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LEHIGH WRESTLING SCHEDULE/RESULTS LEHIGH AT THE 104TH EIWA CHAMPIONSHIPS Nov. 11 Sun. No. 20 PITTSBURGH (Grace) L 24-9 LEHIGH (12-14, 6-2 EIWA) 16 Fri. at No. 14 Nebraska L 28-13 THE 104TH EIWA CHAMPIONSHIPS• MAYSER CENTER (4,000) 17 Sat. at UNO Kaufman-Brand Open unscored 24 Sat. vs. Virginia @ L 23-12 LANCASTER, PA • MARCH 8-9, 2008 24 Sat. vs. No. 9 Central Michigan @ L 39-0 24 Sat. vs. Binghamton @ W 35-10 SETTING THE SCENE 24 Sat. vs. Clarion @ W 21-15 The 14 EIWA member institutions converge on Franklin & Marshall College for the 30 Fri. RUTGERS* (Grace) W 24-13 104th edition of the EIWA Championships. The EIWA is the nation’s oldest wrestling Dec. conference, with Lehigh being the historically dominant team in the conference with 192 2 Sun. at No. 24 Maryland L 25-9 individual titles and 34 team championships. The Mountain Hawks saw their run of fi ve 2 Sun. at American * W 27-15 7 Fri. No. 5 PENN STATE (Stabler) L 33-0 straight team titles come to an end with a fourth place fi nish last year. Cornell captured 30 Sun. vs. Eastern Michigan # L 20-16 last year’s team championship and are favored to repeat, with Penn and Navy expected 30 Sun. vs. Buffalo # L 22-9 to challenge the Big Red. The top four fi nishers at each weight class, plus seven wild 30 Sun. at No. 7 Michigan # L 33-9 cards, will qualify for the NCAA Championships. Jan. 4 Fri. STANFORD (Grace) W 21-16 11 Fri. vs. No. 17 Illinois$ L 29-3 FAST FACTS 11 Fri. vs. Bucknell$ W 16-15 12 Sat. vs. Rider$ W 21-11 • Lehigh has won 34 EIWA team championships, the most of any member school. 12 Sat. vs. Virginia$ L 27-9 • The Mountain Hawks have won at least one individual title in each of the last eight 19 Sat. No. 23 NAVY* (Grace) W 22-19 EIWA tournaments. 26 Sat. at Harvard* W 23-15 • Lehigh qualifi ed seven wrestlers for the NCAA Championships last year, and has 26 Sat. at Brown* W 25-9 Feb. qualifi ed at least seven wrestlers in each of the last fi ve EIWA tournaments. 8 Fri. No. 16 HOFSTRA (Grace) L 25-11 • Mountain Hawk wrestlers have captured the last fi ve Sheridan Awards for most falls 14 Thu. RIDER (Grace) W 24-16 in the quickest time: Troy Letters (2003 and ‘06), Matt Ciasulli (‘04), Jon Trenge (‘05), and 17 Sun. at Army* L 18-15 Matt Fisk (‘07). 24 Sun. at No. 25 Penn* L 24-15 24 Sun. at Drexel W 26-12 Mar. LEHIGH EIWA TOURNAMENT ENTRANTS RECORD 8-9 Sat.-Sun.EIWA Championships(F&M) 10:30 20-22 Thu.-Sat.NCAA Championships 11:00 (St. Louis, Mo.) 125 Mitch Berger (Fr., Freehold, N.J.) 3-22 * - EIWA Opponent 133 Seth Ciasulli (So., Easton, Pa.) 14-5 @ - Journeymen/Brute Duals (Troy, N.Y.) # - Wolverine Quad (Ann Arbor, Mich) $ - Virginia Duals (Hampton, Va.) 141 Jeff Santo (Sr., Wind Gap, Pa.) 6-17 MEDIA INFORMATION 149 Trevor Chinn (Jr., Canandaigua, N.Y.) 24-8 Contact 157 Dave Nakasone (Sr., Ellicott City, Md.) 19-12 Steve Lomangino Offi ce: . (610) 758-3174 165 Mike Galante (So., Ocean City, N.J.) 15-14 Cell . (917) 579-0976 E-mail: . [email protected] 174 No. 20 Alex Caruso (Fr., Green Brook, N.J.) 20-10 On the Internet Live audio of the EIWA Finals will be 184 Manuel Schubert (So., Westland, Mich.) 6-8 broadcast online at Lehighsports.com. Steve Lomangino will provide the com- 197 Alex Iacocca (So., Allentown, Pa.) 6-23 mentary. Streaming audio for Lehigh wrestling is powered by Yahoo! Sports. 285 Justin Allen (So., Raleigh, N.C.) 18-15 (Rankings NWCA/InterMat: February 26, 2008) 34-TIME EIWA CHAMPIONS 26 INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Lehigh Athletic Media RelationsExperience • 641 Taylor Street, Lehigh Bethlehem, Football PA • Phone 2003 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 LEHIGH AT THE 104TH EIWA CHAMPIONSHIPS • PAGE TWO IN THE POLLS THE 2007 EIWA CHAMPIONSHIPS KOEHLER FIELDHOUSE - EAST STROUDSBURG, PA. MARCH 2-3, 2007 NWCA/INTERMAT RANKINGS Top 25 (2/27/08) Senior Matt Ciasulli captured Lehigh’s 192nd individual EIWA title to lead the Mountain Hawks to a fourth place fi nish at the 103rd EIWA Championships. Ciasulli scored a fi rst 1. Iowa period takedown and went on to defeat Army’s Matt Kyler 2-0 in the fi nals at 141, lead- 2. Central Michigan ing a contingent of seven Mountain Hawks who earned berths to the NCAA Champion- 3. Iowa State ships. Lehigh’s fi ve year run as team champions came to an end as Cornell scored 125.5 4. Nebraska team points, placed six wrestlers in the fi nals, and captured two titles, to win its fi rst 5. Oklahoma State championship since 1993. Penn’s Matt Eveleth was named the tournament’s outstanding 6. Penn State wrestler, while Lehigh’s Matt Fisk won the Sheridan Trophy for most falls. 7. Wisconsin 8. Minnesota 125 Matt Eveleth (Penn) dec. Troy Nickerson (Cornell) 5-3 133 Matt Valenti (Penn) dec. Adam Frey (Cornell) 4-1 9. Ohio State 141 Matt Ciasulli (Lehigh) dec. Matt Kyler (Army) 2-0 10. Illinois 149 Jordan Leen (Cornell) dec. J.P. O’Connor (Harvard) 2-1 11. Michigan 157 Matt Dragon (Penn) dec. John Jarred (Navy) 10-3 12. Missouri 165 Steve Anceravage (Cornell)dec. Mike Cannon (American) 9-6 13. Northwestern 174 Matt Stolpinski (Navy) dec. Matt Palmer (Columbia) 7-5, s.v. 14. Oklahoma 184 Louis Caputo (Harvard) dec. Antonio Miranda (Navy) 4-0 15. Edinboro 197 Josh Glenn (American) dec. Jerry Rinaldi (Cornell) 6-1 16. Cornell 285 Ed Prendergast (Navy) maj. dec.Zach Hammond (Cornell) 10-0 17. Hofstra 18. Chattanooga LEHIGH HEAD COACH GREG STROBEL 19. Old Dominion Coach Strobel is in his 13th season guiding the Mountain Hawks. He currently holds a 20. Indiana dual record of 189-83-1 (.694) and ranks second in career dual wins at Lehigh behind only 21. Kent State the legendary Billy Sheridan. Strobel has guided Lehigh to six EIWA team champion- 22. Maryland ships and six top-ten NCAA tournament fi nishes in his fi rst 12 years. He is a three-time EIWA Coach of the Year and was the 2004 National Coach of the Year. Since arriving at 23. Pittsburgh Lehigh, Strobel has coached 30 All-Americans, 27 EIWA Champions and two National 24. Cal State Fullerton Champions. The 1975 Oregon State graduate also coached the 2000 U.S. Olympic team. 25. Penn W.I.N. Magazine 2007 EIWA CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008 EIWA TOURNAMENT RANKINGS FINAL TEAM SCORES Top 15 (2/25/08) BASED ON EIWA RANKINGS (2/26/08) Team Points 1. Iowa Team Points Duals EIWA 1. Cornell 125.5 1. Cornell 89 9-5 6-0 2. Central Michigan 2. Navy 106 2. Penn 80 17-5 6-1 3. Nebraska 3. Penn 99.5 3. Navy 56 6-4 5-1 4. Oklahoma State 4. Lehigh 82 4. Army 49 12-6 7-2 5. Minnesota 5. Columbia 74.5 5. American 42 3-15 1-5 6. Iowa State 6. American 71 6. Lehigh 37 12-14 6-2 7. Ohio State 6. Harvard 71 7. Bucknell 32 9-12-1 4-4 8. Illinois 8. Army 58 8. Columbia 27 7-7 5-3 9. Penn State 9. Bucknell 40 t9. Brown 19 7-9 3-7 10. Brown 34.5 10. Wisconsin t9. Harvard 19 2-10-1 1-6 11. Rutgers 19.5 11. Rutgers 17 11-7 5-3 11. Michigan 12. East Stroudsburg 16 12. F&M 9 6-9 1-6 12. Northwestern 13. Franklin & Marshall 4 13. ESU 4 5-12 2-4 13. Missouri 14. Princeton 0 14. Princeton 0 0-18 0-9 14. Cornell 15. Hofstra Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 LEHIGH AT THE 104TH EIWA CHAMPIONSHIPS • PAGE THREE EIWA CHAMPIONSHIPS HISTORY IN FRONT BY A CHINN This year the nation’s oldest college wrestling conference holds Since losing by defensive fall to Michigan’s Josh Churella, junior its 104th championships. Lehigh has historically dominated the Trevor Chinn has reeled off wins in 12 of his last 13 bouts to improve EIWA’s, having won 34 team titles including fi ve straight from to 24-8 on the season. Chinn’s only loss in the new year came to J.P. 2002-2006 and six of the last eight overall O’Connor of Harvard, who is expected to be the top seed at 149 this weekend. Chinn has defeated two ranked wrestlers, Don Fisch of Lehigh at the EIWA Championships under Greg Strobel Rider and Cesar Grajales of Penn, in his last four bouts. Year Finish, Pts. NCAA Q Year Finish, Pts. NCAA Q 2007 4th, 82 7 2001 3rd, 109.5 7 RANK AND FILE 2006 1st, 129 9 2000 1st, 157 7 Lehigh enters the EIWA Championships with three wrestlers ranked 2005 1st, 133.5 7 1999 4th, 101 3 in the national polls. Freshman Alex Caruso is in his fourth week at 2004 1st, 145 8 1998 3rd, 118 6 No. 20 at 174 in the InterMat/NWCA poll. Junior Trevor Chinn fell 2003 1st, 138 8 1997 2nd, 103.5 5 out of the InterMat rankings at 149, despite a six match win streak, 2002 1st, 131.5 6 1996 2nd, 106.5 4 but is ranked 18th by W.I.N.