Princeton University Athletics
Princeton University
Oregon State
Pair of Pac-12 Opponents, Top-10 Match Ahead for Wrestlers
January 10, 2023 | Wrestling
vs. Oregon State, Fri., 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT | FloWrestling | Live Results
at #8 Arizona State, Sun., 4 p.m .ET/2 p.m. MT | Pac-12 Arizona | Live Results
The match against Oregon State will be at FloWrestling's facility in Austin, Texas
Series history • Princeton and Arizona State met for the first time last season in Jadwin Gym, a 20-18 Princeton win. All five Tigers to win matches last year are back, including Patrick Glory (125), Danny Coles (141), Nate Dugan (then 174, now 184), Travis Stefanik (then 184, now HWT), and Luke Stout (197). No match resulted in an Intermat higher-ranked opponent losing, each team won five bouts, and there were two bonus-point wins each way, with tech-fall wins for ASU's Michael McGee (133) and Stout, and a major-decision win for ASU's Cohlton Schultz (HWT). A forfeit to Stefanik at 184 was key to Princeton's two-point edge. Princeton and OSU have wrestled once, a 47-4 OSU win on Jan. 30, 2009 in a match held at Stanford.
Tough schedule • Six teams in the Jan. 10 NWCA top 25 are on Princeton's dual-meet schedule this year: #6 Cornell, #8 Arizona State, #14 Wisconsin, #18 Rutgers, #20 Lehigh and #21 Michigan State. Princeton has already faced three of those, all in a row in December (Wisconsin, MSU, Rutgers), and after visiting ASU this weekend, Princeton will see the other two in February, going to Cornell on Feb. 4 and hosting Lehigh a week later.
Glory & Monday • Both NCAA finalists in 2022, delivering Princeton its first and second NCAA finalists since 2002 and two finalists in the same year for the first time ever, Patrick Glory and Quincy Monday are consensus-ranked top-five nationally. Glory is a consensus No. 2 at 125 and Monday is a near-consensus No. 4 at 165 after making his collegiate non-exhibition debut at the weight in winning the Midlands title, defeating Wisconsin's No. 4 Dean Hamiti in the final. Monday was an NCAA finalist at 157 last year and was a near-consensus No. 1 at that weight before going to 165. Midlands also saw rookie Kole Mulhauser place seventh at 174 and sophomore Luke Stout place fifth at 197.
Raise the Stakes • Princeton's team theme this year is Raise The Stakes, a reflection of the team returning all six of its NCAA qualifiers from last year. Seniors Patrick Glory (125) and Quincy Monday (157, now 165) not only became Princeton's first finalists in 20 years but gave Princeton its first two-finalist NCAAs ever. Seniors Marshall Keller (149) and Travis Stefanik (184, now HWT), junior Matt Cover (HWT) and sophomore Luke Stout (197) are back after earning NCAA bids last year. Princeton is looking to make more program history, following up on the 2020 Ivy League title that was the program's first since 1986, pursuits of the program's first EIWA team title since 1978, of the program's first NCAA individual champion since 1951, and of an NCAA trophy, which would eclipse its current best-ever finish at the NCAAs of fifth in 1951.
All-Americans • Of Princeton's 25 All-American finishes, 12 have come during Chris Ayres' coaching tenure, and all since 2016. Of the 13 wrestlers to earn All-American honors, five have come during Ayres' tenure. Active All-Americans include Patrick Glory (3x) and Quincy Monday (2x). Glory is looking to become just the second four-time All-American in program history, along with Matthew Kolodzik '21.
Rankings • Princeton has four wrestlers in national rankings as of Jan. 10. Patrick Glory (125) is ranked as high as No. 2, by AWN, FloWrestling, InterMat, Open Mat, WIN and WrestleStat. Quincy Monday (165) is ranked as high as No. 4 by AWN, FloWrestling, InterMat, Open Mat and WIN. Luke Stout (197) is ranked as high as No. 15 by AWN. Rocco Camillaci (149) is ranked No. 32 by WrestleStat.
Weight-by-weight preview
125: Princeton probables: #2 Patrick Glory or Nick Kayal
With Glory, Oregon State's Brandon Kaylor and Arizona State's Brandon Courtney, the matchups at 125 could be 2022 NCAA championship rematches or near-misses. Glory defeated Kaylor, ranked as high as No. 13 by AWN, 7-3 in the NCAA quarterfinals last year, and Glory and Courtney were in opposite semifinals, both losing to now-graduated champion Nick Suriano of Michigan, who defeated Glory in the final. Courtney is ranked as high as No. 6 by several outlets, and teammate Richard Figueroa is ranked as high as No. 4 by AWN. Glory was a 12-6 winner in Princeton's dual match with ASU last season.
133: Princeton probables: Anthony Clark or Sean Pierson
Both opponents have a wrestler ranked by most or all the outlets at 133, OSU with Jason Shaner as high as No. 17 by FloWrestling and Open Mat and ASU with Michael McGee a consensus No. 4. McGee, who had a tech-fall win over Nick Masters in last year's dual with Princeton, was an NCAA semifinalist and fourth-place finisher last year.
141: Princeton probable: Danny Coles
Oregon State's Cleveland Belton transferred from Arizona State, where he competed in last year's dual and lost to Coles 8-7. Belton is ranked as high as No. 21 by FloWrestling. ASU's Jesse Vasquez is ranked as high as No. 15 by AWN.
149: Princeton probables: Rocco Camillaci or Marshall Keller
Camillaci is ranked No. 32 in the nation by WrestleStat and Keller was an NCAA qualifier last season. While OSU does not have a ranked wrestler at the weight, ASU has one of the best in the nation, with Kyle Parco a consensus top-eight and ranked as high as No. 5 by several outlets. Parco was an NCAA fifth-place finisher last year and lost in the quarterfinals to Ohio State's Sammy Sasso, who shares a high school alma mater of Nazareth (Pa.) with Princeton's Travis Stefanik, Sean Pierson and Nathan Stefanik. Parco was a 5-1 winner over Keller in the teams' dual last season.
157: Princeton probable: Ty Whalen
None of the three schools has a ranked wrestler at the weight. Princeton's Ty Whalen takes an 8-5 record into the weekend, going 5-1 at the F&M Open last weekend with the lone loss to North Carolina's No. 4-ranked Austin O'Connor.
165: Princeton probables: Grant Cuomo or #4 Quincy Monday
After defeating three of them in his collegiate non-exhibition debut at 165, Monday could have a chance at facing another ranked opponent in Oregon State's Matthew Olguin, a 2022 NCAA qualifier who is ranked as high as No. 14 by WIN. ASU does not have a ranked wrestler at the weight.
174: Princeton probable: Kole Mulhauser
Mulhauser would be wrestling for the first time since his seventh-place finish in his Midlands debut in the closing days of December. Oregon State's Aaron Olmos is ranked as high as No. 20 by WrestleStat. ASU does not have a ranked wrestler at the weight.
184: Princeton probable: Nate Dugan
Both opponents this weekend could put up a nationally-ranked wrestler at 184. Oregon State's Trey Munoz, an NCAA quarterfinalist last season, is ranked as high as No. 4 by AWN, and ASU's Anthony Montalvo is ranked as high as No. 18 by FloWrestling and WrestleStat.
197: Princeton probables: Aidan Conner or #20 Luke Stout
A matchup involving Stout could put him against ranked wrestlers with both opponents, with OSU's Tanner Harvey as high as No. 18 by AWN and Intermat and ASU's Kordell Norfleet is as high as No. 16 by WrestleStat. A Stout-Norfleet matchup would be a rematch from last year's NCAA's wrestlebacks, when Norfleet won when Stout was injured during the second period.
HWT: Princeton probables: Matt Cover or Travis Stefanik
Cover was an NCAA qualifier last season at heavyweight and Stefanik was an NCAA qualifier last season at 184. While OSU does not have a ranked wrestler at the weight, ASU's Cohlton Schultz was the NCAA runner-up last season and is ranked as high as No. 5 in the nation by Open Mat and WIN. Schultz was a 13-5 winner over Cover in last season's dual.
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