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BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY GRAPPLE AT THE GARDEN VS. UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI TIGERS WRESTLING SUNDAY, DEC. 16, 2012 MADISON SQUARE GARDEN Record: 6-1 New York, NY • 12:30 p.m. SETTING THE SCENE... 2012-13 BLOOMSBURG SCHEDULE Day Date Opponent Time •Bloomsburg will take part in the first-ever collegiate wrestling meet at Madison Square NOVEMBER Garden on Sunday, Dec. 16 for the Grapple at the Garden. The Huskies will take on the Sun. 4 at Buffalo Invitational 9:00 A.M. University of Missouri Tigers. Sat. 10 at Campbell University Duals vs. Utah Valley State W, 25-10 • Bloomsburg is coming off a third-place finish at the Pennsylvania State Athletic Confer- vs. Arizona State W, 18-16 ence (PSAC) Championships on Saturday. The Huskies crowned four champions, had at Campbell University W, 29-9 three second-place finishers to go along with a fourth and fifth place finish. Sat. 17 LEHIGH L, 18-12 Sun. 18 at Keystone Classic $ 4th place Sat. 24 at Northeast Duals ^ • The Huskies competed with just nine wrestlers due to an injury suffered by vs. Hofstra W, 24-10 157-pounder Frank Hickman. vs. Princeton W, 31-10 vs. Drexel W, 33-6 QUOATABLE FROM HEAD COACH JOHN STUTZMAN DECEMBER Sat. 8 at PSAC Championships 3rd Place “We wrestled well last weekend. We had seven in the finals and had four champions. Sun. 16 vs. Missouri + 12:30 P.M. Finishing third is not what we wanted, but when you give away a weigh class its hard to Tues. 18 BUFFALO 7:00 P.M. make up the points.” Sat. 29 at Lock Haven Invitational 9:00 A.M. JANUARY “This weekend at the Garden is obviously going to be tough. We will be without a few Sat. 5 MARYLAND 5:00 P.M. starters, so the challenge will be great. Missouri is a well balanced and well coached Sun. 13 at Pitt Duals 10:00 A.M. team. We look forward to being part of a great event.” w/Pitt (10 am), Davidson (11:30 am); E. Michigan (1 p.m) FAST FACTS Sun. 20 OHIO 2:00 P.M. • Frank Hickman has 84 career wins and needs 16 wins to become the 16th wres- Fri. 25 EDINBORO 7:00 P.M. tler in school history to reach that mark. FEBRUARY • Head coach John Stutzman is third all-time in school history with 86 wins (cur- Sat. 2 at Cleveland State 2:00 P.M. rent) and needs 14 more to become the third coach in school history to reach the Sun. 3 at Clarion 2:00 P.M. 100-win mark. Fri. 8 at Rutgers 7:00 P.M. • This will be the second all-time meeting between the Huskies and the Tigers. The Sun. 10 at George Mason 2:00 P.M. only other meeting was in 1980-81 with Missouri winning 31-6 at Bloomsburg. Fri. 15 LOCK HAVEN 7:00 P.M. Thurs. 21 BINGHAMTON 7:00 P.M. MARCH BLOOMSBURG HUSKIES’ PROBABLE LINE-UP Sat. 9 at EWL Championships # TBA Wt. Name Yr. Rec. Hometown/High School Thurs-Sun 21-23 at NCAA Championships @ TBA 125 Sean Boylan Jr. 9-7 Seaville, NJ/St. Marks $ Philadelphia; ^ Albany, NY +Madison Square Garden; 133 #19 Nick Wilcox Jr. 10-3 Greene, NY/Greene Central # Edinboro University; @ Des Moine, IA 141 Matt Rappo R-Fr. 5-7 Holland, Pa./Council Rock South Home Matches in BOLD CAPS 149 #20 Josh Roosa R-Sr. 12-2 Mountain Top, Pa/Crestwood 2012-13 Quick Facts Location ......................................................Bloomsburg, Pa. or Alex Lincoln R-So. 1-2 Easton, Pa./Notre Dame President .................................................... Dr. David L. Soltz or Derek Goodwin R-So. 1-6 Hamburg, Pa./Hamburg Founded .............................................................................. 1839 Enrollment........................................................................ 9,500 157 #7 Frank Hickman R-Sr. 9-2 Castle Hayne, NC/E.A. Laney Athletics Affiliation............NCAA Division I (wrestling) or Mike Testen R-So. 1-4 Sayre, Pa./Athens Conference ............................................Pennsylvania State .................................................. Athletic Conference (PSAC); or Ron Vaughters Fr. 7-3 Glen Burnie, Md./Old Mill ........................................Eastern Wrestling League (EWL) School Colors .............................................. Maroon & Gold 165 Josh Veltre R-Jr. 14-5 Rochester, NY/Greece Olympia Team Nickname ......................................................... Huskies 174 Chris Smith R-Jr. 6-6 Mineral, VA/Chancelor Home ........................................................ Nelson Field House Capacity ............................................................................ 1,745 184 Andre Petroski So. 8-6 Glen Mills, Pa/Springfield Athletic Director ......................................Mike McFarland or Sam Shirey R-Jr. 3-2 Beaver Springs/Midd-West Head Coach ...................................................John Stutzman Assistant Coach ................................................Danny Song 197 #15 Richard Perry R-Jr. 15-1 Meriden, Ct./Middletown Wrestling Contact .................................... Tom McGuire 285 #15 Justin Grant R-Jr. 11-0 Easton/Easton Office Phone ................................................ 570-389-4413 E-mail..................................................tmcguire@bloomu.edu * Rankings by the Amateur Wrestling News Blooomsburg University Wrestling 2012-13 Huskies Match Notes HEAD COACH JOHN STUTZMAN National Ranking —Team-Individual John Stutzman begins his eight season as head coach of the Blooms- burg University wrestling team in 2012-13. Wrestling Report.Com Top 30 Stutzman has guided the Huskies to a record of 80-53-1 in his seven Team Rankings (NCAA tournament scoring) seasons ranking him 3rd all-time in career wins. He has coached three 1) Penn State Nittany Lions – 122 pts NCAA Division I All-Americans, six Eastern Wrestling League (EWL) 2) Iowa Hawkeyes – 105 pts champions, 66 EWL place winners and 27 NCAA Division I national 3) Oklahoma State Cowboys – 102 pts qualifiers. 4) Minnesota Golden Gophers – 98 pts 5) Ohio State Buckeyes – 78 pts Twice Stutzman has earned the EWL Coach of the Year honor as 6) Illinois Fighting Illini – 71 pts well as producing the 2007 EWL and PSAC Freshman of the Year, 7) Missouri Tigers – 65 pts the 2009 EWL Championship’s Outstanding Wrestler and the 2011 8) Central Michigan Chippewas – 62 pts PSAC Freshman of the Year. 9) Oregon State Beavers – 48 pts 10) Cornell Big Red – 47 pts A year ago Stutzman led the Huskies to a record of 16-7 and finished 11) Oklahoma Sooners – 44 pts 2nd at the PSAC Championships as well as 5th at the EWL Champion- 12) Virginia Tech Hokies – 42 pts ships. The 16 wins included wins over West Virgina University, North 13) Northwestern Wildcats – 40 pts Carolina State, and Buffalo. At the EWL championships Sutzman led 14) Nebraska Cornhuskers – 39 pts the Huskies to a 5th place finish, while qualifying four wrestlers for the 15) Lehigh Mountain Hawks – 38 pts NCAA championships. 15) Pittsburgh Panthers – 37 pts 17) Edinboro Fighting Scots – 35 pts During the 2010-11 season Stutzman led the Huskies to a record of 18) Binghamton Bearcats – 33 pts 14-6 and finished third at the EWL Championships. The 14 wins were 19) Maryland Terrapins – 32 pts the most for the program since the 1990-91 season and included 20) Boise State Broncos – 30 pts wins over Penn, North Carolina State, Northern Iowa and Buffalo. At 21) Kent State Golden Flashes – 28 pts the EWL championships Stutzman led the BU to a third place finish, 22) North Dakota State Bison – 27 pts while qualifying two wrestlers for the NCAA championships, including 23) Virginia Cavaliers – 26 pts EWL-champion Mike Dessino. Stutzman was honored by his fellow 24) Wyoming Cowboys – 22 pts coaches by being named the EWL Coach of the Year. 25) Clarion Golden Eagles – 21 pts 26) Purdue Boilermakers – 19 pts In 2009-10 Stutzman led the Huskies to a record of 10-8, which 27) Penn Quakers – 18 pts included an appearance at the NWCA National Duals for the first time 28) Wisconsin Badgers – 17 pts in 20 years. 29) Bloomsburg Huskies – 16 pts 30) Air Force Falcons – 15 pts YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS YEAR W L T PSAC EWL 2005-06 11 9 0 2nd 4th WILCOX-133 Rank 2006-07 12 9 0 2nd 5th Amateur Wrestling News 19 2007-08 8 7 1 2nd 4th Wrestling Report.com 21 2008-09 9 7 0 2nd 3rd 2009-10 10 8 0 2nd 4th ROOSA-149 2010-11 14 6 0 2nd 3rd Amateur Wrestling News 20 2011-12 16 7 0 2nd 5th Intermat 24 Totals 80 53 1 HICKMAN-157 ASSISTANT COACH DANNY SONG Intermat 7 Danny Song begins his first season as an assistant for the Huskies. Amateur Wrestling News 7 Wrestling Report.com 7 Song had spent three years as the strength and conditioning coach for the University of Iowa wrestling team. During Song’s tenure, Iowa has VELTRE-165 crowned four NCAA champions, 19 All-Americans, six Big Ten cham- Wrestling Report.com 22 pions and 15 academic all-Big Ten honorees. The Hawkeyes won the 2010 NCAA and Big Ten tournament titles, while earning Big Ten regu- PERRY-197 lar season crowns in 2010 and 2011. Iowa also set school records Amateur Wrestling News 15 for longest dual unbeaten (84) and winning streaks (69), longest dual Wrestling Report.com 17 road unbeaten (51) and winning streaks (44), most Carver-Hawkeye Intermat 18 Arena victories (11) and most dual shutouts (8). GRANT-285 Song was a three-year NCAA qualifier and starter at 141 and 149 Wrestling Report.com 14 pounds for the Merchant Marine Academy from 2004-2006. He Amateur Wrestling News 15 posted an 81-20 career record, placing at the 2006 Division III NCAA Intermat 19 Championships. A native of Hauppauge, N.Y., Song earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Iowa in 2008. Bloomsburg University Wrestling Bloomsburg University Wrestling 2012-13 Huskies Match Notes HUSKIES WIN FOUR PSAC TITLES BLOOMSBURG RANKED BY WRESTLING REPORT.COM Bloomsburg University took home four PSAC (Pennsylvania State Ath- In the latest Wrestling Report.com national poll the Huskies are ranked letic Conference) titles on Saturday, Dec.