Sunday, January 23
Stillwater, Okla.
3:00 PM ET
Lehigh University
at
Oklahoma State
No. 15 Lehigh to Battle No. 4 Oklahoma State Sunday in Stillwater
1/20/2022 4:45:00 PM | Men's Wrestling
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Winners of four straight duals to open the new year, No. 15 Lehigh takes to the road for the first time in 2022 as the Mountain Hawks travel to Stillwater, Okla., to face No. 4 Oklahoma State Sunday afternoon at Gallagher-Iba Arena. Lehigh enjoyed a 4-0 home stand against EIWA opponents with wins over Binghamton, Cornell, Columbia and Navy. Last weekend the Mountain Hawks rallied late for a 20-16 win over Columbia and then won six of the first seven bouts in a 24-9 triumph over Navy. Senior heavyweight Jordan Wood picked up his first two falls of the season last weekend, including the match-winner against Columbia. Oklahoma State has won its first nine duals this season and is coming off a convincing home win over Columbia last Sunday. The Cowboys boast a top 33 wrestler at all 10 weight classes.
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Lehigh Probable Starters
125 No. 20 Jaret Lane (Jr., Catawissa, Pa.)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
OR Sheldon Seymour (Fy., Troy, Pa.)
133 No. 18 Malyke Hines (Fy., Kissimmee, Fla.)
141 Connor McGonagle (Fy., Danville, N.H.)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
149 Manzona Bryant IV (Fy., Columbus, Ohio)Â Â Â
OR Paul Watkins (Fy., Cumming, Ga.)
OR Steven Storm (Fy., Stroudsburg, Pa.)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
157 No. 8 Josh Humphreys (Jr., Parkersburg, W. Va.)Â Â Â Â
165 No. 25 Brian Meyer (So., Phillipsburg, N.J.)
174 Jake Logan (Fy., New Rochelle, N.Y.)
184 AJ Burkhart (So., Athens, Pa.)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
197 JT Davis (Fy., Middletown, Del.)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
285 No. 7 Jordan Wood (Sr., Gilbertsville, Pa.)Â Â
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Lehigh completed a perfect 4-0 home stand to open 2022 with EIWA victories over Columbia and Navy. The Mountain Hawks trailed Columbia 16-8 after seven bouts but won the final three to claim a 20-16 victory on Friday night. The following day the Mountain Hawks won six of the first seven bouts in a 24-9 win over the Midshipmen in the 102nd meeting of the longtime rivals. Senior Jordan Wood led the way with his first two falls of the year, including the match-clinching pin against Columbia. First year Malyke Hines and junior Josh Humphreys also went 2-0 on the weekend with Humphreys adding two more bonus wins to his ledger. Sophomore AJ Burkhart and first year JT Davis paved the way for Wood's dual-winning pin against Columbia with two point decisions at 184 and 197, respectively.
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Heavyweight Jordan Wood returns for his sixth season in the brown and white. Wood came out of a planned Olympic redshirt in January and went 9-3 last season. He won his fourth straight individual EIWA championship at 285, becoming Lehigh's fifth four-time EIWA champion (and first since 1983) and the first heavyweight to win four EIWA titles. Wood is a two-time All-American, finishing fourth in 2019 and earning second team honors in 2020. With a 13-1 start to his sixth year, Wood now owns an 86-21 career record. This year, Wood has a chance to become the first five-time EIWA champion in conference history.
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Eight Lehigh wrestlers appear in the latest rankings by FloWrestling, while five appear in the latest rankings by InterMat and Amateur Wrestling News. The Mountain Hawks also have four wrestlers ranked by The Open Mat. Senior Jordan Wood leads the way as he is ranked in the top seven by all four outlets. Juniors Josh Humphreys and Jaret Lane are also ranked by all four outlets, with Humphreys rated in the top 10 by three of the four. First year Malyke Hines is ranked by three outlets at 133, while Connor McGonagle (141), Manzona Bryant IV (149) and Brian Meyer (165) appear in two of the four polls. Jake Logan is ranked solely by FloWrestling.
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The Mountain Hawks continued to do well in the classroom during the recently-completed 2021 fall semester. Seventeen Lehigh wrestlers posted a GPA of 3.2 or better during the fall semester, led by Satoshi Abe and Paul Watkins, who both posted 3.93 GPAs. Both wrestlers are mechanical engineering majors. Another mechanical engineer, Brian Meyer, was next at 3.90. Six of the 13 wrestlers listed as probable starters on page one of these notes eclipsed the 3.2 mark in the fall: Watkins, Meyer, Jordan Wood, Jake Logan, Josh Humphreys and AJ Burkhart.
Oklahoma State owns a 9-0 dual meet record and has wrestlers ranked at all 10 weight classes by InterMat. Last weekend, the Cowboys were supposed to compete in a tri-meet at West Virginia but the Mountaineers were unable to compete, so instead Oklahoma State hosted Columbia, defeating the Lions 35-6 on Sunday. Individually, the Cowboys are led by defending NCAA champion AJ Ferrari, who is ranked first at 197, and two-time finalist Daton Fix, who is ranked second at 133. Six Cowboys are ranked in the top 10 of their respective weight classes. Oklahoma State has won a NCAA-best 34 team national championships in wrestling and has a Division I-best 143 individual national champions and 481 All-Americans. American wrestling legend John Smith is in his 31st season as head coach at his alma mater.
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This will be the 13th all-time meeting between Lehigh and Oklahoma State with the Cowboys leading 11-2. Lehigh won the most recent meeting on the third criteria in November 2019. The Mountain Hawks' other victory came at the 2008 Northeast Duals in Pat Santoro's first season. Lehigh is 2-2 against Oklahoma State under Santoro.
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Sunday's dual begins at 3 p.m. ET/2 p.m. from Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla. The match will be streamed on ESPN+. There will be no Lehigh audio coverage for the match.
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Lehigh will be off from competition next weekend and will return to action with a pair of EIWA duals to open February. The Mountain Hawks will host Penn at Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall on Friday, Feb. 4 before traveling to West Point, N.Y. two days later to face Army. Lehigh will wrestle five duals in February to close out the dual meet season. Three of the five duals will be at home.
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The 2021-22 Lehigh wrestling season is presented by the Historic Hotel Bethlehem.
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Lehigh Probable Starters
125 No. 20 Jaret Lane (Jr., Catawissa, Pa.)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
OR Sheldon Seymour (Fy., Troy, Pa.)
133 No. 18 Malyke Hines (Fy., Kissimmee, Fla.)
141 Connor McGonagle (Fy., Danville, N.H.)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
149 Manzona Bryant IV (Fy., Columbus, Ohio)Â Â Â
OR Paul Watkins (Fy., Cumming, Ga.)
OR Steven Storm (Fy., Stroudsburg, Pa.)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
157 No. 8 Josh Humphreys (Jr., Parkersburg, W. Va.)Â Â Â Â
165 No. 25 Brian Meyer (So., Phillipsburg, N.J.)
174 Jake Logan (Fy., New Rochelle, N.Y.)
184 AJ Burkhart (So., Athens, Pa.)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
197 JT Davis (Fy., Middletown, Del.)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
285 No. 7 Jordan Wood (Sr., Gilbertsville, Pa.)Â Â
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Lehigh completed a perfect 4-0 home stand to open 2022 with EIWA victories over Columbia and Navy. The Mountain Hawks trailed Columbia 16-8 after seven bouts but won the final three to claim a 20-16 victory on Friday night. The following day the Mountain Hawks won six of the first seven bouts in a 24-9 win over the Midshipmen in the 102nd meeting of the longtime rivals. Senior Jordan Wood led the way with his first two falls of the year, including the match-clinching pin against Columbia. First year Malyke Hines and junior Josh Humphreys also went 2-0 on the weekend with Humphreys adding two more bonus wins to his ledger. Sophomore AJ Burkhart and first year JT Davis paved the way for Wood's dual-winning pin against Columbia with two point decisions at 184 and 197, respectively.
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Heavyweight Jordan Wood returns for his sixth season in the brown and white. Wood came out of a planned Olympic redshirt in January and went 9-3 last season. He won his fourth straight individual EIWA championship at 285, becoming Lehigh's fifth four-time EIWA champion (and first since 1983) and the first heavyweight to win four EIWA titles. Wood is a two-time All-American, finishing fourth in 2019 and earning second team honors in 2020. With a 13-1 start to his sixth year, Wood now owns an 86-21 career record. This year, Wood has a chance to become the first five-time EIWA champion in conference history.
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Eight Lehigh wrestlers appear in the latest rankings by FloWrestling, while five appear in the latest rankings by InterMat and Amateur Wrestling News. The Mountain Hawks also have four wrestlers ranked by The Open Mat. Senior Jordan Wood leads the way as he is ranked in the top seven by all four outlets. Juniors Josh Humphreys and Jaret Lane are also ranked by all four outlets, with Humphreys rated in the top 10 by three of the four. First year Malyke Hines is ranked by three outlets at 133, while Connor McGonagle (141), Manzona Bryant IV (149) and Brian Meyer (165) appear in two of the four polls. Jake Logan is ranked solely by FloWrestling.
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The Mountain Hawks continued to do well in the classroom during the recently-completed 2021 fall semester. Seventeen Lehigh wrestlers posted a GPA of 3.2 or better during the fall semester, led by Satoshi Abe and Paul Watkins, who both posted 3.93 GPAs. Both wrestlers are mechanical engineering majors. Another mechanical engineer, Brian Meyer, was next at 3.90. Six of the 13 wrestlers listed as probable starters on page one of these notes eclipsed the 3.2 mark in the fall: Watkins, Meyer, Jordan Wood, Jake Logan, Josh Humphreys and AJ Burkhart.
Oklahoma State owns a 9-0 dual meet record and has wrestlers ranked at all 10 weight classes by InterMat. Last weekend, the Cowboys were supposed to compete in a tri-meet at West Virginia but the Mountaineers were unable to compete, so instead Oklahoma State hosted Columbia, defeating the Lions 35-6 on Sunday. Individually, the Cowboys are led by defending NCAA champion AJ Ferrari, who is ranked first at 197, and two-time finalist Daton Fix, who is ranked second at 133. Six Cowboys are ranked in the top 10 of their respective weight classes. Oklahoma State has won a NCAA-best 34 team national championships in wrestling and has a Division I-best 143 individual national champions and 481 All-Americans. American wrestling legend John Smith is in his 31st season as head coach at his alma mater.
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This will be the 13th all-time meeting between Lehigh and Oklahoma State with the Cowboys leading 11-2. Lehigh won the most recent meeting on the third criteria in November 2019. The Mountain Hawks' other victory came at the 2008 Northeast Duals in Pat Santoro's first season. Lehigh is 2-2 against Oklahoma State under Santoro.
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Sunday's dual begins at 3 p.m. ET/2 p.m. from Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla. The match will be streamed on ESPN+. There will be no Lehigh audio coverage for the match.
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Lehigh will be off from competition next weekend and will return to action with a pair of EIWA duals to open February. The Mountain Hawks will host Penn at Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall on Friday, Feb. 4 before traveling to West Point, N.Y. two days later to face Army. Lehigh will wrestle five duals in February to close out the dual meet season. Three of the five duals will be at home.
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The 2021-22 Lehigh wrestling season is presented by the Historic Hotel Bethlehem.
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| Date: | January 23, 2022 |
| Opponent: | No. 4 Oklahoma State Cowboys |
| First match: | 3 p.m. ET/2 p.m. CT |
| Arena: | Gallagher-Iba Arena |
| Location: | Stillwater, Okla. |
| Lehigh's record: | 8-4 overall, 4-0 EIWA |
| Oklahoma State's record: | 9-0 overall, 4-0 Big XII |
| Series: | Oklahoma State leads 11-2 |
| Streak: | Lehigh won the most recent meeting in Nov. 2019 |
| Television/Video: | ESPN+ |
| Radio: | No Lehigh broadcast |
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