The Virginia wrestling team finished its season with a 34th-place finish at the NCAA Championships, the team’s best finish in the event since 2004.
Sophomore Chris Henrich led the way for the Cavaliers and was named an All-American, placing seventh in the 174-pound division. Henrich is the 10th All-American in Virginia wrestling history. His 40 wins this season are tied for the fourth most in a single season at Virginia and are the most wins ever for a sophomore.
Senior Rocco Caponi, meanwhile, ended his career in the first round but made it halfway through the 184-pound wrestleback division before falling to No. 6-seed Joshua Patterson of Binghamton. He finished with an 111-33 career record, three ACC titles and four NCAA Championship appearances.
Other grapplers making appearances at the NCAA Championships included sophomore Nick Nelson, who fell one win shy of All-American status after losing to the top seed in the 141-pound division. Junior Brent Jones, redshirt freshman Matt Bonson and junior Kellon Balum lost their first two matches and were eliminated from the 197-, 133- and 149-pound divisions, respectively. Freshman Jedd Moore, competing in the 157-pound division, lost his first round match but won his first wrestleback match before falling to the No. 7 seed.
—compiled by Ben Gomez
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