• The Pride has won 20 of its last 28 home matches dating back to the start of the 2003-04 season.

HOFSTRA’S TENTATIVE STARTERS: Wt. Name Cl. 07-08 08-09 I W 125 Steve Bonanno Fr, ----- 4-3 * * 133 Lou Ruggirello*+ Jr.. 38-7 5-0 7 8 141 Justin Accordino RFr. 13-8 4-2 * * 149 P.J. Gillespie RFr. 0-2 4-3 * * 157 Jonny Bonilla- Jr. 19-14 3-1 15 9 Bowman* 165 Ryan Patrovich* So. 19-14 4-1 * * 2008-09 HOFSTRA 174 Alton Lucas* Sr. 29-7 4-0 6 5 184 Ben Clymer Fr. ----- 1-0 * * UNIVERSITY WRESTLING 197 Joe Fagiano So. 23-16 4-0 285 Jordan Enck Fr. ----- 4-3 * * HOFSTRA PRIDE (1-0) * - Returning starter: + - returning conference champion; AA- at All-American; Rankings from: I- USA Today/NWCA/Intermat; (0-0) W-WIN Magazine. PSU – University Park, PA THE YOUNG PRIDE: After losing All-American Charles Sunday, November 16, 2008 – 1 p.m. Griffin and past conference champions Dave Tomasette, at 125, and Joe Rovelli, at 197, to graduation the Pride enter their 61st 2008-09 HOFSTRA WRESTLING SCHEDULE season of competition with 19 freshmen and sophomores on their Date Opp Rank,Opponent,HU Rank) Time/Res. roster of 25. One of those sophomores, Indiana-transfer Joe Nov. 8 Brockport/Oklahoma Gold 5th pl. Fagiano, placed sixth in the Big 10 and competed in the NCAA Nov. 12 WAGNER 53-0 W Championships last season. Nov. 16 at #7 Penn State 1 p.m. Nov. 22 at Missouri 1 p.m. HOFSTRA THIS SEASON: The Pride of Hofstra opened their Nov. 23 at Missouri Open All Day 2008-09 season last weekend at the Brockport/Oklahoma Gold Classic, placing fifth in the eight-team field. Junior Lous Dec. 12 BINGHAMTON 7 p.m. Ruggirello, who recorded pins in all four of his 133-pound Dec. 29-30 at The Southern Scuffle matches, and senior Alton Lucas, who was 3-0 in his 174-pound (Greensboro, NC) matches, captured titles, captured titles. The Pride had their first dual match of the season this past Wednesday night at home Jan. 11 NORTH CAROLINA STATE 1 p.m. against metropolitan-rival Wagner and cruised to a 53-0 victory with five pins. Jan. 16-17 at Colonial Athletic Association Duals (George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA) HOFSTRA HAS FOUR WRESTLERS RANKED THIS WEEK: Hofstra has four wrestlers ranked in the top 20 of their Jan. 25 OHIO STATE 1 p.m. respective weight classes in the latest Intermat/NWCA/NWMA Jan. 31 at Pennsylvania 1 p.m. Division I Individual Rankings, as of November 11. Senior Alton at Drexel 4 p.m. Lucas, who captured the 174-pound title at the Brockpor/ Oklahoma Gold Classic last Saturday, is ranked sixth in the Feb. 8 CORNELL 5 p.m. Intermat Poll and fifth by W.I.N. Magazine. Junior Lou Feb. 14 at Edinboro 7 p.m. Ruggirello, who captured the 133-pound title at Brockport, is Feb. 15 at Buffalo 1 p.m. ranked seventh by Intermat and eighth by W.I.N. Junior Jonny Bonilla-Bowman is ranked ninth in the W.I.N. preseason poll and Feb. 20 at Harvard 7 p.m. th Mar. 6-7 at CAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 15 by Intermat at 157 pounds after placing sixth at Brockport. (Norfolk, VA) Finally, Indiana University sophomore transfer Joe Fagiano, who will make his Hofstra debut this weekend at #7 Penn State, is Mar. 19-21 at NCAA Division I Championships th th (at The Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MO) ranked 17 by Intermat and 16 by W.I.N. at 197 pounds. * - CAA match – All times are ET - Home matches, in bold, are at the David S. Mack Sports Complex RUGGIRELLO IS 5-FOR-5 IN PINS: Junior Lou Ruggirello posted his fifth pin of the season Wednesday night in as many

outings as the Pride downed Wagner, 53-0. Ruggirello, who HOFSTRA NOTES, STREAKS AND TIDBITS: • Hofstra has won 56 of its last 83 and 64 of its last 93 dual captured the Gorrarian Award at the NCAA Championships last matches dating back to 2003. Included are three ties. The Pride is March, and the equivalent honor at the Brockpost Oklahoma 32-12-2 in dual matches since the start of the 2006-07 season. Gold Classic last week, recorded 15 pins last season during his 38-7 year. • Hofstra is undefeated in 60 consecutive dual conference matches posting a 59-0-1 record during that time. The last time FAGIANO TO MAKE HIS HOFSTRA DEBUT AT PENN Hofstra dropped a conference match was February 17, 1999 when STATE: Sophomore Joe Fagiano, who came to Hofstra from the Broncs of Rider beat the Pride, 28-10, in an East Coast Indiana University in August, will make his Hofstra debut at Wrestling Association (ECWA) match. The Pride has won 57 Penn State on Sunday. Fagiano placed sixth in the Big 10 straight conference matches. Championships last year and qualified for the NCAA Championships. He was 23-16 with Hoosiers last year. 10th head wrestling coach in Hofstra’s storied wrestling history HOFSTRA-PENN STATE SERIES: Sunday’s match against on May 17, 2006. His first season as the Hofstra Head Wrestling Penn State is the seventh meeting between the Pride and the Coach in 2006-07 was one for the record books. Shifflet directed Nittany Lions since 1996. Penn State leads the series, 5-1. The the Pride to an 18-4-2 dual record, a final record season ranking two teams last met on November 17, 2007 at the David S. Mack of ninth, the program’s sixth straight Colonial Athletic Sports Complex with the Nittany Lions posting a 28-11 victory Association championship and the school’s seventh consecutive over the Pride. Hofstra’s win over Penn State came on December conference title, an upset victory of top-ranked Minnesota in 10, 2006 on Long Island, 24-10. November, a sixth-place finish at the NWCA National Duals and, most importantly, a seventh-place finish at the 2007 NCAA HOFSTRA-PENN STATE LAST YEAR - NOVEMBER 17 Championships in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Along the way, the AT #10 PENN STATE: Despite a 15-0 tech fall victory by Pride developed four All-Americans, seven conference sophomore Lou Ruggirello at 133 pounds, the #12 Hofstra Pride champions including the CAA Wrestler of the Year and the wrestling team dropped a 28-11 decision to #10 Penn State before Rookie of the Year. For Shifflet’s efforts, he was named the 1,965 fans at the Rec Hall in University Park, PA. The Pride Colonial Athletic Association Coach of the Year. captured just three of the 10 matches. Last season Shifflet directed the program to its 11th consecutive Beginning the match at 197 pounds, Penn State’s second-ranked winning season with a 13-8 overall record and a 6-0 conference senior Phil Davis (2-0) avenged a loss to Hofstra’s Chris while leading Hofstra to its seventh straight CAA wrestling Weidman last season by posting a 12-1 major decision over sixth- championship and eighth consecutive conference title. Along the ranked Pride senior Joe Rovelli (1-1) for a 4-0 lead in the contest. way the Pride faced 13 Top 25 opponents and posted victories Sophomore Stefan Tighe (2-0) pinned Hofstra junior James over #4 Iowa State, #13 Edinboro and #22 Old Dominion. Guerin (0-2) in 5:19 of the heavyweight match to boost the lead Hofstra placed third at the Southern Scuffle, 10th in the Cliff to 10-0. In a battle of top 10-ranked wrestlers at 125 pounds, Keen-Las Vegas Invitational, first in the CAA Championships 10th-ranked Penn State senior Mark McKnight (2-0) tallied all with three conference champions and seven national qualifiers, three of his points in the second period and held on to defeat and 15th in the NCAA Championships with two All-Americans Hofstra’s seventh-ranked senior Dave Tomasette (1-1), 3-2, as and the Gorrarian Award winner. the Nittany Lions took a 13-0 lead. Shifflet came to Hofstra after four seasons as head wrestling The Pride got on the board at 133 as fourth-ranked sophomore coach at UNC Greensboro. While at UNCG, he created and Lou Ruggirello (2-0) notched a 15-0 tech fall victory over Penn organized the annual 35-team Southern Scuffle wrestling State freshman Mike Eagen (0-2). Ruggirello jumped out to a 10- tournament, which is one of the largest and more competitive 0 lead after one period before posting the victory at 4:04 of the Division I regular season tournaments in the country. During his match. In another top 10-match-up at 141 pounds, Hofstra’s tenure at UNC Greensboro Shifflet recorded a 32-32 dual meet second-ranked senior Charles Griffin (1-1) dropped a 6-1 record and had nine wrestlers qualify for the NCAA decision to seventh-ranked junior Jake Strayer (2- Championships. 0). Strayer’s win gave Penn State a 16-5 lead at the intermission. A three-time All-American and a four-time national qualifier as a , the Nittany Lions’ seventh-ranked sophomore, student-athlete at national powerhouse Edinboro University from improved to 2-0 on the season with a 5-2 victory over Hofstra 1992 through 1995, Shifflet began his coaching career as an sophomore Mitch Smith (0-2) at 149 pounds. Sophomore Dan assistant at Georgia State University in1995, helping the Panthers Vallimont (2-0), ranked 12th at 157 pounds, decisioned Pride post back-to-back winning seasons, and develop three conference sophomore Jonny Bonilla-Bowman, 6-3, as Penn State opened up champions and four NCAA qualifiers. In 1997, Shifflet left a 22-5 advantage. Pride freshman Ryan Patrovich (1-1) snapped Georgia State to begin a five-year tenure as an assistant coach at the PSU three-match winning streak with a 3-1 over 16th-ranked Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. During his time with the sophomore Dave Rella (1-1) at 165 pounds to cut the deficit to Big Red, Shifflet coached 24 NCAA qualifiers, three NCAA All- 22-8. Hofstra junior Alton Lucas (2-0) made it two-in-a-row with Americans and helped head coach Rob Koll to a pair of Ivy a 12-7 decision over sophomore David Erwin at 174 pounds to League championships in 1999 and 2001. More importantly, inch closer at 22-11. In the final match of the day Penn State’s Cornell was also consistently ranked among the nation's top-15 20th-ranked junior Phil Bomberger improved to 2-0 with a win programs. The last Big Red recruiting class, that he was involved by fall over Pride freshman Jeff Siciliano (0-2) in 1:52. with, placed fifth at the 2006 NCAA Championships in . #10 Penn State 28, #12 Hofstra 11 197: #2 Phil Davis PSU, maj. dec. #6 Joe Rovelli HOF, 12-1 After five seasons at Cornell, the Amherst, New York native was HWT: Stefan Tighe PSU pinned James Guerin HOF, (5:19) named the head wrestling coach at UNC Greensboro on May 17, 125: #10 Mark McKnight PSU dec. #7 Mike Tomasette HOF, 3-2 2002. In 2003-04 the Spartans claimed their first winning season 133: #4 Lou Ruggirello HOF tech. fall Mike Eagen PSU, 15-0 (4:04) since 1998-99, posting a 9-6 overall record with the nine victories 141: #7 Jake Strayer PSU dec. #2 Charles Griffin HOF, 6-1 ranking as the third most in the program's 12-year history. 149: #7 Bubba Jenkins PSU dec. Mitch Smith HOF, 5-2 Shifflet guided UNCG to the most wins in school history during 157: #12 Dan Vallimont PSU dec. Jonny Bonilla-Bowman, 6-3 the 2004-05 season as the Spartans recorded a 12-5 overall 165: Ryan Patrovich HOF dec. #16 Dave Rella PSU, 3-1 record, 4-1 in the Southern Conference. In 2005-06 UNCG tied a 174: Alton Lucas HOF dec. David Erwin PSU, 12-7 school-record by sending four wrestlers to the NCAA Division I 184: #20 Phil Bomberger PSU pinned Jeff Siciliano HOF, (1:52) Championships in Oklahoma City and the Spartans finished tied for 31st with Harvard in the final Championship standings. The HOFSTRA COACH TOM SHIFFLET: Tom Shifflet, a four- Spartans finished the season with an 11-6 dual match record and time NCAA Championships qualifier and a three-time All- a 4-1 mark in the Southern Conference. As a wrestler, Shifflet American as a student-athlete at Edinboro University, became the registered 118 wins for the Edinboro Fighting Scots and was coached by the legendary Bruce Baumgartner. Competing at 142 (59-0-1). The Pride has won 57 consecutive conference dual pounds, Shifflet finished seventh at nationals as a freshman, sixth matches. Hofstra, which lost its last conference dual match in as a sophomore and third as a senior. He is one of four three-time 1998-99, was 6-0-1 in 1999-2000, 6-0-0 in 2000-01, 2001-02, All-Americans in school history. Shifflet also received the 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2007-08, 7-0-0 in 2002-03 and 8-0-0 in Freshman of the Year Award in 1992 2003-04. The last time Hofstra dropped a conference dual match and the EWL Wrestler of the Year Award in 1995. He was was on February 17, 1999 when the Broncs of Rider beat the inducted into both the Edinboro University and the EWL Halls of Pride, 28-10 in an East Coast Wrestling Association (ECWA) Fame in 2006. In 1996 Shifflet placed seventh in the final U.S. match. Olympic Trials in freestyle wrestling at 149.5 pounds. One year later he placed sixth in both the World Team Freestyle Trials and HOFSTRA RECEIVING VOTES the U.S. Open. IN THIS WEEK’S USA TODAY /INTERMAT/ NWCA POLL: The ALTON LUCAS - RETURNING ALL-AMERICAN: Senior USA Today/InterMat/NWCA Team Alton Lucas, who recorded an eighth-place finish and a 4-3 Rankings for November 11 have record in the 2008 NCAA Championships in St. Louis, Missouri been released. Two weeks of last March, is Hofstra’s only returning All-American this season. wrestling have been completed and Lucas finished the year with a 29-7 record. He also captured the there is already a change in the top 174-pound title at the Southern Scuffle and was named the five teams. Ohio State has jumped Colonial Athletic Association Wrestler of the Week once. into the third spot ahead of Cornell. Penn State now stands alone at No.7 LOU RUGGIRELLO RETURNS AFTER AN AWARD- and Minnesota and Wisconsin are now tied at No. 12. Central FILLED SEASON: Junior Lou Ruggirello, the Walden, New Michigan moved up to the vacant spot left by Maryland at No. 17 York native who posted a team-best 38-7 record during the 2007- and No. 18 Oklahoma jumped ahead of Old Dominion. There are 08 campaign and won his second consecutive CAA three newcomers to the poll with Harvard, Kent State, and Lehigh Championship at 133 pounds, posted a 4-2 mark at the 2008 joining the Top 25. Other school receiving votes were: NCAA Championships. He was also the recipient of the Chattanooga, Cal State- Fullerton, Hofstra, Navy, Oregon State, prestigious Manuel Gorrarian Award, which is presented to the Pitt, and Purdue. wrestler with the most victories by fall in the least amount of time The USA Today/InterMat/NWCA Coaches Poll is voted on by a at the Championships. representative member of each Division I wrestling conference

and one wild card. The InterMat/NWCA/NWMA Individual In December 2007 Lou became Hofstra's first-ever top-ranked Rankings are voted on by members of the National Wrestling wrestler at his weight class as he was number one in both the Media Association. Intermat/USA Today rankings and the W.I.N. Magazine rankings following his wins over then #1 and eventual national champion No. Team (1st pl. votes) W-L Pts. LW Coleman Scott (Oklahoma State) and then #14 David Marble 1 Iowa (11) 0-0 275 1 (Bucknell) at the Northeast Duals. Lou was also selected to 2 Iowa State 0-0 259 2 compete in the prestigious National Wrestling Coaches 3 Ohio State 0-0 251 4 Association All-Star Classic last season, which pits two of the 4 Cornell 0-0 248 3 top-ranked wrestlers at each weight class against each other, and posted a 6-0 win over then #2 Mack Reiter of Minnesota. 5 Missouri 0-0 229 5 6 Nebraska 0-0 212 6 A two-time CAA Wrestler of the Week selection in 2007-08, Lou 7 Penn State 0-0 209 7 was the 2007 CAA Rookie of the Year and owns a career mark of 8 Oklahoma State 0-0 200 T7 69-16. He is the Pride's first NWCA All-Academic award winner 9 Illinois 0-0 189 9 since Paul Siemon was honored in 2004 and 2005 and the sixth 10 Michigan 0-0 173 10 Hofstra wrestler to receive the award. 11 Northwestern 0-0 162 11

12 Minnesota 0-0 140 12 RUGGIRELLO ALSO NAMED TO 2008 NWCA ALL- ACADEMIC TEAM: Lou Ruggirello was also named to the tie Wisconsin 0-0 140 13 2007-08 National Wrestling Coaches Association All-Academic 14 Boise State 3-0 137 14 wrestling team. To be named to the All-Academic team wrestlers 15 Edinboro 3-0 121 15 must have at least a 3.2 cumulative GPA, been an NCAA 16 Indiana 0-0 105 16 qualifier or won 60 percent of his total schedule - and must have 17 Central Michigan 0-0 101 18 competed in at least 60 percent of said schedule. The other way 18 Oklahoma 0-0 93 20 to qualify for the All-Academic team is have a 3.0 cumulative 19 Old Dominion 0-0 70 19 and been an NCAA All-American. 20 Penn 0-0 49 T21 Ruggirello, who received Hofstra's 2008 Dr. James M. Shuart 21 Virginia 0-0 43 23 Male Scholar-Athlete Award. carried a 3.54 overall grade point 22 Northern Iowa 0-0 42 24 average as a business major and in the fall of 2007 posted a 3.94 23 Lehigh 1-0 23 NR GPA. He has received the CAA Commissioner's Academic tie West Virginia 0-0 23 25 Award in each of his two years. 25 Harvard 0-0 15 NR

tie Kent State 0-0 15 NR CONFERENCE UNDEFEATED STREAK AT 60: After a perfect 6-0 mark at the CAA dual matches in 2007-08, Hofstra tie Maryland 1-2-1 15 17 has extended its conference dual match undefeated streak to 60 Others receiving votes: Chattanooga, Cal State-Fullerton, his name on it retired during intermission of the Ohio State match Hofstra, Navy, Oregon State, Pitt and Purdue on January 25. "The honoring of these 20 former student-athletes is a celebration of the outstanding history of Pride Athletics," commented Hofstra University Director of Athletics Jack Hayes. W.I.N. MAGAZINE 2008-09 NCAA DIVISION I The group encompasses a wide range of sports and PRESEASON DUAL accomplishments as 10 different teams are recognized and among RANKINGS: the honorees are National Champions, National Players of the Year, All-Americans and World Champions.

Wrestling International Newsmagazine (W.I.N.) has released its Each person will be honored at a home game during their NCAA Div. I Preseason Dual Team ranking, a Top-20 rating of respective sports season, unless schedules dictate otherwise. all 10 individual weights and this season’s initial Tournament Detailed retirement ceremony information will be announced in Power Index (T.P.I.) of where teams could finish in next March’s the coming weeks and months. NCAA Div. I Championships in St. Louis, Mo. Iowa, the defending Div. I champion in both the NWCA National Duals Earlier this year the athletics department began an online process and the NCAA tournament, has been tabbed as the favorite in that resulted in more than 150 nominations being submitted. both events this year. Among the individual rankings, five From that list the group of 20 former student-athletes was returning champs — Indiana’s Angel Escobedo at 125, Ohio selected by a committee of alumni, athletics department State’s J Jaggers at 141, Iowa’s Brent Metcalf, Cornell’s Jordan administrators and Hofstra Pride Club members. Leen at 157 and Ohio State’s Mike Pucillo at 184 — are ranked Gallo, an alternate on the 1976 U.S. Olympic Team, captured the No. 1 at their respective weights. W.I.N. Div. I rankings will be 1977 NCAA title at 126 pounds and received the NCAA released on a weekly basis beginning Dec. 1, 2008. Championships Most Outstanding Wrestler Award. He posted a 104-14 record in his four years as a wrestler at Hofstra. After graduation he coached the Pride for three years, compiling a 34- Rk. School 07-08 Dual Record 19 record. Gallo is a member of the Suffolk County Hall of Fame 1. Iowa 21-1 and received Lifetime Achievement Award from the National 2. Ohio State 19-4 Wrestling Hall of Fame. He is a vice-president at Suffolk 3. Iowa State 16-4 County-based TW Promotions, a leading supplier of wrestling 4. Cornell 9-5 products and apparel in the region. 5. Missouri 9-4-1 6. Oklahoma State 16-3-1 CHIEF RAY DOWNEY, SR. MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP 7. Illinois 13-4 FUND DAY: Hofstra University will proudly welcome members 8. Nebraska 14-3 of the Downey Family on January 25, 2009 for the presentation 9. Penn State 14-5 of the Chief Ray Downey, Sr. Memorial Scholarship prior to the 10. Michigan 16-8 Ohio State match. The scholarship grant(s) are named in 11. Minnesota 14-6 memory of the late FDNY hero who was killed in the terrorist 12. Northwestern 8-9 attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. 13. Boise State 11-2 14. Central Michigan 16-2 SOUTHERN SCUFFLE BACK ON TAP: The Christmas 15. Wisconsin 14-4-1 holiday Southern Scuffle in Greensboro, NC has grown to 16. Indiana 13-8 become one of the top early-season tournaments in the country 17. Maryland 15-4 thanks, in large part, to one man. That man, Hofstra Head 18. Edinboro 10-3 Wrestling Coach Tom Shifflet, created the tournament while 19. West Virginia 8-5 leading the Spartans of UNC-Greensboro. He returned with his 20. Oklahoma 13-5 Pride team for the first time last December and placed third in the 21. Penn 12-5 28-team field behind then-defending national champion Minnesota, and Edinboro. Junior Alton Lucas captured the 174- 22. Old Dominion 17-3 pound title with senior Charles Griffin placing second at 141 23. Kent State 14-5 pounds, senior Joe Rovelli finished third at 197, senior Dave 24. Navy 6-4 Tomasette at 125 and sophomore Lou Ruggirello at 133 placed 25. Northern Iowa 7-5-1 fifth, and sophomore Mitch Smith at 149 and freshman Ryan Patrovich at 165 finished sixth in the Scuffle. The Pride’s third- HOFSTRA IN THE POLLS IN 2008-09 place team finish is the program’s best since a third-place finish at the Las Vegas Invitational in 2004. Hofstra will return to Date NWCA WIN compete in the 2008 Southern Scuffle on December 29-30. Preseason RV *** Nov. 10 RV *** HOFSTRA WRESTLING PRONUNCIATIONS: 125 - Bonanno (Bo-nan-no) HOFSTRA GREAT NICK GALLO TO HAVE HIS 133 - Ruggirello (Rudge-a-rell-o) “JERSEY” RETIRED IN JANUARY: In an effort to 141 - Accordino (Ack-or-dino) acknowledge the outstanding accomplishments of numerous 157- Bonilla-Bowman (Boe-knee-ah-Boe-min) former student-athletes during the University's nearly 75 years of 165 - Patrovich (PAT-tro-vitch) existence, Hofstra University has announced that a group of 20 174- Alton Lucas (AL-tahn) past Pride athletes will have their jersey numbers retired. Nick Gallo, Hofstra’s only national champion, will have a singlet with 2008-09 HOFSTRA COMPETITION SUMMARIES At 184 pounds, freshman Ben Clymer made his Hofstra debut with a 17-0 tech fall victory over sophomore Peter Morano.

Freshman Rob Piscitello recorded his first college fall with a pin SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8 AT BROCKPORT/ of freshman Mark Wagner in 3:43 at 197 pounds. Freshman OKLAHOMA GOLD CLASSIC: The Pride recorded a fifth- Jordan Enck (4-3) closed out the match with a 15-0 tech fall of place finish in the eight-team Brockport/ Oklahoma Gold Classic. junior Angelo D'Amico in the heavyweight match.

Junior Lou Ruggirello and senior Alton Lucas captured The Pride will return to action this Sunday, November 16 when individual titles and sophomore Ryan Patrovich placed third to they travel to University Park, Pennsylvania to face the seventh- lead the Pride. Ruggirello, who captured the Gorrarian Award for ranked Nittany Lions of Penn State at 1 p.m. the most pins in the fastest time at last March's NCAA Division I

Championships, picked up where he left off winning the equivalent honor in this tournament with pins in all four of his Hofstra 53, Wagner 0 125- Steve Bonanno (H) tech fall Jason Mandrogona (W), 15-0 matches in a total of 5:02. He pinned Danny Mitcheff from Kent 133- Lou Ruggirello (H) WBF Nick Keshecki (W) 2:07 State in 1:21 in the 133 pound final. 141- Jeff Rotella (H) WBF Jake Villaret (W) 2:39

149- P.J. Gillespie (H) WBF Ryan Cornell (W), 4:36 Lucas, Hofstra lone returning All-American from last season, 157- Jonny Bonilla-Bowman (H) maj dec. Larry Peotter (W), 21-8 posted a 3-0 mark in the 174 pound class and defeated 165- Ryan Patrovich (H) maj. Dec. Sean Quinn (W), 16-4 Oklahoma's Jeff James in the championship final. 174- Alton Lucas (H) WBF Ryan Malloy (W), 2:15

184- Ben Clymer (H) tech fall Peter Morano (W), 17-0 Patrovich started the season off on the right foot with a 3-1 record 197- Rob Piscitello (H) WBF Mark Wagner (W), 3:43 and a third place finish at 165 pounds. Patrovich, whose only loss 285- Jordan Enck (H) tech fall Angelo D'Amico (W), 15-0 came to eventual champion Jarrod King from Edinboro in the championship semifinals, defeated Kent State's Obie Simpson, 5-

3, in the third place match. Red-shirt freshman Justin Accordino, who is replacing graduated All-American Charles Griffin this season, posted a 4-2 record in the tournament to place fourth at 141 pounds. He posted two pins in the Classic and both of his losses came to Kent State's Drew Lashaway, including a 7-3 decision in the third place match.

Five other Pride wrestlers placed sixth in the tournament as freshmen Steve Bonanno, at 125 pounds, P.J. Gillespie, at 149, and Jordan Enck, at 285, posted 3-3 marks while junior Jonny Bonilla-Bowman, at 157, was 2-0, and senior Anthony Tortora, at 184, was 2-3 in the Classic. Freshman Taylor Brown, at 125, and senior Jon Rothman, at 184, were 0-2 in the tournament. Red- shirt freshman Lawrence Beckman, at 174, also competed but was injured and did not post a record.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12 VS. WAGNER: The Hofstra Pride made their 2008-09 home debut a successful one with a 53- 0 rout of the Seahawks of Wagner at the David S. Mack Sports Complex. The Pride (1-0) posted five pins, three tech falls, and two major decisions to post their 14th consecutive victory over Wagner (0-2).

After Pride freshman Steve Bonanno (4-3) posted a 15-0 tech fall over Wagner freshman Jason Mandragona at 125 pounds, Hofstra recorded three consecutive pins led by junior Lou Ruggirello's fifth fall of the year in as many outings at 133 pounds. Sophomore Jeff Rotella (2-2) recorded his first career pin with a fall in 2:39 over freshman Jake Villaret at 141 pounds. Red-shirt freshman P.J. Gillespie (4-3) posted his second fall of the season with a pin of sophomore Ryan Cornell in 4:36. Junior Jonny Bonilla-Bowman, ranked 15th at 157 pounds in the latest Intermat rankings, posted his third win of the season with a 21-8 major decision over sophomore Larry Peotter for a 27-0 lead at the intermission.

The second half of the match was no better for the Seahawks as Hofstra sophomore Ryan Patrovich (4-1) recorded a 16-4 major decision over senior Sean Quinn at 165. Hofstra's returning All- American senior Alton Lucas, ranked sixth by Intermat, improved to 4-0 on the year with a pin of freshman Ryan Malloy in 2:15. 2007-08 YEAR IN REVIEW Campbell (4.0) wrapped up the CAA Tournament field at eighth and ninth places, respectively. HOFSTRA LAST YEAR: Hofstra, then in its 60th season of wrestling in 2007-08, was 13-8 on the year. The Pride had wins Finals (F) and Consolation Finals (C) at 5 p.m. 117- 125-C- Steve Mytych (Drexel) maj. dec. Brian Wright (GMU), 15-2 over #25 Bloomsburg, Bucknell, #25 Harvard, #13 Edinboro, #4 118- 125-F- James Nicholson (ODU) dec. Dave Tomasette (Hofstra 2-1 Iowa State, Binghamton, Rider, Boston University, George 119- 133-C- Joe Coughlin (GMU) win by fall Tommy Lorenzo (Rider), Mason, #22 Old Dominion, Penn, Lehigh and Drexel, and losses 4:57 to #7 Missouri, #10 Penn State, #3 Oklahoma State, #5 Central 120- 133-F- Lou Ruggirello (Hofstra) dec, Kyle Hutter (ODU), 3-1 in SV Michigan, #7 Michigan, #11 Ohio State, #18 Cornell and #2 121- 141-C- Joey Whitaker (Boston U.) dec. Anwar Goeres Nebrask. The Pride recorded a third-place finish at the 28-team (Binghamton), 11-6 Southern Scuffle in Greensboro, North Carolina, and captured 122- 141-F- Ryan Williams (ODU) dec. Charles Griffin (Hofstra), 3-2 10th place with only six wrestlers in the 50-team, Cliff Keen-Las 123- 149-C- Kyle Fried (Binghamton) dec. Mitch Smith (Hofstra), 5-2 th 124- 149-F- Don Fisch (Rider) dec. Mike Roberts (Boston U.), 6-3 Vegas Invitational in December. Hofstra placed 15 at the 2008 125- 157-C- Nate Patterson (Binghamton) dec. Carlo ferrandino (Boston NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships last March. U.), 5-0 126- 157-F- Jonny Bonilla-Bowman (Hofstra) dec. Ryan Hluschak 2007-08 CAA CHAMPIONSHIP (Drexel), 8-7 REVIEW 127- 165-C- Jason Lapham (Rider) win by fall Billy Haydt (Drexel), 3:49 HEMPSTEAD, NY – In the closest 128- 165-F- Chris Brown (ODU) dec. Ryan Patrovich (Hofstra), 12-7 129- 174-C- Josh Patterson (Binghamton) win by fall Nick Pullano championship since 1999, Hofstra (ODU), 0:41 University edged Old Dominion 130- 174-F- Alton Lucas (Hofstra) dec. Randy Oates (GMU), 8-4 University and seven other conference 131- 184-C- Justin Danz (Hofstra) dec. Justin Wieller (Drexel), 3-2 schools to capture their seventh consecutive Colonial Athletic 132- 184-F- Doug Umbehauer (Rider) dec. Jesse Strawn (ODU), 9-3 Association Wrestling Championship at the David S. Mack 133- 197-C- Cayle Byers (GMU) dec. David Mendoza (ODU), 5-3 Sports Complex. 134- 197-F- T.J. Morrison (Rider) dec. Joe Rovelli (Hofstra), 4-2 135- 285-C- Andy Totusek (ODU) dec. Bryant Deinhardt (Drexel), 3-1 The Pride tallied 104.5 points to defeat the second place 136- 285-F- Ed Bordas (Rider) dec. Harry Zander (GMU), 3-1 in SV

Monarchs of ODU (87.0) by just 17.5 points. It was the lowest TRUE Second-Place Matches: CAA Championship margin since James Madison edged George 149 - Kyle Fried (Binghamton) dec. Mike Roberts (Boston U), 5-2 in TB Mason by nine points (89.5-80.5) in the 1999 CAA Tournament. 197 - Joe Rovelli (Hofstra) dec. Cayle Byers (GMU), 10-5 285- Andy Totusek (ODU) dec. Harry Zander (GMU) 4-2 Hofstra, which has won eight straight conference championships including seven in the CAA, captured individual titles by FINAL STANDINGS 1-Hofstra (104.5); 2-Old Dominion sophomores Lou Ruggirello at 133 pounds and Jonny Bonilla- (87.0); 3- Rider (73.0); 4-George Mason (51.0); 5-Drexel (38.5); Bowman at 157 pounds, and junior Alton Lucas at 174. Four 6-Binghamton (36.0); 7-Boston U. (29.5); 8-Sacred Heart (10.5); Pride wrestlers, seniors Dave Tomasette at 125, Charles Griffin at 9-Campbell (4.0). 141 and Joe Rovelli at 197, and redshirt freshman Ryan Patrovich Outstanding Wrestler Award - Ryan Williams (141) - Old at 165 dropped title match decisions, but will be going to the Dominion national championships in the Gateway City. ODU also posted . three conference champions and six national qualifiers as redshirt NCAA Qualifiers (24) (Champion listed first) freshman James Nicholson at 125, junior Ryan Williams at 141 125 - James Nicholson - Old Dominion -1st and sophomore Chris Brown at 165 earned titles while 125 - Dave Tomasette – Hofstra -2nd sophomores Kyle Hutter and Jesse Strawn, and freshman Andy 125 - Steve Mytych – Drexel – WC2 Totusek were finalists. Williams was named the Championship's 133- Lou Ruggirello – Hofstra – 1st Most Outstanding Wrestler. 133- Kyle Hutter - Old Dominion – 2nd 141- Ryan Williams - Old Dominion – 1st The Broncs of Rider earned four national championship bids, all 141- Charles Griffin – Hofstra - 2nd as CAA champions, as seniors Don Fisch at 149 and T.J. 149- Don Fisch – Rider – 1st Morrison at 197, and juniors Doug Umbehauer at 184 and Ed 149- Kyle Fried – Binghhamton – 2nd Bordas at 285 copped titles. Rider finished this with 73 points. 149 – Mike Roberts – Boston U. – WC1 157- Jonny Bonilla-Bowman – Hofstra – 1st George Mason (51), Drexel (38.5), and Binghamton (36) placed 157- Ryan Hluschak – Drexel – 2nd fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively, with each having two 165- Chris Brown - Old Dominion – 1st qualifiers. George Mason senior Randy Oates was a finalist at 165- Ryan Patrovich – Hofstra – 2nd 174 while freshman Cayle Byers placed third at 197 points to 174- Alton Lucas – Hofstra – 1st earn a wild card. Drexel senior Ryan Hluschak was a finalist at 174- Randy Oates - George Mason – 2nd 157 while junior Steve Mytych placed third at 125 to earn a wild 174- Josh Patterson – Binghamton – WC4 card bid. Binghamton senior Kyle Fried won his third-place 184- Doug Umbehauer – Rider -1st match and then the true second place match to earn his invitation 184- Jesse Strawn- Old Dominion – 2nd to nationals while sophomore Josh Patterson placed fourth at 174 197- T.J. Morrison – Rider -1st and earned a wild card to St. Louis. 197- Joe Rovelli – Hofstra – 2nd 197- Cayle Byers – George Mason – WC3 Boston University, which placed seventh with 29.5 points, will 285- Ed Bordas – Rider – 1st send junior Mike Roberts to the national championships as a wild 285- Andy Totusek - Old Dominion – 2nd card. The 149-pounder was a finalist in his weight class but lost the true second place match to Fried. Sacred Heart (10.5) and CAA WRESTLING CHAMPIONS: Here is the list of CAA Wrestling champions since 1992: THREE-TIME CHAMPIONS Aurel Balaianu - 1977, 1979, 1980 1992 George Mason Mike Hogan - 1978, 1980, 1981 Ed Pidgeon - 1981, 1982, 1983 1993 Virginia Tech Tony Arena - 1982, 1983, 1985 1994 Old Dominion Mike Arena - 1986, 1987, 1988 1995 George Mason Roman Fleszar - 1999, 2000, 2001 1996 George Mason Eric Schmiesing - 1999, 2000, 2001 1997 George Mason Tom Noto - 2001, 2002, 2004 1998 Virginia Tech Chris Skretkowicz - 2003, 2004, 2005 1999 James Madison Michael Patrovich - 2005, 2006, 2007 2000 James Madison Charles Griffin - 2005, 2006, 2007 2001 George Mason James Strouse - 2005, 2006, 2007 Joe Rovelli - 2005, 2006, 2007 2002 Hofstra

2003 Hofstra TWO-TIME CHAMPIONS 2004 Hofstra Art Strunk - 1952, 1953 2005 Hofstra Dan Notine - 1956, 1957 2006 Hofstra Don Hannon - 1960, 1962 2007 Hofstra Marty Willigan - 1968, 1969 2008 Hofstra Mark Goldberg - 1969, 1970 Note: Hofstra joined the CAA in 2001-2002. Bill Stauffer - 1969, 1971 Joel Kislin - 1972, 1973 Rick Santee - 1972, 1973 CONFERENCE HISTORY Don Mayorga - 1975, 1976 Hofstra has competed in four wrestling conferences since 1950 – Jim McDuffie - 1975, 1976 the Middle Atlantic Conference (1950-1973), the East Coast Nick Gallo - 1975, 1977 Conference (1974-90), the East Coast Wrestling Association Greg Ely - 1978, 1979 (1990-2001) and the Colonial Athletic Association (2001- Bill Keck - 1979, 1980 present). The following is a list of Hofstra’s conference Phil Mattera - 1982, 1983 champions. Joe Downey - 1983, 1984

Peter Capone - 1983, 1985 HOFSTRA’S CONFERENCE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Ralph Everett - 2003, 2004 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 2001, 2002, Noel Thompson - 2003, 2004 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Dave Tomasette - 2006, 2007

Lou Ruggirello – 2007, 2008 CONFERENCE COACH OF THE YEAR Tom Ryan - 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002 (co-coach), 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Hofstra’s CAA Wrestler of the Week Honorees Tom Shifflet - 2007 Dec. 4 - Charles Griffin Jan. 8 - Alton Lucas

Jan. 15 - Lou Ruggirello CONFERENCE WRESTLER OF THE YEAR Chris Skretkowicz - 2003, 2004 Jan. 22 - Lou Ruggirello Jon Masa - 2005 Jan. 29 - Dave Tomasette Mike Patrovich – 2006 Charles Griffin - 2007 RUGGIRELLO WAS HOFSTRA’S FIRST NUMBER ONE: Sophomore Lou Ruggirello became Hofstra’s first number one-

ranked wrestler on November 26 when he climbed to the top of CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT the 133-pound weight class after an impressive showing at the MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLERS Dan Snyder - 1963 Journeyman/Brute Northeast Duals. Ruggirello, who defeated #2 Marty Willigan - 1969 Tyler McCormick from Missouri on November 10, downed Don Mayorga - 1975 former #1 Coleman Scott from Oklahoma State at the Northeast Lou Dionisio - 1980 Duals to take over the number one spot. He posted a 7-2 record in Ed Pidgeon - 1981 Las Vegas and was 4-2 at the Southern Scuffle, placing fifth. Peter Capone - 1983, 1985 Mike Arena - 1986, 1988 2007-08 HOFSTRA WRESTLING RESULTS Eric Schmiesing - 2001 Date Opp Rank,Opponent,HU Rank) Time/Res. Jason DeBruin - 2002 Nov. 10 #7 MISSOURI (#13) 21-22 L Ricky LaForge - 2003 Nov. 17 at #10 Penn State (#12) 11-28 L Chris Skretkowicz - 2005 Jon Masa - 2006 Nov. 24 at Northeast Duals - Troy, NY Mike Patrovich - 2007 #25 Bloomsburg (#12) 30-12 W #3 Oklahoma State (#12) 16-20 L FOUR-TIME CHAMPIONS Bucknell (#12) 24-15 W Jason DeBruin - 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Jon Masa - 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 Nov. 30 at Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (#12) Dec. 1 at Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational 10th pl. 16 Cornell 6 293 17 Pittsburgh 6 287 Dec. 9 #25 HARVARD (#14) 25-12 W 18 Wisconsin 8 285 19 Oklahoma 5 188 Dec. 29-30 at The Southern Scuffle (#15) 3rd pl. (tie) Navy 5 188 (Greensboro, NC) 21 American 4 183 22 Penn 8 161 Jan. 6 #5 CENTRAL MICHIGAN (#16) 14-22 L 23 Cal Poly 3 147 #13 EDINBORO 24-19 W (tie) Old Dominion 6 147 25 UT-Chattanooga 8 142 Jan. 12-13 at NWCA-Cliff Keen National Duals #4 Iowa State (#12) 19-18 W #7 Michigan 15-19 L The USA Today/InterMat/NWCA Coaches Poll is voted on by a #11 Ohio State 16-25 L representative member of each Division I wrestling conference and one wild card. The InterMat/NWCA/NWMA Individual Jan. 18-19 at Colonial Athletic Association Duals Rankings are voted on by members of the National Wrestling Jan. 18 Binghamton (#12) 31-4 W Media Association. Rider 27-18 W Jan. 19 Boston Univ. 38-7 W George Mason 28-9 W HOFSTRA IN THE POLLS IN 2007-08 #22 Old Dominion 22-19 W Date NWCA WIN Preseason 13th 18th Jan. 27 PENNSYLVANIA (PFC) 25-11 W Nov. 13 12th *** Feb. 2 at #18 Cornell 14-28 L Nov. 20 13th 18th Feb. 8 at Lehigh 25-11 W Nov. 27 12th 18th Feb. 12 DREXEL 39-0 W Dec. 4 14th 18th Feb. 17 #2 NEBRASKA 10-25 l Dec. 11 15th 18th Mar. 7-8 at CAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 1st Place Dec. 18 15th 18th (Hempstead, NY) Jan. 2 16th 17th Mar. 20-22 at NCAA Division I Championships Jan. 8 12th 16th (at The Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MO) Jan. 15 12th 11th * - CAA match – All times are ET - Home matches, in bold, are at Jan. 22 12th 11th the David S. Mack Sports Complex Jan. 29 12th 11th Feb. 5 16th 15th Feb. 12 16th 15th HOFSTRA’S FINAL 2007-08 Feb 19 16th 15th USA TODAY /INTERMAT/ Feb. 26 17th 15th NWCA POLL: The Hofstra Pride Mar. 12 13th 14th wrestling team placed 13th in the final 2007-08 (Pre-NCAA Championship) USA Today/ HOFSTRA’S FINAL 2007- Intermat/ NWCA Division I Team 08 W.I.N. DIVISION I Rankings, as of March12, 2008. TEAM RANKINGS: The Hofstra Pride placed 15th in

USA Today/InterMat/NWCA Division the final 2007-08 Pre-NCAA I Coaches Poll Championship W.I.N. March 12, 2008 Magazine Tournament Power Index.

Rank Team (First) Qualifiers Points WRESTLING INTERNATIONAL NEWSMAGAZINE 1 Iowa (12) 9 480 (W.I.N.) 2007-08 NCAA DIV. I RANKINGS 2 Minnesota 9 462 (Previous Rankings from March 10, 2008) 3 Michigan 6 449 4 Iowa State 10 445 No School Top 8 Pts 5 Nebraska 8 432 1 Iowa 7 90 2 Minnesota 7 75.5 6 Oklahoma State 8 419 3 Michigan 5 74.5 7 Central Michigan 9 411 4 Nebraska 5 60.5 8 Ohio State 7 401 5 Iowa State 4 59 9 Illinois 7 383 6 Ohio State 4 52.5 10 Northwestern 6 369 7 Oklahoma State 4 51.5 11 Penn State 7 357 8 Central Michigan 4 48.5 12 Missouri 7 347 9 Illinois 3 46.5 13 Hofstra 7 332 10 Northwestern 3 45.5 14 Edinboro 10 302 11 Penn State 3 38.5 15 Indiana 8 296 12 Missouri 3 36 13 Indiana 2 33 165: #2 Eric Tannenbaum (Michigan) dec. #3 Patrick Pitsch (Arizona 14 Hofstra 3 32.5 State) 4-0 14 Pittsburgh 2 32.5 174: #1 Keith Gavin (Pittsburgh) dec. #2 Matt Stolpinski (Navy) 8-4 16 Cal Poly 2 25.5 184: #1 Jake Varner (Iowa State) dec. #2 Roger Kish (Minnesota) 2-0 197: #2 Phil Davis (Penn State) dec. #3 Mike Tamillow (Northwestern) 17 Navy 3 24.5 6-2 18 Cornell 2 23 285: #1-D2 Tervel Dlagnev (Nebraska-Kearney) dec. #3 Wade Sauer 19 American 1 22 (Cal State-Fullerton) 11-7 20 Edinboro 1 21 21 Wisconsin 3 20.5 22 Michigan State 1 20 2007-08 HOFSTRA SUMMARIES 23 Oklahoma 1 19 24 Stanford 1 15.5 25 Harvard 1 13.5 NOVEMBER 10 - VS. #7 MISSOURI: Missouri sophomore Mark Ellis recorded a tech fall in the final match of the evening to give the seventh- ranked Tigers of Missouri (2-0) a 22-21 victory over the 13th-ranked HOFSTRA IN THE NATIONAL DUALS: Hofstra made its Pride of Hofstra (0-1) before 2,017 fans at the David S. Mack Sports fifth straight National Duals appearance, and the sixth since the Complex. 2000-01 season. The Pride posted a 1-2 mark in this year National Duals with an upset victory over #4 Iowa State in the Pride sophomore Lou Ruggirello pinned Missouri’s second-ranked senior first round. Hofstra placed sixth last year in the National Duals Tyler McCormick in 5:30 at 133 pounds, while teammates Charles with a 3-2 record with wins over Nebraska, Northern Iowa and Griffin at 141, Dave Tomasette at 125, and Alton Lucas at 174 posted Central Michigan, and losses to Iowa and Iowa State. Hofstra was major decision victories to lead Hofstra. 3-3 in 2004, 1-2 in 2005 and 2008, and 0-2 in 2001 and 2006. The Pride jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the match after three bouts. Tomasette, the seventh-ranked Hofstra senior from Sewell, NJ, tallied a THREE IN THE TOP FIVE IN LAS VEGAS: Three Hofstra 15-2 major decision over Missouri red-shirt freshman Tony Pescaglia at wrestlers placed in the top five in their respective weight classes 125. Ruggirello, ranked ninth at 133 in the preseason poll, built a 5-1 lead at the Cliff Keen-Las Vegas Invitational earlier this month. over the second-ranked Tiger senior Tyler McCormick before recording Charles Griffin placed third at 141, Dave Tomasette was fourth at the pin at 5:30. Hofstra’s lone returning All-American, senior Charles 125, and Lou Ruggirello was fifth at 133. Due to injuries and Griffin, ranked second in the country at 141, cruised to a 13-0 major academic commitments, the Pride traveled with only six wrestlers victory over Missouri’s unranked junior Marcus Hoehn. yet placed 10th in the 50-team tournament. But the Tigers came roaring back in the middle weights as ninth-ranked senior Josh Wagner tallied a 5-2 win over Hofstra’s unranked sophomore GRIFFIN AND RUGGIRELLO VICTORIOUS IN NWCA Mitch Smith at 149 pounds. Missouri junior Michael Chandler, ranked ALL-STAR CLASSIC: Hofstra University sophomore 133- 13th, closed the match gap to 14-7 with a 15-6 major win over the Pride’s pounder Lou Ruggirello and senior 141-pounder Charles Griffin unranked sophomore Jonny Bonilla-Bowman. Tiger sophomore Nick both picked up ranked victories in front of 4,380 spectators at the Marable, ranked 18th at 165, rolled to a major win over Hofstra freshman 42nd National Wrestling Coaches Association (NCWA) All-Star Ryan Patrovich, 10-2, to close to 14-11 at the intermission. Classic presented by the United State Marine Corps on November 20, 2007. Hofstra’s unranked junior Alton Lucas snapped the Tigers’ three-match winning streak with a 10-1 victory over senior James Williamson at 174 to boost the Hofstra lead to 18-11. But Missouri’s sixth-ranked junior The Pride was the lone school to have two victories in the Raymond Jordan pinned Hofstra freshman Jeff Siciliano in 4:20 at 184 to prestigious event, as Ruggirello defeated #2 Mack Reiter close to within one at 18-17. (Minnesota), 6-0, and Griffin earned a 9-4 win over #3 Nathan Morgan of Oklahoma State. Joe Rovelli, Hofstra’s 10th-ranked senior who moved up a weight class to 197 this year, upset Missouri’s fourth-ranked sophomore Max Askren, 4- The win by Ruggirello continued an impressive stretch for the 2, making four, first period points stand up for the win and a 21-18 lead second-year standout as in Hofstra's season-opening dual he heading into the finale. Ellis, ranked 14th in the heavyweight class, jumped out to a 5-1 first period lead over Hofstra junior James Guerin on pinned then-#2 Tyler McCormick of Missouri and now in his last the way to a 22-5 five-point, tech fall win that gave the Tigers their two matches has outscored his opponents, 21-0. Griffin, who was margin of victory. down 4-1 early in the match to Morgan, scored eight consecutive points, including riding time. #7 Missouri 22, #13 Hofstra 21 125- Dave Tomasette (HU) maj. Tony Pescaglia (UM), 15-2 The two Hofstra victories are the school's first in All-Star Classic 133- Lou Ruggirello (HU) fall Tyler McCormick (UM), 5:30 history in five featured matched. Previously Joel Kislin wrestled 141- Charles Griffin (HU) maj. Marcus Hoehn (UM), 13-0 twice in the Classic in 1972 and 1973, and Nick Gallo wrestled in 149- Josh Wagner (UM) dec. Mitch Smith (HU), 5-2 157- Michael Chandler (UM) maj. Jonny Bonilla-Bowman (HU), 15-6 the 1977 Classic. In addition to Griffin's and Ruggirello's 165- Nick Marable (UM) maj. Ryan Patrovich (HU), 10-2 participation, Hofstra Head Coach Tom Shifflet served as an 174- Alton Lucas (HU) maj. James Williamson (UM), 10-1 honorary coach of the 42nd NWCA All-Star Classic presented by 184- Raymond Jordan (UM) WBF Jeff Siciliano (HU), 4:20 the United States Marine Corps, Eugene, Oregon 197- Joe Rovelli (HU) dec. Max Askren (UM), 4-2 Hwt- Mark Ellis (UM) TF James Guerin (HU), 22-5 125: #1 Paul Donahoe (Nebraska) dec. #4 Jayson Ness (Minnesota) 5-2 133: #4 Lou Ruggirello (Hofstra) dec. #2 Mack Reiter (Minnesota) 6- NOVEMBER 17 AT #10 PENN STATE: Despite a 15-0 tech fall 0 victory by sophomore Lou Ruggirello at 133 pounds, the #12 Hofstra 141: #2 Charles Griffin (Hofstra) dec. #3 Nathan Morgan (Oklahoma Pride wrestling team dropped a 28-11 decision to #10 Penn State before State) 9-4 1,965 fans at the Rec Hall. The Pride captured just three of the 10 149: #1 Dustin Schlatter (Minnesota) dec. #2 Josh Churella (Michigan) 3- matches Saturday afternoon. 2 157: #3 Mike Poeta (Illinois) pin #2 Craig Henning (Wisconsin) 2:22 Beginning the match at 197 pounds, Penn State’s second-ranked senior Phil Davis (2-0) avenged a loss to Hofstra’s Chris Weidman last season win over Bloomsburg’s George Hickman. Hofstra sole returning All- by posting a 12-1 major decision over sixth-ranked Pride senior Joe American is 4-1 on the season. Rovelli (1-1) for a 4-0 lead in the contest. Sophomore Stefan Tighe (2-0) pinned Hofstra junior James Guerin (0-2) in 5:19 of the heavyweight Hofstra Head Wrestling Coach Tom Shifflet shook up the line-up a bit for match to boost the lead to 10-0. In a battle of top 10-ranked wrestlers at the Duals, replacing sophomore transfer Jonny Bonilla-Bowman (0-2) 125 pounds, 10th-ranked Penn State senior Mark McKnight (2-0) tallied with junior Anthony Tortora at 157 pounds and freshman Jeff Siciliano all three of his points in the second period and held on to defeat Hofstra’s (0-2) with classmate Justin Danz at 184. Tortora went 1-2 in the three seventh-ranked senior Dave Tomasette (1-1), 3-2, as the Nittany Lions matches with a 4-3 victory over Bucknell’s Ryan Ochalek, as did Danz took a 13-0 lead. with a 4-0 win over Bloomsburg’s Jesse Hasseman. Freshman Ryan Patrovich (2-3) also went 1-2 in the Duals with a win by fall over The Pride got on the board at 133 as fourth-ranked sophomore Lou Bloomsburg’s Rickey Schmelyan in 2:57. Ruggirello (2-0) notched a 15-0 tech fall victory over Penn State freshman Mike Eagen (0-2). Ruggirello jumped out to a 10-0 lead after Hofstra 30, Bloomsburg 12 one period before posting the victory at 4:04 of the match. In another top 125- #8 Dave Tomasette (HU) maj. Mike Sees (BU) 13-3 10-match-up at 141 pounds, Hofstra’s second-ranked senior Charles 133- # 4 Lou Ruggirello (HU) WBF Jason Guffey, 1:26 Griffin (1-1) dropped a 6-1 decision to seventh-ranked Nittany Lion 141- #4 Charles Griffin (HU) maj. George Hickman (BU) 15-3 junior Jake Strayer (2-0). Strayer’s win gave Penn State a 16-5 lead at the 149- Dennis Bermudez (BU) dec. Mitch Smith (HU), 8-6 intermission. 157- Matt Moley (BU) dec. Anthony Tortora (HU), 7-3 165- Ryan Patrovich (HU) WBF Ricky Schmelyun (BU), 2:57 Bubba Jenkins, the Nittany Lions’ seventh-ranked sophomore, improved 174- #16 Alton Lucas (HU) maj. Nathan Graham (BU), 15-4 to 2-0 on the season with a 5-2 victory over Hofstra sophomore Mitch 184- Justin Danz (HU) dec. Jesse Hasseman (BU), 4-0 Smith (0-2) at 149 pounds. Sophomore Dan Vallimont (2-0), ranked 12th 197- #6 Joe Rovelli (HU) dec. P.J. DiStefano (BU), 5-0 at 157 pounds, decisioned Pride sophomore Jonny Bonilla-Bowman, 6-3, 285- Mike Spaid (BU) WBF James Guerin (HU), 3:45 as Penn State opened up a 22-5 advantage. Pride freshman Ryan Patrovich (1-1) snapped the PSU three-match winning streak with a 3-1 Oklahoma State 20, Hofstra 16 over 16th-ranked sophomore Dave Rella (1-1) at 165 pounds to cut the 125- #8 Dave Tomasette (HU) dec. Ben Ashmore (OSU) 8-6 deficit to 22-8. Hofstra junior Alton Lucas (2-0) made it two-in-a-row 133- # 4 Lou Ruggirello (HU) dec. #1 Coleman Scott (OSU), 3-2 with a 12-7 decision over sophomore David Erwin at 174 pounds to inch 141- #4 Charles Griffin (HU) dec. Nathan Morgan (OSU), 7-5 closer at 22-11. In the final match of the day Penn State’s 20th-ranked 149- Quenten Fuentes (OSU) maj. Mitch Smith (HU), 17-9 junior Phil Bomberger improved to 2-0 with a win by fall over Pride 157- Newly McSpaden (OSU) dec. Anthony Tortora (HU), 8-2 freshman Jeff Siciliano (0-2) in 1:52. 165- Jake Dieffenbach (OSU) WBF Ryan Patrovich (HU), 1:46 174- #16 Alton Lucas (HU) dec. #3 Brandon Mason (OSU), 5-3 #10 Penn State 28, #12 Hofstra 11 184- Cody Hill (OSU) maj. Justin Danz (HU), 18-4 197: #2 Phil Davis PSU, maj. dec. #6 Joe Rovelli HOF, 12-1 197- #6 Joe Rovelli (HU) maj. Jared Shelton (OSU), 15-4 HWT: Stefan Tighe PSU pinned James Guerin HOF, (5:19) 285- Jared Rosholt (OSU) dec. James Guerin (HU), 6-0 125: #10 Mark McKnight PSU dec. #7 Mike Tomasette HOF, 3-2 133: #4 Lou Ruggirello HOF tech. fall Mike Eagen PSU, 15-0 (4:04) Hofstra 24 Bucknell 15 141: #7 Jake Strayer PSU dec. #2 Charles Griffin HOF, 6-1 125- #8 Dave Tomasette (HU) maj. Jose Matos (BU), 11-3 149: #7 Bubba Jenkins PSU dec. Mitch Smith HOF, 5-2 133- # 4 Lou Ruggirello (HU) WBF #14 David Marble (BU), 2:02 157: #12 Dan Vallimont PSU dec. Jonny Bonilla-Bowman, 6-3 141- #4 Charles Griffin (HU) dec. Luke Chohany (BU), 7-4 165: Ryan Patrovich HOF dec. #16 Dave Rella PSU, 3-1 149- Kevin LeValley (BU) dec. Mitch Smith (HU), 6-1 174: Alton Lucas HOF dec. David Erwin PSU, 12-7 157- Anthony Tortora (HU) dec. Ryan Ochalek (BU) 4-3 184: #20 Phil Bomberger PSU pinned Jeff Siciliano HOF, (1:52) 165- #16 Andy Rendos (BU) WBF Ryan Patrovich (HU), 4:01 174- #16 Alton Lucas (HU) maj. Rob Waltko (BU), 11-2 NOVEMBER 24, 2007 AT JOURNEYMEN/BRUTE NORTHEAST 184- David Thompson (BU) dec. Justin Danz (HU), 4-2 DUALS: Sophomore Lou Ruggirello led five Pride wrestlers with perfect 197- #6 Joe Rovelli (HU) maj. Sean LoCurto (BU), 8-0 3-0 records, including a victory over the top-ranked grappler in the 285- George Hingson (BU) dec. James Guerin (HU), 6-2 country, as #13 Hofstra captured two of three matches at the Journeymen/Brute Northeast Duals at Hudson Valley Community NOVEMBER 30-DECEMBER 1 AT CLIFF KEEN-LAS VEGAS College. INVITATIONAL: Seniors Charles Griffin and Dave Tomasette placed third and fourth, respectively, and sophomore Lou Ruggirello was fifth to The Pride defeated #25 Bloomsburg, 30-12, and Bucknell, 24-15, around lead the Hofstra Pride to a 10th place finish at the 26th annual Cliff Keen- a 20-16 loss to #3 Oklahoma State. Hofstra, which recorded its first dual Las Vegas Invitational at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The Pride match victories of the year, is now 2-3 on the young season. finished with 61 points in the 50-team field. Michigan captured the team title with 127.5 points followed by Missouri with 125 and Ohio State with Ruggirello (5-0), who entered the 14-team Northeast Duals, ranked fourth 121. in the country at 133 pounds, posted two victories by fall, pinning Bloomsburg’s Jason Guffey in 1:26, and Bucknell’s 14th-ranked David Griffin, the number three-ranked wrestler in the country and the top-seed Marble in 2:02, and edged #1 Coleman Scott from Oklahoma State, 3-2. in the Invitational, dropped a 6-2 decision to 13th-seed Kellen Russell from Michigan in the semifinals Saturday afternoon. He then defeated Hofstra seniors Dave Tomasette (4-1), at 125, Joe Rovelli (4-1), at 197, conference foe Ryan Williams from Old Dominion, 3-1 in sudden victory and junior Alton Lucas (5-0), at 174, joined Ruggirello with 3-0 marks to advance to the third-place match against North Carolina State's Joe with two major decisions each. Tomasette ranked eighth in the nation Caramanica. In that match, Griffin posted a 6-4 victory to post his recorded majors over Bloomsburg’s 12th-ranked Mike Sees, 13-3, and highest-ever finish at the CKLV Invitational. Griffin was 6-1 in the Bucknell’s Jose Matos, 11-3. Rovelli posted major decisions over tournament to improve to 10-2 on the year. Oklahoma State’s Jared Shelton, 15-4, and Bucknell’s Sean LoCurto. Lucas, who is undefeated this season and ranked 16th in the nation, Tomasette posted a 3-1 record on Saturday to place fourth in the defeated OSU’s third-ranked Brandon Mason, 5-3 in sudden victory with Invitational. After losing in the quarterfinals Friday night, Tomasette a takedown just eight seconds into the overtime. Lucas also posted major recorded a 9-2 victory over Tony Mustari from Northern Colorado, decisions over Bloomsburg’s Nathan Graham, 15-4, and Bucknell’s Rob defeated Brandon Kinney from Columbia, 6-5, and won by default over Waltko, 11-2. top-seed Paul Donahoe from Nebraska to reach the third place match. In that match, Tomasette faced sixth-seed Rollie Peterkin from Penn for the Griffin, ranked fourth in the nation at 141, posted a 7-5 decision over second time in the tournament after a 9-5 loss in the quarterfinals. The Oklahoma State’s second-ranked Nathan Morgan, to go with a 15-3 major score was closer but the result was the same as Peterkin notched a 4-3 victory on the riding time point. Tomasette was 5-2 in the tournament to 184- #8 Louis Caputo (Harvard) FALL Justin Danz (Hofstra), 4:26 improve to 9-3 on the year. 197- Billy Colgan (Harvard) dec. Richard Vitale (Hofstra), 10-7 285- James Guerin (Hofstra) dec. Andrew Knapp (Harvard), 6-4 in sv2 In action during the afternoon session, sophomore Lou Ruggirello placed fifth at 133 pounds. The top-ranked wrestler in the country opened the THE SOUTHERN SCUFFLE - DAY 1 -December 29: With six day with a victory by default over Raymond Dunning from Adams State. wrestlers advancing to the championship quarterfinals and four more He then posted a 4-2 victory over the third-seeded Zach Tanelli from alive in the consolation fourth round, the Hofstra Pride wrestling team is Wisconsin before being pinned, in overtime, at 7:53. Ruggirello then in 10th place in the 28-team, 2007 UNCG Southern Scuffle at the edged Jeff Hedges from UNC-Greensboro, 5-4, in the third place match. Greensboro Coliseum Complex. Ruggirello is now 12-2 on the year. The defending national champion lead the Sophomore Jonny Bonilla-Bowman fell one round short of placing in the team standings with 53.5 points and have eight wrestlers alive in the top eight with a 12-8 loss to seventh-seeded Zac Fryling from West championship round heading into the quarterfinals. Edinboro is in second Virginia. The transfer from Virginia Tech posted a 3-2 record at the with 42.5 points while Boise State is third with 39.5 points. Old Invitational to improve to 3-4 on the season. Freshman Ryan Patrovich Dominion is fourth with 38.5 points while Cornell and Maryland are tied also fell one round short of placing Saturday afternoon with a 6-5 loss to for fifth with 37.5 points. ODU has seven wrestlers alive in the Kurt Swatz from Boise State. Patrovich recorded a 4-2 mark at the quarterfinals, Edinboro and Cornell have six, Boise State has five, and Invitational to improve to 6-5 on the year. Maryland has four. The Pride has 33 points.

DECEMBER 9 VS. #25 HARVARD: The Pride won seven of the 10 The Pride’s three number seeds advanced to the championship matches including a tech fall victory by Lou Ruggirello as 14th-ranked quarterfinals along with two other seeded wrestlers and one unseeded Hofstra downed 25th-ranked Harvard, 25-12, before 1,045 fans at the surprise. Top seeds sophomore Lou Ruggirello at 133, and seniors David S. Mack Sports Complex. The Pride improved to 3-3 on the season Charles Griffin at 141 and Joe Rovelli at 197, are joined by second- while Harvard is 0-1 in dual matches. seeded senior Dave Tomasette and fifth-seeded junior Alton Lucas at 174, and unseeded sophomore Mitch Smith at 149 in the quarterfinals. All six Starting the match at 125 pounds, Hofstra’s ninth-ranked senior Dave wrestlers posted 2-0 records Saturday. Ruggirello (15-2) had a win by fall Tomasette jumped out to a 7-0 lead after the first period on the way to a in 3:54 over Navy’s Matt Pagan and a 9-3 decision over North Carolina 13-1 major decision over unranked Crimson freshman Dan Kelly. State’s Darrius Little to advance to the quarterfinals against Edinboro’s Tomasette improved to 10-3 on the season. At 133, sophomore Lou eighth-seed Ricky Deubel. Griffin (13-2), after leading 6-0 in the match Ruggirello, the Pride’s second-ranked wrestler, improved to 13-2 on the used the riding time point to post a 7-6 decision over Liberty’s Scott season with a 17-2 tech fall victory over Harvard junior Thomas Picarsic. Clymer, and a 15-2 major decision over VMI’s David Metzler to advance Hofstra senior Charles Griffin, ranked fifth in the country at 141 pounds, to the quarterfinals against Virginia Tech’s Chris Diaz Sunday. recorded the 100th victory of his Pride career with a 10-2 major decision over Crimson freshman Shay Warren. Griffin improved to 11-2 this Rovelli (6-1), returning for the first time since November 24, tallied a win season to boost the Hofstra lead in the match to 13-0. by fall in 4:40 over UNCG’s Peter Sturgeon, and a 9-4 decision over North Carolina State’s Mark Jahad to advance to face Bloomsburg’s Eric Harvard got on the board at 149 pounds as the Crimson’s third-ranked Shaw in the quarterfinals. Tomasette (12-3) recorded an 8-0 major sophomore J.P. O’Connor earned a hard-fought 4-2 decision over Hofstra decision over Cal-Bakersfield’s Brandon Zoetewey, and a 4-2 decision sophomore Mitch Smith (0-6). O’Connor (10-1), who scored all of his over Virginia’s Ross Gitmore to advance to the quarterfinals against points in the second period to take a 3-1 lead. Smith posted an escape in North Carolina’s seventh-seed Drew Forshey. the third and had O’Connor’s ankle in the waning seconds of the match but could not take him down to tie the match with O’Connor adding the Lucas (8-0) tallied a 7-1 decision over George Mason’s Zach Ulm and riding time point. won on an injury default by Maryland’s Brad Nielson to advance to the quarterfinals against Minnesota’s fourth-seed Gabe Dretsch. The two Hofstra boosted its lead to 16-3 at 157 pounds as sophomore Jonny wrestlers met in Hofstra’s dual match upset of the top-ranked Golden Bonilla-Bowman evened his record at 4-4 on the season with a 12-7 Gophers during the 206-07 season with Lucas posting a 5-3 decision. The decision over Harvard senior Bobby Latessa (4-4). It was Bonilla- big surprise was sophomore Mitch Smith, who entered the Scuffle with a Bowman’s fourth victory in his last six matches. Pride freshman Ryan 0-6 record on the year and posted an 11-0 major decision over Edinboro’s Patrovich improved to 7-5 on the year with a 6-0 blanking of Harvard Joel Bockmore and a 7-2 tie-breaker decision over Appalachian State’s senior Matt Button (5-4) at 165. Junior Alton Lucas, ranked 13th in the fourth-seed Scott Ervin. Smith will face Boise State’s fifth-seed Adam country at 174 pounds, remained undefeated on the season with an 8-3 Hall in Sunday’s quarterfinals. victory over Harvard sophomore Frankie Colletta for a 22-3 advantage in the match. In addition to the six quarterfinalists, four more Pride grapplers advanced The Crimson captured the next two matches as eighth-ranked junior in the consolation bracket. Both sophomore Johnny Bonilla-Bowman at Louis Caputo (5-2) pinned Hofstra freshman Justin Danz (5-7) in 4:26 at 157 and freshman Ryan Patrovich at 165 posted 2-1 records while 184 pounds to close the deficit to 22-9. Senior Billy Colgan (2-1) rallied freshman Lawrence Beckman at 174 and junior heavyweight James in the final minute to record a 10-7 victory over Hofstra junior Richard Guerin were 1-1 to all advance to the consolation fourth round. Vitale (1-3) to close to 22-12. The final match of the afternoon was the closest, if not the most exciting as Hofstra junior James Guerin (1-5) Six other Hofstra wrestlers were eliminated Saturday evening. Freshman defeated Harvard sophomore Andrew Knapp (3-4), 6-4 in the second Justin Accordino, who was 2-2 at 141 in the Scuffle, along with juniors sudden victory period. Guerin tied the match at 3-3 in the third period Rich Vitale 0-2 at 197 and Jon Rothman 0-2 at 184, sophomore Rich with an escape. Each wrestler had an escape in the first overtime period Muzikar 0-2 at 157, and freshmen Jeff Rotella 0-2 at 133 and Justin Danz before Guerin tallied a takedown with nine seconds remaining in the 0-2 at 184 saw their tournaments end early. second sudden victory period. THE SOUTHERN SCUFFLE - DAY 2 - December 30: Junior Alton #14 Hofstra 25, #25 Harvard 12 Lucas captured the 174-pound title and six other Pride wrestlers earned 125- #9 Dave Tomasette (Hofstra) maj. Dan Kelly (Harvard), 13-1 medals to lead Hofstra to a third-place finish at the 2007 UNCG Southern 133- #2 Lou Ruggirello (Hofstra) tech fall Thomas Picarsic (Harvard), Scuffle at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex. 17-2 141- #5 Charles Griffin (Hofstra) maj. Shay Warren (Harvard), 10-2 The Pride, who entered the Scuffle with the third-highest ranking at 149- #3 J.P. O’Connor (Harvard) dec. Mitch Smith (Hofstra), 4-2 number 15 in the 28-team field, tallied one champion in Lucas, a runner- 157- Jonny Bonilla-Bowman (Hofstra) dec. Bobby Latessa (Harvard), 12- up in senior Charles Griffin, a third-place finish by senior Joe Rovelli, 7 two fifth-place finishes by senior Dave Tomasette and sophomore Lou 165- Ryan Patrovich (Hofstra) dec. Matt Button (Harvard), 6-0 Ruggirello, and two sixth-place finishes by sophomore Mitch Smith and 174- #13 Alton Lucas (Hofstra) dec. Frankie Colletta (Harvard), 8-3 freshman Ryan Patrovich. 174, freshman Lawrence Beckman opened the day with a 14-3 major Hofstra finished with 121 points and trailed Scuffle champions Minnesota decision over Bloomsburg’s Brian Shaw before being pinned in 54 (182) and Edinboro (130.5) in the standings. Cornell (94) placed fourth seconds by Cornell’s Justin Kerber. At heavyweight, James Guerin won and Maryland (93.5) was fifth. by medical forfeit over VMI’s Josh Wine before being knocked out by Cornell’s Maciej Jochym, 5-1. Lucas captured his first tournament title since winning the 2006 East Stroudsburg Open title. He defeated Maryland’s second-seeded Mike JANUARY 6 VS. #5 CENTRAL MICHIGAN AND #13 EDINBORO: Letts, 6-3, in the title match with a big third period. Earlier in the day, The 16th-ranked Hofstra Pride returned to their dual meet schedule Lucas, the fifth-seed and ranked 14th in the nation, defeated Minnesota’s and split two matches at the David S. Mack Sports Complex. Hofstra fell fourth-seeded Gabe Dretsch in the quarterfinals and Navy’s top-seeded to fifth-ranked Central Michigan (6-0), 22-14, before downing 13th- Matt Stolpinski 7-4. Lucas remains undefeated this season at 11-0. ranked Edinboro (4-2), 24-19.

At 141 pounds, top-seed Charles Griffin was defeated in the Against the Chippewas of Central Michigan the Pride jumped out to an championship match by Minnesota’s second-seed Manny Rivera 5-3. 11-0 lead after winning the first three matches, and then held a Griffin, the number three ranked wrestler in the country, defeated comfortable 14-3 lead at the midpoint of the contest. But the Chippewas Virginia Tech’s Chris Diaz, 8-1, in the quarterfinals, and Kent State’s captured the final five matches including a major decision and a win by fifth-seed Drew Lashaway, 11-6, in the semifinals before the title match fall to post the victory. Hofstra’s three-ranked lightweights, #10 Dave loss to Rivera. Griffin is now 15-3 on the season. Tomasette and #8 Lou Ruggirello posted major victories, and #5 Charles Griffin tallied an 8-3 decision to give the Pride the early lead. But Central At 197 pounds senior Joe Rovelli, who was seeded first, placed third with Michigan’s final four ranked wrestlers notched victories to record the a 3-1 day on Sunday. Rovelli, who was 5-1 in the Scuffle, defeated victory. At 174, CMU’s third-ranked Brandon Sinnott took down #6 Bloomsburg’s Eric Shaw 18-8 in the quarterfinals before dropping a 6-4 Alton Lucas (11-1) with one second remaining in the sudden victory decision to Virginia’s Brent Jones in the semifinals. In the consolation period to tally a 3-1 win that aided the Chippewas’ effort. semifinals Rovelli edged Minnesota’s Yura Malamura, 8-6, and then posted a 12-4 major decision over UNCG’s third-seeded Daren Burns in In the nightcap, the Pride built a 17-0 lead by winning the first four the third place match. Rovelli is 9-2 on the season. matches and held on for the 24-19 victory over Edinboro. Ruggirello posted a win by fall over Ricky Deubel in 2:57 while Griffin notched an At 125, senior Dave Tomasette, who was seeded second, finished in fifth 18-3 tech fall over Ryan Morgan for Hofstra. Lucas defeated #12 Phil place after a 3-2 day on Sunday and a 5-2 Scuffle. Tomasette opened the Moricone, 5-3, at 174 pounds while senior Joe Rovelli sealed the victory day with a 9-5 loss to North Carolina’s seventh-seed Drew Forshey in the with an 11-1 major decision over Pat Bradshaw at 197 pounds. quarterfinals. But Tomasette rebounded with a 15-1 major decision over George Mason’s Brian Wright and an 8-2 decision over Virginia Tech’s #5 Central Michigan 22, #16 Hofstra 14 Justin Staylor before dropping a 4-2 decision to Old Dominion’s Brian 125-#10 Dave Tomasette (HU) maj. #11 Luke Smith (CMU), 11-1 Nicholson in the consolation semifinals. Tomasette took fifth place when 133-#8 Lou Ruggirello (HU) maj. #19 Conor Beebe (CMU), 12-0 Forshey forfeited. Tomasette is now 15-5 on the season. 141-#5 Charles Griffin (HU) dec. #15 Eric Kruger (CMU), 8-3 149-Brandon Carter (CMU) dec. Mitch Smith (HU), 8-1 Sophomore Lou Ruggirello, also seeded first in the Scuffle, also placed 157-Jonny Bonilla-Bowman (HU) dec. Tyler Grayson (CMU), 10-7 fifth in the tournament. The second-ranked wrestler in the country 165-Pete Puckett (CMU) dec. Anthony Tortora (HU), 6-4 advanced to the semifinals with a 9-3 victory over Edinboro’s Ricky 174-#3 Brandon Sinnott (CMU) dec. #6 Alton Lucas (HU), 3-1 sv Deubel. But Ruggirello dropped a 3-1 decision to Cornell’s fifth-seeded 184-#3 Christian Sinnott (CMU) maj. Justin Danz (HU), 17-4 Mike Grey in the championship semifinals and a 4-0 decision to Boise 197-#6 Wynn Michalak (CMU) dec. #9 Joe Rovelli (HU), 7-0 State’s Andrew Hochstrasser in the consolation semifinals. But the 285-#5 Bubba Gritter (CMU) WBF Tom Daddino (HU), 6:21 sophomore posted an 8-5 decision over Kent State’s fourth-seeded Dan Mitcheff in the fifth-place match. Ruggirello is 17-4 on the year. #16 Hofstra 24, #13 Edinboro 19 125- #10 Dave Tomasette (H) dec. Eric Morrill (E), 9-4 At 149, sophomore Mitch Smith placed sixth after posting a 4-3 133-#8 Lou Ruggirello (H) WBF Ricky Deubel, 2:57 tournament. Smith opened Sunday with a 7-1 loss to Boise State’s fifth- 141-#5 Charles Griffin (H) TF Ryan Morgan (E), 18-3 seeded Adam Hall in the championship quarterfinals. But Smith posted a 149- Mitch Smith (H) dec. Daryl Cocozzo (E), 6-4 sv (0:29) 3-1 decision over North Carolina’s eighth-seeded Vincent Ramirez and an 157- #3 Gregor Gillespie (E) TF Anthony Tortora (H), 16-0 8-2 decision over Navy’s ninth-seeded Bryce Saddoris. Smith lost a heart- 165- #16 Jarrod King (E) maj. Jonny Bonilla-Bowman (H), 13-1 breaking 12-11 decision to CAA-foe, Old Dominion’s sixth-seeded 174- #6 Alton Lucas (H) dec. #12 Phil Moricone (E), 5-3 Kaylen Baxter in the consolation semifinals on a takedown in the waning 184- #18 Chris Honeycutt (E) WBF Justin Danz (H), 1:06 seconds of the match. Smith then dropped a 9-4 decision to Appalachian 197- #9 Joe Rovelli (H) maj. Pat Bradshaw (E), 11-1 State’s fourth-seeded Scott Ervin in the fifth-place match. Smith 285- #16 Joe Fendone (E) maj. Tom Daddino (H), 11-2 previously defeated Ervin in the championship round on Saturday. After coming into the Scuffle with a 0-6 mark, he leaves with a 4-9 record on JAN. 12 AT NWCA NATIONAL DUALS - VS. #4 IOWA STATE: the season. Hofstra sophomore Lou Ruggirello's pin of Iowa State's fourth-ranked Nick Fanthorpe at 133 pounds was the key to the victory as the 12th- At 165, freshman Ryan Patrovich also finished in sixth place battling ranked Pride downed the fourth-ranked Cyclones, 19-18 in the first round through the consolation round on Sunday. He opened the day with a 5-0 of the National Wrestling Coaches Association/Cliff Keen National Duals victory over Virginia Tech’s Anthony Trongone, a 14-2 major win over at the University of Northern Iowa's UNI-Dome . Duke’s Addision Nuding, a default victory over Minnesota’s second- seeded Scott Glasser, and a medical forfeit win over Kent State’s third- With the dual match deadlocked at 18-18 after the completion of matches, seeded Kurt Gross before suffering a 4-1 loss to Edinboro’s fifth-seeded the tie-breaking criteria was implemented to allow one team to advance. Jarrod King in the consolation semifinals. Patrovich then dropped a 5-3 The Pride received the nod to the quarterfinals based on total falls in the decision to Minnesota’s Tyler Safratowich in the fifth place match. match, 1-0. The Pride (5-4) will face #7 Michigan (11-1) in the Patrovich is now 13-8 on the year. quarterfinals at 3 p.m. (CT). It was Hofstra's first win against the Cyclones in 14 matches. Earlier in the day four other Pride wrestlers were eliminated from the Scuffle with their second loss. At 157 sophomore Jonny Bonilla-Bowman Ruggirello, the eighth-ranked wrestler who posted his 20th victory of the and junior Anthony Tortora both were knocked out on Sunday. Bonilla- season against just four losses, pinned Fanthorpe (16-3) in 1:32 to give Bowman was eliminated with an 8-7 loss to Lock Haven’s Luke Lanno. the Pride a 9-0 lead. Hofstra senior Dave Tomasette (18-5) opened the Tortora, who went 2-1 on Saturday, defeated Navy’s Joe Butcher, 12-4, match with a 9-4 decision over ISU freshman Tyler Clark. The Pride's and Old Dominion’s Dan Rivera, 6-2 before losing to Bloomburg’s fifth- fifth-ranked senior Charles Griffin (18-3) made it three-in-a-row for seeded Matt Moxley by tech fall, 16-1. Tortora is 7-5 on the season. At Hofstra with a 3-1 decision over ISU's 18th-ranked sophomore Nick The consolation match against Ohio State was the Pride's first dual Gallick (14-7) to boost the lead to 12-0. match-up against their former mentor Tom Ryan. The Pride opened the match with three straight victories including two over top 15 opponents. But the Cyclones roared back as ISU sophomore Mitch Mueller (13-6) Tomasette (20-5) won his 20th match of the year by downing unranked edged Hofstra sophomore Mitch Smith, 3-1, on a takedown 39 seconds Nikko Triggas, 6-2, to open the match at 125. Ruggirello (22-4) won his into sudden victory at 149 pounds. Fifth-ranked sophomore Cyler sixth consecutive match with a 7-4 decision over #14 Reece Humphrey, Sanderson (18-1) closed the gap to 12-7 with a 15-5 major decision over avenging a loss at the Las Vegas Invitational. Ruggirello posted a late Hofstra sophomore Jonny Bonilla-Bowman (7-8) at 157 pounds. ISU's takedown and added two back points for the victory. Charles Griffin sixth-ranked, redshirt freshman Jon Reader (15-2) tied the macth at 12-12 boosted the lead to 9-0 with a 9-8 decision on riding time over #10 Jeff with 15-0 tech fall over Hofstra sophomore Anthony Tortora (7-8). Jaggers. Griffin notched his 20th win of the year against three losses. Tortora has been wrestling in place of redshirt freshman Ryan Patrovich, who suffered an ankle injury on January 3 at practice. But, once again, the Pride middleweights faltered as Hofstra forfeited 149 pounds to #10 Lance Palmer, Jason Johnstone edged Bonilla-Bowman, 6- But the Pride regained the lead at 174 pounds as junior Alton Lucas (13- 5, at 157, and Colt Sponseller majored Tortora, 13-3 at 165, to give the 1), ranked sixth in the country, posted a late takedown to record a 3-2 Buckeyes a 13-9 lead in the contest. decision over ISU senior Aron Scott (3-6). The Cyclones tied the match at 15-all as their number one ranked sophomore Jake Varner (13-0) could Hofstra junior Alton Lucas tied the match at 174 with a 15- major only muster a 7-1 decision over Pride freshman Justin Danz (5-12). decision over Alex Picazo. But former Pride wrestler and current number Hofstra took an 18-15 lead as ninth-ranked senior Joe Rovelli (12-3) five grappler in the country Mike Pucillo pinned Jon Rothman in 5:37 to notched a 6-2 decision over ISU's 17th-ranked senior David Bertolino give OSU a 19-13 lead that they would not relinquish. Hofstra senior Joe (15-4). Rovelli brought the Pride back to within three with an 8-2 decision over John Weakley at 197 pounds before #2 ranked J.D. Bergman pinned The Cyclones had a chance to win the match at heavyweight but the Hofstra junior James Guerin in 2:32 to close out the action in the 25-16 Pride's new wrestler, former football player and senior Tom Daddino was decision. Hofstra fell to 5-6 on the season while Ohio State improved to not going to let that happen. Going up against sophomore David 11-2. Zabriskie, the fourth-ranked heavyweight in the country, Daddino jumped out to an early 5-1 lead. But Zabriskie (14-3) rallied late in the match to FRIDAY, JANUARY 18 AT CAA DUALS - BINGHAMTON & post an 8-7 victory over Daddino (0-3). RIDER: The Hofstra Pride wrestling team extended its conference dual match undefeated streak to 56 and conference winning streak to 53 with 125- Dave Tomasette (H) dec. Tyler Clark (IS), 9-4 two wins after the first day of the two-day Colonial Athletic Association 133- Lou Ruggirello (H) WBF Nick Fanthorpe, 1:32 Duals at the George Mason University Field House. The Pride improved 141- Charles Griffin (H) dec. Nick Gallick (IS), 3-1 to 7-6 on the season and 2-0 in the CAA with a 31-4 victory over 149- Mitch Mueller (IS) dec. Mitch Smith, 3-1 sv Binghamton, and a 27-18 win over Rider in the nightcap. 157- Cyler Sanderson (IS) maj. Jonny Bonilla-Bowman (H), 15-5 165- Jon Reader (IS) tech fall Anthony Tortora (H), 15-0 In the first match, the Pride won nine of the 10 weight classes, including 174- Alton Lucas (H) dec. Aron Scott (IS), 3-2 tech falls by sophomore Lou Ruggirello and senior Joe Rovelli, as the 184- Jake Varner (IS) dec. Justin Danz (H), 7-1 Pride extended its conference dual match undefeated streak to 55, 197- Joe Rovelli (H) dec. David Bertolino (IS), 6-2 including 52 consecutive victories in a 31-4 victory over the Bearcats of 285- David Zavriskie (IS) dec. Tom Daddino (H), 8-7 Binghamton. Ruggirello, the sixth-ranked wrestler in the country at 133 pounds, blanked Michael Kleeman, 17-0, for his seventh straight victory. JAN. 12 AT NWCA NATIONAL DUALS - VS. #7 MICHIGAN AND Rovelli, ranked eighth at 197 pounds, made quick work of Anthony #11 OHIO STATE: Coming off a thrilling 19-18 victory over #4 Iowa Esposito with a 15-0 tech fall in just 2:10. He has won five straight State, the Hofstra Pride was knocked out of the 2008 NWCA/Cliff Keen matches. National Duals later in the day with a 19-15 loss to #7 Michigan in the championship quarterfinals, and a 25-16 loss to #11 Ohio State in the As has been the case this season, the Pride jumped out to an 11-0 lead second round of the consolations. with decisions by seniors Dave Tomasette at 125 and Charles Griffin at 141 around the tech fall by Ruggirello. The Bearcats recorded their only In the quarterfinal loss to the Wolverines, a loss that may prove to be points at 149 as 133-pound freshman Jeff Rotella, subbing for the injured more costly than in the win-loss column, the Pride, once again, jumped Mitch Smith, battled valiantly but fell to Kyle Fried, 20-7. Jonny Bonilla- out to a comfortable lead only to see their opponent rally later in the Bowman at 157, Alton Lucas at 174, Ryan Patrovich at 165, Justin Danz match. Senior Dave Tomasette won his second 125-pound match of the at 184 and Tom Daddino at heavyweight all posted decisions for the day with a 12-5 decision over Michael Watts. Sophomore Lou Ruggirello Pride. The freshman Patrovich returned to match competition for the first followed with his second bonus point victory of the tournament with an time since December 30 with a 7-0 decision over Brett Nelson. Patrovich 8-0 major decision over Chris Diehl. Senior Charles Griffin avenged a accumulated 4:46 in riding time in the match. loss to top-ranked Kellen Russell in the Las Vegas Invitational semifinals with a 7-5 decision over the number one freshman. In the nightcap against Rider, the Pride jumped out to a 16-0 lead as Tomasette improved to 22-5 with a pin of Thomas Lorenzo in 1:30 at Trailing 10-0, Michigan jumped on the comeback trail with five straight 125, Ruggirello pinned Zach Cunliffe in 2:56 to improve to 24-4 this victories beginning with 10-1 major decision by #7 Josh Churella over season, and Griffin (22-3) tallied a 15-7 major decision with 4:39 of Pride sophomore Mitch Smith. In the match, Smith suffered a serious riding time over Dustin Renelt. Rider's Don Fisch posted a 15-0 tech fall groin injury that caused Hofstra to forfeit the 149-pound match against over Rotella at 149. But Bonilla-Bowman (9-9) captured a 7-6 win over Ohio State and could keep the West Virginia native sidelined. Jeff Marsh Rob Morrison with a takedown in the final 15 seconds to boost the lead in decisioned Hofstra's Jonny Bonilla-Bowman, 8-5 at 157, and top-ranked the match to 19-5. Eric Tannenbaum majored Anthony Tortora, 12-4, at 165 to give Michigan a 10-9 lead. Michigan's second-ranked Steve Luke edged #6 Lucas (16-2) recorded a 16-3 major decision over Joseph Ferber at 174 Alton Lucas, 3-2, and #4 Tyrel Todd recorded a 21-6 tech fall over after Jason Lapham of Rider majored Anthony Tortora, 12-1, at 165 freshman Justin Danz at 184. pounds. Rider's Doug Umberhauer brought the Broncs to within eight at 23-15 with a win by fall at 184 pounds over Justin Danz in 3:46. But Needing a fall and a tech fall to win the match for the Pride, Hofstra Rovelli (16-3) sealed the match for the Pride with a 17-4 major win over senior Joe Rovelli tallied a 2-0 victory over #15 Anthony Biondo at 197 Tim Morrison at 197. Rider's Eddie Bordas closed out the match by before senior Tom Daddino notched his first victory of the season with a edging Tom Daddino (2-4), 2-0 at heavyweight. 6-4 decision over Chad Bleske as Michigan improved to 12-1 with the 19-15 decision. #12 Hofstra 31, Binghamton 4 125- #10 Dave Tomasette (H) dec. Tyler Mainberg (B), 9-2 133- #6 Lou Ruggirello (H) tech fall Michael Kleeman (B), 17-0 141- #6 Charles Griffin (H) dec. Anwar Goeres (B), 9-3 who notched a 20-7 win over Dan Rivera at 157. Anthony Tortora battled 149- Kyle Fried (B) maj. Jeff Rotella (H), 20-7 ODU's Chris Brown at 165 before dropping a 6-4 decision but Hofstra's 157- Jonny Bonilla-Bowman (H) dec. Nate Patterson (B), 9-4 Alton Lucas recorded an 18-5 major decision over Nick Pullano to boost 165- Ryan Patrovich (H) dec. Brett Nelson (B), 7-0 the lead to 18-12. Jesse Strawn then majored Hofstra freshman Justin 174- #5 Alton Lucas (H) dec. #19 Josh Patterson (B), 10-5 Danz, 12-0, at 184 pounds to close to 18-16. 184- Justin Danz (H) dec. Matt Berretta (B), 6-4 197- #8 Joe Rovelli (H) tech fall Anthony Esposito (B), 15-0 Hofstra senior Joe Rovelli's 8-0 major decision over David Mendoza at 285- Tom Daddino (H) dec. Michael Patterson (B), 5-2 197 gave the Pride a 22-16 lead which required a ODU victory by fall in the heavyweight match to tie the match. In that contest, Hofstra's Tom #12 Hofstra 27, Rider 18 Daddino, giving up 50 pounds to his opponent, Andrew Tortusek, battled 125- #10 Dave Tomasette (H) WBF Thomas Lorenzo (R), 1:30 him to a 2-2 tie after three periods. After a scoreless sudden victory 133- #6 Lou Ruggirello (H) WBF Zach Cunliffe (R), 2:56 period, Totusek was able to post an escape in the tie-breaker for a 3-2 141- #6 Charles Griffin (H) maj. Dustin Renelt (R), 15-7 win. 149- Don Fisch (R) tech fall. Jeff Rotella (H), 15-0 157- Jonny Bonilla-Bowman (H) dec. Rob Morrison (R), 7-6 #12 Hofstra 38, Boston University 7 165- Jason Lapham (R) maj. Anthony Tortora (H), 12-1 125- #10 Dave Tomasette (H) win by forfeit 174- #5 Alton Lucas (H) maj. Joseph Ferber (R), 16-3 133- #6 Lou Ruggirello (H) tech fall Ryan Goddu (B), 17-0 (3:46) 184- Doug Umbehauer (R) WBF Justin Danz (H), 3:46 141- #6 Charles Griffin (H) WBF Alex Cournoyer (B), 5:45 197- #8 Joe Rovelli (H) maj. Tim Morrison (R), 17-4 149- Mike Roberts (B) maj. Jeff Rotella (H), 17-4 285- Eddie Bordas (R) dec. Tom Daddino (H), 2-0 157- Carlo Ferrandino (B) dec. Anthony Tortora (H), 7-5sv 165- Ryan Patrovich (H) dec. Andrew Detweiler (B), 8-5 JANUARY 19 AT CAA DUALS - BOSTON U., GEORGE MASON 174- #5 Alton Lucas (H) maj. Blake Fusilier (B), 12-3 & OLD DOMINION: The 12th-ranked Hofstra Wrestling team captured 184- Justin Danz (H) dec. Elijah Vidal (B), 4-1 three more conference victories to sweep through the 2008 CAA Duals at 197- #8 Joe Rovelli (H) tech fall John Hall (B), 18-2 the George Mason University Field House. The Pride defeated Boston 285- Tom Daddino (H) WBF James Connors (B), 1:08 University, 38-7, George Mason, 28-9, and Old Dominion, 22-19 to boost their season record to 10-6 overall and 5-0 in the CAA. #12 Hofstra 28, George Mason 9 125- #10 Dave Tomasette (H) maj. Brian Wright (GM), 14-3 Hofstra also extended its conference dual match undefeated streak to 59 133- #6 Lou Ruggirello (H) maj. Joe Coughlin (GM), 10-1 matches, and its conference dual match winning streak to 56. 141- #6 Charles Griffin (H) maj. William Powers (GM), 17-6 149- Aaron Keeton (GM) dec. Jeff Rotella (H), 10-3 In the first match of the day, Hofstra won eight of 10 matches including 157- Jonny Bonilla-Bowman (H) maj. James Kaden (GM), 18-8 wins by fall by seniors Charles Griffin and Tom Daddino, as the Pride 165- Anthony Tortora (H) dec. Greg Scott (GM), 7-3 downed the Terriers of Boston University, 38-7. The sixth-ranked Griffin 174- #5 Alton Lucas (H) dec. Randy Oates (GM), 8-4 pinned Alex Cournoyer in 5:45 of the 141-pound match while Daddino 184- Justin Danz (H) dec. William Widener (GM), 5-4 pinned James Connors in 1:08 in the heavyweight match. The Pride 197- #8 Joe Rovelli (H) dec. Cayle Byers (GM), 8-6 jumped out to a 14-0 lead behind the "big little three" combination of 285- Harry Zander (GM) WBF Tom Daddino (H), 2:29 Dave Tomasette, Lou Ruggirello and Charles Griffin. Tomasette received a forfeit win at 125, Ruggirello had a tech fall over Ryan Goddu and #12 Hofstra 22, #22 Old Dominion 19 Griffin's pin. 125- #17 James Nicholson (OD) dec. #10 Dave Tomasette (H), 8-6sv 133- #6 Lou Ruggirello (H) WBF Kyle Hutter (OD), 1:15 Boston University closed the gap with a major victory by Mike Roberts 141- #6 Charles Griffin (H) maj. #13 Ryan Williams (OD), 13-4 over Jeff Rotella at 149, and a 7-5 sudden victory decision by Carlo 149- #17 Kaylen Baxter (OD) WBF Jeff Rotella (H), 2:10 Ferrandin over Anthony Tortora at 157. But the Pride swept the next five 157- Jonny Bonilla-Bowman (H) maj. Dan Rivera (OD), 20-7 matches including a tech fall by Joe Rovelli at 197 and a major decision 165- Chris Brown (OD) dec. Anthony Tortora (H), 6-4 by Alton Lucas at 174. 174- #5 Alton Lucas (H) maj. Nick Pullano (OD), 18-5 184- Jesse Strawn (OD) maj. Justin Danz (H), 12-0 In the second match of the day, the Pride also won eight of the 10 197- #8 Joe Rovelli (H) maj. David Mendoza (OD), 8-0 matches to down the host Patriots of George Mason, 28-9. Four Hofstra 285- Andrew Totusek (OD) dec. Tom Daddino (H), 3-2 tb wrestlers posted major decisions as Dave Tomasette, Lou Ruggirello, Charles Griffin and Jonny Bonilla-Bowman tallied four-point victories. SUNDAY, JANUARY 27 VS. PENNSYLVANIA: The Pride won The Patriots were only able to muster victories at 149 and at heavyweight, seven of 10 matches including a win by fall by Tom Daddino and a top 10 where Harry Zander notched a win by fall. The Pride led 12-0 on major victory by Dave Tomasette as 12th-ranked Hofstra posted a 25-11 victory decisions by Tomasette, Ruggirello and Griffin before GMU's Aaron over the University of Pennsylvania at the Physical Fitness Center. The Keeton closed the gap with a 10-3 decision at 149. But Bonilla-Bowman's Pride recorded their sixth consecutive dual match victory to improve to 18-8 major decision over James Kaden at 157 started the Pride's five 11-6 on the season. The Quakers fell to 5-4. match run that put Hofstra up 28-3 heading into the heavyweight match. Tomasette, the 13th-ranked senior at 125 pounds, opened the match with The final match of the day turned out, as expected, to be the Pride's an 8-2 victory over Penn’s seventh-ranked sophomore Rollie Peterkin closest conference contest since a 25-24 win at James Madison during the (17-2). Tomasette, who improved to 25-6 on the year, took a 3-1 lead into 2001-02 season. Like that match six years ago, the Pride went into the the third period and blew the contest open with a two-point near-fall and match missing two starters with Mitch Smith out at 149 with a groin another takedown. Daddino (4-6) closed out the match with a pin of Penn injury suffered in the National Duals last week, and Ryan Patrovich, who junior Trey McLean (12-8) in 3:26. It was the senior newcomers’ second gamely wrestled in only two matches this weekend, with an ankle sprain, pin of the season. out at 165. After Tomasette’s match-opening upset, sixth-ranked Lou Ruggirello The ODU match did not start off as usual for the Pride as #16 James won his 12th consecutive match, to improve to 28-4 on the year, with a 3- Nicholson handed Hofstra's 10th-ranked Dave Tomasette his first loss of 2 victory over Penn freshman Bryan Ortenzio (12-11) at 133 pounds. the CAA Duals with an 8-6 decision in sudden victory. But Ruggirello Pride senior Charles Griffin (26-3), ranked sixth at 141 pound, gave pinned ODU's Kyle Hutter in 1:15 at 133 pounds, and Griffin majored Hofstra a 10-0 lead in the match with a 15-6 victory over junior Andy #13 Ryan Williams, 13-4, to take a 10-3 lead. Valenti (6-6).

The Monarch's #17 Kaylen Baxter posted a victory by fall over Hofstra The Quakers got on the board with a 23-8 tech fall victory by 14th-ranked reserve Jeff Rotella in 2:10 to close the deficit to 10-9. But the Pride Cesar Grajales (21-3) over Pride freshman Jeff Rotella at 149 pounds. But continued to use bonus point victories beginning with Bonilla-Bowman, Hofstra sophomore Jonny Bonilla-Bowman (12-9) won his fifth straight match with a 10-5 decision over sophomore Rob Hitschler (10-3) at 157 184- Josh Arnone (C) dec. Justin Danz (H), 8-2 pounds to boost the Pride lead to 13-5. Penn’s 18th-ranked junior Zack Shanaman (16-5) brought the Quakers back to within five at 13-8 with a FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8 AT LEHIGH: Senior Dave Tomasette posted 4-2 decision over Ryan Patrovich (15-9) at 165. a victory by fall and Joe Rovelli added a major decision win as the 16th- ranked Hofstra Pride cruised to a 25-11 victory over the Lehigh Mountain Alton Lucas, Hofstra’s fifth-ranked junior at 174 pounds, posted his Hawks at Grace Hall. The Pride, who captured seven of the 10 matches, seventh consecutive victory with a 5-3 decision over senior Jeff Zannetti improve to 12-7 on the season while Lehigh falls to 10-12. (7-5). Lucas’20th victory of the season, with only two losses, boosted the Pride lead to 16-8. But Penn’s 19th-ranked senior Lior Zamir (13-7) The 13th-ranked Tomasette (27-6) opened the match with a bang, downed freshman Justin Danz (8-16), 6-1, at 184 pounds to close the jumping on freshman Mitch Berger early and pinning the Lehigh deficit to 16-11. Joe Rovelli, Hofstra’s eighth-ranked senior at 197 freshman in 2:01. It is Tomasette's second win by fall this season. pounds, sealed the victory, before Daddino’s pin, with a 7-4 decision over Sophomore Lou Ruggirello boosted the Hofstra lead to 9-0 with a 6-1 sophomore Thomas Shovlin (7-5). The victory was Rovelli’s 20th of the victory over sophomore Seth Ciasulli at 133 pounds. The sixth-ranked year against just three losses. Ruggirello, who escaped two scary moments in the early going, improved to 29-5 on the year. Senior Charles Griffin made it three-in-a-row with an #12 HOFSTRA 25, PENNSYLVANIA 11 11-5 victory over senior Jeff Santo. Griffin (28-3), who is ranked fifth at 125- #13 Dave Tomasette (H) dec. #7 Rollie Peterkin (P), 8-2 141 pounds, had to settle of a three-point team win after Santo pulled out 133- #6 Lou Ruggirello (H) dec. Bryan Ortenzio (P), 3-2 a late reversal. 141- #6 Charles Griffin (H) maj. Andy Valenti (P), 15-6 149- #14 Cesar Grajales (P) tech fall Jeff Rotella (H), 23-8 Lehigh got on the scoreboard at 149 as junior Trevor Chinn jumped on 157- Jonny Bonilla-Bowman (H) dec. Rob Hitschler (P), 10-5 Pride freshman Jeff Rotella for a 21-6 tech fall to close the deficit to 12-3. 165- #18 Zack Shanaman (P) dec. Ryan Patrovich (H), 4-2 But Hofstra sophomore Jonny Bonilla-Bowman pulled out a takedown in 174- #5 Alton Lucas (H) dec. Jeff Zannetti (P), 5-3 the final 30 seconds of his 157-pound match to post a 4-3 decision over 184- #19 Lior Zamir (P) dec. Justin Danz (H), 6-1 senior Dave Nakasone. Bonilla-Bowman improved to 13-11 on the 197- #8 Joe Rovelli (H) dec. Thomas Shovlin (P), 7-4 season. 285- Tom Daddino (H) WBF Trey McLean (P), 3:26 Redshirt freshman Ryan Patrovich improved to 16-10 with a 4-1 decision SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2 AT #18 CORNELL: The Big Red won over sophomore Mike Galante at 165 pounds. In the only top 20 match of seven of the 10 matches, including the top six match-up at 133 pounds, as the night Hofstra's sixth-ranked junior Alton Lucas hung on for a 5-3 #18 Cornell defeated the 12th-ranked Hofstra Pride, 28-14, at the decision over Lehigh's 20th-ranked freshman Alex Caruso at 174. Lucas Friedman Center. The Big Red improve to 2-5 on the year in dual improved to 21-3 on the season. At 184 pounds, Lehigh notched its matches while the Pride, which had their six-match winning streak second win of the night as sophomore Manuel Schubert posted a 6-4 snapped, slip to 11-7. decision over Justin Danz (8-18).

Starting at 197 pounds, Hofstra’s eighth-ranked senior Joe Rovelli (21-3) Pride senior Joe Rovelli tallied Hofstra's last win of the night with a 14-3 gave the Pride a 5-0 lead with a 15-0 tech fall over Cornell’s Taylor major decision over sophomore Alex Iacocca at 197 pounds. Rovelli, the Moore. But Cornell senior Zach Hammond put the Big Red ahead, 6-5, eighth-ranked wrestler in the country, boosted his record to 22-3. In the with a pin of senior Tom Daddino (4-7) in 6:44. Pride senior Dave final match of the night Lehigh sophomore Justin Allen was able to tie the Tomasette (26-6), ranked 13th at 125 pounds, put Hofstra back in front match at 2-all at the end of regulation by posting a riding time point after with an 11-5 decision over senior Mike Rodriguez. But second-ranked riding out Tom Daddino in the third period, and then posted a takedown freshman Mike Grey put Cornell ahead 9-8 with a 4-1 victory over sixth- 42 seconds into sudden victory for a 4-2 decision. ranked sophomore Lou Ruggirello (28-5) in the featured match of the contest. Gray allowed just a third period escape. #16 Hofstra 25, Lehigh 11 125- #13 Dave Tomasette (H) WBF Mitch Berger (L), 2:01 Hofstra senior Charles Griffin (27-3) recorded the Pride’s final victory of 133- #6 Lou Ruggirello (H) dec. Seth Ciasulli (L), 6-1 the night with a win by forfeit at 141 pounds to give the visitors a 14-9 141- #5 Charles Griffin (H) dec. Jeff Santo (L), 11-5 lead at the intermission. From that point on it was all Cornell as freshman 149- Trevor Chinn (L) tech fall Jeff Rotella (H), 21-6 D.J. Meagher pinned Pride freshman Jeff Rotella (0-13), who continues to 157- Jonny Bonilla-Bowman (H) dec. Dave Nakasone (L), 4-3 wrestle up two classes in place of the injured Mitch Smith, in 4:27 at 149 165- Ryan Patrovich (H) dec. Mike Galante (L), 4-1 pounds. Smith, who was practically wish-boned against Michigan at the 174- #6 Alton Lucas (H) dec. #20 Alex Caruso, 5-3 National Duals on January 12, missed his eighth dual match since the 184- Manuel Schubert (L) dec. Justin Danz (H), 6-4 injury. Ninth-ranked junior Jordan Leen jumped out to a 6-3 lead after the 197- #8 Joe Rovelli (H) maj. Alex Iacocca (L), 14-3 first period on the way to a 12-4 major decision over Pride sophomore 285- Justin Allen (L) dec. Tom Daddino (H), 4-2 sv Jonny Bonilla-Bowman (12-11) at 157 pounds. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12 VS. DREXEL: Sophomore Jonny Bonilla- At 165, fourth-ranked freshman Mack Lewnes allowed just a third period Bowman recorded an upset victory over the 11th-ranked wrestler in the escape on the way to a 3-1 decision over redshirt freshman Ryan country, and Lou Ruggirello and Tom Daddino posted victories by fall to Patrovich (15-10). In the most exciting match of the night, at 174 pounds, lead the 16th-ranked Hofstra Pride to a 39-0 sweep of the Hofstra junior Alton Lucas (20-3), ranked fifth, took a 3-2 early in the in a Colonial Athletic Association match at the David S. Mack Sports third period over #10 junior Steve Anceravage. But the Big Red wrestler Center. was able to record a takedown with just one second remaining to down Lucas, 4-3, snapping the Pride wrestler’s seven-match winning streak. In In addition Hofstra has now won 57 consecutive conference dual matches the match finale at 184 pounds, Cornell junior Josh Arnone cruised to an while extending its conference dual match undefeated streak to 60 (59-0- 8-2 decision over Pride freshman Justin Danz (8-17). 1). The Pride lost their last conference dual match on February 17, 1999 when the Broncs of Rider beat the Pride, 28-10 in an East Coast #18 CORNELL 28, #12 HOFSTRA 14 Wrestling Association (ECWA) match. Tuesday’s shutout victory is the 197- #8 Joe Rovelli (H) tech fall Taylor Moore (C), 15-0 Pride’s first since November 2006 when the Pride blanked Army, 41-0. 285- Zach Hammond (C) WBF Tom Daddino (H), 6:44 125- #13 Dave Tomasette (H) dec. Mike Rodriquez (C), 11-5 In the most exciting match of the night Tuesday, Hofstra’s unranked 133- #2 Mike Grey (C) dec. #6 Lou Ruggirello (H), 4-1 Jonny Bonilla-Bowman rallied from behind in the third period to take a 141- #5 Charles Griffin (H) win by forfeit 17-14 victory over 11th-ranked senior Ryan Hluschak (26-3). Bonilla- 149- D.J. Meagher (C) WBF Jeff Rotella (H), 4:27 Bowman recorded four takedowns in the final period for the victory. He 157- #9 Jordan Leen (C) maj. Jonny Bonilla-Bowman (H), 12-4 has now won seven of his last eight matches to improve to 14-11 on the 165- #4 Mack Lewnes (C) dec. Ryan Patrovich (H), 3-1 season. 174- #10 Steve Anceravage (C) dec. #5 Alton Lucas (H), 4-3 Tuesday night’s match opened up with a top 15 battle between Drexel’s Brown (28-2), ranked fifth, notched a late takedown to down 11th-ranked junior Steve Mytech and Hofstra’s 13th-ranked senior Dave Hofstra's sixth-ranked junior Alton Lucas (22-4), 8-6. Ninth- Tomasette. The contest was scoreless heading into the third period with ranked Husker junior Vince Jones (21-10) pinned Pride freshman Tomasette holding almost two minutes of riding time. Mytech knocked Justin Danz (9-19) in 5:58 at 184 pounds to boost the lead to 12- down some of the riding time but Tomasette escaped with a little more than a minute to wrestle in the period and got the riding time point for a 4. In another top 10 match-up at 197 pounds seventh-ranked 2-0 victory. sophomore Craig Brester (20-3) topped the Pride's 10th-ranked senior Joe Rovelli (23-4), 10-3. Nebraska senior heavyweight Jon At 133 in a battle of the sophomores, Hofstra’s sixth-ranked Lou May (18-8) made it five-in-a-row for the Huskers with a 6-3 Ruggirello pinned Drexel’s Jon Neafsey in 2:11 for his 10th pin of the victory over senior Tom Daddino (5-9) at heavyweight on a third season and a 9-0 lead in the match. Ruggirello improved to 30-5 on the period takedown and near-fall. Fourth-ranked junior Paul season including 19-1 in duals and 6-0 in the CAA. Hofstra senior Donahoe (17-3), Nebraska's defending national champion at 125 Charles Griffin (29-3) boosted the Pride lead to 13-0 with a 14-5 major pounds, jumped out to a 6-0 lead and cruised to an 11-5 victory decision over junior Morgan Remillard (5-16). At 149 Hofstra sophomore Mitch Smith (6-12) made his first appearance since a groin injury on over Hofstra's 13th-ranked senior Dave Tomasette (28-7) to end January 12 at the NWCA National Duals and posted an 11-5 victory over the Husker run. Drexel freshman Lewis Baker (4-6). Pride sophomore Lou Ruggirello (31-5), ranked sixth, blanked After Bonilla-Bowman’s victory, redshirt freshman Ryan Patrovich Husker eighth-ranked sophomore Kenny Jordan (13-5), 6-0, at improved to 17-10 overall and 3-0 in the conference with a 6-0 blanking 133 pounds. Hofstra's fourth-ranked senior Charles Griffin (30-3) of Drexel junior Billy Haydt (14-14) at 165 pounds. Hofstra’s sixth- posted a takedown in the final 30 seconds to edge 15th-ranked ranked junior Alton Lucas tallied his ninth win in the last 10 matches with sophomore Mike Rowe (8-4) at 141 pounds. Griffin recorded his a 10-2 major decision over Scott Hunter at 174. Lucas, now 22-3 overall and 6-0 in the CAA, tallied his eighth major decision of the year. Pride 15th straight win to close the Pride deficit to 21-10. Nebraska's freshman Justin Danz snapped a four-match losing skid with a 4-3 eighth-ranked sophomore Jordan Burroughs (26-5) closed out the decision over freshman Justin Wieller (14-15) at 184 pounds. Danz match with a 17-9 major decision over Hofstra sophomore Mitch improves to 9-18 on the year and 4-2 in the CAA. Smith (6-13) at 149 pounds..

Senior Joe Rovelli, ranked eighth at 197 pounds, cruised to his 13th #2 Nebraska 25, #16 Hofstra 10 consecutive victory with a 9-1 major decision over Brian Stouffer. With 157- Jonny Bonilla-Bowman (H) tech fall #17 Chris Oliver (N), 33-17 his ninth major decision of the year, Rovelli improves to 23-3 overall and (4-0) 6-0 in the CAA. Senior newcomer Tom Daddino, a former New York 165- #10 Stephen Dwyer (N) dec. Ryan Patrovich (H), 11-5 (4-3) State High School champion who returned to wrestling in January after a 174- #5 Brandon Browne (N) dec. #6 Alton Lucas (H), 8-6 (4-6) four-year football career at Hofstra, posted his third pin of the season in 184- #9 Vince Jones (N) WBF Justin Danz (H), 5:58 (4-12) his victory over freshman Bryant Deinhardt (9-15). Daddino, who 197- #7 Craig Brester (N) dec. #8 Joe Rovelli (H), 10-3 (4-15) improved to 5-8 overall and 3-3 in the CAA, pinned his opponent in 1:31. 285- #17 Jon May (N) dec. Tom Daddino (H), 6-3 (4-18) 125- #4 Paul Donahoe (N) dec. #13 Dave Tomasette (H), 11-5 (4-21) #16 Hofstra 39, Drexel 0 133- #6 Lou Ruggirello (H) dec. #8 Kenny Jordan (N), 6-0 (7-21) 125- #13 Dave Tomasette (H) dec. #11 Steve Mytech (D), 2-0 141- #5 Charles Griffin (H) dec. #15 Mike Rowe (N), 3-1 (10-21) 133- #6 Lou Ruggirello (H) WBF Jon Neafsey (D), 2:11 149- #8 Jordan Burroughs (N) maj. dec. Mitch Smith (H), 17-9 (10-25) 141- #5 Charles Griffin (H) maj. Morgan Remillard (D), 14-5 Att.: 777 149- Mitch Smith (H) dec. Lewis Baker (D), 11-5 157- Jonny Bonilla-Bowman (H) dec. #11 Ryan Hluschak (D), 17-14 165- Ryan Patrovich (H) dec. Billy Haydt (D), 6-0 174- #6 Alton Lucas (H) maj. Scott Hunter (D), 10-2 184- Justin Danz (H) dec. Justin Wieller (D), 4-3 197- #8 Joe Rovelli (H) maj. Brian Stouffer (D), 9-1 285- Tom Daddino (H) WBF Bryant Deinhardt (D), 1:31 Att.: 214 (snow)

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17 VS. #2 NEBRASKA: Hofstra sophomore Jonny Bonilla-Bowman's tech fall victory at 157 pounds was one of three Pride victories as the second-ranked posted a 25-10 victory over 16th-ranked Hofstra at the David S. Mack Sports Complex. The Pride, who had their two-match winning streak snapped, fall to 13-8 on the season while Nebraska, which recorded its fifth straight victory, improves to 14-2.

Bonilla-Bowman opened the match with 14 takedowns in Hofstra's highest scoring individual match of the season. Bonilla- Bowman recorded the rare four-point tech fall, without a near fall, in a 33-17 decision over #17 Chris Oliver (15-8). The Pride sophomore posted his second top 20 victory of the week to improve to 15-11.

But the young and talented Nebraska line-up, which featured a top 20-ranked wrestler in all 10 weight classes, would post victories in the next six matches to build a 21-4 lead. At 165 Nebraska's 10th-ranked sophomore Stephen Dwyer (27-6) tallied an 11-5 victory over Pride redshirt freshman Ryan Patrovich (17- 11). In a top six match-up at 174 pounds, Husker junior Brandon

2008-09 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY WRESTLING ROSTER

Wt. Cl. First Name Last Name Cl. Ht. Hometown/High School/College 125 Steve Bonanno Fr. 5-5 Wantagh, NY/Wantagh 125 Taylor Brown Fr. 5-5 Emmaus, PA/Emmaus 133 Lou Ruggirello Jr. 5-8 Walden, NY/Valley Central 133 Jeff Rotella So. 5-5 West Windsor, NJ/W. Windsor-Plainsboro North 141 Justin Accordino RFr. 5-8 Wilkes-Barre, PA/Coughlin 141 Tyler Banks Fr. 5-9 Griswold, CT/Griswold 141 Craig Kennedy Sr. 5-6 Parsippany, NJ/Parsippany 149 P.J. Gillespie RFr. 5-10 Long Beach, NY/Long Beach 149 Fran O’Brien RFr. 5-9 Palm Beach Gardens, FL/The Benjamin School 157 Jonny Bonilla-Bowman Jr. 5-7 Pomona, NY/Ramapo 157 Chris Servian Fr. 5-8 Kunkletown, PA/Pleasant Valley 157 Ryan Colmer Fr. 5-9 Duncansville, PA/Holidaysburg 165 Ryan Patrovich So. 6-0 Bohemia, NY/Islip/Ohio State 174 Alton Lucas Sr. 5-8 West Babylon, NY/West Babylon 174 Justin Danz So. 5-9 Placerville, CA/Ponderosa 174 Lawrence Beckman RFr. 5-11Greensville, PA/Reynolds 184 Anthony Tortora Sr. 6-0 Chappaqua, NY/Horace Greeley 184 Ben Clymer Fr. 6-3 Germansville, PA/Northwestern Lehigh 184 Rob Piscitello Fr. 6-1 Bayville, NY/Locust Valley 184 Jonathan Rothman Sr. 5-9 Bridgewater, NY/Bridgewater-Raritan 184 Pat Murphy Fr. 5-9 Nazareth, PA/Nazareth 197 Joe Fagiano So. 5-10 Chicago, IL/St. Patrick’s/Indiana U. 285 Jordan Enck Fr. 6-3 Manheim, PA/Manheim Central 285 Paul Snyder Fr. 6-0 Greensburg, PA/Mt. Pleasant Area 285 Devion Smith Fr. 6-3 Chino, CA/Colony

Head Coach: Tom Shifflet (Edinboro, 1995) third season at Hofstra Associate Head Coach: Rob Anspach (Hofstra, 2002) Assistant Coach: Joe Dubuque (Indiana, 2006) Volunteer Assistant Coach: Terry Madden (Hunter, 2007) Student-Assistant Coach: Joe Rovelli (Hofstra, 2009)

2008-09 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY WRESTLING SCHEDULE As of November 15, 2008 (1-0 overall, 0-0 CAA)

NOVEMBER 8 Sat. at Brockport/Oklahoma Gold Classic 5th of 8 104 pts. 12 Wed. WAGNER COLLEGE 53-0 W 16 Sun. at #7 Penn State University 1 p.m. 22 Sat. at University of Missouri 1 p.m. 23 Sun at University of Missouri Open All Day

DECEMBER 12 Fri. BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY 7 p.m. 29-30 Sat.-Sun. at The Southern Scuffle All Day (at UNC Greensboro, Greensboro, NC)

JANUARY 11 Sun. NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY 1 p.m. 16-17 Fri.-Sat. at Colonial Athletic Association Duals All Day (George Mason University, Fairfax, VA)

25 Sun. 1 p.m. 31 Sat. at University of Pennsylvania 1 p.m. at Drexel University 4 p.m.

FEBRUARY 8 Sun. CORNELL UNIVERSITY 1 p.m. 14 Sat. at Edinboro University 7 p.m. 15 Sun. at University of Buffalo 1 p.m. 20 Fri. at Harvard University 7 p.m.

MARCH 6-7 Fri.-Sat. COLONIAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONSHIPS All Day (at Norfolk, VA)

19-21 Thu.-Sat. at NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships All Day (at the Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MO)

*Colonial Athletic Association match Dates and times subject to change. Home matches in BOLD CAPS to be held at the Mack Sports Complex. 2008-09 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY WRESTLING STATISTICS November 10, 2008 (1-0 overall, 0-0 CAA)

Wt. Wrestler Overall Duals CAA Dual Falls Dec. Maj Tech Quick HUCareer Cl. W-L W-L Duals Pts. Dec. Falls Fall 125 Steve Bonanno 4-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-3 1-0 1-0 6:49 4-3 125 Taylor Brown 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 xxxx 0-2

133 Lou Ruggirello 5-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 5-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:37 74-16

133 Jeff Rotella 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 xxxx 1-16 141 Jeff Rotella 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2:39 1-0 Rotella Total 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 2:39 2-16

141 Justin Accordino 4-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 1-2 1-0 0-0 0:25 17-10

149 P.J. Gillespie 4-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 0-3 2-0 0-0 4:12 4-5 149 Fran O’Brien 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 xxxx 0-1

157 Jonny Bonilla- 3-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-1 1-0 0-0 4:55 22-15 Bowman 157 Ryan Colmer 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 xxxx 2-2

165 Ryan Patrovich 4-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 3-0 1-0 0-0 2:57 23-15

174 Alton Lucas 4-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 0-0 1:26 66-23 174 Lawrence Beckman 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 xxxx 3-3

184 Ben Clymer 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 xxxx 1-0 184 Jon Rothman 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-0 xxxx 3-11 184 Anthony Tortora 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 1-2 0-0 0-0 6:52 16-18

184 Rob Piscitello 3-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-1 0-0 xxxx 3-1 197 Rob Piscitello 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 3:43 1-0 Piscitello Total 4-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 1-1 0-0 3:43 4-1

197 Joe Fagiano 4-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 xxxx 4-0

285 Jordan Enck 4-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 2-3 0-0 1-0 2:31 4-3 285 Devion Smith 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 0-1 0-1 0-0 4:14 2-2 Wt. Wrestler Overall Duals CAA Pts Falls Dec. Maj Tech Quick Career

2008-09 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY WRESTLING INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

125 STEVE BONANNO

Date Actual Weight Won Lost Opponent's Opponent's Competition/Opp. W-L Weight Class Name Institution______11/8 125 F-6:49 Shawn Hainey Brockport Brockport/OK Gold 1-0 11/8 125 2-5 Nicholas Bedelyon Kent State Brockport/OK Gold 1-1 11/8 125 10-1 Taylor Brown Hofstra Brockport/OK Gold 2-1 11/8 125 5-4 Matt Fusco Rutgers Brockport/OK Gold 3-1 11/8 125 2-5 Joey Fio Oklahoma Brockport/OK Gold 3-2 11/8 125 5-8 Lance Penhale Army Brockport/OK Gold (6) 3-3 11/12 125 TF-15-0 Jason Mandragona Wagner Dual/Wagner 4-3

125 TAYLOR BROWN

Date Actual Weight Won Lost Opponent's Opponent's Competition/Place W-L Weight Class Name Institution______11/8 125 8-17 Troy Opfer Kent State Brockport/OK Gold 0-1 11/8 125 1-10 Taylor Brown Hofstra Brockport/OK Gold 0-2

133 LOU RUGGIRELLO

Date Actual Weight Won Lost Opponent's Opponent's Competition/Place W-L Weight Class Name Institution______11/8 133 F-1:51 Brian Bollette Rutgers Brockport/OK Gold 1-0 11/8 133 F-2:20 Glen DiStefano Brockport Brockport/OK Gold 2-0 11/8 133 F-2:50 Whitt Dunning Army Brockport/OK Gold 3-0 11/8 133 F-1:21 Danny Mitcheff Kent State Brockport/OK Gold (1) 4-0 11/12 133 F-2:07 Nick Keshecki Wagner Dual/Wagner 5-0

133/141 JEFF ROTELLA

Date Actual Weight Won Lost Opponent's Opponent's Competition/Place W-L Weight Class Name Institution______11/9 133 0-7 Silas Murray Nassau CC Central Jersey Open 0-1 11/9 133 9-7 Paul Bauberger Glouchester Co. CC Central Jersey Open 1-1 11/9 133 6-11 Drew Willis Navy Central Jersey Open 1-2 11/12 141 F-2:39 Jake Villaret Wagner Dual/Wagner 2-2

141 JUSTIN ACCORDINO

Date Actual Weight Won Lost Opponent's Opponent's Competition/Place W-L Weight Class Name Institution______11/8 141 F-0:38 Josh Bellinger Brockport Brockport/OK Gold 1-0 11/8 141 1-3OT Drew Lashaway Kent State Brockport/OK Gold 1-1 11/8 141 F-0:25 Adam Haas Kent State Brockport/OK Gold 2-1 11/8 141 14-4 William Simpson Army Brockport/OK Gold 3-1 11/8 141 4-2 David Greenwald Rutgers Brockport/OK Gold 4-1 11/8 141 3-7 Drew Lashaway Kent State Brockport/OK Gold (4) 4-2

149 P.J.GILLESPIE

Date Actual Weight Won Lost Opponent's Opponent's Competition/Place W-L Weight Class Name Institution______11/8 149 10-1 Kory Bissett Edinboro Brockport/OK Gold 1-0 11/8 149 2-3 Matt Kyler Army Brockport/OK Gold 1-1 11/8 149 11-0 David Seidenberg Rutgers Brockport/OK Gold 2-1 11/8 149 F-4:12 Jack Barrett Rutgers Brockport/OK Gold 3-1 11/8 149 3-6 Will Rowe Oklahoma Brockport/OK Gold 3-2 11/8 149 4-5 Torsten Gillespie Edinboro Brockport/OK Gold (6) 3-3 11/12 149 F-4:36 Ryan Cornell Wagner Dual/Wagner 4-3

149 FRAN O’BRIEN

Date Actual Weight Won Lost Opponent's Opponent's Competition/Place W-L Weight Class Name Institution______11/9 149 6-10 John Giusti Delaware Valley Central Jersey Open 0-1 11/9 149 MDef Matt Ellery Middlesex County Central Jersey Open 0-1

157 JONNY BONILLA-BOWMAN

Date Actual Weight Won Lost Opponent's Opponent's Competition/Place W-L Weight Class Name Institution______11/8 157 12-8 Greg Zannetti Rutgers Brockport/OK Gold 1-0 11/8 157 14-7 Greg Puckett Central Michigan Brockport/OK Gold 2-0 11/8 157 4-10 Shane Vernon Oklahoma Brockport/OK Gold 2-1 11/8 157 MDef Scott Winston Rutgers Brockport/OK Gold 2-1 11/8 157 MDef Ross Tice Kent State Brockport/OK Gold (6) 2-1 11/12 157 21-8 Larry Peotter Wagner Dual/Wagner 3-1

157 RYAN COLMER

Date Actual Weight Won Lost Opponent's Opponent's Competition/Place W-L Weight Class Name Institution______11/9 157 9-4 Matt Brode Wilkes Central Jersey Open 1-0 11/9 157 11-6 Nick Giunta Gloucester Co. Central Jersey Open 2-0 11/9 157 8-11 Bobby Ward Nassau CC Central Jersey Open 2-1 11/9 157 1-2 Tom Oswald Navy Central Jersey Open (4) 2-2

165 RYAN PATROVICH

Date Actual Weight Won Lost Opponent's Opponent's Competition/Place W-L Weight Class Name Institution______11/8 165 7-6 Obie Simpson Kent State Brockport/OK Gold 1-0 11/8 165 F-1:34 Jarrod King Edinboro Brockport/OK Gold 1-1 11/8 165 5-2 Matt Pletcher Rutgers Brockport/OK Gold 2-1 11/8 165 5-3 Obie Simpson Kent State Brockport/OK Gold 3-1 11/12 165 16-4 Sean Quinn Wagner Dual/Wagner 4-1

174 ALTON LUCAS

Date Actual Weight Won Lost Opponent's Opponent's Competition/Place W-L Weight Class Name Institution______11/8 174 13-3 Mike Cuccinata Rutgers Brockport/OK Gold 1-0 11/8 174 8-2 Michael Whalen Rutgers Brockport/OK Gold 2-0 11/8 174 5-2 Jeff James Oklahoma Brockport/OK Gold 3-0 11/12 174 F-2:15 Ryan Malloy Wagner Dual/Wagner 4-0

174 LAWRENCE BECKMAN

Date Actual Weight Won Lost Opponent's Opponent's Competition/Place W-L Weight Class Name Institution______11/8 174 MDef Chris Estep Kent State Brockport/OK Gold 0-0 11/8 174 MDef Ryan Mergen Army Brockport/OK Gold 0-0

184 BEN CLYMER

Date Actual Weight Won Lost Opponent's Opponent's Competition/Place W-L Weight Class Name Institution______11/12 184 TF-17-0 Peter Morano Wagner Dual/Wagner 1-0

184 ANTHONY TORTORA

Date Actual Weight Won Lost Opponent's Opponent's Competition/Place W-L Weight Class Name Institution______11/8 184 4-6 Shawn Fendone Edinboro Brockport/OK Gold 0-1 11/8 184 9-4 Derek Stanley Army Brockport/OK Gold 1-1 11/8 184 F-6:52 Keith Dobish Rutgers Brockport/OK Gold 2-1 11/8 184 F-2:47 Pat Flynn Oklahoma Brockport/OK Gold 2-2 11/8 184 3-8 Vince DiDona Central Michigan Brockport/OK Gold (6) 2-3

184 JON ROTHMAN

Date Actual Weight Won Lost Opponent's Opponent's Competition/Place W-L Weight Class Name Institution______11/8 184 3-5 Derek Stanley Army Brockport/OK Gold 0-1 11/8 184 7-13 Garrett Hunter Army Brockport/OK Gold 0-2

184/197 ROBERT PISCITELLO

Date Actual Weight Won Lost Opponent's Opponent's Competition/Place W-L Weight Class Name Institution______11/9 184 6-5 Daniel Brown Wilkes Central Jersey Open 1-0 11/9 184 11-6 David Khovin Nassau CC Central Jersey Open 2-0 11/9 184 4-14 Kurt Brendel Princeton Central Jersey Open 2-1 11/9 184 MFor Preston Johnson Middlesex Co. Central Jersey Open (3) 3-1 11/12 197 F-3:43 Mark Wagner Wagner Dual/Wagner 4-1

197 JOE FAGIANO

Date Actual Weight Won Lost Opponent's Opponent's Competition/Place W-L Weight Class Name Institution______11/9* 197 F-0:48 Doug Enders Gloucester Co. Central Jersey Open 1-0 11/9* 197 F-0:51 Judd Connell USMMA Central Jersey Open 2-0 11/9* 197 4-1 Dan Hopkins Middlesex Co. Central Jersey Open 3-0 11/9* 197 13-4 Chris Smith Wilkes Central Jersey Open (1) 4-0

285 JORDAN ENCK

Date Actual Weight Won Lost Opponent's Opponent's Competition/Place W-L Weight Class Name Institution______11/8 285 F-2:31 Josh Chowske Brockport Brockport/OK Gold 1-0 11/8 285 6-7 Jermail Porter Kent State Brockport/OK Gold 1-1 11/8 285 4-1 Jabril Patterson Brockport Brockport/OK Gold 2-1 11/8 285 2-1 Dominic Russo Rutgers Brockport/OK Gold 3-1 11/8 285 1-4 Jarod Trice Central Michigan Brockport/OK Gold 3-2 11/8 285 2-9 Mike Sprigg Army Brockport/OK Gold (6) 3-3 11/12 285 TF-15-0 Angelo D’Amico Wagner Dual/Wagner 4-3

285 DEVION SMITH

Date Actual Weight Won Lost Opponent's Opponent's Competition/Place W-L Weight Class Name Institution______11/9 285 F-5:15 Aldin Chapman Middlesex Co. Central Jersey Open 1-0 11/9 285 2-11 Brandon Williamson Nassau CC Central Jersey Open 1-1 11/9 285 F-4:14 Chris Moyer Stevens Tech Central Jersey Open 2-1 11/9 285 3-4 Zeke Pyle Delaware Valley Central Jersey Open (6) 2-2