Virginia Duals kicks off Friday with 32nd annual event

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Jason Bryant (USA Wrestling)
01/12/2012


Missouri, Rutgers, Kent State and Edinboro highlight the National College Division of the 32nd annual Virginia Duals set to kick off on Friday in Hampton, Va.

USA Wrestling will provide four free live streams from the event across the National College, National High School, American College and American High School divisions.

Missouri and Rutgers are the top two seeds and they will have byes in the opening round, while third-seeded Kent State will draw SoCon opponent The Citadel. Edinboro, seeded fourth, will face Drexel and new head coach Matt Azevedo.

Rider from the CAA is the fifth seed and they open with North Carolina, while sixth-seeded Bucknell wrestles Buffalo, seventh-seeded Old Dominion wrestles Arizona State and eighth-seeded North Dakota State faces Campbell.

In the National High School Division, Canon-McMillan of Pennsylvania is the top seed and comes in ranked No. 7 in the country by TheOpenMat Clinch Gear Rankings. Second-seeded Christiansburg of Virginia is looking to claim its third championship, while the Canon Mac is looking for its first National Division championship after winning the American Division back in 2009.

South Plainfield of New Jersey has been ranked by Amateur Wrestling News and is the third seed, while McDonogh of Maryland is receiving ranking consideration by TheOpenMat.

Virginia’s Fauquier High School is the top seed in the American High School Division and will be chased by second-seeded Lexington of South Carolina, third-seeded Kellam of Virginia Beach and fourth-seeded Haddonfield of New Jersey.

Brockport comes in as the top seed in the American College Division, while Nassau Community College of the NJCAA is seeded second. The NCWA is represented by host Apprentice School, Central Florida and Liberty, while Division II Anderson and St. Andrews and Division III Johns Hopkins round out the field.

Action will begin at 9 a.m. Eastern on Friday with two mats of American College Division wrestling and eight mats of the National High School Division. The National College Division takes the mat at 11 a.m. with all six duals of the opening round taking to the mats at the Hampton Coliseum.

Fans can catch four streams on TheMat.TV

Schedule
Friday, January 13th
9:00 a.m. National High School, 1st Round 8 mats
American College, 1st Round – Top Bracket 2 mats
11:00 a.m. National College, 1st Round 6 mats
American College, 1st Round – Bottom Bracket 2 mats
National High School, 1st Round Consolations – Top Bracket 2 mats
1:00 p.m. National High School, Quarter Finals 4 mats
National High School 1st Round Consolations – Bottom Bracket 2 mats
National College, 1st Round Consolations 2 mats
American College, 1st Round Consolations (Top & Bottom) 2 mats
3:00 p.m. National College, Quarter Finals 4 mats
National High School, 2nd Round Consolations 4 mats
National College, Loser & Loser Consolations 1 mat
American College, Loser & Loser Consolation 1 mat
5:00 p.m. American High School 1st Round – Top Bracket 4 mats
Black & Blue High School, 1st Round – Top Bracket 4 mats
Middle School Division, 1st Round – Top Bracket 2 mats
7:00 p.m. American High School, 1st Round – Bottom Bracket 4 mats
Black & Blue High School, 1st Round – Bottom Bracket 4 mats
Middle School Division, 1st Round – Bottom Bracket 2 mats
9:00 p.m. American High School, Quarter Finals – Top & Bottom 4 mats
Black & Blue High School, Quarter Finals – Top & Bottom 4 mats
Middle School Division – 1st Round Consolations 2 mats

Saturday, January 14th
8:00 a.m. American High School, 1st Round Consolations 4 mats
Black & Blue High School, 1st Round Consolations 4 mats
National High School, Loser & Loser Consolation 2 mats
10:00 a.m. National College, 2nd Round Consolations 4 mats
Black & Blue High School, 2nd Round Consolation 4 mats
American High School, 2nd Round Consolation – Top Bracket 2 mats
12:00 p.m. National High School, Consolations Quarters 2 mats
American High School, 2nd Round Consolation – Bottom Bracket 2 mats
Black & Blue High School, Loser & Loser Consolation 2 mats
American High School, Loser & Loser Consolation 2 mats
Middle School Division, Semi-Finals 2 mats
2:00 p.m. National College, Semi-Finals 2 mats
American College, Semi-Finals 2 mats
National High Schools, Semi-Finals 2 mats
American High School, Semi-Finals 2 mats
Black & Blue High School, Semi-Finals 2 mats
4:00 p.m. National College, 3rd Round Consolations 2 mats
American College, Consolation Semi Finals 2 mats
National High School, Consolation Quarter Finals 2 mats
American High School, Consolation Quarter Finals 2 mats
Black & Blue High School, Consolation Quarter Finals 2 mats
6:00 p.m. National College, 5th & 6th Place 1 mat
National College, 7th & 8th Place 1 mat
American College, 3rd & 4th Place 1 mat
American High School, Consolation Semi-Finals 2 mats
Black & Blue, Consolation Semi-Finals 2 mat
Middle School Division, 3rd & 4th Place 1 mat
Middle School Division, 5rd & 6th Place 1 mat
Middle School Division, Loser & Loser Consolation 1 mat
8:30 p.m. National College Finals 1 mat
Nation College 3rd & 4th Place 1 mat
American College Finals 1 mat
National High School Finals 1 mat
National High School 3rd & 4th Place 1 mat
American High School Finals 1 mat
American High School 3rd & 4th Place 1 mat
Black & Blue High School Finals 1 mat
Black & Blue 3rd & 4th Place 1 mat
Middle School Finals 1 mat