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Wrestlers to Visit Penn, Host Lehigh This Weekend
February 08, 2023 | Wrestling
A visit to Penn on Friday and the final home match of the season on Saturday are ahead for the Princeton wrestling team this weekend as the Tigers get set to honor their seniors Saturday night.
at #24 Penn, Fri., 7 p.m. | ESPN+ | Int'l Video | Live Results
vs. Lehigh, Sat., 6 p.m. | ESPN+ | Int'l Video | Live Results | Program | Tickets
Tough schedule • Seven teams in the Feb. 7 NWCA top 25 are on Princeton's dual-meet schedule this year: #5 Cornell, #18 Wisconsin, #19 Arizona State, #22 Indiana, #23 Rutgers, #24 Michigan State and #24 Penn. Princeton will face the last of those Friday night at Penn.
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-six nationally. Glory is a consensus No. 2 at 125 and Monday is ranked anywhere between No. 3 and No. 6 at 165 after making his collegiate non-exhibition debut at the weight in winning the Midlands title, defeating Wisconsin's then-No. 4 (InterMat) Dean Hamiti in the final. While Glory is undefeated this season at 14-0, Monday took his first loss of the season Saturday at Cornell against No. 7 (NCAA) Julian Ramirez, standing at 16-1 between 157 and 165. 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.
Rankings • Four Tiger wrestlers were in the Feb. 9 NCAA Coaches rankings: No. 2 Patrick Glory (125), No. 4 Quincy Monday (165), No. 19 Luke Stout (197), No. 31 Travis Stefanik (285). Nate Dugan was ranked as high as No. 28 by Wrestlestat as of Feb. 7.
Weight-by-Weight Preview
125
Princeton probables: Patrick Glory or Nick Kayal
Glory, ranked No. 2 in the nation in the NCAA Coaches rankings, returned to that weight last weekend at Cornell and Binghamton, improving to 14-0 on the season while defeating No. 8-ranked Brett Ungar of Cornell. Glory wrestled at 133 the previous two weekends. Penn counts Ryan Miller, an NCAA qualifier last season and ranked as high as No. 16 nationally by WIN Magazine, and Lehigh has Carter Bailey, ranked No. 33 by Wrestlestat. Glory was a 12-2 winner over Miller in last season's dual.
133
Princeton probables: Anthony Clark or Sean Pierson
A pair of wrestlers ranked in the top 10 by at least some outlets await Clark or Pierson this weekend. Penn's Michael Colaiocco, an NCAA qualifier last season, is a consensus top-10 across the ranking outlets, standing No. 8 with the NCAA Coaches, and Lehigh's Connor McGonagle, also an NCAA qualifier last season, is No. 5 with several outlets, including the NCAA Coaches. Colaiocco was a 2-0 winner over Pierson in the 2020 dual, and Colaiocco was a 9-2 winner over Clark at Midlands earlier this season.
141
Princeton probables: Danny Coles or Christopher Martino
Coles was a 14-5 winner over Lehigh's Malyke Hines, an NCAA qualifier last season, at the F&M Open earlier this season, and Hines is ranked as high as No. 19 by FloWrestling and No. 23 by the NCAA Coaches. Martino made his dual-meet debut for Princeton against Brown two weekends ago and wrestled in both matches last weekend at Cornell and Binghamton. Penn lists Carmen Ferrante as its probable at 141.
149
Princeton probable: Marshall Keller
Keller, an NCAA qualifier last season, has wrestled both Penn probable Doug Zapf, an NCAA qualifier last season, and one of Lehigh's two probables, Max Brignola, also an NCAA qualifier last season, previously. Zapf was a 10-6 winner over Keller in the teams' 2020 dual, and Keller wrestled Brignola twice last season, with Brignola winning 3-1 in the teams' dual and 5-3 in the EIWA third-place match after Keller won four straight consolation matches to earn the NCAA bid. Zapf is ranked No. 12 by the NCAA Coaches while Brignola is No. 32 in that ranking and Lehigh's other probable, Manzona Bryant IV, is No. 24 with FloWrestling.
157
Princeton probable: Ty Whalen
The rookie Whalen, with 12 wins so far this season, has yet to face either Penn probable Anthony Artalona or Lehigh probable Josh Humphreys. Artalona is ranked No. 15 by the NCAA Coaches and Humphreys stands No. 4 in the NCAA Coaches ranking. Artalona was an NCAA qualifier last season and Humphreys was an NCAA quarterfinalist last year.
165
Princeton probable: #3 Quincy Monday
Monday, a 2022 NCAA finalist and ranked No. 3 by the NCAA Coaches, wrestled Lehigh probable Luca Frinzi in last year's dual, winning 12-3. Penn probable Lucas Revano, an NCAA qualifier last season, is ranked No. 32 by the NCAA Coaches.
174
Princeton probables: Kole Mulhauser or Grant Cuomo
Penn lists 2022 NCAA qualifier Nick Incontrera, ranked No. 19 by the NCAA Coaches, as its probable and Lehigh lists Jake Logan. Neither senior Cuomo, who made his season dual-match debut last weekend with an 8-5 loss to No. 4-ranked Chris Foca of Cornell, nor rookie Mulhauser, has faced either of the probables. Mulhauser has 11 wins this season and has won his last two matches, both in duals against Brown and Binghamton.
184
Princeton probable: #32 Nate Dugan
Dugan, ranked No. 28 by Wrestlestat, was a 12-4 winner over Penn probable Maximus Hale at the Midlands tournament earlier this season and had a win over InterMat No. 6-ranked Jonathan Loew last weekend at Cornell. Lehigh probable Tate Samuelson, ranked No. 19 by the NCAA Coaches, was an NCAA qualifier with Wyoming last season.
197
Princeton probable: #17 Luke Stout
Stout, an NCAA qualifier last season and ranked No. 19 by the NCAA Coaches, has wrestled Penn probable Cole Urbas, also an NCAA qualifier last season, in each of the last two seasons, winning the 2022 dual 13-9 and getting a second-period tech fall against Urbas at Midlands earlier this season. Urbas is ranked No. 30 by the NCAA Coaches and Lehigh probable Michael Beard is No. 2 in that ranking. Beard earned All-American honors with Penn State in 2021, finishing seventh.
285
Princeton probables: #33 Travis Stefanik or Matt Cover
Stefanik, ranked No. 31 by the NCAA Coaches, and Penn probable Ben Goldin, ranked No. 27 by the NCAA Coaches, were both NCAA qualifiers last season, Stefanik at 184. Lehigh probable Nathan Taylor is ranked No. 30 by the NCAA Coaches. Cover, also an NCAA qualifier last season at heavyweight, wrestled Goldin twice last season, with Goldin taking the dual match 10-4 and an EIWA consolation match 4-0, and once this season, with Goldin winning 3-1 in sudden victory at Midlands. Taylor defeated Stefanik 3-1 this season at the F&M Open.
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