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BLACKSBURG - The Virginia Tech wrestling team will look to rebound from a tough ACC loss to Maryland in a pair of road matches this weekend at Iowa State and NC State. Tech, ranked 17th in the country, will take on the Cyclones Friday night in Ames before taking on the Wolfpack Sunday in Raleigh.

The Hokies will send three ranked wrestlers to the mat this weekend, including newly annointed No.1 Devin Carter at 133 pounds. Pete Yates remained seventh at 165 pounds and will have a tough bout on Friday as he’s scheduled to take on No. 5 Andrew Sorenson. Zach Neibert remained 11th at 141 pounds and will take on 18th-ranked Darius Little Sunday. Neither of Carter’s scheduled opponents are ranked. Iowa State also has a ranked wrestler at 125, 184 and 285 pounds. Little is NCSU's only ranked grappler.

Friday match will be televised on tape-delay by Iowa Public Television. Fans can check out this link to watch it online, as well. Friday’s match will also have live stats through TrackWrestling.com, as will Sunday’s match.

Additionally, several Tech wrestlers will head north to Millersville University to compete in Sunday’s “Shorty” Hitchcock Memorial Tournament.

Below are the probable lineups for all three teams this weekens, as submitted by the respective coaching staffs.

#17 Virginia Tech (3-2, 1-1 ACC)
125: Ty Mitch (5-1) OR Erik Spjut (19-8)
133: #1 Devin Carter (21-1)
141: #11 Zach Neibert (13-4)
149: Chris Mears (7-6) OR Nick Brascetta (0-1)
157: Matt Stephens (3-4) OR Cameron Hurd (9-7)
165: #7 Pete Yates (16-3)
174: Chris Moon (11-8)
184: John Dickson (12-10)
197: Nick Vetterlein (19-6) OR Angelo Malvestuto (13-7)
285: Chris Penny (6-4)

Iowa State (1-9, 0-4 Big 12)
125: #12 Ryak Finch (9-4)
133: Ben Cash (4-2) OR RJ Hallman (4-10)
141: Luke Goettl (7-6)
149: Luke Swalla (4-9)
157: Michael Moreno (1-7)
165: #5 Andrew Sorenson (18-1)
174: Mikey England (13-7)
184: #16 Boaz Beard (6-2)
197: Cole Shafer (7-9)
285: #18 Matt Gibson (14-6)

NC State (3-2, 0-0 ACC)
125: Coltin Fought (19-4)
133: Ben Elliott (1-9)
141: #18 Darrius Little (23-9)
149: Thomas Gantt (12-11) OR Matt Nereim (11-9)
157: Colton Palmer (11-7)
165: Nijel Jones (17-10)
174: Quinton Godley (22-8)
184: Robert O’Neill (14-9)
197: KaRonne Jones (14-13)
285: Josh Davis (10-14)

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