November 8, 2001

BLACKSBURG - The Virginia Tech wrestling team will take to the road for its season opener, traveling to Edinboro to face the defending Eastern Wrestling League champions Sunday afternoon.

The young Hokie squad is led by two-time All-American Sean Gray, who will once again wrestle at 141 pounds. Scott Justus, who was an honorable mention All-American a year ago, and Gray are the only wrestlers on the roster to record a collegiate victory at Tech. Two transfers recorded wins last year at another school.

The No. 11 Fighting Scots feature defending national champion Josh Koscheck, who was undefeated last season at 174 pounds. Freshman Tomas Ovalle will draw this assignment in his first collegiate match.

In all, there will be eight new faces in the Tech lineup, possibly including up to four transfers. As many as five freshmen could wrestle, as well.

The probable lineups for Sunday's match is as follows:

VIRGINIA TECH:  0-0            
Wt.   Wrestler        Record   Rank*
125   Geoff Head        0-0
      David Friedman    0-0
133   David Hoffman     0-0
141   Sean Gray         0-0     2nd
149   Reed Carpenter    0-0
157   Mike Cox          0-0
165   Joshua Walker     0-0
      Jake Wareing      0-0
174   Tomas Ovalle      0-0
184   Scott Justus      0-0     9th
197   Mike Carr         0-0
285   Pete Pool         0-0
vs. #11 EDINBORO:  0-0
Wt.   Wrestler        Record   Rank*
125   Shawn Bunch       0-0
133   Cory Ace          0-0     8th
141   Chad Caros        0-0
149   Nate Yetzer       0-0
157   Ryan Yates        0-0
165   Matt R. King      0-0
      Vinnie Courts     0-0
174   Josh Koscheck     0-0     1st
184   Matt Camino       0-0
197   David Shunamon    0-0     5th
285   Josh Pearce       0-0
* - from the Amateur Wrestling News rankings