2008-09 Hofstra University Wrestling Roster
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against Old Dominion in CAA Duals, 17-15. Hofstra’s conference undefeated streak ended at 63 matches (62-0-1) and their winning streak was snapped at 60. Prior to the ODU loss the Pride’s last conference loss came on February 17, 1999 when the Broncs of Rider beat the Pride, 28-10, in an East Coast Wrestling Association (ECWA) match. • The Pride has won 22 of its last 32 home matches dating back to the start of the 2003-04 season. HOFSTRA THIS SEASON: The Pride is 10-6 in dual matches this season with victories over Wagner (53-0), #7 Penn State (18- 2008-09 HOFSTRA 15) Binghamton (37-3), North Carolina State (31-6), Boston UNIVERSITY WRESTLING University ( 38-3), Rider (23-12), Sacred Heart (40-9), Drexel (30-10), Buffalo (24-13) and Harvard (31-11), and losses to #5 Missouri (22-12), #21 Old Dominion (17-15), #5 Ohio State (19- # 23 HOFSTRA PRIDE (10-6) 13), Penn (18-16), #3 Cornell (12-27) and #13 Edinboro. Hofstra opened their 2008-09 season at the Brockport Oklahoma Gold at Classic on November 8, placing fifth in the eight-team field. Nine 2009 CAA WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS Pride wrestlers placed in the top five, including two champions Friday & Saturday, March 6-7, 2009 and four finalists, at the Missouri Open. Sophomore Joe Fagiano, Oscar Smith High School - Chesapeake, VA at 197, and freshman Jordan Enck, at 285, captured titles. Over the Thanksgiving holiday, freshman Ben Clymer captured the 184-pound title at the Mat Town Classic at Lock Haven 2008-09 HOFSTRA WRESTLING SCHEDULE University. Just before the New Year, the Pride placed eighth in Date Opp Rank,Opponent,HU Rank) Time/Res. the 28-team field at the Southern Scuffle. Nov. 8 Brockport/Oklahoma Gold 5th pl. Nov. 12 WAGNER 53-0 W HOFSTRA’S TENTATIVE STARTERS: Nov. 16 at #7 Penn State 18-15 W Wt. Name Cl. 08-09 I CAA Nov. 22 at #5 Missouri 12-22 L 125 Steve Bonanno Fr, 26-12 * 2 Nov. 23 at Missouri Open ***** 133 Lou Ruggirello*+ Jr.. 25-3 8 1 141 Justin Accordino RFr. 20-10 * 2 Dec. 12 BINGHAMTON 37-3 W 149 P.J. Gillespie So. 16-13 * 6 Dec. 29-30 at The Southern Scuffle 8th of 28 157 Jonny Bonilla-Bowman*+ Jr. 18-7 16 1 (Greensboro, NC) 165 Ryan Patrovich* So. 18-6 19 2 174 Alton Lucas* Sr. 22-5 9 1 Jan. 11 NORTH CAROLINA STATE 31-6 W 184 Ben Clymer Fr. 18-11 * 3 197 Joe Fagiano Sr. 14-6 * 5 285 Jordan Enck Fr. 16-16 * 4 Jan. 17 at Colonial Athletic Association Duals * - Returning starter: + - returning conference champion; AA- Boston University 38-3 W All-American; Rankings from: I- USA Today/NWCA/Intermat; Rider Broncs 23-12 W W-WIN Magazine; AWN-Amateur Wrestling News #21 Old Dominion 15-17 L Sacred Heart 40-9 W SENIOR ALTON LUCAS: Jan. 25 #5 OHIO STATE 13-19 L On the occasion of the final Jan. 31 at Pennsylvania 16-18 L home match of his career on at Drexel 30-10 W February 8, Hofstra honored senior Alton Lucas. He has Feb. 8 #3 CORNELL 12-27-L wrestled for the Pride from Feb. 14 at #13 Edinboro 13-26 L 2005 through 2009. Lucas is Feb. 15 at Buffalo 24-13 W the defending CAA champion Feb. 20 at Harvard 31-11 W at 174 pounds and made his Mar. 6-7 at CAA CHAMPIONSHIPS first NCAA appearance in (Chesapeake, VA) 2008, placing eighth and earning All-American honors. He Mar. 19-21 at NCAA Division I Championships captured the 2007 Southern Scuffle title, the 2006 East (at The Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MO) Stroudsburg Open title and placed second at the Missouri Open in * - CAA match – All times are ET - Home matches, in bold, are at 2008. He is 22-5 this season and is ranked eighth by WIN the David S. Mack Sports Complex Magazine, ninth by Amateur Wrestling News and 10th by InterMat. He has recorded a career record of 83-27. Lucas, who HOFSTRA NOTES, STREAKS AND TIDBITS: has won 14 of his last 16 matches, placed second at the Missouri • Hofstra has won 64 of its last 97 and 72 of its last 107 dual Open and sixth at the Southern Scuffle this season. matches dating back to 2003. Included are three ties. The Pride is 40-18-2 in dual matches since the start of the 2006-07 season. CONFERENCE HISTORY Hofstra has competed in four wrestling conferences since 1950 – • Hofstra is 64-1-1 in its last 66 conference dual matches. The the Middle Atlantic Conference (1950-1973), the East Coast Pride’s only loss during that time came on January 17, 2009 Conference (1974-90), the East Coast Wrestling Association (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 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 COACH OF THE YEAR Tom Ryan - 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002 (co-coach), 2003, 2004, ECWA CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY 2005, 2006 Tom Shifflet - 2007 TEAM CHAMPIONS 1975 Hofstra WRESTLER OF THE YEAR 1976 Hofstra Chris Skretkowicz - 2003, 2004 1977 Hofstra Jon Masa - 2005 1978 Hofstra Mike Patrovich - 2006 1979 Hofstra Charles Griffin - 2007, 2008 1980 Hofstra 1981 West Chester TOURNAMENT OUTSTANDING WRESTLERS 1982 Hofstra Dan Snyder - 1963 1983 Hofstra Marty Willigan - 1969 1984 Rider Don Mayorga - 1975 1985 Drexel Lou Dionisio - 1980 1986 Rider Ed Pidgeon - 1981 1987 Bucknell Peter Capone - 1983, 1985 1988 Rider Mike Arena - 1986, 1988 1989 Rider Eric Schmiesing - 2001 1990 Rider Jason DeBruin - 2002 1991 Rider Ricky LaForge - 2003 1992 Central Connecticut Chris Skretkowicz - 2005 1993 Rider Jon Masa - 2006 1994 Rider Mike Patrovich - 2007 1995 Bucknell 1996 Rider FOUR-TIME CHAMPIONS 1997 Rider Jason DeBruin - 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 1998 Rider Jon Masa - 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 1999 Rider 2000 Rider THREE-TIME CHAMPIONS 2001 Hofstra Aurel Balaianu - 1977, 1979, 1980 Mike Hogan - 1978, 1980, 1981 CAA Championship History (2002-pres.) Ed Pidgeon - 1981, 1982, 1983 TEAM CHAMPIONS Tony Arena - 1982, 1983, 1985 2002 Hofstra Mike Arena - 1986, 1987, 1988 2003 Hofstra Roman Fleszar - 1999, 2000, 2001 2004 Hofstra Eric Schmiesing - 1999, 2000, 2001 2005 Hofstra Tom Noto - 2001, 2002, 2004 2006 Hofstra Chris Skretkowicz - 2003, 2004, 2005 2007 Hofstra Charles Griffin - 2004, 2005, 2007 2008 Hofstra Michael Patrovich - 2005, 2006, 2007 James Strouse - 2005, 2006, 2007 HOFSTRA IN THE POLLS IN 2008-09 Joe Rovelli - 2005, 2006, 2007 Date NWCA WIN TWO-TIME CHAMPIONS Preseason RV *** Art Strunk - 1952, 1953 Nov. 10 RV NR Dan Notine - 1956, 1957 Nov. 17 16th 17th Don Hannon - 1960, 1962 Nov. 24 NP 17th Marty Willigan - 1968, 1969 Dec. 1 19th 17th Mark Goldberg - 1969, 1970 Dec. 9 19th 17th Bill Stauffer - 1969, 1971 Dec. 16 19th 17th Joel Kislin - 1972, 1973 Dec. 23 19th 17th Rick Santee - 1972, 1973 Jan. 5 18th 17th Don Mayorga - 1975, 1976 Jan. 12 18th 17th Jim McDuffie - 1975, 1976 Nick Gallo - 1975, 1977 Jan. 19 20th 20th Greg Ely - 1978, 1979 Jan. 26 21st 21st Feb. 3 23rd 24th Feb. 10 23rd 24th 14. Wisconsin (15th) Feb. 17 22nd 23rd 15. Minnesota (16th) Feb. 24 23rd 22nd 16. Edinboro (14th) Mar. 3 23rd *** 17. Old Dominion (21st) 18. Kent State (22nd) 19. Indiana (18th) USA TODAY/INTERMAT/NWCA 20. Virginia Tech (17th) DIVISION I TEAM RANKINGS 21. Northwestern (19th) 22. Hofstra (23rd) As of March 3, 2009 23. Penn (25th) 24. Northern Iowa (24th) 25. Penn State (20th) PRIDE SECOND IN No Team (First) 08-09 Pts. LW LATEST CAA RANKINGS: 1 Iowa (11) 24-0 440 1 The Hofstra Pride remained 2 Cornell 12-2 426 2 second in the latest CAA 3 Iowa State 15-3 419 3 Wrestling rankings, as of Feb. 4 Nebraska 17-3-1 401 4 24. The Pride has 10 wrestlers 5 Missouri 18-4 395 5 ranked and 43 points in the 6 Ohio State 16-2 387 6 rankings. The Monarchs of Old Dominion, with all 10 of their 7 Lehigh 23-1 370 7 wrestlers ranked, lead the CAA with 48 points. 8 Illinois 13-2 359 8 9 Boise State 17-3 346 9 HOFSTRA-CAA WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS: Hofstra has been honored 11 times this season with weekly CAA awards. 10 Central Michigan 17-3-1 342 10 Junior Lou Ruggirello has received three of the Wrestler of the 11 Minnesota 15-8 323 12 Week honors, Jonny Bonilla-Bowman received one while 12 Oklahoma State 16-6 321 11 freshmen Jordan Enck, Steve Bonanno, and Justin Accordino and 13 Oklahoma 16-4 310 13 Ben Clymer who have been honored twice, each received the 14 Edinboro 14-4-1 300 14 Rookie of the Week award. 15 Virginia Tech 20-2 274 15 16 Old Dominion 17-6 268 17 Feb. 17- Ryan Patrovich - Wrestler 17 Wisconsin 9-8 265 16 Justin Accordino - Rookie 18 Michigan 10-8-1 253 18 Feb. 10 – Jordan Enck - Rookie 19 Northwestern 9-8-1 241 19 Feb. 3 - Ben Clymer - Rookie 20 Kent State 13-4 240 20 Jan. 27 - Jonny Bonilla-Bowman - Wrestler 21 Northern Iowa 10-6 226 22 Jan. 20 – Lou Ruggirello – Wrestler 22 Indiana 15-7-1 214 21 Justin Accordino – Rookie 23 Hofstra 10-6 206 23 Jan.