LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Fifth-year senior Peyton Hall (165) claimed a 3-0 record inside the Las Vegas Convention Center to lead the way for the West Virginia University wrestling team on day one of the prestigious Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Following an undefeated performance on Friday, top-seeded Hall advanced to tomorrow's semifinals against a familiar foe in No. 4-seed Hunter Garvin of Stanford. The pair are tied 1-1 in the all-time series after Hall pinned the Sun Devil three weeks ago at the NWCA All-Star Classic in State College, Pennsylvania.

The Chester, West Virginia, native became the first Mountaineer to advance to the final four at the CKLV since Jacob Smith achieved the feat at 197 pounds in 2016.

Additionally, redshirt senior Dennis Robin (184) remains alive for a third-place finish in the consolation bracket behind a 4-1 record, which includes a pair of comeback victories over No. 7-seed William Ebert of Binghamton (6-5) and Nathan Hass of Cal Baptist (11-9) to conclude the night. Robin matches up with No. 8-seed Seth Shumate in a rematch from Shumate's 6-2 decision over Robin at the Cleveland State Open in 2023.

No. 18 West Virginia also scored 28.5 total points as a team to end day one in 12th place. No. 3 Oklahoma State (105.0) holds the top spot, followed by No. 4 Nebraska (83.5), No. 12 Iowa State (71.5), No. 5 Ohio State (69.0) and No. 10 Northern Iowa (62.5) to round out the top five.
 
Day two of the CKLV begins on Saturday, Dec. 7, with the semifinals, fifth and seventh-place bouts at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PST, before the finals and third-place matches commence at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PST. All the action can be seen on FloWrestling and live stats can be found on FloArena.
 
Quarterfinals
141: No. 2 Brock Hardy (Nebraska) major dec. No. 7 Jordan Titus (WVU), 10-1
165: No. 1 Peyton Hall (WVU) dec. No. 9 Nicco Ruiz (Arizona State), 7-1
 
Championship Round 2
141: No. 7 Jordan Titus (WVU) dec. Nash Singleton (Oregon State), 7-4
165: No. 1 Peyton Hall (WVU) dec. Mac Church (Virginia Tech), 6-0
184: No. 2 Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State) tech. fall over Dennis Robin (WVU), 19-4 [T – 4:58]
 
Championship Round 1
125: No. 3 Troy Sprately (Oklahoma State) won by fall over Jace Schafer (WVU), [T – 1:21]
133: Kase Mauger (Utah Valley) dec. No. 9 Jett Strickenberger (WVU), 6-1
157: Jurius Clark (Hofstra) won by fall over Sasha Gavronsky (WVU), [T – 4:04]
165: No. 1 Peyton Hall (WVU) tech. fall over Kekana Fouret (Oregon State), 19-3 [T – 3:44]
174: No. 11 Matthew Singleton (NC State) dec. Brody Conley (WVU), 3-2
184: Dennis Robin (WVU) won by fall over Eddie Neitenbach (Wyoming), [T – 6:42]
197: No. 3 Zach Glazier (SDSU) dec. Austin Cooley (WVU), 9-2
 
Consolations
125: Jace Schafer (WVU) won by fall over Nolan Wertanen (Michigan), [T – 2:39]
125: Jace Schafer (WVU) dec. Nick Treaster (Navy), 4-1 (SV1)
125: No. 12 Marcello Milani (Cornell) dec. Jace Schafer (WVU), 4-1 (SV1)
133: Micah Roes (Binghamton) major dec. No. 9 Jett Strickenberger (WVU), 9-1
141: No. 3 Cael Happel (UNI) dec. No. 7 Jordan Titus (WVU), 11-10
157: Sasha Gavronsky (WVU) dec. Daniel Manibog (Cal Baptist), 10-8
157: Sasha Gavronsky (WVU) dec. Jose Farias (CSU Bakersfield), 10-3
157: No. 12 Rafael Hipolito (Virginia Tech) dec. Sasha Gavronsky (WVU), 5-2
174: Brody Conley (WVU) won by fall over Mark Takara (Utah Valley), [T – 5:30]
174: No. 12 Brody Baumann (Purdue) dec. Brody Conley (WVU), 4-2
184: Dennis Robin (WVU) dec. Matthew Walsh (Harvard), 8-1
184: Dennis Robin (WVU) dec. No. 7 William Ebert (Binghamton), 6-5
184: Dennis Robin (WVU dec. Nathan Haas (Cal Baptist), 11-9
197: Austin Cooley (WVU) major dec. Max Acciardi (Arizona State), 11-2
197: No. 12 Camden Mcdanel (Nebraska) major dec. Austin Cooley (WVU), 21-13
 
*No. Seed
 
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