Lehigh 25-9 on February 6, 2004, and third-ranked Nebraska 21-17 on November 19, 2004. • Hofstra is undefeated in 37 consecutive dual conference matches posting a 36-0-1 record during that time. The last 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. Today's Penn match is a non-conference match. • The Pride are also on a six-match home winning streak dating back to the start of the 2003-04 season. The last dual match that the Pride dropped was on November 29, 2003 when the ninth-ranked Cornhuskers of Nebraska HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY downed Hofstra 30-10. WRESTLING • Hofstra has dropped just five weight class matches on #6 Hofstra Pride (6-1) the mat in its last five dual matches and three of those losses came at Penn on Sunday, January 16, 2005. All the at other points by opponents came by forfeit. NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals Cleveland State University • Cleveland, OH • This is Hofstra’s 57th season of intercollegiate wrestling. Saturday - Sunday, January 22-23, 2005 The Pride has had nine coaches direct the wrestling program, beginning with Walter “Brick” Stone in 1947 and currently with Tom Ryan, who is in his 10th season. 2004-05 HOFSTRA WRESTLING SCHEDULE/RESULTS • Hofstra sent eight wrestlers to the 2004 NCAA Nov. 19 at #3 Nebraska 17-21 L Championships in St, Louis last March. Four graduated. Nov. 20 at The Omaha Open --------- But the Pride still have seven NCAA qualifiers on their Nov. 28 #2 LEHIGH 23-10 W 2004-05 roster. Four (Chris Skretkowicz, Paul Siemon, Dec. 3-4 at Cliff Keen/Las Vegas Invitational 3rd pl. John Manarte, and James Strouse) from last year and Dec. 11 at Boston University* 36-9 W three (Ricky LaForge, Jon Masa and Mike Patrovich) Dec. 11 at Harvard 39-6 W from the 2003 Championships. Jan. 9 at Sacred Heart* 42-6 W Jan. 15 #23 ARMY 28-9 W HOFSTRA HEAD COACH TOM RYAN: Tom Ryan (Hofstra Wrestling Alumni Day) is in his 10th season as Head Wrestling Coach at Hofstra Jan. 16 at #22 Pennsylvania University. During that time he has rebuilt the Pride into a Jan. 22-23 at NWCA-CK National Duals All Day Top 20 caliber program. He is 91-70-1 at Hofstra but has Jan. 22 vs. #14 Northern Iowa 11 a.m. posted an 84-45-1 mark during the past seven seasons. Jan. 29 at West Virginia 1 p.m. Ryan has received the Coach of the Year award six times, Jan. 30 at Old Dominion* 1 p.m. including five straight times dating back to 2000, and has Feb. 5 CORNELL 1 p.m. won four consecutive conference championships. (Chief Ray Downey Memorial Scholarship Day) Feb. 12 at Drexel* Noon HOFSTRA IN Feb. 12 at Wagner* 6:30 p.m. THE NWCA/ Feb. 13 OKLAHOMA STATE 10 a.m. CLIFF KEEN Feb. 15 RIDER* 7 p.m. NATIONAL Feb. 18 Columbia 7 p.m. DUALS: The Mar. 4-5 at CAA Championships All-Day Pride are (at Boston, MA) seeded fifth in Mar. 17-19 NCAA Championships All Day this year's NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals at the (at St. Louis, MO) Cleveland State University (OH) Convocation Center. * - CAA match; The Division I field includes 13 programs ranked in the Top 22 in this week's USA Today/NWCA Poll. Those HOFSTRA NOTES, STREAKS AND TIDBITS: schools competing that are ranked include Oklahoma • Hofstra is riding a six-match winning streak in dual State (1), Illinois (2), Michigan (4), Lehigh (5), Hofstra matches this season. The Pride has won 14 of its last 16 (6), Minnesota (8), Oklahoma (10), Cornell (11), Central dual matches dating back to last season. Hofstra’s only Michigan (12), Northern Iowa (14), Arizona State (16), losses during that time came at then seventh-ranked Penn State (21) and West Virginia (22). They will be joined by the host Vikings of Cleveland State, The Citadel As of January 19, 2005 and Cal Poly to round out the field of 16. Hofstra, seeded fifth in the field, will face #14 Northern Iowa (3-4), for No. Team (1st pl. votes) W-L Pts. the first time, in the opening round on Saturday at 11 a.m. 1 Oklahoma State (11) 8-0 440 The other half of that bracket has Cal Poly meeting 2 Illinois 6-0 429 fourth-seeded and fifth-ranked Lehigh. (See enclosed entire bracket) The other six seeds are Oklahoma State 3 Iowa State 12-0 418 (1), Illinois (2), Michigan (3), Minnesota (6), Oklahoma 4 Michigan 6-1 406 (7), Cornell (8). The Pride placed seventh with a 3-3 5 Lehigh 12-1 393 record in the 2004 NWCA National Duals. Hofstra 6 Hofstra 6-1 382 defeated #18 Central Michigan (18-17), #16 Cornell (16- 7 Nebraska 13-1-1 380 15) and #20 Pennsylvania (23-15), and lost to #5 Missouri 8 Minnesota 2-3 357 (19-13), #8 Michigan (10-31) and #13 Oklahoma (15-28). 9 Iowa 5-2 352 PROJECTED HOFSTRA STARTERS: Here are 10 Oklahoma 8-1 348 Hofstra's projected starters heading into the NWCA/Cliff 11 Cornell 3-2 321 Keen National Duals 12 Central Michigan 6-1 320 Class Name Record InterMat/AWN/WIN 13 Wisconsin 6-1-1 313 125 Dave Tomasette 11-5 NR/NR/NR 133 Charles Griffin 14-3 NR/NR/20 14 Northern Iowa 3-4 287 141 Ricky LaForge 16-3 6/9/7 15 Missouri 13-2 276 149 Jon Masa 11-4 5/5/6 or 16 Arizona State 5-4-1 260 John Manarte 7-6 NR/NR/NR 17 Indiana 8-1 257 157 James Strouse 13-5 NR/NR/NR 18 Northwestern 7-0 249 165 Mike Patrovich 5-0 13/17/19 174 Paul Siemon 14-4 10/17/13 19 Navy 8-3 237 184 Joe Rovelli 12-4 NR/NR/NR 20 Michigan State 3-2 228 197 Chris Skretkowicz 16-1 2/2/2 21 Penn State 4-4 224 HWT Gian Villante 1-2 NR/NR/NR 22 West Virginia 2-2 215 23 Pennsylvania 3-2 200 24 Army 8-3 189 USA TODAY/NWCA/INTERMAT 25 Northern Illinois 10-2 180 RANKINGS: The Hofstra Pride moved up one spot in this week’s (Jan. 18) USA Today/NWCA NCAA Division I HOFSTRA LAST WEEK Wrestling Poll. Hofstra, who is now JANUARY 15, 2005 vs. #23 ARMY: Four Pride ranked sixth in the nation, has posted the wrestlers posted major decisions to lead seventh-ranked second highest wrestling ranking in Hofstra to a 28-9 victory over the 23rd-ranked Black school history. Hofstra was ranked fourth in a preseason Knights of Army at the Hofstra Arena. The Pride poll in 2003-04. Individually, five Hofstra wrestlers are improved to 5-1 this year while Army slipped to 8-3. The ranked in the Top 20 in their respective weight classes. Pride won eight of the nine matches contested on the mat Senior Chris Skretkowicz remains ranked second in the as only 13th-ranked junior Luke Calvert was able to post country at 197 pounds. Skretkowicz is now 16-1 on the a mat win for Army with an 11-4 decision over Pride season. Junior Jon Masa also holds steady at number five freshman Joe Rovelli. Army also won by forfeit with at 149 pounds this week. Masa is 11-4 on the season. Nathan Thobaben taking the victory at heavyweight. But Senior Ricky LaForge also hold strong at number six at trailing 9-3 after the heavyweight forfeit, Hofstra would 141 pounds this week. LaForge is 16-3 on the season. not lose again. Redshirt freshman Dave Tomasette (10-5) Senior Paul Siemon, who is now 14-4 on the year, also jumped out to an 8-1 first period lead and never looked remained unchanged this week at number 10 at 174 back on the way to a 12-2 major decision over Travis pounds. Junior Mike Patrovich, who is now 5-0 on the Featherstone (8-7) at 125 pounds. Hofstra's 17th-ranked year, moved up one spot from 14 to 13 this week at 165 freshman Charles Griffin (14-2) blanked Army junior pounds. Freshman Charles Griffin, who was 17th at 133 Tony Severo (13-9) 11-0 at 133 pounds to give Hofstra pounds last week, fell out of the ranking this week, after the lead at 11-9. Sixth-ranked senior Ricky LaForge (15- his loss at Penn, despite a 14-3 record this year. 3) made it three straight major decisions for Hofstra with an 11-1 win over Patrick Simpson (13-7) at 141 pounds. At 149 pounds, Hofstra's fifth-ranked junior Jon Masa (11-4), making his first appearance on the mat in a week after struggling with the flu, was taken to the limit by USA TODAY/NWCA DIVISION I POLL freshman Aaron Wernimont (7-8) before being able to squeeze out an 8-7 win. Sophomore James Strouse (12-5) W.I.N. MAGAZINE’S TOP 25 recorded a 10-1 major decision over Brandon Benson (7- Team (Previous Ranking from Jan. 11, 2005) 9) at 157 pounds before 14th-ranked junior Mike 1. Oklahoma State (1st) Patrovich (4-0) posted a 6-1 victory over Chad Marzec 2. Michigan (2nd) (12-7) at 165. The Pride's 10th-ranked senior Paul Siemon 3.