Friday, February 10
Lewisburg, Pa.
7:00 PM
Lehigh University
at
Bucknell
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Lehigh To Close Out Regular Season With Duals at Bucknell, Princeton
2/8/2023 2:45:00 PM | Men's Wrestling
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - After closing out the home slate with a win over Army West Point the Mountain Hawks will wrap-up the dual meet season with a pair of road EIWA duals. Lehigh will visit Bucknell Friday night before making the trek to Princeton on Saturday. The Mountain Hawks rode a fast start to a 26-9 win over Army on Feb. 4, winning the first three bouts, scoring bonus points in all three, and taking seven of the first eight bouts overall. Sophomore Michael Beard recorded his sixth technical fall of the season while graduate student Tate Samuelson, first-year Nathan Taylor and sophomore Connor McGonagle all won major decisions. Senior Josh Humphreys returned to the lineup with a win by decision at 157.
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Lehigh Probable Starters
125 Carter Bailey (Fy., Livermore, Calif.)
133 No. 5 Connor McGonagle (So., Danville, N.H.)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
141 No. 23 Malyke Hines (So., Kissimmee, Fla.)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
149 No. 32 Max Brignola (So., Rumson, N.J.)Â Â Â Â
       Manzona Bryant IV (So., Columbus, Ohio)Â
157 No. 4 Josh Humphreys (Sr., Parkersburg, W. Va.)
165 Luca Frinzi (So., Quakertown, Pa.)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
174 Jake Logan (So., New Rochelle, N.Y.)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
184 No. 19 Tate Samuelson (Gr., Castle Rock, Colo.)Â Â Â Â
197 No. 2 Michael Beard (So., Reading, Pa.)Â Â Â Â Â
285 No. 29 Nathan Taylor (Fy.. Brookville, Pa.)Â Â
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Senior Josh Humphreys is the most accomplished of all the returning Mountain Hawks. In his first three seasons, Humphreys won a pair of EIWA titles at 157, qualified for the NCAA Championships on three occasions and in 2020 was recognized as a NWCA first team All-American. Humphreys went 20-5 last season with four falls and 12 bonus wins. He won the 2020 Coaches Trophy as the Outstanding Wrestler at the EIWA Championships. The Parkersburg, W. Va., native returned to the lineup against Army after missing nearly six weeks. He improved to 10-0 on the season with a victory and owns a 70-18 career record.
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Lehigh has a wrestler ranked in seven out of 10 weight classes in the latest rankings from InterMat. Six Mountain Hawks are ranked by both FloWrestling and WrestleStat, while four are ranked by Amateur Wrestling News. Senior Josh Humphreys (157) and sophomores Connor McGonagle (133) and Michael Beard (197) are all ranked in the top five by InterMat, FloWrestling and AWN. Graduate student Tate Samuelson is the fourth Mountain Hawk to appear in all four polls. Beard is up to No. 2 at 197 in the latest InterMat rankings. 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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When Lehigh meets Princeton, the Mountain Hawks will get re-acquainted with Tiger head coach Chris Ayres '99, a former EIWA Champion, All-American and assistant coach at Lehigh. Ayres, wrestled for the Brown and White from 1995-1999 and coached on Greg Strobel's staff for five seasons, before moving on to Princeton. He won an EIWA title at 150 in 1998 and earned All-American honors with a sixth place finish at 157 in 1999. Ayres wrestled under and then coached alongside Pat Santoro and succeeded him as Lehigh's Harmon-Rauch Assistant Coach in 2003.
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Bucknell carries a 6-7 dual mark into Friday night's dual. The Bison are 4-4 in EIWA duals and have lost three straight duals with losses to Army West Point (Jan. 29), Columbia (Feb. 3) and Navy (Feb. 4). Three Bucknell wrestlers appear in the latest InterMat rankings. Junior Kurt Phipps is ranked 25th at 133, senior Darren Miller is ranked 32nd at 141 and junior heavyweight Dorian Crosby has entered the rankings at No. 31. Dan Wirnsberger is in his 18th season as Bucknell's head coach.
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Lehigh and Bucknell will meet for the 17th time. The Mountain Hawks won the first nine duals in the series and the last six. Bucknell's only win in the series came in the 2013-14 season-opener. Lehigh is visiting Lewisburg for the sixth time since the Bison program returned in the mid-2000s.
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Princeton will host Lehigh in its final home dual on Saturday after the Tigers visit Penn in Ivy League action Friday night. The Tigers are just 3-9 on the dual season but own a win over then-No. 8 Arizona State on Jan. 15. Last weekend, Princeton split two duals in New York, falling at Cornell before rebounding with a victory at Binghamton. Four Tigers are ranked by InterMat with returning NCAA finalists Patrick Glory (125) and Quincy Monday (165) ranked in the top five. Lehigh Valley native Travis Stefanik is ranked 32nd at 285. Former Lehigh All-American and assistant coach Chris Ayres '99 is in his 16th season as Princeton's head coach.
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Princeton is Lehigh's seventh most-wrestled rival as Saturday's dual will be the 64th in a series that dates back to 1911. The Tigers have won the last three duals in the series after Lehigh won 14 straight from 1969-2017. The Mountain Hawks are 6-3 against Princeton under Pat Santoro.
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Friday's dual at Bucknell begins at 7 p.m. from Davis Gym in Lewisburg, Pa., while Saturday's match at Princeton will be a 6 p.m. start from Jadwin Gym in New Jersey. Both duals will be streamed on ESPN+ while the Bucknell dual will also have audio coverage on Fox Sports Radio 94.7 FM and 1230 AM and LVFoxSports.com beginning at 6:45 p.m.
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This year, Lehigh will have an extra weekend of preparation for the postseason, which begins with the 119th EIWA Championships, Mar. 4-5 at the Palestra in Philadelphia. The Mountain Hawks won four straight EIWA team titles from 2018 through 2021 and are looking to improve upon a fourth place team finish last season.
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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.)
133 No. 5 Connor McGonagle (So., Danville, N.H.)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
141 No. 23 Malyke Hines (So., Kissimmee, Fla.)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
149 No. 32 Max Brignola (So., Rumson, N.J.)Â Â Â Â
       Manzona Bryant IV (So., Columbus, Ohio)Â
157 No. 4 Josh Humphreys (Sr., Parkersburg, W. Va.)
165 Luca Frinzi (So., Quakertown, Pa.)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
174 Jake Logan (So., New Rochelle, N.Y.)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
184 No. 19 Tate Samuelson (Gr., Castle Rock, Colo.)Â Â Â Â
197 No. 2 Michael Beard (So., Reading, Pa.)Â Â Â Â Â
285 No. 29 Nathan Taylor (Fy.. Brookville, Pa.)Â Â
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Senior Josh Humphreys is the most accomplished of all the returning Mountain Hawks. In his first three seasons, Humphreys won a pair of EIWA titles at 157, qualified for the NCAA Championships on three occasions and in 2020 was recognized as a NWCA first team All-American. Humphreys went 20-5 last season with four falls and 12 bonus wins. He won the 2020 Coaches Trophy as the Outstanding Wrestler at the EIWA Championships. The Parkersburg, W. Va., native returned to the lineup against Army after missing nearly six weeks. He improved to 10-0 on the season with a victory and owns a 70-18 career record.
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Lehigh has a wrestler ranked in seven out of 10 weight classes in the latest rankings from InterMat. Six Mountain Hawks are ranked by both FloWrestling and WrestleStat, while four are ranked by Amateur Wrestling News. Senior Josh Humphreys (157) and sophomores Connor McGonagle (133) and Michael Beard (197) are all ranked in the top five by InterMat, FloWrestling and AWN. Graduate student Tate Samuelson is the fourth Mountain Hawk to appear in all four polls. Beard is up to No. 2 at 197 in the latest InterMat rankings. 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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When Lehigh meets Princeton, the Mountain Hawks will get re-acquainted with Tiger head coach Chris Ayres '99, a former EIWA Champion, All-American and assistant coach at Lehigh. Ayres, wrestled for the Brown and White from 1995-1999 and coached on Greg Strobel's staff for five seasons, before moving on to Princeton. He won an EIWA title at 150 in 1998 and earned All-American honors with a sixth place finish at 157 in 1999. Ayres wrestled under and then coached alongside Pat Santoro and succeeded him as Lehigh's Harmon-Rauch Assistant Coach in 2003.
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Bucknell carries a 6-7 dual mark into Friday night's dual. The Bison are 4-4 in EIWA duals and have lost three straight duals with losses to Army West Point (Jan. 29), Columbia (Feb. 3) and Navy (Feb. 4). Three Bucknell wrestlers appear in the latest InterMat rankings. Junior Kurt Phipps is ranked 25th at 133, senior Darren Miller is ranked 32nd at 141 and junior heavyweight Dorian Crosby has entered the rankings at No. 31. Dan Wirnsberger is in his 18th season as Bucknell's head coach.
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Lehigh and Bucknell will meet for the 17th time. The Mountain Hawks won the first nine duals in the series and the last six. Bucknell's only win in the series came in the 2013-14 season-opener. Lehigh is visiting Lewisburg for the sixth time since the Bison program returned in the mid-2000s.
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Princeton will host Lehigh in its final home dual on Saturday after the Tigers visit Penn in Ivy League action Friday night. The Tigers are just 3-9 on the dual season but own a win over then-No. 8 Arizona State on Jan. 15. Last weekend, Princeton split two duals in New York, falling at Cornell before rebounding with a victory at Binghamton. Four Tigers are ranked by InterMat with returning NCAA finalists Patrick Glory (125) and Quincy Monday (165) ranked in the top five. Lehigh Valley native Travis Stefanik is ranked 32nd at 285. Former Lehigh All-American and assistant coach Chris Ayres '99 is in his 16th season as Princeton's head coach.
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Princeton is Lehigh's seventh most-wrestled rival as Saturday's dual will be the 64th in a series that dates back to 1911. The Tigers have won the last three duals in the series after Lehigh won 14 straight from 1969-2017. The Mountain Hawks are 6-3 against Princeton under Pat Santoro.
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Friday's dual at Bucknell begins at 7 p.m. from Davis Gym in Lewisburg, Pa., while Saturday's match at Princeton will be a 6 p.m. start from Jadwin Gym in New Jersey. Both duals will be streamed on ESPN+ while the Bucknell dual will also have audio coverage on Fox Sports Radio 94.7 FM and 1230 AM and LVFoxSports.com beginning at 6:45 p.m.
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This year, Lehigh will have an extra weekend of preparation for the postseason, which begins with the 119th EIWA Championships, Mar. 4-5 at the Palestra in Philadelphia. The Mountain Hawks won four straight EIWA team titles from 2018 through 2021 and are looking to improve upon a fourth place team finish last season.
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The 2022-23 Lehigh wrestling season is presented by the Historic Hotel Bethlehem.
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| Date: | February 10, 2023 |
| Opponent: | Bucknell Bison |
| First match: | 7:02 p.m. |
| Arena: | Davis Gym |
| Location: | Lewisburg, Pa. |
| Lehigh's record: | 7-9 overall, 4-3 EIWA |
| Bucknell's record: | 6-7 overall, 4-4 EIWA |
| Series: | Lehigh leads 15-1 |
| Television: | None |
| Radio: | Fox Sports Radio 94.7 FM and 1230 AM beginning at 6:45 p.m. |
| Internet broadcast: | Video on ESPN+ Audio at LVFoxSports.com |
| Date: | February 11, 2023 |
| Opponent: | Princeton Tigers |
| First match: | 6:05 p.m. |
| Arena: | Jadwin Gym |
| Location: | Princeton, N.J. |
| Lehigh's record: | 7-9 overall, 4-3 EIWA |
| Princeton's record: | 3-9 overall, 1-3 EIWA |
| Series: | Lehigh leads 54-8-1 |
| Television/Radio: | None |
| Internet broadcast: | Video on ESPN+ |
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