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1. Hokies hope to keep grip on ACC title

Wrestling :: Wrestling Preview :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 6 Iss. 4

The Tech wrestling team won its first ACC team championship last season and finished a program-best 10th at the NCAAs, and the return of guys like Devin Carter, Chris Moon and Zach Neibert mean expectations are high again this season Z…

2. Grappling With High Expectations

Wrestling :: Wrestling Preview :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 5 Iss. 4

A lineup that features seven wrestlers with NCAA experience has the Hokies aiming at lofty goals for this upcoming season Pete Yates, a redshirt senior at 165 pounds, finished fifth at the NCAA Championships last year and hopes to posit…

3. Deeper wrestling lineup has Hokies grappling toward higher goals

Wrestling :: Wrestling Preview :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 4 Iss. 4

When Kevin Dresser took over the Virginia Tech wrestling program in April of 2006, the cupboard wasn’t bare. For all intents and purposes, there wasn’t even a cupboard. Tom Brands’ messy departure for Iowa after a two-year stint…

4. THE TIME IS NOW - That's the theme as a stacked Virginia Tech wrestling team begins another promising season

Wrestling :: Wrestling Preview :: Matt Kovatch :: Vol. 3 Iss. 4

Thanks to the Virginia Tech athletics facilities boon, the Hokie football team is enjoying life in their brand new locker room facility that was built adjacent to Jamerson Athletic Center this past summer. But an added bonus to the fac…

5. Saving the best for last - Tech wrestling squad eyeing March success as 2009-10 season begins

Wrestling :: Wrestling Preview :: Matt Kovatch :: Vol. 2 Iss. 4

Virginia Tech Head Coach Kevin Dresser The first phone call was to confirm hotel reservations for mid-March in Omaha, Neb., the site of the 2010 NCAA Wrestling Championships. The second phone call, albeit a not-so-good one, was from a …

6. New NCAA qualifying system puts more on the line for Hokie wrestlers in '08-09

Wrestling :: Wrestling Preview :: Matt Kovatch :: Vol. 1 Iss. 4

Matt EpperlyMatt Epperly was the 2008 most outstanding wrestler at the ACC Championships. It’s just a simple chart, a white sheet of paper with some numbers on it that are highlighted with a marker. But that it is taped to an office…