PHILADELPHIA – No. 11 Virginia Tech wrapped up a successful trip north as they took home the Keystone Classic team title with a total of 174.5 points on Sunday. The Hokies secured five individual titles and placed 13 out of 17 Hokie entries at the 26th Annual Keystone Classic.
The day belonged to redshirt sophomore No. 31 Connor Brady who navigated a nationally ranked field en route to the title. Brady picked up five victories on the day at 165-pounds – three over higher ranked opponents in No. 25 Will Formato of App State, Penn's No. 19 Lucas Revano, and No. 20 Evan Barczak from Drexel.
At 184-pounds, No. 9 Hunter Bolen led the Hokies with four bonus point victories in as many matches with only one seeing the third period. Bolen rebounds after last weekend's loss at Ohio State with a bonus frenzy on the day knocking on two falls and two tech falls to pick up his first tournament title of the season.
Adding to the Hokies title tally was redshirt junior at 133-pounds, No. 11 Sam Latona. Latona stormed through the competition adding a 7-2 upset victory over Penn's No. 10 Michael Colaiocco in the finals. Latona continues his hot streak after dropping his first bout of the season at the Southeast Open earlier this season. Also adding Hokie lightweight titles was No. 25 Eddie Ventresca prevailing over fellow Hokie Cooper Flynn in the finals after Flynn defeated No. 15 Ryan Miller from Penn in the semifinals. Redshirt senior Collin Gerardi secured a title in dominant fashion with a 11-3 major decision over Rider's McKenzie Bell in the finals.
The Hokies return to action in Las Vegas for the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational on December 2-3 and are back in dual competition when they host No. 3 Mizzou on December 11 in Cassell Coliseum for the first home dual of the season.
Full results and brackets found at top of the page.
No. 11 Virginia Tech at Keystone Classic
Official Results
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No. 25 Eddie Ventresca – CHAMPION
- MAJ DEC Gabe Giampetro (Drexel), 16-6
- MAJ DEC Mason Leiphart (Franklin & Marshall), 12-2
- FALL Chad Bellis (App St), 0:38
- DEC Cooper Flynn (Virginia Tech), 2-2 TB2
Cooper Flynn – 2nd
- DEC Markel Baker (GMU), 5-3
- MAJ DEC Tyler Klinksky (Rider), 12-4
- DEC No. 15 Ryan Miller (UPenn), 10-4
- Loss, No. 25 Eddie Ventresca (Virginia Tech), 2-2 TB2
133
No. 11 Sam Latona – CHAMPION
- MAJ DEC Ethan Oakley (App St), 10-1
- DEC Evan Mougalian (UPenn), 7-2
- MAJ DEC Kyle Waterman (Drexel), 8-0
- DEC No. 10 Michael Colaiocco (UPenn), 7-2
Brandon Wittenberg
- Loss, Pat Phillips (Franklin & Marshall), 0-1
- MAJ DEC Josh Hillard (Franklin & Marshall), 11-1
- Loss, Evan Mougalian (UPenn), 0-8
141
Collin Gerardi – CHAMPION
- TECH FALL Jordan Soriano (Drexel), 18-2 6:02
- DEC Jackson Polo (UPenn), 8-5
- DEC Carmen Ferrante (UPenn), TB2 2-2
- MAJ DEC McKenzie Bell (Rider), 11-3
149
No. 12 Caleb Henson – 3rd
- MAJ DEC Jack Crook (Harvard), 13-2
- MAJ DEC Dominic Findora (Drexel), 10-2
- Loss, No. 9 Doug Zapf (UPenn) 7-5 SV
- FALL Jack Crook (Harvard), 6:22
- DEC No. 19 Quinn Kinner (Rider), 3-2
- Loss, #2 Jonathan Millner (App St), Fall 2:03
- Loss, Kaden Keiser (App St), 4-2 SV
157
Clayton Ulrey – 6th
- MAJ DEC Louis Colaiocco (UPenn), 18-6
- Loss, Tommy Askey (App St), 2-3
- DEC Tate Nichter (Drexel), 11-4
- MAJ DEC Evan Gleason (Harvard), 14-6
- Loss, Cody Bond (App St), 1-6
Jackson Spires – 7th
- DEC Jake Silverstein (Rider), 2-0
- Loss, Peter Pappas (Rider), 3-4
- DEC Cole Spencer (UPenn), 3-1
- Loss, Michael Kilic (Arizona State), 1-10
- DEC Evan Gleason (Harvard), 9-7
165
No. 31 Connor Brady – CHAMPION
- MAJ DEC Cody Walsh (Drexel), 13-5
- MAJ DEC Gabe Miller (UPenn), 12-4
- DEC No. 25 Will Formato (App St), 5-2
- DEC No. 19 Lucas Revano (UPenn), 3-1 SV
- DEC No. 20 Evan Barczak (Drexel), 5-3
Drew Nicholson
- TECH FALL Rene Fragoso (ASU), 18-3 5:17
- Loss, Josh Kim (Harvard), 3-5
- Loss, Hunter Mays (Rider), 5-6
- Loss, Oren Bost (App St), 5-7 SV
- MAJ DEC Jeremy Ridge (UPenn), 12-1
- Loss, No. 25 Will Formato (App St), 2-5
184
No. 9 Hunter Bolen - CHAMPION
- FALL Malachi DuVall (GMU), 2:45
- FALL Lucas Uliano (App St), 2:51
- TECH FALL Leonardo Tarantino (Harvard), 17-2 4:20
- TECH FALL Brian Bonino (Drexel), 16-1 7:00
Sam Fisher – Third Place
- DEC Luke Chakonis (Duke), 13-7
- DEC Luke Rada (Harvard), 10-4
- Loss, Brian Bonino (Drexel), 1-3 SV
- DEC Maximus Hale (UPenn), 3-2
- DEC Leonardo Tarantino (Harvard), 5-2
197
Dakota Howard – 6th place
- FALL, John Crawford (Franklin & Marshall), 1:50
- Loss, Kordell Norfleet (Arizona State), 2-10
- Loss, TJ Stewart (Virginia Tech), 6-8
- Med For Jonathan Crawford (Franklin & Marshall)
TJ Stewart – Fourth Place
- MAJ DEC Logan Michael (SHU), 18-6
- Loss, No. 27 Cole Urbas (UPenn), Fall 4:32
- DEC Carson Floyd (App St), 11-4
- MAJ DEC Jonathan List (GMU), 13-4
- DEC Dakota Howard (Virginia Tech), 8-6
- Loss No. 27 Cole Urbas, 6-4
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No. 19 Hunter Catka – Second
- DEC Jacob Sartorio (App St), 4-1
- MAJ DEC Nathan Hoaglund (UPenn), 8-0
- DEC David Szuba (Rider), 8-2
- Loss Jonah Niesenbaum (Duke), 1-3 SV