HOFSTRA COACH TOM RYAN: Tom Ryan is in his 11th season as Hofstra Head Wrestling Coach. During that time he has rebuilt the Pride into a Top 20 caliber program. He recorded his 100th career coaching victory on December 11, 2005 in the Pride’s 36-9 win over Columbia. He now has a 108-79-1 record at Hofstra but has posted a 101-55-1 mark during the past seven seasons. Ryan has received the conference Coach of the Year award seven times, including six straight times dating back to 2000, and has won five consecutive conference HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY championships. WRESTLING HOFSTRA NOTES, STREAKS AND TIDBITS: • Hofstra has won 23 of its last 34 duals and 31 of its last #20 Hofstra Pride (10-6-1) 44 dual matches dating back to 2003. at #2 Oklahoma State Cowboys (14-1) • Hofstra is undefeated in 46 consecutive dual conference Friday, February 10, 2006 matches posting a 45-0-1 record during that time. The last Gallagher-Iba Arena – Stillwater, OK time Hofstra dropped a conference match was February 17, 1999 when the Broncs of Rider beat the Pride, 28-10 in an East Coast Wrestling Association (ECWA) match. #20 Hofstra Pride (10-6-1) The Pride has won 43 straight conference matches. vs. • The Pride has won 11 of its last 15 home matches dating #11 Oklahoma Sooners (8-5-1*) back to the start of the 2003-04 season. Hofstra dropped a Sunday, February 12, 2006 25-13 decision to #5 Michigan on January 2, 2006, an 18- Ford Center – Oklahoma City, OK 17 decision to Oregon State on November 17, 2005, a 30- 10 decision to #1 Oklahoma State on February 13, 2005, 2005-06 HOFSTRA and a 20-12 decision to #17 Cornell on February 5, 2005 at the Hofstra Arena. Before that, the last home dual WRESTLING SCHEDULE/RESULTS match that the Pride dropped was on November 29, 2003 Nov. 15 at Army 19-19 T when the ninth-ranked Cornhuskers of Nebraska downed Nov. 17 OREGON STATE 17-18 L Hofstra, 30-10. Nov. 19 at East Stroudsburg Open Dec. 2-3 at CK/Las Vegas Invitational 11th of 52 PROJECTED HOFSTRA STARTERS: Dec. 11 HARVARD 33-12 W Class Rank - Name Record Dec. 11 COLUMBIA 36-9 W 125 Dave Tomasette 10-6 Jan. 2 #5 MICHIGAN 13-25 L 133 Jon Fennell 0-9 Jan. 6 WEST VIRGINIA 28-14 W 141 #12 Charles Griffin 20-5 Jan. 14-15 NWCA National Duals at Northern Iowa 149 #4 Jon Masa 26-5 14 #2 Minnesota 7-28 L 157 #14 James Strouse 23-9 #13 Northwestern 13-26 L 165 Chris Vondruska 19-8 Jan. 20-21 at CAA Duals at George Mason 174 #6 Mike Patrovich 23-3 20 Boston University 30-9 W 184 #19 Joe Rovelli 22-8 James Madison 38-12 W 197 Chris Weidman 15-5 21 Old Dominion 26-15 W 285 Jon Andriac 20-11 Drexel 37-18 W Rankings as of Feb. 7 from USA Today/NWCA/Intermat George Mason 33-10 W Jan. 25 #22 PENNSYLVANIA 25-15 W THE PRIDE THIS YEAR: The Hofstra Pride is 10-6-1 Feb. 4 at #14 Lehigh 9-28 L in dual matches this season and has won seven of the last Feb. 4 vs. Maryland (at Lehigh) 35-10 W nine dual matches. In the last 90 individual matches that Feb. 5 at #13 Cornell 13-24 L Hofstra has wrestled in the last nine contests, the Pride Feb. 10 at #2 Oklahoma State 8 p.m. has lost just 11 that were decided on the mat. Feb. 12 at #11 Oklahoma (at Oklahoma City) 1 p.m. Feb. 20 at Rider 7 p.m. 20-WIN CLUB: Junior heavyweight Jon Andriac and Mar. 3-4 at CAA Championships sophomore 141-pounder Charles Griffin are Hofstra’s (at Drexel, Philadelphia, PA) latest entries into the 20-win club this season, having Mar. 16-18 at NCAA Division I Championships reached that mark last Sunday at Cornell. The Pride has (at The Ford Center, Oklahoma City, OK) six 20-win wrestlers on the roster and junior 165-pounder * - CAA match – All times are ET Chris Vondruska is just one victory away from being the individual dual match team points. The 141-pound seventh with a career best 19-8 record. sophomore is ranked 12th this week in the Intermat poll. NATIONALLY-RANKED OPPONENTS: Oklahoma THREE STRAIGHT 20S FOR STROUSE: Junior State and Oklahoma will become Hofstra’s seventh and James Strouse has posted his third straight 20-victory eighth nationally-ranked opponents this season. season this year. The Levittown, New York native has a 23-9 record this year and is ranked 14th at 157 pounds. MASA STREAKING: Two-time All-American senior He has a 73-36 career mark with two NCAA Jon Masa has a 10-match winning streak heading into the Championship appearances under his belt. Oklahoma State showdown against #3 Zack Esposito. During that time he has three falls, three tech falls, two PRIDE SENIORS: On the occasion of their final regular major decisions and two decisions. Masa, ranked fourth at season home match on January 25 against Penn, Hofstra 149 pounds, has not been taken down during those 10 honored its three graduating wrestlers and their families in matches. Masa is 26-5 on the season and 12-1 in dual pre-match ceremonies. The three seniors are: matches, losing only to Minnesota freshman Dustin Schlatter at the NWCA Duals. Jon Masa – (149 pounds) Currently ranked fourth in the country with a 26-5 mark…Three-time NCAA PATROVICH SCORES: Senior Mike Patrovich leads Championship qualifier…Two-time All-American who the Pride in dual match team points this season. The 174- placed third at the 2005 NCAA Championships last pound, sixth-ranked senior from Bohemia, New York has year…Three-time CAA champion who has lost just one tallied 62 team points this year and is tied for the team conference match (19-1)…2005 CAA Wrestler of the lead with five tech falls and is third on the roster with Year…Current career record of 117-30. three falls. Patrovich has a 23-3 overall mark and a career best 14-2 record in duals. In 2002-03, he posted a final Mike Patrovich – (174 pounds) Currently ranked sixth in record of 28-11 and was 14-5 in duals. He has won seven the nation with a 23-3 record…Two-time NCAA of his last nine matches. qualifier…Captured the CAA title at 165 pounds last season…Missed the 2003-04 season with an injury and TOMASETTE TO RETURN: Sophomore Dave could receive a sixth year medical hardship waiver from Tomasette, at 125 pounds, is expected to return to action the NCAA for 2006-07 as a graduate student…Current sometime this weekend in Oklahoma. Tomasette, who is career record of 75-21. 10-6 on the year, has wrestled just three times, including last Saturday at Lehigh, in the last 13 matches due to an Chris Vondruska – (165 pounds) One of the hardest- ankle injury. working and most-dedicated wrestlers on the Pride roster… Captured the East Stroudsburg Open title in ANDRIAC STREAK REACHES FIVE: Junior November…Is enjoying the best season of his heavyweight Jon Andriac boosted his win streak to five career…With one year of eligibility remaining, he, too with a 3-0 mark last weekend against Lehigh, Maryland could return as a graduate student in 2006-07…Current and Cornell. The Nassau Community College transfer career record of 46-31 and is 11-1 in CAA matches. posted his 20th win of the year with a 2-0 victory over Matt Pollack last Sunday at #13 Cornell. Andriac leads HOFSTRA WRESTLERS IN THE CAA: Hofstra has the Pride with seven falls this season. seven wrestlers ranked on top of their respective weight classes in the CAA this week. Sophomores Dave CAREER BEST FOR VONDRUSKA: Senior Chris Tomasette (10-6) at 125, Charles Griffin (20-5) at 141 and Vondruska, who is expected to graduate in May, is having Joe Rovelli (22-8) at 184, juniors James Strouse (23-9) the best season of his Hofstra career in 2005-06. The Bay and Chris Vondruska (19-8) at 165, and seniors Jon Masa Village, Ohio native is 19-8 at 165 pounds this year, (26-5) and Mike Patrovich (23-3) at 174 are all ranked topping his previous best mark of 15-11 in 2003-04. number one in the CAA. Vondruska has captured five of his last seven matches. HOFSTRA’S CAA WRESTLERS OF THE WEEK GRIFFIN OUT OF RED TO 20 WINS: Sophomore Dec. 5 – Mike Patrovich Charles Griffin, the 2005 Colonial Athletic Association Dec. 19 – Mike Patrovich Wrestling Rookie of the Year, was pulled out of a redshirt Jan. 3 – Jon Masa year in December and has gone on to become one of the Jan. 10 – Charles Griffin Pride’s more consistent wrestlers. The Reading, Jan. 24 – Jon Masa Pennsylvania native is 20-5 overall and 10-3 in duals in 2005-06 after a 27-6 mark, a CAA championship at 133 THE OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYS THIS pounds and his first appearance in the NCAA YEAR: The Cowboys of Oklahoma State are 14-1 on the Championships last year. He is second on the team in season and ranked second in the nation. The two-time victories by decision with 13 and has racked up 40 defending national champions are riding a five-match winning streak after dropping their first loss in two years, rankings this week.