Princeton University
Harvard
Wrestlers to Host Harvard Friday, Brown Saturday in Jadwin
January 24, 2023 | Wrestling
vs. Harvard, Fri., 6 p.m. | ESPN+ | Int'l Video | Live Results | Program | Tickets
vs. Brown, Sat., 6 p.m. | ESPN+ | Int'l Video | Live Results | Program | Tickets
Against Harvard and Brown: Princeton has won eight in a row against Harvard, with the Crimson's last win coming in 2013 in Princeton. Against Brown, the Princeton winning streak stands at three, with the Bears' last win coming in 2018 in Providence. In Princeton, the Tigers have won the last three, with Brown's last road win over Princeton coming in 2013.
Matchups to watch: Harvard has two wrestlers ranked by multiple outlets. Heavyweight Yaraslau Slavikouski is a consensus top-10, and he could be matching up against another ranked wrestler in Travis Stefanik, who is ranked No. 31 by InterMat and Wrestlestat and No. 33 in the first NCAA Coaches ranking of the season. Philip Conigliaro, a 174-pounder for the Crimson, went 3-2 at the NCAA Championships at 165 last year, holding the eighth seed and losing to ninth-seeded Peyton Hall of West Virginia in the round of 16 before winning two wrestlebacks and losing to third-seeded Alex Marinelli of Iowa. He could face Princeton's Kole Mulhauser, who began his collegiate career earlier this season with a Princeton Open title and placed seventh at Midlands.
Rankings: Princeton has five wrestlers in national rankings as of Jan. 24. 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 the NCAA Coaches rankings and WrestleStat. Nate Dugan (184) is ranked No. 32 in the NCAA Coaches ranking, and Travis Stefanik (HWT), ranked as high as No. 31 by WrestleStat, is also in the NCAA Coaches ranking at No. 33.
Tough schedule: Six teams in the Jan. 24 NWCA top 25 are on Princeton's dual-meet schedule this year: #5 Cornell, #13 Wisconsin, #17 Arizona State, #21 Lehigh, #22 Michigan State and #23 Rutgers. Princeton has already faced four 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. Still available for the Tigers this season are the program's first EIWA team title since 1978, 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.
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