Thursday, February 6
Layton, Utah
8 p.m.
West Virginia University
at
Utah Valley
No. 20 West Virginia Faces Utah Valley to Begin Final Road Swing
February 05, 2025 12:47 PM | Wrestling
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The No. 20 West Virginia University wrestling team begins its final road trip of the regular season with a match against Utah Valley at Layton High School in Layton, Utah, on Thursday night at 8 p.m. ET.
The match will be livestreamed by FloWrestling.
West Virginia (8-6, 2-5 Big 12) is coming off its most difficult stretch of the season as it faced six consecutive ranked opponents. In that span, the Mountaineers went 1-5.
Most recently, WVU lost to No. 5 Northern Iowa on Feb. 2, at the WVU Coliseum in Morgantown.
Fifth-year No. 3 Peyton Hall and senior No. 10 Jett Strickenberger continue to lead West Virginia on the mat as they near the end of the regular season. Hall remains undefeated this year at 24-0 and is only four wins away from tying Greg Jones for the most all-time wins at WVU.
Hall will face his highest-ranked opponent of the season in Utah Valley's No. 4 Terrell Barraclough. Hall is 8-0 on the year with his highest-ranked win coming against Oklahoma State's No. 6 Cameron Amine on Jan. 19.
Strickenberger has won six straight matches, defeating five ranked opponents during that stretch. In that time, Strickenberger went from unranked in the 125-pound weight class by FloWrestling to No. 10.
West Virginia's Probable Lineup
Weight Rank Name
125 No. 10 Jett Strickenberger
133 Tommy Maddox
141 Jordan Titus
149 Sam Hillegas
157 Sasha Gavronsky
Or Caleb Dowling
165 No. 3 Peyton Hall
174 No. 26 Brody Conley
184 No. 19 Dennis Robin
197 Ian Bush
Or Cole Tolley
HWT Wilson Spires
Or Rune Lawrence
Utah Valley's Probable Lineup
Weight Rank Name
125 Bridger Ricks
Or Yusief Lillie
133 Kase Mauger
141 No. 21 Haiden Drury
Or Patrick Mullen
149 Smokey McClure
157 Ryker Fullmer
Or Tyler Jones
165 No. 4 Terrell Barraclough
174 Mark Takara
Or Tanner Lofthouse
184 Caleb Uhlenhopp
197 Kael Bennie
HWT Jack Forbes
*Rankings from FloWrestling
Support the Wrestling Sport Enhancement Fund to help make a difference in the experience provided to our student-athletes and coaches! Our teams rely on these donations for equipment purchases, team travel, ever-increasing recruiting costs, and other operational expenses. Invest in champions today!
For more information on the Mountaineers, visit WVUsports.com and follow WVUWrestling on X, Instagram and Facebook.
The match will be livestreamed by FloWrestling.
West Virginia (8-6, 2-5 Big 12) is coming off its most difficult stretch of the season as it faced six consecutive ranked opponents. In that span, the Mountaineers went 1-5.
Most recently, WVU lost to No. 5 Northern Iowa on Feb. 2, at the WVU Coliseum in Morgantown.
Fifth-year No. 3 Peyton Hall and senior No. 10 Jett Strickenberger continue to lead West Virginia on the mat as they near the end of the regular season. Hall remains undefeated this year at 24-0 and is only four wins away from tying Greg Jones for the most all-time wins at WVU.
Hall will face his highest-ranked opponent of the season in Utah Valley's No. 4 Terrell Barraclough. Hall is 8-0 on the year with his highest-ranked win coming against Oklahoma State's No. 6 Cameron Amine on Jan. 19.
Strickenberger has won six straight matches, defeating five ranked opponents during that stretch. In that time, Strickenberger went from unranked in the 125-pound weight class by FloWrestling to No. 10.
West Virginia's Probable Lineup
Weight Rank Name
125 No. 10 Jett Strickenberger
133 Tommy Maddox
141 Jordan Titus
149 Sam Hillegas
157 Sasha Gavronsky
Or Caleb Dowling
165 No. 3 Peyton Hall
174 No. 26 Brody Conley
184 No. 19 Dennis Robin
197 Ian Bush
Or Cole Tolley
HWT Wilson Spires
Or Rune Lawrence
Utah Valley's Probable Lineup
Weight Rank Name
125 Bridger Ricks
Or Yusief Lillie
133 Kase Mauger
141 No. 21 Haiden Drury
Or Patrick Mullen
149 Smokey McClure
157 Ryker Fullmer
Or Tyler Jones
165 No. 4 Terrell Barraclough
174 Mark Takara
Or Tanner Lofthouse
184 Caleb Uhlenhopp
197 Kael Bennie
HWT Jack Forbes
*Rankings from FloWrestling
Support the Wrestling Sport Enhancement Fund to help make a difference in the experience provided to our student-athletes and coaches! Our teams rely on these donations for equipment purchases, team travel, ever-increasing recruiting costs, and other operational expenses. Invest in champions today!
For more information on the Mountaineers, visit WVUsports.com and follow WVUWrestling on X, Instagram and Facebook.
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