LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Fifth-year senior Peyton Corridor (165) claimed a 3-0 file contained in the Las Vegas Conference Middle to paved the way for the West Virginia College wrestling group on day one of many prestigious Cliff Eager Las Vegas Invitational in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Following an undefeated efficiency on Friday, top-seeded Corridor superior to tomorrow’s semifinals in opposition to a well-recognized foe in No. 4-seed Hunter Garvin of Stanford. The pair are tied 1-1 within the all-time collection after Corridor pinned the Solar Satan three weeks in the past on the NWCA All-Star Basic in State Faculty, Pennsylvania.
The Chester, West Virginia, native turned the primary Mountaineer to advance to the ultimate 4 on the CKLV since Jacob Smith achieved the feat at 197 kilos in 2016.
Moreover, redshirt senior Dennis Robin (184) stays alive for a third-place end within the comfort bracket behind a 4-1 file, which features a pair of comeback victories over No. 7-seed William Ebert of Binghamton (6-5) and Nathan Hass of Cal Baptist (11-9) to conclude the evening. Robin matches up with No. 8-seed Seth Shumate in a rematch from Shumate’s 6-2 determination over Robin on the Cleveland State Open in 2023.
No. 18 West Virginia additionally scored 28.5 whole factors as a group to finish day one in twelfth place. No. 3 Oklahoma State (105.0) holds the highest spot, adopted by No. 4 Nebraska (83.5), No. 12 Iowa State (71.5), No. 5 Ohio State (69.0) and No. 10 Northern Iowa (62.5) to spherical out the highest 5.
Day two of the CKLV begins on Saturday, Dec. 7, with the semifinals, fifth and seventh-place bouts at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PST, earlier than the finals and third-place matches start at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PST. All of the motion might be seen on FloWrestling and stay stats might be discovered on FloArena.
Quarterfinals
141: No. 2 Brock Hardy (Nebraska) main dec. No. 7 Jordan Titus (WVU), 10-1
165: No. 1 Peyton Corridor (WVU) dec. No. 9 Nicco Ruiz (Arizona State), 7-1
Championship Spherical 2
141: No. 7 Jordan Titus (WVU) dec. Nash Singleton (Oregon State), 7-4
165: No. 1 Peyton Corridor (WVU) dec. Mac Church (Virginia Tech), 6-0
184: No. 2 Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State) tech. fall over Dennis Robin (WVU), 19-4 [T – 4:58]
Championship Spherical 1
125: No. 3 Troy Sprately (Oklahoma State) received by fall over Jace Schafer (WVU), [T – 1:21]
133: Kase Mauger (Utah Valley) dec. No. 9 Jett Strickenberger (WVU), 6-1
157: Jurius Clark (Hofstra) received by fall over Sasha Gavronsky (WVU), [T – 4:04]
165: No. 1 Peyton Corridor (WVU) tech. fall over Kekana Fouret (Oregon State), 19-3 [T – 3:44]
174: No. 11 Matthew Singleton (NC State) dec. Brody Conley (WVU), 3-2
184: Dennis Robin (WVU) received by fall over Eddie Neitenbach (Wyoming), [T – 6:42]
197: No. 3 Zach Glazier (SDSU) dec. Austin Cooley (WVU), 9-2
Consolations
125: Jace Schafer (WVU) received by fall over Nolan Wertanen (Michigan), [T – 2:39]
125: Jace Schafer (WVU) dec. Nick Treaster (Navy), 4-1 (SV1)
125: No. 12 Marcello Milani (Cornell) dec. Jace Schafer (WVU), 4-1 (SV1)
133: Micah Roes (Binghamton) main dec. No. 9 Jett Strickenberger (WVU), 9-1
141: No. 3 Cael Happel (UNI) dec. No. 7 Jordan Titus (WVU), 11-10
157: Sasha Gavronsky (WVU) dec. Daniel Manibog (Cal Baptist), 10-8
157: Sasha Gavronsky (WVU) dec. Jose Farias (CSU Bakersfield), 10-3
157: No. 12 Rafael Hipolito (Virginia Tech) dec. Sasha Gavronsky (WVU), 5-2
174: Brody Conley (WVU) received by fall over Mark Takara (Utah Valley), [T – 5:30]
174: No. 12 Brody Baumann (Purdue) dec. Brody Conley (WVU), 4-2
184: Dennis Robin (WVU) dec. Matthew Walsh (Harvard), 8-1
184: Dennis Robin (WVU) dec. No. 7 William Ebert (Binghamton), 6-5
184: Dennis Robin (WVU dec. Nathan Haas (Cal Baptist), 11-9
197: Austin Cooley (WVU) main dec. Max Acciardi (Arizona State), 11-2
197: No. 12 Camden Mcdanel (Nebraska) main dec. Austin Cooley (WVU), 21-13
*No. Seed
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