click each match for video highlights 125lbs – Ty Agaisse (Pr) over Jeremy Schwartz (UP) 7-2 133lbs – Pat D’Arcy (Pr) MD Tristin DeVincenzo (UP) 13-4 141lbs – #4 Matthew Kolodzik (Pr) tech fall AJ Vendici (UP) 21-5, 6:19 149lbs – #17 Jordan Laster (Pr) over Joe Oliva (UP) 7-2 157lbs – Mike D’Angelo (Pr) […]
Video Highlights and Interviews A few hundred wrestling fans filed into Alumni Gym tonight to watch a tough Rider team take on the Penn Quakers who made the short drive northeast from Philly. Rider is a small New Jersey school that doesn’t seem to get much attention nationally. Injuries aside I could see this team […]
It’s that time of year wrestling fans. Schools are mostly back in session. Schedules and rosters are being released and calendars are getting marked up for future match dates. I’m reaching out to coaches that I know to get their projected line ups for the coming season. Lots of things can happen between now and […]
The Lehigh team traveled south to face a tough Penn Quaker team this afternoon in the Palestra. Lehigh won the dual going away 27 to 10. Lehigh had their second dual in two days after a blowout of a solid Navy team. The Mountain Hawks are still a bit banged up after the Southern Scuffle. […]
Lehigh vs. Penn Preview Lehigh drives down the Northeast Extension on Sunday to face Penn for the 56th meeting between these schools. Lehigh owns the all time series 44-10-1. Both teams recently participated in the Southern Scuffle. Lehigh will have a dual with a tough Navy team on Saturday before this match. Both teams have […]
Penn 21, Drexel 15 125: Zack Fuentes (DU) DEC Jeremy Schwartz (Penn), 4-0 133: No. 15 Kevin Devoy Jr. DEC No. 18 Caleb Richardson (Penn), 7-3 141: Jeff Canfora (Penn) DEC David Pearce (DU), 5-2 149: No. 8 C.J. Cobb (Penn) MAJ Geoffrey Verallis (DU), 20-7 157: Noel Blanco (DU) DEC Brooks Martino (Penn), 15-10 […]
Wrestling in front of a home crowd of 1,200 in Grace Hall for the first time in over a month, the Lehigh Mountain Hawks easily defeated their EIWA rivals the Quakers of the University of Pennsylvania. Early on many fans were disappointed that the most anticipated match of the day at 184 lbs. never materialized. […]
This weekend Lehigh faces Penn and Rider a seemingly easier task than last week’s road trip to Illinois and Northwestern. November 30 Rider beat Penn 21-12. Penn hasn’t had a wrestler at 125lbs this season making the score a bit more exaggerated after the forfeit. #25 Rider def. Penn, 21-12 133: Caleb Richardson (Penn) DEC […]
14 teams from across the country came to the Palestra yesterday for a great day of wrestling. B1G school Northwestern went home as the top team crowning 2 champions, returning national champion Jason Tsirtsis at 149 lbs and Alex Polizzi at 197 lbs. Rider University came in 2nd ahead of Eastern Michigan and Pittsburg. Rider […]
125 1. DARIAN CRUZ – Lehigh 2. Sean Russell – Edinboro 3 & 4 were uncontested by Drexel teammates Tanner Shoap & Zach Fuentes 133 1. ANTHONY GIRALDO – Rutgers 2. Kevin Devoy – Drexel 3. Zach Davis – Navy 4. Caleb Richardson – Pennsylvania 141 1. TYSON DIPPERY – Rutgers 2. David Pearce – […]
PHILADELPHIA – First-year University of Pennsylvania wrestling coach Alex Tirapelle has named three upperclassmen — Casey Kent, Brooks Martino, and Lorenzo Thomas — as captains for the 2014-2015 season. A junior, Casey Kent has parlayed his success on the mat into two consecutive second-team All-Ivy selections. Last year, the Norristown, Pa. product had a team-high […]
What a lineup! Hugely entertaining wrestling last night with some highly anticipated match ups. The media was there in full force and True Wrestling was there covering and tweeting (@truewrestler1) the action. But where were the fans? The Palestra wasn’t sold out for this event and looked about 60% full. There have to be 100,00 […]