Bloomsburg Huskies Vs. Clarion Golden Eagles Friday, Feb. 4, 2011 • 7:00 P.M
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“This is a big week as we start our conference schedule. Match ups are very important in any dual meet and this is no exception. We are definitely underdogs coming in Bloomsburg Huskies vs. Clarion Golden Eagles Friday, Feb. 4, 2011 • 7:00 p.m. Clarion, Pa. • Tippin Gymnasium Bloomsburg Huskies vs. Cleveland State Vikings Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011 • 1:00 p.m. Cleveland, Oh. • Woodling Gymnasium 2010-11 BLOOMSBURG SCHEDULE SETTING THE SCENE... Date Opponent Time NOVEMBER • The Huskies are coming off a tough weekend of EWL matchups, falling to Edinboro 11/6 at Boston University Duals 23-15 on Friday and #23 Pittsburgh 22-8 on Sunday. vs. Boston University W 31-3 vs. Southern Maine W 49-0 • Mike Dessino was the only Bloomsburg wrestler to win both of his matches over the vs. Bridgewater State W 45-0 weekend, defeating Chris Hrunka of Edinboro and Andy Vaughn of Pitt. Sean Boylan, 11/12 vs. Penn State L, 41-3 Josh Veltre and Zac Walsh were all victorious against Edinboro, while Richard Perry 11/20 at Navy Classic 3rd of 7 and Frank Hickman picked up wins in the Pittsburgh match. 11/27 at Northeast Duals vs. George Mason W, 34-12 • Bloomsburg trails in the all-time series with Clarion, 20-16-1. The Golden Eagles vs. American L, 27-10 broke a streak of six consecutive wins by the Huskies when they defeated Bloomsburg vs. Northern Iowa W, 18-12 22-17 last season. Clarion won the PSAC team championship earlier this season. DECEMBER 12/4 PSAC Championships 2nd of 10 12/12 Bloomsburg Duals • Bloomsburg trails in the all-time series with Cleveland State, 17-9-3, but the Huskies vs. Buffalo W, 21-12 have dominated the Vikings in recent years. Bloomsburg has won the last seven dual vs. East Stroudsburg W, 38-6 matches with Cleveland State, including a win 38-7 victory at the Nelson Field House vs. Drexel W, 23-17 last season. 12/29-30 at Southern Scuffle 24th/34 JANUARY We wrestled well….Our young guys are developing nicely. The effort is there and the 1/4 vs. North Carolina State W, 28-18 work ethic is there. Now we need to close out matches. 1/5 at Sacred Heart W, 39-3 1/9 at Penn W, 25-23 Clarion is the PSAC champuions and this is going to be a good match. That means 1/21 vs. West Virginia + L, 19-12 something for the EWL season 1/28 vs. Edinboro + L, 23-15 1/30 at Pitt + L, 22-8 FEBRUARY FROM THE COACH... 2/4 at Clarion + 7:00 p.m. “We wrestled well last weekend. Our young guys are developing nicely. The effort is 2/5 at Cleveland State + 1:00 p.m. there and the work ethic is there. Now we need to close out matches.” 2/10 vs. Binghamton 7:00 p.m. 2/18 vs. Lock Haven + 7:00 p.m. ON CLARION MARCH “Clarion won the PSAC championship and this is going to be a good match. That 3/6 EWL Championships * All Day means something for the EWL season 3/17-19 NCAA Championships $ All Day + EWL Match; * at Bloomsburg; $ at Philadelphia, PA Home Matches in BOLD CAPS 2010-11 Quick Facts Location .............................................Bloomsburg, Pa. HUSKIES’ PROBABLE LINE-UP President ...........................................Dr. David L. Soltz Wt. Name Yr. Rec. Hometown/High School ................................................................... 1839 Founded 125 Sean Boylan Fr. 14-11 Seaville, NJ/St. Marks Enrollment ............................................................. 9,400 Athletics Affiliation ...NCAA Division I (wrestling) 133 Nick Wilcox Fr. 15-12 Greene, NY/Greene Central Conference .....................................Pennsylvania State 141 Derek Shingara Fr. 16-14 Shamokin/Shamokin ........................................ Athletic Conference (PSAC); 149 Josh Roosa R-So. 10-7 Mountaintop/Crestwood ..................................Eastern Wrestling League (EWL) or Matt Hicks Fr. 11-17 Annapolis, MD/St. Mary’s School Colors .....................................Maroon & Gold Team Nickname ............................................... Huskies 157 #26 Frank Hickman So. 20-7 Castle Hayne, NC/E.L. Laney Home .............................................. Nelson Field House 165 Josh Veltre So. 16-8 Rochester, NY/Greece Olympia Capacity .................................................................. 1,745 174 #32 Mike Dessino So. 20-5 Middlesex, NJ/Middlesex Athletic Director ..................................Mary Gardner Head Coach ...........................................John Stutzman 184 #24 Nate Graham Sr. 19-7 Selkirk, NY/Ravena Assistant Coach ........................................ Scott Owen 197 Jacob Dabishinsky Jr. 5-7 Schuylkill Haven/Blue Mountain Wrestling Contact .............................Tom McGuire or Richard Perry R-Fr. 9-6 Meriden, Ct./Middletown Office Phone ...........................................570-389-4413 285 Zac Walsh R-Jr. 15-10 Denville, NJ/Morris Knolls E-mail [email protected] Web Address ............................... www.buhuskies.com * Rankings by The Wrestling Report.com Blooomsburg University Duals 2010-11 Huskies Match Notes Head Coach John Stutzman NOTES John Stutzman is in his sixth season as head coach of the Blooms- Four Wrestlers Ranked (Jan. 24 Poll) burg University wrestling team in 2010-11. Under his tutelage, he has Three Bloomsburg wrestlers are ranked nationally by the The Wres- qualified 21 wrestlers for the NCAA Division I Championships and tling Report. com. Frank Hickman at 157 pounds dropped four spots produced the school’s first set of consecutive All-Americans since the to 26th, while at 174 pounds Mike Dessino moved up one spot to 1988-89 seasons. He was named the 2007 EWL Coach of the Year, 32nd, while at 184 pounds Nate Graham went to 23rd place down two earned national recognition as a team, produced the 2007 EWL/PSAC places from last week. Freshman of the Year as well as the 2009 EWL tournament’s outstand- ing wrestler. Tough Schedule The Huskies match with #23 Pitt last weekend was the fourth time this Year-By-Year Record season the Huskies have face a top 25 program. The other matchups with ranked teams were Penn State, American, and Penn. The huskies YEar W L T PSAC EWL beat then #23 Penn 25-23 on the road. 2005-06 11 9 2nd 4th 2006-07 12 9 2nd 5th Road Success 2007-08 8 7 1 2nd 4th The Huskies will be closing out their 2010-11 road schedule with its 2008-09 9 7 2nd 3rd matches against Clarion and Cleveland State. This season BU is 7-2 2009-10 10 8 2nd 4th this season in road matches. 2010-11 11 5 2nd Totals 61 45 1 Dessinio Stays in Top 10 Nationally in Pins With 11 wins by pin this season Mike Dessino is tied for 11th nation- Veltre Sweeps Awards in December ally among all weight classes. At 174 pounds he is fourth with his 11 Josh Veltre was named both the Eastern Wrestling League (EWL) and pins. For the 11 pins for Dessino, seven have come in the opening the PSAC (Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference) Wrestler of the period, including one in 1:10. Among EWL schools Dessino is ranked Week on Dec. 13. number one among all weight classes and is the only EWL wrestler with double digit wins by fall. Veltre, wrestling at 165 pounds, won both of his matches at the BU Duals. He first decisioned John-Martin Cannon of Buffalo, 4-3, ranked More Dessino Pinning 15th by the Wrestling Report.com; then scored a 3-2 win over 16th- Dessino’s 11 pins have moved him into 11th place on the Huskies ranked Joe Booth of Drexel. Both Cannon and Booth were NCAA- single season list for most pins. One more and he will tie Jason Grim qualifiers a year ago. (1997-98) and Ed Hockenberry (2000-01) for ninth place on the Graham Two-Time PSAC Wrestler of the Week school’s all-time list. Nate Graham was named the PSAC Wrestler of the Week in late November after posting a 3-0 record at the Northeast duals in Albany, Hickman on a Roll NY. His sudden victory of George Mason’s 19th-ranked Bagna Tovuu- Frank Hickman has posted bout scores of 10 or more points seven jav was the highlight of a match that saw the Huskies roll to an easy times this season with four those matches ending in technical falls. 34-12 victory. On the season he has won 11 of his last 14 bouts. He also earned the honor on Jan. 11 by going 3-0 in one week and Two with 20 dominating the action by pinning all three of his opponents in the first Mike Dessino and Frank Hickman have a team (among starters) lead- period. His performance raised his season fall total to four after hav- ing 20 wins, while Nate Graham is right behind with 19 victories. ing just one entering the week. In the Huskies’ 28-18 win over North Carolina State, Graham pinned Nijel Jones in just 1:22. In a 39-3 Quick Work Bloomsburg win over Sacred Heart, Graham pinned Sam Morrison Jacob Dabashinky posted the Huskies quickest win by fall this season in 2:03 and he then made it a fall trifecta when he pinned Penn’s Har- when he beat Zach Bennett of North Carolina in just 27 seconds at the rison Cook in 2:43 to help Bloomsburg to a 25-23 win over the then Southern Scuffle. 23rd-ranked Quakers. Wilcox Beat Top Two Seeds at PSAC Championships Nick Wilcox claimed the PSAC title in December by beating the top Honors and Awards two seeds in his weight class. In the semi-finals he beat second seed EWL Wrestler of the Week PSAC Championships Austin Williams of Kutztown, 6-2 and then rallied to post a 10-6 win Dec. 13—Josh Veltre First over top seed Joe Waltko of Clarion.