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Wrestlers to Visit Columbia Friday, Host Rider Saturday in Jadwin
January 17, 2023 | Wrestling
The Ivy League season will begin Friday night in Manhattan at Columbia before the Tigers, coming off a win at No. 8 Arizona State last weekend, return to Jadwin to host Rider Saturday night.
at Columbia, Fri., 7 p.m. | ESPN+ | Int'l Video
vs. Rider, Sat., 6 p.m. | ESPN+ | Int'l Video | Live Results | Program | Tickets
Saturday is Faculty and Staff Night, and Princeton University faculty and staff can claim up to four free tickets to the game. Click here for instructions. The first 200 Princeton University employees will also receive a giveaway item.
Against the Lions and the Broncs • Princeton has won the last eight against Columbia with the Lions' last win coming in 2013 in New York. Princeton has won the last three against Rider, with the Broncs' last win coming in Jan. 2018. Princeton's win in Dec. 2018 ended a 16-match win streak for the Broncs over Princeton since the Tigers' last won in the 1981-82 season. Friday's match will also be the Ivy League opener, not just for Princeton and Columbia but for the Ivy overall. Brown, Cornell, Harvard and Penn will all get their league seasons going Saturday or Sunday.
Tough schedule • Seven teams in the Jan. 10 NWCA top 25 are on Princeton's dual-meet schedule this year: #6 Cornell, #10 Arizona State, #16 Wisconsin, #19 Lehigh, #20 Michigan State, #21 Indiana and #24 Rutgers. Princeton has already faced five of those and 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. 3 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.
Princeton in the Rankings • Princeton has five wrestlers in national rankings as of Jan. 17. Patrick Glory (125) is ranked No. 2, by AWN, FloWrestling, InterMat, Open Mat, WIN and WrestleStat. Quincy Monday (165) is ranked as high as No. 3 by AWN, FloWrestling, InterMat, Open Mat and WIN. Luke Stout (197) is ranked as high as No. 17 by WrestleStat. Nate Dugan (184) is ranked No. 30 by WrestleStat, and Travis Stefanik (HWT) is ranked No. 31 by WrestleStat.
Columbia and Rider in the Rankings • Columbia has six wrestlers in InterMat rankings, including Nick Babin (#32 at 125), Angelo Rini (#32 at 133), Matt Kazimir (#25 at 141), Cesar Alvan (#26 at 157), Joshua Ogunsanya (#17 at 165) and Lennox Wolak (#33 at 174). Rider has three InterMat-ranked wrestlers, in Quinn Kinner (#23 at 149), Ethan Laird (#10 at 197) and David Szuba (#33 at heavyweight). This weekend's matches could see ranked-vs-ranked matchups at 125, with Glory and Columbia's Babin, at 165, with Monday and Columbia's Ogunsanya, and at 197, with Stout and Rider's Laird.
The Probables •
Princeton: Glory (125), Pierson (133), Coles (141), Camillaci/Keller (149), Whalen (157), Monday (165), Mulhauser (174), Dugan (184), Stout (197), T. Stefanik (285)
Columbia: Babin (125), Rini (133), Kazimir (141), Fongaro (149), Alvan (157), Ogunsanya (165), Wolak (174), Ayzerov (184), Jovero/Wehmeyer (197), Conley/McChesney (285)
Rider: Klinsky (125), Koehler (133), Bell (141), Kinner (149), Washleski (157), Mays (165), Wilson (174), Collins (184), Laird (197), Szuba (285)
Rematches? • The probables point to just two rematches over the course of the weekend from last season's duals. Against Columbia, at 141, Matt Kazimir was a 1-0 winner over Danny Coles, and against Rider, Patrick Glory won 15-3 over Tyler Klinsky.
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