2013-2014 Southern Maine Preview
University of Southern Maine Huskies
Head Coach: Joseph Pistone
Years at School as head coach: 11
Career Record at school: 84-100-2
Assistant Coaches: Mike Morin, Julio Santiago, Logan Russell, Joe Narvaez
2012-2013 Dual Meet Record: 13-7
Top returning starters:
197 Sean Fagan 4th 2013 Northeast Regional
184 Jonathan Deupree 5th 2013 Northeast Regional
HWT Daniel Suarez 6th 2012 NEWA Championships
Top incoming wrestlers:
149 Daniel Del Gallo 3x Maine State Champion, 2x New England HS Runner-up, 4x ME State Finalist
141 CJ Luth 2x CT State Champ, 3x CT State Placer, 1x CT Open State Champ, 4th HS New England
125 Khalil Newbill 4x Maine Regional Champ, 4x Maine State Place winner
133 Kevin Moore 2x Maine State Place winner
HWT Josh Andrews ME State Champion, 3x Maine State placewinner, 5th HS New Englands
141 Jake Thurston 4x Maine State Place winner
157 Mike Alvarez Maine State Champion
174 Ethan Fitzjurls 3rd Place Maine State Championships
125/133 Vincent Bonina 4x Massachusetts Sectional Finalist, 2x MA State Placer
165 Moises Diaz NH State Finalist,3x NH State Placer, 3x NH All State Place winner
Season outlook:
Southern Maine put together a winning season in 2013, but they will rely on a lot of new faces if they want to repeat the feat in 2014. Returning to lead the team are a pair of upper weight regional placewinners in Sean Fagan who was 4th and Jonathan Deupree who was 5th. Additionally, 2012 NEWA placewinner Dan Suarez returns at 285, giving the Huskies a strong top end of the lineup. Highlighting the newcomers are three New England placewinners including 2x New England runner-up Daniel Del Gallo. He, along with the rest of the team will be looking to make a return trip to the NCAA Championships after just missing out in 2013.