Saturday, January 14
Ithaca, N.Y.
6:30 PM
Lehigh University
at
Cornell
Photo by: Sam Janicki
Mountain Hawks to Open 2023 With Road Duals at No. 6 Cornell, Binghamton
1/12/2023 3:44:00 PM | Men's Wrestling
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - In its first dual action of the new year, No. 20 Lehigh heads to New York for a pair of EIWA duals. First, the Mountain Hawks will head to Ithaca on Saturday to battle No. 6 Cornell, in the 100th edition of Lehigh's third most-contested dual series. Lehigh will then will close out the weekend with a visit to Binghamton in Vestal, N.Y. Sunday afternoon. The Mountain Hawks went 1-2 against three ranked foes at the Collegiate Wrestling Duals in New Orleans, Dec. 19-20, defeating Cal Poly before falling to NC State and Ohio State. Since Lehigh's last dual action, the Mountain Hawks had six entrants and four champions at the Dec. 22 Wilkes Open, eight entrants and three place winners at the Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30) and five place winners among 14 entrants at last week's David H. Lehman F&M Open.
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Lehigh Probable Starters
125 Carter Bailey (Fy., Livermore, Calif.)
       Jaret Lane (Sr., Catawissa, Pa.)   Â
133 No. 7 Connor McGonagle (So., Danville, N.H.)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
141 Malyke Hines (So., Kissimmee, Fla.)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
149 No. 25 Max Brignola (So., Rumson, N.J.)Â Â Â Â
       Manzona Bryant IV (So., Columbus, Ohio)Â
157 No. 5 Josh Humphreys (Sr., Parkersburg, W. Va.)Â Â Â
165 Luca Frinzi (So., Quakertown, Pa.)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
        Connor Herceg (Fy., Nazareth, Pa.)         Â
        Brian Meyer (Jr., Phillipsburg, N.J.)                     Â
174 Jake Logan (So., New Rochelle, N.Y.)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
184 No. 20 Tate Samuelson (Gr., Castle Rock, Colo.)Â Â Â Â
197 No. 3 Michael Beard (So., Reading, Pa.)Â Â Â Â Â
285 Nathan Taylor (Fy.. Brookville, Pa.)
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Facing a trio of top-25 opponents, Lehigh went 1-2 at the Collegiate Wrestling Duals, Dec. 19-20 in New Orleans. The Mountain Hawks opened the event with a 26-6 win over No. 25 Cal Poly and then fell 24-10 to No. 7 NC State to conclude day one. The second day of competition saw Lehigh drop a 23-12 final to No. 3 Ohio State as the Mountain Hawks claimed fourth place in the Red Pool. Senior Josh Humphreys went 3-0 at 157 including a top 10 victory over Ed Scott of NC State. Sophomore Michael Beard faced three ranked foes at 197 and went 2-1. Connor McGonagle (133) and Nathan Taylor (285) also picked up two victories at the event for the Mountain Hawks.
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Eight members of the Lehigh wrestling program competed at the 58th Midlands Championships, Dec. 29-30 at NOW Arena near Chicago. Three Mountain Hawks earned podium finishes with first-year Ryan Crookham (133) and sophomore Max Brignola (149) finishing in sixth place and junior Sheldon Seymour (125) claiming seventh place. All eight entrants won at least one bout at the two-day event. Crookham enjoyed the furthers championship bracket advancement, reaching the semifinals before forfeiting to sixth place following a 2-1 loss to Northwestern's Chris Cannon. Also competing for the Mountain Hawks were Killian Delaney (125), Paul Watkins (157), Luca Frinzi (165), Thayne Lawrence (174) and JT Davis (184).
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Lehigh has sent wrestlers to five open tournaments so far this season, most recently the Dec. 22 Wilkes Open and the Jan. 6 David H. Lehman F&M Open. The Mountain Hawks have had 26 place winners over their five tournaments, with six Lehigh grapplers earning open tournament titles. Jaret Lane (125) and Steven Storm (149) won titles at the Nov. 19 Shorty Hitchcock Memorial Open and four Mountain Hawks won titles at Wilkes: Sheldon Seymour (125), Ryan Crookham (133), JT Davis (184) and Karam Chakif (285). Lehigh had 14 entrants at F&M last week, with Tate Samuelson finishing second at 184 and Jake Logan (174) and Nathan Taylor (285) earning third place finishes to lead Lehigh's five place winners.
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Lehigh enjoyed another strong season on the mats, but the Mountain Hawks were equally impressive in the classroom in 2021-22. Six wrestlers earned EIWA Academic Achievement Awards, while four were recognized on the NWCA All-Academic Team. Returnees Josh Humphreys, Jake Logan and Brian Meyer joined 2022 graduate Jordan Wood in earning NWCA Honors. AJ Burkhart and Sheldon Seymour joined that group in being honored by the EIWA. Eighteen Mountain Hawks earned GPAs of 3.2 or better during the fall 2022 semester, led by Humphreys, who earned a 4.0 in management. First-year Ryan Crookham owns a 3.92 in Lehigh's college of business and economics. Among projected starters, Humphreys owns a 3.56 cumulative GPA, while sophomore Jake Logan holds a 3.55 in finance. Graduate students Jaret Lane (3.96) and Tate Samuelson (3.75) are doing well in technical entrepreneurship.
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Lehigh has a wrestler ranked in five out of 10 weight classes in the latest rankings from InterMat and WrestleStat. Four Mountain Hawks are ranked by FloWrestling (plus four honorable mentions) and Amateur Wrestling News. A 7-1 start has moved sophomore Connor McGonagle into the top 10 in three of the four polls. Senior Josh Humphreys (157) and sophomore Michael Beard (197) appear in the top seven in all four polls, with both Humphreys (AWN) and Beard (WrestleStat) ranked as high as No. 2. Graduate student Tate Samuelson is the fourth Mountain Hawk to appear in all four polls. InterMat and WrestleStat both rank wrestlers from 1-33, FloWrestling ranks 1-24 plus honorable mentions and AWN ranks 1-20.
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A pair of top 10 wins last week vaulted Cornell into the top 10 of the NWCA rankings at No. 6. The Big Red defeated Arizona State and Virginia Tech last weekend to move to 4-2 on the dual season. Cornell has nine wrestlers in the latest InterMat rankings, led by three-time NCAA champion Yianni Diakomihalis, who holds the No. 1 spot at 149. Vito Arujau (133) and Chris Foca (174) are also ranked in the top five of their respective weight classes. Mike Grey is in his second season as head coach at his alma mater.
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Cornell serves as Lehigh's oldest dual opponent as the Brown and White wrestled its first ever dual against the Big Red in 1910. In terms of number of duals, Cornell ranks third behind Penn State and Navy for Lehigh, with Saturday's dual set to be No. 100 in the series. Lehigh leads 63-33-3 and has won three straight in the series. Cornell has won six of the last 10 duals.
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Binghamton carries a 2-7 dual record into this weekend's action. The Bearcats will visit Drexel on Friday before returning home to host Lehigh on Sunday. Binghamton is coming off a southern swing that included a seventh-place finish at the Southern Scuffle and dual losses at NC State and Appalachian State. Three Bearcats appear in the latest InterMat rankings, at the highest three weight classes. All-American Lou DePrez is ranked ninth at 197, while Jacob Nolan (184) and Cory Day (285) also appear in the top 33. Kyle Borshoff is in his sixth season as Binghamton's head coach.
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Lehigh has won all six previous meetings with Binghamton, most recently a 24-14 triumph at Grace Hall last January. The first two duals in the series came at the Journeymen Collegiate Duals in Troy, N.Y. Pat Santoro owns five of Lehigh's six wins versus Binghamton.
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Saturday's Lehigh-Cornell match begins at 6:30 p.m. from the Friedman Wrestling Center in Ithaca, N.Y., while Sunday's dual at Binghamton is set for a 1 p.m. start from Events Center in Vestal, N.Y. Both duals will be broadcast on ESPN+. There will be no Lehigh radio coverage of this weekend's matches.
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Two more road EIWA duals await the Mountain Hawks next weekend. Lehigh heads to the Palestra in Philadelphia to face Penn, Friday, Jan. 20 at 6 p.m. and the Mountain Hawks will then head to Annapolis, Md., the following night to face Navy. The Mountain Hawks will close out a five-dual road swing at Columbia on Jan. 27 before returning home to host Arizona State Jan. 28 at 6 p.m.
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The 2022-23 Lehigh wrestling season is presented by the Historic Hotel Bethlehem.
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Lehigh Probable Starters
125 Carter Bailey (Fy., Livermore, Calif.)
       Jaret Lane (Sr., Catawissa, Pa.)   Â
133 No. 7 Connor McGonagle (So., Danville, N.H.)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
141 Malyke Hines (So., Kissimmee, Fla.)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
149 No. 25 Max Brignola (So., Rumson, N.J.)Â Â Â Â
       Manzona Bryant IV (So., Columbus, Ohio)Â
157 No. 5 Josh Humphreys (Sr., Parkersburg, W. Va.)Â Â Â
165 Luca Frinzi (So., Quakertown, Pa.)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
        Connor Herceg (Fy., Nazareth, Pa.)         Â
        Brian Meyer (Jr., Phillipsburg, N.J.)                     Â
174 Jake Logan (So., New Rochelle, N.Y.)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
184 No. 20 Tate Samuelson (Gr., Castle Rock, Colo.)Â Â Â Â
197 No. 3 Michael Beard (So., Reading, Pa.)Â Â Â Â Â
285 Nathan Taylor (Fy.. Brookville, Pa.)
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Facing a trio of top-25 opponents, Lehigh went 1-2 at the Collegiate Wrestling Duals, Dec. 19-20 in New Orleans. The Mountain Hawks opened the event with a 26-6 win over No. 25 Cal Poly and then fell 24-10 to No. 7 NC State to conclude day one. The second day of competition saw Lehigh drop a 23-12 final to No. 3 Ohio State as the Mountain Hawks claimed fourth place in the Red Pool. Senior Josh Humphreys went 3-0 at 157 including a top 10 victory over Ed Scott of NC State. Sophomore Michael Beard faced three ranked foes at 197 and went 2-1. Connor McGonagle (133) and Nathan Taylor (285) also picked up two victories at the event for the Mountain Hawks.
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Eight members of the Lehigh wrestling program competed at the 58th Midlands Championships, Dec. 29-30 at NOW Arena near Chicago. Three Mountain Hawks earned podium finishes with first-year Ryan Crookham (133) and sophomore Max Brignola (149) finishing in sixth place and junior Sheldon Seymour (125) claiming seventh place. All eight entrants won at least one bout at the two-day event. Crookham enjoyed the furthers championship bracket advancement, reaching the semifinals before forfeiting to sixth place following a 2-1 loss to Northwestern's Chris Cannon. Also competing for the Mountain Hawks were Killian Delaney (125), Paul Watkins (157), Luca Frinzi (165), Thayne Lawrence (174) and JT Davis (184).
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Lehigh has sent wrestlers to five open tournaments so far this season, most recently the Dec. 22 Wilkes Open and the Jan. 6 David H. Lehman F&M Open. The Mountain Hawks have had 26 place winners over their five tournaments, with six Lehigh grapplers earning open tournament titles. Jaret Lane (125) and Steven Storm (149) won titles at the Nov. 19 Shorty Hitchcock Memorial Open and four Mountain Hawks won titles at Wilkes: Sheldon Seymour (125), Ryan Crookham (133), JT Davis (184) and Karam Chakif (285). Lehigh had 14 entrants at F&M last week, with Tate Samuelson finishing second at 184 and Jake Logan (174) and Nathan Taylor (285) earning third place finishes to lead Lehigh's five place winners.
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Lehigh enjoyed another strong season on the mats, but the Mountain Hawks were equally impressive in the classroom in 2021-22. Six wrestlers earned EIWA Academic Achievement Awards, while four were recognized on the NWCA All-Academic Team. Returnees Josh Humphreys, Jake Logan and Brian Meyer joined 2022 graduate Jordan Wood in earning NWCA Honors. AJ Burkhart and Sheldon Seymour joined that group in being honored by the EIWA. Eighteen Mountain Hawks earned GPAs of 3.2 or better during the fall 2022 semester, led by Humphreys, who earned a 4.0 in management. First-year Ryan Crookham owns a 3.92 in Lehigh's college of business and economics. Among projected starters, Humphreys owns a 3.56 cumulative GPA, while sophomore Jake Logan holds a 3.55 in finance. Graduate students Jaret Lane (3.96) and Tate Samuelson (3.75) are doing well in technical entrepreneurship.
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Lehigh has a wrestler ranked in five out of 10 weight classes in the latest rankings from InterMat and WrestleStat. Four Mountain Hawks are ranked by FloWrestling (plus four honorable mentions) and Amateur Wrestling News. A 7-1 start has moved sophomore Connor McGonagle into the top 10 in three of the four polls. Senior Josh Humphreys (157) and sophomore Michael Beard (197) appear in the top seven in all four polls, with both Humphreys (AWN) and Beard (WrestleStat) ranked as high as No. 2. Graduate student Tate Samuelson is the fourth Mountain Hawk to appear in all four polls. InterMat and WrestleStat both rank wrestlers from 1-33, FloWrestling ranks 1-24 plus honorable mentions and AWN ranks 1-20.
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A pair of top 10 wins last week vaulted Cornell into the top 10 of the NWCA rankings at No. 6. The Big Red defeated Arizona State and Virginia Tech last weekend to move to 4-2 on the dual season. Cornell has nine wrestlers in the latest InterMat rankings, led by three-time NCAA champion Yianni Diakomihalis, who holds the No. 1 spot at 149. Vito Arujau (133) and Chris Foca (174) are also ranked in the top five of their respective weight classes. Mike Grey is in his second season as head coach at his alma mater.
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Cornell serves as Lehigh's oldest dual opponent as the Brown and White wrestled its first ever dual against the Big Red in 1910. In terms of number of duals, Cornell ranks third behind Penn State and Navy for Lehigh, with Saturday's dual set to be No. 100 in the series. Lehigh leads 63-33-3 and has won three straight in the series. Cornell has won six of the last 10 duals.
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Binghamton carries a 2-7 dual record into this weekend's action. The Bearcats will visit Drexel on Friday before returning home to host Lehigh on Sunday. Binghamton is coming off a southern swing that included a seventh-place finish at the Southern Scuffle and dual losses at NC State and Appalachian State. Three Bearcats appear in the latest InterMat rankings, at the highest three weight classes. All-American Lou DePrez is ranked ninth at 197, while Jacob Nolan (184) and Cory Day (285) also appear in the top 33. Kyle Borshoff is in his sixth season as Binghamton's head coach.
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Lehigh has won all six previous meetings with Binghamton, most recently a 24-14 triumph at Grace Hall last January. The first two duals in the series came at the Journeymen Collegiate Duals in Troy, N.Y. Pat Santoro owns five of Lehigh's six wins versus Binghamton.
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Saturday's Lehigh-Cornell match begins at 6:30 p.m. from the Friedman Wrestling Center in Ithaca, N.Y., while Sunday's dual at Binghamton is set for a 1 p.m. start from Events Center in Vestal, N.Y. Both duals will be broadcast on ESPN+. There will be no Lehigh radio coverage of this weekend's matches.
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Two more road EIWA duals await the Mountain Hawks next weekend. Lehigh heads to the Palestra in Philadelphia to face Penn, Friday, Jan. 20 at 6 p.m. and the Mountain Hawks will then head to Annapolis, Md., the following night to face Navy. The Mountain Hawks will close out a five-dual road swing at Columbia on Jan. 27 before returning home to host Arizona State Jan. 28 at 6 p.m.
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The 2022-23 Lehigh wrestling season is presented by the Historic Hotel Bethlehem.
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| Date: | January 14, 2023 |
| Opponent: | No. 6 Cornell Big Red |
| First match: | 6:30 p.m. |
| Arena: | Friedman Wrestling Center |
| Location: | Ithaca, N.Y. |
| Lehigh's record: | 4-5 overall, 1-0 EIWA |
| Cornell's record: | 4-2 overall, 0-0 EIWA |
| Series: | Lehigh leads 63-33-3 |
| Television/Radio: | None |
| Internet broadcast: | Video on ESPN+ |
| Date: | January 15, 2023 |
| Opponent: | Binghamton Bearcats |
| First match: | 1 p.m. |
| Arena: | Events Center |
| Location: | Vestal, N.Y. |
| Lehigh's record: | 4-5 overall, 1-0 EIWA |
| Binghamton's record: | 2-7 overall, 1-0 EIWA |
| Series: | Lehigh leads 6-0 |
| Television/Radio: | None |
| Internet broadcast: | Video on ESPN+ |
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