Lehigh University
EIWA Championships
It's a three-peat! Lehigh takes the title at EIWAs
3/7/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Wrestling
At 125, Mario Stuart finished 2nd for the third time in his career, falling 8-2 to Penn’s Matt Valenti. Earlier, Stuart defeated Mike Mormile of Cornell to reach the finals. At 133, Matt Ciasulli took second as well in his first time at EIWAs, losing to top-ranked Travis Lee of Cornell in a 13-4 major decision. Ciasulli shut out Army’s Bernard Gardner 4-0 in the semis.
At 141, Cory Cooperman was upset in the EIWA final, losing a close 10-8 decision to Penn’s Doug McGraw. McGraw scored two takedowns in the third period to force overtime, and then got a takedown in the first overtime to win by sudden victory. Cooperman pinned Nate Gulosh of Navy to reach the finals for the second straight year.
Matt Anderson earned a wildcard entry to the NCAA Championships at 149, by virtue of his fourth place finish at the EIWAs.
Derek Zinck won a courageous battle to reach the finals at 157, defeating Scott Roth of Cornell 8-3 in the semis despite sustaining a painful hip pointer. As a safety precaution, Zinck forfeited the final to Philip Simpson of Army, and will rest up for his second entrance to the NCAAs.
After losing their first four chances at individual titles, the Mountain Hawks rebounded to take three in a row.
At 165, as Troy Letters repeated as EIWA champ with a 9-4 decision over Joe Mazzurco of
Winning his first EIWA title was Travis Frick at 184, as he defeated Rudy Medini from
Matt Cassidy and Paul Weibel each had sixth place finishes for the Mountain Hawks at 197 and heavyweight, respectively.
Head coach
Lehigh had the team title clinched before the championship matches even began, and won back-to-back-to-back for the first time since 1975-77. Matt Ciasulli picked up the Sheridan Award for the most pins in the quickest time, pinning two opponents in a total time of
Harvard’s Jesse Jantzen won the title at 149, and took home the Fletcher Award for most career team points. Other EIWA titlists were Cornell’s Matt Greenberg at 197 and Penn’s Matt Feast at heavyweight.
Final Team Standings
1. | Lehigh | 145 |
2. | Penn | 120.5 |
3. | Cornell | 118.5 |
4. | 90 | |
5. | Army | 67 |
6. | Navy | 66 |
7. | Harvard | 64.5 |
8. | Brown | 43.5 |
9. | 36.5 | |
10 | 23.5 | |
11. | 16.5 | |
12. | Franklin and Marshall | 6.5 |
13. | American | 2.5 |
Finals
Weight | Matchup | Result | Score | |
125 | Matt Valenti (Penn) | over | Mario Stuart (LU) | 8-2 |
133 | Travis Lee (Cornell) | over | Matt Ciasulli (LU) | MD, 13-4 |
141 | Doug McGraw (Penn) | over | Cory Cooperman (LU) | 10-8 SV |
149 | Jesse Jantzen (HU) | over | David Dies (Brown) | 5-2 |
157 | Philip Simpson (Army) | over | Derek Zinck (LU) | forfeit |
165 | Troy Letters (LU) | over | Joe Mazzurco (Cornell) | 9-4 |
174 | Brad Dillon (LU) | over | Andy Roy ( | 7-4 |
184 | Travis Frick (LU) | over | Rudy Medini ( | 5-3 |
197 | Matt Greenberg (CU) | over | Marcus Schontube (Penn) | 3-2 |
HWT | Matt Feast (Penn) | over | Tanner Garrett (Navy) | 4-1 |
Semifinal Matches
Weight | Matchup | Result | Score | |
125 | Mario Stuart (LU) | over | Mike Mormile (Cornell) | 5-2 |
133 | Matt Ciasulli (LU) | over | Bernard Gardner (Army) | 4-0 |
141 | Cory Cooperman (LU) | over | Nate Gulosh (Navy) | W |
149 | Jesse Jantzen (HU) | over | Matt Anderson (LU) | 7-4 |
157 | Derek Zinck (LU) | over | Scott Roth (Cornell) | 8-3 |
165 | Troy Letters (LU) | over | Michael Barikian (Navy) | MD, 17-7 |
174 | Brad Dillon (LU) | over | Tyler Baier (Cornell) | MD, 14-4 |
184 | Travis Frick (LU) | over | Jerry Rinaldi (Cornell) | 6-4 |
197 | Marcus Schontube (Penn) | over | Matt Cassidy (LU) | 9-5 |
Consolation Quarterfinals
HWT | Paul Weibel (LU) | over | Joe Looke ( | 4-3 |
Consolation Semifinals
149 | Matt Anderson (LU) | over | Greg Austin ( | 6-0 |
197 | Reggie Lee (Harvard) | over | Matt Cassidy (LU) | 5-2 |
HWT | Bode Ogunwole (HU) | over | Paul Weibel (LU) | 12-6 |
3rd place match
149 | Dustin Minotti (Cornell) | over | Matt Anderson (LU) | MD, 12-3 |
5th place match
197 | Jim Butler ( | over | Matt Cassidy (LU) | 5-3 |
HWT | over | Paul Weibel (LU) | W |
