LEHIGH WRESTLING SCHEDULE/RESULTS No. 22 LEHIGH AT THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Nov. 10 Fri. at Rider L 24-14 LEHIGH (14-9, 7-2 EIWA) 16 Thu. No. 7 MICHIGAN (Grace) L 18-14 THE 77TH NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS• THE PALACE OF AUBURN HILLS 19 Sun. vs. Pitt-Johnstown@ W 22-11 19 Sun. vs. No. 13 Edinboro@ L 26-9 AUBURN HILLS, MICH. • MARCH 15-17, 2007 19 Sun. at Lock Haven@ W 33-9 Dec. SETTING THE SCENE 1 Fri. DREXEL (Grace) W 30-10 The Mountain Hawks head to the Palace of Auburn Hills for the 77th NCAA Wrestling 8 Fri. at No. 7 Penn State L 23-12 Championships. Lehigh comes to town with seven qualifi ers after placing fourth at the 9 Sat. at No. 21 Pittsburgh W 29-10 EIWA Championships two weeks ago. Senior EIWA Champion Matt Ciasulli leads the 29-30Fri.-Sat.at Southern Scuffl e 11th, 63 pts. Lehigh contingent and holds the best chance to earn a seed. The Mountain Hawks tied Jan. 5 Fri. vs. UC Davis# W 33-8 for ninth last year with three All-Americans, but head to Michigan with zero returning 5 Fri. at Stanford# W 34-9 All-Americans for the fi rst time in ten years. Lehigh will be gunning for its sixth straight 7 Sun. vs. Cal-State Fullerton$ L 27-18 top ten team fi nish, while Oklahoma State will try to win its fi fth straight team title. Min- 7 Sun. vs. American*$ W 25-19 nesota is the top ranked team entering the tournment, followed closely by Iowa State and 7 Sun. at Arizona State$ W 38-12 Missouri. 13 Sat. at No. 25 Navy* L 26-12 19 Fri. CORNELL* (Stabler) W 21-19 27 Sat. HARVARD* (Grace) W 31-13 27 Sat. BROWN* (Grace) W 30-15 FAST FACTS 28 Sun. at No. 24 Columbia* W 19-16 • Lehigh has placed in the top ten at the NCAA Championships in fi ve consecutive years 28 Sun. vs. No. 6 Hofstra (at NYAC) L 30-6 and six of the last seven seasons. Feb. • The Mountain Hawks have produced at least three All-Americans in each of the last 10 Sat. ARMY* (Grace) W 28-6 10 Sat. RUTGERS* (Grace) W 26-10 four seasons, and have produced multiple All-Americans in each of the last eight. 16 Fri. No. 19 NEBRASKA (Grace) L 27-15 • Lehigh has qualifi ed at least seven wrestlers for the NCAA Championships in each of 18 Sun. No. 20 PENN* (Stabler) L 21-15 the last fi ve seasons. • The Mountain Hawks’ streak of fi ve straight EIWA team championships was ended by Mar. 2-3 Fri.-Sat. EIWA Championships (at ESU) 4th, 82 Cornell two weeks ago at ESU. Lehigh fi nished fourth, with senior Matt Ciasulli claiming 15-17Thu.-Sat.NCAA Championships 11:00 Lehigh’s lone individual title. (at Auburn Hills, Mich.) * - EIWA Opponent LEHIGH NCAA TOURNAMENT QUALIFIERS RECORD EIWA @ - Pennsylvania Duals (at Lock Haven) # - Stanford Duals (Stanford, Calif.) 125 Matt Fisk (So., Wyalusing, Pa.) 25-9 5th, W.C. $ - Sun Devil Duals (Tempe, Ariz.) MEDIA INFORMATION 133 Seth Ciasulli (Fr., Easton, Pa.) 19-14 4th Contact 141 No. 16 Matt Ciasulli (Sr., Easton, Pa.) 29-6 1st Steve Lomangino Offi ce: . (610) 758-3174 157 Dave Nakasone (Jr., Ellicott City, Md.) 17-14 4th Cell . (917) 579-0976 E-mail: . [email protected] 184 No. 14 David Craig (Fr., Brandon, Fla.) 28-9 4th On the Internet 197 Matt Cassidy (Sr., Pittsburgh, Pa.) 15-8 4th Lehigh will offer complete audio coverage from the NCAA Champion- 285 Paul Weibel (Sr., Quakertown, Pa.) 21-10 5th, W.C. ships online at www.lehighsports.com. Steve Lomangino will provide the com- (Rankings NWCA/InterMat: March 7, 2007) mentary during all sessions. Streaming audio of the 2007 NCAA Championships is powered by Yahoo! Sports. 34-TIME EIWA CHAMPIONS 26 INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Lehigh Athletic Media RelationsExperience • 641 Taylor Street, Lehigh Bethlehem, Football PA • Phone 2003 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 No. 22 LEHIGH AT THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS • PAGE TWO IN THE POLLS THE 2006 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS FORD CENTER - OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. MARCH 16-18, 2006 NWCA/INTERMAT RANKINGS Top 25 (3/7/07) Lehigh earned its fi fth straight top-ten fi nish at the NCAA Championships, scoring 53.5 points to tie for ninth place. Three Mountain Hawks earned All-American honors 1. Minnesota as Cory Cooperman placed third at 141; Derek Zinck took fi fth at 157 and Travis Frick 2. Iowa State placed sixth at 174. Cooperman and Zinck both reached the national semifi nals before 3. Missouri losing. Eight of Lehigh’s nine qualifi ers won at least one match in the tournament, as 4. Oklahoma State Lehigh tied rival Penn State for ninth place. Oklahoma State won its fourth straight team 5. Northwestern title, scoring 122.5 points and crowning a pair of individual champions. Missouri’s Ben 6. Iowa Askren, the 174 pound champion, was named the tournament’s Outstanding Wrestler. 7. Cornell 8. Wisconsin 125 Joe Dubuque (Indiana) dec. Troy Nickerson (Cornell) 2-1 133 Matt Valenti (Penn) dec. Chris Fleeger (Purdue) 3-2 9. Hofstra 141 Nate Gallick (Iowa St.) dec. Teyon Ware (Oklahoma) 3-2 10. Central Michigan 149 Dustin Schlatter (Minn) dec. Ty Eustice (Iowa) 4-0 11. Penn State 157 Ben Cherrington (Boise St.) dec. Brian Stith (Arizona State) 7-3 12. Edinboro 165 Johny Hendricks (Okla St.) dec. Ryan Churella (Michigan) 9-8 13. Oklahoma 174 Ben Askren (Missouri) maj. dec.Jake Herbert (N’western) 14-2 14. UT-Chattanooga 184 Shane Webster (Oregon) dec. Roger Kish (Minnesota) 3-2 15. Michigan 197 Jake Rosholt (Okla. St.) dec. Phil Davis (Penn State) 10-3 16. Indiana 285 Cole Konrad (Minnesota) dec. Steve Mocco (Okla. St.) 5-2, t.b. 2 17. Illinois 18. Penn LEHIGH HEAD COACH GREG STROBEL 19. Oregon State Coach Strobel is in his 12th season guiding the Mountain Hawks. He currently holds a 20. Ohio State dual record of 177-69-1 (.719). Lehigh’s win over Cornell gave him 172 career dual wins 21. Navy surpassing the legendary Thad Turner for second place on Lehigh’s career dual wins list. 22. Nebraska Last season, Strobel coached three All-Americans and guided Lehigh to its fi fth straight EIWA title and sixth of the Greg Strobel Era. For his efforts, Strobel was named the EIWA 22. Lehigh Coach of the Year for the third time. His teams have fi nished in the top ten at nationals in 24. Michigan State fi v e consecutive seasons and six of the last seven years. Since arriving at Lehigh, Strobel 25. UC Davis has coached 30 All-Americans, 28 EIWA Champions and two National Champions. The 1975 Oregon State graduate also coached the 2000 U.S. Olympic team. 2007 EIWA CHAMPIONSHIPS W.I.N. Magazine 2006 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Top 15 (3/6/07) TOP TEN TEAM SCORES FINAL TEAM SCORES Team Points Team Points 1. Minnesota 1. Oklahoma State 122.5 1. Cornell 122.5 2. Iowa State 2. Minnesota 84 2. Navy 106 3. Missouri 3. Oklahoma 80.5 3. Penn 99.5 4. Iowa 4. Iowa 70 4. Lehigh 82 5. Northwestern 5. Cornell 62 5. Columbia 74.5 6. Hofstra 6. Arizona State 61.5 6. American 71 7. Oklahoma State 7. Michigan 57.5 6. Harvard 71 8. Cornell 8. Edinboro 56 8. Army 58 9. Bucknell 40 9. Michigan t9. Lehigh 53.5 t9. Penn State 53.5 10. Brown 34.5 10. Wisconsin 11. Rutgers 19.5 11. Central Michigan 12. East Stroudsburg 16 12. Oklahoma 13. Franklin & Marshall 4 13. Penn State 14. Princeton 0 14. Edinboro 15. Ohio State 24. Lehigh Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 No. 22 LEHIGH AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS • PAGE THREE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS HISTORY RANK AND FILE Lehigh has the fi fth most NCAA Champions (26) and the ninth In InterMat’s rankings, Lehigh has wrestlers ranked in two of ten most All-Americans (127) of all Division I wrestling programs. weight classes. Freshman David Craig is ranked 14th at 184, while The Brown and White have never won the NCAA Team Cham- senior Matt Ciasulli is ranked 19th at 141. Both Craig and Ciasulli pionship, coming as close as second in 1939, third in 1965, 1979 are also ranked by W.I.N. Magazine and Amateur Wrestling News, and a tie for third in 2004. Here’s a look at how the Mountain in addition to InterMat. Senior Paul Weibel is also ranked by Hawks have fared at Nationals under Greg Strobel. A.W.N. but recently fell out of the other two polls. Year Place All-Americans Top Individual(s) Weight Wrestler NWCA W.I.N. A.W.N. 2006 t-9th 3 Cory Cooperman, 3rd (141) 141 Matt Ciasulli 16 12 13 2005 8th 3 Cory Cooperman, 3rd (141) 184 David Craig 14 14 15 Troy Letters, 3rd (165) 285 Paul Weibel ----- ----- 20 Jon Trenge, 3rd (197) 2004 t-3rd 5 Troy Letters, 1st (165) IT’S ACADEMIC 2003 4th 4 Troy Letters, 2nd (165) Eight Lehigh grapplers earned a grade point average of 3.2 or bet- Jon Trenge, 2nd (197) ter during the fall semester, including NCAA qualifi er Paul Weibel. 2002 7th 2 Rob Rohn, 1st (184) Freshman Manuel Schubert, a biology major and Lehigh’s starter at 2001 13th 3 Dave Esposito, 2nd (149) 165, has earned a 4.0 GPA in all three of his semesters at Lehigh.