LEHIGH SCHEDULE/RESULTS No. 23 LEHIGH AT No. 5 IOWA

Nov. 8 Thu. BINGHAMTON (Grace) W, 23-16 (3-2) AT (6-0) 16 Fri. at No. 2 Penn State L, 29-6 CARVER-HAWKEYE ARENA (2,130)• IOWA CITY, IOWA 17 Sat. at Bloomsburg W, 18-12 30 Fri. HOFSTRA (Grace) W, 34-7 DECEMBER 6, 2012 • 5:00 PM (ET)

Dec. SETTING THE SCENE 1 Sat. PENN* (Grace) L, 24-12 For the fi rst time since 2002 the Lehigh wrestling team heads to Iowa as the 23rd-ranked 6 Thu. at Iowa 5:00 Mountain Hawks meet the fi fth-ranked Hawkeyes at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The 29-30 Sat.-Sun. at Midlands Championships all day Mountain Hawks are coming off an up-and-down weekend at home where they posted an impressive 34-7 win over Hofstra before stumbling 24-12 against Penn in their EIWA Jan. 6 Sun. CORNELL* (Grace) 2:00 opener. Senior Robert Hamlin, junior Joey Napoli and sophomore Nathaniel Brown were 12 Sat. at Navy* 2:00 the only three wrestlers to post 2-0 marks last weekend. Iowa improved to 6-0 with a 32-3 13 Sun. at American* 2:00 rout of rival Iowa State on Saturday night. The Hawkeyes feature eight nationally ranked 18 Fri.. at Rutgers* 7:00 wrestlers and fi ve All-Americans among their probable starters. 25 Fri. OKLAHOMA (Stabler) 7:00 26 Sat. OREGON STATE (Grace) 2:00 FAST FACTS Feb. 10 Sun. HARVARD* (Grace) 1:00 • The Mountain Hawks have fi nished eighth in each of the last two NCAA Champion- 10 Sun. BROWN* (Grace) 3:00 ships with a total of one national champion, four national fi nalists and seven All-Ameri- 15 Fri. at Pittsburgh 7:00 cans in those two years. 16 Sat. at Clarion 2:00 • Lehigh is 2-18 all-time in dual meets in the state of Iowa and makes its fi rst visit to the 22 Fri. at Bucknell* 7:00 state since 2002. Mar. • Lehigh is 5-3 against current Big Ten schools (excluding rival Penn State) under Pat 8-9 Fri.-Sat. at EIWA Championships (at Rutgers) Santoro. 21-23Thu-Sat. at NCAA Championships (Des Moines) PROBABLE MATCHUPS * - EIWA Opponent LEHIGH IOWA 125 Alex Abreu (Jr., Highlands Ranch, Colo.) vs. No. 1 Matt McDonough (Sr., Marion, Iowa) 133 Cody Kievman (Fr., Minersville, Pa.) MEDIA INFORMATION vs. No. 2 (Jr., Carol Stream, Ill.) Contact 141 No. 18 Anthony Salupo (So., Lakewood, Ohio) Steve Lomangino vs. No. 12 Mark Ballweg (Sr., Waverly, Iowa) Offi ce: ...... (610) 758-3174 149 Shane Welsh (Sr., Lower Burrell, Pa.) Cell ...... (917) 579-0976 vs. Brody Grothus (Fr., Davenport, Iowa) OR E-mail: ...... [email protected] Michael Kelly (So., Cedar Falls, Iowa) Web: ...... www.lehighsports.com 157 No. 4 Joey Napoli (Jr., Boiling Springs, Pa.) Twitter: ...... @LehighSports vs. No. 1 Derek St. John (Jr., Parnell, Iowa) ...... @LehighWrestling 165 Eric Hess (Fr., Benton, Pa.) Facebook: ...... vs. No. 18 Nick Moore (So., Iowa City, Iowa) ...... Facebook.com/LehighAthletics 174 Nathaniel Brown (So., Lewisburg, Pa.) vs. No. 11 Mike Evans (So., Enola, Pa.) OR Broadcast Coverage: Grant Gambrall (Sr., Iowa City, Iowa) 184 No. 2 Robert Hamlin (Sr., Jonesville, Vt.) Radio : ESPN Radio 1230 and 1320 be- vs. No. 8 Ethen Lofthouse (Jr., Avon, Utah) ginning at 4:45 (ET) with Steve 197 John Bolich (Fr., Willow Grove, Pa.) Lomangino vs. Tomas Lira (Jr., Nichols, Iowa) OR Nathan Burak (Fr., Colorado Springs, Colo.) Internet: Lehighsports.com, with stream- 285 Jack Delia (Fr., Lebanon, N.J.) ing audio powered by Stretch Internet. vs. No. 5 Bobby Telford (So., Hockessin, Del.) Rankings: Amateur Wrestling News, 12/4/12 Television: None 34-TIME EIWA CHAMPIONS 27 INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

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IN THE POLLS LAST TIME THEY MET DECEMBER 1, 2002 - IOWA CITY, IOWA IOWA 25 - LEHIGH 13 USA TODAY/NWCA/AWN Top 25 (12/4/12) Lehigh’s attempt for its fi rst-ever dual meet win against the fell short against the second-ranked Hawkeyes at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Only four Mountain 1. Penn State Hawks were able to muster wins against the Hawkeyes, including Jon Trenge, who 2. Oklahoma State routed Ryan Fulsaas 21-14 at 197. Cory Cooperman scored an upset over fourth-ranked 3. Minnesota Cliff Moore, 8-2 at 133, while Derek Zinck also upset a top-ten wrestler, downing sixth- 4. Ohio State ranked Matt Anderson 8-4 at 157. Troy Letters produced Lehigh’s only other win, and its 5. Iowa only bonus-point victory with a 10-2 major decision over Jason D’Agata at 165. 6. Illinois 7. Missouri 125 Luke Eustice (Iowa) Fall Terrance Clendenin (LU) 4:59 8. Cornell 133 Cory Cooperman (LU) dec. Cliff Moore (Iowa) 8-2 141 Luke Moffi tt (Iowa) dec. Tristan Boyd (LU) 4-2 9. Nebraska 149 Ty Eustice (Iowa) major dec. Aaron Kling (LU) 25-10 10. Oklahoma 157 Derek Zinck (LU) dec. Matt Anderson (Iowa) 8-4 11. Central Michigan 165 Troy Letters (LU) major dec. Jason D’Agata (Iowa) 10-2 12. Northwestern 174 Tyler Nixt (Iowa) dec. Brad Dillon (LU) 6-5 13. Virginia Tech 184 Jessman Smith (Iowa) dec. Travis Frick (LU) 5-2 14. Michigan 197 Jon Trenge (LU) dec. Ryan Fulsaas (Iowa) 21-14 15. Oregon State 285 Steve Mocco (Iowa) Fall Joe Sahl (LU) 1:54 16. Pittsburgh 17. Maryland LEHIGH HEAD COACH PAT SANTORO 18. Virginia Coach Santoro is in his fi fth season as the Lawrence White ‘64 Head Coach of Wrestling 19. Edinboro at Lehigh. In four-plus seasons Santoro, a two-time EIWA Coach of the Year, has led the 20. Wyoming Mountain Hawks to a 69-17-1 dual meet record. He has coached six individuals to a total 21. Purdue of seven EIWA titles, four Mountain Hawks to a total of eight All-American medals, and 22. Penn one national champion, Zach Rey in 2011. He spent fi ve years resurrecting the Maryland program, as he went 48-41-1 in duals and guided the Terrapins to an ACC title in 2008. 23. Lehigh Prior to his stint at Maryland, Santoro spent nine seasons as an assistant coach at Lehigh. 24. Old Dominion He was named NWCA Assistant Coach of the Year in 2003 after helping guide the Brown 25. Bloomsburg and White to its third EIWA title in four years, and a fourth place fi nish at the NCAA Championships. A 1992 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, Santoro won a pair of NCAA titles and is the Panthers’ only four-time All-American. INTERMAT (For Santoro’s complete bio, see page seven) TOURNAMENT STRENGTH Top 15 (11/27/12) IOWA HEAD COACH Three-time Big Ten Coach of the Year, Tom Brands, is in his seventh season at Iowa. In 1. Penn State six years as Iowa’s head coach, Brands has led the Hawkeyes to three NCAA and Big Ten 2. Oklahoma State team titles, crowning seven NCAA champions, 10 Big Ten champions and 34 All-Ameri- 3. Minnesota cans. The 2008 NWCA Coach of the Year, Brands returned to Iowa after two seasons as 4. Iowa head coach at Virginia Tech. Prior to that he spent 12 seasons as an assistant coach for the Hawkeyes. A 1996 Olympic gold medalist and member of wrestling’s Hall of Fame, 5. Illinois Brands was a four-time All-American and three-time national champion (1989-92) at 6. Ohio State Iowa. 7. Missouri 8. Cornell LEHIGH HEAD COACHING LEGACY 9. Central Michigan Coach Seasons Record 9. Oklahoma Frank Lynch 1910-11 3-4-0 11. Virginia Tech Billy Sheridan 1912-52 223-86-7 12. Pittsburgh Gerry Leeman 1953-70 161-38-4 13. Oregon State Thad Turner 1971-88 171-104-5 14. Edinboro Tom Hutchinson 1989-94 29-62-3 15. Northwestern Bob Latessa 1994-95 11-2-0 16. Lehigh Greg Strobel 1996-08 189-84-1 Pat Santoro 2008-present 69-17-1

Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 No. 23 LEHIGH AT No. 5 IOWA • PAGE THREE SERIES HISTORY LEHIGH DUALS BY MONTH... Lehigh and Iowa meet for the 24th time today and the fi rst time November: ...... 3-1 since December 2002. The Mountain Hawks have never defeated December: ...... 0-1 the Hawkeyes, dropping the previous 23 duals, including all 13 January: ...... 0-0 matches contested in Iowa. Lehigh and Iowa met once in 21 con- February: ...... 0-0 secutive seasons from 1972 to 1992. Iowa is one of eight schools that Lehigh owns zero all-time wins against, but it is the only LEHIGH IN DUALS DECIDED... school in the group Lehigh has wrestled more than two times. By 5 points or fewer: ...... 0-0 By 6-9 points: ...... 2-0 Meets Record First Most recent By 10-20 points ...... 0-1 Lehigh vs. Iowa 23 0-23 1972 2002 (Dec.) By over 20 points: ...... 1-1

Lehigh-Iowa series continued... Last Lehigh win: never LEHIGH BY THE NUMBERS... Last Iowa win: 12/1/02 - Iowa 25, Lehigh 13 (at Iowa) Dual matches at home: ...... 2-1 Closest meeting: 12/4/86 - Iowa 18, Lehigh 17 (at Lehigh) At Grace Hall ...... 2-1 Most lopsided meeting: 1/11/86 - Iowa 47, Lehigh 0 (at Iowa) At Stabler Arena ...... 0-0 1/11/92 - Iowa 49, Lehigh 2 (at Iowa) Duals on the road: ...... 1-1 Last meeting at Lehigh: 11/28/90 - Iowa 42, Lehigh 4 Duals at a neutral site: ...... 0-0 First meeting: 1/31/72 - Iowa 33, Lehigh 3 Duals in Pennsylvania: ...... 3-2

NCAA CHAMPIONS Day Matches: ...... 1-1 Night Matches: ...... 2-1 Twenty one Lehigh Wrestlers have won 27 NCAA champion- ships, ranking fi fth nationally. Zach Rey captured Lehigh’s most When winning opening bout: ...... 1-0 recent title with his triumph at heavyweight in 2011. When losing opening bout: ...... 2-2

Rank School Championships When leading after fi ve bouts: ...... 3-0 1. Oklahoma State ...... 134 When trailing after fi ve bouts:...... 0-2 2. Iowa ...... 79 3. Iowa State ...... 68 4. Oklahoma ...... 65 LEHIGH DUALS BY WEIGHT CLASS... 5. Lehigh ...... 27 125 (Abreu): ...... 1-4 6. Michigan State ...... 25 133 (Gardner, Kievman): ...... 2-3 Penn State ...... 25 141 (Salupo): ...... 3-2 8. Michigan ...... 22 149 (Welsh): ...... 2-3 9. Minnesota ...... 21 157 (Napoli): ...... 5-0 Northern Iowa ...... 21 165 (Hess): ...... 3-2 11. Illinois ...... 20 174 (Brown): ...... 3-2 12. Wisconsin ...... 18 184 (Hamlin, Bailey): ...... 3-2 13. Pittsburgh ...... 16 197 (Bolich): ...... 1-4 14. Cornell ...... 15 285 (Delia):...... 2-3 Ohio State ...... 15 ANYONE, ANYTIME, ANYWHERE ALL-AMERICAN HEROES Lehigh will once again face one of the nation’s toughest dual meet With four All-Americans last year, Lehigh crowned its most All- schedules. The Mountain Hawks are scheduled to face fi ve more Americans at one tournament since crowning fi ve in 2004. The teams currently ranked in the NWCA top-25, including Iowa to- Mountain Hawks moved into a tie for eigth in total All-Ameri- day. Two of Lehigh’s last three opponents entered the top-25 right can medals won. Lehigh teams have fi nished in the top fi ve a after wrestling against the Mountain Hawks. remarkable 16 times. Date Opponent Rank (Then) Current Rank Result Rank School All-Americans 11/16 at Penn State 2 1 L, 29-6 1. Oklahoma State ...... 428 11/17 at Bloomsburg NR 25 W, 18-12 2. Iowa ...... 297 12/1 Penn NR 22 L, 24-12 3. Iowa State ...... 281 Date Opponent Rank ‘12 NCAA Finish 4. Oklahoma ...... 264 12/6 at Iowa 5 3 5 Penn State ...... 177 1/6 Cornell 8 4 6. Michigan ...... 174 1/25 Oklahoma 10 13 7. Minnesota ...... 157 1/26 Oregon State 15 10 8. Lehigh ...... 135 2/15 at Pittsburgh 16 15 Michigan State ...... 135 10. Illinois ...... 117

Lehigh Athletic Media RelationsExperience • 641 Taylor Street, Lehigh Bethlehem, Football PA • Phone 2003 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 No. 23 LEHIGH AT No. 5 IOWA • PAGE FOUR JOEY JUMPS UP IN THE RANKINGS SCOUTING THE HAWKEYES Junior Joey Napoli has impressed early this season, going 5-0 One of college wrestling’s most storied programs; Iowa has won with a pair of wins over wrestlers ranked in the top six nation- 23 national championships and 34 Big Ten titles. The Hawkeyes ally. Three weeks ago, Napoli defeated No. 2 Dylan Alton of boast another strong team in 2012-13. Iowa has won its fi rst six Penn State 4-2 and the next day won a 6-0 decision over Frank duals to open the season, including a 32-3 throttling of rival Iowa Hickman of Bloomsburg. The wins propelled Napoli to EIWA State Saturday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Iowa also owns Co-Wrestler of the Week honors and vaulted him to No. 5 in wins over Cumberland, Virginia, Chattanooga, SIU-Edwardsville the Amateur Wrestling News poll. A 2011 NCAA Qualifi er and Cornell College. Iowa’s projected lineup features eight na- and NWCA All-Academic Team honoree, Napoli posted a 31-6 tionally-ranked wrestlers including three men ranked either fi rst record while deferring his eligibility last season. He won three or second. The Hawkeyes are led by two-time national champion open tournament titles and was named Lehigh’s Deferred Eligi- Matt McDonough at 125, while returning fi nalist Derek St. John bility Wrestler of the Year. (157) is also ranked No. 1 at his weight class. Returning All-Amer- ican Tony Ramos comes in at No. 2 at 133, while heavyweight Bobby Telford is also coming off an All-America season and is HEY NOW, YOU’RE AN ALL-STAR currently ranked fi fth. Iowa fi nished third at last year’s NCAA On November 3 senior Robert Hamlin competed in the 47th Championships and recently won three straight national team Annual NWCA All-Star Classic at American University’s Bender titles in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Arena in Washington, D.C. Hamlin defeated Kevin Steinhaus on Minnesota 5-3 in a battle of two-time All-Americans and conference champions. Hamlin scored takedowns in the second ACADEMIC SUCCESS and third periods and added a third period escape to win the With four All-Americans and an eighth place NCAA tourna- exhibition bout. Hamlin improved to 2-0 against Steinhaus, with ment team fi nish, Lehigh enjoyed another strong season on the the previous win coming by a 3-2 score in last year’s NCAA con- mats, but the Mountain Hawks were equally impressive in the solation semifi nals. Hamlin’s victory was the fi rst for a Lehigh classroom. The Mountain Hawks posted a cumulative team GPA wrestler in the NWCA All-Star Classic since Troy Letters won a of 3.18 to rank ninth in the nation and rank among Division I 3-2 decision over David Bolyard of Central Michigan in Novem- programs on the NWCA’s All-Academic Team’s List. In addition, ber 2004. Lehigh wrestlers now own a 14-13 career record in the four individuals were named to the NWCA All-Academic Team: NWCA All-Star Classic. graduates Zach Rey and Brian Tanen and current seniors Robert Hamlin and Shane Welsh. Hamlin owns a 3.38 GPA as a Materi- THE VERMON-STER UNLEASHED als Science and Engineering major, while Welsh carries a 3.32 in Senior Robert Hamlin will be counted upon to lead the Moun- Chemical Engineering. Hamlin was also named to CoSIDA’s At- tain Hawks on the mats in the 2012 season. The fi rst NCAA Large Academic All-American third team, the fi rst such Academic wrestling All-American from the state of Vermont, Hamlin owns All-America honor for any Lehigh wrestler in school annals. a 66-7 mark since the start of the 2010-11 season. He has won back-to-back EIWA titles at 184 and has earned All-America RANK AND FILE honors in each of the last two seasons, fi nishing second in 2011 Three Mountain Hawks are ranked in the latest Amateur Wres- and fourth last year. A Materials Science and Engineering major, tling News rankings, led by two-time defending EIWA Champion Hamlin will look to defend his Midlands title in December be- and All-American Robert Hamlin, who comes in at No. 2. Hamlin fore bidding to become Lehigh’s 14th three-time EIWA cham- is also ranked third by InterMat and W.I.N. Magazine. Junior Joey pion and 16th three-time All-American in March. Napoli shot into the top ten with wins over top-six opponents from Penn State and Bloomsburg. Sophomore Anthony Salupo IOWA UNKIND moved into the rankings at 141 following his win over Luke Vaith Today’s dual marks Lehigh’s fi rst trip to Iowa since the 2002-03 of Hofstra. Sophomore Nathaniel Brown is not ranked by A.W.N. season. Lehigh has not had a great deal of success in the state but is ranked 19th at 174 by InterMat. of Iowa, winning just twice in 18 road dual meets against Iowa, Iowa State, Northern Iowa and Cornell College. The Mountain Weight Wrestler A.W.N. IM W.I.N. Hawks posted a 40-0 win over Cornell College back in 1972 141 Anthony Salupo 18 ------and also won 21-12 at Iowa State in 2002. Lehigh is 0-13 all-time 157 Joey Napoli 4 4 5 versus Iowa in Iowa City. 174 Nathaniel Brown ----- 19 ----- 184 Robert Hamlin 2 3 3 Lehigh vs. All-Time In Iowa Cornell College 1-1 1-0 SEASON/CAREER RECORDS FOR LEHIGH PROBABLES Iowa 0-23 0-13 Wt. Name Season Career Duals Bonus Wins Iowa State 3-25-1 1-11 125 Alex Abreu 1-4 11-27 4-15 5 Northern Iowa 2-7 0-4 133 Cody Kievman 7-4 7-4 0-1 2 141 Anthony Salupo 3-2 19-10 6-6 4 FROM COAST TO COAST 149 Shane Welsh 2-3 53-26 7-4 22 157 Joey Napoli 5-0 44-25 26-11 15 Lehigh prides itself in bringing in student-athletes from across 165 Eric Hess 3-2 3-2 3-2 2 the nation. This season, 13 different states are represented on the 174 Nathaniel Brown 3-2 20-8 15-6 6 Mountain Hawks roster, including California, Colorado, Florida, 184 Robert Hamlin 3-1 84-19 49-8 29 Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, 197 John Bolich 1-4 1-4 1-4 0 Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, Vermont and West Virginia. Five dif- 285 Jack Delia 2-3 2-3 2-3 0 ferent states are represented among Lehigh’s probable starters. Lehigh Athletic Media RelationsExperience • 641 Taylor Street, Lehigh Bethlehem, Football PA • Phone 2003 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 No. 23 LEHIGH AT No. 5 IOWA• PAGE FIVE 2012-13 RESULTS December 1, 2012 November 8, 2012 Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall Penn 24, Lehigh 12 Lehigh 23, Binghamton 16 125 – Mark Rappo (Penn) Fall Alex Abreu (LU) 1:05 125 – Patrick Hunter (BU) dec. Alex Abreu (LU) 6-2 133 – Geoffrey Bostany (Penn) dec. Cody Kievman (LU) 6-0 133 – Laike Gardner (LU) dec. Dan Riggi (BU) 7-6 141 – C.J. Cobb (Penn) dec. Anthony Salupo (LU) 12-5 141 – Anthony Salupo (LU) dec. Joe Bonaldi (BU) 9-6 149 – Andrew Lenzi (Penn) dec. Shane Welsh (LU) 3-2 149 – Donnie Vinson (BU) dec. Shane Welsh (LU) 7-5 157 – Joey Napoli (LU) MD Troy Hernandez (Penn) 11-1 157 – Joey Napoli (LU) MD Joe Chamish (BU) 17-8 165 – Casey Kent (Penn) dec. Eric Hess (LU) 4-3 165 – Eric Hess (LU) Fall Vince Grella (BU) 2:18 174 – Nathaniel Brown (LU) dec. Ian Korb (Penn) 7-1 174 – Caleb Wallace (BU) Fall Nathaniel Brown (LU) 4:39 184 – Robert Hamlin (LU) TF5 Harrison Cook (Penn) 17-2, 6:03 184 – Robert Hamlin (LU) MD Cody Reed (BU) 11-2 197 – Canaan Bethea (Penn) dec. John Bolich (LU) 3-1 197 – Nate Schiedel (BU) MD John Bolich (LU) 19-6 285 – Steven Graziano (Penn) dec. Jack Delia (LU) 3-1 285 – Jack Delia (LU) dec. Tyler Deuel (BU) 8-4 TOURNAMENT TESTED November 16, 2012 While Lehigh has competed in just three dual meets so far this Rec Hall - University Park, Pa. season, the Mountain Hawks reserves and wrestlers who are Penn State 29, Lehigh 6 deferring eligibility have already competed in four open tour- naments this season. Sophomore Mason Beckman has had an 125 – Nico Megaludis (PSU) TF5 Alex Abreu (LU) 19-4, 5:07 outstanding start winning titles at all three tournaments he has 133 – Jordan Conaway (PSU) dec. Laike Gardner (LU) 3-2 entered, while he defers his eligibility. Senior Kevin Bailey also 141 – Bryan Pearsall (PSU) dec. Anthony Salupo (LU) 7-6 captured a title, winning the Binghamton Open at 174. A contin- 149 – James English (PSU) dec. Shane Welsh (LU) 5-2 gent of Mountain Hawks will compete at the Nittany Lion Open 157 – Joey Napoli (LU) dec. Dylan Alton (PSU) 4-2 at Penn State on Sunday. 165 – David Taylor (PSU) TF5 Eric Hess (LU) 20-5, 5:46 174 – Matt Brown (PSU) MD Nathaniel Brown (LU) 12-2 Knight Point Open - Clarion, Pa. - Nov. 4, 2012 184 – Ed Ruth (PSU) dec. Robert Hamlin (LU) 11-9 Lehigh entrants: 17 197 – Quentin Wright (PSU) dec. John Bolich (LU) 10-4 Place winners: fi ve, Mason Beckman (1st, 133), Albert Woody (2nd, 285 – Jack Delia (LU) dec. Jon Gingrich (PSU) 5-3 149), Randy Cruz (3rd, 133), Mitch Minotti (3rd, 149), Doug Vollaro (4th, 285) November 17, 2012 Nelson Fieldhouse - Bloomsburg, Pa. Binghamton Bearcat Open - Vestal, N.Y. - Nov. 11, 2012 Lehigh 18, Bloomsburg 12 Lehigh entrants: 11 Place winners: fi ve, Mason Beckman (1st, 133), Kevin Bailey (1st, 174), Doug Vollaro (3rd, 285), Mitch Minotti (4th, 149), Randy Cruz (6th, 125 - Alex Abreu (LU) dec. Sean Boylan (BU) 3-2 133). 133 - Nick Wilcox (BU) dec. Laike Gardner (LU) 6-1 141 - Anthony Salupo (LU) dec. Matt Rappo (BU) 4-1 East Stroudsburg Open - East Stroudsburg, Pa. - Nov. 17, 2012 149 - Shane Welsh (LU) dec. Josh Roosa (BU) 3-2 Lehigh entrants: 13 157 - Joey Napoli (LU) dec. Frank Hickman (BU) 6-0 Place winners: fi ve, Mason Beckman (1st, 133), Randy Cruz (3rd, 133), 165 - Eric Hess (LU) dec. Josh Veltre (BU) 4-2 Brian Brill (3rd, 165), Brandon Griffi n (3rd, 184), Doug Vollaro (3rd, 174 - Nathaniel Brown (LU) dec. Chris Smith (BU) 4-1 285). 184 - Andre Petroski (BU) dec. Kevin Bailey (LU) 4-2 197 - Richard Perry (BU) dec. John Bolich (LU) 7-3 Mat Town Open - Lock Haven, Pa. - Nov. 24, 2012 285 - Justin Grant (BU) dec. Jack Delia (LU) 3-2 Lehigh entrants: 2 Place winners: one, Brian Brill (3rd, 165) November 30, 2012 Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall Nittany Lion Open - University Park, Pa. - Dec. 2, 2012 Lehigh 34, Hofstra 7 Lehigh entrants: 11 Place winners: fi ve, Mason Beckman (1st, 133), Max Wessell (5th, 197), 125 – Steve Bonanno (HU) MD Alex Abreu (LU) 13-2 Doug Vollaro (5th, 285), Kevin Bailey (8th, 174), Brandon Griffi n (8th, 133 – Laike Gardner (LU) dec. Jaime Franco (HU) 7-4 184). 141 – Anthony Salupo (LU) dec. Luke Vaith (HU) 8-5 149 – Shane Welsh (LU) TF5 Matt Spataro (HU) 20-3, 7:00 ON DECK... 157 – Joey Napoli (LU) Fall Cody Ruggirello (HU) 4:27 Lehigh will head to Iowa for the fi rst time in ten years as the 165 – Eric Hess (LU) Fall Jay Lysne (HU) 1:39 Mountain Hawks will wrap-up the fall semester of dual meet 174 – Nathaniel Brown (LU) MD Jermaine John (HU) 10-1 action against the Iowa Hawkeyes on Thursday, December 6. 184 – Robert Hamlin (LU) MD Taras Luzhnyy (HU) 14-3 The Mountain Hawks will be looking for their fi rst ever dual win 197 – John Bolich (LU) dec. Tim Murphy (HU) 7-2 against one of the nation’s most historic programs as Lehigh is 0- 285 – Paul Snyder (HU) dec. Jack Delia (LU) 5-3, s.v. 23 against Iowa in a series that began in 1972. The match is slated for a 5:30 p.m. (ET) start from Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa.

Lehigh Athletic Media RelationsExperience • 641 Taylor Street, Lehigh Bethlehem, Football PA • Phone 2003 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 No. 23 LEHIGH AT No. 5 IOWA • PAGE SIX 2012-13 LEHIGH WRESTLING ROSTER Name Yr./El. Wt. Hometown/High School Major Alex Abreu Sr./Jr. 125 Highlands Ranch, Colo./Rock Canyon Computer Engineering Kevin Bailey Sr./Sr. 174 Chagrin Falls, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit Mechanical Engineering Mason Beckman So./So. 133 Greenville, Pa./Reynolds Business John Bolich So./Fr. 197 Willow Grove, Pa./Upper Moreland Industrial Engineering Brian Brill Fr./Fr. 157/165 Lock Haven, Pa./Central Mountain Business Nathaniel Brown So./So. 174 Lewisburg, Pa./Lewisburg Arts and Sciences Jim Carucci So./So. 141 New Hartford, N.Y./Shenendehowa IDEAS Scott Collins Jr./So. 125 Dallas, Texas/Bishop Lynch ()English Randy Cruz Fr./Fr. 133 Bethlehem, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic Arts and Sciences Jack Delia So./Fr. 285 Lebanon, N.J./North Hunterdon Computer Science Zach Diekel Fr./Fr. 197 Whitehall, N.Y./Whitehall Engineering Josh Fitch Sr./Sr. 157 Baltimore, Md./McDonogh Journalism Laike Gardner Fr./Fr. 133 Biglerville, Pa./Biglerville Engineering Tim Glauninger Fr./Fr. 285 Hillsborough, Calif./Junipero Serra Engineering Brandon Griffi n Fr./Fr. 184 Salem, Ore./Sprague Arts and Sciences Ben Haas Fr./Fr. 157/165 Little Valley, N.Y./Salamanca Engineering Robert Hamlin Sr./Sr. 184 Jonesville, Vt./Mount Mansfi eld Union Materials Science and Engineering Eric Hess So./Fr. 165 Benton, Pa./Benton Business David Jeffrey Fr./Fr. 125 Mineral Wells, W. Va./Parkersburg South Arts and Sciences Cody Kievman Fr./Fr. 125/133 Minersville, Pa./Blue Mountain Arts and Sciences Justin Koren Sr./Sr. 149 Cary, N.C./Cary Global Studies Dominic Maurillo Jr./So. 141 Nutley, N.J./Queen of Peace (Blair Academy) Supply Chain Management Austin Meys Sr./Jr. 174 Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa Earth and Environmental Science Mitch Minotti Fr./Fr. 149 Easton, Pa./Easton Business Joey Napoli Sr./Jr. 157 Boiling Springs, Pa./Cumberland Valley Mechanical Engineering David Quackenbos So./Fr. 197 Brogue, Pa./Red Lion Business Elliott Riddick Fr./Fr. 174 Allentown, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic Engineering Anthony Salupo Jr./So. 141 Lakewood, Ohio/St. Edward English Sam Scheib Fr./Fr. 165 Hegins, Pa./Tri-Valley Business Dillon Smith Jr./So. 157 Jim Thorpe, Pa./Jim Thorpe Supply Chain Management Cal Stack Jr./So. 157 Voorhees, N.J./Eastern Regional Political Science Michael Stepien So./Fr. 149 Berkeley Heights, N.J./Governor Livingston Business Will Sullivan So./Fr. 157 Landing, N.J./Roxbury Arts and Sciences Will Switzer Fr./Fr. 141 Severna Park, Md./Archbishop Spalding Arts and Sciences Doug Vollaro Fr./Fr. 285 Oviedo, Fla./Pine Castle Christian Engineering Arty Walsh Fr./Fr. 125/133 Leesport, Pa./Schuylkill Valley Arts and Sciences Shane Welsh Sr./Sr. 149 Lower Burrell, Pa./Burrell Chemical Engineering Max Wessell So./Fr. 197 Boulder, Colo./Boulder Business Albert Woody Sr./Jr. 149 Pikesville, Md./McDonogh Bioengineering

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Lehigh Athletic Media RelationsExperience • 641 Taylor Street, Lehigh Bethlehem, Football PA • Phone 2003 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 No. 23 LEHIGH AT No. 5 IOWA• PAGE SEVEN LAWRENCE WHITE HEAD COACH - PAT SANTORO turned to the top ten at the NCAA Cham- title in four years, and a fourth place fi n- pionships for the fi rst time since 2006 ish at the NCAA Championships, at the with an eighth place fi nish. The Mountain time the program’s best fi nish in 24 years. Hawks crowned three All-Americans for Before coming to Lehigh, Santoro the fi rst time in fi ve years and placed two spent the 1993-94 season as an assistant wrestlers in the NCAA fi nals for the fi rst coach at Duquesne and the two seasons time since 2003. Heavyweight Zack Rey prior to that as a graduate assistant at became Santoro’s fi rst national champion Penn State. and the 27th in Lehigh history with his Regarded throughout the commu- triumph in Philadelphia. Lehigh enjoyed nity as one of the sport’s top teachers and another strong dual meet season, going recruiters, Santoro has enjoyed success 15-6 and fi nishing eighth in the national at every level of wrestling, both as a rankings. coach and a competitor. After wrestling In 2009-10, Santoro guided the for Bethlehem Catholic High School Mountain Hawks to a 16-3-1 dual record and taking a post-graduate year at Blair and a top-ten national dual meet ranking Academy, Santoro wrestled collegiately He played an integral role in the for most of the season. Lehigh reached at the University of Pittsburgh, where he renaissance of the Lehigh wrestling the fi nals at the Virginia Duals for the became the Panthers’ only four-time All- program in the late 1990s. In his fi rst second straight season. In March, Santoro America while capturing national titles in year back, he led the Mountain Hawks guided Rey to an EIWA title and All- 1988 and 1989 at 142 pounds. A three- to a school-record 23 dual wins, a second America honors with a third place fi nish time Eastern Wrestling League Cham- place EIWA fi nish, and was named EIWA at the NCAA Championships, the pro- pion, he was the recipient of Pittsburgh’s Coach of the Year. Now entering his fi fth gram’s fi rst All-American in four years. Golden Panther Award in 1989, recogniz- season as head coach, Bethlehem native Santoro produced an immediate ing the outstanding athlete of the year. Pat Santoro looks to return the Mountain turnaround in his fi rst season back in On the international scene, Santoro Hawks to the top of the EIWA, while Bethlehem. The Mountain Hawks won enjoyed a stellar career which spanned molding Lehigh into a perennial top ten their fi rst 15 duals to start the season. nearly a decade. He was a four time team and national championship con- The team’s 23-1 dual mark surpassed member of the U.S. National Team tender. Santoro was hired in April, 2008 the school record for dual wins in a between 1995 and 1999 and served as an as just the eighth head coach in program season. Santoro guided Seth Ciasulli and alternate for the 1996 Olympic Team and history. He holds the title as the Law- David Craig to individual EIWA Cham- the 1999 World Team. Santoro placed rence White Head Coach of Wrestling at pionships, while the Mountain Hawks fourth at the 2000 U.S. Olympic Trials, Lehigh. qualifi ed seven wrestlers for the NCAA third at the 1992 Olympic Trials and was A two-time EIWA Coach of the Year, Championships. runner-up in the 1992 U.S. Open Free- Santoro has mentored one NCAA Cham- Before returning to Lehigh, Santoro style Championships. pion at Lehigh. He has led six individu- spent the previous fi ve years as the head Santoro earned his bachelor’s degree als to a total of seven EIWA titles, while coach at the University of Maryland in psychology from Pittsburgh in 1992. In guiding four men to eight total All-Amer- where he helped resurrect the Terrapins addition to his Bethlehem roots and pre- ican medals. program, which in 2008 captured its fi rst vious coaching stint at Lehigh, Santoro’s Under Santoro’s direction, Lehigh ACC title in 35 years; a feat which earned father, uncle and brother all wrestled for continued to make strides in 2011-12. The Santoro ACC Coach of the Year honors. the Brown and White. Mountain Hawks fi nished eighth at the Santoro posted a 48-41-1 record in fi ve Santoro and his wife Julie have a NCAA Championships for the second seasons at College Park, including an daughter, Leah and a son, Mack. straight year and once again had two impressive 33-9 dual mark his last two fi n alists in Zack Rey and Brandon Hatch- seasons. SANTORO AT LEHIGH ett. Lehigh crowned four All-Americans, Prior to his stint at Maryland Santoro Year Dual EIWA NCAA its most since having fi ve in 2004. Robert served as an assistant at Lehigh for nine 2008-09 23-1 2nd(2) 28th[0] Hamlin won his second straight EIWA years, including eight seasons as the top 2009-10 16-3-1 3rd (1) 17th[1} title, while Hatchett won his fi rst. Shane assistant on Greg Strobel’s staff. Dur- 2010-11 15-6 2nd (1) 8th [3] Welsh was the surprise of the tourna- ing his initial tenure, Santoro was part 2011-12 12-5 2nd (3) 8th [4] ment, capturing the title at 149 from the of some of the most successful teams 2012-12 3-2 No. 6 seed. Lehigh’s three championships in school history. In 2003, Santoro was Totals 69-17-1 were its most since 2006. For his efforts, named the national Assistant Coach Santoro was voted EIWA Coach of the of the Year by the National Wrestling ( ) - EIWA Champions Year for the second time. Coaches Association, after helping guide [ ] - All-Americans In Santoro’s third season Lehigh re- the Brown and White to its third EIWA

Lehigh Athletic Media RelationsExperience • 641 Taylor Street, Lehigh Bethlehem, Football PA • Phone 2003 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 LEHIGH INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS (12/3/12)

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Wt. Name Record Duals Dual Pts. Falls Dec. M.Dec. T-Falls Other Quick 125 Alex Abreu 1-4 1-4 3-18 0-1 1-1 0-1 0-1 0-0 0:00 133 Laike Gardner 2-2 2-2 6-6 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 141 Anthony Salupo 3-2 3-2 9-6 0-0 3-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 149 Shane Welsh 2-3 2-3 8-9 0-0 1-3 0-0 1-0 0-0 0:00 157 Joey Napoli 5-0 5-0 20-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 4:27 165 Eric Hess 3-2 3-2 15-8 2-0 1-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 1:39 174 Nathaniel Brown 3-2 3-2 10-10 0-1 2-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0:00 184 Robert Hamlin 3-1 3-1 13-3 0-0 0-1 2-0 1-0 0-0 0:00 197 John Bolich 1-4 1-4 3-13 0-0 1-3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0:00 285 Jack Delia 2-3 2-3 6-9 0-0 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00

Non-Starters 125 David Jeffrey 4-6 0-0 0-0 2-0 1-4 1-2 0-0 0-0 0:37 125 Cody Kievman 7-4 0-1 0-3 0-0 5-4 2-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 125 Arty Walsh 4-2 0-0 0-0 2-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:23 133 Mason Beckman 17-0 0-0 0-0 4-0 5-0 4-0 4-0 0-0 0:56 133 Randy Cruz 14-4 0-0 0-0 6-0 6-4 1-0 1-0 0-0 1:11 141 Jim Carucci 4-9 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-6 0-2 0-1 0-0 0:00 141 Will Switzer 7-3 0-0 0-0 2-0 3-2 1-1 1-0 0-0 2:11 149 Mitch Minotti 20-6 0-0 0-0 3-0 15-6 1-0 0-0 1-0 0:24 149 Michael Stepien 6-8 0-0 0-0 4-1 1-5 0-1 1-1 0-0 0:30 149 Albert Woody 4-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 3-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0:00 157 Josh Fitch 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 157 Ben Haas 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 157 Dillon Smith 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 157 Cal Stack 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 165 Brian Brill 9-2 0-0 0-0 5-0 2-1 1-1 0-0 1-0 0:24 165 Sam Scheib 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 165 Will Sullivan 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0:00 174 Kevin Bailey 7-4 0-1 0-3 0-0 6-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0:00 174 Austin Meys 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 174 Elliott Riddick 4-3 0-0 0-0 1-0 3-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 4:44 184 Brandon Griffi n 14-7 0-0 0-0 2-1 7-5 5-1 0-0 0-0 0:46 197 Zach Diekel 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0:00 197 David Quackenbos 1-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-3 0-1 0-0 1-0 0:00 197 Max Wessell 6-1 0-0 0-0 3-0 3-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1:18 285 Tim Glauninger 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0:00 285 Doug Vollaro 18-5 0-0 0-0 1-1 14-4 1-0 0-0 2-0 0:00