'Dogs tabbed No. 3 seed at the Virginia Duals [Jan. 10-11]

Friday, January 10

Hampton, VA

8:00 AM PT

Fresno State

Maryland

Photo by: Keith Kountz/Fresno St/NCAA Phot

'Dogs tabbed No. 3 seed at the Virginia Duals [Jan. 10-11]

1/8/2020 11:45:00 AM | Wrestling

Fresno State Wrestling Notes (PDF)2020 Virginia Duals National College Bracket

By: Travis Blanshan / Assistant Director of Communications

HAMPTON, Va. - Fresno State earned the No. 3 seed for the 2020 Virginia Duals opening tournament action on Friday against Maryland.

2020 Virginia Duals
Jan. 10-11, 2020 • Hampton Coliseum • Hampton, Va.
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Bulldog Headlines

Fresno State travels to the 2020 Virginia Duals starting Friday against Maryland.
The 'Dogs are 3-4 in duals this season coming off a pair of dual wins over Cal Poly and Utah Valley at home last week.
Redshirt sophomore 157-pounder Jacob Wright is ranked as high as No. 10 by InterMat and is off to a 16-3 overall record.
The Bulldogs went 1-5 at the 2018 Virginia Duals picking up a win over Bucknell.

By The Numbers
5 - Number of ranked Bulldog wrestlers as DJ Lloren, Greg Gaxiola, Jacob Wright, Jackson Hemauer & Josh Hokit are all nationally-ranked
3 - Fresno State earned the No. 3 seed in this year's Virginia Duals field
2 - The 'Dogs are taking their second trip to the Virginia Duals in the last three seasons

Opening Round Matchups - Friday at 8 AM PT
No. 1 seed/No. 22 Virginia vs. Kent State
No. 2 seed/RV Rider vs. Duke
No. 3 seed Fresno State vs. Maryland
No. 4 seed Old Dominion vs. Penn

Fresno State Probable Lineup
125: Destin Summers, Fr. (2-2 overall, 0-0 dual)
133: Gary Joint, RSo. (6-6, 2-5)
141: No. -/-/20 DJ Lloren, RJr. (14-3, 4-2) OR Lawrence Saenz, RFr. (12-7, 0-1)
149: No. -/-/32 Greg Gaxiola, RJr. (9-5, 5-2)
157: No. 23/10/20 Jacob Wright, RSo. (16-3, 6-1) OR Beau Colombini, RSo. (2-4, 0-0)
165: Ricky Padilla, RSr. (10-6, 2-0) OR Adam Kemp, RFr. (6-7, 1-4)
174: Brandon Martino, RSo. (6-3, 2-0)
184: Dominic Kincaid, RSr. (11-5, 1-1) OR Hunter Cruz, RFr. (12-8, 1-4)
197: Isaiah Perez, RFr. (7-4, 0-1) OR Ryan Reyes, Fr. (5-6, 1-4)
HWT: No. 13/14/11 Josh Hokit, Sr. (9-3, 1-1)
- Rankings by FloWrestling/InterMat/Trackwrestling

Scouting Maryland

Fresno State leads the overall series with Maryland, 1-0.
The Terrapins are 1-4 on the season with a win over Southern Virginia (42-6) while falling to then-No. 24 Virginia (34-6), Navy (21-12), Rutgers (28-11) and No. 10 Pittsburgh (27-10).
The Terps placed fifth out of eight teams at the Black Knight Invite on Nov. 17.
Maryland has three ranked wrestlers in redshirt senior Jahi Jones who checks in No. 24 by FloWrestling and No. 26 by Trackwrestling at 157 pounds, 174-pound redshirt sophomore Philip Spadafora is ranked No. 20 by FloWrestling and No. 29 by Trackwrestling & redshirt junior 197-pounder Jaron Smith checks in No. 25 by FloWrestling.
Maryland will face five ranked Big Ten opponents in Big Ten action in No. 3 Penn State, No. 5 Ohio State, No. 13 Northwestern, No. 18 Purdue & No. 25 Michigan.
The Terrapins are led by first-year head coach Alex Clemsen, an All-American at Edinboro in 2007 at 184 lbs.

Ranked Opponents in the Field
125 pounds
No. 2/2/2 Jack Mueller, Virginia
No. 10/9/9 Michael Colaiocco, Penn
No. 15/16/15 Killian Cardinale, Old Dominion
No. -/-/14 Jonathon Tropea, Rider

133 pounds
No. 22/18/20 Louie Hayes, Virginia
No. 24/-/27 Tim Rooney, Kent State

141 pounds
No. 11/12/12 Sa'Derian Perry, Old Dominion
No. 22/-/- Doug Zapf, Penn

149 pounds
No. -/-/18 Denton Spencer, Virginia

157 pounds
No. 9/7/6 Jesse Dellavecchia, Rider
No. 13/16/16 Anthony Artalona, Penn
No. 18/13/18 Larry Early, Old Dominion
No. 24/-/26 Jahi Jones, Maryland
No. -/-/24 Justin McCoy, Virginia

165 pounds
No. -/-/22 Cam Coy, Virginia

174 pounds
No. 17/-/24 Dean Sherry, Rider
No. 18/-/- Victor Marcelli, Virginia
No. 20/-/29 Philip Spadafora, Maryland

184 pounds
No. 23/-/- George Walton, Rider

197 pounds
No. 7/9/14 Jay Aiello, Virginia
No. 8/10/10 Ethan Laird, Rider
No. 25/-/- Jaron Smith, Maryland

Heavyweight
No. -/-/23 Quinn Miller, Virginia
- Rankings by FloWrestling/InterMat/Trackwrestling

'Dogs in the national rankings
141 lbs. DJ Lloren - No. 20 by Trackwrestling
149 lbs. Greg Gaxiola - No. 32 by Trackwrestling
157 lbs. Jacob Wright - No. 23 by FloWrestling, No. 10 by InterMat & No. 20 by Trackwrestling
174 lbs. Jackson Hemauer - No. 13 by Trackwrestling, No. 15 by Intermat & No. 13 by Trackwrestling
Hwt. Josh Hokit - No. 13 by FloWrestling, No. 14 by InterMat & No. 11 by Trackwrestling

'Dogs sweep Cal Poly & Utah Valley
The 'Dogs opened the New Year with a pair of dual meet victories at the Save Mart Center on Jan. 2 downing Cal Poly, 24-16 and Big 12 opponent Utah Valley, 24-19.

Fresno State earned six victories apiece in each dual as three Bulldogs went a perfect 2-0 on the evening with Lloren, Wright and redshirt sophomore Brandon Martino at 174 pounds tallying two wins apiece while six other 'Dogs collected one win.

Fresno State against Big Ten opponents
Fresno State will wrestle their seventh dual against a Big Ten opponent since returning to the mat in 2017-18 after facing Illinois and Minnesota two seasons ago, Rutgers and the Golden Gophers last season and Wisconsin and the Scarlet Knights earlier this season. Fresno State fell 31-8 to the Badgers while coming up short against Rutgers, 23-13.

Bulldogs at 2018 Virginia Duals
The Bulldogs went 1-5 at the Virginia Duals defeating Bucknell, 37-9 while falling to Lock Haven, Oklahoma, Kent State, Virginia and Iowa State.

Hokit places sixth at Midlands Championships
Josh Hokit finished sixth at heavyweight at the 2019 Ken Kraft Midlands Championships on Monday posting a 5-2 mark with two decisions, a major decision and two falls.

Seven 'Dogs earn top-five finishes at Reno Tournament of Champions
Kyle Parco (141 lbs, 2nd), DJ Lloren (141 lbs., 3rd), Jeremy Trinh (125 lbs., 4th), Ricky Padilla (165 lbs., 4th), Hokit (Hwt., 4th), Brandon Martino (5th, 184 lbs.) and Matt Olguin (157 lbs., 5th) all placed in the top five in their respective weight classes on Dec. 15 as the Bulldogs placed fifth as a team with 73 points.

Wright places fifth at Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite
Redshirt sophomore 157-pounder Jacob Wright placed fifth in Las Vegas on Dec. 6-7 going 5-2 in the tournament picking up four decisions and one major decision to become the first Bulldog to place at the prestigious tournament since heavyweight Clint Walbeck took seventh in 2004.

Up next
Fresno State returns home to host Duke (0-4) on Friday, Jan. 17 at 7 p.m. at the Save Mart Center.

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