeated No. 6 Max Huntley, 5-1.  No. 3 Zach Epperly devastated Aaaron Calderon, 5-3.  No. 5 Brascetta beat No. 13 Brian Murphy, 4-3.  The Heavyweight match up was of particular excitement.  For the third time in two seasons No. 3 Ty Walz met No. 4 Adam Coon.  After an intense and close match Walz finally won, 3-2, and improved to 3-0 against Coon.

WALZ WINS! @T_wiggity_walz moves to 3-0 vs Coon with 3-2 victory to close team win over #8 UM#RaisingTheBar pic.twitter.com/WTGhA2oDU7

— VT Wrestling (@VT_Wrestling) February 21, 2016

The win over the Wolverines is the ninth consecutive duals victory for the Fighting Gobblers.  The Hokies are already the ACC Duals Champions, next they hope to take the ACC Championships in Charlottesville on March 6.

Hey @FloWrestling - check out the banner outside @hokiesports HQ! #RaisingTheBar pic.twitter.com/JZoV9zKQZJ

— Pete Moris (@PeteMoris) February 19, 2016