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LEHIGH WRESTLING SCHEDULE/RESULTS LEHIGH AT NAVY/AMERICAN Nov. 8 Thu. BINGHAMTON (Grace) W, 23-16 LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (3-4, 0-2 EIWA) AT NAVY MIDSHIPMEN (1-0, 0-0 EIWA) 16 Fri. at No. 2 Penn State L, 29-6 ALUMNI HALL (5,710)• ANNAPOLIS, MD.• JAN. 12, 2013 • 2:00 PM 17 Sat. at Bloomsburg W, 18-12 30 Fri. HOFSTRA (Grace) W, 34-7 LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (1-0, 0-0 EIWA) AT AMERICAN EAGLES (1-2, 0-0 EIWA) BENDER ARENA (4,500)• WASHINGTON, D.C.•JAN. 13, 2013 • 2:00 PM Dec. 1 Sat. PENN* (Grace) L, 24-12 SETTING THE SCENE 6 Thu. at No. 5 Iowa L, 26-9 29-30 Sat.-Sun.at Midlands Championships 6th Lehigh looks to snap a three-dual losing streak as the Mountain Hawks take to the road for a pair of EIWA duals. The Mountain Hawks will meet Navy for the 93rd time Satur- Jan. day in Annapolis, Md., before trekking to Washington, D.C. to face American on Sunday. 6 Sun. No. 8 CORNELL* (Grace) L, 20-13 Lehigh opened the 2013 portion of its schedule with a 20-13 loss to Cornell on Sunday. 12 Sat. at Navy* 2:00 The Mountain Hawks won four matches, highlighted by Robert Hamlin’s 3-1, sudden 13 Sun. at American* 2:00 18 Fri.. at Rutgers* 7:00 victory win over defending national champion Steve Bosak at 184. The loss dropped Le- 25 Fri. OKLAHOMA (Stabler) 7:00 high out of the top 25 in the national dual meet rankings for the fi rst time since the 2008- 26 Sat. OREGON STATE (Grace) 2:00 09 preseason poll. The Mountain Hawks have never lost four consecutive duals under Pat Santoro, as Lehigh will look to avoid its fi rst four dual skid since December 2007. Feb. 10 Sun. HARVARD* (Grace) 1:00 10 Sun. BROWN* (Grace) 3:00 FAST FACTS 15 Fri. at Pittsburgh 7:00 16 Sat. at Clarion 2:00 • Navy is Lehigh’s No. 2 most-often wrestled opponent, behind Penn State. 22 Fri. at Bucknell* 7:00 • Lehigh and Navy are wrestling a dual meet for the 62nd straight year, the second lon- gest active streak for Lehigh (Penn State - 80). Mar. 8-9 Fri.-Sat. at EIWA Championships (at Rutgers) • The Mountain Hawks have won 14 of their last 16 duals against the Midshipmen and 21-23Thu-Sat. at NCAA Championships (Des Moines) are a perfect 4-0 all-time versus American. * - EIWA Opponent LEHIGH PROBABLE STARTERS RECORD 125 Alex Abreu (Jr., Highlands Ranch, Colo.) 2-8 MEDIA INFORMATION 133 Randy Cruz (Fr., Bethlehem, Pa.) 19-7 Contact Steve Lomangino 141 Laike Gardner (Fr., Biglerville, Pa.) OR 4-5 Offi ce: . (610) 758-3174 No. 18 Anthony Salupo (So., Lakewood, Ohio) 6-4 Cell . (917) 579-0976 E-mail: . [email protected] 149 Shane Welsh (Sr., Burrell, Pa.) 7-5 Web: . .www.lehighsports.com Twitter: . @LehighSports 157 No. 3 Joey Napoli (Jr., Boiling Springs, Pa.) 10-2 . @LehighWrestling Facebook: . 165 Brian Brill (Fr., Lock Haven, Pa.) OR 10-4 . .Facebook.com/LehighAthletics Albert Woody (Jr., Pikesville, Md.) 5-5 Broadcast Coverage: 174 No. 13 Nathaniel Brown (So., Lewisburg, Pa.) 8-4 Navy: Streaming audio exclusively at Lehighsports.com, with streaming pow- 184 No. 3 Robert Hamlin (Sr., Jonesville, Vt.) 10-2 ered by Stretch Internet. Navy is also offering streaming video through Navy 197 John Bolich (Fr., Willow Grove, Pa.) 4-5 All-Access. 285 Jack Delia (Fr., Lebanon, N.J.) 2-7 American : Live audio at WLVR-FM (91.3) and Lehighsports.com beginning Rankings: Amateur Wrestling News, 1/8/13 at 1:45. Steve Lomangino handles the 34-TIME EIWA CHAMPIONS commentary. Also, streaming video through Eagles Vision TV. 27 INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Lehigh Athletic Media RelationsExperience • 641 Taylor Street, Lehigh Bethlehem, Football PA • Phone 2003 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 LEHIGH AT NAVY/AMERICAN • PAGE TWO IN THE POLLS LAST TIME LEHIGH MET NAVY JANUARY 14, 2012 - BETHLEHEM, PA. LEHIGH 28 - NAVY 6 USA TODAY/NWCA/AWN Top 25 (1/8/13) No. 15 Lehigh snapped its two match losing streak, winning eight of ten bouts in a 28-6 win over EIWA rival Navy inside Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall. Senior Sean Bi- 1. Penn State lodeau and sophomore Steve Dutton posted bonus point wins for the Mountain Hawks, 2. Oklahoma State while freshman Mason Beckman edged 17th-ranked Aaron Kalil in overtime to lead 3. Minnesota Lehigh’s effort. The Mountain Hawks won the fi rst three bouts, highlighted by a 6-2 win 4. Iowa by Robert Hamlin over Luke Rebertus, avenging a loss in last year’s dual. Beckman’s 6-5 5. Ohio State tiebreaker win started a three-bout Lehigh run, while the Mountain Hawks closed the 6. Illinois dual strong behind a Bilodeau pin and Nathaniel Brown’s 4-3 win over Oscar Huntley. 7. Missouri 8. Cornell 184 Robert Hamlin (Lehigh) dec. Luke Rebertus (Navy) 6-2 197 Kadeem Samuels (Lehigh) dec. Paul Rands (Navy) 11-6 9. Central Michigan 285 Zach Rey (Lehigh) dec. Dan Miller (Navy) 3-1 10. Virginia Tech 125 Tyler Sackett (Navy) dec. Alex Abreu (Lehigh) 7-5 11. Michigan 133 Mason Beckman (Lehigh) dec. Aaron Kalil (Navy) 6-5, t.b. 12. Pittsburgh 141 Steve Dutton (Lehigh) major dec. Raymond Borja (Navy) 12-3 13. Oregon State 149 Shane Welsh (Lehigh) dec. Peyton Walsh (Navy) 9-5 14. Oklahoma 157 Bobby Barnhisel (Navy) dec. Brian Tanen (Lehigh) 7-0 15. Wyoming 165 Sean Bilodeau (Lehigh) Fall Mike Brant (Navy) 3:36 16. Edinboro 174 Nathaniel Brown (Lehigh) dec. Oscar Huntley (Navy) 4-3 17. Nebraska LEHIGH HEAD COACH PAT SANTORO 18. Northwestern Coach Santoro is in his fi fth season as the Lawrence White ‘64 Head Coach of Wrestling 19. Virginia at Lehigh. In four-plus seasons Santoro, a two-time EIWA Coach of the Year, has led the 20. Penn Mountain Hawks to a 69-19-1 dual meet record. He has coached six individuals to a total of seven EIWA titles, four Mountain Hawks to a total of eight All-American medals, and 21. Purdue one national champion, Zach Rey in 2011. He spent fi ve years resurrecting the Maryland 22. Wisconsin program, as he went 48-41-1 in duals and guided the Terrapins to an ACC title in 2008. 23. Maryland Prior to his stint at Maryland, Santoro spent nine seasons as an assistant coach at Lehigh. 24. Bloomsburg He was named NWCA Assistant Coach of the Year in 2003 after helping guide the Brown 25. Old Dominion 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 University of Pittsburgh, Santoro won a pair of NCAA titles and is the Panthers’ only four-time All-American. (For Santoro’s complete bio, see page eight) INTERMAT TOURNAMENT STRENGTH LAST TIME LEHIGH MET AMERICAN Top 15 (1/8/13) FEBRUARY 6, 2011 - BETHLEHEM, PA. LEHIGH 23 - AMERICAN 17 1. Penn State 2. Oklahoma State Down 14-7 at intermission, No. 11 Lehigh won four of the fi nal fi ve bouts to rally for a 3. Iowa 23-17 win over No. 18 American inside Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall. Freshman 4. Minnesota Austin Meys put the Mountain Hawks ahead with his tenth fall of the season, while 5. Ohio State junior Zach Rey clinched the dual for the Brown and White with a 5-3 win over Ryan t6. Missouri Flores at heavyweight, in the second of four meetings between the rivals in the 2010- 11 season. Lehigh won six bouts overall, including wins by major decision from Frank t6. Cornell Cagnina (133) and Robert Hamlin (184). American crept within three points with one 8. Virginia Tech bout remaining, but Rey took Flores down twice to win 5-3 and clinch the dual. 9. Illinois 10. Oklahoma 125 Nick Arujau (AU) tech fall Mitch Berger (Lehigh) 15-0, 3:47 11. Central Michigan 133 Frank Cagnina (Lehigh) major dec. Kevin Tao (AU) 16-2 12. Nebraska 141 Steve Dutton (Lehigh) dec. Matt Mariacher (AU) 8-4 13. Oregon State 149 Ganbayar Sanjaa (AU) dec. Joey Napoli (Lehigh) 2-1 14. Lehigh 157 Steve Fittery (AU) Fall Sean Bilodeau (Lehigh) 2:56 15. Pittsburgh 165 Brandon Hatchett (Lehigh) dec. Patrick Graham (AU) 7-2 174 Austin Meys (Lehigh) Fall Tanner Shaffer (AU) 4:50 184 Robert Hamlin (Lehigh) major dec. Thomas Barreiro (AU) 14-4 197 Daniel Mitchell (AU) dec. Joe Kennedy (Lehigh) 3-2 285 Zach Rey (Lehigh) dec. Ryan Flores (AU) 5-3 Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 LEHIGH AT NAVY/AMERICAN• PAGE THREE SERIES HISTORIES LEHIGH DUALS BY MONTH... Navy is Lehigh’s second most-often wrestled opponent behind November: ........................................... 3-1 Penn State. The Mountain Hawks are wrestling the Mids in a December: ............................................ 0-2 dual for the 62nd straight year. Lehigh has won 14 of the last January: ................................................ 0-1 16 duals against Navy but dropped a 19-15 decision in its last February: .............................................0-0 visit to Annapolis. The Mountain Hawks are 4-0 all-time versus American. LEHIGH IN DUALS DECIDED... By 5 points or fewer: .......................... 0-0 Meets Record First Most recent By 6-9 points: .....................................2-0 Lehigh vs. Navy 92 45-47 1910 2012 By 10-20 points ...................................0-3 Lehigh vs. American 4 4-0 2004 2011 By over 20 points: ..............................