Saturday, February 24
Tempe, Ariz.
9:00 PM
Lehigh University
at
Arizona State
Photo by: Hannahally Photography
Mountain Hawks To Close Out Dual Season At No. 19 Arizona State
2/22/2024 10:11:00 AM | Men's Wrestling
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - One more dual before the postseason as the 15th-ranked Mountain Hawks head from the Lehigh Valley to the Valley of the Sun to meet No. 19 Arizona State Saturday night. Lehigh will put its seven-match winning streak on the line against an Arizona State team that has won three straight duals. Last weekend the Mountain Hawks rolled to a 31-6 win over Princeton to complete a perfect 7-0 season in EIWA duals. The Mountain Hawks won eight of 10 bouts, including junior Michael Beard's NCAA-leading 14th technical fall victory and major decisions by junior Malyke Hines and sophomore Nathan Taylor. Arizona State defeated Pac-12 rival Stanford on Feb. 17 with fourth-ranked heavyweight Cohlton Schultz winning by fall in the final bout of the night to turn a 17-12 deficit into an 18-17 Sun Devil win.
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Lehigh Probable Starters (Rankings FloWrestling/InterMat 2/20/24)
125 Sheldon Seymour (So., Troy, Pa.)Â Â
      No. 2/2 Luke Stanich (Fy., Roxbury, N.J.)  Â
133 No. 1/1 Ryan Crookham (Fy., Hellertown, Pa.)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
141 No. 16/16 Malyke Hines (Jr., Kissimmee, Fla.)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
149 Kelvin Griffin (Fy., Berwick, Maine)
      Drew Munch (Jr., East Stroudsburg, Pa.)   Â
157 No. 25/24 Max Brignola (Jr., Fair Haven, N.J.)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
165 No. 26/33 Jake Logan (Jr., New Rochelle, N.Y.)Â Â Â Â Â Â
174 Connor Herceg (So., Nazareth, Pa.)
184 Jack Wilt (So., Madison, N.J.)
197 No. 6/3 Michael Beard (Jr., Reading, Pa.)Â Â Â
285 No. 7/8 Nathan Taylor (So., Brookville, Pa.)
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Last time out, Lehigh celebrated its senior class, welcomed back alumni and defeated Princeton. The Mountain Hawks won seven of nine contested bouts to defeat Princeton 31-6 as Lehigh closed out its home schedule with its seventh straight dual win, completing a perfect 7-0 dual slate against EIWA opponents. Junior Michael Beard posted his Division I-leading 14th technical fall victory of the season, while junior Malyke Hines and sophomore Nathan Taylor added major decisions for the Mountain Hawks. Lehigh recognized its nine-wrestler senior class prior to the match, with seniors Luca Frinzi (165) and Connor Herceg (174) posting wins by decision.
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Lehigh's victory over Princeton last weekend was its seventh consecutive dual win and completed a 7-0 showing against EIWA foes in dual meet competition. The Mountain Hawks posted dual wins over longtime rivals Cornell, Penn, Navy, Army West Point and Princeton plus relative EIWA newcomers Binghamton and Bucknell. The 7-0 EIWA record marks the fourth time under Pat Santoro that Lehigh was unbeaten in EIWA duals. The Mountain Hawks went 7-0 in 2015-16, 5-0-1 in 2009-10 and 9-0 in Santoro's first season at Lehigh, 2008-09.
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Seven Lehigh wrestlers appear in the latest rankings from InterMat and FloWrestling, while eight appear in the WrestleStat top 33. Five Mountain Hawks are ranked by both Amateur Wrestling News and The Open Mat. Five Mountain Hawks are ranked across the board with four ranked in the top 10 across the board. First-year Ryan Crookham is ranked No. 1 in three polls, while first-year Luke Stanich is ranked second in four of the five. Junior Michael Beard is ranked third in four of the five polls. Juniors Max Brignola and Jake Logan are ranked by both InterMat and FloWrestling.
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Arizona State brings a 6-5 record into Saturday's dual. The Sun Devils will host Lehigh Saturday and then will close out the regular season against Nebraska on Sunday. Arizona State has won three straight duals, defeating Pac-12 opponents, Oregon State, Cal Poly and Stanford over the last three weekends. Seven Sun Devils appear in the latest InterMat rankings, led by Jacori Teemer, who is third at 157. Kyle Parco (149) and Cohlton Schultz (285) are also ranked top five, but Schultz is not listed among Arizona State's probable starters. Former U.S. National Team head coach Zeke Jones is in his 10th season as head coach at his alma mater.
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Lehigh and Arizona State meet for the 12th time. The Sun Devils have won the last two meetings after Lehigh won the previous six. The last three duals have been decided by five points or fewer. Lehigh has won four of the five duals contested in Tempe, Ariz.
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Saturday's dual begins just after 9 p.m. ET/7 p.m. MST from Mullett Arena. The dual will be broadcast on Pac-12 Arizona with audio coverage on Fox Sports Radio 94.7 FM and 1230 AM and LVFoxSports.com beginning at 8:45 p.m. ET.
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Lehigh will shift focus to the 120th EIWA Championships, hosted by Bucknell, March 8-9 at Sojka Pavilion in Lewisburg, Pa. The Mountain Hawks finished second at last year's EIWA Championships and had a recent string of four consecutive EIWA team titles from 2018-2021. Conference allocations for the NCAA Championships will be announced next week.
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The 2023-24 Lehigh wrestling season is presented by the Historic Hotel Bethlehem.
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Lehigh Probable Starters (Rankings FloWrestling/InterMat 2/20/24)
125 Sheldon Seymour (So., Troy, Pa.)Â Â
      No. 2/2 Luke Stanich (Fy., Roxbury, N.J.)  Â
133 No. 1/1 Ryan Crookham (Fy., Hellertown, Pa.)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
141 No. 16/16 Malyke Hines (Jr., Kissimmee, Fla.)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
149 Kelvin Griffin (Fy., Berwick, Maine)
      Drew Munch (Jr., East Stroudsburg, Pa.)   Â
157 No. 25/24 Max Brignola (Jr., Fair Haven, N.J.)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
165 No. 26/33 Jake Logan (Jr., New Rochelle, N.Y.)Â Â Â Â Â Â
174 Connor Herceg (So., Nazareth, Pa.)
184 Jack Wilt (So., Madison, N.J.)
197 No. 6/3 Michael Beard (Jr., Reading, Pa.)Â Â Â
285 No. 7/8 Nathan Taylor (So., Brookville, Pa.)
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Last time out, Lehigh celebrated its senior class, welcomed back alumni and defeated Princeton. The Mountain Hawks won seven of nine contested bouts to defeat Princeton 31-6 as Lehigh closed out its home schedule with its seventh straight dual win, completing a perfect 7-0 dual slate against EIWA opponents. Junior Michael Beard posted his Division I-leading 14th technical fall victory of the season, while junior Malyke Hines and sophomore Nathan Taylor added major decisions for the Mountain Hawks. Lehigh recognized its nine-wrestler senior class prior to the match, with seniors Luca Frinzi (165) and Connor Herceg (174) posting wins by decision.
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Lehigh's victory over Princeton last weekend was its seventh consecutive dual win and completed a 7-0 showing against EIWA foes in dual meet competition. The Mountain Hawks posted dual wins over longtime rivals Cornell, Penn, Navy, Army West Point and Princeton plus relative EIWA newcomers Binghamton and Bucknell. The 7-0 EIWA record marks the fourth time under Pat Santoro that Lehigh was unbeaten in EIWA duals. The Mountain Hawks went 7-0 in 2015-16, 5-0-1 in 2009-10 and 9-0 in Santoro's first season at Lehigh, 2008-09.
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Seven Lehigh wrestlers appear in the latest rankings from InterMat and FloWrestling, while eight appear in the WrestleStat top 33. Five Mountain Hawks are ranked by both Amateur Wrestling News and The Open Mat. Five Mountain Hawks are ranked across the board with four ranked in the top 10 across the board. First-year Ryan Crookham is ranked No. 1 in three polls, while first-year Luke Stanich is ranked second in four of the five. Junior Michael Beard is ranked third in four of the five polls. Juniors Max Brignola and Jake Logan are ranked by both InterMat and FloWrestling.
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Arizona State brings a 6-5 record into Saturday's dual. The Sun Devils will host Lehigh Saturday and then will close out the regular season against Nebraska on Sunday. Arizona State has won three straight duals, defeating Pac-12 opponents, Oregon State, Cal Poly and Stanford over the last three weekends. Seven Sun Devils appear in the latest InterMat rankings, led by Jacori Teemer, who is third at 157. Kyle Parco (149) and Cohlton Schultz (285) are also ranked top five, but Schultz is not listed among Arizona State's probable starters. Former U.S. National Team head coach Zeke Jones is in his 10th season as head coach at his alma mater.
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Lehigh and Arizona State meet for the 12th time. The Sun Devils have won the last two meetings after Lehigh won the previous six. The last three duals have been decided by five points or fewer. Lehigh has won four of the five duals contested in Tempe, Ariz.
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Saturday's dual begins just after 9 p.m. ET/7 p.m. MST from Mullett Arena. The dual will be broadcast on Pac-12 Arizona with audio coverage on Fox Sports Radio 94.7 FM and 1230 AM and LVFoxSports.com beginning at 8:45 p.m. ET.
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Lehigh will shift focus to the 120th EIWA Championships, hosted by Bucknell, March 8-9 at Sojka Pavilion in Lewisburg, Pa. The Mountain Hawks finished second at last year's EIWA Championships and had a recent string of four consecutive EIWA team titles from 2018-2021. Conference allocations for the NCAA Championships will be announced next week.
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The 2023-24 Lehigh wrestling season is presented by the Historic Hotel Bethlehem.
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| Date: | February 24, 2024 |
| Opponent: | No. 19 Arizona State Sun Devils |
| First match: | 9:05 p.m. ET/7:05 p.m. MST |
| Arena: | Mullett Arena |
| Location: | Tempe, Ariz. |
| Lehigh's record: | 7-3 overall, 7-0 EIWA |
| Arizona State's record: | 6-5 overall, 4-1 Pac-12 |
| Series: | Lehigh leads 7-4 |
| Streak: | Arizona State has won the last two duals |
| Television: | Pac-12 Arizona |
| Radio: | Fox Sports Radio 94.7 FM and 1230 AM in Easton beginning at 8:45 p.m. ET |
| Internet broadcast: | Video on Pac-12 Arizona Audio at LVFoxSports.com |
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