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EDINBORO UNIVERSITY 2014-15 Fighting Scots Wrestling 2014-15 Schedule EMU Duals Match Notes November #14 Edinboro Fighting Scots (0-1, 0-0 EWL) 2 at Clarion Open NTS 6 #14 PITTSBURGH L, 13‐25 at EMU Duals vs. Central Michigan, 15 at EMU Duals vs. Central Michigan 10:00 a.m. Northern Illinois, and #8 Michigan vs. Northern Illinois 11:30 a.m. l vs. Michigan 1:00 p.m. Ypsilanti, MI 10:00 a.m. December Bowen Field House 4 CLEVELAND STATE* 7:00 p.m. 6 at PSAC Championships All Day at Bloomsburg, Pa. The Edinboro Lineup 13 CLARION* 7:00 p.m. (at Zafirovski Sports & Recreation Dome) 21 at Grapple at the Garden 2014-15 Record -- 0-1, 0-0 EWL vs. Cornell 10:00 a.m. 2014-15 Career vs. Lehigh 12 noon Wt. Name Yr. Record Record Hometown 29‐30 at Midlands Invitational All Day January 125 Kory Mines R‐Sr. 5‐2 60‐49 Bedford, Ohio/Maple Heights 9‐10 at Virginia Duals@ All Day 133 #1/#1 A.J. Schopp R‐Sr. 1‐0 108‐14 Tyrone, Pa./Tyrone Area 18 KENT STATE 1:00 p.m. 141 #2/#2 Mitchell Port R‐Sr. 5‐1 102‐15 Bellefonte, Pa./Bellefonte Area 24 at Rider* 1:00 p.m. 149 #5/#6 Dave Habat R‐Sr. 5‐0 103‐24 Parma, Ohio/St. Ignatius 25 at Bloomsburg* 2:00 p.m. 157 #13/#12 Austin Matthews So. 6‐0 29‐9 Greenville, Pa./Reynolds/Clarion 31 at George Mason* 7:00 p.m. 165 Casey Fuller R‐Jr. 5‐2 34‐34 Hamlin, Pa./Western Wayne February 174 Nick Mitchell R‐So. 4‐1 17‐12 Frewsburg, N.Y./Frewsburg Central 6 LOCK HAVEN* 7:00 p.m. Patrick Jennings R‐Jr. 7‐2 32‐39 Ridge, N.Y./Longwood 7 EDINBORO OPEN All Day 184 #12/#12 Vic Avery R‐Jr. 4‐1 53‐23 Foxboro, Mass./Foxboro 15 NATIONALS DUALS 197 Vince Pickett Jr. 5‐2 48‐28 Galloway, Ohio/Central Crossing OHIO STATE 1:00 p.m. 20 at West Virginia 8:00 p.m. Hwt. Warren Bosch R‐Jr. 1‐3 17‐24 Kings Park, N.Y./Kings Park March 7 at EWL Championships All Day HEAD COACH: Tim Flynn (Penn State ‘87, 184‐69‐5, 18th year) at Lawrenceville, NJ Rankings: InterMat/Flowrestling 19‐21 at NCAA Division I All Day National Championships at St. Louis, Mo. Fighting Scots Face Challenging Day at EMU Duals * EWL contest @ at Hampton, VA Capped by Meeting with Eighth-Ranked Michigan FLOWRESTLING TO TELEVISE ALL HOME The Match Stories DUALS } Edinboro opened the dual meet portion of its 2014‐15 campaign on November 8 with a 25‐13 loss to Edinboro has entered into an agreement 14th‐ranked Pittsburgh. The Fighting Scots, ranked tenth at the time, were without starters Dave with Flowrestling to stream all of Edinboro’s Habat and Zach Towers, and the night got underway with 19th‐ranked Kory Mines dropping a 6‐0 de‐ home dual meets on the internet. cision at 125 lbs. Edinboro would jump out to a 13‐7 lead but Pittsburgh won the final five matches. Flowrestling members can access the broad‐ } The Fighting Scots open up the EMU Duals with a 10 a.m. match against Central Michigan. Edin‐ cast at: boro last faced the Chippewas in the 2013 Virginia Duals, with Central Michigan claiming third place with a 25‐10 victory. Next comes an 11:30 a.m. match with Northern Illinois. It will mark the first‐ever https://livecoverage.flowrestling.org/event/2 dual between the Fighting Scots and the Huskies. Then comes the highlight match of the day, as Ed‐ 23‐pitt‐at‐edinboro inboro, ranked 14th in the latest USA Today/NWCA Division I Coaches Poll, faces a loaded Michigan team that is ranked eighth. In InterMat’s Tournament Rankings Edinboro is seventh and Michigan 12th. The two have not met since the 2001‐02 season. Edinboro has lost bith previous meetings with the Wolverines. } Edinboro comes off the finest season in school history. The 2013‐14 Fighting Scots finished with an 11‐3 record, winning the EWL and PSAC Championships. Seven national qualifiers then combined to help Edinboro finish fifth at the NCAA Division I National Championships, the highest finish in school history. Three Fighting Scots earned All‐American honors ‐‐ A.J. Schopp (133 lbs.) and Mitchell Port (141 lbs.) for the second time and Dave Habat (149 lbs.) for the first time. Port placed third with Schopp and Habat coming in fourth. EdinboroUniversityAthletics @BoroAthletics GoBoroAthleticsTV Edinboro at EMU Duals 2014-15 EDINBORO WRESTLING MATCH NOTES Edinboro Fast Facts } Edinboro’s lineup features five returning national qualifiers, along with a sixth in Clarion transfer Austin Matthews. Leading the way are All‐Americans Mitchell Port, A.J. Schopp, and Dave Habat. Edinboro University Port earned All‐American honors for the second time at 141 lbs. with a third place finish, while Schopp Location: Edinboro, PA is also a two‐time All‐American after coming in fourth last year at 133 lbs. Habat earned his first All‐ Founded: 1857 American certificate with a fourth place finish at 149 lbs. Kory Mines made his first appearance at Na‐ Enrollment: 7,100 tionals last year at 125 lbs. Matthews earned a trip to Nationals for the first time while wrestling at Colors: Red & White Clarion. He competed at 157 lbs. Nickname: Fighting Scots } In addition, Edinboro’s lineup has seven nationally‐ranked wrestlers, including the WrestlingRe‐ Athletic Director: Bruce Baumgartner port.com rankings which ranks 33 wrestlers per weight class. A.J. Schopp is the consensus number Sports Information Director: Bob Shreve one at 133 lbs., while Mitchell Port is second at 141 lbs. Dave Habat is ranked as high as fourth at 149 Office Phone: (814) 732‐1834 lbs. Vic Avery is also a top‐ten wrestler, ranked as high as seventh by Amateur Wrestling News. New‐ E‐mail: [email protected] comer Austin Matthews, a transfer from Clarion, is ranked as high as tenth by TheOpenMat.com at 157 lbs. Kory Mines fell out of most of the rankings after his setback against Pitt, but the redshirt sen‐ Wrestling Staff ior is ranked 28th at 125 lbs. by WrestlingReport.com. Vince Pickett is ranked 32nd at 197 lbs. in the Head Coach: Tim Flynn (Penn State ‘86) same rankings. Record at Edinboro: 184‐68‐5, 18th year } Head coach Tim Flynn has always liked to challenge his squad, and this year is no exception. The Career Record: 184‐68‐5, 18th year Pittsburgh match is the first of a very difficult dual schedule for the Fighting Scots. Using the USA Office Phone: (814) 732‐1856 Today/NWCA Division I Coaches Poll, Edinboro will face five of the top 15 teams in the country in the Assistant Coach: Cliff Moore (Iowa ‘04) preseason poll. On November 15 the Fighting Scots compete in the EWL Duals, where they will face Office Phone: (814) 732‐1855 ninth‐ranked Michigan. The Grapple at the Garden on December 21 finds the Scots facing a grueling Assistant Coach: Colt Sponseller (Ohio St. ‘12) day. They wrestle third‐ranked Cornell in their first match, then meet 15th‐ranked Lehigh. Ohio State Office Phone: (814) 732‐1856 will visit McComb Fieldhouse for a first round match in the NWCA Cliff Keen National Duals on Febru‐ Athletic Trainer: Gary Hanna ary 15. Pittsburgh comes in ranked 14th. In addition, Edinboro will once again compete in the 2015 Vir‐ ginia Duals. The field has yet to be announced but it always features several nationally‐ranked Sports Information Staff squads. Throw in matches against Kent State, Central Michigan, Northern Illinois, and West Virginia, SID: Bob Shreve plus the five EWL opponents, and the Scots will be battle‐tested by March. Office Phone: (814) 732‐1834 } Based on potential lineups for Saturday, Edinboro wrestlers Mitchell Port and Austin Matthews Cell Phone: (814) 882‐6049 will have to be at their best. Port will square off against Central Michigan’s Zach Horan, a two‐time Email: [email protected] national qualifier who is ranked tenth by InterMat. He will then go up against Michigan’s Steve Dut‐ Graduate Assistants: Josh Gleason and ton, who finished seventh at Nationals last year to earn All‐American honors. He is ranked fourth. Liam Halferty Matthews is expected to face eighth‐ranked Luke Smith of Central Michigan and tenth‐ranked Brian Twitter: @BoroAthletics Murphy of Michigan. Facebook: EdinboroUniversityAthletics } Another very interesting match will take place at 133 lbs. when A.J. Schopp meets Michigan’s Rossi Bruno. The two met twice last year, with Schopp a 6‐0 winner at the Midland’s Championships and 6‐ 2013-14 in Review 2 at Nationals. In addition, Schopp’s first match at the 2013 National was against Bruno. He prevailed 2013‐14 Dual Record: 11‐3 by major decision 8‐0. 2013‐14 EWL Record: 5‐0 2013‐14 NCAA Finish: 5th/3 All‐Americans THE CENTRAL MICHIGAN SERIES Lettermen Returning/Lost: 10/2 CENTRAL MICHIGAN LEADS 4-2 NCAA Qualifiers Returning/Lost: 5/2 The Fighting Scots and Chippewas last met in the third place match at the 2013 Virginia Duals on Jan‐ Qualifiers Returning: 125 ‐‐ Kory Mines (2014 ‐‐ uary 12, 2013, with Central Michigan winning 25‐10. The Chippewas have won the last two duals. DNP); 133 ‐‐ A.J. Schopp (2014 ‐‐ 4th; 2013 ‐‐ 4th; 2012 ‐‐ DNP); 141 ‐‐ Mitchell Port (2014 ‐‐ 3rd; 2013 THE NORTHERN ILLINOIS SERIES ‐‐ 2nd; 2012 ‐‐ DNP); 149 ‐‐ Dave Habat (2014 ‐‐ 4th; First Meeting 2013 ‐‐ DNP; 2012 ‐‐ DNP); 157 ‐‐ Austin Edinboro snapped a string of four straight Pittsburgh victories a year ago with a 17‐16 win over the Matthews* (2014 ‐‐ DNP); 184 ‐‐ Vic Avery (2014 Panthers.