BLACKSBURG – Virginia Tech's nine qualifiers for the 2019 NCAA Wrestling Championships have received their seeds for next week's tournament in Pittsburgh that runs from March 21-23, the NCAA announced Wednesday.
Four Hokies earned top 10 seeds at their respective weights. Redshirt freshman Mekhi Lewis will be the No. 8 seed at 165 pounds, redshirt junior David McFadden is seeded sixth at 174, redshirt senior Zack Zavatsky is the three-seed at 184 and redshirt senior Tom Sleigh is the No. 10 seed at 197. For Zavatsky, he has earned a top-five seed at nationals for the third time in his career, the most in program history.
Here's the complete list of Tech's qualifiers with their seeds and first round matches. Complete brackets can be found here:
133: No. 14 Korbin Myers vs. No. 19 Josh Terao (American)
141: No. 24 Mitch Moore vs. No. 9 Dom Demas (Oklahoma)
149: No. 26 Ryan Blees vs. No. 7 Kaden Gfeller (Oklahoma State)
157: No. 17 B.C. LaPrade vs. No. 16 John Van Brill (Rutgers)
165: No. 8 Mekhi Lewis vs. No. 25 Cam Coy (Virginia)
174: No. 6 David McFadden vs. No. 27 Vincent Deprez (Binghamton)
184: No. 3 Zack Zavatsky vs. No. 30 Dom Duchame (CSUB)
197: No. 10 Tom Sleigh vs. No. 23 Kellan Stout (Pitt)
285: No. 22 Billy Miller vs. No. 11 Thomas Haines (Lock Haven)
WatchESPN will stream every mat and every match at this year's NCAA Championships. The morning sessions will be broadcast on ESPNU and the evening sessions will be broadcast on ESPN.
