LEHIGH WRESTLING SCHEDULE/RESULTS SHERIDAN DUAL: No. 8 LEHIGH vs. No. 10 ARIZONA STATE Nov. 10 Thu. RIDER (Grace) W 26-15 ARIZONA STATE (3-0) at LEHIGH (3-1) 13 Sun. vs. Williamson@ W 50-6 STABLER ARENA (5,600) 13 Sun. vs. Lock Haven@ W 32-3 13 Sun. at Penn State@ L 18-17 BETHLEHEM, PA • NOV. 17, 2005 • 7:00 17 Thu. ARIZONA STATE (Stabler) 7:00 27 Sun. RUTGERS* (Grace) 2:00 Dec. SETTING THE SCENE 2 Fri. at Oklahoma State 8:00 It will be a showdown between top-ten teams at Stabler Arena as No. 8 Lehigh 3 Sat. at Oklahoma 8:00 welcomes the tenth-ranked Sun Devils of Arizona State in the 2005-06 Billy Sheridan 29-30Thu.-Fri.at Southern Scuffle TBD Memorial Dual. The Mountain Hawks are looking to bounce back from a tough one- Jan. 6 Fri. PENN STATE (Stabler) 7:00 point loss to rival Penn State on Sunday in the finals of the Pennsylvania State Dual 8 Sun. at Michigan 2:00 Championships. The Sun Devils opened the season with three victories at the Portland 8 Sun. at Eastern Michigan 5:00 State Duals. Arizona State won the Pac-10 a year ago and finished 13th nationally with a 13 Fri. PITTSBURGH (Grace) 7:00 pair of All-American selections in current seniors Brian Stith and Cain Velasquez. 14 Sat. NAVY* (Grace) 3:00 22 Sun. at Cornell* 1:00 28 Sat at Harvard* 10:30 FAST FACTS 28 Sat. at Brown* 3:00 • Lehigh has won the last four EIWA team championships and has placed in the top ten Feb. at the NCAA Championships in five of the last six years. 4 Sat. HOFSTRA (Grace) 1:00 4 Sat. MARYLAND (Grace) 3:00 • In 2005 the Mountain Hawks placed three wrestlers in the top-three at nationals for 12 Sun. at Army* 5:00 just the fifth time in 75 years. 19 Sun. at Penn* 2:00 19 Sun. at Drexel 5:00 PROBABLE MATCHUPS Mar. 4-5 Sat.-Sun.EIWA Championships (at Lehigh)11:00 16-18Thu.-Sat.NCAA Championships TBD LEHIGH ARIZONA STATE (at Oklahoma City) Home matches in CAPS 125 Matt Fisk (Fr., Wyalusing, Pa.) * - EIWA Opponent vs. No. 9 Jeremy Mendoza (Sr., Temecula, Calif.) @ - Penn State Dual Championships (at Penn State) 133 Jeff Santo (So., Wind Gap, Pa.) vs. Adam Hickey (So., Mayfield, Ohio) OR MEDIA INFORMATION 141 No. 3 Cory Cooperman (Sr., Easton, Pa.) Contact vs. Jason Robbins (Fr., Orlando, Fla.) Steve Lomangino 149 Trevor Chinn (Fr., Canandaigua, N.Y.) Office: . (610) 758-3174 vs. Pat Payne (So., Poway, Calif.) Cell . (917) 579-0976 157 No. 12 Derek Zinck (Sr., Upper Perkiomen, Pa) E-mail: . [email protected] vs. Kevin Gaughan (Jr., New Fairfield, Conn.) On Television 165 No. 2 Troy Letters (Sr., Shaler, Pa.) Tonight’s match can be seen live on vs. No. 11 Patrick Pitsch (So., Spanaway, Wash.) Service Electric 2 Sports with Doug 174 No. 7 Travis Frick (Sr,. Nazareth, Pa.) Heater and Bob Hartman delivering vs. Alex Pavlenko (Fr., Mesa, Ariz.) OR all the action. Jamie Robbins (Jr., Mesa, Ariz.) 184 David Helfrich (Jr., Sweet Home, Ore.) On the Radio and Internet vs. Jason Trulson (So., Fountain Hills, Ariz.) Tonight’s match will be broadcast on 197 Matt Cassidy (Jr., Plum, Pa.) ESPN Radio 1230 and 1320, as well as vs. No. 10 Ryan Bader (Sr., Reno, Nev.) www.lehighsports.com. Coverage HWT Tom Curl (Jr., Paulsboro, N.J.) will begin at 6:45 and will be pro- vs. No. 4 Cain Velasquez (Sr., Yuma, Ariz.) vided by Steve Lomangino and Gary Brownell. Streaming audio and video of tonight’s match is powered by 33-TIME EIWA CHAMPIONS Yahoo! Sports. 26 INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 6Experience41 Taylor Stree Lehight, Bethlehem, Football PA 2003• Phone 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 No. 8 LEHIGH VS. No. 10 ARIZONA STATE • PAGE TWO IN THE POLLS LAST TIME THEY MET JANUARY 19, 2002 - COLUMBUS, OHIO ARIZONA STATE 21 - LEHIGH 21 THE WRESTLING MALL Top 15 (Preseason) Lehigh was ousted from the NWCA National Duals when Arizona State claimed a rare 21-21 criteria decision over Lehigh. The ten bouts were split five and five, with each 1. Oklahoma State team holding a six-point victory. Tristan Boyd won by forfeit to get the Mountain 2. Oklahoma Hawks on the board, but Kellan Fluckinger of ASU pinned Joe Sahl at heavyweight. 3. Michigan The next criteria was five point technical falls, in which Arizona State led 1-0. Warren 4. Iowa Stout, Brad Dillon and Rob Rohn all won bouts by major decision while Jon Trenge 5. Minnesota picked up a sudden victory win over Erik Gladish at 197. 6. Illinois 7. Iowa State 125 Mike Simpson (ASU) maj. dec. Mario Stuart (LU) 18-9 133 David Douglas (ASU) dec. Dan Hyman (LU) 4-0 8. Lehigh 141 Tristan Boyd (LU) W Forfeit 9. Arizona State 149 Quinn Foster (ASU) dec. Troy Minarovic (LU) 6-0 10. Cornell 157 Warren Stout (LU) maj. dec. Danny Alcocer (ASU) 18-7 11. Indiana 165 Nick Frost (ASU) tech. fall. Ted Dufresne (LU) 19-3 12. Penn State 174 Brad Dillon (LU) maj. dec. Chris Petrie (ASU) 13-4 13. Northwestern 184 Rob Rohn (LU) maj. dec. Will Carr (ASU) 14-4 14. Missouri 197 Jon Trenge (LU) dec. Erik Gladish (ASU) 6-4 s.v. 15. Central Michigan HWT Kellan Fluckinger (ASU) WBF Joe Sahl (LU) 1:35 LEHIGH HEAD COACH GREG STROBEL Coach Strobel is in his eleventh season guiding the Mountain Hawks. Through his first ten-plus seasons, he has posted a dual record of 153-56 (.733). Last season, Strobel INTERMAT RANKINGS coached three All-Americans and guided Lehigh to its fourth straight EIWA title and Top 15 (Preseason) fifth of the Greg Strobel Era. Just two years ago Strobel coached five All-Americans (the most since 1980) and was named NWCA National Coach of the Year. His teams have finished in the top ten at nationals in five of the last six years. Since arriving at Lehigh, 1. Oklahoma State Strobel has coached 27 All-Americans, 23 EIWA Champions and two National Champi- 2. Oklahoma ons. The 1975 Oregon State graduate also coached the 2000 U.S. Olympic team. 3. Michigan 4. Illinois ARIZONA STATE HEAD COACH THOM ORTIZ 5. Iowa Coach Ortiz is in his fifth season at the helm of the Arizona State wrestling program. 6. Minnesota Ortiz led the Sun Devils to their fifth Pac-10 Championship in 2005 and was honored as 7. Iowa State the conference’s Coach of the Year for the second time (2003). In four-plus seasons in 8. Lehigh Tempe, he has guided the Sun Devils to a 46-26-1 dual record. Prior to coming to 9. Cornell Arizona State, Ortiz served as an assistant under Bobby Douglas at Iowa State, where he 10. Arizona State recruited and coached the legendary Cael Sanderson. A 1990 graduate of Arizona State, 11. Northwestern Ortiz was a three-time All-American and Pac-10 Champion on the mats for ASU. 12. Penn State 13. Central Michigan BILLY SHERIDAN: TRIBUTE TO A LEGEND 14. Missouri Tonight’s Lehigh-Arizona State match is the annual Billy Sheridan Memorial Dual. 15. Wisconsin Sheridan guided the Lehigh wrestling program from 1912-1952. The All-time leader in dual wins at Lehigh, Sheridan amassed a record of 222-86-8. He guided Lehigh to a 51-4 record from 1928-1934, a time in which the Brown and White won 13 individual EIWA titles and six team crowns. He guided the Lehigh teams that won five EIWA team championships in a row from 1931-35, a feat the 2005-06 Mountain Hawks will look to duplicate. Sheridan coached Lehigh’s first five NCAA Champions and also started the popular Lehigh Intramural Tournament, which was a South Mountain tradition for over 60 years. Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 No. 8 LEHIGH VS. No. ARIZONA STATE • PAGE THREE SERIES HISTORY SENIOR SUCCESS Lehigh and Arizona State have met three times before, with The Mountain Hawks are led by five seniors this season, giving the Sun Devils holding a 2-1 series advantage. Two of the Greg Strobel one of his most experienced teams at Lehigh. A three meetings have taken place as part of the National Duals, look at the class of 2006 and their wrestling accomplishments. including the last meeting in which Arizona State won 21-21 by a criteria decision in Columbus, Ohio in 2002. Tonight’s 141 - Cory Cooperman match marks Arizona State’s first ever visit to Bethlehem. Two time All-American: 2005 (3rd), 2004 (7th) Three time NCAA Qualifier: 2005, 2004 (141), 2003 (133) Meets Record First Most recent EIWA Champion: 2005 (141), 2003 (133). Runner up: 2004 Lehigh vs. Arizona State 3 1-2-0 1998 2002 157 - Derek Zinck 1/19/02 Arizona State 21 Lehigh 21 All-American: 2003 (8th) Columbus, Ohio - National Duals Three-time NCAA Qualifier: 2003, 2004, 2005 Highlight: ASU wins by criteria decision, eliminates Lehigh EIWA Champion: 2003. Runner-up 2004, 2005 11/26/99 Lehigh 26 Arizona State 9 165 - Troy Letters Tempe, Ariz. - Desert Duals 2004 NCAA Champion Highlight: Dave Esposito 14-3 MD over top ten Quinn Foster Three-time All-American: 2005 (3rd), 2004 (1st), 2003 (2nd) Three-time EIWA Champion 1/18/98 Arizona State 22 Lehigh 15 Iowa City, Iowa - National Duals 174 - Travis Frick Highlight: Esposito upsets Foster for first time with WBF All-American: 2004 (8th - 184) Three-time NCAA Qualifier: 2003, 2004 (184), 2005 (174) NCAA CHAMPIONS EIWA Champion: 2004 (184) EIWA Third place: 2003, 2005 Twenty Lehigh Wrestlers have won 26 NCAA championships, ranking fifth nationally.