Mountain Hawks head to New England to close out dual meet season

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BETHLEHEM, Pa. – No. 20 Lehigh heads to New England for the final weekend of the regular season as the Mountain Hawks will visit Brown on Saturday before heading to Harvard for a Sunday match that will be broadcast on ESPN3. The Mountain Hawks will be looking to bounce back from a 31-6 loss to Iowa on Valentine's Day at Stabler Arena.

Sophomore Laike Gardner and freshman Mitch Minotti posted wins for Lehigh but the visiting Hawkeyes won eight bouts, scoring bonus points in four. Lehigh needs to win both duals this weekend to clinch its 15th straight ten win dual season. The Mountain Hawks have dominated both Brown and Harvard over the last 15 years, except for last year's 25-16 loss to the Crimson inside Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall.

The NCAA released the second of three Coaches' Panel rankings and the first RPI for the 2013-14 on February 13. The Mountain Hawks were well represented with eight wrestlers in the top 33 in the Coaches Panel rankings and seven wrestlers appearing in the RPI. Wrestlers must have a minimum of 17 matches to appear in the RPI. Sophomore Mason Beckman is the highest ranked Mountain Hawk in the Coaches' Panel rankings coming in at No. 6 at 133. Gardner holds the highest RPI on the team with an RPI of 4 at 141.

Brown enters Saturday's dual with Lehigh with a 3-9 dual meet record including a 2-8 mark against EIWA opponents. The Bears' three victories have come in their last six duals as Brown has defeated Sacred Heart, Penn, and Johnson & Wales. Last weekend, Brown dropped a pair of home duals to Harvard and Boston University. Junior Ophir Bernstein is the only Brown wrestler ranked in the latest polls, coming at No. 12 in the Amateur Wrestling News rankings and No. 13 in the latest Coaches' Panel Rankings at 184. He is also ranked third in the EIWA. Bernstein lost by technical fall to Lehigh's Nathaniel Brown in the third place match at the Midlands Championships. Todd Beckerman is in first season as Brown's head coach. He came to Brown from Maryland where he coached for eight seasons, including three as an assistant to Pat Santoro.

Harvard enters the final weekend of the dual season with a 4-6 record. The Crimson will visit Columbia Friday before hosting Lehigh Sunday in Lavietes Pavilion. Last weekend Harvard won a 30-10 decision at Brown. The Crimson also own dual wins over Rider, Binghamton and Boston University. Harvard has one wrestler ranked by Amateur Wrestling News, James Fox, who is ranked 20th at 197. Fox is also ranked 33rd in the latest Coaches' Panel rankings, with Todd Preston also ranked by the coaches, coming in at No. 30 at 141. Lehigh Valley native Jay Weiss is in his 21st season as the Crimson's head coach.

Lehigh has dominated the all-time series against both teams it will face this weekend. The Mountain Hawks are a combined 35-6 all-time versus Brown and Harvard. Lehigh has won its last 16 duals against Brown while last year's Harvard win at Grace Hall snapped a 14 dual Lehigh winning streak in the series.

Since the start of the 1997-98 season, Lehigh is a combined 30-2 versus Brown and Harvard. Lehigh won 28 straight duals against the Crimson and Bears combined before losing to Harvard last season.

The Brown dual will be the 1,300th dual in Lehigh's history. Lehigh has an all-time dual meet record of 871-407-21 for a .679 winning percentage.

Saturday's Lehigh-Brown dual begins at 2 p.m. from Brown's Pizzitola Sports Center in Providence, R.I. The match will be broadcast on ESPN Radio 1230 and 1320 with pre-match coverage beginning at 1:45.

The Lehigh-Harvard match on Sunday will be broadcast on ESPN3. Audio coverage will be available on WLVR-FM (91.3) beginning at 11:45 a.m.

Following this weekend's duals, Lehigh will have two weeks to gear up for the 110th EIWA Championships, March 8-9 in Philadelphia.

Date:	February 22, 2014
Opponent:	Brown Bears
First match:	2:00 p.m.
Arena:	Pizzitola Sports Center (2,800)
Location:	Providence, R.I.
Lehigh's record:	8-6 overall, 4-2 EIWA
Brown's Record:	3-9 overall, 2-8 EIWA
Series:	Lehigh leads 20-4
Streak:	Lehigh has won last 16 duals
Television:	None
Radio:	ESPN Radio 1230 and 1320 beginning at 1:45 (with Steve Lomangino
Internet broadcast:	Audio at ESPNLV.com
Behind enemy lines:	http://www.brownbears.com

Date:	February 23, 2014
Opponent:	Harvard Crimson
First match:	12:00 p.m.
Arena:	Lavietes Pavilion (2,050)
Location:	Cambridge, Mass.
Lehigh's record:	8-6 overall, 4-2 EIWA
Harvard's record:	4-6 overall, 3-6 EIWA
Series:	Lehigh leads 15-2
Streak:	Harvard won last year's meeting
Television:	ESPN3
Radio:	WLVR-FM (91.3) beginning at 11:45 with Steve Lomangino
Internet broadcast:	Audio at WLVR.org
Behind enemy lines:	http://www.gocrimson.com

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