No. 25 NU Set For No. 10 Virginia Tech in Home Opener

11/17/2018 7:44:00 PM | Wrestling

NORTHWESTERN WRESTLING: MATCH DAY INFORMATION
DATE	OPPONENT	TIME	LOCATION	BROADCAST	RADIO	LIVE STATS
Sunday, Nov. 18	No. 10 Virginia Tech	2 p.m.	The New Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, Ill.	BTN Plus on BTN2Go	N/A	TrackWrestling
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EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern wrestling is ready to christen the new Welsh-Ryan Arena with its first home dual of the 2018-19 season. The 25th-ranked Wildcats will play host to No. 10 Virginia Tech starting at 2 p.m. CT.

NU is making a highly-anticipated return to their home venue after Welsh-Ryan Arena received extensive renovations, including seat-back chairs, state-of-the-art audio/visual technology, increased concessions and restrooms, plus much more.

The Wildcats dropped their first dual of the campaign to an upstart North Dakota State squad, but NU saw multiple impressive victories in the contest, including a 1:16 pin by redshirt first-year Yahya Thomas.

Four NU grapplers are ranked in the Intermat top-20, highlighted by returning All-American Sebastian Rivera, who is ranked second in the nation.

PROJECTED LINEUPS

VIRGINIA TECH:
125: Kyle Norstrem OR Joey Prata
133: #16 Korbin Myers
141: Mitch Moore
149: #13 Ryan Blees
157: B.C. LaPrade OR Jake Hart
165: #12 Mekhi Lewis
174: Cody Hughes
184: #5 Zack Zavatsky
197: #15 Tom Sleigh OR Brooks Wilding
285: John Borst

NORTHWESTERN:
125 - #2 Sebastian Rivera OR Dylan Utterback
133 - Colin Valdiviez
141 - Yahya Thomas
149 - Shayne Oster
157 - #5 Ryan Deakin
165 - Anthony Petrone
174 - #13 Johnny Sebastian
184 - Brendan Devine
197 - Zack Chakonis
285 - #11 Conan Jennings

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