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GREENSBORO, N.C. - Eleven Virginia Tech wrestlers took to the mats Wednesday as part of the Southern Scuffle with only three advancing to Thursday’s action. No starters were in action for the Hokies. Ty Mitch (125 pounds), Erik Spjut (133 pounds) and Chris Moon (165 pounds) were the only three to make it through the day, but all three are in the consolation brackets.

Below are the results for the 11 who participated, both attached and unattached, for Virginia Tech.

125: Ty Mitch (unattached)
First Round: lost to Stevie Mitcheff (Kent State), 6-3
Consolations: def. Dominic Parisi (App. State), 4-0
Consolations: def. Kyle Ciccarello (Ohio), 6-2
Consolations: def. Robert Gribschaw (UNC), 8-2
Consolations: vs. Zach Huxford (George Mason)

133: Erik Spjut (unattached)
First Round: def. William Johnson (App. State), MD 11-0
Second Round: lost to Aaron Schopp (Edinboro), 4-0
Consolations: def. Tyler Sim (Citadel), 3-2
Consolations: def. Joseph Spisak (Virginia), 10-4
Consolations: def. Nick Wilcox (Bloomsburg), 5-4
Consolations: vs. Anthony Comunale (Princeton)

141: Nick Murray (3-2; ELIMINATED)
First Round: lost to David Yost (VMI), MD 14-6
Consolations: def. Austin Brown (App. State), TF 18-2
Consolations: def. Brad Merriman (Campbell), MD 14-0
Consolations: def. Michael Crowley (UNC), Med. Forf.
Consolations: lost to Kurtis Becker (Liberty), 6-2

141: Zach Neibert (1-2; ELIMINATED)
First Round: lost to: Daniel Ownbey (UNC), 5-3
Consolations: def. Nick Heilman (UNC), MD 10-0
Consolations: lost to Rocco Wellek (UNC), Fall 6:22

157: Matt Tusick (unattached; 0-2; ELIMINATED)
First Round: lost to Jaaziah Bethea (George Mason), Fall 0:24
Consolations: lost to Jesse Stafford (Air Force), 9-3

157: Taylor Knapp (unattached; 1-2; ELIMINATED)
First Round: lost to Brandon Zeerip (Michigan), 7-2
Consolations: def. John Blakely (App. State), 11-4
Consolations: def. Jordan Nolan (Ohio), Fall 5:01

165: Chris Moon
First Round: Bye
Second Round: def. Ryan Tompkins (Army), 4-0
Third Round: lost to Cody Yohn (Minnesota), 3-2
Consolations: def. Christopher Smith (Bloomsburg), 3-0

174: Angelo Malvestuto (unattached; 1-2; ELIMINATED)
First Round: lost to J.C. Oddo (Citadel), Fall 2:06
Consolations: def. Joseph Stafford (Air Force), 6-5
Consolations: lost to Peter Huntley (Navy), 8-3

174: Robbie Wannenburg (unattached; 1-2; ELIMINATED)
First Round: lost Michael Alexander (Cornell), 7-4
Consolations: def. Greg Scott (George Mason), med. forf.
Consolations: lost to Brad Darrington (Utah Valley), MD 11-2

184: John Dickson (2-2; ELIMINATED)
First Round: def. John Hartley (App. State), MD 10-2
Second Round: def. John Dommert (VMI), 6-1
Third Round: lost to Christopher Honeycutt (Edinboro), MD 13-2
Consolations: lost to Christopher Estep (Kent State), 3-1

197: Bobby Lavelle (1-2; ELIMINATED)
First Round: def. Travis Stern (Lock Haven), Fall 7:23
Second Round: lost to Shawn Fendone (Edinboro), MD 11-0
Consolations: lost to Daniel Mills (Army), 7-2

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