LEHIGH PROBABLE STARTERS SOCIAL MEDIA 19-20 Career Career Dual Bonus 125 Jaret Lane (Jr., Catawissa, Pa.) 21-7 25-13 2-3 17 Twitter
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WRESTLING MATCH NOTES 2020-21 SCHEDULE #17 LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (0-0, 0-0 EIWA) JJanuaryanuary AT #13 PITT PANTHERS (1-0, 0-0 ACC) 2 HHOFSTRA*OFSTRA* CCanceledanceled Jan. 9, 2021 - 5 p.m. 9 aatt NNo.o. 1133 PPittsburghittsburgh 55:00:00 Fitzgerald Field House - Pittsburgh, Pa. 1166 aatt NNavy*avy* 66:00:00 Video: ACC Network Extra (Greg Warnock, Kellan Stout) 2244 DDREXEL*REXEL* 22:00:00 Radio: None 3300 BBINGHAMTON*INGHAMTON* 44:00:00 FFebruaryebruary 6 NNORTHORTH CCAROLINAAROLINA TTBABA 6 AARMYRMY WWESTEST PPOINT*OINT* TTBABA 7 RRIDERIDER 22:00:00 1144 BBUCKNELL*UCKNELL* 22:00:00 2266 aatt EEIWAIWA CChampionshipshampionships ((LocationLocation TTBA)BA) TTBABA MMarcharch 118-208-20 aatt NNCAACAA CChampionshipshampionships ((St.St. LLouis)ouis) HHomeome ddualsuals iinn BBOLDOLD CCAPSAPS **EIWAEIWA OOpponentpponent AAllll hhomeome ddualsuals fforor 22020-21020-21 sseasoneason wwillill bbee hheldeld iinn LLeeman-Turnereeman-Turner AArenarena aatt GGracerace HHallall LET’S TRY THIS AGAIN - LEHIGH TO OPEN 112TH SEASON AT PITT Following the cancellation of last week’s opener against Hofstra, No. 17 Lehigh will open its 112th season of wrestling with a top-25 matchup against in-state rival No. 13 Pitt. Competing for the first time since SPORTS COMMUNICATIONS hoisting its third straight EIWA team title trophy last March, Lehigh will battle a Pitt squad that opened its season last week with a come-from-behind win at Navy. Saturday’s dual will be followed by a series of Director, Communications (Wrestling SID) . Steve Lomangino extra matches which will count towards a wrestler’s season record. The Mountain Hawks return half their Office . (610) 758-3174 lineup from last year’s EIWA triumph but only two of the five are expected to compete against the Panthers. Cell . .(917) 579-0976 E-mail . [email protected] LEHIGH PROBABLE STARTERS SOCIAL MEDIA 19-20 Career Career Dual Bonus 125 Jaret Lane (Jr., Catawissa, Pa.) 21-7 25-13 2-3 17 Twitter . @LehighWrestling/@LehighSports OR Sheldon Seymour (Fr., Troy, Pa.) True Freshman Instagram . @lehighwrestling/@lehigh_sports 133 Malyke Hines (Fr., Kissimmee, Fla.) Deferred Eligibility Facebook . .@LehighWrestling/@LehighAthletics OR Satoshi Abe (Jr., Putnam Valley, N.Y.) 0-4 2-4 0-0 1 Website . Lehighsports.com 141 Joe Lobeck (Sr., Lancaster, Pa.) 1-2 19-12 2-5 12 OR Connor McGonagle (Fr., Danville, N.H.) Deferred Eligibility 149 Jimmy Hoffman (Jr., Drums, Pa.) 18-6 26-14 8-6 16 OR Paul Watkins (Fr., Cumming, Ga.) Deferred Eligibility 157 JT Cooley (Jr., Gilbertsville, Pa.) 4-8 4-8 0-3 4 37-TIME TEAM CHAMPIONS OR Tyler Sung (Fr., New Canaan, Conn.) True Freshman 165 Thayne Lawrence (Fr., Perryopolis, Pa.) True Freshman 220 INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS OR Connor Herceg (Fr., Nazareth, Pa.) True Freshman 174 Jake Logan (Fr., New Rochelle, N.Y.) Deferred Eligibility OR Trey Cornish (Sr., Raleigh, N.C.) 7-9 13-21 0-2 5 184 JT Davis (Fr., Smyrna, Del.) True Freshman OR CadenKRAMER Wright (Fr., Emmaus,KRAMER Pa.) KRAMERTrue Freshman KRAMER 28 INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL FR. | Guard FR. | Guard FR. | Guard FR. | Guard FR. | Guard 197 No. 15 Jake Jakobsen (Sr., Sciota, Pa.) 16-9 38-26 17-13 21 CHAMPIONS OR Andrew Shedleski (So., Selinsgrove, Pa.) 3-2 3-2 0-0 0 158 ALL-AMERICANS 285 Victor Lacombe (Jr., Whitehouse Station, N.J.) 10-9 16-15 0-1 5 OR Eli Jones (So., Perkiomenville, Pa.) 8-6 8-6 0-0 5 Rankings: InterMat (1/5/21) 2020-21 LEHIGH WRESTLING | No. 17 LEHIGH AT No. 13 PITT | 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* Chris Barnabae Fr./Fr. 125/133 Glen Burnie, Md./Mount St. Joseph Arts and Sciences 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. 165/174 Raleigh, N.C./Athens Drive (STEM) Management* JT Davis Fr./Fr. 184/197 Middletown, Del./Smyrna Business Luca Frinzi So./Fr. 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. 197/285 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. 165/174 Perryopolis, Pa./Frazier Arts and Sciences Joe Lobeck 5th/Sr. 141 Lancaster, Pa./Lancaster Catholic Technical Entrepreneurship* Jake Logan So./Fr. 174/184 New Rochelle, N.Y./New Rochelle Business Connor McGonagle So./Fr. 141/149 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 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 Barnabae Barn-uh-BEE Assistant Coach: Zach Rey (Lehigh ‘12) - Third season Karam Chakif Kah-romm Shuh-Keef (Luke) Karam CARE-um Volunteer Assistant Coach: Darian Cruz (Lehigh ‘18) - First season Paetzell PATE-zull FROM ALL OVER Lehigh prides itself in bringing in student-athletes from across the nation. This season, 13 different states (plus Washington, D.C.) are represented among the 40 men on the Mountain Hawks’ roster. Pennsylvania leads the way with 23 wrestlers, followed by New Jersey (4) and New York (2). Con- necticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee and West Virginia are also represented. Lehigh Sports Communications | Lehighsports.com | @LehighSports 2020-21 LEHIGH WRESTLING | No. 17 LEHIGH AT No. 13 PITT | PAGE 3 NWCA TOP 25 INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS With Lehigh unable to kick off its season last week there was minimal change in the rankings. Two Mountain Hawks appear in the latest InterMat rankings, led by senior Brandon Paetzell, who is Dual Strength - 1/5/21 ranked fourth at 125. Senior Jake Jakobsen is ranked 15th at 197. Three Mountain Hawks appear in rankings from both FloWrestling and Amateur Wrestling News. Lehigh has seven wrestlers ranked 1. Iowa 2. Penn State in the top 33 by The Open Mat and five by Trackwrestling. Various outlets rank two different 3. Michigan Lehigh wrestlers at 141, senior Luke Karam and freshman Connor McGonagle. 4. North Carolina State 5. Nebraska Weight Wrestler IM FLO AWN TOM Track 6. Oklahoma State 125 Brandon Paetzell 4 9 (133) 3 6 — – 7. Ohio State 133 Malyke Hines — – — – — – 30 23 8. Virginia Tech 141 Luke Karam — – — – 15 33 — – 9. Iowa State 141 Connor McGonagle — – — – — – — – 33 10. Missouri 149 Jimmy Hoffman — – 24 — – 24 21 11. Arizona State 12. Minnesota 174 Jake Logan — – — – — – 32 18 13. Pittsburgh 184 Edmond Ruth — – — – — – 30 — – 14. North Carolina 197 Jake Jakobsen 15 22 15 18 16 15. Rutgers 16. Purdue THRICE AS NICE 17. LEHIGH The last time Lehigh took to the mats, the Mountain Hawks claimed their third straight EIWA 18. Stanford team championship March 6-7 at Stabler Arena. A tight team race was expected, but a strong 19. Oklahoma 20. Wisconsin Saturday morning session propelled Lehigh its third consecutive team title. The Mountain Hawks 21. Central Michigan placed five wrestlers in the finals and won three individual titles claim their 37th team champion- 22. Northwestern ship. Lehigh scored 154 points to top second place Cornell by 34. Army West Point finished third 23. Northern Iowa with 112 points. The Mountain Hawks’ three individual champions were repeat winners from 2019: 24. Army West Point Josh Humphreys, Jordan Kutler and Jordan Wood. Kutler capped his career with a third straight 25. Northern Colorado individual EIWA crown. Humphreys won the Coaches Trophy as the tournament’s outstanding wrestler after navigating a tough field at 157 and avenging two earlier losses to Princeton’s Quincy Monday in the finals.