For Immediate Release

March 20, 2013

Wrestling/Contact: Andy Fledderjohann

Eight Cavaliers remain alive as of 10 p.m.

DES MOINES, Iowa – Virginia advanced three wrestlers to the quarterfinal round at the 2013 NCAA Championships Thursday evening at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa. Eight of the nine Virginia competitors remain alive as of 10 p.m. ET; the wrestleback round is still ongoing.

No. 8 seed Matt Snyder won convincingly over No. 9 seed Trent Sprenkle of North Dakota State, 10-6, at 125 pounds to claim a spot in the quarters. He will wrestle top-seeded Alan Waters Friday morning in the quarterfinals with the chance to clinch All-America honors. Waters bounced Snyder from the tournament last year.

No. 8 seed Nick Sulzer went to overtime for the second straight match today and picked up a 3-1 win over No. 9 seed Josh Veltre of Bloomsburg in the first tiebreaker period at 165. Sulzer reversed Veltre during the rideout and maintained the advantage the rest of the tiebreaker to seal the win. Sulzer will wrestle top seed and three-time national champion Kyle Dake of Cornell in the quarterfinals.

Virginia's big upset of the day came at 157 pounds, where 12th-seeded Jedd Moore scored a reversal and two-point near fall in the third period to earn a 4-0 win over fifth-seeded James Fleming of Clarion. Moore will wrestle unseeded David Bonin of Northern Iowa in the quarters. 

Five Cavaliers remain alive in the wrestlebacks.