2021-22 Season Review

• west virginia ranked 25th periodically in the Dual Meet Rankings by interMat and remained in the top 40 in tournament rankings provided by Flowrestling, interMat, and win Magazine • In the postseason, WVU finished in a tie for seventh (62�5 points) at the 2022 Big 12 wrestling Championship and 32nd (8�5 points) at the NCAA Division i wrestling

Championships� its total points at the Big 12 Championship marked the most earned by the squad since 2016� • it was the second consecutive season that four Mountaineer grapplers qualified for the NCAA tournament and the third year in which four or more wrestlers have qualified during coach Tim Flynn’s tenure� Redshirt senior Killian Cardinale (125) and sophomores Peyton Hall (165) and Dennis Robin (174) earned automatic bids following their strong conference championship performances, while redshirt sophomore Michael wolfgram (HwT) received an at-large selection to the national tournament; both

Robin and wolfgram made their NCAA tournament debuts�

• Hall comes into this season after earning

All-America honors following his defeat of

No� 19 Justin McCoy of virginia to reserve his spot on the podium� Despite falling in the seventh-place bracket to No� 7 Carson

Kharchla of Ohio State, the Chester, west Virginia, native became the first

Mountaineer to earn All-America accolades at 165 pounds and extends the squad’s streak of at least one All-

American to three consecutive seasons� • Like Hall, Cardinale advanced to the quarterfinals in the 125-pound bracket, finishing 2-2 at the three-day tournament, coming one win away from earning his second consecutive All-America honor� • The Bristow, virginia native claimed the third Big 12 Championship in program history, becoming the first Mountaineer to do it at 125 pounds� • Seven WVU wrestlers finished on the podium at the Big 12 Championship, matching a program-best set by the 2016 team, including Cardinale claiming the top spot at 125 pounds and Hall earning second at 165 pounds� • The Mountaineers placed seventh at the 2022 Southern Scuffle, billed as the top in-season collegiate wrestling tournament in the country� Cardinale and Hall highlighted the event for west virginia, earning runner-up finishes in the weekend-long event hosted by UT

Chattanooga� • wvU opened the season with a secondplace finish (153.5 points) at the Clarion

Open, where Hall won the crown at 165 pounds and eight other Mountaineers making the top six of their respective weight classes� • Nine Mountaineers earned a spot on the 2022 Academic All-Big 12 wrestling teams to break the program record of eight, set in 2021� All but two of the honorees landed on the Academic All-Big 12 First

Team, which is also a program best�