PHILADELPHIA – Following three wins in one day at the Hofstra Duals last Sunday, the University of Pennsylvania wrestling team returns to The Palestra on December 10 for an intrastate rivalry match against No. 5 Lehigh at 1 p.m.
 
It will be Youth Day for the Quakers (3-1) who will be welcoming Beat The Streets all-stars from Philadelphia and the Lehigh Valley before the dual meet and hosting a clinic with 2000 Olympic gold medalist and Penn alum Brandon Slay for all children in attendance after the dual meet.
 
The Red and Blue are looking for their first home win of the season following a 19-15 loss to Rider last Friday in a dual meet which hung in the balance until the final bout at heavyweight. The Mountain Hawks (4-1) are coming off a 23-19 loss to No. 1 Penn State on Sunday, also a match which wasn't decided until the 10th bout at heavyweight.
 
Notes To Know

• Penn is 10-46-1 all-time against Lehigh in dual meets. The Quakers have not defeated the Mountain Hawks since a 24-12 win in Bethlehem in 2012. Penn's last win over Lehigh at home was a 24-15 win on Feb. 24, 2008.
• Current Penn head coach Roger Reina posted a 4-6 record in dual meets against Lehigh in his first tenure on the bench with the Red and Blue. He was 3-2 against Lehigh in The Palestra.
• There are no expected rematches from last year's dual between the two teams. Penn is expected to have six different starters in the lineup while Lehigh looks to add seven new faces to its starters.
• Penn is 1-0 in EIWA action with a 34-8 win at Hofstra on Sunday. Lehigh enters the weekend with a 2-0 record in EIWA duals. Lehigh opened the season with a 36-2 win at Bucknell and downed Princeton, 25-13, last Friday night.
• Frank Mattiace is 11-1 this season, his only loss to Penn State's No. 9 Anthony Cassar. Eight of Mattiace's 11 wins have come with bonus points.
• Mattiace is 8-0 against EIWA opponents this season. As a team, Penn is 51-25 against EIWA competition so far in 2017-18.
• Freshman Gianni Ghione leads Penn with five pins this season, including two so far in dual meets.
• The Quakers have recorded 20 pins as a team this season through 155 matches (12.9%). Last season, Penn had just 28 wins by fall over 431 total matches (6.5%) 

Penn's Probable Lineup
125: Daniel Planta, Fr. (6-4)
133: Gianni Ghione, Fr. (7-2)
141: Marc Mastropietro, Sr. (0-1) or Jake Lizak, So. (6-4)
149: Joe Oliva, Sr. (5-2)
157: Joe Velliquette, Sr. (7-5) or Jon Errico, So. (5-3)
165: May Bethea, Sr. (6-3)
174: Khamari Whimper, Fr. (7-5)
184: No. 18 Joe Heyob, Sr. (6-1)
197: No. 10 Frank Mattiace, Sr. (11-1)
285: Patrik Garren, Sr. (7-7)
 
Lehigh's Probable Lineup
125: No. 5 Darian Cruz, Sr. (7-0)
133: No. 2 Scott Parker, Jr. (8-0)
141: No. 20 Luke Karam, Fr. (6-2)
149: Jon Mele, Sr. (2-3) or Cortlandt Schuyler, Jr. (2-4)
157: Ian Brown, Sr. (5-3)
165: Gordon Wolf, Jr. (5-2) or No. 14 Cole Walter, So. (2-2)
174: No. 4 Jordan Kutler, So. (7-1)
184: No. 4 Ryan Preisch, Jr. (6-1)
197: Jake Jakobsen, Fr. (4-3) or Chris Weiler, Fr. (2-2)
285: No. 9 Jordan Wood, Fr. (4-3)