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Wrestling Set for Three Matches This Weekend

PHILADELPHIA – Penn Wrestling set for three dual meets this weekend. The Quakers will travel to Lehigh on Friday and then host Cornell and LIU on Sunday. Penn Wrestling will team up with Penn Gymnastics to host Cornell Wrestling and Gymnastics for Rumble and Tumble.

MATCH INFORMATION
#19 Penn (3-1, 3-0 EIWA 3-0 Ivy League) at Lehigh (8-5, 4-0 EIWA)
Jan. 28, 2022 | 7 p.m. | Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall | Bethlehem, Pa.

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#19 Penn (3-1, 3-0 EIWA 3-0 IVY) vs. #11 Cornell (8-2, 3-0 EIWA, 3-0 IVY)
Feb. 6, 2022 | 1 p.m. | The Palestra | Philadelphia, Pa.

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#19 Penn (3-1, 3-0 EIWA 3-0 IVY) vs. LIU (0-10, 0-4 EIWA)
Feb. 6, 2022 | 3:30 p.m. | The Palestra | Philadelphia, Pa.

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Penn is coming off successful road trip, picking up wins at Brown and Harvard last Friday. The Quakers day started with a 36-3 victory at Brown in Providence and then closed out the night at Harvard with a 29-6 victory. Penn jumped out to 10-0 leads in both meets highlighted by #9 Michael Colaiocco going 2-0 on the day with a pair of major decisions. #15 CJ Composto battled back to beat Timmothy Levine (Brown) in overtime, 16-10. #33 Ben Goldin closed out the Brown meet winning by tech. fall and then closed out the Harvard meet with a 25-11 decision.  Including Colaiocco, seven Quakers went 2-0 on the day as Penn won the day by a 65-9 combined score.  
 
Lehigh is coming off a 26-9 loss at #4 Oklahoma State on Sunday. Josh Humphreys (157), Brian Meyer (165), and Jordan Wood (285) picked up wins for the Mountain Hawks.
 
Cornell is currently riding a five-match win streak with recent victories over Columbia (31-9) and Navy (34-9). Prior to the Big Reds match at Penn they will take on #20 Princeton.
 
LIU is a pair of losses to The Citadel (28-17) and Davidson (21-20). In the meet against Davidson, LUI came close to defeating the 'Cats as Devin Matthews (141) earned a major decision but lost at 149 pounds as Davidson took the meet 21-20.
 
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
 
LEHIGH'S PROJECTED LINEUP *
125: Jaret Lane
133: Malyke Hines
141: Connor McGonagle
149: Manzona Bryant IV or Dan Moran or Paul Watkins
157: Josh Humphreys
165: Brian Meyer
174: Jake Logan
184: AJ Burkhart
197: JT Davis or Eli Jones
285: Jordan Wood
 
CORNELL'S PROJECTED LINEUP *
125: #3 Vito Arujau or Greg Diakomihalis
133: #30 Dom LaJoie or Phillip Moomey
141: JJ Wilson or Cole Handlovic
149: #1 Yianni Diakomihalis or Mike Venosa
157: #25 Hunter Richard or Adam Santoro
165: #8 Julian Ramirez or Jake Brindley
174: #12 Chris Foca or Andrew Berreyesa
184: #15 Jonathan Loew or Ethan Hatcher
197: #19 Jacob Cardenas or Ben Darmstadt
285: #17 Lewis Fernandes or Brendan Furman
 
LIU'S PROJECTED LINEUP *
125: Robbie Sagaris and Kaelen Francois
133: Kaelen Francois?
141: Devin Matthews
149: Drew Witham
157: James Johnston and Rhise Royster
165: Blake Bahna
174: Ryan Ferro
184: James Langan
197: Nunzio Crowley and Karl Oz Bouyer
285: Tim Nagosky
 
*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.
 
#TheMovement
#FightOnPenn
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Neil Antrassian

Neil Antrassian

184
Senior
Anthony Artalona

Anthony Artalona

149
Junior
Greg Bensley

Greg Bensley

197
Senior
Michael Colaiocco

Michael Colaiocco

133
Sophomore
CJ Composto

CJ Composto

141
Sophomore
Carmen Ferrante

Carmen Ferrante

133
Junior
Ben Goldin

Ben Goldin

285
Junior
Nick  Incontrera

Nick Incontrera

174
Freshman
Ryan Miller

Ryan Miller

125
Freshman
Blair Orr

Blair Orr

125
Senior
Lucas Revano

Lucas Revano

157/165
Sophomore
Cole Urbas

Cole Urbas

197
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Neil Antrassian

Neil Antrassian

Senior
184
Anthony Artalona

Anthony Artalona

Junior
149
Greg Bensley

Greg Bensley

Senior
197
Michael Colaiocco

Michael Colaiocco

Sophomore
133
CJ Composto

CJ Composto

Sophomore
141
Carmen Ferrante

Carmen Ferrante

Junior
133
Ben Goldin

Ben Goldin

Junior
285
Nick  Incontrera

Nick Incontrera

Freshman
174
Ryan Miller

Ryan Miller

Freshman
125
Blair Orr

Blair Orr

Senior
125
Lucas Revano

Lucas Revano

Sophomore
157/165
Cole Urbas

Cole Urbas

Sophomore
197