Thursday, March 18
St. Louis, Mo.
11:00 AM/2:00 PM ET
Lehigh University
at
NCAA Championships
Photo by: Sam Janicki
Ten Mountain Hawks Set For Action At NCAA Championships In St. Louis
3/16/2021 2:44:00 PM | Men's Wrestling
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – After winning its fourth straight EIWA championship on Feb. 26, Lehigh qualified a full squad of 10 wrestlers for the 90th NCAA Championships, beginning Thursday at Enterprise Center in St. Louis. Lehigh crowned four individual champions and placed all 10 EIWA entrants in the top five of their respective weight classes. Leading the way for the Lehigh contingent is senior Jordan Wood, the No. 8 seed at 285, who recently won his fourth individual EIWA title. All four individual EIWA champions earned seeds in the top 17. Junior Jaret Lane is No. 14 at 125, freshman Malyke Hines is No. 17 at 133 and Jake Jakobsen is No. 16 at 197. Lehigh crowned three All-Americans (including Wood) at the last contested NCAA Tournament in 2019.
Lehigh NCAA Tournament Qualifiers (with seeds)
125 - #14 Jaret Lane
133 - #17 Malyke Hines
141 - #24 Connor McGonagle
149 - #22 Jimmy Hoffman
157 - #32 Luca Frinzi (up one seed since bracket announcement)
165 - #29 Brian Meyer
174 - #31 Jake Logan
184 - #28 Dylan Ammerman
197 - #16 Jake Jakobsen
285 - #8 Jordan Wood
Lehigh crowned four individual champions, but it was a total team effort that carried the Mountain Hawks to their fourth consecutive EIWA team title Feb. 26 at Spooky Nook Sports Complex in Manheim, Pa. All 10 Lehigh entrants placed in the top five of their respective weight classes and all 10 qualified for the NCAA Championships as the Mountain Hawks scored 158.5 points to pull away from Navy and Army West Point.
Only Jakobsen and Wood have previous NCAA experience with Jakobsen going 2-2 in 2019 and Wood reaching the round of 12 in 2018 and finishing fourth in 2019. The Mountain Hawks tied for 13th at the last contested tournament in 2019 with Wood, Jordan Kutler and Ryan Preisch earning All-America honors. Five Mountain Hawks were recognized as NWCA All-Americans following the cancellation of last year's tournament. Lehigh has had 17 wrestlers reach the podium over the last six tournaments. Lehigh will also be seeking its first top 10 team finish since 2012.
Since the 2009-10 season, Lehigh has produced two NCAA champions, seven NCAA finalists, 30 All-Americans and now 28 EIWA champions. The Mountain Hawks have crowned three or more All-Americans in seven of the last nine contested NCAA Tournaments, with a high of four in 2012.
In addition to Lehigh winning its fourth straight team title, heavyweight Jordan Wood won his fourth straight EIWA championship at 285, becoming Lehigh's fifth four-time EIWA champion (and first since 1983) and the first EIWA heavyweight to win four titles. Wood's return to the Lehigh lineup in late January provided a much needed boost for the Mountain Hawks. He went 2-0 with two falls in his opening weekend of competition, the first of which clinched the Mountain Hawks' come-from-behind win over Binghamton. Wood is seeded eighth at 285 and is bidding to become a three-time All-American. He finished fourth in Pittsburgh in 2019 and was a second-team honoree by the NWCA last year. Wood is 7-1 this season and owns a 68-18 career record. He originally planned on an Olympic redshirt this season and spent his fall semester active in freestyle. Wood was eligible for the Olympic redshirt by way of winning a Cadet world silver medal in 2014.
In addition to its fourth straight team title, Lehigh picked up three major awards at last month's EIWA Championships. Senior Jake Jakobsen won the Sheridan Award for the most falls in the championship bracket with two in 9:34. It marked the third time in four years a Lehigh wrestler won the Sheridan Award (Ryan Preisch in 2018, Josh Humphreys in 2019). Senior Jordan Wood won the Fletcher Trophy for most career team points scored at the EIWA Tournament, also the third time in four years for a Lehigh wrestler (Darian Cruz in 2018, Preisch in 2019). Head coach Pat Santoro was voted EIWA Coach of the Year for the sixth time and second consecutive year after leading the Mountain Hawks to a fourth straight team title and qualifying all 10 wrestlers for the NCAA Championships.
Lehigh qualified all 10 of its EIWA Tournament entrants for the NCAA Championships. This marks just the second time in the qualification era that Lehigh will send its full squad to the national tournament. The other time the Mountain Hawks qualified 10 wrestlers for the NCAA Championships was in 2018. Prior to the qualification process, Lehigh had 10 wrestlers compete at NCAAs in both 1963 and 1976. Lehigh is one of three teams (Iowa, Missouri) to qualify all 10 wrestlers for this year's NCAA Championships.
Freshman Luca Frinzi will be the first Mountain Hawk on the mats Thursday morning. He was originally the No. 33 seed at 157 but is now the No. 32 seed and will face No. 33 Wyatt Sheets of Oklahoma State in a pigtail round match.
Lehigh has the sixth most NCAA Champions (28) and the eighth most All-Americans (158) of all Division I wrestling programs. The Brown and White have never won the NCAA Team Championship, coming as close as second in 1939, third in 1965, 1979 and a tie for third in 2004. Lehigh last finished in the top 10 at the NCAA Championships in 2012 and last finished in the top five in 2004. Penn State has won the last four team titles and eight of the last nine overall.
The 90th NCAA Championships get underway Thursday morning from Enterprise Center in St. Louis, with the three-day tournament concluding Saturday night. A complete schedule of events with times and television coverage can be found below. The entire tournament will be televised on the ESPN family of networks with streaming coverage of every mat on ESPN3 and the ESPN App.
Schedule
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Lehigh NCAA Tournament Qualifiers (with seeds)
125 - #14 Jaret Lane
133 - #17 Malyke Hines
141 - #24 Connor McGonagle
149 - #22 Jimmy Hoffman
157 - #32 Luca Frinzi (up one seed since bracket announcement)
165 - #29 Brian Meyer
174 - #31 Jake Logan
184 - #28 Dylan Ammerman
197 - #16 Jake Jakobsen
285 - #8 Jordan Wood
Lehigh crowned four individual champions, but it was a total team effort that carried the Mountain Hawks to their fourth consecutive EIWA team title Feb. 26 at Spooky Nook Sports Complex in Manheim, Pa. All 10 Lehigh entrants placed in the top five of their respective weight classes and all 10 qualified for the NCAA Championships as the Mountain Hawks scored 158.5 points to pull away from Navy and Army West Point.
Only Jakobsen and Wood have previous NCAA experience with Jakobsen going 2-2 in 2019 and Wood reaching the round of 12 in 2018 and finishing fourth in 2019. The Mountain Hawks tied for 13th at the last contested tournament in 2019 with Wood, Jordan Kutler and Ryan Preisch earning All-America honors. Five Mountain Hawks were recognized as NWCA All-Americans following the cancellation of last year's tournament. Lehigh has had 17 wrestlers reach the podium over the last six tournaments. Lehigh will also be seeking its first top 10 team finish since 2012.
Since the 2009-10 season, Lehigh has produced two NCAA champions, seven NCAA finalists, 30 All-Americans and now 28 EIWA champions. The Mountain Hawks have crowned three or more All-Americans in seven of the last nine contested NCAA Tournaments, with a high of four in 2012.
In addition to Lehigh winning its fourth straight team title, heavyweight Jordan Wood won his fourth straight EIWA championship at 285, becoming Lehigh's fifth four-time EIWA champion (and first since 1983) and the first EIWA heavyweight to win four titles. Wood's return to the Lehigh lineup in late January provided a much needed boost for the Mountain Hawks. He went 2-0 with two falls in his opening weekend of competition, the first of which clinched the Mountain Hawks' come-from-behind win over Binghamton. Wood is seeded eighth at 285 and is bidding to become a three-time All-American. He finished fourth in Pittsburgh in 2019 and was a second-team honoree by the NWCA last year. Wood is 7-1 this season and owns a 68-18 career record. He originally planned on an Olympic redshirt this season and spent his fall semester active in freestyle. Wood was eligible for the Olympic redshirt by way of winning a Cadet world silver medal in 2014.
In addition to its fourth straight team title, Lehigh picked up three major awards at last month's EIWA Championships. Senior Jake Jakobsen won the Sheridan Award for the most falls in the championship bracket with two in 9:34. It marked the third time in four years a Lehigh wrestler won the Sheridan Award (Ryan Preisch in 2018, Josh Humphreys in 2019). Senior Jordan Wood won the Fletcher Trophy for most career team points scored at the EIWA Tournament, also the third time in four years for a Lehigh wrestler (Darian Cruz in 2018, Preisch in 2019). Head coach Pat Santoro was voted EIWA Coach of the Year for the sixth time and second consecutive year after leading the Mountain Hawks to a fourth straight team title and qualifying all 10 wrestlers for the NCAA Championships.
Lehigh qualified all 10 of its EIWA Tournament entrants for the NCAA Championships. This marks just the second time in the qualification era that Lehigh will send its full squad to the national tournament. The other time the Mountain Hawks qualified 10 wrestlers for the NCAA Championships was in 2018. Prior to the qualification process, Lehigh had 10 wrestlers compete at NCAAs in both 1963 and 1976. Lehigh is one of three teams (Iowa, Missouri) to qualify all 10 wrestlers for this year's NCAA Championships.
Freshman Luca Frinzi will be the first Mountain Hawk on the mats Thursday morning. He was originally the No. 33 seed at 157 but is now the No. 32 seed and will face No. 33 Wyatt Sheets of Oklahoma State in a pigtail round match.
Lehigh has the sixth most NCAA Champions (28) and the eighth most All-Americans (158) of all Division I wrestling programs. The Brown and White have never won the NCAA Team Championship, coming as close as second in 1939, third in 1965, 1979 and a tie for third in 2004. Lehigh last finished in the top 10 at the NCAA Championships in 2012 and last finished in the top five in 2004. Penn State has won the last four team titles and eight of the last nine overall.
The 90th NCAA Championships get underway Thursday morning from Enterprise Center in St. Louis, with the three-day tournament concluding Saturday night. A complete schedule of events with times and television coverage can be found below. The entire tournament will be televised on the ESPN family of networks with streaming coverage of every mat on ESPN3 and the ESPN App.
| Event: | 90th NCAA Championship |
| Dates: | March 18-20, 2021 |
| Schedule: | See Below |
| Location: | St. Louis, Mo. |
| Arena: | Enterprise Center |
| History: | Lehigh tied for 13th in 2019 with three All-Americans. The 2020 Tournament was canceled. |
| Television: | Sessions 1, 3, 4 on ESPNU Sessions 2, 6 on ESPN2 Sessions 5, 7 on ESPN |
| Radio: | None |
| Streaming: | Video of all 8 mats on ESPN3/ESPN App No Lehigh audio for 2021 Tournament |
Schedule
| Date | Session | Start Time | TV |
| March 18 | 1A (First 5 weights) | 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. CT | ESPNU |
| 1B (Second 5 weights) | 2 p.m. ET/1 p.m. CT | ESPNU | |
| 2A (First 5 weights) | 6 p.m. ET/5 p.m. CT | ESPN2 | |
| 2B (Second 5 weights) | 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT | ESPN2 | |
| March 19 | 3 (First 5 weights) | 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. CT | ESPNU |
| 4 (Second 5 weights) | 3 p.m. ET/2 p.m. CT | ESPNU | |
| 5 (Semifinals) | 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT | ESPN | |
| March 20 | 6 (Medal Round) | 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. CT | ESPN2 |
| 7 (Finals) | 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT | ESPN |
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