West Virginia Captures Five Top-20 Seeds for NCAA Championships
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (March 13, 2024) – The West Virginia University wrestling team’s five NCAA qualifiers have been seeded for the 2024 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, as announced by the NCAA on Wednesday night. West Virginia sends half or more of its...
Five Mountaineer Wrestlers to Compete in 2024 NCAA Championships
West Virginia's 125-pounder Jett Strickenberger, 141-pounder Jordan Titus, 149-pounder Ty Watters, 165-pounder Peyton Hall and 174-pounder Brody Conley will represent the Mountaineers in the 2024 NCAA DI wrestling championships in Kansas City. Strickenberger, a...
Ty Watters Wins Big 12 Championship with Six Other Mountaineers Placing
True freshman Ty Watters won the 149-pound Big 12 championship on Sunday, becoming the fourth West Virginia wrestler in history to win an individual Big 12 championship. Watters won in the final round by injury default, having notched all bonus points to reach the...
Three Mountaineer wrestlers advance to Big 12 semifinals
West Virginia's Peyton Hall, Jordan Titus and Ty Watters are all advanced to the Big 12 semifinals in Tulsa in their respective weight classes. Titus, the No. 4 seeded 141-pounder kicked off the tournament by scoring a 16-4 major decision over his opponent from...
WVU Wrestling closes out regular season, while gymnastics has season high team score during Beauty of the Beast
The West Virginia University gymnastics (4-6, 0-2 Big 12) and wrestling teams (10-5, 2-5 Big 12) returned to the WVU Coliseum for the Beauty and The Beast meet on Sunday. Gymnastics hosted Big 12 rivals Denver and Iowa State, while wrestling competed against Glenville...
No. 17 West Virginia Drops Final Road Dual to No. 18 Northern Iowa
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (February 4, 2024) – In its final road and Big 12 dual of the regular season, the No. 17 West Virginia University wrestling team (9-5, 2-5 Big 12) fell to No. 18 Northern Iowa (5-5, 4-1 Big 12) by a score of 26-12 inside the McLeod Center on...
WVU Wrestling Improves to No. 17 Ranking in Coaches’ Poll
With a current record of 9-3, the West Virginia wrestling team has moved up to No. 17 in the NWCA DI Coaches' Poll. This is the highest the Mountaineer wrestling team has been ranked since 2005, when they were No. 16 and the first time being ranked in the teens since...
Titus and Watters pick up ranked wins as No. 20 WVU falls to No. 2 Missouri
In a top-20 matchup between Big 12 opponents No. 2 Missouri and No. 20 West Virginia, the Tigers came on top by a score of 30-6, but at 165 the No. 1 Keegan O'Toole vs No. 9 Peyton Hall rematch did not disappoint. Mountaineers head coach Tim Flynn wrestled three...
Eight Mountaineers listed in first coaches rankings for 2024 Wrestling Championships
The NCAA released its first coaches' rankings for the 2024 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, to which the No. 21 West Virginia wrestling team was well represented, including four wrestlers ranked in the top 25 in their respective weight classes. WVU is...
Hall and Watters rank in top 10 for pins in NCAA wrestling
The No. 21 ranked West Virginia wrestling team has built off positive team success from last season, currently sitting at 8-2, but has also seen individual success with No. 9 Peyton Hall and No. 9 Ty Watters being prime examples. Both Hall and Watters are in the top...
