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(19/20) OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY MONARCH WRESTLING RIDER UNIVERSITY* First Ever CAA Dual at The Ted Top 25 Team ODU looks to improve on their 5-1 CAA record ODU earned its first national ranking since the when they host the Broncs of Rider University this Sunday 1990-91 season earlier this year as W.I.N. Magazine ranked at 5:00 pm. It is the first ever CAA dual held in the Ted the Monarchs 22nd in the nation. Since then, ODU has been Constant Convocation Center and will follow immediately a staple in the top 25 and has recently earned the programs the women’s basketball game set for 2:00 pm. It will also best ever national ranking, at 19th in the nation by W.I.N. be the first time ODU faces an opponent as a Top 20 team The Monarchs are also ranked 20th in the nation in in over 15 years. the USA Today/InterMat/NWCA rankings. Old Dominion has Three Rider grapplers are nationally ranked, in- been in InterMat’s Top 25 for nine straight rankings. cluding the third ranked 197-pounder David Mendoza will be forced to face in the last three duals. Mendoza faced Nationally Ranked Individuals the No. 1 and No. 16 197-pounders last weekend and will For the first time in school history, Old Dominion had be across the mat from No. 17 T.J. Morrison this Sunday. six grapplers ranked nationally by Amateur Wrestling News. The all-time series is knotted up at 3-3-1, but ODU Much of the starting lineup has been in the national polls for has never lost to the Broncs under head coach Steve the duration of the season. Only at 157 and Hwt have the Martin, riding a current four-dual unbeaten streak against Monarchs not been listed by a poll at least once this season. the New Jersey based program. Three Monarchs are ranked by all four national polls. James Nicholson (125), Kyle Hutter (133) and Chris Leading the Nation Brown (165) are ranked by InterMat, AWN, W.I.N. Magazine, Redshirt sophomore Kaylen Baxter has backed and wrestlingreport.com. Kyle Hutter remains in the polls up his success as a freshman with an even better second after upsetting his third nationally ranked opponent in his year. He leads the nation in wins with 36 total and has last three events. He dropped #13 Dan Mitcheff (Kent State) only lost nine matches this season. and #15 Eric Albright (UVa) by decision at the Duals and last Right behind Baxter in the nationwide leaders in weekend pinned #15 David Marble of Bucknell. wins is teammate Ryan Williams. The junior has totaled 33 Baxter and Brown have maintained slots in the top wins and is leading the team in major decisions with 11. 25 throughout the season. Brown dropped #1 Hawkeye Both wrestlers are in the program’s top 20 in 165-pounder Mark Perry earlier in the season, boosting his career wins. Williams ranks 9th with 92 total victories and personal record and Baxter has tallied a nationwide best 36 Baxter is tied for 18th with 70. wins already this season. Senior Night INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS Sunday night will represent the end of a long- Here is how the Monarchs weigh in nationally in the standing tradition for one wrestling Monarch. Redshirt most recent polls: senior Nick Pullano has wrestled under the tutelage of INTERMAT AWN W.I.N. WR* Coach Martin for eight years, with four at Great Bridge TEAM 20 19 HS and four at Old Dominion. Pullano is among ODU’s 125 - JAMES NICHOLSON 12 13 14 12 program leaders in wins with 89 for his career and was an 133 - KYLE HUTTER 18 15 15 19 NCAA Qualifier in 2007. Pullano will be recognized for his 141 - RYAN WILLIAMS -- -- -- 21 success at the start of Sunday’s dual. Also Sunday, at halftime, four 8th grade standouts 149 - KAYLEN BAXTER -- 19 -- 22 will take the mat at ODU in exhibition competition. It will 165 - CHRIS BRowN 18 19 17 18 be the second time this season the ODU coaches have 184 - JESSE STRAWN -- -- -- 28 opened their mats to local standout exhibition. 197 - DAVID MENDOZA -- -- -- 28 * - WRESTLINGREPORT.COM OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY WRESTLING 07-08 Champions Developing the Future 2007-08 ODU Schedule/Results Head Coach Steve Martin has led the Monarchs to a 50- (15-3/5-1) 32-2 mark through the start of his fourth year at the helm. In the Date Opponent Time/Results CAA the Monarchs have dominated with a 21-5-1 mark. Martin comes from a powerhouse of high school wrestling in Great Bridge 11/9 Michigan State 20-16 W High School in Chesapeake. In 14 years as head coach, the Great 11/11 MSU Open 1 Champ; 7 Placed Bridge Wildcats won 13 state championships. 11/18 Missouri Open 1 Champ; 9 Placed Martin is assisted by Mike Dixon, Jon Sioredas and Matt Storniolo. Dixon brings great recruiting skills and knowledge of the 11/24 St. Edward’s Duals: CAA coming from James Madison. He has experience coaching Findlay 34-5 W championship contenders while at the University of Indianapolis. #3 Iowa 13-28 L Sioredas is a second-year coach with a wealth of knowl- Iowa Central 42-3 W edge about the sport. Named an All-American and ranked as high 11/30-12/1 Las Vegas Invitational Two Placewinners as 2nd nationally at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, 12/1 Penn State Open One Placewinner Sioredas is now using his skills to teach. 12/29-12/30 Southern Scuffle Four Placewinners Storniolo is mirroring Sioredas’ career, jumping right into coaching after graduation. He was a two-time All-American at the 1/5 Virginia States 6 Champs; 10 Placed University of Oklahoma, as well as the Big East Rookie of the Year 1/8 Delaware State 48-0 W at Penn State. 1/11-1/12 Virginia Duals 3rd Place All four coaches are wrestling champions in their own right vs. Lock Haven 31-3 W and are building a championship future. vs. Virginia Tech 30-3 W vs. #17 Illinois 12-26 L All-Time Wins Leaders vs. Virginia 23-12 W vs. Kent State 25-12 W The Monarchs have several wrestlers approaching 1/18-1/19 CAA Duals the All-Time leaders in wins for a career: vs. Sacred Heart* 39-6 W vs. Drexel* 31-6 W 1. Jeff Rusak 135-19 vs. Binghamton* 23-15 W 2. Buddy Lee 122-25-2 vs. Boston University* 24-18 W vs. #12 Hofstra* 19-22 L 3. Adam Wright 120-31 4. Nick Hall 115-18-3 1/27 Bucknell 30-6 W 5. Rich Castano 104-31-6 2/3 George Mason* 32-12 W 6. Steve Sciandra 102-25-1 American 31-12 W 7. Erik Shaw 101-25-1 2/10 Rider* 5:00 pm 8. Tom Sinacore 95-38-2 2/24 Virginia Tech 2:00 pm 9. Ryan Williams 92-35 3/7-3/8 CAA Tournament All Day 10. Jamie Kelly 90-38 3/20-3/22 NCAA Tournament All Day T11. Carl Ragland 89-6-1 Home dates bold T11. Nick Pullano 89-74 T13. Mike McCarthy 88-41 Program Firsts: T13. Ben Ward 88-33-1 Old Dominion is having one of the best seasons in 15. Noel Clavel 82-14-3 program history and has notched several program firsts 16. Christian Staylor 81-31 under head coach Steve Martin: 17. Wayne Gibson 77-20-4 T18. David Mendoza 70-38 -The team is nationally ranked in the Top 20 T18. Kaylen Baxter 70-32 T20. Mark Billups 69-24-3 -Six wrestlers were nationally ranked at the same time T20. Chris Brown 69-27 -ODU defeated Lock Haven, Kent State and Bucknell 22. Wayne Bright 65-11 23. Randy Payne 61-33 -Dropped a Big Ten foe for first time since 1990-91 T24. Paul Cote 57-7-1 T24. Jesse Strawn 57-33 -Shutout an opponent at The Ted Current wrestlers in bold OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY WRESTLING 07-08 A Will To Win By Weight Class: Ryan Williams has been the most consistent For the first time in Steve Martin’s coaching tenure, there will be a former NCAA Quali- wrestler under head coach Steve Martin since he took fier, HS All-American, or FILA Cadet All-American starting at EVERY weight. over the starting job midway through his freshman year. 125: RS freshmen James Nicholson and Billy Chamberlain will He’s the go-to at 141 lbs and was an NCAA Qualifier platoon at 125. Nicholson was an alternate on the FILA Jr. World in 2006, just missing his second trip a year ago as he Team this summer and compiled a 23-8 record unattached a dropped a decision to CAA Champion and NCAA All- year ago. Chamberlain will also see time, as he was ranked as American Charles Griffin. high as 4th in the nation in high school. He has a career .724 winning percentage with 133: Kyle Hutter will bump up a weight class and be the go- 92 wins through this point in his junior season. He is to starter at 133 lbs. He recently inserted himself into the na- currently 9th all-time in wins and if he finishes his career tional rankings, as high as 14th by AWN, with wins over #13 with the same consistency, he has the potential to be- Dan Mitcheff (Kent State), #15 Eric Albright (Virginia) and #15 come the Monarchs all-time leader in wins, currently set David Marble (Bucknell).