Inside HOKIE SPORTS | Vol. 10 No. 6 | June 2018

TECH’S from standout Marcelo Acuna, and Ben Lundgaard had a career-best 10 saves to carry Tech to a 2-1 upset of the Irish at Thompson Field. Acuna gave the Hokies a 1-0 lead with a goal less than seven minutes into the match and then broke a 1-1 tie in the 71st minute when he scored off an assist from Rory Slevin. The win marked Tech’s first over a top-ranked team since 2011. Men’s basketball squad with shocking road win at No. 2 UVA Trailing by five points with 38 seconds remaining in overtime, the Virginia Tech men’s basketball team managed to put together a tremendous rally and scored a 61-60 upset of then-No. 2 UVA at John Paul Jones Arena on Feb. 10. Kerry Blackshear Jr. scored two buckets in that flurry, including one with six seconds left to give the Hokies the one-point lead, and then Tech held on in the waning moments. The win marked the Hokies’ first over a top-five team on the road since 2009 and snapped a five-game losing streak in Charlottesville. Goal-line stand vs. Pitt one for the ages Nothing came easy for the Virginia Tech football team in league play this past fall, as the Hokies found themselves in several close contests. But the most exciting came in the form of a 20-14 victory over Pittsburgh on Senior Day at Lane Stadium in late November. A big pass play gave the Panthers a first down at the Tech 1 with less than a minute to play, but the Hokies’ defense stopped the Panthers on four consecutive plays. Reggie Floyd and Khalil Ladler swarmed Pitt’s Darrin Hall for a 3-yard Here are the top-10 moments of the 2017-18 academic year, as compiled by the magazine staff, with help from several in the strategic communications office — by Jimmy Robertson DMR foursome wins national title at NCAA indoor meet The group of Vincent Ciattei, Greg Chiles, Patrick Joseph and Neil Gourley made history at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships on March 9 in College Station, Texas when they won the national championship in the distance medley relay event. Joseph pulled away from the pack during the third leg, and Gourley easily brought it home as the anchor for the Hokies, who won in a time of 9 minutes, 30.76 seconds. The four of them handed the school its 17th national title overall, but its first national title in distance running. Tech wrestlers win ACC crown Propelled by four individual champions, the Virginia Tech wrestling team once again took home a championship trophy, edging NC State 81-78 at the ACC Championship held in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on March 4. Dennis Gustafson, Brent Moore, and David McFadden all won their respective weight classes, and then senior leader Jared Haught sealed it with a thrilling 6-4 win over NC State’s Michael Macchiavello that took five overtime periods. The large maroon and orange throng in attendance went crazy, as Tech won its fourth ACC tournament title and its seventh ACC title overall. Hokies stun No. 1 Notre Dame in men’s soccer The Virginia Tech men’s soccer team entered its Sept. 22 match against Notre Dame with a losing record, but the Hokies got two goals 16 Inside Hokie Sports