TEMPE, Ariz.— The No. 5 Sun Devils return home after two weeks on the road to open the season, hosting No. 22 Pitt on Sunday, Nov. 19 at 12 noon at ASU Gammage Theatre.
Road closures will be in effect throughout Tempe due to the Ironman triathlon, so fans are encouraged to arrive early to avoid traffic. Look at the attached link for more information on road closures. Free public parking will be available in lot 3.
Live scoring can be found on Trackwrestling while the match will be live streamed through ASU's website for free. Links are on the schedule page on TheSunDevils.com.
GOLD OUT
Fans are encouraged to wear GOLD to Sunday's match for a "Gold Out" home opener.
GUEST COACH
Head Sun Devil baseball coach Tracy Smith will be the honorary guest coach for Sunday's match.
ASU PROBABLES
125: #5 Millhof (3-1)/Kramer (5-3)
133: Naser (5-3)
141: Villarreal (3-3)/Crooks (3-4)
149: #13 Maruca (7-2)
157: #5 Shields (6-0)/Tsirtsis (2-2)
165: #8 A. Valencia (4-3)
174: #1 Z. Valencia (2-0)
184: Small (0-2)/Norfleet (0-2)
197: Harris (2-3)/Belshay (0-1)
HWT: #3 Hall (0-1)
UP NEXT
After hosting Pitt on Sunday, the Sun Devils welcome South Dakota State on Sunday, Nov. 26 (12 noon) as they move back to Wells Fargo Arena.
SHIELDS AND VALENCIA EARN WEEKLY HONORS
Josh Shields (157) and Zahid Valencia (174), both undefeated on the season, were honored for their performances Nov. 10/12 as Shields was named National College Wrestler of the Week by The Open Mat and Valencia received the same honor from FloWrestling.
Within a week, Valencia defeated the previous No. 1 Mark Hall (Nov. 5) at the NWCA All-Star Classic as well as No. 4 Myles Amine (Michigan) and No. 3 Bo Jordan (Ohio State). Shields defeated No. 7 Alec Pantaleo (Michigan) and No. 5 Micah Jordan (Ohio State).
VALENCIA MOVES BACK TO NO. 1
After defeating reigning national champion Mark Hall (Penn State), 3-2, at the NWCA All-Star Classic on Nov. 5, Zahid Valencia moved back to No. 1 at 174 lbs. in several polls including Intermat, FloWrestling, and TrackWrestling.
GRAPPLING AT GAMMAGE
In a first of it's kind event, Arizona State will take their home opener to a different venue, hosting Pitt on Sunday, Nov. 19 at ASU Gammage Theatre on the ASU Tempe campus.
"Wrestling has performed on the biggest stages in the world - the Coliseum in Rome, Times Square, the U.S.S. Intrepid on the Hudson River, and even NYC's Grand Central Station. Now we will make our own small part of history when we wrestle Pitt in one of Arizona's iconic buildings. It will be an excellent venue for wrestling and a historical event in ASU history and we're proud to be a part of it."
ASU Gammage was designed in partnership with then-President Grady Gammage and famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright in the mid-1950's. Though neither lived to see the blueprints take life, the building was completed in Sept. 1964 and is the only public building in Arizona designed by Wright.
The Gammage stage has welcomed a vast number of musical, artistic, and cultural talents over the years including B.B. King, Johnny Cash, and Elton John, a 2004 presidential debate, and numerous Broadway touring plays including The Phantom of the Opera, Wicked, the Lion King, and more.
