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Team: University of Southern Maine
Head Coach: Mike Morin
Years at School as Head Coach: 2
Career Record at Current School: 17-16
Assistant Coaches: Julio Santiago, Jonathan Deupree, Sean Fagan, Peter Delev, Dan Del Gallo

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2016-2017 Dual Meet Record: 12-5

2017 NCAA Qualifiers: Daniel Del Gallo (149, 1st)

Top Returning Starters:
Peter Del Gallo SO 4th Northeast Region, 31-3 season record
Brendan Weir JR 25+ wins 2017
Mike Risti JR 25+wins 2017
Josh Smith SO 25+ wins 2017
Justin Stacy SO
Jared Garcia SO
Zac Thompson SO

Top Incoming Wrestlers:
125 Antoine Grace NY Section II Champion/NY State Qualifier
125 Leo Amabile ME State Champion
125/133 Caleb Austin 4x ME State Champion
133 Judd Kinney ME State Placer
133/141 Austin Shorey 3x ME State Champion, 2x New England Placer (3rd,6th)
141 Vinnie Blasucci 3x FL State Qualifier
141/149 David Kurker MA State Placer (3rd)
149 Tyson Cram VT State Champion
149/157 Joe Leclair 3x NY Section VII Finalist
157 Juan Vernaza 2x FL State Placer (5,5)
165 Jonathan Stacy ME State Placer
165/174 Raul Gierbolini FL State Placer (4th)
184 Brandon Cousino 2x VT State Placer, 2x New England Placer (6th,3rd)
184/197 Conor Durward MA State Placer
197 Daric Johnson 3x CT State Champion, CT Open Finalist, Prep NE Finalist

Season Outlook:
The Huskies are coming into the 2017-2018 season with a lot of momentum coming off a record breaking regular season in 2017 and crowning the programs first NCAA National Champion in Dan Del Gallo. They return 7 out of the 10 region starters from a year ago and bring in a solid recruiting class that will challenge for starting spots right away. The Huskies will be very young with 26 freshman and sophomores, and are looking to build off of last years success.











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