WRESTLING MATCH NOTES No. 25 LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (2-2) VS. 2020-21 SCHEDULE ARMY BLACK KNIGHTS (2-1) - 2/6 - 2 PM JJanuaryanuary No. 14 NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS (2-2) - 2/6 - 5 PM 2 HOFSTRA*HOFSTRA* C Canceledanceled RIDER BRONCS (2-1) - 2/7 - 1 PM 9 a att NNo.o. 1313 PittsburghPittsburgh L L,, 224-94-9 Leeman Turner Arena at Grace Hall - Bethlehem, Pa. 1166 a att NNavy*avy* L,L, 21-921-9 Video (all 3 duals): Service Electric Network, Lehighsports.com/watch 2244 DDREXEL*REXEL* C Canceledanceled Radio (UNC and Rider only): Fox Sports Radio 1230/1320 AM and 94.7 FM Allentown, LVFoxSports.com 3300 No.No. 2255 BBINGHAMTON*INGHAMTON* W W,, 119-169-16 3311 LLIU*IU* W W,, 446-06-0 FFebruaryebruary 6 AARMYRMY WWESTEST PPOINT*OINT* 2 2:00:00 6 N No.o. 1144 NNORTHORTH CCAROLINAAROLINA 5 5:00:00 7 RIDERRIDER 1 1:00:00 1133 AAMERICAN*MERICAN* 4 4:00:00 1144 BBUCKNELL*UCKNELL* 2 2:00:00 2266 a att EEIWAIWA ChampionshipsChampionships ((Manheim,Manheim, PPa.)a.) MMarcharch 118-208-20 a att NNCAACAA ChampionshipsChampionships ((St.St. LLouis)ouis)

HHomeome ddualsuals iinn BBOLDOLD CCAPSAPS **EIWAEIWA OOpponentpponent AAllll hhomeome dualsduals forfor 2020-212020-21 seasonseason wwillill bbee hheldeld iinn LLeeman-Turnereeman-Turner AArenarena aatt GGracerace HHallall MOUNTAIN HAWKS OPEN FEBRUARY WITH THREE HOME DUALS On the heels of a 2-0 home showing last weekend, Lehigh opens February with three home duals over two days inside Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall. On Saturday, the Mountain Hawks will host EIWA rival SPORTS COMMUNICATIONS Army West Point and No. 14 North Carolina, before welcoming Rider on Sunday. Lehigh finally opened its home schedule last weekend with wins over Binghamton and LIU to re-enter the NWCA Top 25 at No. 25. Director, Communications (Wrestling SID) ...... Steve Lomangino The Mountain Hawks erased a 16-9 deficit with back-to-back bonus wins to rally past Binghamton 19-16 Office ...... (610) 758-3174 last Saturday, then routed LIU 46-0 on Sunday for Lehigh’s first shutout victory since 2016. Cell ...... (917) 579-0976 E-mail ...... [email protected] LEHIGH PROBABLE STARTERS 2021 Career Career Dual Bonus SOCIAL MEDIA 125 Jaret Lane (Jr., Catawissa, Pa.) 2-0 27-13 4-3 18 OR Sheldon Seymour (Fr., Troy, Pa.) 1-3 1-3 1-1 1 Twitter ...... @LehighWrestling/@LehighSports 133 Malyke Hines (Fr., Kissimmee, Fla.) 3-1 3-1 2-1 1 Instagram ...... @lehighwrestling/@lehigh_sports OR Mitch Polito (So., East Brunswick, N.J.) 2-1 9-6 2-0 4 Facebook ...... @LehighWrestling/@LehighAthletics 141 Connor McGonagle (Fr., Danville, N.H.) 0-2 0-2 0-2 0 Website ...... Lehighsports.com OR Joe Lobeck (Sr., Lancaster, Pa.) 1-2 20-14 2-5 12 149 Jimmy Hoffman (Jr., Drums, Pa.) 2-1 28-15 9-7 16 OR Paul Watkins (Fr., Cumming, Ga.) 1-2 1-2 1-1 1 157 Luca Frinzi (Fr., Quakertown, Pa.) 2-0 2-0 2-0 1 OR AJ Burkhart (So., Athens, Pa.) 1-1 11-9 0-1 2 OR Manzona Bryant IV (Fr., Columbus, Ohio) 2-0 2-0 0-0 1 37-TIME TEAM CHAMPIONS OR Nathan Haubert (Fr., Upper Black Eddy, Pa.) Deferred Eligibility in 2019-20 220 INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS 165 Brian Meyer (So., Phillipsburg, N.J.) 0-2 10-19 5-11 5 OR Thayne Lawrence (Fr., Perryopolis, Pa.) 1-4 1-4 1-2 0 174 Jake Logan (Fr., New Rochelle, N.Y.) 2-1 2-1 1-1 0 OR Connor Herceg (Fr., Nazareth, Pa.) 3-2 3-2 1-1 1 184 JT DavisKRAMER (Fr., Smyrna, Del.)KRAMER KRAMER 2-3 2-3 1-3 KRAMER 2 28 INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL | | FR. | Guard FR. | Guard FR. | Guard OR CadenFR. WrightGuard (Fr., Emmaus,FR. Guard Pa.) 3-1 3-1 3-1 1 CHAMPIONS OR Andrew Shedleski (So., Selinsgrove, Pa.) 0-1 3-3 0-0 0 158 ALL-AMERICANS 197 Jake Jakobsen (Sr., Sciota, Pa.) 2-2 40-28 19-15 23 285 Jordan Wood (Sr., Gilbertsville, Pa.) 2-0 66-17 37-10 25

2020-21 LEHIGH WRESTLING | No. 25 LEHIGH VS. ARMY/No. 14 N. CAROLINA/RIDER | PAGE 2 2020-21 LEHIGH WRESTLING ROSTER Name Yr./El. Wt. Hometown/High School Major Satoshi Abe Sr./Jr. 133 Putnam Valley, N.Y./Putnam Valley Mechanical Engineering Dylan Ammerman 5th/Sr. 184/197 Dushore, Pa./Sullivan County Energy Systems Engineering* Manzona Bryant IV Fr./Fr. 157 Columbus, Ohio/Western Reserve Academy Arts and Sciences AJ Burkhart Jr./So. 157 Athens, Pa./Athens Area Earth and Environmental Science Karam Chakif Fr./Fr. 285 Allentown, Pa./Dieruff Engineering JT Cooley Sr./Jr. 157 Gilbertsville, Pa./Boyertown Accounting Trey Cornish 5th/Sr. 174 Raleigh, N.C./Athens Drive (STEM) Management* JT Davis Fr./Fr. 184 Middletown, Del./Smyrna Business Luca Frinzi So./Fr. 157/165 Quakertown, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic Business Eli Grape Sr./Jr. 184/197 Pittsburgh, Pa./Upper St. Clair Supply Chain Management Nathan Haubert So./Fr. 149 Upper Black Eddy, Pa./Palisades Business Connor Herceg Fr./Fr. 165 Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth Business Brock Herring Sr./Jr. 141 Signal Mountain, Tenn./McCallie School Computer Science and Business Malyke Hines So./Fr. 133/141 Kissimmee, Fla./Osceola Arts and Sciences Jimmy Hoffman Sr./Jr. 149 Drums, Pa./Hazleton Area History Josh Humphreys Jr./Jr. 157 Parkersburg, W. Va./Parkersburg South Management Jake Jakobsen 5th/Sr. 197 Sciota, Pa./Stroudsburg Health, Medicine and Society Eli Jones Jr./So. 285 Perkiomenville, Pa./Boyertown Mechanical Engineering Luke Karam 5th/Sr. 141/149 Bath, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic English Sean Kilrain Fr./Fr. 165/174 Washington, D.C./Blair Academy Business Victor Lacombe Sr./Jr. 285 Whitehouse Station, N.J./Hunterdon Central Accounting Jaret Lane Jr./Jr. 125/133 Catawissa, Pa./Southern Columbia Supply Chain Management Thayne Lawrence Fr./Fr. 165 Perryopolis, Pa./Frazier Arts and Sciences Joe Lobeck 5th/Sr. 141 Lancaster, Pa./Lancaster Catholic Technical Entrepreneurship* Jake Logan So./Fr. 174 New Rochelle, N.Y./New Rochelle Business Connor McGonagle So./Fr. 141 Danville, N.H./Timberlane Arts and Sciences Brian Meyer Jr./So. 157/165 Phillipsburg, N.J./Phillipsburg Mechanical Engineering TJ Moore Fr./Fr. 285 Lebanon, Pa./Cedar Crest Engineering Dan Moran Sr./Jr. 141 Bethlehem, Pa./Northampton Supply Chain Management Drew Munch Fr./Fr. 133/141 East Stroudsburg, Pa./Wyoming Seminary Arts and Engineering Brandon Paetzell 5th/Sr. 125 Phillipsburg, N.J./Phillipsburg (Rutgers) Supply Chain Management Mitchell Polito Jr./So. 125/133 East Brunswick, N.J./East Brunswick International Relations Edmond Ruth So./Fr. 165/174 Harrisburg, Pa./Susquehanna Twp. Arts and Sciences Sheldon Seymour Fr./Fr. 125 Troy, Pa./Troy Business Andrew Shedleski Jr./So. 184/197 Selinsgrove, Pa./Lewisburg Astrophysics Steven Storm Fr./Fr. 141/149 Stroudsburg, Pa./Pocono Mountain East Arts and Sciences Tyler Sung Fr./Fr. 157 New Canaan, Conn./New Canaan Arts and Sciences Paul Watkins So./Fr. 149 Cumming, Ga./North Forsyth Mechanical Engineering Jordan Wood 5th/Sr. 285 Gilbertsville, Pa./Boyertown Management Caden Wright Fr./Fr. 184 Macungie, Pa./Emmaus Engineering

* Ammerman, Cornish and Lobeck have earned their undergraduate degrees. Ammerman in Mechanical Engineering, Cornish in Mechanical Engineer- ing and Design, and Lobeck in Supply Chain Management

COACHING STAFF PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Lawrence White ‘64 Head Coach: Pat Santoro (Pittsburgh ‘92) - 13th season Abe Ah-BAY Associate Head Coach: Brad Dillon (Lehigh ‘04) - 13th season Karam Chakif Kah-romm Shuh-Keef Assistant Coach: Zach Rey (Lehigh ‘12) - Third season (Luke) Karam CARE-um Paetzell PATE-zull Volunteer Assistant Coach: Darian Cruz (Lehigh ‘18) - First season

FROM ALL OVER Lehigh prides itself in bringing in student-athletes from across the nation. This season, 12 different states (plus Washington, D.C.) are represented among the 40 men on the Mountain Hawks’ roster. Pennsylvania leads the way with 24 wrestlers, followed by New Jersey (4) and New York (2). Con- necticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee and West Virginia are also represented.

Lehigh Sports Communications | Lehighsports.com | @LehighSports 2020-21 LEHIGH WRESTLING | No. 25 LEHIGH VS. ARMY/No. 14 N. CAROLINA/RIDER | PAGE 3 NWCA TOP 25 INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS After posting wins by fall in his first two matches of the season, senior Jordan Wood entered four of the five national rankings listed below. Wood is ranked sixth by Amateur Wrestling News and Dual Strength - 2/2/21 fifth by InterMat, The Open Mat and Track Wrestling. Six Mountain Hawks are ranked in the top 33 by Trackwrestling and five are ranked by The Open Mat. Three Mountain Hawks appear in rank- 1. Iowa 2. Michigan ings by both FloWrestling and AWN. Just two Lehigh wrestlers are ranked by InterMat, with senior 3. North Carolina State Brandon Paetzell ranked at 133 but is yet to compete this season. Paetzell, senior Jake Jakobsen, 4. Penn State junior Jaret Lane and freshman Malyke Hines are ranked by three of the five outlets. Hines is 5. Oklahoma State ranked at 133 by The Open Mat and at 141 by AWN and Trackwrestling. Junior Jimmy Hoffman 6. Missouri appears in two polls, while freshman Jake Logan is ranked by Trackwrestling at 174. 7. Nebraska 8. Virginia Tech Weight Wrestler IM FLO AWN TOM Track 9. Illinois 125 Jaret Lane — – 24 — – 31 31 10. Arizona State 133 Brandon Paetzell 10 9 9 — – — – 11. Ohio State 12. Iowa State 133 Malyke Hines — – — – 17 (141) 31 20 (141) 13. Minnesota 149 Jimmy Hoffman — – — – — – 25 22 14. North Carolina 174 Jake Logan — – — – — – — – 23 15. Pittsburgh 197 Jake Jakobsen — – 19 — – 19 16 16. Northern Iowa 285 Jordan Wood 5 — – 6 5 5 17. Wisconsin 18. Purdue LAST TIME OUT 19. Oklahoma 20. Virginia Lehigh was finally able to compete on its home mats and the Mountain Hawks responded to 21. Navy several challenges to post victories over Binghamton and LIU last weekend. The Mountain Hawks’ 22. Stanford lineup for both duals featured seven first or second-year wrestlers and an eighth third-year 23. Michigan State wrestler making his dual debut, but fifth-year seniors Jake Jakobsen and Jordan Wood combined 24. Rutgers to go 4-0 with four bonus wins against the Bearcats and Sharks. Down 16-9, Jakobsen posted a 25. LEHIGH major decision and Wood a third period fall to lift Lehigh past Binghamton 19-16. The duo posted back-to-back falls in 1:07 and 31 seconds, respectively as part of a four-pin, seven-bonus win effort in Lehigh’s 46-0 win over LIU, the Mountain Hawks’ first shutout since a 54-0 blanking of INTERMAT TOP 25 Bloomsburg on Feb. 14, 2016.

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1. Iowa 2. Michigan NCAA CHAMPIONS ALL-AMERICANS 3. Penn State Twenty two Lehigh Wrestlers have won 28 NCAA cham- Lehigh has produced 25 All-Americans over the last nine 4. Oklahoma State pionships, ranking sixth nationally. Darian Cruz captured NCAA tournaments, including three in 2019, to rank eighth 5. North Carolina State Lehigh’s most recent title with his triumph at 125 in 2017. among Division I schools. Lehigh teams have finished in the 6. Virginia Tech top five at the NCAA Championships a remarkable 16 times. 7. Arizona State Rank School Championships Despite the cancellation of the 2020 NCAA Championships, 1. Oklahoma State ...... 142 five Lehigh wrestlers were recognized as All-Americans by 8. Iowa State 2. Iowa ...... 84 the NWCA: Brandon Paetzell, Josh Humphreys and Jordan 9. Nebraska 3. Iowa State ...... 69 Kutler (first team), Jordan Wood (second team), and Chris 10. Missouri 4. Oklahoma ...... 67 Weiler (honorable mention). 11. Ohio State 5. Penn State ...... 44 12. Stanford 6. Lehigh ...... 28 Rank School All-Americans 13. Northwestern 7. Michigan State ...... 25 1. Oklahoma State...... 475 14. Minnesota 8. Illinois ...... 24 2. Iowa ...... 345 15. North Carolina 9. Ohio State ...... 23 3. Iowa State ...... 299 10. Minnesota ...... 22 4. Oklahoma ...... 275 16. Central Michigan Michigan ...... 22 5 Penn State ...... 226 17. Illinois Northern Iowa ...... 22 6. Michigan ...... 199 18. Pittsburgh 13. Cornell ...... 21 7. Minnesota ...... 192 19. Rutgers 14. Wisconsin ...... 18 8. Lehigh ...... 158 20. Utah Valley 15. Pittsburgh ...... 16 9. Michigan State ...... 138 21. West Virginia 10. Illinois ...... 135 22. Virginia 23. Purdue 24. LEHIGH 25. Rider

Lehigh Sports Communications | Lehighsports.com | @LehighSports 2020-21 LEHIGH WRESTLING | No. 25 LEHIGH VS. ARMY/No. 14 N. CAROLINA/RIDER | PAGE 4 ALL-TIME VS. ARMY WEST POINT ALL-TIME VS. NORTH CAROLINA Army is Lehigh’s fifth most-often wrestled opponent, trailing only Penn State, Lehigh and North Carolina meet for the ninth time with the Mountain Hawks Navy, Cornell and Syracuse. Saturday’s dual will be the 69th in the series, with holding a 5-3 lead. Five of the first eight meetings have been neutral site duals Lehigh leading 56-9-3. Lehigh is 19-1-1 in its last 21 duals with Army, with the as North Carolina visits Bethlehem for the first time since 2002. Black Knights’ lone win coming at West Point in 2008. Lehigh and Army are meeting for the fifth consecutive season following a break in the series from Lehigh-North Carolina series 2010 through 2017. 12.30.18 - North Carolina 22, Lehigh 18 (at South Beach Duals) 11.26.11 - Lehigh 27, North Carolina 17 (at Northeast Duals) Last seven Lehigh-Army duals 11.28.09 - Lehigh 26, North Carolina 10 (at Northeast Duals) 1.31.20 - Lehigh 24, Army 9 (at West Orange, N.J.) 1.9.04 - Lehigh 41, North Carolina 0 (at Virginia Duals) 2.16.19 - Lehigh 28, Army 6 (at Lehigh) 2.16.02 - Lehigh 32, North Carolina 7 (at Lehigh) 1.21.18 - Lehigh 30, Army 6 (at Army) 1.7.01 - North Carolina 17, Lehigh 16 (at UNC) 2.10.17 - Lehigh 28, Army 10 (at Lehigh) 1.17.93 - North Carolina 21, Lehigh 14 (ACC vs. EIWA at Penn) 2.14.09 - Lehigh 27, Army 12 (at Lehigh) 1.10.77 - Lehigh 27, North Carolina 16 (at UNC) 2.17.08 - Army 18, Lehigh 15 (at Army) 2.10.07 - Lehigh 28, Army 6 (at Lehigh) LAST TIME THEY MET LAST TIME THEY MET Dec. 30, 2018 Jan. 31, 2020 Broward County Convention Center - Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Tarnoff Gymnasium - West Orange, N.J. No. 12 North Carolina 22, No. 21 Lehigh 18 No. 12 Lehigh 24, No. 19 Army West Point 9 125 – Joe Heilmann (UNC) dec. Luke Resnick (Lehigh) 3-2 125 – Brandon Paetzell (Lehigh) dec. Trey Chalifoux (Army) 6-3 133 – Gary Wayne Harding (UNC) dec. Brandon Paetzell (Lehigh) 5-2 133 – Andrew Wert (Army) dec. Nick Farro (Lehigh) 5-3 141 – A.C. Headlee (UNC) injury default Luke Karam (Lehigh) 1:32 141 – Logan Brown (Army) dec. Ryan Pomrinca (Lehigh) 6-5 149 – Austin O’Connor (UNC) major dec. Cortlandt Schuyler (Lehigh) 16-6 149 – Jimmy Hoffman (Lehigh) dec. P.J. Ogunsanya (Army) 6-5, tb 157 – Josh McClure (UNC) injury default Josh Humphreys (Lehigh) 5:45 157 – Josh Humphreys (Lehigh) dec. Lucas Weiland (Army) 3-0 165 – Gordon Wolf (Lehigh) dec. Sawyer Davidson (UNC) 12-9 165 – Cael McCormick (Army) dec. Brian Meyer (Lehigh) 7-3 174 – Jordan Kutler (Lehigh) Fall Will MacDonald (UNC) 4:20 174 – Jordan Kutler (Lehigh) Fall Ben Harvey (Army) 4:54 184 – Ryan Preisch (Lehigh) dec. Chip Ness (UNC) 4-1 184 – Chris Weiler (Lehigh) dec. Noah Stewart (Army) 7-2 197 – Kyle Gentile (Lehigh) dec. Hunter Queen (UNC) 9-3 197 – Jake Jakobsen (Lehigh) dec. Alex Hopkins (Army) 4-1 285 – Jordan Wood (Lehigh) dec. Cory Daniel (UNC) 6-4 285 – Jordan Wood (Lehigh) dec. Ben Sullivan (Army) 4-0 SCOUTING THE TAR HEELS SCOUTING THE BLACK KNIGHTS North Carolina is 2-2 on the season and will visit Pitt Friday night prior to com- Army West Point is 2-1 on the dual season. The Black Knights bounced back ing to Lehigh. The Tar Heels own wins over Gardner-Webb and Duke but are from a 23-10 loss to Binghamton on Jan. 23 by defeating Bucknell 26-8 on Jan. coming off losses to top 10 ACC foes NC State and Virginia last weekend. 31. Army also owns a win over Hofstra and wrestled matches against LIU. The Tar Heels are ranked 14th in the NWCA poll and feature five wrestlers Two Black Knights appear in the InterMat rankings: Markus Hartman (No. 17 at ranked in the top 20 by InterMat, led by junior Austin O’Connor who is ranked 157) and JT Brown (No. 15 at 197). Lane Peters, Corey Shie and PJ Ogunsanya all No. 1 at 149. Kennedy Monday is ranked ninth at 165. Jaime Hernandez and appear in other polls, as does heavyweight Ben Sullivan. Army finished third at Zach Sherman are ranked 11th at 133 and 141, respectively. Clay Lautt is ranked last year’s EIWA championships. Hartman, JT Brown and Sullivan are all return- 19th at 184, but could swap positions with Devin Kane. ing NCAA qualifiers. Coleman Scott is in his seventh season as North Carolina’s head coach. Kevin Ward is in his seventh season as Army’s head coach. NORTH CAROLINA PROBABLE STARTERS ARMY WEST POINT PROBABLE STARTERS 125 - Will Guida (Fr., Rockaway, N.J.) 125 – Ryan Chauvin (So., Orlando, Fla.) 133 - No. 11 Jaime Hernandez (Jr., Aurora, Ill.) 133 - Mark Montgomery (Fr., Roselle Park, N.J.) OR Joe Heilmann (So., South Plainfield, N.J.) 141 - Lane Peters (Sr., Uhrichsville, Ohio) 141 - No. 11 Zach Sherman (Jr., Islamorada, Fla.) OR Logan Brown (So., Allen, Texas) OR Connor Alexander (R-Fr., Richmond, Va.) 149 - PJ Ogunsanya (Jr., River Forest, Ill.) 149 - No. 1 Austin O’Connor (Jr., Lockport, Ill.) OR Corey Shie (Jr., Fairfield, Ohio) OR Nick Lirette (Sr., Boutte, La.) OR Tanner Craig (Fr., Camas, Wash.) 157 - Josh McClure (Sr., Fulton, Mo.) 157 - No. 17 Markus Hartman (Jr., Barrington, Ill.) OR Sonny Santiago (Fr., Downey, Calif.) 165 - Owen Brown (Jr., Commerce, Ga.) 165 - No. 9 Kennedy Monday (Sr., Arlington, Texas) OR Beau Guffey (Sr., Tuttle, Okla.) OR Sawyer Davidson (Sr., Asheboro, N.C.) 174 - Brad Laughlin (Jr., Yorktown, Ind.) 174 - No. 19 (at 184) Clay Lautt (Jr., Olathe, Kan.) 184- Taylor Brown (Sr., Warrensburg, Mo.) OR Gavin Kane (Fr., Milton, Ga.) 197 - No. 15 JT Brown (Jr., Elyria, Ohio) 184 - Devin Kane (Sr., Milton, Ga.) 285 - Ben Sullivan (Jr., New Paris, Ohio) 197 - Max Shaw (R-Fr., Pittsburgh, Pa.) OR Bobby Heald (Sr., Bedford, N.H.) OR Mark Chaid (So., San Jose, Calif.) 285 - Andrew Gunning (Sr., Bethlehem, Pa.) OR Brandon Whitman (Jr., Dundee, Mich.)

Lehigh Sports Communications | Lehighsports.com | @LehighSports 2020-21 LEHIGH WRESTLING | No. 25 LEHIGH VS. ARMY/No. 14 N. CAROLINA/RIDER | PAGE 5 LEHIGH BY THE NUMBERS WELCOMING BACK THE BIG GUY Dual matches at home: ...... 2-0 Lehigh received a boost with the return of heavyweight Jordan Wood to the lineup last weekend. Wood Duals on the road: ...... 0-2 went 2-0 with two falls, the first of which clinched the Mountain Hawks’ come-from-behind win over Bing- Duals at a neutral site: ...... 0-0 hamton. Wood re-entered the national rankings at No. 5 and has a chance this year to become Lehigh’s Duals in Pennsylvania:...... 2-1 fifth four-time EIWA champion. Wood went 17-5 last season and was a second team NWCA All-American. The two-time All-American owns a 66-17 career record. Wood originally planned on an Olympic redshirt and Day Matches: ...... 2-0 spent his fall semester active in freestyle. He was eligible for the Olympic redshirt by way of winning a Cadet Night Matches:...... 0-2 world silver medal in 2014.

When winning opening bout: ...... 1-2 When losing opening bout: ...... 1-0 FOR THE FIRST TIME Two Mountain Hawks wrestled their first official bouts for the Mountain Hawks last weekend as part of a When leading after five bouts: ...... 2-0 group of six that wrestled in their first career duals. Deferred freshman Luca Frinzi went 2-0 in his debut When trailing after five bouts: ...... 0-1 while true freshman Drew Munch won against LIU after losing an extra match against Binghamton. Four- When tied after five bouts:...... 0-1 teen Lehigh wrestlers have wrestled their first official bouts for the Mountain Hawks this season, including 12 who have made their dual debuts. Wears Brown Singlets: ...... 1-1 Wears White Singlets ...... 1-1 MEET THE NEW GUYS The Mountain Hawks have relied on many members of both their true and deferred freshman class so far LEHIGH IN DUALS DECIDED… during the dual season. Five true or deferred freshmen wrestled in Lehigh’s season-opening dual at Pitt By 5 points or fewer: ...... 1-0 and four more competed at Navy. Both of last weekend’s duals featured seven freshmen in the lineup. JT By 6-9 points: ...... 0-0 Davis is the only Lehigh freshman to wrestle in all four duals. Malyke Hines and Thayne Lawrence have each By 10-20 points ...... 0-2 appeared in three. Prior to this season, the last time Lehigh started five freshmen in a dual was Jan. 26, 2018 By more than 20 points: ...... 1-0 when deferred freshmen Nick Farro (133), Luke Karam (141), Dylan Ammerman (184), Chris Weiler (197) and Jordan Wood (285) competed in a 20-17 loss at Virginia Tech. Nearly half of Lehigh’s roster consists of wres- tlers in their first season of eligibility, a group that includes 12 true freshmen and seven deferred freshmen. LEHIGH DUALS BY MONTH… Jake Logan placed eighth at last year’s Southern Scuffle competing unattached at 174. Lehigh’s true fresh- January: ...... 2-2 men class combined for eight state championships and one National Prep title in their high school careers. February: ...... 0-0 NO WINS FOR YOU LEHIGH BY WEIGHT CLASS… Lehigh’s 46-0 win over LIU was its first shutout since blanking Bloomsburg 54-0 on Feb. 16, 2016. The 125 (Lane, Seymour) ...... 3-1 Mountain Hawks had a 28-0 edge in takedowns over the Sharks and allowed just two offensive points, via a 133 (Hines, Polito) ...... 3-1 reversal. Prior to 2016, Lehigh’s last shutout win was a 45-0 win over Drexel on Nov. 5, 2010. 141 (McGonagle, Hines, Munch) ...... 2-2 149 (Hoffman, Watkins) ...... 2-2 LOTS OF LOCALS 157 (Cooley, Burkhart, Frinzi) ...... 2-2 Many Lehigh wrestlers don’t have to venture far from home to wrestle for the Brown and White. Senior 165 (Lawrence, Meyer)...... 1-3 Luke Karam and deferred freshman Luca Frinzi both wrestled for nearby Bethlehem Catholic High School, 174 (Logan, Herceg) ...... 2-2 the same program that produced Lehigh head coach Pat Santoro. Junior Dan Moran (Northampton) and 184 (Davis)...... 1-3 freshmen Karam Chakif (Dieruff), Connor Herceg (Nazareth) and Caden Wright (Emmaus) join Karam and 197 (Jakobsen) ...... 2-2 Frinzi in wrestling for Lehigh Valley East Penn Conference programs. Senior Jake Jakobsen (Stroudsburg) 285 (Lacombe, Wood) ...... 2-2 and freshman Steven Storm (Pocono Mountain East) are from programs in the EPC’s Monroe County Division. Deferred freshman Nathan Haubert wrestled in the Colonial League at Palisades. Senior Brandon ON THE TEEVEE Paetzell and sophomore Brian Meyer hail from Phillipsburg, N.J., just across the state line. All of Lehigh’s scheduled home duals are slated to be televised on Service Electric Network (SEN) as Lehigh continues its long partnership with Service Electric Cable TV and Communica- ACADEMIC SUCCESS tions, the Lehigh Valley’s largest cable provider. Lehigh enjoyed another strong season on the mats, but the Mountain Hawks were equally impressive in the classroom in 2019-20. The Mountain Hawks posted a 3.51 team GPA in the 2020 spring semester. ON THE INTERNET Five Lehigh wrestlers were named to the NWCA All-Academic Team including Jordan Wood and 2020-21 Lehigh Athletics will partner with its website provider SIDEARM returnees Brandon Paetzell and Josh Humphreys. Twenty one Mountain Hawks own GPAs of 3.2 or better. SportsCAREER for streaming THREE-POINT video of all home duals. FIELD Visit Lehighsports. GOALS com/watch to access the streams. Joe Lobeck picked up a 4.0 GPA in his first semester of graduate school. Among undergraduates, Jake Logan owns a 3.82 GPA in business, while Andrew Shedleski holds a 3.81 in astrophysics. Nine true freshman ON THE RADIO eclipsed the 3.2 mark in their first semester, led by Sheldon Seymour’s 3.94. At least four duals this season can also be heard on FOX Sports Radio of the Lehigh Valley (1230/1320 AM and 94.7 FM A LOOK AT WHO’S BACK in Allentown). Lehigh wrestling SID Steve Lomangino handles Lehigh’s 40 man roster now includes six wrestlers who competed at last year’s EIWA championship. With the commentary for his 17th season with Gary Brownell ‘72 providing analysis. his return to the roster, Senior Jordan Wood is a three-time NCAA qualifier and three-time EIWA champion. Seniors Brandon Paetzell and Jake Jakobsen and junior Josh Humphreys are all two-time NCAA qualifiers. THINGS ARE ALWAYS CHANGING Humphreys is a two-time EIWA champion as well. Junior Jimmy Hoffman qualified for his first NCAA Tourna- In this most unusual of wrestling seasons, all schedules and ment last March and sophomore Brian Meyer is a returning starter at 165. Nine other Mountain Hawks on the broadcast information will of course, be subject to change. roster have wrestled a dual meet in their careers. Senior Luke Karam was an EIWA place winner and NCAA Broadcast information for any additional duals to the original schedule will be announced at an appropriate time. qualifier as a freshman in 2018.

Lehigh Sports Communications | Lehighsports.com | @LehighSports 2020-21 LEHIGH WRESTLING | No. 25 LEHIGH VS. ARMY/No. 14 N. CAROLINA/RIDER | PAGE 6 ALL-TIME VS. RIDER 2020-21 LEHIGH QUICK FACTS Lehigh and Rider are meeting for the 22nd time in a series that dates back to GENERAL INFORMATION 1992. The Mountain Hawks lead the series 15-6 and have won five of the last six Location ...... Bethlehem, Pa. meetings. Lehigh and Rider have not met since December 2015. Founded ...... 1865 by Asa Packer Last six Lehigh-Rider duals Undergraduate Enrollment ...... 5,203 12.5.15 - Lehigh 26, Rider 12 (at Rider) President ...... John D. Simon 12.7.14 - Rider 17, Lehigh 16 (at Lehigh) Murray H. Goodman Dean of Athletics ...... Joe Sterrett 11.8.09 - Lehigh 31, Rider 3 (at Lehigh) Nickname ...... Mountain Hawks 12.20.08 - Lehigh 25, Rider 9 (at Rider) 2.14.08 - Lehigh 24, Rider 16 (at Lehigh) Historical Nicknames...... Engineers, Brown and White 1.12.08 - Lehigh 21, Rider 11 (at Virginia Duals) Mascot ...... Mountain Hawk (Clutch) Colors ...... Brown and White LAST TIME THEY MET Home Arenas ...... Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall Dec. 5, 2015 ...... Stabler Arena Alumni Gym - Lawrenceville, N.J. National Affiliation ...... NCAA Division I No. 12 Lehigh 26, Rider 12 Conference ...... EIWA 125 – Darian Cruz (Lehigh) won by forfeit 133 – Mason Beckman (Lehigh) dec. Zach Valcarce (Rider) 6-0 2020-21 TEAM INFORMATION 141 – Randy Cruz (Lehigh) major dec. Paul Kirchner (Rider) 14-2 2019-20 Dual Record ...... 12-3 149 – Laike Gardner (Lehigh) dec. B.J. Clagon (Rider) 9-7 Final 2019-20 NWCA Dual Ranking ...... 10th 157 – Chad Walsh (Rider) dec. Mitch Minotti (Lehigh) 8-7, tb 2020 EIWA Championships Finish ...... 1st 165 – Conor Brennan (Rider) dec. Ryan Preisch (Lehigh) 6-5 EIWA Champions ...... 3 (Josh Humphreys, Jordan Kutler, Jordan Wood) 174 – Wayne Stinson (Rider) dec. Elliot Riddick (Lehigh) 5-3 2020 NCAA Championships Finish ...... n/a 184 – Nathaniel Brown (Lehigh) Fall Steven Nelson (Rider) 2:03 2020 All-Americans ...... 5 - (Brandon Paetzell - 1st team, 197 – Ryan Wolfe (Rider) dec. John Bolich (Lehigh) 5-3 285 – Max Wessell (Lehigh) major dec. Mauro Correnti (Rider) 12-3 Josh Humphreys - 1st team, Jordan Kutler - 1st team, Jordan Wood - 2nd team, Chris Weiler - honorable mention) SCOUTING THE BRONCS Rider returns to the mats for the first time since Jan. 24 when the Broncs visit THE LAST TIME LEHIGH… Lehigh on Sunday. The Broncs dropped their season opener to Binghamton Won a home dual ...... vs. LIU, 1/31/21 (46-0) 27-20 but rebounded with wins over Clarion and most recently George Mason Lost a home dual ...... vs. Penn State, 12/6/19 (23-10) to move to 2-1 on the season. Rider is ranked 25th in this week’s InterMat Tour- Won a road dual ...... at Penn, 2/20/20 (35-9) nament Power Index. Lost a road dual ...... at Navy, 1/16/21 (21-9) Won a neutral site dual ...... vs. Missouri, 12/30/19 (22-9) Two Broncs appear in the latest InterMat rankings led by two-time NCAA qual- Lost a neutral site dual ...... vs. North Carolina, 12/30/18 (22-18) ifier and defending MAC champion Jesse Dellavecchia, who is ranked fourth Won an EIWA dual ...... vs. LIU, 1/31/21 (46-0) at 157. Ethan Laird has moved up from 197 to 285 where he is ranked 14th. Rid- Lost an EIWA dual ...... at Navy, 1/16/21 (21-9) er finished fourth in the MAC last season and qualified four wrestlers for the Tied a dual ...... at Cornell, 1/22/10 (15-15) NCAA Championships. Beat a ranked opponent ...... vs. #25 Binghamton, 1/30/20 (19-16) Lost to a ranked opponent ...... at #13 Pitt, 1/9/21 (24-9) John Hangey, a longtime assistant coach at his alma mater, in his fourth season Beat a top 5 opponent ...... vs. #5 Arizona State, 2/21/20 (19-14) as Rider’s head coach. Lost to a top 5 opponent ...... vs. #3 Penn State, 12/6/19 (23-10) Beat a #1 ranked team ...... vs. Cornell, 1/20/11 (17-15) RIDER PROBABLE STARTERS Lost to a #1 ranked team ...... at Penn State, 12/2/18 (42-0) 125 - Jonathan Tropea (Harrington Park, N.J.) Shut out an opponent ...... vs. LIU, 1/31/21 (46-0) 133 - Richie Koehler (So., Middletown, N.J.) Was shut out ...... at Penn State, 12/2/18 (42-0) 141 - McKenzie Bell (Fr., Swedesboro, N.J.) Scored 50-plus points ...... vs. Bloomsburg, 2/14/16 (54-0) 149 - Wyatt McCarthy (So., Newton, N.J.) Scored 40-49 points ...... vs. LIU, 1/31/21 (46-0) 157 - No. 4 Jesse Dellavecchia (Sr., Great River, N.Y.) Scored 30-39 points...... at Bucknell, 2/14/20 (32-6) 165 - Jake Silverstein (So., Hauppauge, N.Y.) Scored 20-29 points ...... at Army West Point, 1/31/20 (24-9) 174 - Angel Garcia (Fr., Philadelphia, Pa.) Had an EIWA champion ...... 2020 (Three wrestlers) 184 - George Walton (Jr., Franklin, N.J.) Had multiple EIWA champions ...... 2020 (three) 197 - Matt Correnti (Sr., Delran, N.J.) Had an All-American ...... 2020 (five) 285 - No. 14 Ethan Laird (Sr., Waterford, Pa.) Had a NCAA finalist ...... 2017, Darian Cruz - 125 Had multiple NCAA finalists ...... 2012, Brandon Hatchett - 165 ...... and Zach Rey - 285 Had a NCAA Champion ...... 2017, Darian Cruz - 125 Had multiple NCAA champions ...... 1979, Darryl Burley - 134 ...... and Mark Lieberman - 177 Finished top 10 at NCAAs ...... 2012 (8th) Finished top 5 at NCAAs ...... 2004 (3rd)

Lehigh Sports Communications | Lehighsports.com | @LehighSports 2020-21 LEHIGH WRESTLING | No. 25 LEHIGH VS. ARMY/No. 14 N. CAROLINA/RIDER | PAGE 7 2020-21 RESULTS Jan. 30, 2021 Jan. 9, 2021 Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall Fitzgerald Field House - Pittsburgh, Pa. Lehigh 19. No. 25 Binghamton 16 No. 13 Pitt 24, No. 17 Lehigh 9 125 – Micah Roes (Binghamton) dec. Sheldon Seymour (Lehigh) 8-2 125 – Jaret Lane (Lehigh) Fall Colton Camacho (Pitt) 1:58 133 – Mitchell Polito (Lehigh) dec. Anthony Sobotker (Binghamton) 8-3 133 – Micky Phillippi (Pitt) dec. Malyke Hines (Lehigh) 10-5 141 – Malyke Hines (Lehigh) dec. Zack Trampe (Binghamton) 8-7 141 – Cole Matthews (Pitt) dec. Connor McGonagle (Lehigh) 4-3 149 – Michael Zarif (Binghamton) dec. Paul Watkins (Lehigh) 3-1 149 – Jimmy Hoffman (Lehigh) dec. Luke Kemerer (Pitt) 4-0 157 – Luca Frinzi (Lehigh) dec. Chris Barker (Binghamton) 8-3 157 – Tyler Badgett (Pitt) dec. JT Cooley (Lehigh) 6-1 165 – Brevin Cassella (Binghamton) dec. Thayne Lawrence (Lehigh) 10-6 165 – Jake Wentzel (Pitt) dec. Thayne Lawrence (Pitt) 3-0 174 – Jacob Nolan (Binghamton) dec. Connor Herceg (Lehigh) 5-1 174 – Jared McGill (Pitt) dec. Jake Logan (Lehigh) 4-2 184 – Lou DePrez (Binghamton) major dec. JT Davis (Lehigh) 13-1 184 – Gregg Harvey (Pitt) dec. JT Davis (Lehigh) 4-1 197 – Jake Jakobsen (Lehigh) major dec. Sam DePrez (Binghamton) 10-0 197 – Nino Bonaccorsi (Pitt) dec. Jake Jakobsen (Lehigh) 7-2 285 – Jordan Wood (Lehigh) Fall Cory Day (Binghamton) 5:54 285 – Jake Slinger (Pitt) dec. Victor Lacombe (Lehigh) 9-3, sv Extra matches Extra matches 141 – Ivan Garcia (Binghamton) Fall Drew Munch (Lehigh) 4:44 125 – Colton Camacho (Pitt) dec. Sheldon Seymour (Lehigh) 7-4, tb1 184 – Matt Kelly (Binghamton) dec. Caden Wright (Lehigh) 9-2 133 – Louis Newell (Pitt) dec. Satoshi Abe (Lehigh) 5-1 Jan. 31, 2021 141 – Joe Lobeck (Lehigh) dec. Ryan Michaels (Pitt) 9-3 Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall 149 – Mick Burnett (Pitt) dec. Paul Watkins (Lehigh) 8-6 Lehigh 46, LIU 0 157 – Antonio Petrucelli (Pitt) dec. Tyler Sung 6-3 165 – Connor Herceg (Lehigh) dec. Tye Weathersby (Pitt) 6-5 165 – Thayne Lawrence (Lehigh) dec. Ryan Ferro (LIU) 3-1 174 – Tommy O’Brien (Pitt) Fall Trey Cornish (Lehigh) 6:49 174 – Connor Herceg (Lehigh) Fall Tom DiGennaro (LIU) 5:23 184 – Caden Wright (Lehigh) dec. Nicholas Meglino (Pitt) 4-0 184 – JT Davis (Lehigh) major dec. Dan Shafran (LIU) 10-1 197 – James Lledo (Pitt) major dec. Andrew Shedleski (Lehigh) 15-2 197 – Jake Jakobsen (Lehigh) Fall T.J. Franden (LIU) 1:07 285 – Eli Jones (Lehigh) dec. Cole Rickert (Pitt) 2-0 285 – Jordan Wood (Lehigh) Fall Tim Nagosky (LIU) 0:31 Jan. 16, 2021 125 – Sheldon Seymour (Lehigh) Fall Brandon Mercado (LIU) 1:44 Alumni Hall - Annapolis, Md. 133 – Mitch Polito (Lehigh) dec. Devin Matthews (LIU) 7-1 Navy 21, No. 18 Lehigh 9 141 – Drew Munch (Lehigh) dec. Drew Witham (LIU) 6-2 149 – Paul Watkins (Lehigh) major dec. Anthony Dushaj (LIU) 17-4 125 – Jaret Lane (Lehigh) dec. Logan Treaster (Navy) 1-0 157 – Luca Frinzi (Lehigh) tech fall Kenny Cooper (LIU) 19-4, 6:50 133 – Malyke Hines (Lehigh) dec. Jacob Allen (Lehigh) 2-0 Extra matches 141 – Cody Trybus (Navy) dec. Connor McGonagle (Lehigh) 5-3 157 – Manzona Bryant IV (Lehigh) Fall Adam Barker (LIU) 0:54 149 – Casey Cobb (Navy) dec. Jimmy Hoffman (Lehigh) 5-2 184 – Caden Wright (Lehigh) Fall Joe Lopresti (LIU) 0:53 157 – Andrew Cerniglia (Navy) dec. AJ Burkhart (Lehigh) 9-8 165 – Tanner Skidgel (Navy) dec. Brian Meyer (Lehigh) 2-0 THRICE AS NICE 174 – Jake Logan (Lehigh) dec. Dean Caravela (Navy) 7-4 The Mountain Hawks won their third straight EIWA team championship 184 – David Key (Navy) dec. JT Davis (Lehigh) 5-3 last March at Stabler Arena. A tight team race was expected, but a strong 197 – Jacob Koser (Navy) dec. Jake Jakobsen (Lehigh) 6-1 Saturday morning session propelled Lehigh to the team title. The Mountain 285 – John Birchmeier (Navy) dec. Victor Lacombe (Lehigh) 3-1 Hawks placed five wrestlers in the finals and won three individual titles claim Extra matches their 37th team championship. Lehigh scored 154 points to top second place 125 - Logan Treaster (Navy) dec. Sheldon Seymour (Lehigh) 6-4 Cornell by 34. Army West Point finished third with 112 points. The Mountain 133 - Jacob Allen (Navy) dec. Mitchell Polito (Lehigh) 2-1 Hawks’ three individual champions were repeat winners from 2019: Josh 133 - Luke Lucerne (Navy) dec. Satoshi Abe (Lehigh) 8-6 Humphreys, Jordan Kutler and Jordan Wood. Kutler capped his career with 133 - Malyke Hines (Lehigh) major dec. Luke Lucerne (Navy) 13-3 a third straight individual EIWA crown. Humphreys won the Coaches Trophy 141 - Cody Trybus (Navy) dec. Joe Lobeck (Lehigh) 7-1 as the tournament’s outstanding wrestler after navigating a tough field at 157 141 - Tyler Hunt (Navy) dec. Joe Lobeck (Lehigh) 8-2 and avenging two earlier losses to Princeton’s Quincy Monday in the finals. 141 - Tyler Hunt (Navy) major dec. Steven Storm (Lehigh) 12-2 Lehigh had nine place winners and eventually qualified nine wrestlers for the 149 - Jimmy Hoffman (Lehigh) dec. PJ Crane (Navy) 2-1, tb NCAA Championships, which were ultimately cancelled five days later. 157 - Manzona Bryant IV (Lehigh) dec. PJ Crane (Navy) 9-2 157 - AJ Burkhart (Lehigh) dec. Wyatt Long (Navy) 5-4 COMING UP NEXT 165 - Tanner Skidgel (Navy) major dec. Thayne Lawrence (Lehigh) 9-0 Lehigh will close out the dual season with two more EIWA duals next week- 165 - Henry Hague (Navy) dec. Thayne Lawrence (Lehigh) 10-4 end. The Mountain Hawks will host American, Saturday Feb. 13 at 4 p.m. and 165 - Henry Hague (Navy) dec. Brian Meyer (Lehigh) 3-2 then will welcome Bucknell to Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall Feb. 14 for 174 - Dean Caravela (Navy) dec. Connor Herceg (Lehigh) 7-3 a 2 p.m. match. The 117th EIWA Championships were recently announced as a 174 - Connor Herceg (Lehigh) dec. Gary Eakin (Navy) 8-3 one-day event, Feb. 26 at a neutral site: Spooky Nook Sports Complex in Man- 174 - Jake Logan (Lehigh) dec. Gary Eakin (Navy) 9-5 heim, Pa. 184 - Caden Wright (Lehigh) dec. Zander Manuel (Navy) 7-1 184 - JT Davis (Lehigh) fall Zander Manuel (Navy) 2:45 285 - John Birchmeier (Navy) dec. Eli Jones (Lehigh) 9-3 285 - Riley Smith (Navy) fall Eli Jones (Lehigh) 4:46 285 - Riley Smith (Navy) dec. Victor Lacombe (Lehigh) 4-2

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PAT SANTORO Lawrence White ‘64 Head Coach - 13th Season Bethlehem native Pat Santoro enters his 13th season as the Lawrence White Head Coach of Wrestling at Lehigh. A five-time EIWA Coach of the Year, Santoro has mentored two NCAA Champions at Lehigh. He has led 17 individuals to a total of 27 EIWA titles, while guiding 17 men to 31 total All-American medals.

Santoro led Lehigh to its third straight EIWA team title in 2019-20, capping a strong 12-3 dual meet season that saw Santoro reach a pair of personal milestones. Lehigh’s 19-14 victory at Cornell on Jan. 11 was Santoro’s 150th as the Mountain Hawks’ head coach. A week later, Lehigh defeated Navy 23-9 for the 200th head coaching victory of Santoro’s career. Lehigh defeated a pair of top five opponents in duals, as the Mountain Hawks opened the dual season with a criteria win over No. 4 Oklahoma State and closed it with a victory over No. 5 Arizona State.

The Mountain Hawks rose to the challenge at the EIWA Championships at Stabler Arena. Lehigh had nine place winners, five finalists and three champions on the way to its third straight team title. All three individual champions were repeat titlists, as Jordan Kutler and Jordan Wood won their third consecutive conference titles and Josh Humphreys won his second straight. For his efforts, Santoro was named EIWA Coach of the Year for the fifth time. Despite the cancellation of the NCAA Tournament in Minnesota, five Mountain Hawks were recognized as All-Americans by the NWCA.

For the 2018-19 Mountain Hawks, it was a matter not of how they started, but how they finished. The Mountain Hawks rebounded from an 0-7 dual start to finish 9-9 and went on win the program’s second straight EIWA team title and 36th overall.

Junior Jordan Kutler and sophomore Jordan Wood won their second consecutive EIWA titles, while freshman Josh Humphreys also won an individual championship. The Moun- tain Hawks qualified eight wrestlers for the NCAA Championships and continued their strong finish to the season, crowning three All-Americans. Kutler earned his second straight podium finish while Wood and senior Ryan Preisch earned All-America honors for the first time.

Santoro led Lehigh to its 35th EIWA team title and first since 2006 with an impressive 164.5 point performance in 2018. The Mountain Hawks crowned five individual EIWA champi- ons and had all 10 wrestlers earn berths for the NCAA Championships. After leading Lehigh to its first league title in 12 seasons, Santoro was named EIWA Coach of the Year for the fourth time.

Prior to the NCAA Tournament, Santoro was named NWCA National Coach of the Year, for Lehigh’s performance during the dual season and EIWA Tournament. At NCAAs, San- toro’s Lehigh team produced three All-Americans, with Darian Cruz becoming a three-time All-American, Scott Parker earning his second medal and Jordan Kutler reaching the podium for the first time.

Darian Cruz’s national title capped a successful campaign for the Mountain Hawks in 2016-17. Darian Cruz and Scott Parker won individual EIWA titles at the first two weights and both wrestlers went on to earn All-America honors, with Parker finishing eighth at 133 in addition to Cruz’s national title.

Santoro earned his third EIWA Coach of the Year award in 2015-16. He led the Mountain Hawks to a 13-3 dual record that included Lehigh’s first win over rival Cornell since 2011. The Mountain Hawks finished second at the EIWA Championships with Darian Cruz and Max Wessell winning their first career titles. Lehigh crowned three All-Americans at the NCAA Championships for the third straight year with Wessell and Randy Cruz earning their first career All-America medals, while Nathaniel Brown became a two-time All-American.

In 2014-15, Santoro earned his 100th victory as Lehigh’s head coach when the Mountain Hawks upset eventual NCAA Champion Ohio State at National Duals.

Randy Cruz won his second EIWA title to help lead Lehigh to a second place conference finish. Nathaniel Brown reached the NCAA finals at 184 while Mason Beckman and Mitch Minotti earned All-America honors for the second straight year.

Santoro led the 2013-14 Lehigh squad through the ups and downs that come with a young roster. The young Mountain Hawks soared at the NCAA Championships with freshmen Darian Cruz and Minotti joining Beckman in earning All-America honors.

In 2012-13, Santoro helped guide a young Mountain Hawk team to ten dual meet wins. Three individuals won individual EIWA titles. Under Santoro’s guidance Robert Hamlin became a three-time All-American and a two-time NCAA finalist.

Lehigh continued to make strides in 2011-12. The Mountain Hawks finished eighth at the NCAA Championships for the second straight year and once again had two finalists in Zach Rey and Brandon Hatchett. Lehigh crowned four All-Americans. Robert Hamlin won his second straight EIWA title, while Hatchett won his first. Shane Welsh was the surprise of the tournament, capturing the title at 149 from the No. 6 seed. Santoro was voted EIWA Coach of the Year for the second time.

In Santoro’s third season Lehigh returned to the top ten at the NCAA Championships with an eighth place finish. The Mountain Hawks crowned three All-Americans for the first Lehigh Sports Communications | Lehighsports.com | @LehighSports 2020-21 LEHIGH WRESTLING | No. 25 LEHIGH VS. ARMY/No. 14 N. CAROLINA/RIDER | PAGE 9 time in five years and placed two wrestlers in the NCAA finals for the first time since 2003. Heavyweight Zach Rey became Santoro’s first national champion. SANTORO AT LEHIGH In 2009-10, Santoro guided the Mountain Hawks to a 16-3-1 dual record and a top-ten national dual meet ranking for most of the season. In March, Santoro guided Rey to an Year Dual EIWA NCAA EIWA title and All-America honors with a third place finish at the NCAA Championships, the program’s first All-American in four years. 2008-09 23-1 2nd(2) 28th[0] 2009-10 16-3-1 3rd (1) 17th[1] Santoro produced an immediate turnaround in his first season back in Bethlehem. The 2010-11 15-6 2nd (1) 8th [3] Mountain Hawks’ 23-1 dual mark surpassed the school record for dual wins in a season. 2011-12 12-5 2nd (3) 8th [4] Santoro guided Seth Ciasulli and David Craig to individual EIWA Championships. 2012-13 10-7 4th (3) 25th [1] Before returning to Lehigh, Santoro spent five years as the head coach at the University 2013-14 10-6 2nd (1) 18th [3] of Maryland where he helped resurrect the Terrapins program, which in 2008 captured its 2014-15 14-6 2nd (1) 13th [3] first ACC title in 35 years; a feat which earned Santoro ACC Coach of the Year honors. 2015-16 13-3 2nd (2) 14th [3] 2016-17 10-4 2nd (2) 12th [2] Prior to his stint at Maryland Santoro served as an assistant at Lehigh for nine years, 2017-18 12-3 1st (5) 15th [3] including eight Greg Strobel’s staff. During that time, Santoro was part of some of the most successful teams in school history. In 2003, Santoro was named the national 2018-19 9-9 1st (3) T13th [3] Assistant Coach of the Year by the National Wrestling Coaches Association, after helping 2019-20 12-3 1st (2) n/a [5] guide Lehigh to its third EIWA title in four years, and a fourth place finish at the NCAA 2020-21 2-2 Championships. Totals 158-58-1 After wrestling for Bethlehem Catholic High School and taking a post-graduate year at Blair Academy, Santoro wrestled collegiately at Pittsburgh, where he became the ( ) - EIWA Champions Panthers’ only four-time All-America while capturing national titles in 1988 and 1989 at 142 [ ] - All-Americans pounds. Santoro’s career overall record: 206-99-2

On the international scene, Santoro was a four time member of the U.S. National Team and served as an alternate for the 1996 Olympic Team and the 1999 World Team. Santoro earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology from Pittsburgh in 1992. In addition to his Bethlehem roots and previous coaching stint at Lehigh, Santoro’s father, uncle and brother all wrestled for the Brown and White.

Santoro and his wife Julie have a daughter, Leah and a son, Mack.

Remembering Greg Strobel Lehigh Athletics has lost a legend in October with the passing of former head wrestling coach and administrator Greg Strobel. A member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, Strobel served as Lehigh’s head coach from 1995 through 2008, which included five straight EIWA Championships from 2002 through 2006. Strobel was 68 years old.

As Lehigh head coach, Strobel posted a 189-83-1 dual record, winning six total EIWA titles. Under his watch, Strobel’s wrestlers captured 28 individual EIWA championships and 30 All-America honors. He coached two NCAA champions: Rob Rohn in 2002 and Troy Letters in 2004. He was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2012.

As an athlete, Strobel won two NCAA titles and was a three-time All-American at Oregon State, finishing his career with a 124-5-1 record. After retiring from coaching in 2008, Strobel transitioned into an administrative leadership position as Assistant Athletic Director in which he served multiple roles. He led Lehigh Athletics’ camps and clinics efforts until he retired following the 2018-19 academic year. In recent years, Strobel also served as executive director of the EIWA.

Lehigh Sports Communications | Lehighsports.com | @LehighSports LEHIGH INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS (2/1/21)

Wt. Name Season Career Duals Dual Pts. Falls Dec. M.Dec. T-Falls Other Fast Fall 125 Jaret Lane 2-0 27-13 2-0 9-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1:08 125 Sheldon Seymour 1-3 1-3 1-1 6-3 1-0 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 1:44 125 Brandon Paetzell 0-0 50-26 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 133 Satoshi Abe 0-2 2-6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 133 Malyke Hines 3-1 3-1 2-1 6-3 0-0 2-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 133 Mitchell Polito 2-1 9-6 6-0 0-0 0-0 2-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 141 Brock Herring 0-0 2-7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 141 Joe Lobeck 1-2 20-14 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 141 Luke Karam 0-0 35-15 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 141 Connor McGonagle 0-2 0-2 0-2 0-6 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 141 Dan Moran 0-0 22-11 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 141 Drew Munch 1-1 1-1 1-0 3-0 0-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 141 Steven Storm 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0:00 149 Nathan Haubert 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 149 Jimmy Hoffman 2-1 28-15 1-1 3-3 0-0 2-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 149 Paul Watkins 1-2 1-2 1-1 4-3 0-0 0-2 1-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 157 Manzona Bryant IV 2-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:54 157 AJ Burkhart 1-1 11-9 0-1 0-3 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.00 157 JT Cooley 0-1 4-9 0-1 0-3 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 157 Luca Frinzi 2-0 2-0 2-0 8-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0:00 157 Josh Humphreys 0-0 40-13 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 157 Tyler Sung 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 165 Sean Kilrain 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 165 Brian Meyer 0-2 10-19 0-1 0-3 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 165 Thayne Lawrence 1-4 1-4 1-2 3-6 0-0 1-3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0:00 174 Trey Cornish 0-1 13-22 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 174 Connor Herceg 3-2 3-2 1-1 6-3 1-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 5:23 174 Jake Logan 2-1 2-1 1-1 3-3 0-0 2-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 174 Edmond Ruth 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 184 Dylan Ammerman 0-0 6-9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 184 JT Davis 2-3 2-3 1-3 4-10 1-0 0-2 1-1 0-0 0-0 2:45 184 Eli Grape 0-0 10-8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 184 Caden Wright 3-1 3-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 2-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:53 197 Jake Jakobsen 2-2 40-28 2-2 10-6 1-0 0-2 1-0 0-0 0-0 1:07 197 Andrew Shedleski 0-1 3-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 285 Karam Chakif 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 285 Eli Jones 1-2 9-8 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 285 Victor Lacombe 0-3 16-18 0-2 0-6 0-0 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 285 TJ Moore 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 285 Jordan Wood 2-0 66-17 2-0 12-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:31