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WRESTLING 2014-15 Schedule Nov. 2 at Michigan State Open NS Nov. 13 ARIZONA STATE L, 13-19 Nov. 22 at Navy Classic 5th Nov. 29 vs. Cornell ^ 9 a.m. Nov. 29 vs. Northern Illinois ^ 9 a.m. Nov. 29 vs. Rutgers ^ 9 a.m. Dec. 5 Cliff Keen Invitational # All Day Dec. 6 Cliff Keen Invitational # All Day Dec. 19 at Lock Haven 7 p.m. West Virginia Mountaineers Journeymen/Asics Northeast Duals Jan. 3 at Grand Canyon 10 p.m. 0-1, 0-0 Big 12 vs. Cornell (1-0), Rutgers (4-0), Jan. 4 at Arizona State 10 p.m. and Northern Illinois (4-5) Jan. 9 at Hampton Duals TBA Date: November 29 Live results: TrackWrestling.com Jan. 10 at Hampton Duals TBA Site: Hudson Valley Community College Live video: FloWrestling.com Jan. 16 at Oklahoma State * 8 p.m. City: Troy, N.Y. Twitter: @WVUWrestling Jan. 18 at Oklahoma * 3 p.m. Time: 9:30 am (NIU), 11:30 am (Cornell) Facebook: /WVUWrestling Feb. 6 at Clarion 6 p.m. 2:30 pm (Rutgers) Feb. 7 IOWA STATE * 6 p.m. Feb. 15 OHIO 1 p.m. Projected Starters Feb. 20 EDINBORO 8 p.m. WVU ..................................................Weight .........................NIU/Cornell/Rutgers Feb. 22 at Pittsburgh 2 p.m. J. Schiffbauer/Z. Moisey ................. 125 pounds ....................... Derek Elmore (NIU) Mar. 7 Big 12 Championships $ All Day .........................................................................................................TBA (Cornell)) Mar. 19 NCAA Championships ! All Day .......................................................................................... Sean McCabe (Rutgers) Mar. 20 NCAA Championships ! All Day Cory Stainbrook ............................. 133 pounds ....................Jordan Northup (NIU) Mar. 21 NCAA Championships ! All Day .......................................................................................................... TBA (Cornell) All times are Eastern and subject to change ......................................................................................Scott DelVecchio (Rutgers) * Big 12 Conference match Michael Morales ............................. 141 pounds ............T. Argue/S. Annoreno (NIU) Home matches in ALL CAPS .......................................................................................................... TBA (Cornell) ^ Journeyman/Northeast Duals - Troy, N.Y. # Las Vegas, Nevada .....................................................................................Anthony Ashnault (Rutgers) $ Des Moines, Iowa James Dekrone .............................. 149 pounds ......................... Gabe Morse (NIU) ! St. Louis, Missouri .......................................................................................................... TBA (Cornell) ...........................................................................................Ken Theobold (Rutgers) Br. Scheffel/R. Perryman ................ 157 pounds ......................Andrew Morse (NIU) .......................................................................................................... TBA (Cornell) ....................................................................................... Anthony Perrotti (Rutgers) Tim Wheeling ................................ 165 pounds .... S. McMurtry/D.Dobzanski (NIU) Awards .......................................................................................................... TBA (Cornell) .................................................................................. E. Orr/M. Simmons (Rutgers) WVU Student-Athlete of the Week R. Renzi/C. Chirico ......................... 174 pounds ......... T. Engelkes/B. Gorman (NIU) Michael Morales, 11/24 .......................................................................................................... TBA (Cornell) .......................................................................................... Phil Bakuckus (Rutgers) Rankings Bubba Scheffel ............................... 184 pounds .............................Q. Rosser (NIU) .......................................................................................................... TBA (Cornell) FloWrestling ........................................................................................Anthony Pafumi (Rugters) #19 - Zeke Moisey (125) Jake A. Smith ................................. 197 pounds ................................S. Scott (NIU) Intermat .......................................................................................................... TBA (Cornell) #19 - Zeke Moisey (125) ....................................................................... H. Hrymack/R. Normandia (Rutgers) A.J. Vizcarrondo ..................................HWT ....................................A. Bunce (NIU) .......................................................................................................... TBA (Cornell) ........................................................................................Wesley Bernard (Rutgers) 2014-15 West Virginia Wrestling Quick Facts Series History - Northern Illinois University Information The Huskies hold a 1-0 series lead over the Mountaineers entering Saturday’s Location .....................................Morgantown, W.Va. match-up. The lone prior meeting between the two came in 1958, and the Enrollment .....................................................32,348 two teams have not met in head-to-head action since then. NIU is 4-5 on the Founded ............................................................1867 season, boasting wins over Clarion and Tiffin. Nickname ............................................ Mountaineers Colors ......... Old Gold (PMS 124 and Blue (PMS 295) Series History - Cornell Conference ...................................Big 12 Conference Saturday marks the first ever meeting between the Big Red and the Mountain- President .......................................Dr. E. Gordon Gee eers. Cornell finished seventh at last season’s NCAA Championships, and had Alma Mater ..............................................Utah, 1968 a trio of All-Americans in 2014: Nahshon Garrett (125), Brian Realbuto (157) Athletic Director .......................................Oliver Luck and Gabe Dean (184). Cornell is 1-0 in duals this season, winning a 21-13 tilt Alma Mater .................................West Virginia, 1982 over Oklahoma. Home Facility .....................................WVU Coliseum Capacity ........................................................14,000 Series History - Rutgers The Mountaineers and the Scarlet Knights enter the dual with the all-time Program Information series tied 2-2. The squads last met in 2013, when Rutgers earned a 26-10 2013-14 Record ........................................................ 11-7 victory over West Virginia. The Scarlet Knights are 4-0 on the season. 2013-14 Conference Record ........................................ 0-3 First Year ................................................................... 1921 Moisey Earns Ranking Overall Record ................................................ 582-424-17 Soon after shedding his redshirt, freshman Zeke Moisey has earned a top-20 NCAA Champions ............................................................5 national ranking by a pair of wrestling publications. Both Flo Wrestling and All-Americans ................................................................29 Intermat have Moisey ranked 19th in the nation at 125 pounds. The freshman Wrestlers of the Year ............................................................. 4 from Northampton, Pa., is 11-4 overall and 7-1 in varsity action for WVU. He Conference Champions ..................................................42 went 1-1 against No. 18 Ben Willeford at the Navy Classic last week. Wrestling Coaching Staff FloWrestling’s What 2 Watch 4 Head Coach (Season) ............Sammie Henson (First) The Mountaineers have garnered attention on FloWrestling’s “What 2 Watch Alma Mater ........................................Missouri, 1995 4” list this weekend. West Virginia’s match vs. Rutgers at the Journeymen/ Career Record (Seasons) ......................... 0-0 (First) Asics Northeast Duals makes this list, with the 141-pound bout of Morales School Record (Seasons) .......................... 0-0 (First) vs. Anthony Ashnault and the HWT match of A.J. Vizcarrondo vs. Billy Smith Assistant Coach ............................ Danny Felix (Fifth) mentioned in particular. The Mountaineers’ tilt with Cornell is also something Alma Mater .................................Arizona State, 1998 to watch, with Moisey vs. Nahson Garrett at 125 and Morales vs. Mark Grey Assistant Coach ..........................Nick Marable (First) at 141 highlighted. Alma Mater ........................................Missouri, 2010 Volunteer Assistant................................ Dom Bradley Morales Wins at Navy Classic Operations Assistant ............................Clarissa Chun Senior Michael Morales took home the championship at 141 pounds at the 2014 Navy Classic last weekend. Morales opened the tournament with a 12-5 Athletic Communications decision over Princeton’s Coy Ozias before pinning Anthony Finocchiaro of Primary Contact ....................................Ashley Bailey Brown in the second period (3:35). He followed that with a 17-4 major deci- E-Mail ........................... [email protected] sion over Chattanooga’s Mike Pongracz in the quarterfinals. An 11-2 major Direct Phone .......................................304.293.9912 decision over Navy’s Patrick Prada put Morales into the championship bout, Cell Phone