Inside HOKIE SPORTS | Vol. 10 No. 4 | March 2018

22 Inside Hokie Sports /hokiekidsclub Tony Robie is by no means a gambling man, but he certainly felt confident in his hand as the matches wound down in the finals at the ACC Wrestling Championship on March 3. After all, his team held a small cushion, and he possessed an ace in his hand. “I’ll put my money on that every day of the week,” Robie said. “Winning or losing, we’ll go out with Jared Haught and feel good about how he’s going to compete.” Robie and the Hokies hit the jackpot in a big way, as Haught’s overtime victory sealed yet another ACC championship for Virginia Tech, which outlasted NC State to capture the team crown at North Carolina’s Carmichael Arena. The title marked Tech’s fourth tournament title, and combined with three dual meet titles, the program now has seven overall. “It feels good,” Robie said. “We felt good about it coming in. We really, really did. I Behind four individual champions, the Virginia Tech wrestling team won its second consecutive ACC title and the program’s fourth tournament title overall by Jimmy Robertson TO BLACKSBURG CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY TO RETURN felt like if we went out and wrestled up to our abilities, I felt like we had a very, very good chance of winning this thing. “So not really surprised, but happy with the effort for the most part. We had guys that were scrapping. Even in a couple of matches that we lost in the finals, our effort was really, really good. Credit to our coaching staff for getting these guys ready to go and helping these guys develop through the course of the season. Guys just kept improving