LEHIGH WRESTLING SCHEDULE/RESULTS No. 23 LEHIGH AT No. 5 IOWA Nov. 8 Thu. BINGHAMTON (Grace) W, 23-16 LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (3-2) AT IOWA HAWKEYES (6-0) 16 Fri. at No. 2 Penn State L, 29-6 CARVER-HAWKEYE ARENA (2,130)• IOWA CITY, IOWA 17 Sat. at Bloomsburg W, 18-12 30 Fri. HOFSTRA (Grace) W, 34-7 DECEMBER 6, 2012 • 5:00 PM (ET) Dec. SETTING THE SCENE 1 Sat. PENN* (Grace) L, 24-12 For the fi rst time since 2002 the Lehigh wrestling team heads to Iowa as the 23rd-ranked 6 Thu. at Iowa 5:00 Mountain Hawks meet the fi fth-ranked Hawkeyes at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The 29-30 Sat.-Sun. at Midlands Championships all day Mountain Hawks are coming off an up-and-down weekend at home where they posted an impressive 34-7 win over Hofstra before stumbling 24-12 against Penn in their EIWA Jan. 6 Sun. CORNELL* (Grace) 2:00 opener. Senior Robert Hamlin, junior Joey Napoli and sophomore Nathaniel Brown were 12 Sat. at Navy* 2:00 the only three wrestlers to post 2-0 marks last weekend. Iowa improved to 6-0 with a 32-3 13 Sun. at American* 2:00 rout of rival Iowa State on Saturday night. The Hawkeyes feature eight nationally ranked 18 Fri.. at Rutgers* 7:00 wrestlers and fi ve All-Americans among their probable starters. 25 Fri. OKLAHOMA (Stabler) 7:00 26 Sat. OREGON STATE (Grace) 2:00 FAST FACTS Feb. 10 Sun. HARVARD* (Grace) 1:00 • The Mountain Hawks have fi nished eighth in each of the last two NCAA Champion- 10 Sun. BROWN* (Grace) 3:00 ships with a total of one national champion, four national fi nalists and seven All-Ameri- 15 Fri. at Pittsburgh 7:00 cans in those two years. 16 Sat. at Clarion 2:00 • Lehigh is 2-18 all-time in dual meets in the state of Iowa and makes its fi rst visit to the 22 Fri. at Bucknell* 7:00 state since 2002. Mar. • Lehigh is 5-3 against current Big Ten schools (excluding rival Penn State) under Pat 8-9 Fri.-Sat. at EIWA Championships (at Rutgers) Santoro. 21-23Thu-Sat. at NCAA Championships (Des Moines) PROBABLE MATCHUPS * - EIWA Opponent LEHIGH IOWA 125 Alex Abreu (Jr., Highlands Ranch, Colo.) vs. No. 1 Matt McDonough (Sr., Marion, Iowa) 133 Cody Kievman (Fr., Minersville, Pa.) MEDIA INFORMATION vs. No. 2 Tony Ramos (Jr., Carol Stream, Ill.) Contact 141 No. 18 Anthony Salupo (So., Lakewood, Ohio) Steve Lomangino vs. No. 12 Mark Ballweg (Sr., Waverly, Iowa) Offi ce: . (610) 758-3174 149 Shane Welsh (Sr., Lower Burrell, Pa.) Cell . (917) 579-0976 vs. Brody Grothus (Fr., Davenport, Iowa) OR E-mail: . [email protected] Michael Kelly (So., Cedar Falls, Iowa) Web: . .www.lehighsports.com 157 No. 4 Joey Napoli (Jr., Boiling Springs, Pa.) Twitter: . @LehighSports vs. No. 1 Derek St. John (Jr., Parnell, Iowa) . @LehighWrestling 165 Eric Hess (Fr., Benton, Pa.) Facebook: . vs. No. 18 Nick Moore (So., Iowa City, Iowa) . .Facebook.com/LehighAthletics 174 Nathaniel Brown (So., Lewisburg, Pa.) vs. No. 11 Mike Evans (So., Enola, Pa.) OR Broadcast Coverage: Grant Gambrall (Sr., Iowa City, Iowa) 184 No. 2 Robert Hamlin (Sr., Jonesville, Vt.) Radio : ESPN Radio 1230 and 1320 be- vs. No. 8 Ethen Lofthouse (Jr., Avon, Utah) ginning at 4:45 (ET) with Steve 197 John Bolich (Fr., Willow Grove, Pa.) Lomangino vs. Tomas Lira (Jr., Nichols, Iowa) OR Nathan Burak (Fr., Colorado Springs, Colo.) Internet: Lehighsports.com, with stream- 285 Jack Delia (Fr., Lebanon, N.J.) ing audio powered by Stretch Internet. vs. No. 5 Bobby Telford (So., Hockessin, Del.) Rankings: Amateur Wrestling News, 12/4/12 Television: None 34-TIME EIWA CHAMPIONS 27 INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Lehigh Athletic Media RelationsExperience • 641 Taylor Street, Lehigh Bethlehem, Football PA • Phone 2003 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 No. 23 LEHIGH AT No. 5 IOWA • PAGE TWO IN THE POLLS LAST TIME THEY MET DECEMBER 1, 2002 - IOWA CITY, IOWA IOWA 25 - LEHIGH 13 USA TODAY/NWCA/AWN Top 25 (12/4/12) Lehigh’s attempt for its fi rst-ever dual meet win against the University of Iowa fell short against the second-ranked Hawkeyes at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Only four Mountain 1. Penn State Hawks were able to muster wins against the Hawkeyes, including Jon Trenge, who 2. Oklahoma State routed Ryan Fulsaas 21-14 at 197. Cory Cooperman scored an upset over fourth-ranked 3. Minnesota Cliff Moore, 8-2 at 133, while Derek Zinck also upset a top-ten wrestler, downing sixth- 4. Ohio State ranked Matt Anderson 8-4 at 157. Troy Letters produced Lehigh’s only other win, and its 5. Iowa only bonus-point victory with a 10-2 major decision over Jason D’Agata at 165. 6. Illinois 7. Missouri 125 Luke Eustice (Iowa) Fall Terrance Clendenin (LU) 4:59 8. Cornell 133 Cory Cooperman (LU) dec. Cliff Moore (Iowa) 8-2 141 Luke Moffi tt (Iowa) dec. Tristan Boyd (LU) 4-2 9. Nebraska 149 Ty Eustice (Iowa) major dec. Aaron Kling (LU) 25-10 10. Oklahoma 157 Derek Zinck (LU) dec. Matt Anderson (Iowa) 8-4 11. Central Michigan 165 Troy Letters (LU) major dec. Jason D’Agata (Iowa) 10-2 12. Northwestern 174 Tyler Nixt (Iowa) dec. Brad Dillon (LU) 6-5 13. Virginia Tech 184 Jessman Smith (Iowa) dec. Travis Frick (LU) 5-2 14. Michigan 197 Jon Trenge (LU) dec. Ryan Fulsaas (Iowa) 21-14 15. Oregon State 285 Steve Mocco (Iowa) Fall Joe Sahl (LU) 1:54 16. Pittsburgh 17. Maryland LEHIGH HEAD COACH PAT SANTORO 18. Virginia Coach Santoro is in his fi fth season as the Lawrence White ‘64 Head Coach of Wrestling 19. Edinboro at Lehigh. In four-plus seasons Santoro, a two-time EIWA Coach of the Year, has led the 20. Wyoming Mountain Hawks to a 69-17-1 dual meet record. He has coached six individuals to a total 21. Purdue of seven EIWA titles, four Mountain Hawks to a total of eight All-American medals, and 22. Penn one national champion, Zach Rey in 2011. He spent fi ve years resurrecting the Maryland program, as he went 48-41-1 in duals and guided the Terrapins to an ACC title in 2008. 23. Lehigh Prior to his stint at Maryland, Santoro spent nine seasons as an assistant coach at Lehigh. 24. Old Dominion He was named NWCA Assistant Coach of the Year in 2003 after helping guide the Brown 25. Bloomsburg 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. INTERMAT (For Santoro’s complete bio, see page seven) TOURNAMENT STRENGTH Top 15 (11/27/12) IOWA HEAD COACH TOM BRANDS Three-time Big Ten Coach of the Year, Tom Brands, is in his seventh season at Iowa. In 1. Penn State six years as Iowa’s head coach, Brands has led the Hawkeyes to three NCAA and Big Ten 2. Oklahoma State team titles, crowning seven NCAA champions, 10 Big Ten champions and 34 All-Ameri- 3. Minnesota cans. The 2008 NWCA Coach of the Year, Brands returned to Iowa after two seasons as 4. Iowa head coach at Virginia Tech. Prior to that he spent 12 seasons as an assistant coach for the Hawkeyes. A 1996 Olympic gold medalist and member of wrestling’s Hall of Fame, 5. Illinois Brands was a four-time All-American and three-time national champion (1989-92) at 6. Ohio State Iowa. 7. Missouri 8. Cornell LEHIGH HEAD COACHING LEGACY 9. Central Michigan Coach Seasons Record 9. Oklahoma Frank Lynch 1910-11 3-4-0 11. Virginia Tech Billy Sheridan 1912-52 223-86-7 12. Pittsburgh Gerry Leeman 1953-70 161-38-4 13. Oregon State Thad Turner 1971-88 171-104-5 14. Edinboro Tom Hutchinson 1989-94 29-62-3 15. Northwestern Bob Latessa 1994-95 11-2-0 16. Lehigh Greg Strobel 1996-08 189-84-1 Pat Santoro 2008-present 69-17-1 Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 No. 23 LEHIGH AT No. 5 IOWA • PAGE THREE SERIES HISTORY LEHIGH DUALS BY MONTH... Lehigh and Iowa meet for the 24th time today and the fi rst time November: ........................................... 3-1 since December 2002. The Mountain Hawks have never defeated December: ............................................ 0-1 the Hawkeyes, dropping the previous 23 duals, including all 13 January: ................................................ 0-0 matches contested in Iowa. Lehigh and Iowa met once in 21 con- February: .............................................0-0 secutive seasons from 1972 to 1992. Iowa is one of eight schools that Lehigh owns zero all-time wins against, but it is the only LEHIGH IN DUALS DECIDED... school in the group Lehigh has wrestled more than two times. By 5 points or fewer: .......................... 0-0 By 6-9 points: .....................................2-0 Meets Record First Most recent By 10-20 points ...................................0-1 Lehigh vs. Iowa 23 0-23 1972 2002 (Dec.) By over 20 points: ............................... 1-1 Lehigh-Iowa series continued... Last Lehigh win: never LEHIGH BY THE NUMBERS... Last Iowa win: 12/1/02 - Iowa 25, Lehigh 13 (at Iowa) Dual matches at home: .....................2-1 Closest meeting: 12/4/86 - Iowa 18, Lehigh 17 (at Lehigh) At Grace Hall ......................................2-1 Most lopsided meeting: 1/11/86 - Iowa 47, Lehigh 0 (at Iowa) At Stabler Arena ................................