The Hokies are second in the South Scuffle standings

Chattanooga – Virginia Tech wrestling returns to Blacksburg after two days of competition in Chattanooga with two 2023 South Scaffold placers. The Hokies finished fourth in the redshirt sophomore division Sam Fisher And he finished seventh behind freshman TJ Stewart.

Fisher was impressive throughout the tournament, winning five straight in the consolation bracket after dropping his second bout of the tournament to No. 24 Jacob Ferreira (Hofstra). On the back end, Fisher beat three ranked opponents in a row – No. 22 Sean Harman (Mizzou) 6-2, No. 23 Jacob Nolan (Binghamton) 2-1, then avenged an earlier loss to Ferreira (Hofstra), 8 -6. Fisher then went 0-6 against Oklahoma State’s Gavin Stitka in the third-place match to finish fourth with a 6-2 record.

Another impressive freshman in the Hokies class was TJ Stewart, who finished eighth in his Southern Scuffle debut. The freshman went 4-3 in Chattanooga with three major hits and two of his three losses came against Stanford’s 20 Nick Stamet. Stewart was explosive all weekend, defeating Nick Miller (Hofstra) 9-6, Sam Moran (Garder-Webb) 9-3, and Josh McCham (Garder-Webb), 7-2. Stewart would then face Stemmet in seventh place before retiring to end his Southern Scuffle run.

The #8 Hokies return to action on Friday, January 6th for a busy opening doubleheader of the weekend against #12 Cornell in Blacksburg for the annual Moss Arts Center Combine. Tech then faces George Mason and American University on Sunday, Jan. 8.

2023 Southern Scuffle results

125 – r-Freshman Cooper Flynn

• DEC Caleb Fuessley (Iowa State), 5-3
• DEC Micah Rose (Binghamton), 3-2
• Loss Matt Ramos (Purdue), fall 7:25
• Los Braxton Brown (Maryland), 2-5

141 – r-sr Colin Gerrard

• MAJ DEC Blake Boarman (Chattanooga), 14-1
• DEC Nate Lucier (Binghamton), 2-0
• Loss Andrew Alirez (Northern Colorado), 5-19
• Los Angelo Martinoni (CSU-Bakersfield), 7-6

157 – r-Freshman Jackson Spiers

• Los Logan Geoffrey (Mizzou), 3-1
• fall Brooke Rogers (CSU-Bakersfield), 6-2 6:46
• Loss Travis Mastrogiovanni (Oklahoma State), 6-10

165 – graduated Drew Nicholson

• DEC William Ebert (Binghamton), 6-5
• Loss Hunter Garvin (Stanford), 13-2
• Loss Hunter Mays (Rider), 12-9

165 – r-Freshman Thai Finland

• DEC Hunter Mays (Rider), 5-2
• Los Grant Stotts (Iowa State), 3-6
• DEC William Ebert (Binghamton), 4-2
• Loss Cam Steed (Mizzou), 4-13

174 – r-Junior Colton Clark

• Los Sam Barnes (Bucknell), 3-7
• fall Manny Rojas (Iowa State), 5-12 3:26
• Loss MJ Gaitan (Iowa State), 5-14

174 – r-sr Jordan Florence

• Loss Jared Kratiger (Minnesota), 1-5
• MAJ DEC Bryce Keckley (Chattanooga), 13-3
• DEC No. 27 Dom Solis (Maryland), 14-12
• fall Sam Barnes (Bucknell), 0:48
• M FOR Andrew Berreisa (Northern Colorado)

184 – r-sophomore Sam Fisher – 4^Th Place

• DEC Branson Britten (Northern Colorado), 4-3
• Loss No. 24 Jacob Ferreira (Hofstra), 5-7
• DEC Brooke Byers (Stanford), 15-8
• DEC Matthew Waddell (Chattanooga), 3-1
• DEC No. 22 Sean Harman (Mizzou), 6-2
• DEC No. 23 Jacob Nolan (Binghamton), 2-1
• DEC No. 24 Jacob Ferreira (Hofstra), 8-6
• Loss Gavin Stitka (Oklahoma State), 0-6

197 – Freshman TJ Stewart – 8^Th Place

• DEC Nik Miller (Hofstra), 9-6
• Bankruptcy no. 20 Nick Stemmet (Stanford), 3-5
• DEC Sam Mora (Garder-Webb), 9-3
• DEC Josh McCutchem (Garder-Webb), 7-2
• M for Michael Foy (Minnesota)
• Loss Stephen Little (Little Rock), 2-3
• Bankruptcy no. 20 Nick Stemmet (Stanford), 1-6

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