2013-2014 Ursinus Preview

Ursinus College Bears
Head Coach: Bill Racich
Years at School: 34
Career Record; 474-112-8
Asst Coaches: Pat Curry, Lee Cox, Josh Mangle, Sean Howard, Patrick North, Mike McCauley, Maldwyn Cooper, Jeff Bowyer, Seth Ecker

2012-2013 Dual Meet: 11-1

2012-2013 National Qualifiers and All-Americans: Chris Donaldson (6th, 125)
Returning Qualifiers and All-Americans: Chris Donaldson

Top Returning Starters:
125- Chis Donaldson (Jr) 2013 6th NCAA Championships, 3rd Citrus, 2nd Centennial, Fall Brawl Champ
133- Danny Ventura (So) 11-1 dual meet
141- Eli Gaylor (Sr) 2013 Centennial Runner-up, 2nd Will Abele, Scholar AA
149- Curtis Watkins- (Sr) 2013 Centennial Conference Champion
157- Richie Jasinski (Jr) 2013 Centennial Conference Champion
165- Hans Seri (So) 2013 Centennial Conference runner-up
184- Dan Manganaro (Jr) 2013 Centennial Conference Champion, Fall Brawl champ, Citrus Champ
197- Christian Psomas (Jr) 2013 Centennial Conference Champion
285- Rob Scaramuzza- (Jr) 2013 Centennial Conference Runner-up
Brandon Russo (So)

Top Incoming Wrestlers:
Zac Fisher- 125 NJ District Champ
Alex Kramer- 141 105 career wins
Derek Arnold- 149 3rd VA states
Tony Carlo- 157 2nd NY states, 167 career wins, 3x CHSAA Champ, 3x Mayor’s Cup Champ
Kyle Shronk- 165 24-4 as a senior
Corey Markovitch 174- NJ state Q
John Cherneskie 174 National Prep AA
Matt Roberts 184 5th NY states
Jacob Bigelow 197- 2nd ME states
Matan Peleg 197- MN

Season Outlook:
Ursinus College returns nine starters from last year’s Centennial Conference team champs, including four Centennial Conference individual champions and three runners-up. In addition to a solid recruiting class Ursinus adds two outstanding coaches to their staff; National Hall of Fame member, Jeff Bowyer and 2x NCAA Champion Seth Ecker (Ithaca) can only help the Bears get better. Chris Donaldson, 2013 semifinalist and 6th place finisher at 125 expects to step higher on the podium in Cedar Rapids while his teammates work to improve on last year’s performance at the 2013 East Region. Team depth is not a problem and the line-up should provide balance with over forty wrestles in the room. Several starters from 2013 will be challenged daily by a talented recruiting class which should make everyone better by March.