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2017-18 Wrestling

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Frank Mattiace

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Montvlle, N.J.
  • Highschool Blair Academy

Biography

Honors
2018 NCAA Championships Qualifer (197)
2018 Honorable Mention All-Ivy
2018 EIWA Championships Runner Up
2017 Midlands Runner Up
2017 Keystone Classic Second Place
2017 Bearcat Open Champion
2017 NCAA Championships Qualifier (197)
2017 EIWA Champion
2017 First-Team All-Ivy
2017 Southern Scuffle Fifth Place
2017 Keystone Classic Second Place
2017 Southeast Open Sixth Place
2016 EIWA Championships Sixth Place
2014 EIWA Championships Eighth Place
2014 East Stroudsburg Open Champion

2017-18: NCAA Championships qualifier … Round of 12 finisher at NCAAs … Honorable mention All-Ivy … Second Place at EIWA Championships … Second Place at Midlands … Second Place at Keystone Classic … Bearcat Open champion … Selected to compete at 197 pounds at the NWCA All-Star Classic … Team co-captain … Led team with 30 wins … Posted a 30-8 record … 12-3 in dual meets … 19-6 against EIWA opponents … Tied for team lead with eight pins … Went 5-0 at Bearcat Open to win championship (11/12) … 3-1 at Keystone Classic (11/19) to finish second … 4-1 at Midlands (12/29-30) to finish second … Seeded No. 5 at Midlands, defeated No. 1 seed Nate Rotert (South Dakota St.), 8-1, in semifinals … Lost in overtime in final to No. 3 seed Cash Wilcke of Iowa) … 3-1 at EIWA Championships (3/3-4) to finish second … 3-2 at NCAA Championships (3/15-17) to finish in Round of 12 …. Earned No. 7 seed at NCAAs … Lost to Penn State’s No. 5 seed Shakur Rasheed, 6-5, in Round of 12.

2016-17: EIWA Champion … NCAA Championships qualifier … First-team All-Ivy ... Fifth place at Southern Scuffle … Second place at Keystone Classic … Sixth place at Southeast Open … Led team with 30 wins … Second on team with 10 dual meet wins … Led team with 16 wins against EIWA opponents … Led team with eight wins over Ivy League opponents … Tied for team lead with five wins by fall … 4-1 at Southeast Open … 4-1 at Keystone Classic … 4-2 at Southern Scuffle … Defeated No. 20 Josh Marchock (Stanford) in dual meet … Won four matches at EIWA Championships to claim title … Defeated No. 2 seed and national No. 11 Brett Harner (Princeton) in semifinal on riding time in tiebreakers … Defeated No. 1 seed and national No. 15 Thomas Sleigh (Bucknell) in championship match on riding time in tiebreakers … 2-2 at NCAA Championships … Defeated Jacob Berkowitz (Northwestern) in first round, 3-2 … Defeated Cornell’s Ben Honis in wrestlebacks, 9-1 … Lost to Penn State’s No. 5 Matt McCutcheon, 6-3, in second round … Lost to Cash Wilke (Iowa), 4-3, in sudden victory to end tournament run.

2015-16: Sixth place at EIWA Championships … Fourth Place at Keystone Classic … Fifth Place at Nittany Lion Open … Posted a 21-9 record … 4-1 in dual meets … 13-4 against EIWA opponents … Tie for team lead with five falls … Opened season with a 4-1 performance at Binghamton Open (11/8) to reach semifinals … Went 5-2 at Nittany Lion Open (12/6) to take fifth … Suffered injury in dual meet against Lehigh and missed four weeks … Returned to win eight consecutive matches before losing in the semifinals at EIWAs … Defeated Cornell’s Owen Scott, 3-2, at EIWA Championships … Lost to Princeton’s No. 12 Brett Harner, 3-2, in EIWA semis … Suffered injury against Harner and finished sixth.

2014-15: Did not compete

2013-14: EIWA Championships eighth place ... East Stroudsburg Open champion ... Went 5-0 at East Stroudsburg Open (11/17) to win 197-pound championship … Had two wins by fall at the ESU Open … Majored No. 10 Christian Boley of Maryland, 12-4, in dual meet (11/22) … 3-2 at Keystone Classic to finish fourth … Defeated No. 17 Nick Bonaccorsi of Pittsburgh, 5-4, at Keystone Classic … Both losses at Keystone were to ranked wrestlers (No. 12 Daniel Mitchell of American and No. 20 Alex Polizzi of Northwestern) … Defeated Nebraska’s Spencer Johnson, 7-2, in dual meet (1/11) … 2-3 at EIWA Championships to finish eighth (3/8-9) … All three losses at EIWAs came to Top-20 opponents.

High School: Ranked No. 29 overall recruit by InterMat … Finished 2012-13 ranked No. 2 at 195 pounds by InterMat … Two-time National Prep champion (2012, 2013) … Two-time Ironman champion (2011, 2012) … Powerade champion … Placed three times at the Beast of the East … Competed for Team USA at the 2013 Dapper Dan Classic … Member of two National Championship teams at Blair Academy … Captained team at Blair … Three-time first-team All-Prep (2011-13) … MAPL All-Academic Team … Also played football at Blair, serving as team captain … Two-time All-League and All-Prep in football at Blair (2011-12) … Attended Don Bosco Prep before studying at Blair Academy … Finished sixth at New Jersey State Tournament while wrestling at Don Bosco (2009) … Won 2010 state championship in football at Don Bosco.

Personal: Son of Tracy and Frank Mattiace … Sister, Alexandra, plays lacrosse at Drew University … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Freshman

    197
  • 2015-16Junior

    197
  • 2016-17Senior

    197
  • 2017-18Senior

    197