HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY WRESTLING STATISTICS the Pride (11-4, 5-0)
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yesterday. Hofstra has won 11 of the last 14 duals and 19 of its last 24 dual matches dating back to last season. • The Pride has won six of their last seven home matches dating back to the start of the 2003-04 season. Hofstra dropped a 20-12 decision to #17 Cornell on February 5th. Before that, the last dual match that the Pride dropped was on November 29, 2003 when the ninth-ranked Cornhuskers of Nebraska downed Hofstra 30-10. • Hofstra is undefeated in 40 consecutive dual conference matches posting a 39-0-1 record during that time. The last time Hofstra dropped a conference match was February 17, 1999 when the Broncs of Rider beat the Pride 28-10 in HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY an East Coast Wrestling Association (ECWA) match. Hofstra's next conference match is on Saturday, February WRESTLING 12 when the Pride face two CAA opponents, Drexel and #16 Hofstra Pride (11-4) Wagner, on the road. vs. • This is Hofstra’s 57th season of intercollegiate wrestling. #1 Oklahoma State Cowboys (18-0) The Pride has had nine coaches direct the wrestling Sunday, February 13, 2005 • 10 a.m. program, beginning with Walter “Brick” Stone in 1947 Hofstra Arena • Hempstead, NY and currently with Tom Ryan, who is in his 10th season. 2004-05 HOFSTRA • Hofstra sent eight wrestlers to the 2004 NCAA Championships in St, Louis last March. Four graduated. WRESTLING SCHEDULE/RESULTS But the Pride still have seven NCAA qualifiers on their Nov. 19 at #3 Nebraska 17-21 L 2004-05 roster. Four (Chris Skretkowicz, Paul Siemon, Nov. 20 at The Omaha Open --------- John Manarte, and James Strouse) from last year and Nov. 28 #2 LEHIGH 23-10 W three (Ricky LaForge, Jon Masa and Mike Patrovich) Dec. 3-4 at Cliff Keen/Las Vegas Invitational 3rd pl. from the 2003 Championships. Dec. 11 at Boston University* 36-9 W Dec. 11 at Harvard 39-6 W HOFSTRA HEAD COACH TOM RYAN: Tom Ryan Jan. 9 at Sacred Heart* 42-6 W is in his 10th season as Head Wrestling Coach at Hofstra Jan. 15 #23 ARMY 28-9 W University. During that time he has rebuilt the Pride into a (Hofstra Wrestling Alumni Day) Top 20 caliber program. He is 96-73-1 at Hofstra but has Jan. 16 at #22 Pennsylvania posted an 89-48-1 mark during the past seven seasons. Jan. 22-23 at NWCA-CK National Duals Ryan has received the Coach of the Year award six times, Jan. 22 vs. #14 Northern Iowa 14-22 L including five straight times dating back to 2000, and has Jan. 22 vs. Cal Poly 23-16 W won four consecutive conference championships. Jan. 22 vs. #4 Michigan 18-19 L Jan. 29 at #22 West Virginia 23-18 W PROJECTED HOFSTRA STARTERS: Here are Jan. 30 at Old Dominion* 27-12 W Hofstra's projected starters against Oklahoma State. Feb. 5 #17 CORNELL 12-20 L (Chief Ray Downey Memorial Scholarship Day) Class Name Record InterMat/AWN/WIN Feb. 12 at Drexel* 33-3 W 125 Dave Tomasette 14-10 NR/NR/NR Feb. 12 at Wagner* 33-9 W 133 Charles Griffin 21-4 17/17/18 Feb. 13 #1 OKLAHOMA STATE 10 a.m. 141 Ricky LaForge 20-4 7/7/7 Feb. 15 RIDER* 7 p.m. 149 Jon Masa 15-8 9/9/8 Feb. 18 Columbia 7 p.m. 157 James Strouse 17-8 NR/NR/NR Mar. 4-5 at CAA Championships All-Day 165 Mike Patrovich 8-2 14/14/14 (at Boston, MA) 174 Paul Siemon 19-6 12/11/13 Mar. 17-19 NCAA Championships All Day 184 Joe Rovelli 16-7 NR/NR/NR (at St. Louis, MO) 197 Chris Skretkowicz 23-1 2/2/2 * - CAA match; HWT Gian Villante 2-4 NR/NR/NR HOFSTRA NOTES, STREAKS AND TIDBITS: • Hofstra is coming off CAA victories over Drexel and Wagner in Philadelphia and Staten Island respectively PROJECTED OKLAHOMA STATE STARTERS: WELCOME TO LONG ISLAND: Today's match is the Here are the Cowboys' projected starters against Hofstra. first meeting between Hofstra and Oklahoma State. But this is not the Cowboys first meeting with a team from the Class Name Record InterMat/AWN/WIN Empire State. Oklahoma State has wrestled Syracuse 125 Derek Stevens 5-7 NR/NR/NR University four times in its history, capturing all four 133 Nathan Morgan 26-3 8/10/9 contests. 141 Daniel Frishkorn 11-4 18/18/NR or Ronnie Delk 12-7 NR/NR/19 USA TODAY/NWCA/INTERMAT 149 Zack Esposito 26-1 2/1/2 RANKINGS: The Hofstra wrestling 157 Kevin Ward 15-8 20/19/19 team slipped five places to number 16 in 165 Johny Hendricks 18-3 3/3/2 the country in this week’s USA 174 Chris Pendleton 26-1 1/1/1 Today/NWCA NCAA Division I 184 Clay Kehrer 14-12 NR/NR/NR Wrestling Poll. Individually, six Hofstra 197 Jake Rosholt 26-1 1/1/1 wrestlers remain ranked in the Top 20 in HWT Steve Mocco 27-0 1/1/1 their respective weight classes. Senior Chris Skretkowicz (23-1) remained in the number two spot in the country at ABOUT OKLAHOMA STATE: The Cowboys, who are 197 pounds. Senior Ricky LaForge remained at number coming off a 19-18 victory over #7 Nebraska (16-2) seven at 141 pounds this week. LaForge is 20-4 on the Thursday night in Lincoln, have nine wrestlers ranked in season. Junior Jon Masa also did not move remaining at the Top 20 of their respective weight classes including number nine at 149 pounds this week. Masa is 15-8 on the three top-ranked student-athletes. Heading the list are season. Senior Paul Siemon, who is now 19-6 on the year, three national champions, senior Chris Pendleton at 174, fell one spot to number 12 at 174 pounds. Junior Mike junior Jake Rosholt at 197 and junior transfer Steve Patrovich, who is 8-2 on the year, held steady at number Mocco at heavyweight. Pendleton, who captured the 174- 14 at 165 pounds. Freshman Charles Griffin moved up pound national title last year, is 26-1 this season and is a three spots to number 17 at 133 pounds. Griffin is now two time All-American. Rosholt, who captured the 184- 21-4 on the year. pound national title in 2003, is also a two-time All- American and is also 26-1. Mocco, who transferred to USA TODAY/NWCA DIVISION I POLL OSU last fall after two All-American seasons at Iowa, As of Feb. 9, 2005 captured the 2004 national title and is 27-0 this year. Rank Team Record Points Junior Zach Esposito is ranked second at 149 pounds with 1 Oklahoma State (11) 17-0 440 a 26-1 mark. The featured match today will be at 197- 2 Iowa State 15-1 426 pounds where top-ranked Jake Rosholt of OSU will face 3 Illinois 12-1-1 421 second-ranked Chris Skretkowicz. Back in November, the 4 Lehigh 19-3 407 lanky Hofstra senior defeated then-number one Jon 5 Michigan 11-3-1 395 Trenge of Lehigh. 6 Nebraska 16-1-1 379 7 Oklahoma 15-4 378 2004-05 OKLAHOMA STATE 8 Minnesota 7-6 364 WRESTLING SCHEDULE/RESULTS 9 Central Michigan 12-3 352 Nov. 14 Tennessee-Chattanooga 37-6 W 10 Iowa 8-4 343 Nov. 14 Boise State 38-0 W Dec. 5 at Minnesota 28-10 W 11 Wisconsin 8-3-2 325 Dec. 12 at Oklahoma 21-16 W 12 Michigan State 7-2-1 319 Dec. 19 at Reno Tournament 1st Place 13 Northern Iowa 5-7 307 Dec. 22 at Cal Poly 32-9 W 14 Penn State 8-8 292 Dec. 22 at Fresno State 34-6 W 15 Cornell 8-4 280 Jan. 13 Michigan State 28-9 W 16 Hofstra 9-4 262 Jan. 16 Iowa 26-12 W 17 Northwestern 9-3 261 Jan. 22 The Citadel * 45-3 W 17 Missouri 13-5 261 Jan. 22 Cornell * 22-12 W 19 Indiana 14-3 257 Jan. 22 Lehigh * 20-16 W 20 Arizona State 9-6-1 238 Jan. 23 Illinois * 22-15 W 21 Navy 11-3 217 Jan. 27 at Iowa State * 21-14 W 22 West Virginia 3-5 204 Jan. 28 at Northern Iowa 30-6 W 23 Northern Illinois 12-4 203 Feb. 4 Missouri 31-9 W 24 Army 11-3 191 Feb. 5 Oregon State 40-4 W 25 Pennsylvania 8-3 169 Feb. 5 Oregon 46-4 W Feb. 10 at Nebraska 19-18 W * - NWCA National Duals HOFSTRA RANKED 12TH BY W.I.N. MAGAZINE NP - No poll taken that week. THIS WEEK: The Hofstra Wrestling team fell one place NR - Team not ranked to 12th this week in W.I.N. Magazine's 12th NCAA NA - Not available at press time Division I wrestling rankings of the 2004-05 season. Individually, six Hofstra wrestlers are ranked in this HOFSTRA VERSUS NUMBER ONE: Today's match week's W.I. N. Magazine individual rankings. Senior is the second time since 2001 that the Pride wrestling Chris Skretkowicz remains ranked second at 197 pounds. team will face the top team in the country. In 2001, Senior Ricky LaForge moved up one place to seventh at Hofstra dropped a 33-10 decision to then number one 141 pounds while junior Jon Masa remained at number Minnesota in Minnespolis.