No. 22 West Virginia Faces No. 20 Oklahoma in Massive 12 Highway Check – West Virginia College Athletics

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The No. 22 West Virginia College wrestling crew is on the highway Friday, Jan. 17, to face the No. 20 Oklahoma Sooners in a serious convention highway check at 8 p.m. on ESPN+ at McCasland Area Home in Norman, Oklahoma.

 

“We’re headed to Oklahoma to wrestle two nice groups,” head coach Tim Flynn mentioned. “It is one other alternative for our guys and crew to earn some ranked wins.”

 

West Virginia (7-3, 1-2 Massive 12) has misplaced two straight matches to ranked opponents after internet hosting No. 13 Iowa State (Jan. 8) and No. 18 Pitt (Jan. 12).

 

Fifth-year No. 3 Peyton Corridor leads the Mountaineers at 20-0 this season within the 165-pound weight class. Towards Pitt, Corridor gained his 120^th profession match, tying him for second all-time in program historical past for profession wins.

 

Senior No. 13 Jett Strickenberger pulled off back-to-back ranked victories in opposition to Iowa State and Pitt. With these wins, Strickenberger shot up the person rankings from FloWrestling, sitting at No. 13 within the 125-pound weight class.

 

The Mountaineers have solely defeated the Sooners twice in a collection that dates to 1986. West Virginia’s final victory got here in 2018 in Morgantown. 

 

West Virginia’s Possible Lineup

Weight          Rating         Identify

125               No. 13           Jett Strickenberger

133                                    Tommy Maddox

141               No. 32           Jordan Titus

Or                                      Blake Boyers

149                                    Sam Hillegas

157                                    Sasha Gavronsky

165               No. 3             Peyton Corridor

174               No. 28           Brody Conley

Or                                      Dylan Kohn

184               No. 23           Dennis Robin

197                                    Ian Bush

HWT                                  Michael Wolfgram

 

*Rankings supplied by FloWrestling

 

Oklahoma’s Possible Lineup

Weight          Rating         Identify

125               No.23            Antonio Lorenzo

Or                                      Beric Jordan

133               No. 23           Cleveland Belton

141               No. 16           Mosha Schwartz

149               No. 11           Willie McDougald

157                                    KJ Evans

Or                                      Landyn Sommer

165               No. 30           Tate Picklo

174               No. 9             Gaven Sax

184               No. 21           DJ Parker

197                                    Bradley Hill

HWT             No. 19           Juan Mora

 

*Rankings supplied by FloWrestling

 

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