SUN DEVIL WRESTLING Media Relations: Kathryn Roberts | [email protected] | (480) 965-1237 | thesundevils.com Arizona State Wrestling ASU Wrestling To Open 2015-16 Season In West Virginia 2015-16 schedule Date Opponent Venue/Score O 30 Maroon & Gold Intersquad RWC TEMPE, Ariz.—The Arizona State wrestling team is set to open the 2015-16 N 8 vs. Campbell Morgantown, W.Va. season on Sunday, competing at the Mountaineer Quad in Morgantown, W.Va., vs. Drexel Morgantown, W.Va. at West Virginia Morgantown, W.Va. where ASU will take on Campbell, Drexel, and West Virginia at the WVU Colise- 12 Northern Colorado Wells Fargo Arena um. 15 vs. SUIE Champaign, Ill. at Illinois Champaign, Ill. 20 at Ohio State Columbus, Ohio The Sun Devils will start off against Campbell’s Camels at 8 a.m. MT/10 a.m. ET, 22 Boise State* Wells Fargo Arena followed by Drexel’s Dragons at 9:30 a.m. MT/11:30 a.m. ET, and lastly the host D 4-5 at Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite Las Vegas, Nev. Mountaineers at 11 a.m. MT/1 p.m. ET. 29-30 at Midlands Championships Evanston, Ill. J 4 West Virginia Tempe, Ariz. 8-9 at Virginia Duals Hampton, Va. Follow @ASUWrestling on Twitter for updates throughout the dual matches. 15 Iowa State Wells Fargo Arena 21 at Utah Valley Orem, Utah 23 West Virginia Wells Fargo Arena CAMPBELL PROBABLE STARTERS Stanford* Wells Fargo Arena 125: Daniel Ariola (Fr./ Warrenton, Va./Fauquier 29 Oregon State* Wells Fargo Arena 133: Nathan Kraisser (R-Jr./Ellicott City, Md./Centennial) F 6 at Edinboro Open Edinboro, Pa. 13 at Cal Poly* San Luis Obispo, Calif. 141: Luke Stewart (R-Fr./Lynchburg, Va./Brookville) 14 at CSU Bakersfield* Bakersfield, Calif. 149: Quentin Perez (Fr./Martinez, Calif./Arlington) 27 Pac-12 Championships Wells Fargo Arena 157: Grant Blumenthal (R-Jr./Beachwood, Ohio/Beachwood) M 17-19 NCAA Championships New York City 165: Paul Duggan (R-Sr./Olivia, N.C./Western Harnett) BOLD indicates home event 174: Matthew Olauson (R-Fr./Centerville, Md./Queen Anne’s County High) * indicates Pac-12 Dual 184: Ville Heino (Jr./Helsinki, Finland/Mäkelänrinteen Lukio) Campbell/Drexel/WVU Probable Lineup 197: Austin McNeill (Fr./Fenton, Mich./Linden) 125: Ares Carpio (Sr./Federal Way, Wash./NCAA Qual.) HWT: Jere Heino (Fr./Helsinki, Finland/Mäkelänrinteen Lukio) Mikel Perales (R-Fr./Nampa, Idaho) 133: Dalton Brady (Jr./Queen Creek, Ariz.) 141: Robbie Mathers (So./Ahwatukee, Ariz.) DREXEL PROBABLE STARTERS 157: No. 19 Oliver Pierce (R-So./Allen, Texas/NCAA 125: Zack Fuentes (R-So.) Qual.) 133: David Pearce (R-Jr.) OR Franco Ferraina (R-Sr.) Josh Shields (Fr./Murrysville, Pa.) 165: Jacen Petersen (So./Charlo, Mont.) 141: No. 10 Kevin Devoy (R-Jr.) OR Anthony Canfora (So.) Preston McCalmon (R-Sr./Lafayette, Ga.) 149: No. 17 Matthew Cimato (R-Jr.) OR Willie Davis (R-Fr.) 174: Zachary Smith (Fr./Wexford, Mass.) 157: Richard Viruet (R-Fr.) OR Mike Comunale (Fr.) OR Ryan O’Connor (R-So.) 184: No. 4 Blake Stauffer (R-Sr./Neosho, Mo./All-Ameri- can) 165: Austin Rose (R-So.) 197: Josh DaSilveira (R-Sr./Miami) 174: Nick Elmer (R-So.) Wes More (Jr./Queen Creek, Ariz.) 184: Stephen Loiseau (So.) HWT: Tanner Hall (Fr./Meridian, Idaho) Chace Eskam (6th Year Sr./Carlsbad, Calif.) 197: Nezar Haddad (R-Fr.) OR Joshua Murphy (So.) 285: Joey Goodhart (So.) OR Alex Foley (So.) Coaching Staff Head Coach: Zeke Jones (2nd year, 6-5-0 duals) Assistant Coach: Lee Pritts (4th year) WEST VIRGINIA PROBABLE STARTERS Assistant Coach: Chris Pendleton (2nd year) 125: No. 3/4 Zeke Moisey (So.) OR Ryan Elliott (r-Fr.) Volunteer Assistant: Jordan Oliver (2nd year) 133: Cory Stainbrook (Jr.) OR Joe Wheeling (r-Fr.) Director of Operations: Brittany Martin (1st year) Video Coordinator: Kevin Radford (1st year) 141: Tony DeAngelo (Jr.) OR Christian Monserrat (r-Fr.) Athletic Trainer: Carter Pruit (1st year) 149: Jake S. Smith (Jr.) OR Louis Colonna (So.) or Ty Millward (So.) Media Relations: Kathryn Roberts (3rd year) 157: No. 17/18 Dylan Cottrell (Jr.) 165: Ross Renzi (Sr.) OR Tim Wheeling (Sr.) 174: Parker VonEgidy (So.) 184: Bubba Scheffel (Sr.) 197: No. 10 Jacob A. Smith (Jr.) OR Bryson Begley (So.) SUN DEVIL WRESTLING’S SOCIAL MEDIA HWT: A.J. Vizcarrondo (Sr.) OR Chris Nelson (Sr.) FACEBOOK LAST SEASON AGAINST WEST VIRGINIA Search: Sun Devil Wrestling The Sun Devils faced off against West Virginia three times in the 2014-15 sea- son, winning the opener before being edged out in the final two meetings. Oliver TWITTER @ASUWrestling Pierce (157) and Blake Stauffer (184) both went 3-0 in the meetings against the Mountaineers. INSTAGRAM SunDevilWrestling1962 2015-16 Sun devil Wrestling Notes HEAD COACH ZEKE JONES COACH JONES’ 2015-16 PREVIEW—BY WEIGHT CLASS The seventh coach in ASU wrestling his- 125 Pounds tory, Zeke Jones was hired in April 2014. “I think right now at 125, we have a mixture of youth and experience. Obviously In his first season with the Sun Devils, Ares Carpio has been to the NCAA Tournament; he knows what it takes to get Jones led ASU to a second-place fin- ish at the Pac-12 Championships, the there. Now we want to help him improve and get on the podium. He’s going to best finish since 2006, and coached six get pushed by Mikel Perales, a redshirt freshman who is obviously competing to wrestlers to the 2015 NCAA Wrestling Championships, including All-American Blake Stauffer get into the starting lineup. He’s a pinner, he had some great results last year as (184 pounds). a redshirt, and I think he’s gearing up and getting ready for action.” An Olympic silver medalist for the United States, Jones 133 Pounds was the 1991 World Champion at 52kg, a four-time World-Cup Champion, and coached United States’ “We’ve got a bunch of guys at 133 pounds this year, and most people know that Olympians in the 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2012 Olympic Dalton Brady is kind of leading the charge. He comes with a wealth of experience Games. at the national and international level. Now he’s at a place where he’s matured A member of ASU’s 1988 NCAA Wrestling Champion- physically and mentally, and I think he’s going to be a force. He’s great on his ship team, Jones was a three-time All-American and Pac- feet, get at getting off bottom, he needs to shore up some of his riding, but I 10 Champion for the Sun Devils. A national runner-up at 118, Jones sits at No. 4 in ASU’s career record book in think he’ll be in the mix this year. He’ll definitely be tested this weekend in West both overall victories (134) and dual victories (59). He Virginia, which will be good.” also holds the school record for dual match victories in a season with 22 during the 1989-90 campaign. 141 Pounds As Olympic head coach, Jones’ athletes earned two gold medals and one bronze at the London Games in “Robbie Mathers has come home, he’s an Arizona kid like Dalton Brady, and it’s 2012. His athletes in the 2004 Athens Games, where he nice to have Arizona kids in the lineup. Robbie is another Olympic Training Cen- was the freestyle coach, earned a gold and two silvers. ter product, like Dalton, he’s spent a lot of time there, has competed at a high In the four World Championships during Jones’ tenure, level, and certainly will be a force.” USA placed third in the 2011 World Championships, fifth in 2013, and seventh in 2009. He also led USA to five individual World Champion medals, including two- 149 Pounds time World champion Jordan Burroughs. “Obviously we return Christian Pagdilao, our Pac-12 Champion at 149 pounds, The United States competed in three Freestyle World as well as Matt Kraus, and they’re both NCAA qualifiers. Matt can see time at Cups during the Jones era, placing third in 2012 and 149, and can certainly also see time at 141. Right now what we know is that we 2013, and sixth in 2010. During the Jones staff era, USA won eight Junior World medals, five University World have three really great guys for two weight classes, and that’s always tough, but medals and four Cadet World medals. it’s a good tough. Christian has the experience of winning a conference title and qualifying for the tournament, and Matt is steady mentally, physically, competes Jones came to USA Wrestling after coaching at the University of Pennsylvania from 2005-07, where he well, and I think he’s workmanlike. He’s tough on top, hard to score on, scram- amassed a record of 33-17-1. Following the 2006 bles well. Christian epitomizes speed, talent, technique. He’s good in all three campaign that saw an NCAA Champion, two All-Ameri- cans, two Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association positions. Certainly between those three guys we’ll do well.” (EIWA) champions, and a third-place finish at the EIWA Championships, Amateur Wrestling News named Jones the Rookie Head Coach of the Year. 157 Pounds “At 157, we have another NCAA qualifier back in Oliver Pierce, who I think is real- Prior to coaching at Penn he served on the coaching staffs at West Virginia, Arizona State, and Bloomsburg ly showing maturity through the season, I think he’s on track to have a good year. University. Jones coached teams that have finished in I know he’s ready to compete, I think he has a little chip on his shoulder, which is the NCAA Final Four twice, in the top-10 four times and good.