PHILADELPHIA – Penn Wrestling will take on #19 Princeton and Drexel this weekend in dual meet action. The Quakers will be at Princeton on Saturday and then host Drexel at The Palestra on Sunday for Senior Day.
This Sunday #TheMovement will honor its eight seniors prior to the meet.
Neil Antrassian, Grant Arnoff,
Greg Bensley,
Jake Hendricks,
Willy Kaiser,
Blair Orr, and
Josh Swanson will all be celebrated for their hard work and dedication to Penn Wrestling over the last four years. Penn will also honor a senior team manager,
Eva Faenza for her commitment and hard work to Penn Wrestling.
MATCH INFORMATION
#18 Penn (5-2, 5-1 EIWA, 3-1 Ivy League) at #19 Princeton (5-3, 4-1 EIWA, 3-1 IVY )
Feb. 12, 2022 | 1 p.m. | Dillon Gymnasium | Princeton, N.J.
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#18 Penn (5-2, 5-1 EIWA, 3-1 IVY) vs. Drexel (5-7, 4-3 EIWA)
Feb. 6, 2022 | 12 p.m. | The Palestra | Philadelphia, Pa.
Watch | NBCSP (local audience only)
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Last weekend, then-#19 Penn went 2-1 on the weekend to improve to 5-2 overall. The Quakers weekend started with a huge victory at #14 Lehigh, 24-7. The visitors jumped out to a 12-0 lead that started with an overtime victory by #21
Lucas Revano, #18 Incontrera, #32
Neil Antrassian, and #29
Cole Urbas all followed with their own victories. Penn battled #11 Cornell to a 20-12 loss at The Palestra on Sunday. Revano kicked things off with an 8-2 decision. After the next five bouts would go the Big Red's way, #9
Michael Colaiocco won 7-4 and then #16
CJ Composto followed that with a 5-1 decision pulling Penn within seven. Cornell would clinch the meet with a major decision at 149 pounds but #20
Doug Zapf ended the meet on a high note as he won 4-2. The final meet of the weekend was all Penn as it would trounce LIU, 50-0. Revano, Antrassian and Zapf all won by major decision. Incontrera, Urbas, Colaiocco, and Artalona all won by technical fall. #29
Ben Goldin and
Blair Orr went back-to-back with pins for the Quakers.
Princeton went 1-1 last week defeating Rider, 33-7, and losing to #11 Cornell, 21-12. The loss to Cornell ended a four-meet win streak. Princeton picked up wins against the Big Red at 125, 141, 157, and 165 pounds. Princeton's roster features four ranked wrestlers including #1 Patrick Glory (125).
Drexel went 2-1 last weekend with wins over Hofstra and LIU. The Dragons loss was to #11 Cornell. The loss to the Big Red ended a three-meet win streak. Drexel currently has four ranked wrestlers including #32 Luke Nichter (149), #32 Parker Kropman (157), #24 Evan Barczak (165), #9 Michael O'Malley (174),
Quaker Notemeal
* For the 2021-22 season,
Roger Reina has named
Carmen Ferrante,
Zapf, and
Ben Goldin as captains for the #TheMovement.
*For the third week in a row Penn had at least one wrestler ranked in each of the ten weight classes
* Ten Quakers currently hold national rankings* as announced by six national outlets.
Miller (125),
Colaiocco (133),
Composto (141),
Anthony Artalona (149),
Zapf (157),
Lucas Revano (165),
Nick Incontrera (174),
Neil Antrassian (184),
Cole Urbas (197),
Goldin (285) all earned national rankings.
PENN'S PROJECTED LINEUP *
125: #20
Ryan Miller or
Blair Orr
133: #9
Michael Colaiocco
141: #16
CJ Composto or
Carmen Ferrante
149: #20
Anthony Artalona
157: #20
Doug Zapf
165: #21
Lucas Revano
174: #18
Nick Incontrera
184: #32
Neil Antrassian
197: #29
Cole Urbas or
Greg Bensley
285: #29
Ben Goldin
PRINCETON'S PROJECTED LINEUP *
125: #1 Patrick Glory
133: Nick Kayal/Brandon Spellman
141: Danny Coles
149: Marshall Keller
157: #8 Quincy Monday
165: Jake Marsh/Blaine Bergey
174: Nate Dugan
184: #22 Travis Stefanik
197: #17 Luke Stout
285: Matt Cover
DREXEL'S PROJECTED LINEUP *
125: Kyle Waterman, Antonio Mininno
133: Jaxon Maroney, Deon Pleasant
141: Jared Donahue
149: Tyler Williams, #32 Luke Nichter
157: #32 Parker Kropman
165: #24 Evan Barczak, Michael Martinak
174: Mickey O'Malley, Riley Onorato
184: Bryan McLaughlin, Josh Stillings
197: Santino Morina
285: Eli Anthony, Liam Dietrich
*Rankings listed are individuals highest ranking from the following list of rankings: Amateur Wrestling News, Flo-wrestling, Intermat, Wrestlstat, The Open Mat, and Wrestling Insider Newsmag.
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