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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 VISIT NAVY FOR 101ST MEETING IN SERIES After opening its season last weekend at Pitt, No. 18 Lehigh heads to Navy for its final scheduled road dual of the season and the 101st meeting in Lehigh’s second most often-wrestled series. The Mountain Hawks SPORTS COMMUNICATIONS fell 24-9 at Pitt, winning two of the first four bouts, including a first period fall from junior Jaret Lane in the opening bout of the year, but the 13th-ranked Panthers erased a 9-6 deficit by winning the final six Director, Communications (Wrestling SID) ...... Steve Lomangino bouts. Lehigh will get its first look at an EIWA opponent as the Mountain Hawks get set to face a Navy team Office ...... (610) 758-3174 under first-year head coach Cary Kolat. The Midshipmen are 1-1 with a loss to Pitt and a win over Clarion. Cell ...... (917) 579-0976 Saturday’s action will once again feature a traditional dual plus extra countable bouts. E-mail ...... [email protected] LEHIGH PROBABLE STARTERS SOCIAL MEDIA 2021 Career Career Dual Bonus 125 Jaret Lane (Jr., Catawissa, Pa.) 1-0 26-13 3-3 18 Twitter ...... @LehighWrestling/@LehighSports OR Sheldon Seymour (Fr., Troy, Pa.) 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 Instagram ...... @lehighwrestling/@lehigh_sports 133 Malyke Hines (Fr., Kissimmee, Fla.) 0-1 0-1 0-1 0 Facebook ...... @LehighWrestling/@LehighAthletics OR Satoshi Abe (Jr., Putnam Valley, N.Y.) 0-1 2-5 0-0 1 Website ...... Lehighsports.com 141 Connor McGonagle (Fr., Danville, N.H.) 0-1 0-1 0-1 0 OR Joe Lobeck (Sr., Lancaster, Pa.) 1-0 20-12 2-5 12 OR Drew Munch (Fr., East Stroudsburg, Pa.) True Freshman 149 Jimmy Hoffman (Jr., Drums, Pa.) 1-0 27-14 9-6 16 OR Paul Watkins (Fr., Cumming, Ga.) 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 37-TIME TEAM CHAMPIONS 157 AJ Burkhart (So., Athens, Pa.) 0-0 10-8 0-0 2 OR Manzona Bryant IV (Fr., Columbus, Ohio) True Freshman 220 INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS 165 Thayne Lawrence (Fr., Perryopolis, Pa.) 0-1 0-1 0-1 0 OR Brian Meyer (So., Phillipsburg, N.J.) 0-0 10-17 5-10 5 174 Jake Logan (Fr., New Rochelle, N.Y.) 0-1 0-1 0-1 0 OR Connor Herceg (Fr., Nazareth, Pa.) 1-0 1-0 0-0 0 184 JT DavisKRAMER (Fr., Smyrna, Del.)KRAMER KRAMER 0-1 0-1 0-1 KRAMER 0 28 INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL FR. | Guard FR. | Guard FR. | Guard FR. | Guard FR. | Guard OR Caden Wright (Fr., Emmaus, Pa.) 1-0 1-0 0-0 0 CHAMPIONS 197 No. 15 Jake Jakobsen (Sr., Sciota, Pa.) 0-1 38-27 17-14 21 158 ALL-AMERICANS OR Andrew Shedleski (So., Selinsgrove, Pa.) 0-1 3-3 0-0 0 285 Victor Lacombe (Jr., Whitehouse Station, N.J.) 0-1 16-16 0-2 5 OR Eli Jones (So., Perkiomenville, Pa.) 1-0 9-6 0-0 5 Rankings: InterMat (1/12/21)

2020-21 LEHIGH WRESTLING | No. 18 LEHIGH AT NAVY | 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. 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 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. 18 LEHIGH AT NAVY | PAGE 3 NWCA TOP 25 INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS With a lot of the oddities surrounding this 2020-21 season, the national individual rankings remain a bit all over the place. Seniors Brandon Paetzell and Jake Jakobsen are the only two Dual Strength - 1/12/21 Mountain Hawks in the latest rankings by InterMat and Amateur Wrestling News, but Paetzell has been moved up a weight class to 133. Junior Jimmy Hoffman joins Paetzell and Jakobsen in the 1. Iowa 2. Penn State FloWrestling rankings. Lehigh has five wrestlers ranked by both The Open Mat and Trackwres- 3. Michigan tling. Paetzell remains ranked at 125 by The Open Mat, while freshman Malyke Hines cracked the 4. North Carolina State top 33 at 133. 5. Oklahoma State 6. Nebraska Weight Wrestler IM FLO AWN TOM Track 7. Ohio State 133 Brandon Paetzell 10 9 9 5 (125) — – 8. Virginia Tech 133 Malyke Hines — – — – — – 31 25 9. Iowa State 141 Connor McGonagle — – — – — – — – 33 10. Missouri 149 Jimmy Hoffman — – 24 — – 25 22 11. Arizona State 12. Pittsburgh 174 Jake Logan — – — – — – — – 20 13. North Carolina 184 Edmond Ruth — – — – — – 30 — – 14. Minnesota 197 Jake Jakobsen 15 22 15 17 16 15. Rutgers 16. Purdue LAST TIME OUT 17. Stanford Lehigh finally opened the 2020-21 season last weekend at No. 13 Pitt. The Mountain Hawks 18. LEHIGH returned to the mat for the first time since March 7, 2020 and despite getting a win by fall from 19. Oklahoma 20. Northern Iowa junior Jaret Lane in the opening bout of the season, the 17th-ranked Mountain Hawks fell 24-9 to 21. Wisconsin the Panthers. Lane kicked off Lehigh’s campaign by pinning Colton Camacho in the first period. 22. Northwestern Junior Jimmy Hoffman added a 4-0 decision over Luke Kemerer at 149 to put Lehigh up 9-6, but 23. Northern Colorado Pitt won the final six bouts to spoil the Mountain Hawks’ opener. Lehigh had five wrestlers make 24. Illinois their Mountain Hawk debuts in the dual. Four of Lehigh’s losses in the dual were by three points 25. Michigan State or fewer. A fifth went to overtime. The Mountain Hawks and Panthers also competed in 10 extra bouts that count towards wrestlers’ season records. Lehigh wrestlers won four of those extra matches with senior Joe Lobeck (141), freshmen Connor Herceg (165) and Caden Wright (184) INTERMAT TOP 25 and sophomore Eli Jones (285) all winning decisions.

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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. Iowa State top five at the NCAA Championships a remarkable 16 times. 7. Virginia Tech 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. Nebraska 2. Iowa ...... 84 the NWCA: Brandon Paetzell, Josh Humphreys and Jordan 9. Arizona State 3. Iowa State ...... 69 Kutler (first team), Jordan Wood (second team), and Chris 10. Ohio State 4. Oklahoma ...... 67 Weiler (honorable mention). 11. Stanford 5. Penn State ...... 44 12. North Carolina 6. Lehigh ...... 28 Rank School All-Americans 13. Minnesota 7. Michigan State ...... 25 1. Oklahoma State...... 475 14. Pittsburgh 8. Illinois ...... 24 2. Iowa ...... 345 15. Missouri 9. Ohio State ...... 23 3. Iowa State ...... 299 10. Minnesota ...... 22 4. Oklahoma ...... 275 16. Northwestern Michigan ...... 22 5 Penn State ...... 226 17. Michigan State Northern Iowa ...... 22 6. Michigan ...... 199 18. Central Michigan 13. Cornell ...... 21 7. Minnesota ...... 192 19. Purdue 14. Wisconsin ...... 18 8. Lehigh ...... 158 20. Rutgers 15. Pittsburgh ...... 16 9. Michigan State ...... 138 21. Oklahoma 10. Illinois ...... 135 22. West Virginia 23. Virginia 24. Utah Valley 25. Northern Colorado

Lehigh Sports Communications | Lehighsports.com | @LehighSports 2020-21 LEHIGH WRESTLING | No. 18 LEHIGH AT NAVY | PAGE 4 ALL-TIME VS. NAVY 2020-21 LEHIGH QUICK FACTS Navy is Lehigh’s second most often-wrestled rival trailing only Penn State. Last GENERAL INFORMATION year’s dual was the 100th in series history. The Mountain Hawks have won the last Location ...... Bethlehem, Pa. nine duals in the series to take the lead in the series for the first time. Navy was Founded ...... 1865 by Asa Packer Lehigh’s second-ever opponent in Lehigh’s inaugural 1910 season. Lehigh now Undergraduate Enrollment ...... 5,203 leads the all-time series 53-47. Pat Santoro is 11-1 versus the Midshipmen. President ...... John D. Simon Last Lehigh win: 1/18/20 - Lehigh 23, Navy 9 (at Lehigh) Murray H. Goodman Dean of Athletics ...... Joe Sterrett Last Navy win: 1/15/11 - Navy 19, Lehigh 15 (at Navy) Nickname ...... Mountain Hawks Last dual at Navy: 1/20/19 - Lehigh 28, Navy 6 Historical Nicknames...... Engineers, Brown and White Mascot ...... Mountain Hawk (Clutch) LAST TIME THEY MET Colors ...... Brown and White Jan. 18, 2020 Home Arenas ...... Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall No. 12 Lehigh 23, Navy 9 ...... Stabler Arena National Affiliation ...... NCAA Division I 125 – Brandon Paetzell (Lehigh) dec. Logan Treaster (Navy) 5-1 Conference ...... EIWA 133 – Jacob Allen (Navy) dec. Nick Farro (Lehigh) 7-6 141 – Ryan Pomrinca (Lehigh) dec. Cody Trybus (Navy) 6-4, sv 2020-21 TEAM INFORMATION 149 – Dan Moran (Lehigh) dec. Wyatt Long (Navy) 8-3 2019-20 Dual Record ...... 12-3 157 – Josh Humphreys (Lehigh) tech fall Jack Stanton-Taddeo (Navy) 17-2, 5:26 Final 2019-20 NWCA Dual Ranking ...... 10th 165 – Tanner Skidgel (Navy) dec. Brian Meyer (Lehigh) 2-0 2020 EIWA Championships Finish ...... 1st 174 – Jordan Kutler (Lehigh) dec. Spencer Carey (Navy) 5-1 EIWA Champions ...... 3 (Josh Humphreys, Jordan Kutler, Jordan Wood) 184 – Eli Grape (Lehigh) dec. Hunter Johns (Navy) 9-5 197 – Jacob Koser (Navy) dec. Jake Jakobsen (Lehigh) 6-5 2020 NCAA Championships Finish ...... n/a 285 – Jordan Wood (Lehigh) dec. John Birchmeier (Navy) 4-1 2020 All-Americans ...... 5 - (Brandon Paetzell - 1st team, Josh Humphreys - 1st team, Jordan Kutler - 1st team, Jordan Wood - 2nd SCOUTING THE MIDSHIPMEN team, Chris Weiler - honorable mention) Navy brings a 1-1 record into Saturday’s dual. The Midshipmen lost their opener to Pitt but went on the road last weekend to hammer Clarion 41-3. Navy went 8-6 THE LAST TIME LEHIGH… in duals last season, finished fourth at the EIWA Championships and were slated Won a home dual ...... vs. Arizona State, 2/21/20 (19-14) to send five wrestlers to the NCAA Championships. Lost a home dual ...... vs. Penn State, 12/6/19 (23-10) Won a road dual ...... at Penn, 2/20/20 (35-9) The Mids are led by two returning EIWA champions who are currently ranked Lost a road dual ...... at Pitt, 1/9/21 (24-9) in the top 15 nationally: Cody Trybus (141) and Tanner Skidgel (165). Trybus and Won a neutral site dual ...... vs. Missouri, 12/30/19 (22-9) Skidgel are the only Navy wrestlers ranked by InterMat and FloWrestling but Lost a neutral site dual ...... vs. North Carolina, 12/30/18 (22-18) six other Midshipmen appear in other polls. Casey Cobb is a returning at-large Won an EIWA dual ...... at Penn, 2/20/20 (35-9) NCAA qualifier at 149. Lost an EIWA dual ...... at Princeton, 11/23/19 (18-14) Tied a dual ...... at Cornell, 1/22/10 (15-15) Cary Kolat is in his first season as Navy’s head coach. Beat a ranked opponent ...... vs. #5 Arizona State, 2/21/20 (19-14) Lost to a ranked opponent ...... at #13 Pitt, 1/9/21 (24-9) NAVY PROBABLE STARTERS Beat a top 5 opponent ...... vs. #5 Arizona State, 2/21/20 (19-14) 125 – Logan Treaster (Sr., Newton, Kan.) Lost to a top 5 opponent ...... vs. #3 Penn State, 12/6/19 (23-10) 133 - Jacob Allen (Jr., Poway, Calif.) Beat a #1 ranked team ...... vs. Cornell, 1/20/11 (17-15) OR Luke Lucerne (Fr., Newtown, Pa.) Lost to a #1 ranked team ...... at Penn State, 12/2/18 (42-0) 141 - No. 12 Cody Trybus (Sr., Elkton, Md.) Shut out an opponent ...... vs. Bloomsburg, 2/14/16 (54-0) OR Tyler Hunt (Fr., Calhoun, Ga.) Was shut out ...... at Penn State, 12/2/18 (42-0) 149 - Casey Cobb (Sr., Kuna, Idaho) Scored 50-plus points ...... vs. Bloomsburg, 2/14/16 (54-0) OR PJ Crane (So., Horsham, Pa.) Scored 40-49 points ...... vs. Duke, 12/30/19 (47-4) 157 - Andrew Cerniglia (Fr., Nazareth, Pa.) Scored 30-39 points...... at Bucknell, 2/14/20 (32-6) OR Wyatt Long (Sr., Mechanicsburg, Pa.) Scored 20-29 points ...... at Army West Point, 1/31/20 (24-9) OR Morgan Fuenffinger (Jr., Mountain Iron, Minn.) Had an EIWA champion ...... 2020 (Three wrestlers) 165 - No. 8 Tanner Skidgel (Sr., Tulsa, Okla.) Had multiple EIWA champions ...... 2020 (three) OR Henry Hague (So., Chester Springs, Pa.) Had an All-American ...... 2020 (five) 174 - Dean Caravella (Sr., West Caldwell, N.J.) Had a NCAA finalist ...... 2017, Darian Cruz - 125 OR Gary Eakin (Jr., Kotzebue, Alaska) Had multiple NCAA finalists ...... 2012, Brandon Hatchett - 165 184 - David Key (Fr., Norcross, Ga.) ...... and Zach Rey - 285 OR Zander Manuel (Fr., Waipahu, Hawaii) Had a NCAA Champion ...... 2017, Darian Cruz - 125 197 -Jacob Koser (So., Dillsburg, Pa.) Had multiple NCAA champions ...... 1979, Darryl Burley - 134 OR Malcolm Wiley (So., Tyrone, Ga.) ...... and Mark Lieberman - 177 285 - John Birchmeier (So., Ashburn, Va.) Finished top 10 at NCAAs ...... 2012 (8th) OR Riley Smith (Jr., Mason, Mich.) Finished top 5 at NCAAs ...... 2004 (3rd)

Lehigh Sports Communications | Lehighsports.com | @LehighSports 2020-21 LEHIGH WRESTLING | No. 18 LEHIGH AT NAVY | PAGE 5 LEHIGH BY THE NUMBERS MEET THE NEW GUYS Dual matches at home: ...... 0-0 Five Mountain Hawks made their Lehigh debuts in the dual against Pittsburgh. Malyke Hines (133), Connor Duals on the road: ...... 0-1 McGonagle (141) and Jake Logan (174) debuted after deferring eligibility last season, while Thayne Law- Duals at a neutral site: ...... 0-0 rence (165) and JT Davis (184) became the first true freshmen to wrestle in duals for the Mountain Hawks Duals in Pennsylvania:...... 0-1 since Jaret Lane and Josh Humphreys did in the 2018-19 season. The last time Lehigh started five freshmen in a dual was Jan. 26, 2018 when deferred freshmen Nick Farro (133), Luke Karam (141), Dylan Ammerman Day Matches: ...... 0-0 (184), Chris Weiler (197) and Jordan Wood (285) competed in a 20-17 loss at Virginia Tech. Karam and Wood Night Matches:...... 0-1 won their bouts. Five more deferred or true freshmen wrestled their first career official bouts in the extra matches at Pitt: Sheldon Seymour (125), Paul Watkins (149), Tyler Sung (157), Connor Herceg (165) and When winning opening bout: ...... 0-1 Caden Wright (184). Herceg and Wright were winners in their Lehigh debuts. When losing opening bout: ...... 0-0

When leading after five bouts: ...... 0-0 DUAL DEBUTS When trailing after five bouts: ...... 0-0 Ten Mountain Hawks wrestled their first official bouts for Lehigh at Pitt including five in the dual and five When tied after five bouts:...... 0-1 in the extra matches. As many as 10 Mountain Hawks listed on page one of these notes could make their first career dual appearance if they compete in the dual at Navy. Sophomores AJ Burkhart and Brian Meyer Wears Brown Singlets: ...... 0-0 could make their 2020-21 season debuts at Navy, while true freshmen Drew Munch and Manzona Bryant IV Wears White Singlets ...... 0-1 could compete for the first time in the Brown and White.

LEHIGH IN DUALS DECIDED… LOTS OF LOCALS By 5 points or fewer: ...... 0-0 Many Lehigh wrestlers don’t have to venture far from home to wrestle for the Brown and White. Senior By 6-9 points: ...... 0-0 Luke Karam and deferred freshman Luca Frinzi both wrestled for nearby Bethlehem Catholic High School, By 10-20 points ...... 0-1 the same program that produced Lehigh head coach Pat Santoro. Junior Dan Moran (Northampton) and By more than 20 points: ...... 0-0 freshmen Karam Chakif (Dieruff), Connor Herceg (Nazareth) and Caden Wright (Emmaus) join Karam and Frinzi in wrestling for Lehigh Valley East Penn Conference programs. Senior Jake Jakobsen (Stroudsburg) and freshman Steven Storm (Pocono Mountain East) are from programs in the EPC’s Monroe County LEHIGH DUALS BY MONTH… Division. Deferred freshman Nathan Haubert wrestled in the Colonial League at Palisades. Senior Brandon January: ...... 0-1 Paetzell and sophomore Brian Meyer hail from Phillipsburg, N.J., just across the state line. February: ...... 0-0 ACADEMIC SUCCESS LEHIGH BY WEIGHT CLASS… Lehigh enjoyed another strong season on the mats, but the Mountain Hawks were equally impressive 125 (Lane)...... 1-0 in the classroom in 2019-20. The Mountain Hawks posted a 3.51 team GPA in the 2020 spring semester. 133 (Hines) ...... 0-1 Five Lehigh wrestlers were named to the NWCA All-Academic Team including Jordan Wood and 2020-21 141 (McGonagle) ...... 0-1 returnees Brandon Paetzell and Josh Humphreys. Twenty one Mountain Hawks own GPAs of 3.2 or better. 149 (Hoffman) ...... 1-0 Joe Lobeck picked up a 4.0 GPA in his first semester of graduate school. Among undergraduates, Jake 157 (Cooley) ...... 0-1 Logan owns a 3.82 GPA in business, while Andrew Shedleski holds a 3.81 in astrophysics. Nine true freshman 165 (Lawrence) ...... 0-1 eclipsed the 3.2 mark in their first semester, led by Sheldon Seymour’s 3.94. 174 (Logan) ...... 0-1 184 (Davis)...... 0-1 197 (Jakobsen) ...... 0-1 MEET THE NEW GUYS 285 (Lacombe) ...... 0-1 Half of Lehigh’s roster consists of wrestlers in their first season of eligibility, a group that includes 13 true freshmen and seven deferred freshmen. Josh Humphreys won his first of back-to-back EIWA titles as a true ON THE TEEVEE freshman in 2019 but none of Lehigh’s second-year freshmen competed in varsity competition in 2019-20. Six of Lehigh’s originally scheduled home duals are slated to Jake Logan did place eighth at the prestigious Southern Scuffle competing unattached at 174. Lehigh’s true be televised on Service Electric Network (SEN) as Lehigh con- freshmen class combined for 10 state championships and one National Prep title in their high school careers. tinues its long partnership with Service Electric Cable TV and Communications, the Lehigh Valley’s largest cable provider. A LOOK AT WHO’S BACK ON THE INTERNET Lehigh’s 40 man roster currently included five wrestlers who competed at last year’s EIWA championship. Lehigh Athletics will partner with its website provider SIDEARM Seniors Brandon Paetzell and Jake Jakobsen and junior Josh Humphreys are all two-time NCAA qualifiers. SportsCAREER for streaming THREE-POINT video of all home duals. FIELD Visit Lehighsports. GOALS com/watch to access the streams. Humphreys is a two-time EIWA champion as well. Junior Jimmy Hoffman qualified for his first NCAA Tourna- ment last March and sophomore Brian Meyer is a returning starter at 165. Nine other Mountain Hawks on the ON THE RADIO roster have wrestled a dual meet in their careers. Senior Luke Karam was an EIWA place winner and NCAA At least four duals this season can also be heard on FOX qualifier as a freshman in 2018. Sports Radio of the Lehigh Valley (1230/1320 AM and 94.7 FM in Allentown). Lehigh wrestling SID Steve Lomangino handles the commentary for his 17th season with Gary Brownell ‘72 WOOD TAKES OLYMPIC REDSHIRT providing analysis. Heavyweight Jordan Wood was expected to be one of Lehigh’s top returners for 2020-21 but decided before the fall semester to take an Olympic redshirt. When he returns to the Mountain Hawks, Wood will bid to THINGS ARE ALWAYS CHANGING become Lehigh’s fifth four-time EIWA champion. Wood went 17-5 last season and was a second team NWCA In this most unusual of wrestling seasons, all schedules and All-American. The two-time All-American owns a 64-17 career record at Lehigh. Wood spent his fall semester broadcast information will of course, be subject to change. Broadcast information for any additional duals to the original active in freestyle and is eligible for the Olympic redshirt by way of winning a Cadet world silver medal in schedule will be announced at an appropriate time. 2014.

Lehigh Sports Communications | Lehighsports.com | @LehighSports 2020-21 LEHIGH WRESTLING | No. 18 LEHIGH AT NAVY | PAGE 6 THRICE AS NICE The Mountain Hawks won their third straight EIWA team championship last March at Stabler Arena. A tight team race was expected, but a strong Saturday morning session propelled Lehigh to the team title. The Mountain Hawks placed five wrestlers in the finals and won three individual titles claim their 37th team championship. Lehigh scored 154 points to top second place Cornell by 34. Army West Point finished third with 112 points. The Mountain Hawks’ three individual champions were repeat winners from 2019: Josh Humphreys, Jordan Kutler and Jordan Wood. Kutler capped his career with a third straight 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. Lehigh had nine place winners and eventually qualified nine wrestlers for the NCAA Championships, which were ultimately cancelled five days later.

COMING UP NEXT Lehigh is currently scheduled to wrestle the remainder of the regular season in the friendly confines of Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall, beginning Sunday, January 24 when the Drexel Dragons visit for a 2 p.m. match. Binghamton visits on Saturday, January 30.

2020-21 RESULTS Jan. 9, 2021 Fitzgerald Field House - Pittsburgh, Pa. No. 13 Pitt 24, No. 17 Lehigh 9

125 – Jaret Lane (Lehigh) Fall Colton Camacho (Pitt) 1:58 133 – Micky Phillippi (Pitt) dec. Malyke Hines (Lehigh) 10-5 141 – Cole Matthews (Pitt) dec. Connor McGonagle (Lehigh) 4-3 149 – Jimmy Hoffman (Lehigh) dec. Luke Kemerer (Pitt) 4-0 157 – Tyler Badgett (Pitt) dec. JT Cooley (Lehigh) 6-1 165 – Jake Wentzel (Pitt) dec. Thayne Lawrence (Pitt) 3-0 174 – Jared McGill (Pitt) dec. Jake Logan (Lehigh) 4-2 184 – Gregg Harvey (Pitt) dec. JT Davis (Lehigh) 4-1 197 – Nino Bonaccorsi (Pitt) dec. Jake Jakobsen (Lehigh) 7-2 285 – Jake Slinger (Pitt) dec. Victor Lacombe (Lehigh) 9-3, sv Extra matches 125 – Colton Camacho (Pitt) dec. Sheldon Seymour (Lehigh) 7-4, tb1 133 – Louis Newell (Pitt) dec. Satoshi Abe (Lehigh) 5-1 141 – Joe Lobeck (Lehigh) dec. Ryan Michaels (Pitt) 9-3 149 – Mick Burnett (Pitt) dec. Paul Watkins (Lehigh) 8-6 157 – Antonio Petrucelli (Pitt) dec. Tyler Sung 6-3 165 – Connor Herceg (Lehigh) dec. Tye Weathersby (Pitt) 6-5 174 – Tommy O’Brien (Pitt) Fall Trey Cornish (Lehigh) 6:49 184 – Caden Wright (Lehigh) dec. Nicholas Meglino (Pitt) 4-0 197 – James Lledo (Pitt) major dec. Andrew Shedleski (Lehigh) 15-2 285 – Eli Jones (Lehigh) dec. Cole Rickert (Pitt) 2-0

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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. 18 LEHIGH AT NAVY | PAGE 8 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 0-1 Championships. Totals 156-57-1 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: 204-98-2

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 (1/11/21)

Wt. Name Season Career Duals Dual Pts. Falls Dec. M.Dec. T-Falls Other Fast Fall 125 Jaret Lane 1-0 26-13 1-0 6-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1:08 125 Sheldon Seymour 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 125 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 0-1 2-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 133 Chris Barnabae 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 133 Malyke Hines 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-3 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 133 Mitchell Polito 0-0 7-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 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 1-0 20-12 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 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 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-3 0-0 0-1 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 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 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 1-0 27-14 1-0 3-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 149 Steven Storm 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 149 Paul Watkins 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 157 Manzona Bryant IV 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 157 AJ Burkhart 0-0 10-8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 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 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 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 Brian Meyer 0-0 10-17 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 Connor Herceg 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 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 Thayne Lawrence 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-3 0-0 0-1 0-0 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 Jake Logan 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-3 0-0 0-3 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 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-3 0-0 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 184 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 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 197 Jake Jakobsen 0-1 38-27 0-1 0-3 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 197 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 1-0 9-6 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 285 Victor Lacombe 0-1 16-16 0-1 0-3 0-0 0-1 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