Yates crossed a milestone Sunday with his third-round win over Appalachian State’s Zack Strickland. The victory gave him 100 wins for his career, making him just the sixth Hokie wrestler in program history to reach the 100-win plateau. He now sits with 102 wins total for his career after going 5-0 at 165 pounds on the day with a pair of major decisions, a pair of technical falls and a pin.
Carter, wrestling unattached because he is scheduled to redshirt, also went undefeated at 141 pounds.
Jarrod Garnett finished second at 125 pounds, falling 10-9 in the finals of his weight class. He should be the next to join the 100-win club as he now has 97 wins after three victories Sunday. Jesse Dong, who did not wrestle Sunday, has 86 wins for his career. Redshirt freshman Austin Gabel also took second place after going 4-1 at 174 pounds.
Also placing for Tech were: Erik Spjut (third at 133 pounds), Zach Neibert (fifth at 141 pounds), Nick Brascetta (third at 149 pounds), Huston Evans (sixth at 174 pounds), Nick Vetterlein (fourth at 184 pounds) and Derrick Borlie (fifth at 197 pounds). Wrestling unnatached, the following Tech wrestlers placed: Chad Strube (sixth at 149 pounds) and Chris Penny (fourth at heavyweight).
Several of Tech’s wrestlers will compete in the Wolfpack Open next weekend in Raleigh, N.C. The team will open its dual meet schedule the following weekend, hosting No. 5 Ohio State on Friday, Nov. 16 and then Wisconsin and Manchester on Sunday, Nov. 18.
Updated season records can be found here. Of note, results against Division II or III competitors, as well as forfeit wins, count toward season and career results, but not toward NCAA qualification while results against unattached competitors do not count toward season or career results, but can count toward NCAA qualification if they are on an NCAA roster. Forfeits losses do not count as losses against a wrestler or in NCAA qualifications. Injury defaults, both wins and losses, count toward season stats and NCAA qualification.
Additionally, new this year, an updated record book for Virginia Tech wrestling can be found here. Full brackets can be downloaded from the link up top.
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