November 16, 2006

BLACKSBURG - Members of the Virginia Tech wrestling team will spend their first weekend of Thanksgiving Break competing in two tournaments. Senior Steve Borja, who is ranked as high as fourth in the country, and Steve Ratley will be the lone Hokies competing in the Kaufman-Brand Open, held in Omaha, Neb., on Saturday while other members of the team will compete in the ESU Open in East Stroudsburg, Pa.

Here are the lineups and weight classes of those scheduled to compete Saturday.

Kaufman-Brand Open
Results: http://gomavs.unomaha.edu/tournament.php?sport_name=wrestling&tournament_id=54
174 Steve Ratley
184 Steve Borja

ESU Open
Results: http://www3.esu.edu/athletics/wrestling.asp
133 Matt Rosen
141 Andre Johnson
149 Jon Bonilla-Bowman
157 Derek Gallagher
165 Eddie Baughan
165 Robert Buck
165 Eric Decker
184 Jimmy Young
197 Tim Miller
285 Tyler Robey

After this weekend, the team will rejoin to host 18^th-ranked Nebraska on Friday night before the home football game against the University of Virginia. The wrestling match, which is free to the public, will start at 4 p.m., and will be held in Cassell Coliseum.