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Ashley Bailey | [email protected] | (o) 304.293.2821 | (c) 304.288.3427 2016-17 SCHEDULE MATCH DAY INFO West Virginia No. 16 South Dakota State Nov. 8 CAMPBELL! L, 17 -29 MOUNTAINEERS JACKRABBITS OHIO! L, 11-25 Coach: Sammie Henson Coach: Chris Bono Nov. 13 Journeymen Collegiate Classic NTS 2-11, 0-2 Big 12 12-3, 6-1 Big 12 Nov. 18 at No. 7 Nebraska L, 6-42 Dec. 2 at Cliff Keen Las Vegas Open T-34th Match Information Social Media Dec. 3 at Cliff Keen Las Vegas Open 28th Date/Time: Thursday, Feb. 9/7 p.m. ET Facebook: Facebook.com/WVUWrestling Dec. 11 at No. 23 Pitt L, 15-23 Location: WVU Coliseum (Morgantown, W.Va.) Twitter: @WVUWrestling Dec. 18 vs. No. 6 Virginia Tech ^ L, 4-36 Live stats: TrackWrestling Instagram: @WVUWrestling Jan. 3 at Cal Poly L, 18-19 Video: WVUsports.com Jan. 4 at CSU Bakersfield L, 18-19 Jan. 14 vs. Binghamton & W, 22-0 PROBABLE LINEUPS Jan. 14 vs. Rider & L, 28-6 Jan. 14 vs. Harvard & W, 32-9 WEST VIRGINIA SOUTH DAKOTA STATE Jan. 20 at No. 1 Oklahoma State * L, 3-38 WT Rank Name Yr Record WT Rank Name Yr Record Jan. 22 at No. 14 Oklahoma * L, 37-6 125 - Devin Brown r-Fr. 6-12 125 - Ben Gillette Sr. 12-12 Feb. 5 at No. 8 NC State L, 9-30 Export, Pa./Franklin Regional Redfield, S.D. Feb. 9 No. 16 South Dakota State * 7 p.m. Feb. 12 IOWA STATE * 2 p.m 133 - Cory Stainbrook Sr. 12-9 133 2 Seth Gross So. 23-1 Feb. 17 EDINBORO 7 p.m. Streetsboro, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit Apple Valley, Minn. Feb. 19 at Clarion 2 p.m. 141 - Joe Wheeling So. 5-13 141 - Henry Pohlmeyer r-Fr. 9-8 Mar. 4 at Big 12 Championship All Day Waterford, Pa./General McLane Johnston, Iowa Mar. 4 at Big 12 Championship All Day - Isaac Andrade Jr. 10-10 Mar. 16 at NCAA Championships All Day 149 - Christian Monserrat So. 11-8 Redding, Calif. Mar. 17 at NCAA Championships All Day Metheun, Mass./Methuen 149 16 Alex Kocer Sr. 21-5 Mar. 18 at NCAA Championships All Day\ 157 - Dayton Garrett Fr. 2-16 Wagner, S.D. Tuttle, Okla./Tuttle Home matches in bold /all caps. 157 - Logan Peterson So. 17-11 All times Eastern & subject to change 165 13/20 Dylan Cottrell Sr. 12-4 Lake Lillian, Minn. * indicates Big 12 match Spencer, W.Va./Roane County (App. State) - Ryan Lopez r-Fr. 0-9 165 - Luke Zilverburg Jr. 18-6 ! Mountaineer Quad - Morgantown, W.Va. Morgantown, W.Va./University Belle Plaine, Minn. ^ Parkersburg HS - Parkersburg, W.Va. & Pitt Duals - Pittsburgh, Pa. 174 - Ty Millward Jr. 2-16 174 16 David Kocer Jr. 17-6 Big 12 Championships - Tulsa, Okla. State College, Pa./State College Area Wagner, S.D. NCAA Championships - St. Louis, Mo. 184 - Parker VonEgidy Jr. 5-11 184 - Martin Mueller r-Fr. 12-9 RANKINGS Marshville, N.C./Piedmont (Missouri) Rapid City, S.D. InterMat .............................................NR (Team) - Zac Carlson r-Fr. 5-5 InterMat ............................12th, D. Cottrell (165) 197 5/5 Jacob A. Smith r-Jr. 14-4 Kerkhoven, Minn. InterMat ................................ 5th, J. Smith (197) Charleston, W.Va./George Washington (Cleveland St.) USA Today/NWCA ..............................NR (Team) 197 7 Nate Rotert Jr. 18-3 FloWrestling ......................20th, D. Cottrell (165) HWT - Brandon Ngati Fr. 1-18 Spearfish, S.D. Gaithersburg, Md./South Hagerstown FloWrestling .......................... 5th, J. Smith (197) HWT - Alex Macki Jr. 6-12 The Open Mat ...................15th, D. Cottrell (165) Cambridge, Iowa The Open Mat ....................... 9th, J. Smith (197) SERIES HISTORY The Mountaineers take on the Jackrabbits in head-to-head action for the second time University Information in program history. The two met last season in Brookings, South Dakota, with the Location .............................................. Morgantown, W.Va. Jackrabbits claiming an 18-15 victory. Enrollment ..............................................................32,348 Founded .....................................................................1867 BIG 12 MEMBERS Nickname ..................................................... Mountaineers Thursday's match will be a Big 12 battle, as the Jackrabbits are one of six teams add- Colors .................. Old Gold (PMS 124 and Blue (PMS 295) ed as affiliate wrestling members. North Dakota State, Northern Colorado, Wyoming, Conference ............................................Big 12 Conference Air Force and Utah Valley also joined the league in the summer of 2015 and competed President ................................................Dr. E. Gordon Gee in their first Big 12 Championship in March of 2016. Alma Mater .......................................................Utah, 1968 Athletic Director ............................................. Shane Lyons CRADLES FOR CANCER Alma Mater ..........................................West Virginia, 1987 West Virginia will host its annual Cradles for Cancer event during its match against Home Facility ..............................................WVU Coliseum SDSU. The match was started by Coach Sammie Henson in 2015 in honor of Steph- Capacity .................................................................14,000 anie Henson, who is a breast cancer survivor, as a way to raise awareness for cancer Fans are encouraged to wear pink at the events, and the official pink t-shirt of the Program Information Mountaineers is available to fans who donate $10 or more to WVU Medicine. 2015-16 Record .................................................................. 8-10 2015-16 Conference Record .................................................. 0-4 LAST TIME THEY MET... First Year ............................................................................. 1921 WVU and SDSU last met on Feb. 12, 2016, in South Dakota, with the Jackrabbits Overall Record .......................................................... 599-453-17 coming away with an 18-15 win. Then-No. 10 Jacob A. Smith defeated then-No. 14 NCAA Champions ......................................................................5 Nate Rotert in a hard-fought, 5-4, decision at 197 pounds. The two will highlight this All-Americans ..........................................................................30 season's dual with a top-10 battle as Smith enters the matchup ranked No. 5 in the Wrestlers of the Year ........................................................................4 nation while Rotert enters as No. 7 overall. Conference Champions ............................................................42 SMITH RANKS TOP-5 NATIONALLY Wrestling Coaching Staff Smith picked up his eighth straight win to retain a top-5 national ranking as announced Head Coach (Season) ..........Sammie Henson (3rd Season) by wrestling publications InterMat, FloWrestling and The Open Mat on Tuesday. Alma Mater .................................................Missouri, 1995 Teammate Dylan Cottrell (165) also remains in the national rankings. Smith won an Career Record (Seasons) ....................19-29 (3rd Season) 8-5 decision over Malik McDonald in WVU’s loss at NC State. McDonald ranks at No. School Record (Seasons) .....................19-29 (3rd Season) 24 in the first Coaches’ Panel Rankings Index, released in late January. Smith remains Assistant Coach ...........................Danny Felix (7th Season) at No. 5 in both InterMat’s and FloWrestling’s rankings at 197 pounds and is No. 9 Alma Mater ..........................................Arizona State, 1998 according to The Open Mat. He boasts a team-best 14-4 mark on the season and was Assistant Coach ........................ Nick Marable (3rd Season) rated at No. 6 in the first edition of the NCAA Division I Coaches’ Panel Rankings Index. Alma Mater .................................................Missouri, 2010 Cottrell, who missed Sunday’s dual with the Wolfpack, remains at No. 12 in InterMat’s Volunteer Assistant.....................Chris Nelson (1st Season) rankings at 165 pounds. He drops to No. 20 in rankings released by FloWrestling and Alma Mater ..........................................West Virginia, 2016 is No. 15 according to The Open Mat. Cottrell, who is 12-4 on the year, was ranked ninth in the first Coaches’ Panel Rankings Index. Cory Stainbrook joins the two in the Athletic Communications Coaches’ Panel, ranking at No. 30 at 133 pounds. Primary Contact .............................................Ashley Bailey E-Mail .................................... [email protected] SMITH 2-0 IN BIG 12 ACTION Direct Phone ................................................304.293.9912 Jacob A. Smith led WVU with a 2-0 mark at 197 as the Mountaineers opened Big Cell Phone ...................................................304.288.3427 12 action against No. 1 Oklahoma State and No. 14 Oklahoma in January. Smith Office Phone: ...............................................304.293.2821 claimed a 2-1 win over OSU's Derek White before adding a 3-1 decision over No. 20 Fax.............................................................. 304-293-4105 Brad Johnson of OU. The Charleston, West Virginia, native went undefeated in Big Website ...........................................www.WVUSports.com 12 matches last year and entered the 2016 Big 12 Championships as the No. 1 seed. Smith leads the squad with 13 wins on the season, 12 of which have come against Division I wrestlers. COTTRELL WINS APPALACHIAN OPEN After missing part of November and all of December, Dylan Cottrell competed in the Appalachian Open in Boone, North Carolina, to add some matches to his schedule. The Spencer, West Virginia, native went 4-0 at the tournament to claim the 165-pound title. Cottrell