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BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OHIO UNIVERSITY BOBCATS (4-3) SUNDAY, JAN. 20, 2013 WRESTLING NELSON FIELD HOUSE BloomsBurg, PA • 2:00 P.m. Record: 10-2 Ranked #20 SETTING THE SCENE... 2012-13 BLOOMSBURG SCHEDULE •Bloomsburg returns home to the Nelson Field House to take on Mid-American Confer- Day Date Opponent Time ence opponent Ohio University. NOVEMBER Sun. 4 at Buffalo Invitational 9:00 A.M. • The Huskies swept both their matches on Sunday at the Pitt Duals beating #12 Pitt, Sat. 10 at Campbell University Duals 19-18 and Eastern Michigan, 24-9. Bloomsburg is 10-2 on the season, with a 2-1 vs. Utah Valley State W, 25-10 mark at Nelson Field House. vs. Arizona State W, 18-16 at Campbell University W, 29-9 • Ohio University improved to 4-3 after beating Northern Illinois 32-13 to post its fifth Sat. 17 #21 LEHIGH L, 18-12 straight win over the Huskies. Sun. 18 at Keystone Classic $ 4th place Sat. 24 at Northeast Duals ^ vs. Hofstra W, 24-10 • Bloomsburg beat Ohio University a year ago, 25-6, in Ohio. The Bobcats still lead the vs. Princeton W, 31-10 all-time series with Huskies, 5-4. vs. Drexel W, 33-6 DECEMBER QUOATABLE FROM HEAD COACH JOHN STUTZMAN Sat. 8 at PSAC Championships 3rd Place “It’s a great accomplishment (being ranked #20) for this team,” said head coach John Sun. 16 vs. #7 Missouri + L, 22-9 Stutzman. “We need to continue to improve and I feel we are. We have a great senior Tues. 18 BUFFALO W, 18-15 class and great leaderships. Hopefully we can keep it going.” Sat. 29 at Lock Haven Invitational 1st place JANUARY “The win for us over Pitt was big,” said Stutzman. “After last year when we were em- Sat. 5 #20 MARYLAND W, 22-15 barrassed at home by them this feels good! However, as I have said before, we need to Sun. 13 at Pitt Duals continue to get better and improve. Next up is Ohio University and they are good, so we at #12 Pitt W, 19-18 need to be battle ready to wrestle.” vs. Eastern Michigan W, 24-9 Sun. 20 OHIO 2:00 P.M. FAST FACTS Fri. 25 EDINBORO 7:00 P.M. • Frank Hickman has 92 career wins and needs 8 wins to become the 16th wrestler FEBRUARY Sat. 2 at Cleveland State 2:00 P.M. in school history to reach that mark. Sun. 3 at Clarion 2:00 P.M. • Head coach John Stutzman is third all-time in school history with 90 wins (cur- Fri. 8 at Rutgers 7:00 P.M. rent) and needs 10 more to become the third coach in school history to reach the Sun. 10 at George Mason 2:00 P.M. 100-win mark. Fri. 15 LOCK HAVEN 7:00 P.M. •The Huskies have five wrestlers, Nick Wilcox, Frank Hickman, Josh Veltre, Richard Thurs. 21 BINGHAMTON 7:00 P.M. MARCH Perry and Justin Grant, ranked in this week’s Amateur Wrestling News rankings. Sat. 9 at EWL Championships # TBA Thurs-Sun 21-23 at NCAA Championships @ TBA BLOOMSBURG HUSKIES’ PROBABLE LINE-UP $ Philadelphia; ^ Albany, NY +Madison Square Garden; # Edinboro University; @ Des Moine, IA Wt. Name Yr. Rec. Hometown/High School Home Matches in BOLD CAPS 125 Sean Boylan Jr. 15-11 Seaville, NJ/St. Marks 2012-13 Quick Facts 133 #15 Nick Wilcox Jr. 17-4 Greene, NY/Greene Central Location ......................................................Bloomsburg, Pa. 141 Matt Rappo R-Fr. 13-10 Holland, Pa./Council Rock South President .................................................... Dr. David L. Soltz Founded .............................................................................. 1839 149 Josh Roosa R-Sr. 13-3 Mountain Top, Pa/Crestwood Enrollment........................................................................ 9,500 or Simon Kitzis R-So. 3-7 Newton, MA / Wyoming Seminary Athletics Affiliation............NCAA Division I (wrestling) Conference ............................................Pennsylvania State 157 #12 Frank Hickman R-Sr. 17-3 Castle Hayne, NC/E.A. Laney .................................................. Athletic Conference (PSAC); ........................................Eastern Wrestling League (EWL) 165 #12 Josh Veltre R-Jr. 23-5 Rochester, NY/Greece Olympia School Colors .............................................. Maroon & Gold 174 Chris Smith R-Jr. 12-10 Mineral, VA/Chancelor Team Nickname ......................................................... Huskies Home ........................................................ Nelson Field House 184 Andre Petroski So. 10-12 Glen Mills, Pa/Springfield Capacity ............................................................................ 1,745 or Sam Shirey R-Jr. 5-7 Beaver Springs/Midd-West Athletic Director ......................................Mike McFarland Head Coach ...................................................John Stutzman 197 #17 Richard Perry R-Jr. 21-3 Meriden, Ct./Middletown Assistant Coach ................................................Danny Song Wrestling Contact .................................... Tom McGuire 285 #16 Justin Grant R-Jr. 17-2 Easton/Easton Office Phone ................................................ 570-389-4413 * Rankings by the Amateur Wrestling News E-mail..................................................tmcguire@bloomu.edu 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. USA Today/NWCA/AWN Top 25 (Jan. 15) Rank Team (First) Points Record Previous Stutzman has guided the Huskies to a record of 80-53-1 in his seven 1 Penn State (10) 400 5-0 1 seasons ranking him 3rd all-time in career wins. He has coached three 2 Oklahoma State 390 8-0 2 NCAA Division I All-Americans, six Eastern Wrestling League (EWL) 3 Minnesota 379 10-1 3 champions, 66 EWL place winners and 27 NCAA Division I national 4 Iowa 370 12-1 4 qualifiers. 5 Illinois 355 5-0 6 6 Ohio State 349 7-2 5 Twice Stutzman has earned the EWL Coach of the Year honor as 7 Missouri 346 6-0 7 well as producing the 2007 EWL and PSAC Freshman of the Year, 8 Cornell 327 5-2 8 the 2009 EWL Championship’s Outstanding Wrestler and the 2011 9 Virginia Tech 322 9-2 10 PSAC Freshman of the Year. 10 Oregon State 304 4-3 13 11 Virginia 293 9-2 19 A year ago Stutzman led the Huskies to a record of 16-7 and finished 12 Central Michigan 285 8-3 9 2nd at the PSAC Championships as well as 5th at the EWL Champion- 13 Oklahoma 278 6-3 14 ships. The 16 wins included wins over West Virgina University, North 14 Nebraska 268 7-3 17 Carolina State, and Buffalo. At the EWL championships Sutzman led 15 Wyoming 258 6-3 15 the Huskies to a 5th place finish, while qualifying four wrestlers for the 16 Edinboro 247 6-3 16 NCAA championships. 17 Pittsburgh 242 6-3 12 18 Michigan 236 6-3 11 During the 2010-11 season Stutzman led the Huskies to a record of 19 Wisconsin 214 5-2 22 14-6 and finished third at the EWL Championships. The 14 wins were 20 Bloomsburg 210 10-2 24 the most for the program since the 1990-91 season and included 21 Northwestern 208 4-4 18 wins over Penn, North Carolina State, Northern Iowa and Buffalo. At 22 Purdue 192 10-4 21 the EWL championships Stutzman led the BU to a third place finish, 23 Maryland 168 8-4 23 while qualifying two wrestlers for the NCAA championships, including 24 Penn 88 4-2 20 EWL-champion Mike Dessino. Stutzman was honored by his fellow 25 Boise State 69 5-5 NR coaches by being named the EWL Coach of the Year. Dropped Out: Old Dominion In 2009-10 Stutzman led the Huskies to a record of 10-8, which included an appearance at the NWCA National Duals for the first time Also receiving votes: Iowa State 53, Lehigh 53, Kent State in 20 years. 48, North Dakota State 48 INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD WILCOX-133 Rank YEAR W L T PSAC EWL Intermat 15 2005-06 11 9 0 2nd 4th Amateur Wrestling News 15 2006-07 12 9 0 2nd 5th Wrestling Report.com 16 2007-08 8 7 1 2nd 4th 2008-09 9 7 0 2nd 3rd 2009-10 10 8 0 2nd 4th ROOSA-149 2010-11 14 6 0 2nd 3rd Wrestling Report.com 28 2011-12 16 7 0 2nd 5th Totals 80 53 1 HICKMAN-157 Intermat 11 ASSISTANT COACH DANNY SONG Amateur Wrestling News 12 Danny Song begins his first season as an assistant for the Huskies. Wrestling Report.com 14 Song had spent three years as the strength and conditioning coach for VELTRE-165 the University of Iowa wrestling team. During Song’s tenure, Iowa has Amateur Wrestling News 12 crowned four NCAA champions, 19 All-Americans, six Big Ten cham- Wrestling Report.com 12 pions and 15 academic all-Big Ten honorees. The Hawkeyes won the Intermat 14 2010 NCAA and Big Ten tournament titles, while earning Big Ten regu- lar season crowns in 2010 and 2011. Iowa also set school records PERRY-197 for longest dual unbeaten (84) and winning streaks (69), longest dual Wrestling Report.com 14 road unbeaten (51) and winning streaks (44), most Carver-Hawkeye Amateur Wrestling News 17 Arena victories (11) and most dual shutouts (8). Intermat 19 Song was a three-year NCAA qualifier and starter at 141 and 149 GRANT-285 pounds for the Merchant Marine Academy from 2004-2006. He Wrestling Report.com 15 posted an 81-20 career record, placing at the 2006 Division III NCAA Amateur Wrestling News 16 Championships. A native of Hauppauge, N.Y., Song earned a bachelor’s Intermat 18 degree from the University of Iowa in 2008. Bloomsburg University Wrestling Bloomsburg University Wrestling 2012-13 Huskies Match Notes BLOOMSBURG CLIMBS IN NATIONAL POLL HUSKIES SWEEP HONORS ON NOV. 26. After starting the season unranked, the Huskies jumped from number Bloomsburg University swept both the PSAC and EWL Wrestling 24 to number 20 this week after taking down then-number 12 Pitt on Awards on Nov.