Seeds, broadcast info announced for NCAAs
3/13/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Wrestling
All four of Lehigh’s seeds are seniors, and all four are captains. Cory Cooperman earned the highest seed for any Lehigh wrestler, as he enters the tournament as the No. 3 seed at 141. Cooperman will face Kevin Artis of UNC-Greensboro in the first round. Troy Letters earned a No. 7 seed at 165 and Drew Jason Cardillo of Slippery Rock in round one.
Fresh off his second EIWA Championship, senior Travis Frick earned the eighth seed at 174 and will face Jared Ricotta of Duquesne in round one. Derek Zinck is Lehigh’s fourth seeded wrestler, getting the 11 seed at 157. Zinck will face James Strouse of Hofstra in the first round. Cooperman and Zinck both own wins over their first round opponents this season. The top 12 wrestlers in each weight class are seeded.
Only one Lehigh grappler, freshman Matt Fisk drew a pigtail round bout. The unseeded Fisk will face Javier Maldonado of
Freshman Trevor Chinn and juniors David Helfrich and Matt Cassidy all are unseeded and drew seeded first round opponents. Chinn will face No. 7 seed Gregor Gillespie of Edinboro at 149, Helfrich will tangle with fifth-seeded Shane Webster of
The Mountain Hawks’ ninth qualifier, junior heavyweight Paul Weibel drew unseeded Tyler Rhodes of
Also Monday, television, radio, and Internet broadcast information was finalized. Competition begins Thursday morning, and runs through Saturday evening. For fans unable to make the trek to
On Saturday, Lehigh will broadcast the finals live on WLVR in the
Television coverage of the quarterfinal round will air on ESPNU (DirecTV channel 609). The semifinals on Friday evening will air on ESPN and with additional syndicated distribution on ESPN Regional Television (check local listings). The national finals will air live on ESPN at 7:30 pm on Saturday evening.
The 76th NCAA Wrestling Championships get underway on Thursday from
|
Weight |
Wrestler |
Seed |
First Round Opponent |
|
125 |
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Javier Maldonado, | |
|
141 |
3 |
Kevin Artis, UNC-Greensboro | |
|
149 |
------- |
No. 7 Gregor Gillespie, Edinboro | |
|
157 |
11 |
James Strouse, Hofstra | |
|
165 |
7 |
Jason Cardillo, Slippery Rock | |
|
174 |
8 |
Jared Ricotta, Duquesne | |
|
184 |
------- |
No. 5 Shane Webster, | |
|
197 |
------- |
No. 10 Matt Delguyd, Northwestern | |
|
285 |
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Tyler Rhodes, |
Photo © 2006, Lehigh Athletics, Jeff Nolan
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