MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – For the primary time since 2017, the West Virginia College wrestling crew departs for Las Vegas to compete on the forty third annual Cliff Eager Invitational from Dec. 6-7.
“Cannot wait to compete in one of the best match of the season,” seventh-year WVU coach Tim Flynn stated. “That is one of the best in-season take a look at of the 12 months as our guys have to essentially step as much as do properly in Vegas.”
West Virginia makes its nineteenth look on the annual occasion for the reason that daybreak of the millennium, the place the Gold and Blue took sixth to finish the primary half of the 1999-2000 marketing campaign. WVU went on to assert 11 top-20 finishes with 4 within the prime 10, highlighted by a runner-up end in 2001. The Mountaineers recorded their last two top-10 performances in 2002 (fifth) and 2005 (eighth).
The 2-day occasion will get underway contained in the Las Vegas Conference Middle on Friday, Dec. 6, at midday ET/9 a.m. PST. Followers can catch all of the motion dwell solely on FloWrestling and observe alongside on FloArena for dwell stats all through the weekend.
Listed are the dates, occasions, and broadcast networks for every spherical:
| Day | Date | Spherical | Time | Station |
| Friday afternoon | Dec. 6 | Session I – Opening Rounds | 12 p.m. | FloWrestling |
| Friday night | Dec. 6 | Session II – Quarterfinals/Consolations | 9 p.m. | FloWrestling |
| Saturday afternoon | Dec. 7 | Session III – Semifinals/Consolations | 1 p.m. | FloWrestling |
| Saturday night | Dec. 7 | Session IV – Finals | 6 p.m. | FloWrestling |
*All occasions are Jap Commonplace
This 12 months’s area is full of 30 faculties throughout 20 states (Arizona, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming). 13 of the faculties taking part be a part of No. 18 WVU within the prime 25 of the most recent NWCA Coaches Ballot. No. 3 Oklahoma State leads the way in which, adopted by No. 4 Nebraska, No. 5 Ohio State, No. 6 NC State, No. 7 Virginia Tech, No. 9 Michigan, No. 10 Northern Iowa, No. 11 Cornell, No. 12 Iowa State, No. 14 South Dakota State, No. 15 Stanford, No. 23 Oregon State and No. 25 Arizona State.
Different Division I faculties taking part within the showcase embody Appalachian State, Binghamton, California Baptist, Cal Poly, Columbia, CSU Bakersfield, Harvard, Hofstra, Navy, Northwestern, Ohio, Purdue, Rider, Sacred Coronary heart, Utah Valley and Wyoming.
Because the considered one of 9 Huge 12 convention representatives on the midseason match, Flynn’s squad will convey 9 wrestlers to face off in opposition to a number of the prime opponents of their respective weight lessons. Seven of the 9 Mountaineers touring stay ranked in FloWrestling’s prime 33, together with No. 23 Jett Strickenberger (133), No. 13 Jordan Titus (141), No. 28 Sasha Gavronsky (157), No. 4 Peyton Corridor (165), No. 29 Brody Conley (174) and No. 32 Austin Cooley (197).
Mountaineer Seedings
125 | Jace Schafer
133 | No. 9 Jett Strickenberger
141 | No. 7 Jordan Titus
157 | Sasha Gavronsky
165 | No. 1 Peyton Corridor
174 | Brody Conley
184 | Dennis Robin
197 | Austin Cooley
285 | No. 12 Michael Wolfgram
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