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18 DUKE WRESTLING 19 @DukeWRES MATCH NOTES CONTACT INFORMATION DUKE BLUE DEVILS vs. Meredith Rieder USA Today/NWCA Coaches Poll (Jan. 29) Associate Sports Information Director VIRGINIA TECH HOKIES Rank School Record Points Previous [email protected] | (P) 919-684-3328 | (C) 919-812-6741 Friday, Feb. 1 | ACC Network Extra 1. Penn State (16) 9-0 400 1 Cameron Indoor Stadium | Durham, N.C. 2. Oklahoma State 10-0 382 3 3. Iowa 10-0 357 4 2018-19 SCHEDULE & RESULTS DUKE BLUE DEVILS 4. Michigan 9-0 354 6 NOVEMBER ALL TIMES EASTERN 2018-19 record (ACC) 2-4 (0-1) 5. Missouri 14-0 332 5 USA Today/NWCA Coaches Poll NR 4 at Hokie Open NTS 6. Ohio State 7-1 331 2 7. Minnesota 11-2 303 7 18 at Keystone Classic 6th of 10 , 70.5 Head Coach Glen Lanham (Oklahoma State ‘88) 30-1 at Cliff Keen Invitational 28th of 43, 22.5 Career Record/Season Seventh season 8. NC State 13-2 284 8 9. Nebraska 9-3 272 9 DECEMBER DUKE LINEUP 10. Cornell 8-2 254 10 6 at Gardner-Webb ESPN+ W, 36-9 Wt. Rk. Name Yr. Record 11. Wyoming 12-3 241 11 125 - Harrison Campbell R-Fr. 2-10 12. Virginia Tech 7-2 227 12 JANUARY 133 - Open 13. Pittsburgh 8-2 194 13 14. Iowa State 7-2 193 15 1-2 at Southern Scuffle FloWrestling 7th of 23, 70 141 - Josh Finesilver So. 15-9 15. Wisconsin 6-5 185 14 6 PENN ACCNE W, 25-18 149 6 Mitch Finesilver R-Sr. 22-3 16. Northern Iowa 5-4 161 16 12 BROWN ACCNE L, 15-24 157 - Benjamin Anderson R-Fr. 5-5 17. North Carolina 8-5 143 17 20 at Navy L, 16-22 165 - Zach Finesilver R-Sr. 13-5 18. Rutgers 8-4 132 18 25 at NC State * ACCNE L, 12-30 174 17 Matt Finesilver So. 19-5 19. Purdue 5-6 92 19 27 at Old Dominion L, 17-24 184 - Kaden Russell So. 16-8 20. Princeton 4-4 88 21 197 - Alec Schenk R-Sr. 4-4 21. Illinois 2-5 71 20 FEBRUARY 285 - Araad Fisher Sr. 1-7 22. Lehigh 6-8 64 24 1 VIRGINIA TECH * ACCNE 7 p.m. * Rankings are InterMat (1/29) 23. Virginia 11-7 49 25 7 APPALACHIAN STATE ACCNE 7 p.m. 24. Lock Haven 5-2 34 NR 9 at Virginia * ACCNE 1 p.m. VIRGINIA TECH 25. Stanford 6-1 31 22 15 at Pittsburgh * ACCNE 7 p.m. 2018-19 record (ACC) 7-2 (1-0) DUKE BY THE NUMBERS 22 NORTH CAROLINA * ACCNE 7 p.m. USA Today/NWCA Coaches Poll 12 Head Coach Tony Robie (Edinboro ‘97) 84 – Career wins for Mitch Finesilver, six shy of becoming the 11th MARCH Season Second Blue Devil to record 90 victories 9 at ACC Championships ^ ACCNE All Day 21-23 at NCAA Championships % ESPN All Day VIRGINIA TECH LINEUP 1 – Rematch from the 2018 dual with Virginia Tech - No. 7 Zack Zavatsky against a much improved Kaden Russell for Duke Wt. Rk. Name Yr. Record BOLD denotes home contest * ACC Contest, ^ Blacksburg, Va., % Pittsburgh, Pa. 125 - Kyle Norstrem R-So. 4-5 6 – Of Virginia Tech’s 10 starters ranked in the top 20 or Joey Prata R-So. 9-9 GENERAL INFORMATION 133 12 Korbin Myers R-Jr. 13-4 22 – Wins this season for Mitch Finesilver, just seven shy of his career-best 29 in 2015-16 Duke University 141 - Mitch Moore Fr. 14-3 149 - Ryan Blees R-Sr. 12-9 Location ........................................................................... Durham, N.C. 16 – Wins for sophomore Kaden Russell, nine more than he had in Founded .........................................................1838 as Trinity College 157 - B.C. LaPrade R-So. 11-6 his rookie campaign Enrollment .....................................................................................6,526 165 8 Mekhi Lewis R-Fr. 16-2 Colors ................................................................Royal Blue and White 174 7 David McFadden R-Jr. 11-2 4 – Blue Devils who made the Dean’s List in the fall semester, registering at least a 3.85 GPA Nickname.............................................................................Blue Devils 184 7 Zack Zavatsky R-Sr. 18-2 197 7 Tom Sleigh R-Sr. 17-4 Conference ........................................................ Atlantic Coast (ACC) 4 – Blue Devils in the first edition of the NCAA Coaches rankings President ....................................... Vincent Price (Santa Clara ‘79) 285 18 Billy Miller R-Sr. 9-5 Vice President & Athletic Director ............................. Kevin White * Rankings are InterMat (1/29) 3 – More wins needed for Mitch Finesilver to move into a tie for Athletics Web Site ...............................................www. GoDuke.com 13th on Duke’s career wins list 21 – NCAA qualifiers under head coach Glen Lanham since he took DUKE WRESTLING STAFF over the reins in 2012 Head Coach ...........................Glen Lanham (Oklahoma State ’88) Email ............................................................. [email protected] 45 – Blue Devil NCAA qualifiers from 1955-2011 NCAA Qualifiers ..................................................................................16 NCAA All-Americans ............................................................................5 Assistant Coach ................................Brandon Nelsen (Purdue ’14) Assistant Coach ........................................Jacob Kasper (Duke ‘18) NCAA COACHES RANKINGS VIRGINIA TECH SERIES HISTORY TOURNAMENT FINISHES The quartet of Finesilver brothers landed in the first edition of Overall: Virginia Tech leads 29-13 The Hokie Open the NCAA Coaches rankings, released last week. They are the four Past 10 Matches: Virginia Tech leads 10-0 Name Weight Place representatives of the Blue Devils. Under Lanham: Virginia Tech leads 6-0 Mitch Finesilver 149 1st Matt Finesilver 174 1st Mitch Finesilver 149 6 1927 L, 8-15 Josh Finesilver 141 5th Matt Finesilver 174 16 1929 W, 18-14 Zach Finesilver 165 25 1930 W, 18-13 The Keystone Classic Josh Finesilver 141 30 1931 L, 14-16 Name Weight Place 1/30/1932 W, 19.5-14.5 SERIES HISTORY Mitch Finesilver 149 1st 1/9/1942 L, 6-20 Blacksburg, Va. Duke and perennial power Virginia Tech are meeting for the Matt Finesilver 174 2nd 2/21/1948 W, 25-6 Blacksburg, Va. 43rd time overall. The Hokies, a winner of four of the previous six Josh Finesilver 141 2nd 1/7/1949 W, 20-8 Durham, N.C. ACC titles, lead the series 29-13 and have won each of the past 10 Kaden Russell 184 3rd 1/14/1950 L, 11-17 Blacksburg, Va. bouts, including last season’s 24-19 victory. 1/13/1951 L, 13-17 Durham, N.C. The Blue Devils’ last win over the Hokies was in 1999, a 23-21 Cleveland State Open 2/25/1952 L, 5-20 Blacksburg, Va. triumph in Blacksburg. Name Weight Place 2/21/1953 L, 8-17 Durham, N.C. Zach Finesilver * 165 1st 2/13/1954 W, 16-12 Durham, N.C. LAST TIME OUT Alec Schenk* 197 2nd 2/12/1955 L, 10-23 Blacksburg, Va. Trailing 15-0, Duke made a furious rally to come within three 2/13/1968 L, 14-21 Durham, N.C. points of tying the match , but couldn’t quite complete the 2/10/1969 L, 9-23 Blacksburg, Va. Cliff Keen Invitational comeback in a 24-17 setback at Old Dominion Sunday. The Blue 2/20/1970 W, 21-17 Durham, N.C. Name Weight Place Devils won five of the seven final matches of the dual. 2/6/1976 L, 9-31 Durham, N.C. Mitch Finesilver 149 5th Winning for Duke were Mitch Finesilver, Zach Finesilver, Matt 2/27/1988 W, 46-4 Durham, N.C. Finesilver, Kaden Russell and Alec Schenk. 2/25/1989 W, 22-15 Blacksburg, Va. Southern Scuffle 3/3/1990 W, 28-8 Durham, N.C. Name Weight Place LAST TIME WE MET 2/23/1991 W, 27-14 Blacksburg, Va. Mitch Finesilver 149 2nd Jacob Kasper won his 15th straight match and beat his sixth 2/29/1992 W, 18-15 Durham, N.C. Matt Finesilver 174 5th top 20 opponent of the season as the Blue Devils fell to 10th- 1/9/1993 L, 3-36 Blacksburg, Va. Zach Finesilver 165 5th ranked Virginia Tech 24-19 in Blacksburg last season. 2/2/1996 L, 14-23 Durham, N.C. Ben Anderson 157 8th Senior Thayer Atkins opened the match with a pin and Mitch 2/1/1997 L, 20-28 Blacksburg, Va. Finesilver picked up six wins after B.C. LaPrade was unable to 2/6/1998 L, 13-21 Durham, N.C. continue due to injury. * wrestled unattached 1/11/1999 W, 23-21 Blacksburg, Va. At 165 pounds, Zach Finesilver gave No. 4 David McFadden 1/15/2005 L, 11-25 Blacksburg, Va. everything he could handle in a 6-4 setback, while Matt Finesilver 2/9/2006 L, 18-21 Durham, N.C. equalized the bout at 15-15 with a 6-0 decision. The Hokies won 16-8 on the year and took third at the Keystone Classic and just 2/10/2007 L, 12-28 Blacksburg, Va. the next two matches to ice the victory. missed placing at the Southern Scuffle. 2/16/2008 L, 18-22 Durham, N.C. 2/15/2009 L, 15-28 Blacksburg, Va. TOP DUAL SCORERS ABOUT VIRGINIA TECH 2/12/2010 L, 20-27 Durham, N.C. After six duals, Mitch Finesilver (149) leads the way with 26 The Hokies come to Durham with a 7-2 overall record and 1-0 2/12/2011 L, 3-39 Blacksburg, Va. points, while Matt Finesilver (174) has 23. Both remain undefeated mark in the ACC. They are ranked 12th nationally and have won 1/21/2012 L, 6-30 Blacksburg, Va. in duals, while Josh Finesilver and Kaden Russell has just one loss seven straight bouts, including last weekend’s 23-9 win over No.