Penn Wrestling 114Th Season | 28 All-Americans 64 Eiwa Champions | 5 Ncaa Champions
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PENN WRESTLING 114TH SEASON | 28 ALL-AMERICANS 64 EIWA CHAMPIONS | 5 NCAA CHAMPIONS Penn at 2018 NCAA Championships Cleveland, Ohio l Quicken Loans Arena l March 15-17 Television: ESPN/ESPN2 | Streaming: WatchESPN App Contact: Chas Dorman, [email protected] (781) 844-3988 Let The Matness Begin… 2017-18 Penn Schedule The Quakers bring three returning NCAA qualifiers Date Opponent . Time and one newcomer to the NCAA Championships 11/12 Bearcat Open . NTS this weekend . In addition, there’s a guy who’s both a 11/19 KEYSTONE CLASSIC . returner and a newcomer in the form of head coach 12/1 RIDER ......................15-19, L Roger Reina who is in year one of his second stint as 12/3 vs . Campbell^ . 16-15, W head coach at his alma mater! 12/3 vs . The Citadel^ . 35-10, W 12/3 at Hofstra^ . 34-8, W • Last year, all four of Penn’s NCAA qualifiers won 12/10 #5 LEHIGH ...................6-41, L at least one match at the national tournament — the 12/29-30 Midlands Championships . first time each Penn wrestler who competed had his 1/7 vs . Cal Poly (At Stanford) . 32-13, W hand raised at least once . 1/7 at Stanford . 20-21, L 1/14 at Army West Point . 19-18, W • Penn’s three returning NCAA Qualifiers — May 1/27 BUCKNELL .................24-14, W Bethea, Joe Heyob and Frank Mattiace — went a 1/27 BINGHAMTON ...............18-19, L combined 6-6 last year at NCAAs . 1/27 FRANKLIN & MARSHALL .....31-16, W 2/3 at Brown* . 17-25, L • Bethea went 3-2 at 157 last season, finishing in the 2/3 at Harvard* . 20-18, W Round of 12 . 2/10 #12 CORNELL* ...............9-32, L 2/10 COLUMBIA*.................20-18, W • Unseeded for the third straight year, Bethea will 2/17 at Princeton* . 15-28, L look to win his first match for the third consecutive 2/25 at #25 Drexel . 9-30, L NCAA Championships . Mar . 3-4 EIWA Championships# . 11th Mar . 15-17 NCAA Championships% . All Day ^ at Hofstra # at Hofstra % at Cleveland, Ohio * Ivy League Dual Penn’s NCAA Championships Lineup All home meets are in CAPS Wt. Name Yr. 2017-18 Record 157 Joe Velliquette Sr . 15-14 165 May Bethea Sr . 25-8 184 Joe Heyob Sr . 21-10 197 No . 7 Frank Mattiace Sr . 27-6 Rankings Reflect NCAA Seeding @PennWrestling www.PennAthletics.com Facebook.com/PennWrestling 2017-18 Season Records 2017-18 Penn Wrestling Roster Name Wt. Record Antrassian, Carl 149 8-12 Name Wt. Yr. Hometown/High School Bethea, May 165 25-8 Carl Antrassian 149 So . La Salle, Mich ./Monroe Conway, Jack 165 0-0 May Bethea 165 Sr . Trenton, N .J ./Trenton Central DeLuise, Evan 149 3-9 Jack Conway 165 So . Cleveland, Ohio/St . Edward’s DeVincenzo, Tristin 133 1-12 Evan DeLuise 149 Fr . Wood Ridge, N .J ./Don Bosco Prep DiGiovanni, Thomas 141 0-4 Tristin DeVincenzo 133 Jr . Port Jefferson, N Y. ./Port Jefferson Dunau, Freddie 157 1-1 Thomas DiGiovanni 133 Fr . Cranford, N .J ./Cranford Errico, Jon 157 9-9 Freddie Dunau 157 Sr . Coplagne, N Y. ./St . Anthony’s Garren, Patrik 285 10-11 Jon Errico 157 So . Armonk, N Y. ./The Brunswick School Geers, A .J . 165 1-2 Ryan Farber 165/174 Fr . Slatington, Pa ./Northern Lehigh Ghionne, Gianni 133 16-9 Patrik Garren 285 Sr . Columbus, Ohio/Bishop Ready Hall, Tyler 285 10-11 A .J . Geers 165 So . Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Linn-Mar Heyob, Joe 184 21-10 Gianni Ghionne 133 Fr . Brick, N .J ./Brick Memorial Hiles, Quinton 174 2-10 Tyler Hall 285 Jr . East Aurora, N Y. ./East Aurora Krasowski, Brian 174 2-11 Joe Heyob 184 Sr . Cincinnati, Ohio/Saint Xavier Laughlin, Jalen 197 0-0 Quinton Hiles 174 Sr . Brecksville, Ohio/Brecksville-Broadview Heights Lizak, Jake 141 9-11 Brian Kraswoski 174 So . Orland Park, Ill ./Carl Sandburg Mastropietro, Marc 141 0-1 Jalen Laughlin 197 So . Holts Summit, Mo ./Jefferson City Jake Lizak 141 So . Schnecksville, Pa ./Parkland Mattiace, Frank 197 27-6 Marc Mastropietro 141 Sr . Hasbrouch Heights, N .J ./Hasbrouch Heights Munn, Patrick 149 0-4 Frank Mattiace 197 Sr . Montville, N .J ./Blair Academy Ng, Robert 197 1-5 Patrick Munn 141 So . Cypress, Texas/Wyoming Seminary Oliva, Joe 149 13-7 Robert Ng 197 Jr . North Massapequa, N Y. ./Plainedge Patsy, Tony 141 0-6 Joe Oliva 149 Sr . Ridgewood, N .J ./Ridgewood Planta, Daniel 125 7-7 Tony Patsy 133 Fr . Gibsonia, Pa ./Pittsburgh Central Catholic Velliquette, Joe 157 15-14 Daniel Planta 125 Fr . Mount Airy, Md ./St . Paul’s Vindici, A .J . 141 0-0 Joe Velliquette 157 Sr . Nixa, Mo ./Nixa Whimper, Khamari 174 7-11 A .J . Vindici 141 Jr . Randolph, N .J ./Randolph Wosick, Ryan 184 0-0 Khamari Whimper 174 Fr . Lithonia, Ga ./The Baylor School (TN) Ryan Wosick 184 Jr . Mt . Prospect, Ill ./Loyola Academy Career Records Name Yr. Record Head Coach: Roger Reina (Penn ‘84) - 20th Season Antrasian, Carl So . 4-16 Assistant Coaches: Bryan Pearsall (Penn State ‘13) - First Season; Bethea, May Sr . 82-41 Dan Vallimont (Penn State ‘10) - First Season Conway, Jack So . 7-6 Volunteer Assistant Coach: Chase Pami (Cal Poly ‘10) - First Season DeLuise, Evan Fr . 3-9 DeVincenzo, Tristin Jr . 3-29 DiGiovanni, Thomas Fr . 0-4 Dunau, Freddie Sr . 6-9 Breakdown by State Breakdown by Class New Jersey (8): Bethea, DeLuise, Freshmen (7): DeLuise, DiGiovanni, Errico, Jon So . 23-21 DiGiovanni, Ghionne, Mastropietro, Farber, Ghionne, Patsy, Planta, Farber, Ryan Fr . 0-2 Whimper Mattiace, Oliva, Vindici Garren, Patrik Sr . 34-41 Sophomores (8): Antrassian, Conway, New York (5): DeVincenzo, Dunau, Geers, A .J . So . 1-2 Errico, Geers, Krasowski, Laughlin, Errico, Hall, Ng Lizak, Munn Ghionne, Gianni Fr . 16-9 Ohio (4): Conway, Garren, Heyob, Juniorss (5): DeVincenzo, Hall, Ng, Hall, Tyler Jr . 20-42 Hiles Vindici, Wosick Heyob, Joe Sr . 65-37 Seniors (9): Bethea, Dunau, Garren, Pennsylvania (3): Farber, Lizak, Hiles, Quinton Sr . 18-42 Heyob, Hiles, Mastropietro, Mattiace, Patsy Krasowski, Brian So . 7-20 Oliva, Velliquette Illinois (2): Krasowski, Wosick Laughlin, Jalen So . 5-3 Missouri (2): Laughlin, Velliquette Returning NCAA Lizak, Jake So . 9-11 Georgia (1): Whimper Qualifiers Mastropietro, Marc Jr . 14-18 Bethea, (2x - ‘16, 17), Heyob (1x - ‘17), Iowa (1): Geers Mattiace, Frank Sr . 94-42 Mattiace (1x - ‘17) Michigan (1): Antrassian Munn, Patrick So . 3-17 Texas (1): Munn Returning EIWA Starters Ng, Robert Jr . 12-32 Antrassian (1x - ‘17), Bethea (2x - ‘16, Oliva, Joe Sr . 34-28 ‘17), Garren (2x - ‘15, ‘16), Hall (1x, ‘17), Velliquette, Joe Sr . 52-39 Heyob (1x, ‘17) . Mastropietro (1x - ‘16), Vindici, A .J . Jr . 10-28 Mattiace (3x - ‘14, ‘16, ‘17), Vindici (1x, Whimper, Khamari Fr . 7-11 ‘17) Wosick, Ryan Jr . 3-8 Frank Thoughts Frank Mattiace had an abrupt — and brutal — end to his first trip to the NCAA Championships last year when his consolation round match with Iowa’s Cash Wilcke ended in a 4-3 loss for Mattiace in second sudden victory when Mattiace received his third caution of the match on a neutral restart . Mattiace returns this season with a 28-6 record — third-most wins of any 197-pounder in the field . Mattiace, seeded No . 7, is 2-0 all-time against his first round opponent, Rocco Caywood of Army West Point . Looming in Mattiace’s quadrant is Cornell’s No . 2 seed Ben Darmstadt . The all-time series between Mattiace and Darmstadt is tied at 2-2 . Mattiace owns a pair of major decision victories, while Darmstadt has won the last two meetings —including in the EIWA title match two weeks ago . One More Round For May Bethea May Bethea is making his last trip to the NCAA Championships, and he’s looking to advance at least one round further than he did in 2017 when he was a Round of 12 finisher — joining his older brother, Canaan, as Round of 12 finishers for the Quakers . Bethea was drawn into a pigtail match, but if he can advance to the true first round, his opponent should be on the lookout . In his two previous NCAA Championships appearances, Bethea has defeated a seeded opponent in the first round both times — knocking off Oklahoma’s No . 12 Clark Glass (3-2) in 2017 and Edinboro’s No . 14 Auston Matthews (8-7) in 2016 . Not Your Average Joes Penn has a pair of wrestlers named Joe entered in the field this week in Joe Heyob (184) and Joe Velliquette (157) . Heyob went 1-2 last year, Velliquette is making his first career NCAA Championships appearance . Heyob, an Ohio native who grew up in Cincinnati, ran into No . 5 seed Zach Zavatsky (Virginia Tech) and No . 6 Myles Martin (Ohio State) last year where he went 1-2 . This year, he takes on No . 13 Steven Schneider of Binghamton in the first round . Heyob is 0-3 all-time against Schneider, the three losses by a combined four points — including a 2-1 loss at EIWAs where the deciding point was an illegal hold in the first period . Velliquette — the first-ever qualifier to the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships from Nixa High School in Nixa, Mo . — earned an automatic bid with his fifth-place finish at EIWAs two weeks ago . Velliquette is 15-14 overall, 14-12 at 157 pounds . 10 of his 12 losses at 157 have come to wrestlers in the field this week . FRANK MATTIACE #7 SEED 197 POUNDS 2017-18 Penn Wrestling Stats Overall: 9-8 Home: 3-6 Away: 3-2 Neutral: 3-0 Name Record Duals vs.