BLACKSBURG, Va. – No. 7 Jacob A. Smith picked up the lone win of the day with a 8-2 decision over Dylan Cook as the West Virginia University wrestling team dropped a 32-2 match to No. 10 Virginia Tech at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Virginia, on Friday evening.
Smith was slated to take on fellow West Virginia native No. 8 Jared Haught of Parkersburg, but Haught did not weigh in for the Hokies.
Smith used a first period takedown, riding Cook out for most of the period, to take a 2-0 lead. He chose bottom in the second, scoring an escape to push his advantage to 3-0 after five minutes of action.