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BLACKSBURG - The fifth-ranked Hokies won the Hampton River pool on Friday, downing The Citadel and Bucknell to go undefeated on the first day of the 36^th Virginia Duals.

Tech grapplers dominated The Citadel out the gate, winning eight bouts en route to a 34-9 victory. Joey Dance and Dennis Gustafson picked up back-to-back bonus victories, a technical fall and fall, respectively, to open competition. Solomon Chishko earned a 7-2 win and David McFadden picked up his fourth bonus victory of the season with a fall at 165 pounds. Entering the starting lineup for the first time, freshman Cody Hughes made himself known with a 13-2 victory at 174 pounds. Zack Zavatsky took down his opponent with a tech fall before Jared Haught won a hard-fought 3-2 battle. Ty Walz closed the first match of the day with an 8-3 victory, sealing the win for the Hokies.

In the second match of the day, Dance opened with a victory over #11 Paul Petrov, 3-1. Gustafson earned another victory in his return to the mat, 9-3, and Chishko fought for a 4-3 win that gave Tech wins in the first three weight classes against Bucknell. Jake Spengler earned his first win of the year, in a lopsided 11-6 battle. David McFadden (5-2), Zavatsky (3-1), Haught (4-2), and Walz (5-3), also came away victorious to exit the first day of the Virginia Duals unscathed.

Tech will be back in action on tomorrow, facing one of the other pool winners at 2:30 pm in the winner’s bracket.

Coach Dresser Sounds Off
“We got off to a pretty good start today but need to wrestle with much more energy tomorrow. I am excited to see if these guys respond to this challenge. We will have two good teams tomorrow!”

#HokieHits
· Seven Hokies picked up multiple wins on Friday: Dance, Gustafson, Chishko, McFadden, Zavatsky, Haught and Walz
· Walz has started his redshirt junior season 13-0, his best start in three seasons
· Dance picked up his team-best seventh major decision or better this year without surrendering a loss of the same kind
· Gustafson’s fall was his first action of 2015-16
· The Hokies have won back-to-back Virginia Duals titles and look to continue their streak as they move into the winners bracket tomorrow.

Results
vs The Citadel, 34-9
Joey Dance (Virginia Tech) vs Charles Kearney (The Citadel), TF
Dennis Gustafson (Virginia Tech) over Caleb Smith (The Citadel), Fall
Solomon Chishko (Virginia Tech) over Ty Buckiso (The Citadel), 7-2
Matt Frisch (The Citadel) over Chad Saunders (Virginia Tech), 4-2
Aaron Walker (The Citadel) over Justus Weaver (Virginia Tech), Fall
David McFadden (Virginia Tech) over Daniel Smith (The Citadel), Fall|
Cody Hughes (Virginia Tech) over Tim Knipl (The Citadel), 13-2
Zachary Zavatsky (Virginia Tech) over Sawyer Root (The Citadel), TF
Jared Haught (Virginia Tech) over Marshall Haas (The Citadel), 3-2
Ty Walz (Virginia Tech) over Joe Bexley (The Citadel), 8-3

vs Bucknell, 26-4
Joey Dance (Virginia Tech) over Paul Petrov (Bucknell), 3-1
Dennis Gustafson (Virginia Tech) over Grim Gonzalez (Bucknell), 9-3
Solomon Chishko (Virginia Tech) over Tyler Smith (Bucknell), 4-3
Victor Lopez (Bucknell) over Chad Saunders (Virginia Tech), 8-1
Jake Spengler (Virginia Tech) over (Bucknell), 11-6
David McFadden (Virginia Tech) over Robert Schlitt (Bucknell), 5-2
Rustin Barrick (Bucknell) over David Bergida (Virginia Tech), 6-3
Zachary Zavatsky (Virginia Tech) over Tom Sleight (Bucknell), 3-1
Jared Haught (Virginia Tech) over Tyler Greene (Bucknell), 4-2
Ty Walz (Virginia Tech) over Joe Stolfi (Bucknell), 5-3

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