LEHIGH WRESTLING SCHEDULE/RESULTS No. 17 LEHIGH VS. No. 15 PENN STATE/PITTSBURGH

Nov. (0-0) AT (1-0) 8 Sun. RIDER (Grace) W 31-3 (5,600)• BETHLEHEM, PA. • NOV. 13, 2009 • 7:00 13 Fri. No. 15 PENN STATE (Stabler) 7:00 15 Sun. PITTSBURGH (Grace) 2:00 (0-0) AT LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (1-0) 20 Fri. at Ohio State 7:00 LEEMAN-TURNER ARENA (2,130)• BETHLEHEM, PA. • NOV. 15, 2009 • 2:00 22 Sun. at Michigan 2:00 28 Sat. vs. North Carolina@ 9:15 SETTING THE SCENE 28 Sat. vs. Nebraska@ 1:15 28 Sat. vs. Maryland@ 3:15 No. 17 Lehigh will face two of its oldest in-state rivals this weekend as the Mountain Hawks welcome No. 15 Penn State to Stabler Arena on Friday and Pittsburgh to Grace Dec. Hall on Sunday. The Mountain Hawks won nine-of-ten bouts on their way to a con- 29-30 Tu.-We. at Midlands Championships all day vincing 31-3 win over Rider in the dual season opener on Sunday. On Friday, Lehigh welcomes Penn State and new head Cael Sanderson in the 98th all-time meeting Jan. 8-9 Fri.-Sat. at Virginia Duals all day between the rivals, while on Sunday, Lehigh head coach Pat Santoro will square off 15 Fri. WEST VIRGINIA (Grace) 7:00 against his alma mater, and his mentor, Rande Stottlemyer. 16 Sat. NAVY* (Grace) 3:00 22 Fri. at Cornell* 7:00 FAST FACTS Feb. • Lehigh’s all-time dual meet record stands at 809-380-22, which ranks sixth among all 5 Fri. VIRGINIA TECH (Grace) 7:00 Division I wrestling programs. 6 Sat. RUTGERS* (Stabler) 1:00 13 Sat. at Brown* 2:00 • Lehigh has wrestled Penn State more often than any other school in its history, with 14 Sun. at Harvard* 1:00 Friday’s dual serving as the 98th all-time meeting between the rivals. 21 Sun. at Penn* 1:00 • Mountain Hawks’ head coach Pat Santoro won two national championships and is Pittsburgh’s only four-time All-America. Santoro wrestled for current Panthers head Mar. 6-7 Sat.-Sun. EIWA CHAMPIONSHIPS (Stabler) coach Rande Stottlemyer. 18-20Thu-Sat.NCAA Championships (at Omaha, Neb.) LEHIGH PROBABLE STARTERS RECORD * - EIWA Opponent @ - Northeast Duals (Troy, N.Y.) 125 John McDonald (So., Rehoboth, Del.) 1-0

133 No. 12 Matt Fisk (Sr., Wyalusing, Pa.) 1-0

MEDIA INFORMATION 141 No. 18 Seth Ciasulli (Jr., Easton, Pa.) 1-0

Contact 149 Brian Tanen (So., Harleysville, Pa.) 0-1 Steve Lomangino Offi ce: ...... (610) 758-3174 157 Sean Bilodeau (So., Harvard, Mass.) 1-0 Cell ...... (917) 579-0976 E-mail: ...... [email protected] 165 No. 12 Mike Galante (Sr., Ocean City, N.J.) 1-0 Broadcast Coverage: Internet Video: Live and on-demand for 174 Robert Hamlin (Fr., Jonesville, Vt.) 1-0 both duals online at Lehighsports.com. 184 No. 12 David Craig (Sr., Brandon, Fla.) 1-0 Television: The Pittsburgh match can be seen on Service Electric 2 Sports, live 197 Joe Kennedy (So., Milford, Pa.) 1-0 with Doug Heater and Kyle Berger. 285 No. 6 Zach Rey (So., Hopatcong, N.J.) 1-0 Radio : The Penn State match can be heard on WLVR-FM (91.3), with cover- (Rankings InterMat: 11/2/09) age beginning at 6:45. Steve Lomangino and Gary Brownell handle the commen- 34-TIME EIWA CHAMPIONS tary. 26 INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

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IN THE POLLS LAST TIME LEHIGH MET LAST TIME LEHIGH MET PENN STATE PITTSBURGH UNIVERSITY PARK, PA. PITTSBURGH, PA. NWCA/USA TODAY RANKINGS Top 25 (11/10/09) JANUARY 4, 2009 NOVEMBER 15, 2008 LEHIGH 17 - PENN STATE 16 LEHIGH 27 - PITTSBURGH 9 1. Iowa 2. Iowa State In a dual that came down to the fi nal Sean Bilodeau pinned Adam Counterman 3. Ohio State bout, Mike Galante earned a 9-5 decision 2:27 into the fi rst period, keying a six-bout 4. Cornell over Mark Friend to lead No. 9 Lehigh to Lehigh run as the Mountain Hawks moved 5. Oklahoma State a 17-16 victory over No. 16 Penn State at to 2-0 with a 27-9 victory at the Petersen 6. Minnesota . The Mountain Hawks trailed by Events Center. David Craig added his sec- two after nine bouts, but Galante racked ond pin in as many bouts as Lehigh won 7. Nebraska up four takedowns in the victory, which seven bouts on the evening to spoil the 8. Boise State improved the Brown and White to 12-0 Panthers’ dual meet opener. Bilodeau’s fall 9. Maryland on the season. Bonus points keyed the broke a 6-6 deadlock and gave the Moun- 10. Missouri Lehigh effort as the teams split ten bouts, tain Hawks a 12-6 lead at the halfway 11. Central Michigan but David Craig won a 12-2 major decision point. Trevor Chinn defeated Mark Powell 12. Wisconsin over Jack Decker at 184 and Joe Kennedy 3-2 at 149 kicking off the six-bout run, with 13. Edinboro won 15-3 over Clay Steadman at 197. Zach Mike Galante, Alex Caruso and Joe Ken- 14. Indiana Rey capped an early run with a win at 285 nedy chipping in wins by decision, to go 15. Penn State and Seth Ciasulli earned a hard-fought 3-2 with the pins by Bilodeau and Craig. decision over Frank Molinaro at 141. 16. Oklahoma 17. Lehigh 18. Kent State LEHIGH HEAD COACH PAT SANTORO 19. Illinois Coach Santoro enters his second season as the Lawrence White ‘64 Head Coach of 20. Arizona State Wrestling at Lehigh. In his fi rst season, Santoro was named EIWA Coach of the Year after 21. Virginia guiding the Mountain Hawks to a school-record 23-1 dual record and second place at 22. Old Dominion the EIWA Championships. He spent the previous fi ve years resurrecting the Maryland program, as he went 48-41-1 in duals and guided the Terrapins to an ACC title in 2008. 23. Michigan Prior to his stint at Maryland, Santoro spent nine seasons as an assistant coach at Lehigh, 24. Virginia Tech including eight as Greg Strobel’s top assistant. He was named NWCA Assistant Coach 25. Hofstra of the Year in 2003 after helping guide the Brown and White to its third EIWA title in four years, and a fourth place fi nish at the NCAA Championships. A 1992 graduate of the , Santoro won a pair of NCAA titles and is the Panthers only INTERMAT four-time All-American. Top 15 (Preseason) PENN STATE HEAD COACH CAEL SANDERSON 1. Iowa Coach Sanderson enters his fi rst season as head coach of the Nittany Lions after spending 2. Iowa State the previous three seasons as head coach at his alma mater, Iowa State. Sanderson guided 3. Ohio State the Cyclones to a 44-10 dual meet record in three seasons, while leading Iowa State to 4. Cornell three Big XII titles and three top-fi ve fi nishes at the NCAA Tournament. He qualifi ed 10 wrestlers for Nationals in each of his three seasons and mentored 15 All-Americans and a 5. Minnesota pair of national champions. Sanderson is regarded as one of the greatest college wrestlers 6. Oklahoma State of all-time, with a 159-0 career record and four NCAA Championships from 1999-2002. 7. Nebraska He also won an Olympic Gold Medal at 84kg (185 lbs.) in 2004. 8. Missouri 9. Boise State PITTSBURGH HEAD COACH RANDE STOTTLEMYER 10. Maryland Coach Stottlemyer is in his 31st season at Pittsburgh, where he has mentored among 11. Wisconsin others Lehigh head coach Pat Santoro. Stottlemyer has coached 28 NCAA All-Americans, 12. Edinboro 124 national qualifi ers and 34 Champions. His 251 dual wins 13. Central Michigan are the most in school history. Last season, Stottlemyer guided the Panthers to a 38th 14. Penn State place fi nish at the NCAA Championships. Stottlemyer, a three-time All-American at 15. Indiana Pitt, has a Lehigh connection as well. His daughter Tara is a 2007 Lehigh graduate who 19. Lehigh earned All- honors on the soccer fi eld for the Brown and White.

Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 No. 17 LEHIGH VS. No. 15 PENN STATE/PITTSBURGH • PAGE THREE SERIES HISTORIES LEHIGH DUALS BY MONTH... This weekend, Lehigh will face its two most-often wrestled November: ...... 1-0 in-state rivals in Penn State and Pittsburgh. Lehigh has wrestled December: ...... 0-0 Penn State more often than any other school in history, with January: ...... 0-0 Friday’s dual marking the 98th meeting in the series. The Moun- February: ...... 0-0 tain Hawks snapped a four dual Penn State winning streak with their win last season. Lehigh and Pittsburgh meet for the 55th LEHIGH IN DUALS DECIDED... time on Sunday, with the Mountain Hawks winning 11 of the By 5 points or fewer: ...... 0-0 last 12 duals in the series. By 6-9 points: ...... 0-0 By 10-20 points ...... 0-0 Meets Record First Most recent By over 20 points: ...... 1-0 Lehigh vs. Penn State 97 33-61-3 1911 2009 Lehigh vs. Pittsburgh 54 37-15-2 1916 2008 (Nov.) LEHIGH BY THE NUMBERS... Lehigh-Penn State series continued... Dual matches at home: ...... 1-0 Last Lehigh win: 1/4/09 - Lehigh 17 Penn State 16 (at PSU) At Grace Hall ...... 1-0 Last Penn State win: 12/7/07 - Penn State 33 Lehigh 0 (Stabler) At Stabler Arena ...... 0-0 Last Lehigh win at Lehigh: 1/6/02 - Lehigh 32 Penn St. 6 (Grace) Duals on the road: ...... 0-0 Duals at a neutral site: ...... 0-0 Lehigh-Pittsburgh series continued... Duals in Pennsylvania: ...... 1-0 Last Lehigh win: 11/15/08 - Lehigh 27 Pittsburgh 9 (at Pitt) Last Pittsburgh win: 11/11/07 - Pittsburgh 24 Lehigh 9 (Grace) Day Matches: ...... 1-0 Last Lehigh win at Lehigh: 1/13/06 - Lehigh 24 Pittsburgh 9 Night Matches: ...... 0-0

NCAA CHAMPIONS When winning opening bout: ...... 1-0 When losing opening bout: ...... 0-0 Twenty Lehigh Wrestlers have won 26 NCAA championships, ranking fi fth nationally. Troy Letters was victorious in 2004 at When leading after fi ve bouts: ...... 1-0 165, notching Lehigh’s most recent title. When trailing after fi ve bouts:...... 0-0 Rank School Championships 1. Oklahoma State ...... 133 LEHIGH DUALS BY WEIGHT CLASS... 2. Iowa ...... 75 125 (McDonald): ...... 1-0 3. Oklahoma ...... 65 133 (Fisk): ...... 1-0 Iowa State ...... 65 141 (Ciasulli): ...... 1-0 5. Lehigh ...... 26 149 (Tanen): ...... 0-1 6. Michigan State ...... 25 157 (Bilodeau): ...... 1-0 7. Northern Iowa ...... 21 165 (Galante): ...... 1-0 Penn State ...... 21 174 (Hamlin): ...... 1-0 9. Illinois ...... 20 184 (Craig): ...... 1-0 Michigan ...... 20 197 (Kennedy): ...... 1-0 11. Minnesota ...... 19 285 (Rey): ...... 1-0 12. Wisconsin ...... 17 13. Pittsburgh ...... 16 ANYONE, ANYTIME, ANYWHERE 14. Ohio State ...... 14 Lehigh will once again face one of the nation’s toughest dual meet 15. Oregon State ...... 12 schedules. The Mountain Hawks are scheduled to face fi ve of the top 20 fi nishers in last year’s NCAA tournament, including three ALL-AMERICAN HEROES of the top fi ve, and seven teams ranked in the NWCA top 25: Only four schools in the last 56 NCAA tournaments have had All-Americans in 50 or more championships, Oklahoma St., Date Opponent Rank ‘09 NCAA Finish Oklahoma, Iowa St. and Lehigh. Lehigh teams have fi nished in 11/13 Penn State 15 17 the top fi ve a remarkable 16 times. 11/20 at Ohio State 3 2 11/22 at Michigan 23 11 Rank School All-Americans 11/28 vs. Nebraska 7 4 1. Oklahoma State ...... 418 11/28 vs. Maryland 9 10 2. Iowa ...... 278 1/22 at Cornell 4 5 3. Iowa State ...... 277 2/5 Virginia Tech 24 39 4. Oklahoma ...... 255 5. Michigan ...... 171 Lehigh could also face current No. 5 Oklahoma State, No. 13 6 Penn State ...... 163 Edinboro, No. 16 Oklahoma, No. 18 Kent State, No. 20 Virginia 7. Minnesota ...... 141 and No. 22 Old Dominion plus Penn State, Michigan and Virginia 8. Michigan State ...... 134 Tech at the Virginia Duals. 9. Lehigh ...... 127 10. Northern Iowa ...... 113 Lehigh Athletic Media RelationsExperience • 641 Taylor Street, Lehigh Bethlehem, Football PA • Phone 2003 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407

No. 17 LEHIGH VS. No. 15 PENN STATE/PITTSBURGH • PAGE FOUR SCOUTING NITTANY LIONS SCOUTING THE PANTHERS Penn State opens its dual season with Friday night’s dual against Pittsburgh opens its dual season on Friday with matches against the Mountain Hawks. American wrestling legend Cael Sander- Sacred Heart and Drexel in Philadelphia, before taking on the son takes over a Penn State program that was 8-12-2 in duals last Mountain Hawks on Sunday. The Panthers unoffi cially opened season before crowning two All-Americans en route to a 17th their season on Nov. 1 by placing 14 wrestlers at the UB Open in place fi nish at the NCAA Championships. The Nittany Lions Buffalo, N.Y. Dane Johnson (141), Matt Wilps (197) and Ryan To- feature fi ve ranked wrestlers including four men ranked in the mei (285) each picked up titles for Pittsburgh, which was 4-7-1 in top ten. Cyler Sanderson followed his brother to Penn State and duals last season. The Panthers feature a pair of nationally ranked is the highest-ranked at No. 5 at 157. Returning wrestlers, in senior Jimmy Conroy, who is 14th at 133 and sopho- All-American Frank Molinaro is ranked sixth at 141, but will more Tyler Nauman, who ranks 13th at 141. At heavyweight, compete at 149 while he works his weight down. Returning All- Tomei steps into the starting lineup for graduated All-American American Quentin Wright is expected to defer his eligibility this Zach Sheaffer, who edged Lehigh’s Zach Rey in the tiebreakers in season, along with a highly ranked Penn State true freshman the Round of 12 at last year’s NCAA Championships. class. PITTSBURGH PROBABLE STARTERS PENN STATE PROBABLE STARTERS 125 - Chris Kochinsky, So., Middletown, Pa. OR 125 - No. 8 Brad Pataky, Jr., Cleafi eld, Pa. Anthony Zanetta, Fr., Pittsburgh, Pa. 133 - Tyler Saltsman, So., Concord, N.H. OR 133 - Zach Grove, So., York, Pa. Bryan Pearsall, Fr., Lititz, Pa. 141 - No. 13 Tyler Nauman, So., Middletown, Pa. 141 - Colby Pisani, So., Ridgway, Pa. OR 149 - Eric Albright, Sr., York, Pa. Adam Lynch, Jr., Miffl inburg, Pa. 157 - Mark Powell, Sr., Washington, Pa. 149 - No. 6 (at 141) Frank Molinaro, So., Barnegat, N.J. 165 - Karl DiCiantis, So., Pittsburgh, Pa. 157 - No. 5 Cyler Sanderson, Sr., Heber City, Utah 174 - Adam Counterman, Jr., Nazareth, Pa. 165 - No. 9 Dan Vallimont, Sr., Lake Hopatcong, N.J. 184 - Zac Thomusseit, So., St. Paris, Ohio 174 - David Erwin, Sr., Urbana, Ohio OR 197 - Matt Wilps, So., Pittsburgh, Pa. OR Justin Ortega, Fr., Oxford, Pa. A.J. Hunte, Sr., Brookline, Mass. 184 - J.R. Brown, So., Bellefonte, Pa. 285 - Ryan Tomei, Jr., Irwin, Pa. 197 - Clay Steadman, So., McKean, Pa. 285 - No. 20 Cameron Wade, So., Twinsburg, Ohio LEHIGH-PITTSBURGH: THE LAST MEETING November 15, 2008 LEHIGH-PENN STATE: THE LAST MEETING Petersen Events Center - Pittsburgh, Pa. January 4, 2009 Lehigh 27, Pittsburgh 9 Rec Hall - University Park, Pa. Lehigh 17, Penn State 16 125 - Chris Albright (Pitt) dec. John McDonald (LU) 6-4 133 - Matt Fisk (LU) dec. Jimmy Conroy (Pitt) 4-3 174 - Quentin Wright (PSU) dec. Alex Caruso (LU) 7-5, s.v. 141 - Tyler Nauman (Pitt) dec. Seth Ciasulli (LU) 4-1 184 - David Craig (LU) MD Jack Decker (PSU) 12-2 149 - Trevor Chinn (LU) dec. Mark Powell (Pitt) 3-2 197 - Joe Kennedy (LU) MD Clay Steadman (PSU) 15-3 157 - Sean Bilodeau (LU) Fall Adam Counterman (Pitt) 2:27 285 - Zach Rey (LU) dec. Cameron Wade (PSU) 11-5 165 - Mike Galante (LU) dec. Ethan Headlee (Pitt) 4-3 125 - Brad Pataky (PSU) MD John McDonald (LU) 15-1 174 - Alex Caruso (LU) dec. David Sullivan (Pitt) 6-2 133 - Jake Strayer (PSU) dec. Matt Fisk (LU) 6-1 184 - David Craig (LU) Fall Zac Thomusseit (Pitt) 5:20 141 - Seth Ciasulli (LU) dec. Frank Molinaro (PSU) 3-2 197 - Joe Kennedy (LU) dec. A.J. Hunte (Pitt) 12-6 149 - (PSU) dec. Trevor Chinn (LU) 7-2 285 - Zach Sheaffer (Pitt) dec. Zach Rey (LU) 2-1 157 - Dan Vallimont (PSU) dec. Sean Bilodeau (LU) 9-4 165 - Mike Galante (LU) dec. Mark Friend (PSU) 9-5 RANK AND FILE In InterMat’s preseason rankings, Lehigh has wrestlers ranked in LEHIGH WRESTLING: THE OVER-50 CLUB six of ten weight classes. Sophomore Zach Rey leads the way for School No. of meets LU Record First the Mountain Hawks at No. 6 at 285. A seventh Lehigh wrestler, 1. Penn State 97 33-61-3 1911 sophomore Joe Kennedy, is not ranked by InterMat, but is ranked 2. Navy 89 43-46-0 1910 by both W.I.N. Magazine and Amateur Wrestling News. 3. Cornell 86 57-26-3 1910 4. Syracuse 68 55-13-0 1926 Weight Wrestler IM W.I.N. A.W.N. 5. Army 64 52-9-3 1922 133 Matt Fisk 12 9 12 6. Princeton 55 49-5-1 1911 141 Seth Ciasulli 18 16 8 7. Pittsburgh 54 37-15-2 1916 165 Mike Galante 12 11 10 174 Alex Caruso 18 12 18 THE (CO-)CAPTAINS OF THE SHIP 184 David Craig 12 11 10 Seniors Matt Fisk (Wyalusing, Pa.) and Seth Ciasulli (Easton, 197 Joe Kennedy ----- 20 19 Pa.) will serve as co-captains for the 2009-10 season. Both 285 Zach Rey 6 7 6 wrestlers enter this season as three-time NCAA qualifi ers. Fisk becomes just the sixth Lehigh wrestler to captain the team three straight years. Lehigh Athletic Media RelationsExperience • 641 Taylor Street, Lehigh Bethlehem, Football PA • Phone 2003 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 No. 17 LEHIGH VS. No. 15 PENN STATE/PITTSBURGH • PAGE FIVE LAST TIME OUT 2009-10 RESULTS Bolstered by bonus point victories at the fi rst three weights, No. Lehigh Wrestle-Offs 19 Lehigh opened its dual season with a convincing 31-3 win October 30, 2009 over Rider Sunday afternoon inside Leeman-Turner Arena at Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall Grace Hall. Senior Matt Fisk won by technical fall at 133 while sophomore John McDonald (125) and senior Seth Ciasulli (141) 125 - John McDonald (Brown) dec. Mitch Berger (White), 6 each won by major decision as Lehigh built a 13-0 lead and went 133 - Matt Fisk (White) TF5 Mike Margherita (Brown), 22-7, 2:55 on to win nine of ten bouts on the day as the Mountain Hawks 149 - Joey Napoli (White) dec. Brian Tanen (Brown) 4-2, t.b. won their second straight season opener. Rider picked up its 149 Ex. - Kyle Rosser (Brown) dec. Justin Koren (White) 3-1 lone win at 149 as Michael Kessler edged Brian Tanen, but from 157 - Josh Fitch (White) dec. Sean Bilodeau (Brown) 5-3 there Lehigh won the fi nal six bouts by decision to coast to the 165 Ex. - Austin Meys (White) dec. Mike Galante (Brown) 4-3 victory. 174 - Robert Hamlin (White) dec. Alex Caruso (Brown) 4-3 184 - David Craig (White) dec. Kadeem Samuels (Brown) 2-1 LEHIGH-PENN STATE CONNECTIONS 197 - Joe Kennedy (White) dec. Robert Prigmore (Brown) 6-1 There are several interesting connections between the Lehigh and Penn State programs heading into Friday’s dual meet. November 8, 2009 Lehigh head coach Pat Santoro was a graduate assistant coach Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall at Penn State from 1991-93. Lehigh assistant coach John Hughes Lehigh 31, Rider 3 was a three-time All-America and 1994 NCAA Champion for Penn State before serving as an assistant coach for the Nittany 125 - John McDonald (LU) MD Tim Trivisonno (RU) 20-7 Lions from 2003-08. On the Penn State side, assistant coach Troy 133 - Matt Fisk (LU) TF5 Filiberto Colon (RU) 16-0, 4:56 Letters is Lehigh’s most recent national champion after captur- 141 - Seth Ciasulli (LU) MD Matt Bradley (RU) 17-9 ing the 165 lb. title in 2004. Letters, a three-time All-America for 149 - Michael Kessler (RU) dec. Brian Tanen (LU) 3-2 the Brown and White, graduated from Lehigh in 2006. 157 - Sean Bilodeau (LU) dec. Zac Cibula (RU) 5-1 165 - Mike Galante (LU) dec. Rob Morrison (RU) 7-5, s.v. 174 - Robert Hamlin (LU) dec. Mike Ward (RU) 8-2 LEHIGH-PITTSBURGH CONNECTIONS 184 - David Craig (LU) dec. Mike Miller (RU) 2-1 Lehigh head coach Pat Santoro wrestled for the Panthers from 197 - Joe Kennedy (LU) dec. Tyler Smith (RU) 6-1 1985-1989, under the guidance of head coach Rande Stottlemyer. 285 - Zach Rey (LU) dec. Ed Bordas (RU) 5-2 Pittsburgh’s only four-time All-American, Santoro amassed a 167-13 record in four seasons for the Panthers, and won national championships at 142 in 1988 and 1989. A three-time EWL TWO MOUNTAIN HAWKS PLACE AT UB OPEN Champion, Santoro is also the Panthers’ career leader with 43 Five Lehigh wrestlers took part in the UB Open November 1 in falls and posted an incredible 97-3 record over his fi nal two sea- Buffalo, N.Y. Freshman Austin Meys led the way for Lehigh, sons. Pittsburgh’s most recent national champion, Keith Gavin, going 4-1 en route to a fourth place fi nish at 174. Junior Kadeem captured the 174 lb. title in 2008. Gavin is currently training in Samuels won four of six bouts to place fi fth at 184. Also com- freestyle for the Athletic Club, which is coached peting were freshman Alex Abreu (0-2 at 125) and juniors Greg by Lehigh volunteer assistant Jason Kutz. Hilbert (3-2 at 157) and Dave Chirichello (3-2 at 174).

BATTLE TESTED BUNCH SIXTEEN COMPETE, FOUR PLACE AT CLARION OPEN With eight returning starters, the Mountain Hawks enter the Before Lehigh opened its dual season last Sunday against Rider, dual season with plenty of experience. Lehigh’s senior quartet of the Mountain Hawks had 16 entries at the Knight Point Clarion Matt Fisk, Seth Ciasulli, Mike Galante and David Craig have all Open, November 7 in northwestern Pennsylvania. Four Moun- been four-year starters for the Brown and White, while Lehigh’s tain Hawks placed in the open tournament, including three of four sophomore starters, John McDonald, Sean Bilodeau, Lehigh’s seven entries at 149. True freshman Joey Napoli led the Joe Kennedy and Zach Rey all started as freshmen. All eight way, going 5-1 to place third at 149. Deferred freshman Shane wrestled in the duals against Penn State and Pittsburgh last year. Welsh placed fourth at the same weight class, with both losses The group of eight combined to go 5-3 against both Pittsburgh coming to Napoli. Junior Kyle Rosser placed fi fth at the same and Penn State in last year’s meetings. weight, with a narrow loss to Napoli as well. Freshman Kevin Bailey also placed at the tournament, taking fourth at 184. HAMLIN ENJOYS STRONG DEBUT Freshman Robert Hamlin made his varsity dual debut with an 8- COMING UP NEXT 2 decision over Rider’s Mike Ward in Sunday’s win over Rider. Lehigh hits the road for two tough duals in Big Ten country next Hamlin tilted Ward for a two point near fall in the second period weekend, as the Mountain Hawks will visit No. 3 Ohio State on and added an escape, two takedowns and riding time to earn Friday in Columbus, Ohio before traveling to Ann Arbor, Mich. to the victory at 174. Hamlin won Lehigh’s fi rst Deferred Wrestler meet Michigan on Sunday. of the Year Award at last year’s season-ending Lewis Dinner. The Vermont native was 30-5 competing unattached last season and placed in the top three at fi ve different open tournaments, including a fi rst place fi nish and Outstanding Wrestler Award at the Wilkes Open in December and the title at the Shorty Hitch- cock Memorial Open in January.

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Lawrence White ‘64 Head Coach: Pat Santoro (Pittsburgh ‘92), second season Assistant Coach: Brad Dillon (Lehigh ‘04), second season Assistant Coach: John Hughes (Penn State ‘02), second season Volunteer Coach: Jason Kutz (Lehigh ‘96), third season

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