Lehigh wrestling announces 2006-07 schedule
9/5/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Wrestling
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“I’m very pleased with the quality of this schedule,” said Strobel, the 2006 EIWA Coach of the Year who is entering his twelfth season. “We will wrestle duals against a lot of great teams, and we have a really good home schedule that features the likes of
“This schedule is one that will really test and develop our team,” Strobel adds.
Fans will get their first look at the 2006-07 team, which includes seven returning NCAA Qualifiers and one of the nation’s top recruiting classes, on Tuesday, November 7, with the annual wrestle-off’s inside Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall. Three days later, the Brown and White will kick off the dual season in
On Thursday, November 16, the Mountain Hawks will welcome
December begins with Lehigh’s second home dual when the Drexel Dragons come to town on the first. The following weekend, Lehigh will make the trek west, stopping in State College on December 8 to tangle with longtime rival
After a couple weeks off for final exams, Lehigh will wrap up 2006 at the Southern Scuffle in
The Mountain Hawks will kick off 2007 on the west coast with a visit to
After getting re-acquainted with McCoy and his Stanford team, Lehigh will head to
Following their western swing, the Mountain Hawks will travel to
Stabler Arena should be rocking on Friday, January 19 when the Big Red of Cornell visit. Cornell has finished second to Lehigh in each of the last two EIWA tournaments, and the Mountain Hawks and Big Red, along with Penn, are once again expected to battle it out for EIWA supremacy.
The following weekend features four duals in two days at three different sites. On Saturday, January 27, Lehigh will host New England EIWA foes Harvard and Brown. The next day the Mountain Hawks will hit the road, traveling to
Lehigh will have the next weekend off, and will return to the mats on Saturday, February 10 with another doubleheader at Leeman-Turner Arena, with duals scheduled against Army and
On Friday, February 16, Lehigh will host Big 12 member
Two days later, Lehigh will wrap up the dual season with another highly anticipated EIWA showdown at Stabler Arena, when the Mountain Hawks host Penn. The Quakers placed third at last year’s EIWA tournament but gave the Mountain Hawks all they could handle in Lehigh’s late season dual victory at the famed Palestra.
After winning their fifth straight EIWA championship at Stabler Arena last year, Lehigh will not have to travel far to try and become the first team since Cornell in 1917 to win six straight titles.
The 2007 NCAA Championships will take place March 15-17 at The Palace of Auburn Hills, Michigan.
Season ticket renewal forms have already been sent to 2005-06 season ticket holders. The deadline to renew season tickets was September 5. On September 7, season tickets will be available to the general public, with single match tickets going on sale on September 21.
The Mountain Hawks will open the 2006-07season on the road against Rider at 7:00 on Friday, November 10. For home dual ticket information, visit the Lehigh ticket office located inside Grace Hall or call (610) 7LU-GAME during business hours.
Photos © 2006, Lehigh Athletics/Jeff Nolan
