Inside HokieSports: Wrestling Claims ACC Title Share

The wrestling team claimed a share of the ACC regular season title.

Good morning! The Hokies wrestling team had a huge ranked win to earn a share of the ACC title! Read all about it below.

What else are we covering into today’s edition, Hokies?

🤼‍♂️ ACC title share earned
🏊 Championship results
🦃 And much, much more!

🔼 Title Share Secured. The No. 10 wrestling team beat No. 7 NC State to claim a share of the ACC regular season title. The Hokies secured the seventh trophy in the Tony Robie era since taking over the program in 2017.

🔼 Champ Stats. The swim & dive team finished up at the ACC Championships. The men’s medley relay earned bronze. The Hokies set three new school records— men’s 400 medley relay, women’s 400 medley relay and the women’s 100 backstroke. On the final day, Carles Coll Marti took home gold in the 200 breaststroke and was named the Most Valuable Swimmer of the Meet on the men’s side.

🔼 Senior Day Dub. The women’s basketball team beat Cal 87-64 on Senior Day. Matilda Ekh went 9-for-12 from the floor for a team-high 19 points. The women set a program record by committing five turnovers, the fewest in a single game in program history.

🔼 The Bash. The No. 17 softball team began the Easton Bama Bash with a win over No. 21/23 Alabama 2-1 and Drake 8-0. Emma Lemley threw six strikeouts with no walks through seven innings against the Crimson Tide. The Hokies then beat Southern Utah 4-0 and 6-3. Emma Mazzarone tallied a career-high 10 strikeouts and only allowed two hits in seven innings.

🔼 Road Dub. The men’s basketball team beat Miami 81-68 for its fifth road win of the season. Jaydon Young scored a career-high 27 points. The Hokies shot 52.50% from the field and 41.38% from behind the arc.

🔼 Comeback! The lacrosse team earned its third consecutive win of the season as they beat Pitt 11-10. Lauren Render led the team with 3 goals. Grace New was right behind with 2 goals, including the eventual game-winner after collecting a feed from Mia Pozzi.

🔼 Southpaw. The baseball team beat UNCG 6-2 on Sunday. Jake Marciano threw five shutout innings while recording seven strikeouts. Overall, the Hokies had 11 hits and six RBIs.

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🤔 HOKIE TRIVIA

Saturday Stat.

Redshirt senior outfielder Sam Tackett connected on his # home run of the season on Saturday.

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🟠 ONE BIG THING

More Records. The track & field team competed at the Terrier DMR Challenge and hosted the Virginia Tech Challenge. Throughout the weekend, the Hokies collected two program records. The men’s DMR and women’s 800m records fell in Boston. At the Rector Field House, the Hokies collected seven event wins, 17 career-best marks and 14 ACC qualifying marks.

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📅 THE DAYS AHEAD

Monday, February 24

⛳️ Women’s Golf at Daniel Island Invitational
⚾️ Baseball vs. UNCG @ 1pm ET
🎙️ The Megan Duffy Show @ 6pm ET

Tuesday, February 25

⛳️ Women’s Golf at Daniel Island Invitational
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Louisville @ 9pm ET | Tickets

Wednesday, February 26

🥍 Lacrosse at Queens @ 1pm ET
⚾️ Baseball at James Madison @ 3pm ET
🥎 Softball at Liberty @ 5pm ET

Thursday, February 27

🎙️ Tech Talk Live @ 6pm ET
🏀 Women’s Basketball at Boston College @ 7pm ET

Friday, February 28

🏊 Swim & Dive at Last Chance Meet 
⚾️ Baseball vs. Indiana State @ 12pm ET
🥎 Softball vs. Villanova @ 3/5:30pm ET
🎾 Men’s Tennis at North Carolina @ 4pm ET

Saturday, March 1

🏊 Swim & Dive at Last Chance Meet
👟 Track & Field ACC Championships
🥍 Lacrosse vs. Boston College @ 11am ET
⚾️ Baseball vs. Kent State @ 12pm ET
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Syracuse @ 12pm ET | Tickets
🥎 Softball vs. Penn State @ 5:30pm ET

Sunday, March 2

👟 Track & Field ACC Championships
🎾 Women’s Tennis at SMU @ 12pm ET
🎾 Men’s Tennis at Duke @ 12pm ET
🥎 Softball vs. James Madison/Radford @ 12:30/3pm ET
🏀 Women’s Basketball at Clemson @ 2pm ET
⚾️ Baseball at East Carolina @ 3:30pm ET

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 4th!

🦃 Have a great Monday!