Saturday, January 30
Bethlehem, Pa.
4:00 PM
Lehigh University
vs
Binghamton
Photo by: Alex Mowrey/Pitt Athletics
Lehigh To Open Home Slate With Pair of EIWA Duals
1/29/2021 10:43:00 AM | Men's Wrestling
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Following the cancellation of its Jan. 24 dual with Drexel, Lehigh will try again to open its home schedule as the Mountain Hawks welcome No. 25 Binghamton and LIU to Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall. Lehigh will face Binghamton Saturday at 4 p.m. before hosting LIU Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
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The Mountain Hawks are 0-2 on the dual season after losses to Pitt and most recently, Navy. Lehigh won the first two bouts against Navy but the Mids prevailed in a lot of close battles to take seven of the final eight matches.
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Lehigh Probable Starters
125 Jaret Lane (Jr., Catawissa, Pa.)
OR Sheldon Seymour (Fr., Troy, Pa.)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
133 Malyke Hines (Fr., Kissimmee, Fla.)
141 Mitchell Polito (So., East Brunswick, N.J.)
OR Drew Munch (Fr., East Stroudsburg, Pa.)Â Â Â Â Â
149 Jimmy Hoffman (Jr., Drums, Pa.)Â Â Â Â
OR Paul Watkins (Fr., Cumming, Ga.)Â Â Â
157 Luca Frinzi (Fr., Quakertown, Pa.)
OR Manzona Bryant IV (Fr., Columbus, Ohio)Â Â Â Â
165 Thayne Lawrence (Fr., Perryopolis, Pa.)
OR Brian Meyer (So., Phillipsburg, N.J.)
165 Jake Logan (Fr., New Rochelle, N.Y.)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
OR Connor Herceg (Fr., Nazareth, Pa.)Â
184 JT Davis (Fr., Smyrna, Del.)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
OR Caden Wright (Fr., Emmaus, Pa.)Â Â Â
197 Jake Jakobsen (Sr., Sciota, Pa.)Â Â Â Â Â
285 Jordan Wood (Sr., Gilbertsville, Pa.)
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Last time out Lehigh won the first two bouts to take a 6-0 lead but Navy captured seven of the final eight to defeat the Mountain Hawks 21-9 at Alumni Hall in Annapolis, Md. on Jan. 16. Navy's victory snapped a nine-dual winning streak for the Mountain Hawks in the series and was Lehigh's first loss in the series since 2011. Jaret Lane and Malyke Hines opened the dual with wins by decision, by 1-0 and 2-0 scores, respectively. Freshman Jake Logan added a 7-4 decision over Dean Caravela at 174 for Lehigh's third win of the dual. Logan had three of Lehigh's four takedowns in the dual. The trip to Annapolis also featured 21 extra matches, with Lehigh wrestlers winning eight of those extra bouts. Hines and Logan both picked up a second victory in the extra matches. Jimmy Hoffman (149), AJ Burkhart (149) and JT Davis (184) also picked up victories after losing in the dual. Freshmen Manzona Bryant IV (157), Connor Herceg (174) and Caden Wright (184) notched Lehigh's other three victories.
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Lehigh's lineup will receive a boost with the anticipated return of heavyweight Jordan Wood, who has decided to forego his Olympic redshirt to compete in this 2021 season. Wood will bid to become Lehigh's fifth four-time EIWA champion. Wood went 17-5 last season and was a second team NWCA All-American. The two-time All-American owns a 64-17 career record at Lehigh. Wood spent his fall semester active in freestyle and was eligible for the Olympic redshirt by way of winning a Cadet world silver medal in 2014.
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The latest national rankings remain scattered in regards to Lehigh representation. Six Mountain Hawks are ranked by The Open Mat and Trackwrestling, who both rank 1-33 per weight class. Four Lehigh wrestlers appear in the Flowrestling rankings, with Flo ranking 1-25. Just one Mountain Hawk, senior Brandon Paetzell, appears in rankings by InterMat and Amateur Wrestling news. Paetzell is ranked in the top 10 at 133 but is yet to compete this season. A 2-0 start for junior Jaret Lane moved him into three rankings. Paetzell appears in three rankings at 133, while freshman Malyke Hines appears in the other two polls. Lane, senior Jake Jakobsen and junior Jimmy Hoffman appear in three of the five polls.
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Binghamton cracked the NWCA top 25 this week at No. 25 after a 23-10 victory over Army West Point that moved the Bearcats to 3-0 on the season. The Bearcats also own dual wins over Rider and LIU. Binghamton finished sixth at last year's EIWA Championships.
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The Bearcats have two wrestlers in the latest InterMat rankings, led by returning EIWA champion Lou DePrez, who is ranked fifth at 184. Zach Trampe is ranked 18th at 141. DePrez and Trampe are both returning NCAA qualifiers. Micah Roes (125), Brevin Cassella (165) and Joe Doyle (285) appear in other polls. Kyle Borshoff is in his fourth season as Binghamton's head coach.
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Lehigh has won all four previous meetings with Binghamton, most recently a 36-3 triumph in Vestal, N.Y. last January. The first two duals in the series came at the Journeymen Northeast Duals in Troy, N.Y. Pat Santoro owns three of Lehigh's four wins versus Binghamton.
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Long Island University's wrestling program moved up to Division I prior to the 2019-20 season following the merger of LIU's Brooklyn and Brookville campuses. The Sharks competed in their first EIWA Tournament last March.
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LIU brings a 1-2 dual record into Sunday's meet. The Sharks have also competed with Bucknell and VMI in a round-robin event and had matches against Army West Point. LIU owns a 24-16 win over Sacred Heart and suffered defeats to Binghamton and most recently, Hofstra. The Sharks finished 15th in their inaugural EIWA Tournament last March.
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No LIU wrestlers are currently ranked. Devin Matthews (133) posted the lone victory in the Sharks' 38-4 loss to Hofstra on Sunday. LIU won six bouts in their dual victory over Sacred Heart. Drew Witham went 3-0 to win the 141 lb. round robin in the tri-meet with Bucknell and VMI. Joe Patrovich is in his seventh season as LIU's head coach.
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Saturday's dual with Binghamton is set for a 4 p.m. start from Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall, while Sunday's LIU match will get underway at 1:30 p.m. Both duals will be televised locally on Service Electric Network with the Binghamton match set for channels 50 and 550 and the LIU match set for channels 2 and 502. Both duals will also be streamed for free at Lehighsports.com/watch.
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Audio coverage of the Binghamton dual will also be available on Fox Sports Radio 1230 and 1320 AM and 94.7 FM in Allentown and LVFoxSports.com following the conclusion of the Lehigh-Bucknell men's basketball game.
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Three more home duals await the Mountain Hawks next weekend. Lehigh will wrestle two duals on Saturday Feb. 6 as the Mountain Hawks will face Army West Point on Saturday at 2 p.m. followed by North Carolina at 5 p.m. On Sunday Feb. 7, Lehigh will host Rider for a 2 p.m. match.
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The Mountain Hawks are 0-2 on the dual season after losses to Pitt and most recently, Navy. Lehigh won the first two bouts against Navy but the Mids prevailed in a lot of close battles to take seven of the final eight matches.
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Lehigh Probable Starters
125 Jaret Lane (Jr., Catawissa, Pa.)
OR Sheldon Seymour (Fr., Troy, Pa.)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
133 Malyke Hines (Fr., Kissimmee, Fla.)
141 Mitchell Polito (So., East Brunswick, N.J.)
OR Drew Munch (Fr., East Stroudsburg, Pa.)Â Â Â Â Â
149 Jimmy Hoffman (Jr., Drums, Pa.)Â Â Â Â
OR Paul Watkins (Fr., Cumming, Ga.)Â Â Â
157 Luca Frinzi (Fr., Quakertown, Pa.)
OR Manzona Bryant IV (Fr., Columbus, Ohio)Â Â Â Â
165 Thayne Lawrence (Fr., Perryopolis, Pa.)
OR Brian Meyer (So., Phillipsburg, N.J.)
165 Jake Logan (Fr., New Rochelle, N.Y.)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
OR Connor Herceg (Fr., Nazareth, Pa.)Â
184 JT Davis (Fr., Smyrna, Del.)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
OR Caden Wright (Fr., Emmaus, Pa.)Â Â Â
197 Jake Jakobsen (Sr., Sciota, Pa.)Â Â Â Â Â
285 Jordan Wood (Sr., Gilbertsville, Pa.)
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Last time out Lehigh won the first two bouts to take a 6-0 lead but Navy captured seven of the final eight to defeat the Mountain Hawks 21-9 at Alumni Hall in Annapolis, Md. on Jan. 16. Navy's victory snapped a nine-dual winning streak for the Mountain Hawks in the series and was Lehigh's first loss in the series since 2011. Jaret Lane and Malyke Hines opened the dual with wins by decision, by 1-0 and 2-0 scores, respectively. Freshman Jake Logan added a 7-4 decision over Dean Caravela at 174 for Lehigh's third win of the dual. Logan had three of Lehigh's four takedowns in the dual. The trip to Annapolis also featured 21 extra matches, with Lehigh wrestlers winning eight of those extra bouts. Hines and Logan both picked up a second victory in the extra matches. Jimmy Hoffman (149), AJ Burkhart (149) and JT Davis (184) also picked up victories after losing in the dual. Freshmen Manzona Bryant IV (157), Connor Herceg (174) and Caden Wright (184) notched Lehigh's other three victories.
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Lehigh's lineup will receive a boost with the anticipated return of heavyweight Jordan Wood, who has decided to forego his Olympic redshirt to compete in this 2021 season. Wood will bid to become Lehigh's fifth four-time EIWA champion. Wood went 17-5 last season and was a second team NWCA All-American. The two-time All-American owns a 64-17 career record at Lehigh. Wood spent his fall semester active in freestyle and was eligible for the Olympic redshirt by way of winning a Cadet world silver medal in 2014.
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The latest national rankings remain scattered in regards to Lehigh representation. Six Mountain Hawks are ranked by The Open Mat and Trackwrestling, who both rank 1-33 per weight class. Four Lehigh wrestlers appear in the Flowrestling rankings, with Flo ranking 1-25. Just one Mountain Hawk, senior Brandon Paetzell, appears in rankings by InterMat and Amateur Wrestling news. Paetzell is ranked in the top 10 at 133 but is yet to compete this season. A 2-0 start for junior Jaret Lane moved him into three rankings. Paetzell appears in three rankings at 133, while freshman Malyke Hines appears in the other two polls. Lane, senior Jake Jakobsen and junior Jimmy Hoffman appear in three of the five polls.
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Binghamton cracked the NWCA top 25 this week at No. 25 after a 23-10 victory over Army West Point that moved the Bearcats to 3-0 on the season. The Bearcats also own dual wins over Rider and LIU. Binghamton finished sixth at last year's EIWA Championships.
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The Bearcats have two wrestlers in the latest InterMat rankings, led by returning EIWA champion Lou DePrez, who is ranked fifth at 184. Zach Trampe is ranked 18th at 141. DePrez and Trampe are both returning NCAA qualifiers. Micah Roes (125), Brevin Cassella (165) and Joe Doyle (285) appear in other polls. Kyle Borshoff is in his fourth season as Binghamton's head coach.
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Lehigh has won all four previous meetings with Binghamton, most recently a 36-3 triumph in Vestal, N.Y. last January. The first two duals in the series came at the Journeymen Northeast Duals in Troy, N.Y. Pat Santoro owns three of Lehigh's four wins versus Binghamton.
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Long Island University's wrestling program moved up to Division I prior to the 2019-20 season following the merger of LIU's Brooklyn and Brookville campuses. The Sharks competed in their first EIWA Tournament last March.
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LIU brings a 1-2 dual record into Sunday's meet. The Sharks have also competed with Bucknell and VMI in a round-robin event and had matches against Army West Point. LIU owns a 24-16 win over Sacred Heart and suffered defeats to Binghamton and most recently, Hofstra. The Sharks finished 15th in their inaugural EIWA Tournament last March.
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No LIU wrestlers are currently ranked. Devin Matthews (133) posted the lone victory in the Sharks' 38-4 loss to Hofstra on Sunday. LIU won six bouts in their dual victory over Sacred Heart. Drew Witham went 3-0 to win the 141 lb. round robin in the tri-meet with Bucknell and VMI. Joe Patrovich is in his seventh season as LIU's head coach.
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Saturday's dual with Binghamton is set for a 4 p.m. start from Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall, while Sunday's LIU match will get underway at 1:30 p.m. Both duals will be televised locally on Service Electric Network with the Binghamton match set for channels 50 and 550 and the LIU match set for channels 2 and 502. Both duals will also be streamed for free at Lehighsports.com/watch.
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Audio coverage of the Binghamton dual will also be available on Fox Sports Radio 1230 and 1320 AM and 94.7 FM in Allentown and LVFoxSports.com following the conclusion of the Lehigh-Bucknell men's basketball game.
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Three more home duals await the Mountain Hawks next weekend. Lehigh will wrestle two duals on Saturday Feb. 6 as the Mountain Hawks will face Army West Point on Saturday at 2 p.m. followed by North Carolina at 5 p.m. On Sunday Feb. 7, Lehigh will host Rider for a 2 p.m. match.
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| Date: | January 30, 2021 |
| Opponent: | No. 25 Binghamton Bearcats |
| First match: | 4:05 p.m. |
| Arena: | Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall |
| Location: | Bethlehem, Pa. |
| Lehigh's record: | 0-2 overall, 0-1 EIWA |
| Binghamton's record: | 3-0 overall, 2-0 EIWA |
| Series: | Lehigh leads 4-0 |
| Television: | Service Electric Network 50/550 |
| Radio: | Fox Sports Radio 1230/1320 AM and 94.7 FM Allentown immediately following Lehigh men's basketball vs. Bucknell. |
| Internet broadcast: | Video at Lehighsports.com/watch |
| Date: | January 31, 2021 |
| Opponent: | LIU Sharks |
| First match: | 1:35 p.m. |
| Arena: | Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall |
| Location: | Bethlehem, Pa. |
| Lehigh's record: | 0-2 overall, 0-1 EIWA |
| LIU's record: | 1-2 overall, 1-2 EIWA |
| Series: | First meeting |
| Television: | Service Electric Network 2/502 |
| Radio: | None |
| Internet broadcast: | Video at Lehighsports.com/watch |
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Players Mentioned
149/157
/ Men's Wrestling
157
/ Men's Wrestling
184
/ Men's Wrestling
157/165
/ Men's Wrestling
165
/ Men's Wrestling
133
/ Men's Wrestling
149
/ Men's Wrestling
197
/ Men's Wrestling
125
/ Men's Wrestling
165
/ Men's Wrestling
174
/ Men's Wrestling
157/165
/ Men's Wrestling
133/141
/ Men's Wrestling
125
/ Men's Wrestling
125/133
/ Men's Wrestling
125
/ Men's Wrestling
149
/ Men's Wrestling
285
/ Men's Wrestling
184
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