West Virginia Opens Season at 2022 Southeast Open

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - The West Virginia University wrestling team begins its 2022-23 season in Salem, Virginia, at the Southeast Open inside the Cregger Center on the campus of Roanoke College this Saturday, Nov. 5. Tournament play is set to start at 10 a.m., ET.

Fans can stream all the action live on FloWrestling. Live scoring and interactive brackets are also available through FloArena.

"We are really excited to just wrestle different people," fifth-year coach Tim Flynn said. "It's the first measuring stick of the year, so I think it's a really important tournament to see where we have improved and where we still need work.

"I know all of the guys are excited, the staff is excited, so we're looking for a big weekend."

Flynn and his staff are bringing 30 wrestlers, including eight unattached, to battle in the program's third appearance at the annual event. Their last appearance came at the start of the 2019-20 season, where the Gold and Blue came out of the tournament with eight top-five finishes in Flynn's second season.

Redshirt senior Alex Hornfeck and senior Scott Joll are the only returners that competed in the event three years ago, as Hornfeck finished runner-up at 157 pounds and Joll grabbed fifth at 174 pounds; both in the freshman/sophomore division.

Teams joining WVU at the open include No. 11 Virginia Tech, No. 16 North Carolina, as well as Appalachian State (8) and Campbell (5), who both earned votes in the first NWCA Division I Wrestling Coaches Poll. Columbia, the Citadel, Davidson, Franklin & Marshall, Gardner-Webb, VMI, and Virginia complete the list of Division I programs attending.

Division II Newberry College and Division III Roanoke College will be competing, along with a variety of club and high school teams as well.

In the polls, junior Peyton Hall, a 2022 NCAA All-American, enters the open ranked eighth at 165 pounds, while redshirt junior Michael Wolfgram checks in at No. 16 on FloWrestling's heavyweight list. Redshirt junior Anthony Carman joined the duo by sealing one of the nine honorable mention spots in FloWrestling's rankings at 184 pounds.

As a team, the Mountaineers garnered seven votes in the NWCA Preseason Poll.

Below is the full list of Mountaineers competing on Saturday by weight class:

Attached
125 pounds
Jace Schafer (freshman/sophomore division)
Colton Drousias

141 pounds
Jordan Titus
Michael Dolan (freshman/sophomore division)

149 pounds
Jeffrey Boyd
Sam Hillegas
Brayden Ivy (freshman/sophomore division)

157 pounds
Caleb Dowling
Alex Hornfeck
Walker Heard
Nick Cicciarelli (freshman/sophomore division)

165 pounds
No. 8 Peyton Hall
Patrick Daum
Jack Blumer

174 pounds
Scott Joll
Brody Conley (freshman/sophomore division)

184 pounds
Anthony Carman
Brian Finnerty (freshman/sophomore division)

197 pounds
Austin Cooley
Nathan Wickersham (freshman/sophomore division)

HWT
No. 16 Michael Wolfgram
Leonardo Muzika (freshman/sophomore division)

Unattached
141 pounds
Blake Boyers (freshman/sophomore division)

157 pounds
Brayden Roberts
Trey Johnson (freshman/sophomore division)

174 pounds
Andrew Sharer
Dylan Kohn (freshman/sophomore division)

184 pounds
Dennis Robin
Kyle Myers

HWT
Tristan Kemp (freshman/sophomore division)

For more information on the Mountaineers, visit WVUsports.com and follow WVUWrestling on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

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