• Hofstra is 64-1-1 in its last 66 conference dual matches. The Pride’s only loss during that time came on January 17, 2009 against Old Dominion in CAA Duals, 17-15. Hofstra’s conference undefeated streak ended at 63 matches (62-0-1) and their winning streak was snapped at 60. Prior to the ODU loss the Pride’s last conference loss came on February 17, 1999 when the Broncs of Rider beat the Pride, 28-10, in an East Coast Wrestling Association (ECWA) match. • The Pride has won 22 of its last 32 home matches dating back to the start of the 2003-04 season. 2008-09 HOFSTRA HOFSTRA THIS SEASON: The Pride is 8-5 in dual matches UNIVERSITY WRESTLING this season with victories over Wagner (53-0), #7 Penn State (18- 15) Binghamton (37-3), North Carolina State (31-6), Boston University ( 38-3), Rider (23-12), Sacred Heart (40-9) and Drexel # 23 HOFSTRA PRIDE (8-5) (30-10), and losses to #5 Missouri (22-12), #21 Old Dominion (17-15), #5 Ohio State (19-13), Penn (18-16) and #3 Cornell (12- at 27). Hofstra opened their 2008-09 season at the Brockport #13 EDINBORO FIGHTIN’ SCOTS (12-4) Oklahoma Gold Classic on November 8, placing fifth in the Saturday, February 14, 2009 - 7 p.m. eight-team field. Nine Pride wrestlers placed in the top five, at including two champions and four finalists, at the Missouri Open. BUFFALO BULLS (9-8) Sophomore Joe Fagiano, at 197, and freshman Jordan Enck, at 285, captured titles. Over the Thanksgiving holiday, freshman Sunday, February 15, 2009 - 1 p.m. Ben Clymer captured the 184-pound title at the Mat Town Classic at Lock Haven University. Just before the New Year, the 2008-09 HOFSTRA WRESTLING SCHEDULE Pride placed eighth in the 28-team field at the Southern Scuffle. Date Opp Rank,Opponent,HU Rank) Time/Res. Nov. 8 Brockport/Oklahoma Gold 5th pl. HOFSTRA’S TENTATIVE STARTERS: Nov. 12 WAGNER 53-0 W Wt. Name Cl. 08-09 I W AWN Nov. 16 at #7 Penn State 18-15 W 125 Steve Bonanno Fr, 24-11 20 19 20 133 Lou Ruggirello*+ Jr.. 22-3 8 10 10 Nov. 22 at #5 Missouri 12-22 L 141 Justin Accordino RFr. 17-10 * * * Nov. 23 at Missouri Open ***** 149 Jeff Rotella So. 4-8 * * * 157 Jonny Bonilla-Bowman*+ Jr. 18-7 16 16 13 Dec. 12 BINGHAMTON 37-3 W or Fran O’Brien Fr. 0-2 * * * th Dec. 29-30 at The Southern Scuffle 8 of 28 165 Ryan Patrovich* So. 15-6 * * 19 (Greensboro, NC) 174 Alton Lucas* Sr. 19-5 10 8 9 184 Ben Clymer Fr. 18-8 * * * Jan. 11 NORTH CAROLINA STATE 31-6 W 197 Joe Fagiano Sr. 13-4 * * * 285 Jordan Enck Fr. 15-15 * * * Jan. 17 at Colonial Athletic Association Duals * - Returning starter: + - returning conference champion; AA- Boston University 38-3 W All-American; Rankings from: I- USA Today/NWCA/Intermat; Rider Broncs 23-12 W W-WIN Magazine; AWN-Amateur Wrestling News #21 Old Dominion 15-17 L Sacred Heart 40-9 W KEY MATCH-UPS IN THE EDINBORO CONTEST: Two top 20 matches will be on tap in the Edinboro match. At 125 Jan. 25 #5 OHIO STATE 13-19 L Hofstra’s Steve Bonanno will face top-ranked senior Paul Jan. 31 at Pennsylvania 16-18 L Donahoe while at 133 Lou Ruggirello will face Edinboro’s 18th- at Drexel 30-10 W ranked Ricky Deubel. Other matches with ranked wrestlers include: Edinboro’s Gregor Gillespie, the 2007 national Feb. 8 #3 CORNELL 12-27-L champion and currently top- ranked grappler in the country will Feb. 14 at #13 Edinboro 7 p.m. face freshman Fran O’Brien, who is filling in for the injured Feb. 15 at Buffalo 1 p.m. Jonny Bonilla-Bowman. At 165, unranked Hofstra sophomore Feb. 20 at Harvard 7 p.m. Ryan Patrovich will face #9 Jarrod King. At 174 pounds, Mar. 6-7 at CAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Hofstra’s 10th-ranked Alton Lucas will square off against (Norfolk, VA) Edinboro’s John Foley. Edinboro’s 17th-ranked sophomore Chris Mar. 19-21 at NCAA Division I Championships Honeycutt will face Hofstra freshman Ben Clymer and at (at The Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MO) heavyweight 13th-ranked Joe Fendone will face unranked * - CAA match – All times are ET - Home matches, in bold, are at freshman Jordan Enck. the David S. Mack Sports Complex HOFSTRA-EDINBORO SERIES: Saturday’s match against HOFSTRA NOTES, STREAKS AND TIDBITS: Edinboro is the third meeting between the two programs since the • Hofstra has won 63 of its last 95 and 71 of its last 105 dual 2000-01 season. The Pride has captured the previous two matches dating back to 2003. Included are three ties. The Pride is meetings, downing Edinboro on January 6, 2008 at Hofstra 24- 39-17-2 in dual matches since the start of the 2006-07 season. 19, and on January 10, 2001, 19-13. Both matches were on Long Island. THE LAST MEETING AGAINST EDINBORO-January 6, 14 Virginia Tech 18-1 309 13 2008: The 16th-ranked Hofstra Pride downed 13th-ranked 15 Oklahoma State 13-6 292 15 Edinboro, 24-19 at the David S. Mack Sports Complex on the 16 Northwestern 9-5-1 272 16 Hofstra complex. The Pride built a 17-0 lead by winning the first 17 Michigan 8-6-1 257 T18 four matches and held on for the 24-19 victory over Edinboro. Ruggirello posted a win by fall over Ricky Deubel in 2:57 while 18 Wisconsin 7-7 251 17 Griffin notched an 18-3 tech fall over Ryan Morgan for Hofstra. 19 Old Dominion 14-6 238 T18 Lucas defeated #12 Phil Moricone, 5-3, at 174 pounds while 20 Indiana 14-4-1 236 T18 senior Joe Rovelli sealed the victory with an 11-1 major decision 21 Northern Iowa 7-6 224 21 over Pat Bradshaw at 197 pounds. 22 Kent State 10-4 193 24 23 Hofstra 8-5 192 23 #16 Hofstra 24, #13 Edinboro 19 24 Penn State 7-10-2 184 22 125- #10 Dave Tomasette (H) dec. Eric Morrill (E), 9-4 133-#8 Lou Ruggirello (H) WBF Ricky Deubel, 2:57 25 Purdue 11-4-1 81 25 141-#5 Charles Griffin (H) TF Ryan Morgan (E), 18-3 149- Mitch Smith (H) dec. Daryl Cocozzo (E), 6-4 sv (0:29) Others receiving votes: American, Michigan State, North 157- #3 Gregor Gillespie (E) TF Anthony Tortora (H), 16-0 Carolina, and Penn 165- #16 Jarrod King (E) maj. Jonny Bonilla-Bowman (H), 13-1 174- #6 Alton Lucas (H) dec. #12 Phil Moricone (E), 5-3 W.I.N. MAGAZINE DUAL 184- #18 Chris Honeycutt (E) WBF Justin Danz (H), 1:06 TEAM RANKINGS 197- #9 Joe Rovelli (H) maj. Pat Bradshaw (E), 11-1 285- #16 Joe Fendone (E) maj. Tom Daddino (H), 11-2 SENIOR ALTON LUCAS: As of Feb. 11, 2009 On the occasion of the final home match of his career on Rk. School (Previous, Feb. 2) February 8, Hofstra honored 1. Iowa (1st) senior Alton Lucas. He has 2. Iowa State (2nd) wrestled for the Pride from 3. Cornell (3rd) 2005 through 2009. Lucas is 4. Nebraska (4th) the defending CAA champion 5. Ohio State (5th) at 174 pounds and made his 6. Lehigh (6th) first NCAA appearance in 7. Boise State (7th) 2008, placing eighth and earning All-American honors. He 8. Central Michigan (9th) captured the 2007 Southern Scuffle title, the 2006 East 9. Missouri (10th) Stroudsburg Open title and placed second at the Missouri Open in 10. Illinois (14th) 2008. He is 19-5 this season and is ranked eighth by WIN 11. Oklahoma (11th) Magazine, ninth by Amateur Wrestling News and 10th by 12. Michigan (18th) InterMat. He has recorded a career record of 81-27. Lucas, who 13. Minnesota (8th) has won 12 of his last 14 matches, placed second at the Missouri 14. Oklahoma State (12th) Open and sixth at the Southern Scuffle this season. 15. Northwestern (13th) 16. Edinboro (15th) USA TODAY/INTERMAT/NWCA 17. Wisconsin (16th) DIVISION I TEAM RANKINGS 18. Penn State (17th) 19. Virginia Tech (19th) As of Feb. 11, 2009 20. Old Dominion (20th) 21. Kent State (21st) 22. Hofstra (22nd) 23. Indiana (23rd) 24. Penn (24th) No. Team (First) 08-09 Pts LW 25. Northern Iowa (25th) 1 Iowa (11) 20-0 440 1 HOFSTRA IN THE POLLS IN 2008-09 2 Iowa State 12-2 429 2 3 Cornell 8-2 414 3 Date NWCA WIN 4 Nebraska 15-2-1 410 4 Preseason RV *** 5 Missouri 17-3 383 5 Nov. 10 RV NR 6 Ohio State 12-2 382 6 Nov. 17 16th 17th 7 Lehigh 20-1 368 7 Nov. 24 NP 17th 8 Illinois 10-1 357 9 Dec. 1 19th 17th 9 Central Michigan 14-2-1 350 10 Dec. 9 19th 17th 10 Boise State 15-3 336 11 Dec. 16 19th 17th 11 Minnesota 13-5 335 8 Dec. 23 19th 17th Jan. 5 18th 17th 12 Oklahoma 15-3 314 14 Jan. 12 18th 17th 13 Edinboro 9-2 311 12 Jan. 19 20th 20th Jan. 26 21st 21st 10th and juniors Lou Ruggirello (Walden, NY), who is 10th at 133 Feb. 3 23rd 24th pounds. Junior Jonny Bonilla-Bowman (Pomona, NY), is ranked th Feb. 10 23rd 24th 14 at 157 pounds.