TEMPE, Ariz.—The Arizona State wrestling team (9-7, 0-2 Pac-12) edged out West Virginia, 18-17, on Saturday as the Sun Devils hosted a tri meet with the Mountaineers and Pac-12 foe Stanford at Wells Fargo Arena.
ASU picked up the narrow win over the Mountaineers before Stanford picked up a win over both West Virginia (20-15) and the Sun Devils (23-13).
In the Sun Devils’ win over the Mountaineers, both teams accumulated 17 team points, but per NCAA rule 3.15.3, ASU earned the tiebreaker point with a greater number of match points for decisions, major decisions, and tech falls, 53 to 49.