Bloomsburg University AT RIDER • JAN. 19 • 7 P.M. Wrestling HOFSTRA • JAN. 21 • 1 P.M. Record: 4-4 FOLLOW THE HUSKIES ON TWITTER #22 Intermat/#23 Wrestling Report @BUSPORTSINFO 2013-14 BLOOMSBURG SCHEDULE SETTING THE SCENE... •Bloomsburg will have two matches in three days when it takes on Rider on Friday at Day Date Opponent Time 7 p.m. in an EWL matchup, followed by a non-conference showdown with Hofstra on NOVEMBER Sunday, Jan 21 at 1 p.m. at the Nelson Field House. It will be the first home matchup for Sat. 9 at Brockport/Oklahoma Invit. 2nd Place the Huskies since Nov. 22, 2013 against Arizona State. Fri. 15 at Lehigh L, 22-13 Fri. 22 ARIZONA STATE W, 18-15 • Bloomsburg is facing Rider for the first time since the 2008-09 season. In that match Sun. 24 at Keystone Classic 1st Place the Huskies won 26-10. Overall Rider leads the all-time series with the Huskies, 7-6. The Huskies are facing Hofstra for the second straight year after beating the Pride a year ago DECEMBER at the Northeast Duals. Bloomsburg won the match 24-10, but trails 3-2 in the all-time Sun. 1 vs. (#7) Illinois # L, 29-18 series. vs. Penn # W, 21-16 Sat. 6 at PSAC Championships ^ 2nd Place • The match with Rider will be the first against the Broncs as a member of the Eastern Thurs.19 at Lock Haven * W, 19-16 Wrestling League. Rider and George Mason are both new to the EWL in 2013-14. Sun. 29 at Brute Invitational 2nd Place • Bloomsburg is 1-0 in the EWL this season and has won eight straight EWL matches dat- JANUARY ing back to the 2011-12 season. The last EWL loss for the Huskies came against Clarion Fri. 10 vs. Bucknell at Virginia Duals W, 24-11 on Feb. 3, 2012 (22-18). vs. Kent State at Virginia Duals L, 27-12 Sat. 11 vs. Nebraska-Kearny at Va Duals L, 21-17 •The Huskies went 1-2 last weekend at the Virginia Duals beating local-rival Bucknell and Fri. 17 at Rider 7:00 PM falling to Kent State and Nebraska-Kearny. Sun 19 HOFSTRA 1:00 PM Sat 25 at Edinboro * 7:00 PM •The Huskies continue to have six wrestlers ranked in various national polls: Nick Wilcox, Fri 31 CLEVELAND STATE * 7:00 PM Bryce Busler, Josh Veltre, Mike Dessino, Richard Perry and Justin Grant, are ranked nationally in their respective weight classes. Four of the six are ranked by Amateur Wres- FEBRUARY Sun. 2 CLARION * 2:00 PM tling News (AWN). Sun. 9 GEORGE MASON 2:00 PM Sun. 16 at National Duals Regional 9:00 AM • Bloomsburg is ranked 23rd this week according to Intermat and is 22nd in the Wrestling Fri. 21 at Binghamton 7:00 PM Report.Com poll. MARCH Sat. 8 at EWL Championships + TBA BLOOMSBURG HUSKIES PROBABLE LINE-UP Thurs.-Sun. 20-22 at NCAA Championships $ TBA Wt. Name Yr. Rec. Hometown/High School # —at Madison Square Garden; ^—at Edinboro, Pa. 125 Sean Boylan Sr. 14-14 Seaville, NJ/St. Marks +—at Cleveland, Oh *—EWL Match $­­—at Oklahoma City, OK 133 Nick Wilcox Sr. 18-6 Greene, NY/Greene Central Home Matches in BOLD CAPS 141 Matt Rappo R-So. 19-16 Holland, Pa./Council Rock South 2013-14 Quick Facts Location ............................................Bloomsburg, Pa. 149 Derek Goodwin R-Jr. 4-8 Hamburg, Pa. / Hamburg President .......................................... Dr. David L. Soltz Founded ..............................................................1839 157 Kevin Hartnett R-Jr. 13-9 Staten Island, NY/ Monsignor Farrel Enrollment ........................................................10,091 Athletics Affiliation ........... NCAA Division I (wrestling) 165 #15 Josh Veltre R-Sr. 13-2 Rochester, NY/Greece Olympia Conference ....................................Pennsylvania State ........................................ Athletic Conference (PSAC); 174 Mike Dessino R-Sr. 20-5 Middlesex, NJ/ Middlesex ..................................Eastern Wrestling League (EWL) School Colors ......................................Maroon & Gold Team Nickname ...............................................Huskies 184 Sam Shirey R-Sr. 8-17 Beaver Springs, Pa./ Midd-West Home ............................................ Nelson Field House Capacity ..............................................................1,745 197 #4 Richard Perry R-Sr. 20-1 Meriden, CT / Middletown Athletic Director ................................Mike McFarland Head Coach ............................................Jason Mester 285 #14 Justin Grant R-Sr. 20-4 Easton, Pa./Easton Assistant Coach ..................................Marcus Gordon Wrestling Contact .................................. Tom McGuire * Rankings by AWN Office Phone ......................................... 570-389-4413 Blooomsburg University Wrestling 2013-14 Huskies Match Notes Head Coach Jason Mester National Ranking —Team-Individual Jason Mester begins his first season as head coach at Bloomsburg University. WRESTLING REPORT.COM POLL (1/14) Rank TEAM (NCAA SCORING) Mester, a graduate of Central Michigan, spent one season as the Chippe- 1) Penn State Nittany Lions – 125 pts was’ top assistant coach after two seasons as the assistant coach at the 2) Iowa Hawkeyes – 120 pts University of Missouri. While with the Tigers he helped lead the team 3) Minnesota Golden Gophers – 108 pts to their first Big 12 Tournament championship in 2012 after a runner-up 4) Oklahoma State Cowboys – 91 pts finish in 2011. Missouri boasted a school-record four individual Big 12 5) Oklahoma Sooners – 87 pts champions in 2012 and qualified an individual for the NCAA Champion- 6) Cornell Big Red – 77 pts ships in all 10 weight classes. 7) Nebraska Cornhuskers – 60 pts 8) Missouri Tigers – 50 pts Prior to Missouri, Mester spent five seasons as the strength and condi- 9) Northern Iowa Panthers – 49 pts tioning coach at the University of Nebraska. He worked directly with 14 10) Edinboro Fighting Scots – 47 pts All-Americans and three NCAA Championships finalists—including two 11) Ohio State Buckeyes – 41 pts national champions—and was part of a staff that led Nebraska to a pair 12) Maryland Terrapins – 39 pts of fourth-place team finishes at the NCAA Championships. 13) Michigan Wolverines – 38 pts 14) Virginia Cavaliers – 37 pts One of the top wrestlers in CMU history, Mester is tied for 11th in school 15) Northwestern Wildcats – 35 pts history with 104 career victories from 2001-04. He won three Mid- 16) Indiana Hoosiers – 32 pts American Conference championships (2001, 2003, 2004) at 141 pounds 17) Illinois Fighting Illini – 31 pts and was an All-American in both 2003 and 2004. A three-time recipient 18) Pittsburgh Panthers – 30 pts of the Chick Sherwood Award as CMU’s Most Valuable Wrestler, Mester 19) Iowa State Cyclones – 29 pts was named MAC Wrestler of the Year as a senior. 20) Lehigh Mountain Hawks – 28 pts 21) Wisconsin Badgers – 27 pts Mester’s career winning percentage of .806 (104-25 overall) still ranks 22) Bloomsburg Huskies – 23 pts fourth overall in program history, and he owns two of the top eight sin- 23) North Dakota State Bison – 22 pts gle-season winning percentages in CMU history: .897 (26-3 overall, No. 24) Ohio Bobcats – 21 pts 6 all-time) in 2002-03 and .891 (33-4 overall, No. 8 all-time) in 2003-04. 25) Old Dominion Monarchs – 20 pts Mester earned a sport studies degree from CMU in 2004. He spent his INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS WEEK OF 1-14-14 WILCOX-133 Rank first year following graduation as an assistant coach at CMU, helping Wrestling Report.com 26 lead the Chippewas to MAC regular season and tournament titles and a Intermat 19 12th-place finish at the NCAA Championships in 2005. BUSLER-149 Mester and his wife Lory, are the parents of two children (daughter Wrestling Report 18 Charlotte and son Cecil). Intermat 20 Assistant Coach Marcus Gordon AWN 8 Marcus Gordon begins his first season as assistant wrestling coach at VELTRE-165 Bloomsburg after spending six seasons as the assistant coach at Ashland Wrestling Report.com 20 (OH) University where he was also a standout wrestling for the Eagles. Intermat 13 AWN 15 At Ashland Gordon was involved in every aspect of the AU program play- ing a prominent role in recruiting, assisting in camps and special projects DESSINO-174 along with coaching responsibilities during matches and practices. He Wrestling Report.com 26 helped coach 26 NCAA D-II national qualifiers; nine NCAA D-II All-Amer- PERRY-197 icans and 21 NWCA All-Academic student-athletes. He was helped the Wrestling Report.com 4 Eagles to a 15-2-1 dual meet record in 2010-11, the school’s best record Intermat 5 in 30 years. AWN 4 As a wrestler Gordon was a three-year letterman for the Eagles. He was GRANT-285 a two-time qualifier for the national meet and a two-time Academic All- Wrestling Report.com 15 America (Wrestling Coaches of America). He won a championship at the AWN 14 2008 Midwest Classic and that same season was a regional champion. During the 2007-08 season Gordon was ranked as high as third in the 2013-14 HONORS AND AWARDS country. Gordon also served as a team captain. EWL Wrestler of the Week Gordon began his collegiate career at Eastern Michigan where he was a Nov. 11-Bryce Busler (OW At Brockport Invitational) two-year starter on the mat at EMU. Nov. 25-Josh Veltre and Richard Perry Gordon earned a degree in special education at Ashland. He and his wife, Jessica, live in the Bloomsburg area. Bloomsburg University Wrestling Bloomsburg University Wrestling 2013-14 Huskies Match Notes PERRY ON WINNING STREAK LOOKING AHEAD Richard Perry has won 18 straight matches after sweeping three The Huskies will head to face EWL-rival Edinboro on Jan. 25 in a 7 p.m. matches at the Virginia Duals. Three of wins have come by fall and start before having three straight matches at home. three by major decision. Along the way he has also captured first place at the Keystone Classic, the PSAC Championships and the Cradle Gear GRANT WITH BONUS POINT WINS AT KEYSTONE Invitational.