LEHIGH WRESTLING SCHEDULE/RESULTS LEHIGH AT No. 14 PITTSBURGH/CLARION Nov. 8 Thu. BINGHAMTON (Grace) W, 23-16 LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (7-7) AT PITTSBURGH PANTHERS (8-5) 16 Fri. at No. 2 Penn State L, 29-6 FITZGERALD FIELD HOUSE• PITTSBURGH, PA.•FEB. 15, 2013 • 7:00 PM 17 Sat. at Bloomsburg W, 18-12 30 Fri. HOFSTRA (Grace) W, 34-7 LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (7-7) AT CLARION GOLDEN EAGLES (4-8) TIPPIN GYM• CLARION, PA.•FEB. 16, 2013 • 2:00 PM Dec. 1 Sat. PENN* (Grace) L, 24-12 SETTING THE SCENE 6 Thu. at No. 5 Iowa L, 26-9 The Lehigh wrestling team heads to western Pennsylvania for a pair of weekend duals 29-30 Sat.-Sun.at Midlands Championships 6th as the Mountain Hawks will visit No. 14 Pittsburgh Friday night and Clarion Saturday Jan. afternoon. The Mountain Hawks split dual meets against EIWA foes at Leeman-Turner 6 Sun. No. 8 CORNELL* (Grace) L, 20-13 Arena at Grace Hall last Sunday, falling to Harvard for the fi rst time since 1998 before 12 Sat. at Navy* W, 19-15 bouncing back with a 27-16 win over Brown. Seniors Shane Welsh and Robert Hamlin 13 Sun. at American* W, 30-12 and freshman Randy Cruz all went 2-0 last weekend to pace the Mountain Hawks, who 18 Fri.. at Rutgers* L, 17-16 25 Fri. No. 16 OKLAHOMA (Stabler) W, 21-14 will be on the road for their fi nal three duals of the season. 26 Sat. No, 19 OREGON ST. (Grace) L, 20-14 Feb. FAST FACTS 10 Sun. HARVARD* (Grace) L, 25-16 • Lehigh has won at least ten duals in 13 consecutive seasons. The Mountain Hawks need 10 Sun. BROWN* (Grace) W, 27-16 to win their fi nal three duals to extend the streak to 14. 15 Fri. at Pittsburgh 7:00 16 Sat. at Clarion 2:00 • Lehigh coaches Pat Santoro and Drew Headlee both wrestled for Pittsburgh head coach 22 Fri. at Bucknell* 7:00 Rande Stottlemyer. • Senior Robert Hamlin is two wins shy of becoming the 13th Lehigh wrestler to win 100 Mar. career matches. 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.) 8-14 MEDIA INFORMATION 133 Randy Cruz (Fr., Bethlehem, Pa.) 24-9 Contact 141 Anthony Salupo (So., Lakewood, Ohio) 7-7 Steve Lomangino Offi ce: . (610) 758-3174 149 No. 18 Shane Welsh (Sr., Lower Burrell, Pa.) 14-5 Cell . (917) 579-0976 E-mail: . [email protected] 157 Albert Woody (Sr., Pikesville, Md.) 9-11 Web: . .www.lehighsports.com Twitter: . @LehighSports 165 Ben Haas (Fr., Little Valley, N.Y.) 3-10 . @LehighWrestling Facebook: . 174 No. 14 Nathaniel Brown (So., Lewisburg, Pa.) OR 13-5 . .Facebook.com/LehighAthletics Kevin Bailey (Sr., Chagrin Falls, Ohio) 13-6 Broadcast Coverage: 184 No. 3 Robert Hamlin (Sr., Jonesville, Vt.) 17-2 Radio : The Pitt dual can be heard on 197 John Bolich (Fr., Willow Grove, Pa.) 10-11 ESPN Radio 1230 and 1320 while the Clarion match can be heard on WLVR- 285 Max Wessell (Fr., Boulder, Colo.) OR 12-4 FM (91.3). Coverage begins 15 minutes Jack Delia (Fr., Lebanon, N.J.) 3-13 prior to the match with Steve Lomangino. Rankings: Amateur Wrestling News, 2/12/13 Internet: Live audio of both duals at Lehighsports.com, with streaming pow- 34-TIME EIWA CHAMPIONS ered by Stretch Internet. 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 AT No. 14 PITTSBURGH/CLARION• PAGE TWO IN THE POLLS LAST TIME LEHIGH MET PITTSBURGH NOVEMBER 12, 2011 - BETHLEHEM, PA. PITTSBURGH 18 - LEHIGH 16 USA TODAY/NWCA/AWN Top 25 (2/12/13) The sixth-ranked wrestling team battled back from a 15-0 defi cit at intermission but Matt Wilps’ come-from-behind win over senior Joe Kennedy at 197 clinched what became 1. Oklahoma State an 18-16 victory for No. 17 Pittsburgh inside Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall. The 2. Iowa Mountain Hawks received bonus point wins from junior Robert Hamlin and senior Zach 3. Penn State Rey, but Lehigh’s 26 match home winning streak comes to an end. In its season opener, 4. Minnesota Lehigh’s comeback attempt featured wins in four of the fi nal fi ve bouts, but Wilps’ late 5. Ohio State third-period takedown gave him the clinching 4-3 decision. Brandon Hatchett and Na- 6. Missouri thaniel Brown delivered Lehigh’s other two wins at 165 and 174 respectively. 7. Virginia Tech 8. Illinois 125 Anthony Zannetta (Pitt) dec. Mason Beckman (Lehigh) 9-2 133 Shelton Mack (Pitt) dec. Chris Dinnien (Lehigh) 10-5 9. Oregon State 141 Travis Shaffer (Pitt) dec. Alex Abreu (Lehigh) 3-0 10. Cornell 149 Tyler Nauman (Pitt) dec. Kyle Rosser (Lehigh) 7-6 11. Virginia 157 Donnie Tasser (Pitt) dec. Shane Welsh (Lehigh) 6-2 12. Central Michigan 165 Brandon Hatchett (Lehigh) dec. Tyler Wilps (Pitt) 7-4 13. Nebraska 174 Nathaniel Brown (Lehigh) dec. P.J. Tasser (Pitt) 4-3 14. Pittsburgh 184 Robert Hamlin (Lehigh) major dec. Andy Vaughan (Pitt) 18-6 15. Edinboro 197 Matt Wilps (Pitt) dec. Joe Kennedy (Lehigh) 4-3 16. Purdue 285 Zach Rey (Lehigh) Fall Joel Yahner (Pitt) 1:01 17. Bloomsburg 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. Wyoming Mountain Hawks to a 73-22-1 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. Boise State one national champion, Zach Rey in 2011. He spent fi ve years resurrecting the Maryland 22. Iowa State program, as he went 48-41-1 in duals and guided the Terrapins to an ACC title in 2008. 23. Penn Prior to his stint at Maryland, Santoro spent nine seasons as an assistant coach at Lehigh. 24. Northern Iowa He was named NWCA Assistant Coach of the Year in 2003 after helping guide the Brown 25. Oklahoma 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 CLARION Top 15 (2/12/13) NOVEMBER 20, 2011 - BETHLEHEM, PA. LEHIGH 27 - CLARION 12 1. Penn State 2. Iowa Freshman Anthony Salupo pinned Cameron Moran in his varsity dual debut as No. 8 3. Oklahoma State Lehigh won seven of ten bouts to defeat Clarion 27-12 for its fi rst dual win of the season 4. Minnesota in the fi nal dual of a tri-meet inside Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall. Freshman 5. Ohio State Mason Beckman and junior Robert Hamlin also posted bonus point wins for the Moun- 6. Missouri tain Hawks, who fell to Illinois earlier in the day. The teams split the fi rst six bouts, with 7. Cornell Lehigh getting a technical fall from Beckman and a sudden-victory win from Steve Dut- ton before Salupo’s pin, but back-to-back Clarion wins made it 14-12 Mountain Hawks 8. Illinois before Lehigh captured the fi nal four bouts of the dual. 8. Oregon State 10. Virginia Tech 125 Mason Beckman (Lehigh) tech fall Trey Hicks (Clarion) 18-3, 7:00 11. Oklahoma 133 Joe Waltko (Clarion) major dec. Chris Dinnien (Lehigh) 16-5 12. Central Michigan 141 Steve Dutton (Lehigh) dec. Tyler Bedelyon (Clarion)12-10, s.v. 13. Nebraska 149 Anthony Salupo (Lehigh) Fall Cameron Moran (Clarion) 2:18 14. Lehigh 157 James Fleming (Clarion) tech fall Brian Tanen (Lehigh) 16-1, 4:55 15. Edinboro 165 B. Abdurakhmanov (Clar.) dec. Brandon Hatchett (Lehigh) 6-4, s.v. 174 Nathaniel Brown (Lehigh) dec. Ryan Darch (Clarion) 4-0 184 Robert Hamlin (Lehigh) major dec. Steve Cressley (Clarion) 12-2 197 Kadeem Samuels (Lehigh) dec. Alex Thomas (Clarion) 7-3 285 Zach Rey (Lehigh) dec. Quintas McCorkle (Clar.) 3-0 Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 LEHIGH AT No. 14 PITTSBURGH/CLARION• PAGE THREE SERIES HISTORIES LEHIGH DUALS BY MONTH... Lehigh and Pittsburgh will meet for the 58th time with the November: ........................................... 3-1 Mountain Hawks holding a 39-16-2 advantage. The Mountain December: ............................................ 0-2 Hawks have won their last seven duals in Pittsburgh dating January: ................................................ 3-3 back to 1997. Lehigh and Clarion are wrestling for just the fi fth February: .............................................1-1 time, and the fi rst time in Clarion since November, 1995. The Mountain Hawks are 4-0 all-time versus the Golden Eagles. LEHIGH IN DUALS DECIDED... By 5 points or fewer: .......................... 1-1 Meets Record First Most recent By 6-9 points: .....................................3-2 Lehigh vs. Pittsburgh 57 39-16-2 1916 2011 (Nov.) By 10-20 points ...................................2-3 Lehigh vs. Clarion 4 4-0 1996 2011 (Nov.) By over 20 points: ............................... 1-1 Lehigh-Pittsburgh series continued... Last Lehigh win: 11/12/10 - Lehigh 29 Pittsburgh 7 (at Pitt) LEHIGH BY THE NUMBERS..