PHILADELPHIA – The 24th-ranked University of Pennsylvania Wrestling team is set for a pair of dual meets this weekend. The weekend will start with a home dual against #20 Lehigh for a 6 p.m. dual at The Palestra on Friday night and will conclude with a 1 p.m. road dual at Columbia on Sunday. Penn earned wins over both team's last season.
MEET INFORMATION
#24 Penn (2-4, 1-0 EIWA, 0-0 Ivy League) vs. #20 Lehigh (5-6, 2-1 EIWA)
Jan. 20, 2023 | 6 p.m. | The Palestra | Philadelphia, Pa.
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#24 Penn (2-4, 1-0 EIWA, 0-0 Ivy League) at Columbia (1-4, 0-0 EIWA, 0-0 Ivy League)
Jan. 22, 2023 | 1 p.m. | Schiller Court at Levien Gymnasium | New York, N.Y.
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Scouting the opponents
Lehigh is coming off a 1-1 week. The Mountain Hawks lost a tightly-contested battle at #6 Cornell. After winning the opening bout, Lehigh lost the next four bouts to trail 15-3 in the meet. Three-straight decision wins at 184, 197, and 285 pulled the Mountain Hawks within three of the Big Red. Cornell took a win at 125 that all but sealed up the dual. Lehigh won the final bout by decision, but it was not enough as Cornell won the meet 18-15. Lehigh closed out the weekend with a 26-12 victory at Binghamton. Behind a tech fall from Malyke Hines and a pin from Max Brignola turned a 6-3 Binghamton advantage to a 14-6 Lehigh lead, a lead they would maintain to the end.
Columbia also went 1-1 last week. The Lions opened the weekend with a commanding 48-0 shutout of American in the Nation's Capital. Two pins and six major decisions propelled Columbia to the 48-point victory, its first dual win of 2022-23. The weekend ended with a 23-12 loss to #13 Oklahoma in New York. Columbia held strong with the Cowboys through the first seven bouts. Oklahoma won the final three bouts with a pair of decisions and a tech fall to take the meet 23-12.
Quaker Notemeal
* For the second straight season, head coach
Roger Reina has named
Carmen Ferrante,
Doug Zapf, and
Ben Goldin as captains for the #TheMovement.
* Seven Quakers continue to earn national recognition.
Ryan Miller (125),
Michael Colaiocco (133),
Anthony Artalona (149),
Doug Zapf (157),
Nick Incontrera (174),
Cole Urbas (197), and
Ben Goldin (285) all earned national rankings.
* Penn is coming off a one-point loss at Stanford last weekend. The Quakers earned wins from
Ryan Miller (125),
Michael Colaiocco (133),
Carmen Ferrante (141),
Anthony Artalona (157), and
Maximus Hale (184).
* Penn will be well represented in the EIWA Hall of Fame Class of 2023 as Clint Mater C'97 W'97 and Dr. Rick Springman EAS'02 Gr'09 will be inducted into the EIWA Hall of Fame. Tickets for the 119th EIWA Championships are on sale now and can be purchased
here.
PROJECTED PENN LINEUP *
125: #30
Ryan Miller (10-7)
133: #8
Michael Colaiocco (15-3)
141:
Carmen Ferrante (11-8)
149: #11
Doug Zapf (14-5)
157: #12
Anthony Artalona (17-4)
165:
Lucas Revano (13-9)
174: #17
Nick Incontrera (16-5)
184:
Maximus Hale (6-10),
Connor Strong (6-1)
197: #33
Cole Urbas (11-8)
285: #32
Ben Goldin (12-9)
PROJECTED LEHIGH LINEUP *
125: Carter Bailey (5-4), Killian Delaney (2-2)
133: #6 Connor McGonagle (8-1)
141 Malyke Hines (8-7)
149: #26 Max Brignola (8-6), Manzona Bryant IV (1-4)
157: #5 Josh Humphreys (9-0),Tyler Sung (2-3)
165 Luca Frinzi (9-4), Connor Herceg (7-6)
174 Jake Logan (7-8), AJ Burkhart (4-4)
184: #19 Tate Samuelson (9-7)
197: #3 Michael Beard (9-2)
285: #31 Nathan Taylor (9-6)
PROJECTED COLUMBIA LINEUP *
125: HM/32 Nick Babin (12-7)
133: HM/32 Angelo Rini (8-7)
141: HM/25 Matt Kazimir (11-5)
149: Danny Fongaro (12-8)
157: HM/26 Cesar Alvan (11-4)
165: 20/17 Joshua Ogunsanya (11-4)
174: HM/33 Lennox Wolak (10-5)
184: Aaron Ayzerov (11-5)
197: Javen Jovero (7-10), Jack Wehmeyer (6-5)
285: Danny Conley (8-9), Billy McChesney (10-9)
*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. Columbia rankings are listed as FloWrestling/Intermat.
Tickets are now on sale for the 119th EIWA Championships. This year's championships will be held at The Palestra on March 4 and 5. All Session tickets, as well as individual sessions are on sale now and can be purchased
here.
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