No. 12 Hokies dominate Duke, 40-3No. 12 Hokies dominate Duke, 40-3
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No. 12 Hokies dominate Duke, 40-3

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DURHAM, N.C. – No. 12 Virginia Tech notched seven bonus point victories and won nine of 10 bouts as the Hokies handled Duke, 40-3, on Friday evening in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
 
Tech (8-2, 2-0 ACC) tallied two pins, four major decisions and received a forfeit at 133 pounds. At 184, Zack Zavatsky became just the 12th Hokie to register 100 career wins with his 18-9 major decision over Duke's Kaden Russell.
 
The Hokies return to action next Friday when the take on North Carolina at 6:30 p.m. in Chapel Hill.
 
MATCH NOTES

  • The Hokies have now won eight consecutive duals and have beaten 20 of its last 21 ACC opponents.
  • Tech's seven bonus wins are its most of the season.
  • Zavatsky currently ranks 12th on the program's all-time wins list and is six victories away from tying Chris Diaz for 11th.  
  • The Hokies' first three wins of the night went for bonus points including Joey Prata's fourth major decision of the season and Mitch Moore's ninth pin of the year.
  • Moore's win by fall came 45 seconds into the bout was his seventh first period fall of the season.
  • Ryan Blees pushed the pace and had multiple leg attacks but it wasn't enough to knock off sixth-ranked Mitch Finesilver, whose third period takedown with a minute to go made it 3-1.
  • 17th-ranked Matt Finesilver had won seven-straight matches entering the night but David McFadden used two takedowns and two near fall to win it 6-2.
  • Billy Miller's win by fall at 1:11 was his first pin as a Hokie.

NO. 12 VIRGINIA TECH 40, DUKE 3
125: Joey Prata (Virginia Tech) over Harrison Campbell (Duke) (MD 14-2)
133: #12 Korbin Myers (Virginia Tech) over Unknown (For.)
141: Mitch Moore (Virginia Tech) over Josh Finesilver (Duke) (Fall 0:45)
149: #6 Mitch Finesilver (Duke) over Ryan Blees (Virginia Tech) (Dec 3-1)
157: BC LaPrade (Virginia Tech) over Ben Anderson (Duke) (MD 14-5)
165: #8 Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech) over Zach Finesilver (Duke) (MD 18-5)
174: #7 David McFadden (Virginia Tech) over #17 Matt Finesilver (Duke) (Dec 6-2)
184: #7 Zachary Zavatsky (Virginia Tech) over Kaden Russell (Duke) (MD 18-9)
197: #7 Tom Sleigh (Virginia Tech) over Alec Schenk (Duke) (Dec 3-2)
285: #18 Billy Miller (Virginia Tech) over Araad Fisher (Duke) (Fall 1:11)