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The latest attempt by the Rutgers University wrestling program to beat a team ranked in the top 10 nationally takes it to Blacksburg, Va. and a meeting with No. 7 Virginia Tech Friday night. The ...
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The Virginia–Virginia Tech rivalry is an American college rivalry that exists between the Virginia Cavaliers sports teams of the University of Virginia (called Virginia in sports media and abbreviated UVA) and the Virginia Tech Hokies sports teams of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (called Virginia Tech and abbreviated VT).
Virginia Tech's sports teams are called the "Hokies". The word "Hokie" originated in the "Old Hokie" spirit yell created in 1896 by O. M. Stull for a contest to select a new spirit yell when the college's name was changed from Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (VAMC) to Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI) and the original spirit yell, which ...
The tournament was the 89th NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, and featured seventy teams across that level. Penn State won their fourth consecutive title and eighth in nine years. Two programs had their first national champions: Virginia Tech (Mekhi Lewis, who was named Outstanding Wrestler), and Rutgers (Nick Suriano and Anthony Ashnault).
Tobi Lawal had 19 points, with 15 in the second half, for Virginia Tech (5-8, 0-2), which has lost two games in a row. Patrick Wessler had 10 points off the bench.
Vanderbilt staved off a Virginia Tech comeback to start the season with an upset win. The Commodores came out on top in the first overtime of the college football season to defeat the Hokies 34-27.
The 2022 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships took place from March 17–19, 2022, in Detroit, Michigan at the Little Caesars Arena. The tournament is the 91st NCAA Division I Wrestling Championship .