Pitt’s final wrestling dual of the regular season was on Friday night with the No. 15 Panthers traveling to face the No. 23 Virginia Cavaliers. It was another dual that came down to the final bout for Pitt but they ultimately hung on for a 20-15 victory.
Big match for Pitt head coach Keith Gavin and assistant Jordan Leen, in particular, as both of those guys were assistants at Virginia before coming to Pitt. Ditto from the standpoint of grappler Micky Phillippi, who wrestled there before transferring to the Panthers.
Pitt got off to a good start with the lineup a little out of sorts.