HokieSports Weekly: Dec. 19-25, 2022HokieSports Weekly: Dec. 19-25, 2022
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HokieSports Weekly: Dec. 19-25, 2022

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See what's coming up this week and get the latest news from Blacksburg.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Wednesday, Dec. 21

Football's National Signing Day at 7 a.m. ET
No. 24 Men's basketball at Boston College at 6:30 p.m. (ACCN)
No. 6 Women's basketball at High Point at 7 p.m.

HEADLINES FROM LAST WEEK

Receiving her first ACC Player of the Week honor this season, women's basketball's Elizabeth Kitley tallied two double-doubles last week versus Boston College and UNC Asheville to earn the nod.

Becoming the fourth Hokie to earn the award this year, wrestling's Mekhi Lewis was named ACC Wrestler of the Week following his win over No. 11 Peyton Mocco of Missouri.

The highly-anticipated season is around the corner for baseball, and the squad announced its start times, with weekend series primarily taking place at 2 p.m. on Fridays, 2 p.m. on Saturdays and 1 p.m. on Sundays, as well as its season ticket flex plans now being available.

Get to know women's tennis' Özlem Uslu, who shares how she first got involved with tennis and her favorite memory of being a part of the Turkish national team.

This past Friday, Virginia Tech held its fall commencement at Cassell Coliseum and 20 student-athletes graduated and took part in the ceremony.

Women's soccer had two players earn TopDrawerSoccer honors, including Taylor Price and Natalie Mitchell being named to the Freshman Best XI Team.

Both men's and women's basketball teams recently partnered with Carilion Children's to fight pediatric cancer, as children and teens painted custom shoes for the coaching staffs to wear for upcoming games.

Point guard Sean Pedulla turned in another impressive night offensively, recording 21 points and six assists to lead the men's basketball team over Grambling State, 74-48.

Wrestling traveled out west to California and came back with two wins, defeating Stanford 22-12 and Lindenwood 52-0.

LAST WEEK'S SCOREBOARD

Saturday, Dec. 17
No. 24 Men's basketball vs. Grambling State ­– W, 77-48

Sunday, Dec. 18
No. 6 Women's basketball vs. No. 5 Notre Dame – L, 63-52
No. 8 Wrestling vs. Lindenwood – W, 52-0
No. 8 wrestling at Stanford – W, 22-12