Bloomsburg University Wrestling GEORGE MASON • FEB. 9 • 2 P.M. NELSON FIELD HOUSE • BLOOMSBURG, PA. Record: 7-6, 3-2 EWL #29 Wrestling Report/#25 Intermat FOLLOW THE HUSKIES ON TWITTER 2013-14 BLOOMSBURG SCHEDULE SETTING THE SCENE... • Bloomsburg wraps up a three-match homestand with an EWL encounter with George Day Date Opponent Time Mason. It will be senior day for the Huskies who will honor their 14 seniors before the NOVEMBER start of the match. The senior class for 2013-14 is: Sean Boylan ,Craig Barker , Nick Wilcox Sat. 9 at Brockport/Oklahoma Invit. 2nd Place , Tim Santry, Elliot Zackoski, Derek Goodwin, Bryce Busler, Kevin Hartnett, Mike Testen, Fri. 15 at Lehigh L, 22-13 Josh Veltre, Mike Dessino, Sam Shirey, Richard Perry, Justin Grant Fri. 22 ARIZONA STATE W, 18-15 Sun. 24 at Keystone Classic 1st Place • The Huskies are coming off a sweep of two matches last weekend. Bloomsburg beat Cleveland State, 30-8, and Clarion, 28-8. In both matches the Huskies won eight of the 10 DECEMBER bouts. Sun. 1 vs. (#7) Illinois # L, 29-18 vs. Penn # W, 21-16 • Bloomsburg leads in the season series with the the Patriots, 6-1. A year ago the Huskies Sat. 6 at PSAC Championships ^ 2nd Place posted a 39-0 win over GMU. The Huskies won four matches by major decision, one by Thurs.19 at Lock Haven * W, 19-16 technical fall and one by fall in earning the win by its largest margin of victory of the year Sun. 29 at Brute Invitational 2nd Place and getting its first shutout since a 54-0 drubbing of Millersville in January of 2012. JANUARY • After the Huskies conclude their home stand with the George Mason match the team Fri. 10 vs. Bucknell at Virginia Duals W, 24-11 will head to Columbus, Oh. on Feb. 16-17 for the NWCA National Duals. Bloomsburg will vs. Kent State at Virginia Duals L, 27-12 do battle with 13 other teams for the NWCA National Dual title. Among the schools com- Sat. 11 vs. Nebraska-Kearny at Va Duals L, 21-17 peting are Minnesota, Iowa State, Ohio State, Cornell, Kent State, Oklahoma, Illinois, Vir- Fri. 17 at Rider L, 20-16 ginia Tech, Chattanooga, North Dakota State, Oregon State, Hofstra and Central Michigan. Sun 19 HOFSTRA W, 24-21 Sat 25 at Edinboro * L, 29-10 • The Huskies continue to have six wrestlers ranked in various national polls: Nick Wilcox, Fri 31 CLEVELAND STATE * W, 30-8 Bryce Busler, Josh Veltre, Mike Dessino, Richard Perry and Justin Grant, are ranked nationally in their respective weight classes. Four of the six are ranked by Amateur Wres- FEBRUARY Sun. 2 CLARION * W, 28-8 tling News (AWN). Sun. 9 GEORGE MASON 2:00 PM Sun. 16 at National Duals Regional 9:00 AM • Bloomsburg is ranked 25th by Intermat and 29th in the Wrestling Report.Com poll this Fri. 21 at Binghamton 7:00 PM week. MARCH Sat. 8 at EWL Championships + TBA BLOOMSBURG HUSKIES PROBABLE LINE-UP Thurs.-Sun. 20-22 at NCAA Championships $ TBA Wt. Name Yr. Rec. Hometown/High School # —at Madison Square Garden; ^—at Edinboro, Pa. 125 Sean Boylan Sr. 16-17 Seaville, NJ/St. Marks +—at Cleveland, Oh *—EWL Match 133 Nick Wilcox Sr. 20-9 Greene, NY/Greene Central $­­—at Oklahoma City, OK Home Matches in BOLD CAPS 141 Elliot Zackoski Jr. 7-13 Scranton, Pa. / West Scranton or Matt Rappo R-So. 20-17 Holland, Pa. / Council Rock South 2013-14 Quick Facts Location ............................................Bloomsburg, Pa. or Matt Hicks Jr. 1-6 Allentown (Annapolis, MD) / St. Mary’s, MD President .......................................... Dr. David L. Soltz 149 Derek Goodwin R-Jr. 4-12 Hamburg, Pa. / Hamburg Founded ..............................................................1839 Enrollment ........................................................10,091 or Bryce Busler R-Sr. 15-3 Mechanicsburg, Pa. / Cumberland Valley Athletics Affiliation ........... NCAA Division I (wrestling) Conference ....................................Pennsylvania State or Brian Nelson Fr. 3-11 Westmont, NJ / Haddon ........................................ Athletic Conference (PSAC); 157 Kevin Hartnett R-Jr. 16-11 Staten Island, NY/ Monsignor Farrel ..................................Eastern Wrestling League (EWL) School Colors ......................................Maroon & Gold 165 #15 Josh Veltre R-Sr. 17-3 Rochester, NY/Greece Olympia Team Nickname ...............................................Huskies Home ............................................ Nelson Field House 174 Mike Dessino R-Sr. 24-6 Middlesex, NJ/ Middlesex Capacity ..............................................................1,745 184 Sam Shirey R-Sr. 11-19 Beaver Springs, Pa./ Midd-West Athletic Director ................................Mike McFarland Head Coach ............................................Jason Mester 197 #5 Richard Perry R-Sr. 25-1 Meriden, CT / Middletown Assistant Coach ..................................Marcus Gordon Wrestling Contact .................................. Tom McGuire 285 #16 Justin Grant R-Sr. 24-5 Easton, Pa./Easton Office Phone ......................................... 570-389-4413 * Rankings by AWN Blooomsburg University Wrestling 2013-14 Huskies Match Notes Head Coach Jason Mester National Ranking —Team-Individual Jason Mester begins his first season as head coach at Bloomsburg University. Intermat Top 25 (2/3/14) Rank School Pnts Mester, a graduate of Central Michigan, spent one season as the Chippe- 1. Penn State 113 was’ top assistant coach after two seasons as the assistant coach at the 2. Iowa 93.5 University of Missouri. While with the Tigers he helped lead the team 3. Minnesota 78 to their first Big 12 Tournament championship in 2012 after a runner-up 4. Oklahoma 62.5 finish in 2011. Missouri boasted a school-record four individual Big 12 5. Oklahoma State 59.5 champions in 2012 and qualified an individual for the NCAA Champion- 6. Cornell 54 7. Nebraska 46.5 ships in all 10 weight classes. 8. Northern Iowa 43 9. Edinboro 41.5 Prior to Missouri, Mester spent five seasons as the strength and condi- 10. Northwestern 41 tioning coach at the University of Nebraska. He worked directly with 14 11. Missouri 38 All-Americans and three NCAA Championships finalists—including two 12. Michigan 37 national champions—and was part of a staff that led Nebraska to a pair 13. Illinois 30.5 of fourth-place team finishes at the NCAA Championships. 14. Maryland 27 15. Ohio State 25 One of the top wrestlers in CMU history, Mester is tied for 11th in school 16. Iowa State 23.5 history with 104 career victories from 2001-04. He won three Mid- 17. Wisconsin 23 American Conference championships (2001, 2003, 2004) at 141 pounds 18. Virginia 22 and was an All-American in both 2003 and 2004. A three-time recipient 19. Indiana 19 of the Chick Sherwood Award as CMU’s Most Valuable Wrestler, Mester 20. Pittsburgh 17.5 was named MAC Wrestler of the Year as a senior. 21. North Dakota State 15.5 22. Lehigh 13 Mester’s career winning percentage of .806 (104-25 overall) still ranks 23. Air Force 12.5 fourth overall in program history, and he owns two of the top eight sin- 23. North Carolina 12.5 25. Bloomsburg 11.5 gle-season winning percentages in CMU history: .897 (26-3 overall, No. 25. Kent State 11.5 6 all-time) in 2002-03 and .891 (33-4 overall, No. 8 all-time) in 2003-04. Mester earned a sport studies degree from CMU in 2004. He spent his first year following graduation as an assistant coach at CMU, helping lead the Chippewas to MAC regular season and tournament titles and a INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS WEEK OF 2-3-14 12th-place finish at the NCAA Championships in 2005. WILCOX-133 Rank Wrestling Report.com 26 Mester and his wife Lory, are the parents of two children (daughter Charlotte and son Cecil). BUSLER-149 Intermat 18 Assistant Coach Marcus Gordon Marcus Gordon begins his first season as assistant wrestling coach at VELTRE-165 Wrestling Report.com 19 Bloomsburg after spending six seasons as the assistant coach at Ashland AWN 15 (OH) University where he was also a standout wrestling for the Eagles. Intermat 16 At Ashland Gordon was involved in every aspect of the AU program play- DESSINO-174 ing a prominent role in recruiting, assisting in camps and special projects Wrestling Report.com 30 along with coaching responsibilities during matches and practices. He PERRY-197 helped coach 26 NCAA D-II national qualifiers; nine NCAA D-II All-Amer- Wrestling Report.com 5 icans and 21 NWCA All-Academic student-athletes. He was helped the Intermat 6 Eagles to a 15-2-1 dual meet record in 2010-11, the school’s best record AWN 5 in 30 years. GRANT-285 As a wrestler Gordon was a three-year letterman for the Eagles. He was Wrestling Report.com 16 Intermat 19 a two-time qualifier for the national meet and a two-time Academic All- AWN 16 America (Wrestling Coaches of America). He won a championship at the 2008 Midwest Classic and that same season was a regional champion. During the 2007-08 season Gordon was ranked as high as third in the 2013-14 HONORS AND AWARDS country. Gordon also served as a team captain. EWL Wrestler of the Week Nov. 11-Bryce Busler (OW At Brockport Invitational) Gordon began his collegiate career at Eastern Michigan where he was a Nov. 25-Josh Veltre and Richard Perry two-year starter on the mat at EMU. Gordon earned a degree in special education at Ashland. He and his wife, Jessica, live in the Bloomsburg area. Bloomsburg University Wrestling Bloomsburg University Wrestling 2013-14 Huskies Match Notes EIGHT WRESTLERS WIN TWO MATCHES LAST WEEKEND leader list wit 43. He needs three more to tie former All-American Mike In sweeping Cleveland State and Clarion the Huskies had eight wrestlers Spaid for number two with 45 falls. each win two matches. Winning two matches each last weekend were Sean Boylan, Nick Wilcox, Kevin Hartnett, Josh Veltre, Mike Dessino, GRANT GOES 3-0 AT VA DUALS Sam Shirey, Richard Perry and Justin Grant.