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Wheeling Named Student-Athlete of the Week
December 19, 2016 11:47 AM | General
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - After winning a major decision against No. 6 Virginia Tech on Sunday, Dec. 18, West Virginia University sophomore wrestler Joe Wheeling has been named the WVU Student-Athlete of the Week, presented by University Apartments.
Wheeling stepped into the lineup in mid-November and has gone 2-1 in dual matches for the Mountaineers since then. He rolled to his second straight win on Sunday against Virginia Tech, taking a 13-2 major decision over Virginia Tech’s Brenden Ryan.
The Waterford, Pennsylvania, native hit Brenden Ryan for an early takedown and a 2-0 lead in the first, riding him through the period. Starting on bottom in the second, Wheeling scored a reversal for a 4-0 lead, adding points for locked hands and stalling on Ryan to bump his lead to 6-0. The two went to their feet for the start of the third, with Wheeling adding a trio of takedowns as well as the point for riding time in taking a 13-2 major decision.
This Week in Women’s Basketball: No. 14 West Virginia concludes the 2016-17 nonconference slate with Mount St. Mary’s on Wednesday, Dec. 21 … Wednesday’s game is Feed A Family Night and Family Night … all fans who donate a canned good item will receive free admission to a future game … fans can also purchase a Family Night package for $25, which includes four tickets and a $15 concession voucher … following Wednesday’s contest, the Mountaineers take an eight day hiatus before opening Big 12 action at TCU on Dec. 29 in a 7:30 p.m. tipoff.
Last Week in Women’s Basketball: West Virginia rolled to a 107-40 win over Longwood on Saturday at the Charleston Civic Center in Charleston, West Virginia … Tynice Martin led the team with 21 points while dishing out a career-high seven assists … Alexis Brewer notched a career-high 16 points … Teana Muldrow and Lanay Montgomery combined for a perfect 16-of-16 from the field … Montgomery tallied 19 points, while Muldrow finished with 17 … Kristina King rounded out WVU’s double-figure scoring leaders with 11 points … Desiree Rhodes led the team with nine rebounds, while Katrina Pardee had a career-high 10 assists in the win.
Notes: West Virginia’s 32 assists against Longwood tied for the second-most in a single-game … the Mountaineers’ 71.4 field goal percentage in the first half was a season high … WVU held Longwood to eight points in the first quarter and six in the fourth quarter, marking 16 times this season that a WVU opponent was held under double-figure scoring in a quarter … WVU limited Longwood to 23.5 percent shooting … Longwood became the 12th consecutive opponent since March 20, 2016, to be held to less than 40 percent shooting … West Virginia is 11-0 and off to its second best start in program history … the school record 16-0 start happened in the 2010-11 campaign … as of games through Dec. 17, West Virginia is first nationally in field goal percentage defense (28.3%), second in scoring defense (48.6 ppg), second in blocked shots per game (7.4), third in scoring margin (+33.8), seventh in rebound margin (+13.4) and ninth in field goal percentage (48.9%).
This Week in Swimming and Diving: West Virginia has the next two weeks off before traveling to compete at Pitt on Jan. 7 at 10 a.m. ET.
Last Week in Swimming and Diving: WVU did not compete last week.
This Week in Track and Field: West Virginia has three weeks off from competition before hosting the WVU Open, their second home event, on Jan. 14 at the WVU Shell Building.
Last Week in Track and Field: The Mountaineers did not compete last week.
This Week in Wrestling: The Mountaineers (0-5, 0-0) are off for Winter break ... they resume in California on Jan. 3-4.
Last Week in Wrestling: West Virginia dropped a 36-4 match to No. 6 Virginia Tech on Sunday … Joe Wheeling registered 13-2 major decision over Brenden Ryan at 141 pounds … No. 7 Jacob A. Smith dropped a 3-2 decision in a tiebreaker to No. 3 Jared Haught.
Notes: The Mountaineers drew a crowd of 2,822 at Parkersburg High in Parkersburg, West Virginia … Joe Wheeling, who stepped into the lineup in mid-November, recorded his second straight dual match win … he is now 2-1 in duals this season … the featured bout of the day was between nationally ranked West Virginia natives, No. 7 Jacob Smith (WVU) of Charleston and No. 3 Jared Haught (Tech) of Parkersburg … Haught won a 3-2 decision in overtime in the third meeting between the two… two of the three matches have gone to overtime.
Coach Sammie Henson after falling to Virginia Tech: “Against a very good team, our men battled in every match. I couldn’t be happier for Joe Wheeling with his win. All of our men continue to buy in and grow as a team. I felt like our men showed a lot of heart. Our conditioning and match tactics were evident in several matches.”
This Week in Rifle: The No. 3 Mountaineers do not compete again until hosting No. 10 Alaska-Fairbanks on Tuesday, Jan. 10, at the WVU Rifle Range.
Last Week in Rifle: West Virginia did not compete last week.
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