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Oneonta Preview

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Head Coach: Duane Ritter
Years at School as head coach: 11
20013-14-Dual Record: 10-9
Career Record at school: 116-66-3
Assistant Coaches: Bill Cooper, Rocco Caponi, Nate Leonard, Josh Wake (Volunteer), Mike Hamilton (GA-Strength & Conditioning)

Returning NCAA Qualifier: Shaun Gillen (2013)

Top Returning Starters:
125: Dominic DeGraba (So.)- All-Conference ECWC 2014
133: Sean Hanson(Sr.)-2x All-Conference ECWC 2x Runner-up, 2x NCAA All-Regional (5th @133 & 5th @ 141)
149-157: Curt Rowley (Jr.)-All-Conference ECWC 2013
174: Shaun Gillen(Jr.)-2x All Conference ECWC, 2x Runner-up, All-State NYS Collegiate, 2x NCAA All-Regional, NCAA National Qualifier 2013
197: Chad Obzud(Sr.)-2x All-Conference 2x 3rd ECWC, 2x NYS Collegiate All-State, 2x NCAA All-Regional (5th & 5th @ 197)

Top incoming wrestlers:
125-Tim Taylor- 2x Maryland State Placer (4th & 6th)
125 Steven Lee-(Tr.) 5th NY State, 2nd War @ Shore, NHSCA-HS-All-American (4th)
133- Anthony Messina- All-County Section 11 (3rd)
133- Chris D’amico- All-County Section 11
141- Matt Marino-All-County Section 11, (43-3 as Sr.)
149- Larry Courtien- 2X Section 1 Placer
165- Cameron Milliken-Section II Champion, 4th NY State
174- Mitchell Fisher- Section 5 Champ, NY State Qualifier
197- Tim Flower- Section 2 Champ, NY State Qualifier, Eastern States Placer
HWT-Jake Groesbeck- All-Section II (3rd), NYS GR State Runner-up
HWT- James Bethel- 3rd NY State, 45-1, HS All-American (3rd @ Fargo), NYS FS & GR State Champion

Season outlook:
After a winning dual meet season which concluded with 8th place NCAA NE Regional Championships team finish, and 5 NCAA All-Regional wrestlers in 2014. The Red Dragons lost four senior starters to graduation, 2 of them 100+ match winners, and NCAA All-Regional Wrestlers. Despite those losses to graduation this year’s team should rebound nicely with a solid line-up. The team will be paced by three multiple time NCAA All-Regional, and multiple time All-Conference ECWC wrestlers in Hanson, Gillen, & Obzud all striving to conclude their careers with a trip to the NCAA Championships in Hershey PA. Dominic DeGraba (So.), and Curtis Rowley (Jr.) both All-Conference ECWC wrestlers, along with returning starters Evan Wallace, Anthony Marino, and Vincent Provenzano should provide additional veteran leadership to this year’s team. Several additional wrestlers are highly experienced, eager to fill the voids left by graduating teammates, and looking to make an impact this season. The incoming class boosts multiple State Qualifiers, State Placers, All- Sectional, and All-County grapplers several of whom will contend for starting positions in this year’s line-up. If all goes well the Red Dragons should blossom into a highly competitive team during the 2014-15 season.

Springfield Preview

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Springfield_LogoSpringfield College
Head Coach: Jason Holder
Years at School as head coach: 4th year
Career Record at school: 38-12
Assistant Coaches: Pierre Bondoc (3rd year), Jimmy Hamel (1st year).

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2013-2014 Dual Meet Record: 10-7
2014 National Qualifiers and All-Americans: Dylan Foley (165, 6th), Eric Hamrick (149)
Returning Qualifiers and All-Americans (any year): Derek Adams (133, 4th in 2013), Dylan Foley (165,6th), Eric Hamrick (149)

Top returning starters:
Eric Hamrick (157): Northeast Regional 2nd/NQ
Dylan Foley (165): Northeast Regional 3rd/AA
Derek Adams (133): Northeast Regional 2nd/AA’13
Michael Case (184): Northeast Regional 4th
Hunter Ayen (197): Northeast Regional 4th

Top incoming wrestlers:
Zachary Bridson: Tenn. Chattanooga transfer
David Colvin: CT State placer
Thomas Farley: NJ Region 5 placer
Josh Hillman: NE prep placer
Matty Ritchie: NJ Region 1 placer
Connor Sheehan: NJ Region 6 placer

Season Outlook:
The Pride is returning 8 of 10 starters from last year’s team. This includes 2014 All-American Dylan Foley and National Qualifier Eric Hamrick. The 2014-2015 squad will include 2013 All-American Derek Adams and welcome in transfer Zachary Bridson. The upper weights will be lead by a pair of returning All-Region wrestlers in senior Michael Case and sophomore Hunter Ayen. Springfield College will have a lot of young wrestlers who are hoping to step-up this season.

Ithaca Preview

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IthacaBombers[1]2014-2015 Ithaca Preview Release

Also, Alex Gomez will be wrestling in a showcase match at the NWCA All-Star Classic this Saturday at the University of Pennsylvania.

USMMA Preview

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USMMA_logo[1]US Merchant Marine Academy
Head Coach: Greg Ilaria
Years at School as head coach: 7
Career Record at school: 56-23
Assistant Coaches: Beau Bruno

2013-2014 Dual Meet Record: 11 – 5
2014 National Qualifiers and All-Americans: Mike Mui 125
Returning Qualifiers and All-Americans: Mike Mui 125 (jr), Branden Yeik 165 (sr, 2013)

Top returning starters:
125 Mike Mui – jr-2014 1st Place Centennial Conference, 2nd place Eastern Regional, NCAA Qualifier (Round of 12)
133 Tom Healy – sr- 3 year starter 7-6 Record (2014)
141 Isaac Hammonds – so 12-17 Record,
149 Nathan Twito – so – 11-16 record (2014)
157 Nic Watson sr – 4th in 2013 All Academy Championship/Jack Walsh – so 10 -14 record
165 Branden Yeik – sr – 2013 NCAA Qualifier
184 Patrick Rooney – so 7-5 Record/Greg Potemkin jr 2nd in Centennial Conference (2013)
197 Ricky Fisher – jr 10-3 Record, 1st Place at The College of Mount Saint Vincent Open, 2nd in centennial conference (2013)

Top incoming wrestlers:
133 Chris Watson – FL
141 Travis Ahrens – FL 3x Place Winner
141 Trent Dolby – NV – 2 x State place winner, 4th , 2nd .
141 Nate Henkle- OH – St Paris Graham/ 4 yr. letter winner, OH State Qualifier
165/174 Jacob Sherman – 3 x GA Place winner, 2nd, 3rd, 2nd. NHSCA so All American 5th.
174 Daniel Viera – AK 2x All State Champ
174 James Malone – MD

Season outlook:
USMMA looks to build on an 11-5 2014 season with 2 returning national qualifiers, and a group of solid returning starters. Talented backups and freshman add depth and competition to the team as they battle for the starting spots. With Branden Yeik a 2013 NCAA qualifier rejoining the team, USMMA is looking to move up the standings in the Centennial Conference and have multiple qualifiers to the National Championships.

Johnson & Wales Preview

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JWU_150px[1]Johnson & Wales University
Head Coach: Lonnie Morris
Years at School as head coach: 18th
Career Record at school: 248-118-4
Assistant Coaches: Brian Allen (16th), James Gilbert (13th), Colin Lenhardt (1st) and Joe Pronk (1st)

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2013-2014 Dual Meet Record: 17-5
2014 National Qualifiers and All-Americans: Michael Ferinde 141lbs. (5th), Joey Gaccione 149 lbs. (NQ), Everet Desilets 157 lbs. (5th), Colin Lenhardt 174 lbs. (8th)
Returning Qualifiers and All-Americans: Michael Ferinde 141 lbs., Joey Gaccione 149 lbs.

Top returning starters:
141 Michael Ferinde (All-American)
149 Joey Gaccione (National Qualifier)

Top incoming wrestlers:
125 Cody Beaudette, RI State place winner
125 Robert Jordan, NJ State place winner
133 Jao Vicente, RI State champ / New England Finalist (Transfer from William Penn)
133 DJ Tirrelli, NJ Region champ
141 Jamiel Stapelton, NY Sectional Champ
141 Jimmy Capone, CT
149 Damian Duffy, NY
149 Nick Senuk, PA
149 Nicko Grello, NJ
149 Watna Cunha, MA
149 Michael Stewart, MA New England Champ (Transfer from Ellsworth)
157 Frankie Hernandez, NY 5th Eastern states
157 Brandon Fleming, MA 3rd in New England
157 Miguel Henriques, NJ
157 Zach Kessler, MA
165 Jonah Swett, CT
174 Ryan Schaal, NY
174 Peter Hailer, MA State Champ (Transfer Brockport)
184 Elijah Cash, VA
197 Andrew Cavanna, CT New England Champ
197 Michael Anderson, MA

Season outlook:
The 2014 season ended with JWU recording a school record best 8th place finish at the NCAA Nationals. The Wildcats recorded (3) All Americans (another school record). What was even more impressive was that JWU was 1st in the Largest Seed to Place Differential (Meaning,“The Most Underrated team at the NCAA’s”) and had the most pins (6) in the tournament, but that was last year….

Graduated is 2x All-American Colin Lenhardt. His presence will still be felt though as he has moved into a coaching position. All-American Everet Desilets, who has won World and Pan Am tournaments in Judo, will be taking the year off as he prepares for a Team USA Olympic birth. Returning are Senior All-American Michael Ferinde and Junior National Qualifier Joey Gaccione anchoring the Wildcat squad. The JWU team will be looking at no fewer then 7 new faces moving into the starting lineup this year. This will make for an interesting battle in the room. Along with the freshmen and transfers, upper class-men return and are poised to claim their spots. At 285 Jonah Aurelio at 21-10 with 11 falls should be the favorite as he knocked off a few National Qualifiers and All-Americans last year. Michael Labell will return at 174/184 after a season ending injury stopped him from going to the Big Show. Mike was ranked #1 in the NEWA Conference before the injury. Also returning from injury are 2x All-Region wrestler 165 Sean Prell ( 2nd and 5th) and 133/141 Justin Colon who was (17-9). Another returner is Ken Dougherty at 174/184 who was 31-12 a year ago. Things get heated up at 157 where there are plenty of challengers to Senior Andrew Stock. Andrew was 15-9 with 12 pins last year behind Desilets. The depth from 133-174 will be JWU’s strong point, as there will be potential All-Region wrestlers not able to crack the starting line-up.

Cortland Preview

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Cortland LogoSUNY-Cortland
Head Coach: Brad Bruhn
Years at School as head coach: starting #13
Career Record at school: 169-62-1
Assistant Coaches: Ryan LeBlanc, Dale DeBacco, Brian Bistis and James Ondris

2013-2014 Dual Meet Record: 13-4, Tied for 6th at the NCAA Championships
2013-2014 National Qualifiers and All-Americans: Joe Giaramita 6th @ 197, Bobby Dierna 2nd @ 149, Lou Puca 7th @ 174, Sean Kempf-125, Brian Bistis-141, Lance Moore-HWT

Returning Qualifiers and All-Americans:
2014- All Americans Joe Giaramita (JR)
2014-NQ Lance Moore (SR)
2013- NQ Alec Dierna(JR)
2012-JUCO All American Lance Moore (JR)

Top returning starters:
133 (SR) Paul Fields 2x Northeast regional placer
141 (JR)Alec Dierna(37-17) 2013 National Qualifier
149 (JR) Tony Battista(18-14) 2014 ECWC Placer
165 (SO)Mike Beckwith 2014 Northeast Regional Placer
165 (JR)Joe Cataldo 2014 ECWC Placer
184 (SO)Nic Bellanza(19-13) 2014 ECWC Placer
174/84 (SR) Tyler Beckwith 2013 NYS Runner-up, ranked 4th when he suffered a season ending injury
197 (RSJR)Joe Giaramita 2012 AA at HWT(8th) and 2014 AA at 197(6th)
HWT (RSSR)Lance Moore 2014 NQ at HWT

Other returners
125 (SO) Mat Bradice
157 (SO) Brendan Dent
165 (JR) Brian Vutianitis
165 (SO) Colin Barber
184/97 (SO) Brian Bulger

Top incoming wrestlers:

125 Marvin “Duece” Brown 2x VA State Placer
125 Andrew Roden Kings Park HS Section 11 runner up
133 Chris Fantuazzo Greece HS State Qualifier
141 Marc Gonzales Brentwood HS 2x section 11 placer
141 Matt Norris Homer HS State Qualifier
141 Adrain Berry Uniondale HS State Qualifier
141/49 Curtis Grant Elmira HS State Placer and State Qualifier
149 Matt Barber Westfield HS (NJ) State Placer
149 Greg Chery Connequot HS Section 11 placer
157 Vinny Romeo Canandaiqua HS State Qualifier
184 Gino Gioielle Brewster HS State Placer
HWT Ron Kelly Monroe-Woodburry HS State Placer and State Qualifier

Season outlook:
Losing three starters to graduation and two 2x All-Americans (for the year) will be not be easy. But expect us to push even harder this year to develop young talent and capitalize on some strong seasoned upperclassmen.

Wilkes Preview

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WilkesLogoWilkes University
Head Coach: Jon Laudenslager
Years at School as head coach: 12th
Career Record at school: 172-72-5
Assistant Coaches: Mitchell Marcks, Brian Broderick, Anthony Dattolo, Kris Krawchuk, Ryan Wilson

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2013-2014 Dual Meet Record: 18-3
2014 National Qualifiers and All-Americans: 133 Myzar Mendoza, 149 Mark Hartenstine (4th), 157 Kris Krawchuk, 174 Kyle Diesel, 197 Eric Bach, 285 William Fletcher
Returning Qualifiers and All-Americans: 133 Michael Fleck (NQ 2012), 174 Kyle Diesel, 197 Eric Bach

Top returning starters:
125 Guesseppe Rea JR. 28-7
133 Michael Fleck JR. 11-8
141 Pankil Chander SO. 16-18
141 Ryan Smith JR. 10-10
149 Stephen Turner SR. 19-11
165Mark Maloney RSFR Injured 2013-14
157 Sean Lombardi SR. 9-15
165 Mason McIntyre Injured 2013-14
174 Kyle Diesel JR. 25-14
184 Levi Veppert JR. 24-15
197 Eric Bach SR. 18-10
197 Alex Pullen SO. 13-10
285 Nick Dawson JR 20-9
285 Dave Oberrender SR DNC in 2013-14

Top incoming wrestlers:
125 Dustin Zuzulock NJ Region Qualifier
133 Matt Grossmann PA 2nd and 5th
133 Tommy Stokes PA 8th
133 Bilal Bici NJ Region Qualifier
141 Kashif Alston PA Region Qualifier
141 Jessie Lopez WA State Champion…4X Stateplacer
141 James Palys PA Region Qualifer
141 Andrew Tonnesen NJ Region Qualifier
149 Morgan Fuller PA Region Qualifier
149 Nick Racanelli NJ R12
157 Patrick Swenson NJ SQ
157 Nick Armagno NJ SQ
165 Kieran Gerrity NJ R12
165 Robert Wright PA Region Qualifier
174 Brady Butler PA Region Qualifier
184 James Palmisano PA Region Qualifier
184 Daniel VanBrunt NJ Region Qualifier
285 Covey Austin…PA
Season outlook:
Wilkes won the 2014 NCAA East Region sending 6 to NCAA Tournament lead by Mark Hartenstine (Easton/PA), Kris Krawchuk (Northern Lehigh), William Fletcher (Palisades), all of who have graduated. Lots of depth from past should pay dividends for Colonels as several new starters will emerge. Will once again go back to National Duals where Colonels finished 6th last season. Very strong recruiting class, with kids with tremendous work ethic.

Elmhurst Preview

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ElmhurstCollege-logo[1]Elmhurst College
Head Coach: Steve Marianetti
Years at School as head coach: 13th
Career Record at school: 105-52-2
Assistant Coaches: John Jung, Matt Kuschert, Chris Muscia

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2013-2014 Dual Meet Record: 3-10
2014 National Qualifiers and All-Americans: Ryan Prater (NCAA Champion @149), Danny Balderas (NCAA Qualifier @197)
Returning Qualifiers and All-Americans (any year): Miguel Venecia (AA in 2013)

Top returning starters:
Miguel Venecia – 2013 All-American, 5th in Regional 2014
Nick Dinardo – Regional placer, 2-year starter
James Spangler – Regional placer, 2-year starter
Alex Maynard – Missed last season due to injury

Top incoming wrestlers:
Blake Santi – JUCO All-American @149
Colton Kelly – Transfer from Cornell (IA)
Mike Togher – 2011 IL State Champion
Mark Duda – 2X IL State Runner-up, 3X Placer, 4X Qualifier
John Pellegrino – 2X IL State Placer, 4X Qualifier
Austin Hedrick – IL State Placer, 3X Qualifier
Connor Bandy – IL State Qualifier
Jayvin Bandy – IL State Qualifier
Matt Macarus – IL State Qualifier
Anthony Munoz – IL State Qualifier

Season outlook:
The Bluejays look to improve on their 17th place finish at the NCAA Championships. Gone are NCAA Champ Ryan Prater and qualifier Danny Balderas, but an experienced group of returners and talented class of newcomers should help the team improve upon last year’s results. Leading the returning group is 2013 All-American Miguel Venecia. After an injury filled 2014 campaign, a healthy Venecia looks to make it back on the podium. Also returning are regional placers and 2 year starters Nick Dinardo and Jim Spangler, along with the anticipated return of Alex Maynard, who missed the entire season due to a serious injury. All three look to be key parts of the lineup this season, along with Elmhurst’s “Freshman of the Year” Bobby Schillinger and Zack Urbanski, who has been biding his time the past 2 seasons behind talented upperclassmen.

Loras Preview

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loras logoLoras College
HEAD COACH: Randy Steward
YEARS @ SCHOOL: 21
CAREER RECORD @ SCHOOL: 226-186-2
ASSISTANT COACHES:
• Ryan Birt – Associate Head Coach 5th season, 1999 Undefeated NCAA Champion for Upper Iowa University. 2014 Central Region Asst. Coach of the Year
• Rick Healey ‘01 – 8th season, 2X AA for Loras, 106 career wins
• Jay Figgins ’08 – 2nd season, AA for Loras, Career wins leader
• Mark Schultz – 2nd season, former U of Dubuque wrestler

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2013-14 DUAL MEET RECORD: 11-10
2014 NATIONAL QUALIFIERS AND ALL AMERICANS: Matt Holmes (141, 7th), Steven DeWitt (157), James Buss (285, 1st)
RETURNING QUALIFIERS AND ALL AMERICANS: DeWitt/157 and Buss/285

TOP RETURNING STARTERS:
141 Nick Steger SO 30 match winner 2013, ranked 4th last year before injury
149 Evan Weaver SO 20 match winner in 2013 @ 141
Greg Vance SO 20 match winner in 2013 @ 149
157 Steven DeWitt SR NCAA Qualifier, ranked as high as 3rd
165 Tom Gross JR Injured last year. Did not compete
174 Joe Butler SR 3 year starter, 20 match winner past 3 seasons
184 Malcolm Watson JR 2 year starter, 20 match winner @ 197 in 2013
285 James Buss JR 2X AA, NCAA Champ in 2014

TOP INCOMING WRESTLERS:
125 Vincent Elizalde/Brawley, CA – 2X State Placer, Jake Lamantia/Davenport, IA,
Dayton Olson/Bartlett, IL – State Placer, Charlie Roth/Downer’s Grove, IL
133 Michael Triplett/Normal, IL – State Qualifier
141 Troy Valdez/Northlake, IL, State Qualifier, Matt Perkins/Mt Prospect, IL
149 Jimmy Davis/Aurora, IL, State Placer, Mike Falco/Chicago, IL,
Kylian Lally/Dixon, IL
157 Phillip Gutierrez Holtville, CA,
165 Dontrell Bryant/Romeoville, IL -State Qualifier,
174 Isaiah Castillo/Imperial, CA
184 Connor Swier/Naperville, IL
197 Awais Arain/Bolingbrook, IL, State Qualifier
285 Chris Alonzo/El Centro, CA

SEASON OUTLOOK:
In 2014 Loras finished 3rd in the Iowa Conference, 10th in final NWCA Dual Meet Poll, and 14th in NCAA Tournament. That season is over but enthusiasm continues to be high. JR James Buss @ 285, SR Steven DeWitt @ 157, and SR Joe Butler @ 174 will lead an experienced group of returners this season. A trip to Nashville for the Gator Boots Duals highlights the first half of the season.

d3wrestle.com Rankings #1

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Here is the first set of d3wrestle.com Rankings for the 2014-2015 season. There are no freshmen or non-Division III transfers on this list. They will have the chance to get into future rankings once they begin to compete.If we have information that a wrestler will not be competing until the second semester, he will not be ranked until he actually wrestles.

d3wrestle.com Rankings #1 – October 28, 2014

Dave Icenhower Articles

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Icenhower

Dave Icenhower passed away on Saturday after a battle with cancer. He was the head coach at The College of New Jersey for 35 seasons and won five NCAA team championships. See below for some articles about Coach Icenhower and his impact on TCNJ and Division III wrestling.

TCNJ mourns the loss of Dave Icenhower (tcnjathletics.com)

Wrestling: Long-time TCNJ coach Dave Icenhower loses battle with cancer

Wrestling community pays tribute to former TCNJ coach Dave Icenhower

Legendary coach Dave “Ice” Icenhower remembered

Former College of New Jersey wrestling coach Dave Icenhower passes away

Obituary: TCNJ Wrestling Coach David Icenhower Dies at 66

Augsburg Preview

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Augsburg logoAugsburg College
Head Coach: Jim Moulsoff
Years at School as head coach: 1st Year
Assistant Coaches: Tony Valek, Jared Massey, Chad Johnson, Travis Rutt, Brad Fisher, Orlando Ponce, Ryan Stroud, Adam Maronde, John Peterson & Justin Bowland

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2013-2014 Dual Meet Record: 8-5
2014 National Qualifiers and All-Americans: Mike Fuenffinger (125. 1st), Chad Bartschenfeld (133), Marcus Hamer (141), Will Keeter (149), Justin Bowland (165), Tom Teigen (184), Matt Hechsel (197), Chad Johnson (285, 3rd)
Returning Qualifiers and All-Americans: Fuenffinger (2012 – NQ, 2013 – 7th & 2014 – 1st), Bartschenfeld (2014 NQ). Hamer (2014 NQ), Keeter (2012 – 3rd & 2014 NQ), Teigen (2012 NQ & 2014 NQ), Hechsel (2013 – 7th & 2014 NQ), Knutsen (2013 NQ)

Top returning starters:
125 – Mike Fuenffinger – (3X NQ, 2X AA, 2013 – 7th & 2014 1st), 2X FILA/JR World Team Member Greco
133 – Chad Bartschnfeld (2014 NQ)
141 – Marcus Hamer (2014 NQ)
149 – Will Keeter (2X NQ & 1X AA)
165 – Kurt Knutsen (2013 NQ)
184 – Tommy Teigen (2X NQ)
197 – Matt Hechsel (2X NQ & 1X AA)

Top incoming wrestlers: Augsburg recruiting release

Season outlook:
Longtime assistant Jim Moulsoff takes over as head coach for the 2014-2015 season at Augsburg. His team is led by returning NCAA Champion Mike Fuenffinger and has six other returning NCAA qualifiers that will be looking to get another trophy for the Auggies in Hershey.

St. John’s Preview

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SJU LogoSaint John’s University (Minn.)
Interim Head Coach: Tony Willaert
Years at School as head coach: First in 2014-15
Assistant Coach: Kevin Schiltz

2013-14 Dual Meet Record: 9-11
2013-14 National Qualifiers and All-Americans: Ben Henle (141 lbs.) and Ryan Michaelis (197 lbs.)
Returning Qualifiers and All-Americans: Ben Henle (141 lbs.) and Ryan Michaelis (197 lbs.)

Top returning starters:
-Senior Ryan Michaelis: 2x National Qualifier (197 lbs., 2013-14), 16-12 record last year
-Junior Ben Henle: 1x National Qualifier (141 lbs., 2014), 19-11 record last year
-Junior John Wells: just missed nationals with a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Regional last year
-Junior Josh Willaert: just missed nationals with fourth-place finishes each of his first two seasons at the NCAA Regional, 15-10 record last year between 174 and 184 lbs. (35-15 career record)

Top incoming wrestlers:
Tevin Zavadil (125): 2x State Qualifier, Fourth place
Chris Ortman (133): 2x State Qualifier, Fourth place
Andrew Perry (133): Sixth place at Sections
Austin Miley (133/141): 3x State Qualifier
Adam Sutlief (141): Transfer from Ridgewater (25-21 record in 2013-14)
Jack Edberg (157): Third place at Sections
Chase Monger (157): Sat out 2013-14 season due to injury, Sixth place at State
Jackson Graham (165): 2x State Qualifier, Sixth place
Nick Hoff (174): Missed senior season due to injury
Nick Pegelow (184): 1x State Qualifier
A.J. Hannan (197): 1x State Qualifier
Colin Fisher (Hwt.): Sat out 2013-14 season due to injury, 2x State Qualifier, 2013 State Champion

Season outlook:
The new coaching staff has very high hopes for this year’s team. We have a great mix of upperclassmen leadership and a group of young, talented freshmen and sophomores who have very high expectations of themselves. We return national qualifiers Ryan Michaelis (197) and Ben Henle (141) along with regional fourth-place finishers in John Wells (125) and Josh Willaert (184).

Johns Hopkins Preview

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JHU Johns Hopkins logoJohns Hopkins University
Head Coach:
 Keith Norris
Years at School as head coach:
 10th Season
Career Record at school:
 62-89
Assistant Coaches:

 James Gillispie, Marco Priolo, David Kraus

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2013-2014 Dual Meet Record:
 10-5
2013-2014 National Qualifiers and All-Americans:
 Paul Bewak (125, 7th), Henry Stauber (141,6th)

Returning Qualifiers and All-Americans:

 Paul Bewak (Sr.) – 125 (3x qualifier • 7th place in 2012 & 2014)

Top returning starters:
Paul Bewak (Sr. – 125) – 2012 & 2013 Centennial Conference Champion, 7th place at NCAA Championships (2012 & 2014)
Jared Forman (So. – 174) – 4th place at 2014 Centennial Championships
Evan Johnson (Sr. – 184/197) – 42-57 at multiple weight classes over last three seasons, 4th place at 2014 Centennial Champs
Christian Salera (Sr. – 157) – 2nd place at 2013 & 2014 Centennial Championships, 6th place at 2014 NCAA East Regional

Top incoming wrestlers:
Tommy Grifa 149 169-23 career record at Silver Lake Regional (MA) – State Champion
Connor Joyce 141/149 County Champion and Regional/State runner-up – 126-44 career record
Christian Vallis 133 3x place winner at National Prep Championships

Season outlook:
Johns Hopkins should once again battle for a spot in the top half of the Centennial Conference standings as several returnees will team with a talented group of newcomers to form the nucleus of head coach Keith Norris’ 10th team at Homewood.

The headliner for the Blue Jays will once again be senior 125 Paul Bewak, who returns for his final season as a two-time All-American, two-time Centennial Conference champion and with a career record of 100-18. Bewak has a pair of seventh-place NCAA finishes on his resume and could challenge the Centennial Conference career record for victories (141).

Classmate Christian Salera is Johns Hopkins’ other most accomplished returnee as he has a pair of Centennial Conference runner-up finishes at 157 to his credit and is looking to break through with a trip to the NCAA Championships after a sixth-place regional showing a year ago.

Other key returning members of the team include seniors Evan Johnson (184/197) and Welles Sakmar (165), who have 60 career combined victories to their credit. In addition, juniors Joey Tilson (285) and Evan Krumheuer (133) and sophomores Alex McLaughlin (149) and Jared Forman (174) are back and should all hold down spots in the lineup. Tilson has been JHU’s main man at 285 for the last two years and has 23 wins to his credit in that time.

For the Blue Jays to remain among the Centennial Conference elite, they will need to fill three big holes in the lower half of the lineup as Ray Yagloski (133), Duncan Crystal (141) and Henry Stauber (149) graduated last May and took their 237 career wins with them.

NWCA Rankings #1

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NWCA Individual Rankings #1 October 23, 2014 (please note that at 174 #6 Kyle Diesel is from Wilkes, not US Merchant Marine Academy. This will be corrected in future rankings)

NWCA Team Rankings #1 October 23, 2014

Individuals by region
NE 17
E 15
ME 16
C 17
MW 19
W 16

Thiel Preview

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Thiel_athletics_sm[1]Thiel College
Head Coach: Craig Thurber
Years at School as head coach: 12
Career Record at School: 101-80
Assistant Coaches: Kraig Smith, Matt Lowry, Jerry Cramer, Ryan Carson, and Duncan Wingard

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2013-2014 Dual Meet Record: 15-7
2014 National Qualifiers and All-Americans: Jacob Lowry 197, 3rd
Returning Qualifiers and All-Americans: Jacob Lowry 197 3rd in 2014 and Jordan Powell 174 7th (2013, 165)

Top Returning Starters:
125: Vince Vahaly, SO- 21 wins in 2014
133: Nick Sutton, JR- 25 wins in 2014, 4th 2X at Mideast Regional at 133, ’12 & ‘13
141: Robert Ritschard, SO- 25 wins in 2014 and 4th at Mideast Regional at 141
149: Chris Nuss, SO- 25 wins in 2014
157: Brandan Collins, SR 6th at Mideast Regional in 2014
165: Sean Byham, SR- 6th at Mideast Regional in 2014, 4th at 141 in ’12, 2014 Scholar All-American 2014
174: Jordan Powell, SR-22 wins in 2014, 6th at Mideast Regional, ’13 AA at 165 – back 2nd semester
184: Jerrold Roosa, SR-28 wins in 2014
197: Jacob Lowry, SR- 40 wins in 2014, 3rd at NCAAs in ‘14
285: Blake Heim, JR- 17 wins in 2014

Top incoming wrestlers:
125: Nick Davis: 2X Maryland state placer
141: Jason Miller: PA state placer
157: Mitchell Zio: Maryland state placer
174: Branden Dice: PA 2X WPIAL Qualifier
197: Phil Kyle: PA 3X Regional Qualifier
197: Zeb Throne: MI 2X Regional Qualifier

Season Outlook:

Thiel returns all 10 starters from last year’s 15 dual meet win season. Thiel will welcome back a couple familiar faces, Adam Matthews at 141 and Stephen Ceremuga at 184, along with some talented freshmen. Vince Vahaly will continue to lead off for the Tomcats at 125, but will be pushed by sophomore, Giuliano Graziosi and freshmen, Nick Davis. Robert Ritschard will be going from 141 where he placed 4th at the Mideast Regional last year to 133. Nick Sutton will be up from 133 to 141 where he was fourth the past two season s at the Regional. He will be pushed by junior, Adam Matthews who was 18-3 in 2013 and freshmen, Jason Miller who was sixth at the PIAA championships in 2014. Chris Nuss returns at 149 with an impressive freshmen year with 25 wins and wins over two national qualifiers a year ago. Seniors, Brandan Collins and Sean Byham will hold down 157 and 165, possibly switching roles this season, both were sixth at the Mideast Regional in 2014, Byham was a Scholar All-American a year ago. Junior, Marco Crivelli will carry the load at 174, being pushed by classmate Tyler Wilkes, and senior returning All-American from 2013 will finish his career at this weight or 165. Senior, Jerrold Roosa will be at 184 again where he compiled 28 wins a year ago and had wins over a two national qualifiers, he will be pushed by junior, Stephen Ceremuga and freshmen, Branden Dice. Returning All-American, senior, Jacob Lowry will look to improve on his third place finish a year ago, he will be pushed by classmate Jacob Trillow and freshmen, Phil Kyle. Junior, Blake Heim will be the go to guy at 285, but will be pushed by classmate Tyler Hendzel.

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Head Coach: Dan Callahan
Years at School as head coach: 10
Career Record at school: 67-73-1
Assistant Coaches: Anton Talamantes

2013-2014 Dual Meet Record:1-9
2014 National Qualifiers and All-Americans: Brandon Preston @133 2X NQ, Mackenzie Green @285 AA 5th in 2014
Returning Qualifiers and All-Americans: Brandon Preston @133 2X NQ, Mackenzie Green @285 AA 5th in 2014

Top returning starters:
Brandon Preston Sr. 133 2X NQ
Cody Konieczki So 149 Injured early in year.
Michael Conner Jr. 197 22-12 2014
Mack Green Sr. 285 AA 5th 2014

Top incoming wrestlers:
Niko Barrentes Fr. 125 Indiana State qualifier
David Moore Fr. 125
Colin Haag Fr. 133/141 1X Michigan State Qualifier
Tylor Willms Fr. 141/149 2014 Indiana State Qualifier
JayCee Jensen Fr. 165/174

Season outlook:
Trine will have a very young team, with as many as 5 freshmen starters in the lineup. Led by returning NQ Preston and AA Green, we look to be extremely competitive while continuing to gain experience with this talented freshmen class.

La Crosse Preview

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Head Coach: Dave Malecek
Years at School as head coach: 9
Career Record at school: 124-27
Assistant Coaches:Ross Needham, JR Lewis, Josh Passe, Zach Cook

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2013-2014 Dual Meet Record: 10-6
2014 National Qualifiers and All-Americans: Fr. Dustin Weinmann NQ 133, Jr. Eric Twohey 8th 184, Jr. Jake Minske 6th HWT
Returning Qualifiers and All-Americans: Dustin Weinmann (133), Eric Twohey (184, 8th), Jake Minske (285, 6th)

Top returning starters:
125 Soph Ryan Weinmann 14-13, 5th at Midwest Regionals
133 Dustin Weinmann NCAA Qualifier
141 Jr. Cody See 4th at Midwest Regionals, 20-8
141 Soph Austin Schoen 16-7
165 Tyler Schneider Soph 165 5th Midwest Regionals 30-8
174 Richard Carlson Jr. 15-9 4th Midwest Regional
184 Eric Twohey 8th NCAA
197 Mike Minske 14-5, 6th at Midwest Regional
285 Jake Minski 6th NCAA

Top incoming wrestlers:
Fr. Nelson Baker 2x Illinois State Champ 125
Taylor Elliot 2x State Finalist Wi 125
Aaron Sweeney 149 Mn
Andrew Dayland 157/165 State Finalist Mn
157/165 Travis Hettinga State Champ Wi
Austin Fjsoer 157 State Finalist Wi
Sean O’Neil State Placer Mn 174
Sean Ward 197 State Champ Illinois

Season outlook:
With 8 returning Midwest placers, the 2015 UW-La Crosse team will be better. Very disappointing 2014 with NCAA finish of 21st and only 2 All Americans, this group is ready to climb back to the top. Solid group of returners with 2 All Americans and 1 NQ with experience along with a solid group of incoming freshman will help this years team success. Richard Carlson is coming off an impressive spring and summer as he won the US Open University Level and was a World Team Member in Greco that wrestled in Croatia. UW-La Crosse will also be trying to win it’s 500th dual victory as UWL currently stands 496-267 since records were kept starting in the 1959-1960 season!

Cornell Preview

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Cornell Info 2014-2015

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Platteville Preview

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UW-Platteville
Head Coach: Mike DeRoehn
Years at School as head coach: 1st
Career Record at school: 0-0
Assistant Coaches: Ryan Renon, Joe Terrill

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2013-2014 Dual Meet Record: 3-8
2014 National Qualifiers and All-Americans: Cole Ferguson(125)
Returning Qualifiers and All-Americans: Cole Ferguson

Top returning starters:
Cole Ferguson 2014 NCAA Qualifier at 125.
Mason Bohm 2x NCAA Regional Placer
Dylan Deshane 4th at 2014 NCAA Regional

Top incoming wrestlers:
Brandon Sprecher-WI State Medalist
Michael Belanger-IA State Medalist
Josh Cannon-IA State Finalist
Jonah Coggeshall-IL State Medalist
Cody Meyer-WI State Qualifier
Joe Conklin-WI State Qualifier
Jerry Hotelling-WI State Qualifier
Michael Cole-IL State Qualifier (Waubonsee)

Season outlook:
The Pioneers will be young with lots of energy and excitement. A new coaching staff is in place to work with a solid nucleus of returners includes NCAA Qualifier Ferguson, along with regional placers Bohm and Deshane. Mike Uliana and Trent Larson bring back additional quality varsity experience and have NCAA tournament potential. Aaric Spencer had 10 wins in the early going last year before being sidelined with a knee injury and should be one to watch develop along with a number of other quality wrestlers in the room challenging for a spot.

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