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No. 20 Princeton Set for Harvard, Brown Trip; Updated with Schedule Change
January 26, 2022 | Wrestling
at Harvard, Friday, 12 p.m. | ESPN+ | Live Results
at Brown, Friday, 6 p.m. | ESPN+ | Live Results
Due to expected weather in New England on Saturday, Princeton will wrestle both Harvard and Brown on Friday. Though Princeton routinely wrestles both opponents on the same day when they make the trip to Princeton and Penn, this will be the first time since 2010 that Princeton will wrestle both on the road on the same day. Princeton was originally scheduled to wrestle Harvard on Friday and Brown on Saturday.
Princeton probables (NCAA coaches rankings):
125: #1 Patrick Glory
133: Nick Kayal or Brandon Spellman
141: Danny Coles
149: Marshall Keller
157: #8 Quincy Monday
165: Blaine Bergey or Jake Marsh
174: Nate Dugan or Mikey Squires
184: #22 Travis Stefanik
197: #17 Luke Stout or Aidan Conner
HWT: Matt Cover or Jack DelGarbino
Harvard probables:
125: Beau Bayless
133: Dillon Murphy
141: Michael Jaffe or Kenny Herrmann
149: Lukus Stricker
157: Trevor Tarsi or Cael Berg
165: #12 Philip Conigliaro or Alex Whitworth
174: #27 Joshua Kim
184: Leo Tarantino or Dom Mata
197: Nick Marcenelle
HWT: Jeffrey Crooks
Brown probables:
125: Hunter Adrian or Reese Fry
133: Nicky Cabanillas
141: Timothy Levine
149: Blake Saito or Ricky Cabanillas or Sam McMonagle
157: Jack Bokina
165: Harrison Trahan or AJ Corrado
174: AJ Pedro
184: Drew Clearie or James Araneo
197: Cade Wilson
HWT: Lear Quinton
On the series • Princeton has won the last seven against the Crimson since Harvard's last win over Princeton in 2013. Princeton has reached 20 points in each of the last four wins with a high during that stretch of 33 in 2017. Against Brown, Princeton's winning streak stands at two matches, winning 29-10 in 2020 and 25-10 in 2019 after Brown's 17-15 win in 2018.
Probables vs. Probables • In previous meetings between wrestlers included in the teams' probable lineups, Patrick Glory (125) pinned Beau Bayless (H) in 3:50 at the 2019 Midlands, Marshall Keller (149) won 8-3 over Blake Saito (B) at the 2020 MatMenOpen and lost 8-6 to Lukus Stricker (H) in the 2020 dual, Quincy Monday (157) pinned Jack Bokina 9B) in 1:28 at the 2020 EIWAs, Travis Stefanik (184) defeated Leo Tarantino (H) 10-1 and AJ Pedro (B) 10-4 in 2019 duals (both at 174), and Luke Stout (197) defeated Nick Marcanelle (H) 7-5 at the 2020 Cliff Keen Invite.
Taking on the best • Princeton will wrestle six fellow teams in the most recent NWCA team rankings, which have Princeton at No. 20. Along with already-wrestled No. 1 Iowa, No. 5 N.C. State, and No. 6 Arizona State (rankings at match time), Princeton will host No. 11 Cornell in February, and visit No. 14 Lehigh and No. 15 Rutgers later in February.
Rank 'em • Four Princeton wrestlers were included in the first NCAA coaches rankings announced Jan. 21, with Patrick Glory ranked No. 1 at 125, Quincy Monday No. 8 at 157, Travis Stefanik No. 22 at 184, and Luke Stout No. 17 at 197.
Ranked wins • Princeton wrestlers have 15 wins over InterMat-ranked opponents this season, including: Aidan Conner (197) over #13 Isaac Trumble (N.C. State dual), Jack DelGarbino (HWT) over #3 Tony Cassioppi (Iowa dual), Nate Dugan (174) over #16 Jackson Turley (Rutgers, MatMen Open), Patrick Glory (125) over #16 Jake Medley (Michigan, Cliff Keen), #7 Devin Schroder (Purdue, Keen), #4 Brandon Courtney (Ariz. St. dual) and #15 Joe Manchio (Columbia dual), Nick Masters (133) over #23 Mosha Schwartz (N. Colorado, Keen), Quincy Monday (157) over #30 Connor Brady (Va. Tech, SE Open), #6 Kaleb Young (Iowa dual), #15 Will Lewan (Michigan, Keen), #6 Peyton Robb (Nebraska, Keen), Travis Stefanik over #20 Max Lyon (Purdue, Keen), and Luke Stout (197) over #32 Andrew Davison (Northwestern, Keen) and #21 Gavin Hoffman (Ohio State, Keen).
What a year it was • Along with defeating Rutgers for the first time in 30 years, Princeton beat Cornell for the first time since 1986 in 2020, winning the program's first Ivy League title since 1986 and snapping a Cornell Ivy dual-match win streak that had lasted since 2002. The wrestling program had been the holder of the longest Ivy League title drought among the 33 Princeton sports that compete for Ivy League titles.
On our way back • Patrick Glory (125), Quincy Monday (157), Grant Cuomo (165) and Travis Stefanik (184) were four of Princeton's six qualifiers to the 2020 NCAA Championships, along with 2021 grads Matthew Kolodzik (149) and Patrick Brucki (197).
Quite a resume • Since Chris Ayres took over the program in 2006, 18 Princeton wrestlers have earned a total of 38 NCAA Championship bids, all since 2010. The previous 18 NCAA qualifiers to the Ayres era came over a span of 30 years, twice the amount of time Ayres has been at the helm, and the previous 38 NCAA bids were earned over a period of 32 years. Ayres' tenure has seen 10 All-America honors, all since 2016, where the program's previous 10 All-America honors came over a span of 33 years.
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