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LEHIGH WRESTLING SCHEDULE/RESULTS No. 10 LEHIGH AT No. 1 OKLAHOMA STATE/No. 4 OKLAHOMA Nov. 10 Thu. RIDER (Grace) W 26-15 LEHIGH (5-1, 1-0 EIWA) at OKLAHOMA STATE (1-0)/OKLAHOMA (1-0) 13 Sun. vs. Williamson@ W 50-6 GALLAGHER-IBA ARENA (13,611)/MCCASLAND FIELDHOUSE (2,000) 13 Sun. vs. Lock Haven@ W 32-3 13 Sun. at Penn State@ L 18-17 STILLWATER/NORMAN, OKLA. • DEC 2-3, 2005 •8:00 17 Thu. ARIZONA STATE (Stabler) W 29-7 27 Sun. RUTGERS* (Grace) W 36-3 Dec. SETTING THE SCENE 2 Fri. at Oklahoma State 8:00 Lehigh will have its toughest early season test this weekend as the Mountain Hawks 3 Sat. at Oklahoma 8:00 head to Oklahoma to tangle with a pair of top-five teams in Oklahoma State and 29-30Thu.-Fri.at Southern Scuffle TBD Oklahoma. The Mountain Hawks improved to 5-1 on the dual season with a convincing Jan. 6 Fri. PENN STATE (Stabler) 7:00 win over Rutgers their last time out. Lehigh will face top ranked and three-time 8 Sun. at Michigan 2:00 defending national champion Oklahoma State on Friday night in Stillwater, and then 8 Sun. at Eastern Michigan 5:00 will travel to Norman to face an equally tough Oklahoma team on Saturday. The 13 Fri. PITTSBURGH (Grace) 7:00 Sooners are currently ranked fourth nationally after a third place finish a year ago. 14 Sat. NAVY* (Grace) 3:00 22 Sun. at Cornell* 1:00 28 Sat at Harvard* 10:30 FAST FACTS 28 Sat. at Brown* 3:00 • Lehigh has won the last four EIWA team championships and has placed in the top ten Feb. at the NCAA Championships in five of the last six years. 4 Sat. HOFSTRA (Grace) 1:00 4 Sat. MARYLAND (Grace) 3:00 • In 2005 the Mountain Hawks placed three wrestlers in the top-three at nationals for 12 Sun. at Army* 5:00 just the fifth time in 75 years. 19 Sun. at Penn* 2:00 • Oklahoma State has won the last three NCAA team championships and returns four 19 Sun. at Drexel 5:00 grapplers who won individual national titles in 2005. Mar. 4-5 Sat.-Sun.EIWA Championships (at Lehigh)11:00 • Oklahoma returns a quartet of 2005 All-Americans including national champion 16-18Thu.-Sat.NCAA Championships TBD Teyon Ware at 141. (at Oklahoma City) LEHIGH PROBABLE STARTERS Home matches in CAPS * - EIWA Opponent @ - Penn State Dual Championships (at Penn State) 125 Matt Fisk (Fr., Wyalusing, Pa.) MEDIA INFORMATION 133 No. 20 Jeff Santo (So., Wind Gap, Pa.) Contact Steve Lomangino 141 No. 3 Cory Cooperman (Sr., Easton, Pa.) Office: . (610) 758-3174 Cell . (917) 579-0976 149 Trevor Chinn (Fr., Canandaigua, N.Y.) E-mail: . [email protected] 157 No. 10 Derek Zinck (Sr., Upper Perkiomen, Pa) 165 No. 1 Troy Letters (Sr., Shaler, Pa.) On the Radio and Internet Both of Lehigh’s matches will be 174 No. 11 Travis Frick (Sr,. Nazareth, Pa.) broadcast on ESPN Radio 1230 and 1320, as well as www.lehighsports.com. Coverage will begin at 7:45 EST on both 184 David Helfrich (Jr., Sweet Home, Ore.) nights and will be provided by Steve Lomangino. Streaming audio for this 197 No. 19 Matt Cassidy (Jr., Plum, Pa.) OR weekend’s matches is powered by Paul Weibel (Jr., Quakertown, Pa.) Yahoo! Sports. HWT Tom Curl (Jr., Paulsboro, N.J.) 33-TIME EIWA CHAMPIONS 26 INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 6Experience41 Taylor Stree Lehight, Bethlehem, Football PA 2003• Phone 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 No. 10 LEHIGH AT No. 1 OKLAHOMA STATE/No. 4 OKLAHOMA • PAGE TWO IN THE POLLS LAST TIME LEHIGH MET LAST TIME LEHIGH MET OKLAHOMA STATE OKLAHOMA USA TODAY/NWCA POLL BETHLEHEM, PA - FEBRUARY 13, 2005 CLEVELAND, OH - JANUARY 23, 2005 Top 15 (11/29/05) OKLAHOMA STATE 24 - LEHIGH 9 LEHIGH 29 -OKLAHOMA 14 1. Oklahoma State A record crowd of 5,828 fans packed Lehigh advanced to the third place match 2. Illinois Stabler Arena, but Lehigh could not at the National Duals with a 29-14 win 3. Michigan maintain an early advantage as the over No. 10 Oklahoma in the consolation 4. Oklahoma Mountain Hawks fell to the Cowboys for semifinals. The teams opened up ex- 5. Iowa State the second time in 2005. Lehigh benefitted changing tech falls, with Oklahoma’s top- 6. Minnesota from the match starting at 157 as Derek ranked Sam Hazewinkle topping Andrew Zinck and Troy Letters picked up consecu- Rizzi, then Matt Ciasulli getting the five 7. Iowa tive decisions to take an early 6-0 lead. team points back against Trey Blakely. 8. Wisconsin After OSU picked up wins at 174 and 184, Derek Zinck and Travis Frick were 9. Central Michigan Jon Trenge delighted the Lehigh faithful winners by decision at 157 and 174 10. Lehigh with a win over No. 1 Jake Rosholt to give respectively, meanwhile Troy Letters 11. Cornell Lehigh the lead at the halfway point, but picked up his third fall of the tourna- 12. Nebraska it would be the Mountain Hawks’ last ment, taking care of Randy Sulaver in a 13. Penn State victory of the evening. mere 31 seconds. 14. Northwestern 15. Missouri LEHIGH HEAD COACH GREG STROBEL Coach Strobel is in his eleventh season guiding the Mountain Hawks. Through his first ten-plus seasons, he has posted a dual record of 155-56 (.735). Last season, Strobel coached three All-Americans and guided Lehigh to its fourth straight EIWA title and W.I.N. MAGAZINE fifth of the Greg Strobel Era. Just two years ago Strobel coached five All-Americans (the Top 15 (11/22/05) most since 1980) and was named NWCA National Coach of the Year. His teams have 1. Oklahoma State finished in the top ten at nationals in five of the last six years. Since arriving at Lehigh, Strobel has coached 27 All-Americans, 23 EIWA Champions and two National Champi- 2. Oklahoma ons. The 1975 Oregon State graduate also coached the 2000 U.S. Olympic team. 3. Iowa 4. Illinois OKLAHOMA STATE HEAD COACH JOHN SMITH 5. Michigan Coach Smith is in his 14th season at the helm for the Cowboys. As a wrestler, Smith 6. Minnesota was a three time All American and two time NCAA Champion for Oklahoma State. 7. Iowa State Smith also won a pair of gold medals in freestyle at the 1988 and 1992 Olympics and has 8. Cornell won numerous international competitions. As coach of the Cowboys, Smith has won 9. Lehigh four national titles and nine conference titles in thirteen years. Smith has coached 10. Penn State numerous All-Americans and three former Cowboy grapplers who competed in the 11. Indiana 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. 12. Northwestern 13. Central Michigan OKLAHOMA HEAD COACH JACK SPATES 14. Wisconsin Coach Spates is in his 12th season at Oklahoma. His Sooner teams have placed in the 15. Arizona State top five at the NCAA Championships in four of the past seven seasons. Last season, Spates guided four Sooner grapplers to All-American honors including Teyon Ware, who won his second national championship at 141 as Oklahoma went on to finish third. Spates has coached 22 Sooners who have earned All-American laurels a total of 38 times. He has led the Sooners to two Big 12 titles, in 1999 and 2002. Both times, he was recognized as the conference’s Coach of the Year. Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 No. 10 LEHIGH AT No. 1 OKLAHOMA STATE/No. 4 OKLAHOMA • PAGE THREE SERIES HISTORY SENIOR SUCCESS Lehigh has historically struggled in duals against foes from The Mountain Hawks are led by five seniors this season, giving the state of Oklahoma. The Mountain Hawks have defeated Greg Strobel one of his most experienced teams at Lehigh. A Oklahoma twice, including a win last year, but have never look at the class of 2006 and their wrestling accomplishments. defeated the Cowboys in a dual in seven tries. Lehigh is 0-4 against the Cowboys under Greg Strobel, and 1-3 against the 141 - Cory Cooperman Sooners with Strobel at the helm. Two time All-American: 2005 (3rd), 2004 (7th) Three time NCAA Qualifier: 2005, 2004 (141), 2003 (133) Meets Record First Most recent EIWA Champion: 2005 (141), 2003 (133). Runner up: 2004 Lehigh vs. Oklahoma 14 2-12 1960 2005 Lehigh vs. Oklahoma St. 7 0-7 1986 2005 157 - Derek Zinck All-American: 2003 (8th) Last Lehigh win vs. OU: 1/23/05 LU 29 OU 14 (at Nat’l duals) Three-time NCAA Qualifier: 2003, 2004, 2005 Last OU win vs. Lehigh: 1/19/02 OU 30 LU 9 (at Nat’l duals) EIWA Champion: 2003. Runner-up 2004, 2005 Last meeting in Norman: 1/3/97 OU 34 LU 9 Last Lehigh win vs. OSU: Never 165 - Troy Letters Last OSU win vs. Lehigh: 2/13/05 OSU 24 LU 9 (Stabler) 2004 NCAA Champion Last meeting in Stillwater: 2/15/04 OSU 25 LU 12 Three-time All-American: 2005 (3rd), 2004 (1st), 2003 (2nd) Three-time EIWA Champion NCAA CHAMPIONS Twenty Lehigh wrestlers have won 26 NCAA championships, 174 - Travis Frick ranking fifth nationally. Troy Letters was victorious in 2004 All-American: 2004 (8th - 184) at 165, notching Lehigh’s most recent title. Oklahoma State Three-time NCAA Qualifier: 2003, 2004 (184), 2005 (174) has been the dominant program in college wrestling, EIWA Champion: 2004 (184) EIWA Third place: 2003, 2005 winning 33 NCAA team championships, 130 individual national titles including a record-tying five last year, and 174/184 - Brian LaMay producing 408 All-Americans.