LEHIGH WRESTLING SCHEDULE/RESULTS LEHIGH VS. HARVARD/BROWN Nov. 8 Thu. BINGHAMTON (Grace) W, 23-16 LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (6-6, 2-3 EIWA) 16 Fri. at No. 2 Penn State L, 29-6 VS. HARVARD CRIMSON (3-4, 1-3 EIWA) • 1:00 PM 17 Sat. at Bloomsburg W, 18-12 30 Fri. HOFSTRA (Grace) W, 34-7 VS. BROWN BEARS (6-5, 1-3 EIWA) • 3:00 PM LEEMAN-TURNER ARENA (2,130)• BETHLEHEM, PA.•FEB. 10, 2013 Dec. 1 Sat. PENN* (Grace) L, 24-12 SETTING THE SCENE 6 Thu. at No. 5 Iowa L, 26-9 Following a weekend away from the mats, Lehigh returns to action with its fi nal home 29-30 Sat.-Sun.at Midlands Championships 6th duals of the season, as the Mountain Hawks welcome EIWA rivals Harvard and Brown Jan. to Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall. Two weekends ago, Lehigh upset then-No. 16 6 Sun. No. 8 CORNELL* (Grace) L, 20-13 Oklahoma 21-14 and dropped a tight 20-14 decision to No. 10 Oregon State. Senior Shane 12 Sat. at Navy* W, 19-15 Welsh picked up a pair of wins over top-ten ranked opponents en route to EIWA Wres- 13 Sun. at American* W, 30-12 tler of the Week honors. Welsh, who has moved into the national rankings at 149, is one 18 Fri.. at Rutgers* L, 17-16 25 Fri. No. 16 OKLAHOMA (Stabler) W, 21-14 of six Mountain Hawk seniors who will be recognized prior to the Harvard match. 26 Sat. No, 19 OREGON ST. (Grace) L, 20-14 Feb. FAST FACTS 10 Sun. HARVARD* (Grace) 1:00 • Since the start of the 1997-98 season, Lehigh is a combined 29-1 versus Harvard and 10 Sun. BROWN* (Grace) 3:00 Brown and has won 28 straight duals against the Crimson and Bears combined. 15 Fri. at Pittsburgh 7:00 16 Sat. at Clarion 2:00 • Senior Robert Hamlin is four wins shy of becoming the 13th Lehigh wrestler to win 100 22 Fri. at Bucknell* 7:00 career matches. • Lehigh’s six-wrestler senior class owns a cumulative grade point average of 3.27. Five Mar. of the Mountain Hawks’ seniors own cumulative GPAs of 3.0 or better. 8-9 Fri.-Sat. at EIWA Championships (at Rutgers) 21-23Thu-Sat. at NCAA Championships (Des Moines) * - EIWA Opponent LEHIGH PROBABLE STARTERS RECORD 125 Alex Abreu (Sr., Highlands Ranch, Colo.) 8-12 MEDIA INFORMATION 133 Randy Cruz (Fr., Bethlehem, Pa.) 22-9 Contact 141 Anthony Salupo (So., Lakewood, Ohio) 6-6 Steve Lomangino Offi ce: . (610) 758-3174 149 No. 18 Shane Welsh (Sr., Lower Burrell, Pa.) 12-5 Cell . (917) 579-0976 E-mail: . [email protected] 157 Albert Woody (Sr., Pikesville, Md.) 9-9 Web: . .www.lehighsports.com Twitter: . @LehighSports 165 Ben Haas (Fr., Little Valley, N.Y.) 3-8 . @LehighWrestling Facebook: . 174 No. 14 Nathaniel Brown (So., Lewisburg, Pa.) OR 12-5 . .Facebook.com/LehighAthletics Kevin Bailey (Sr., Chagrin Falls, Ohio) 12-6 Broadcast Coverage: 184 No. 3 Robert Hamlin (Sr., Jonesville, Vt.) 15-2 Internet: Live video of both duals at 197 John Bolich (Fr., Willow Grove, Pa.) 10-9 Lehighsports.com, with streaming pow- ered by Stretch Internet. 285 Max Wessell (Fr., Boulder, Colo.) OR 11-3 Jack Delia (Fr., Lebanon, N.J.) 3-13 Radio : The Harvard dual can be heard on ESPN Radio 1230 and 1320 with Rankings: Amateur Wrestling News, 2/5/13 Steve Lomangino and Gary Brownell, beginning at 12:45. 34-TIME EIWA CHAMPIONS Television: None 27 INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Lehigh Athletic Media RelationsExperience • 641 Taylor Street, Lehigh Bethlehem, Football PA • Phone 2003 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 LEHIGH VS. HARVARD/BROWN• PAGE TWO IN THE POLLS LAST TIME LEHIGH MET HARVARD FEBRUARY 12, 2012 - CAMBRIDGE, MASS. LEHIGH 40 - HARVARD 6 USA TODAY/NWCA/AWN Top 25 (2/5/13) No. 15 Lehigh completed a dominant performance on its weekend trip to New England as the Mountain Hawks rolled past Harvard 40-6 at the Malkin Athletic Center. The 1. Oklahoma State Mountain Hawks won nine matches for the second straight day, and posted seven bonus 2. Iowa wins. Senior Zach Rey won by major decision to become Lehigh’s career leader in dual 3. Penn State meet victories. Freshman Mason Beckman and senior Sean Bilodeau recorded falls for 4. Minnesota Lehigh, which improves to 11-5 on the season. Steve Dutton, Shane Welsh and Nathaniel 5. Ohio State Brown added wins by major decision for Lehigh, which won the fi rst four bouts to lead 6. Missouri 17-0 and then captured the fi nal fi ve after Walter Peppelman pinned Brian Tanen at 157. 7. Virginia Tech 8. Illinois 125 Alex Abreu (Lehigh) dec. Max Mejia (HU) 8-2 133 Mason Beckman (Lehigh) Fall Steven Keith (HU) 2:54 9. Oregon State 141 Steve Dutton (Lehigh) major dec. Shay Warren (HU) 10-2 10. Cornell 149 Shane Welsh (Lehigh) major dec. Patrick Hogan (HU) 16-2 11. Virginia 157 Walter Peppelman (HU) Fall Brian Tanen (Lehigh) 4:54 12. Central Michigan 165 Sean Bilodeau (Lehigh) Fall Ian Roy (HU) 4:40 13. Nebraska 174 Nathaniel Brown (Lehigh) major dec. Josh Popple (HU) 12-2 14. Bloomsburg 184 Robert Hamlin (Lehigh) dec. Cameron Croy (HU) 13-7 15. Pittsburgh 197 Joe Kennedy (Lehigh) Fall Bryan Panzano (HU) 0:23 16. Edinboro 285 Zach Rey (Lehigh) major dec. David Ng (HU) 12-3 17. Purdue LEHIGH HEAD COACH PAT SANTORO 18. Wisconsin Coach Santoro is in his fi fth season as the Lawrence White ‘64 Head Coach of Wrestling 19. Michigan at Lehigh. In four-plus seasons Santoro, a two-time EIWA Coach of the Year, has led the 20. Northern Iowa Mountain Hawks to a 72-21-1 dual meet record. He has coached six individuals to a total of seven EIWA titles, four Mountain Hawks to a total of eight All-American medals, and 21. Wyoming one national champion, Zach Rey in 2011. He spent fi ve years resurrecting the Maryland 22. Penn program, as he went 48-41-1 in duals and guided the Terrapins to an ACC title in 2008. 23. Boise State Prior to his stint at Maryland, Santoro spent nine seasons as an assistant coach at Lehigh. 24. Oklahoma He was named NWCA Assistant Coach of the Year in 2003 after helping guide the Brown 25. North Dakota State 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. (For Santoro’s complete bio, see page nine) INTERMAT TOURNAMENT STRENGTH LAST TIME LEHIGH MET BROWN Top 15 (2/5/13) FEBRUARY 11, 2012 - PROVIDENCE, R.I. LEHIGH 35 - BROWN 3 1. Penn State 2. Iowa No. 15 Lehigh opened its weekend trip through New England by defeating Brown 35-3. 3. Oklahoma State The Mountain Hawks dropped the opening bout but won the next eight bouts plus a for- 4. Minnesota feit to senior Zach Rey at heavyweight. Five of the eight wins were by major decision as 5. Missouri Lehigh moves to 10-5 on the dual season. After Brown’s win at 125, Lehigh took next fi ve 6. Ohio State bouts, a run that featured major decision wins by Mason Beckman, Steve Dutton, Brian 7. Cornell Tanen and Sean Bilodeau. Joe Kennedy also won by major decision in his return to the lineup at 197. The Bears forfeited to Rey at heavyweight, giving Rey a rather easy 70th 8. Oregon State career dual meet win, which tied him with Jon Trenge ’05 for the school career record. 9. Virginia Tech 10. Illinois 125 Billy Watterson (Brown) dec. Alex Abreu (Lehigh) 10-6 11. Oklahoma 133 Mason Beckman (Lehigh) major dec. Beau Martino (Brown) 20-7 12. Central Michigan 141 Steve Dutton (Lehigh) major dec. Zach Tanenbaum (Brown) 12-3 13. Nebraska 149 Shane Welsh (Lehigh) dec. Ricky Bailey (Brown) 11-6 14. Lehigh 157 Brian Tanen (Lehigh) major dec. Max Lewin (Brown) 12-3 15. Pittsburgh 165 Sean Bilodeau (Lehigh) major dec. Jeff Lemmer (Brown) 15-2 174 Nathaniel Brown (Lehigh) dec. Dave Foxen (Brown) 3-1, s.v. 184 Robert Hamlin (Lehigh) dec. Ophir Bernstein (Brown) 10-4 197 Joe Kennedy (Lehigh) major dec. Marcos Aranda (Brown) 16-5 285 Zach Rey (Lehigh) W Forfeit Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 LEHIGH VS. HARVARD/BROWN• PAGE THREE SERIES HISTORIES LEHIGH DUALS BY MONTH... Lehigh has dominated the all-time series against both teams November: ........................................... 3-1 it will face today. The Mountain Hawks are a combined 34-5 December: ............................................ 0-2 all-time versus Harvard and Brown and have won their last 15 January: ................................................ 3-3 duals against the Bears and their last 14 versus the Crimson. February: .............................................0-0 Meets Record First Most recent LEHIGH IN DUALS DECIDED... Lehigh vs. Brown 23 19-4 1915 2012 By 5 points or fewer: .......................... 1-1 Lehigh vs. Harvard 16 15-1 1933 2012 By 6-9 points: .....................................3-1 By 10-20 points ...................................1-3 Lehigh-Brown series continued... By over 20 points: ............................... 1-1 Last Lehigh win: 2/11/12 - Lehigh 35 Brown 3 (at Brown) Last Harvard win: 1/23/93 - Brown 21 Lehigh 15 (at Lehigh) Last meeting at Lehigh: 1/30/11 - Lehigh 43 Brown 3 LEHIGH BY THE NUMBERS... Dual matches at home: .....................3-3 Lehigh-Harvard series continued..