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Ashley Bailey | [email protected] | (o) 304.293.2821 | (c) 304.288.3427 2015-16 SCHEDULE OPPONENT INFORMATION Nov. 1 at NWCA All-Star Classic NTS Nov. 8 DREXEL ! W, 26-7 West Virginia No. 24 South Dakota State CAMPBELL ! W, 26-14 MOUNTAINEERS JACKRABBITS ARIZONA STATE ! W, 22-14 6-8 Overall, 0-2 Big 12 12-5 Overall, 5-1 Big 12 Nov. 15 vs. No. 3 Michigan & L, 12-21 Head Coach: Sammie Henson Head Coach: Chris Bono vs. Buffalo & W, 19-13 vs. No. 20 Oregon State & L, 23-9 SOCIAL MEDIA Nov. 21 at Joe Parisi Open (Mo.) NTS No. 16 Iowa State Dec.4 at Cliff Keen Las Vegas Open 14th @WVUWrestling @WVUWrestling CYCLONES Dec. 5 at Cliff Keen Las Vegas Open 16th 9-5 Overall, 1-2 Big 12 Dec. 12 LOCK HAVEN W, 30-3 @WVUWrestling Head Coach: Kevin Jackson Jan. 1 at Southern Scuffle (Tenn) 6th Jan. 2 at Southern Scuffle (Tenn.) 7th Jan. 15 No. 5 OKLAHOMA STATE * L, 3-38 MATCH INFORMATION Jan. 17 No. 9 OKLAHOMA * L, 11-23 VS. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE VS. IOWA STATE Jan. 23 at Arizona State L, 17-18 Date: Friday, February 12 Date: Sunday, February 14 vs. Stanford (Tempa, Az.) L, 15-20 Time: 8 p.m. ET Time: 3 p.m. ET Jan. 29 at No. 10 Virginia Tech L, 3-23 Arena: Frost Arena Arena: Hilton Coliseum Jan. 31 No. 3 NC STATE L, 9-24 City: Brookings, S.D. City: Ames, Iowa Feb. 7 No. 17 PITT W, 18-12 Live Stats: TrackWrestling.com Live Stats: TrackWrestling.com Feb. 12 at No. 24 South Dakota State * 8 p.m. Live Video: FloWrestling.org Live Video: Cyclones.tv Feb. 14 at No. 16 Iowa State * 3 p.m. Feb. 19 CLARION 8 p.m. PROBABLE LINE UPS Feb. 20 at Edinboro 7 p.m. Mar. 5 at Big 12 Championship All Day Wt. Rank Name Class Hometown Record Mar. 6 at Big 12 Championship All Day 125 12/13 Zeke Moisey So. Northampton, Pa. 24-8 Mar. 17 at NCAA Championships All Day Ryan Elliott r-Fr. Fairmont, W.Va. 5-6 Mar. 18 at NCAA Championships All Day Mar. 19 at NCAA Championships All Day 133 Cory Stainbrook Jr. Streetsboro, Ohio 5-9 Keegan Moore Fr. Oklahoma City, Okla. 16-10 Home matches in bold /all caps. 141 Tony DeAngelo Jr. Mebane, N.C. (Missouri) 12-17 All times Eastern & subject to change Christian Monserrat r-Fr. Methuen, Mass. 9-6 * indicates Big 12 match ! Mountaineer Quad - Morgantown, W.Va. 149 Zachary Moore Fr. Oklahoma City, Okla. 11-11 & Northeast Duals - Troy , N..Y. James Dekrone Jr. Northport. N.Y. 7-6 Big 12 Championships - Kansas City, Mo. Louis Colonna So. Montgomery, N.J. 2-5 NCAA Championships - New York City 157 17/17 Dylan Cottrell Jr. Spencer, W.Va. (App. State) 23-7 RANKINGS 165 Connor Flynn Fr. Dardenne Prairie, Mo. 13-16 InterMat ....................................NR (Team) InterMat ................... 12th, Z. Moisey (125) 174 Ross Renzi Sr. Burke, Va. 11-14 InterMat .................. 17th, D. Cottrell (157) InterMat ............. 9th, Jacob A. Smith (197) 184 Bubba Scheffel Sr. Oakland, Md. (Virginia Tech) 15-11 USA Today/NWCA .......................NR (Team) FloWrestling .............. 13th, Z. Moisey (125) 197 9/10 Jacob A. Smith Jr. Charleston, W.Va. (Cleveland State) 23-7 FloWrestling ............. 17th, D. Cottrell (157) HWT A.J. Vizcarrondo Sr. Philadelphia, Pa. 12-16 FloWrestling ...... 10th, Jacob A. Smith (197) Chris Nelson Sr. Sofia, W.Va. 0-4 No. 7 Oklahoma State* No. 1 Penn State Stanford Utah Valley * No. 17 Virginia Wyoming * * denotes Big 12 member SERIES HISTORY - vs. South Dakota State The 2015 season marks the first ever meeting between WVU and SDSU. The University Information two share a number of common opponents, as both have faced Virginia Tech and Location ......................................Morgantown, W.Va. Oklahoma State this season. The Jackrabbits, who recently joined the Big 12, Enrollment ................................................... 32,348 will take on Oklahoma on Sunday. Founded .......................................................... 1867 Nickname .............................................Mountaineers SERIES HISTORY - vs, Iowa State Colors .......... Old Gold (PMS 124 and Blue (PMS 295) Sunday is the 17th all-time meeting between the Mountaineers and the Cy- Conference....................................Big 12 Conference clones. Though not the most prolific, it is one of the longest-running series in President .......................................Dr. E. Gordon Gee WVU program history as the teams first squared off in 1922. Iowa State holds Alma Mater ............................................ Utah, 1968 a 15-1 lead, with West Virginia's last win coming in 2003. Athletic Director .....................................Shane Lyons Alma Mater ................................West Virginia, 1987 LAST MEETING... Home Facility .....................................WVU Coliseum The Mountaineers hosted the Cyclones as part of Cradles for Cancer in Mor- Capacity ...................................................... 14,000 gantown last February, falling to then No. 8 ranked ISU, 27-7. Zeke Moisey won a major decision at 125 over Kyle Larson, while A.J. Vizcarrondo topped Quean Program Information Smith, 5-4, at heavyweight. 2014-15 Record .........................................................9-9 2014-15 Conference Record ........................................0-3 THE NEW BIG 12 First Year ................................................................ 1921 South Dakota State is one of six new affiliate members added to the Big 12 in Overall Record ................................................591-437-17 the summer of 2015. In addition to the Jackrabbits, the league added North NCAA Champions ...........................................................5 Dakota State, Wyoming, Northern Colorado, Air Force and Utah Valley. The six All-Americans ...............................................................30 programs will join Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Iowa State and West Virginia at Wrestlers of the Year .......................................................... 4 the 2016 Big 12 Wrestling Championship in Kansas City this March. Conference Champions ..................................................42 STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE Wrestling Coaching Staff After this weekend, the Mountaineers will have faced nine top-25 teams, as the Head Coach (Season) .... Sammie Henson (2nd Season) Jackrabbits are No. 24 and the Cyclones rank at No. 16. WVU has faced five of Alma Mater .......................................Missouri, 1995 the top 10 teams in the NWCA/USA Today Coaches Poll (No. 3 N.C. State, No. Career Record (Seasons)............ 14-15 (2nd Season) 4 Oklahoma State, No. 7 Oklahoma, No. 8 Virginia Tech and No. 9 Michigan). School Record (Seasons) ............. 14-15 (2nd Season) West Virginia also took on then-No. 20 Oregon State at the Northeast Duals Assistant Coach ...................Danny Felix (6th Season) and most recently upset No. 17 Pitt. Alma Mater ................................Arizona State, 1998 Assistant Coach ................Nick Marable (2nd Season) MOUNTAINEERS TAKE BACKYARD BRAWL Alma Mater .......................................Missouri, 2010 For the second straight season, the Mountaineers upset a ranked Pitt team Volunteer Assistant ...........Tyler Caldwell (1st Season) as they defeated the No. 17 Panthers, 18-12, by taking six of ten bouts. WVU Alma Mater .............................Oklahoma State, 2014 topped then-No. 18 Pitt, 24-14, last season in Pittsburgh to earn its first win in the Backyard Brawl since 2007. Athletic Communications Primary Contact ....................................Ashley Bailey SCHEFFEL WITH THE UPSET E-Mail .............................. [email protected] Unranked and bleeding profusely, Bubba Scheffel came through with one of the Direct Phone ..................................... 304.293.9912 highlights in WVU's 24-9 loss to the Wolfpack last Sunday. After suffering an Cell Phone ......................................... 304.288.3427 injury, Scheffel powered through to tie his bout with No. 15 Pete Renda on a Office Phone: ..................................... 304.293.2821 late third-period takedown, forcing sudden victory. Scheffel picked up two in the Fax ................................................... 304-293-4105 extra period, taking the 7-5 victory. Website .................................. www.WVUSports.com FIVE IN NCAA COACHES' PANEL RANKINGS Five Mountaineers are ranked in the top 33 of their respective weights in the second NCAA Coaches' Panel Index while seven total WVU wrestlers are in the top-33 in RPI, released by the NCAA on Thursday. Zeke Moisey ranks at No. 14 in the CPI and 13th in RPI at 125 pounds, while freshman Keegan Moore ranks 30th in RPI at 133. Dylan Cottrell is 16th at 157 pounds in the CPI and 17th in RPI. Freshman Connor Flynn is 31st at 165 pounds in the CPI after having his redshirt pulled in early December. Bubba Scheffel has moved up to 27th in the CPI and 14th in RPI after upsetting No. 15 Pete Renda of N.C. State 184 pounds last week. Jacob A. Smith rounds out the WVU crew in the CPI, ranking at No. 11 at 197. Smith ranks third in RPI. Tony DeAngelo also appears in the top-33 for RPI, ranking 21st at 141 pounds, while A.J. Vizcarrondo is 29th at heavyweight in the CPI. The rankings are used as part of the selection process to determine qualifiers for the 2016 NCAA National Championships in NYC. 2 2015-16 WEST VIRGINIA WRESTLING FEB. 12 at SDSU • FEB. 14 at ISU COTTRELL MAKING MAJOR MOVES In his first season with the Mountaineers, Dylan Cottrell has proved USA TODAY/NWCA COACHES' POLL himself to be a leader on the mat for the squad. The Spencer, West Virginia, native owns a 21-5 overall mark this season, tied with Rank School Record Points Con. Prev. Zeke Moisey for the team lead in wins. Most impressively, Cottrell 1 Penn State (12) 13-0 300 Big Ten 1 has lost just one in a dual this season, dropping an 11-4 decision 2 Iowa 15-0 288 Big Ten 2 3 N.C. State 21-0 276 ACC 3 to Oklahoma State's seventh-ranked Joe Smith last weekend for 4 Oklahoma State 10-2 264 Big 12 4 an 8-1 mark in dual matches. He also leads the Mountaineers 5 Missouri 12-1 251 MAC 5 with eight major decisions this season, adding a pair of pins and a 6 Lehigh 12-1 239 EIWA 6 tech. fall for a team-best 11 bonus-point victories.