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goodbadugly OP
Jan 04, 2026 at 08:19 AM ET
Sasso med. forfeited vs. Little?
That sucks! Hope it’s minor and he doesn’t miss significant time. Was looking forward to that match.

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Nafeikoh
6mo
I have it on good authority that it's just a dinger
He'll be fine.
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Heathrow Hokie
6mo
Too bad
I’m sure it’s legitimate because sasso had everything to gain by Wrestlng little and nothing to lose…. Wins over quality of opponents are much more important than winning percentage.
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emhokie
6mo
Agreed. I have never got the impression we duck good competition
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MC4VT
6mo
Same.
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MC4VT
6mo
Well that sucks.
Curious what the story is. Did he get hurt in warmup? He sure looked fine walking off after his last win. I was also looking forward to his semis match.
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MC4VT
6mo
Im NOT suggesting that we are ducking anyone. Just curious what happened.
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PalmHokie
6mo
The pessimist in me thinks the optics looks like a duck...
Hopefully not the case, hopefully just something minor!
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Hokiesplatz
6mo
Pretty sure Sasso takes a loss for the medical forfeit -new rule on ducking
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goodbadugly OP
6mo
Isn’t it an L for first forfeit of an event? Doesn’t seem like ducking
would have any benefit.
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PalmHokie
6mo
No Head to Head loss come tourney seeding.
Could be just be a weight thing or caught a dinger last match. Ducking has become more and more prevalent in the sport which is why my jaded ass jumped to that conclusion.
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Hokie90_CA
6mo
He can’t be injured…
…likely just gamesmanship for a potential meeting in the NCAAT.
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Hokie90_CA
6mo
They’ve never faced each other
Sasso has a win (MD) over Novak and he will get two cracks at Stout (Pittsburgh) and will likely get a win over Posada (Stanford). If he wins those matches he will be a top 10 seed in the NCAAT. I guess the calculus is that it is better for Sasso not to give Little an early scout of Sasso’s unique style of wrestling and then have it bite him in the tourney. Henson maybe to some extent won the NCAAs because he wrestled Lovett at CKLV earlier that year. It clearly was a disbenefit to Lovett for Henson to get that early read on him.
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PalmHokie
6mo
A total aside
Lovett stalled for 7 minutes. That is all.