Season Preview
2021-22
SEASON PREVIEW After going 7-3 and receiving seven votes in the NCAA poll to end the abbreviated 2021 season, West Virginia’s wrestling team is back for a total of 16 events in a march toward another appearance at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships.
Oklahoma in the home opener (Nov. 13), Oklahoma State in the final tri-meet of the season (Jan. 16), and Wyoming to close out the regular season.
“The guys are really excited for this season,” coach Tim Flynn said. “We have a really good group of freshmen together with upperclassman that are a year older, a year stronger and a year better. There has been a lot of optimism since we arrived three seasons ago, and this season shall be no different.”
“It is a real challenging schedule for sure, just with the Big 12 Conference alone,” Flynn explained. “Obviously you have Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and Iowa State, and the addition of Wyoming becoming a top-20, top-15 program, but now we add two top-10 programs in NC State and Virginia Tech. You put that all together and we probably have one of the toughest schedules in the country.”
Flynn has installed a fourth-season slate filled with many obstacles along the journey to the postseason. Highlighting the 16 dates are seven duals against top-25 competition according to the latest InterMat team dual rankings, which includes home showcases against
The Mountaineers challenge NC State (Nov. 21) on the second day of a four-match road trip and rival Virginia Tech (Jan. 9) in the second week of the new year, followed by South Dakota State (Jan. 28), and Iowa State in a pair of Big 12 duals as part of 11 events away from the Coliseum.
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