Wrestling Hosts First Conference Dual Against Drexel on Friday

vs. Drexel
Janurary 19 (Sat.) | 7:00 p.m. | Jadwin Gym
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PRINCETON, NJ - The Princeton wrestling team (2-2, 0-0) will host Drexel on Friday, January 19th. Wrestling action will begin at 7:00 P.M. in Jadwin Gym and will be streamed on ESPN+.

Probables

Princeton	Weight	Drexel
Drew Heethuis	125	Pleasant or Giampietro
Pierson or Kayal	133	Maroney or Hildebrandt
Tyler Vazquez	141	Soriano or Onorato
11/32 Eligh Rivera	149	Dom Findora
Rocco Camillaci	157	Tyler Williams
Blaine Bergey	165	Cody Walsh
Mikey Squires	174	Janda or Queen
20/25 Nate Dugan	184	Griffith or Lapinski
Aidan Conner	197	Ameer or Levey
Garibaldi or Cover	285	Morina?or?Brosko

Dubuque's Debrief

"We are excited to welcome a tough and scrappy team in Drexel University to Jadwin Gym. These EIWA match ups are hugely important for conference seeding and our guys are pumped for the opportunity to get another victory in front of the home crowd."

Princeton head coach Joe Dubuque clinched dual NCAA titles during his stint at Indiana, claiming victories at 125 in both 2005 and 2006. He shares the distinction of being a two-time NCAA champion in Indiana's wrestling history with Charlie McDaniel (275, 1935 & 38). Notably, Dubuque is Indiana's second-most recent NCAA champion, succeeded by Angel Escobedo, the current head coach, who secured his victory at 125 in 2008. Dubuque, a three-time All-American, secured an eighth-place finish in 2004 and concluded his collegiate career with an impressive 114-18 record.

Know Your Tigers

The Tigers took down Rider on Thursday, 20-19, to take home the MAC IVY Trophy. The victory signified the inaugural dual win for the program under the new head coach, Joe Dubuque. The Tigers captured their second win of the season against Morgan State last weekend.
Princeton kicked off their dual schedule with a competitive match against Indiana and only lost by a close margin of 18-15. However, they managed to achieve a split in match victories, securing five wins in competition. In the second dual against No. 14 Rutgers, Princeton fell but saw wins from No. 11 Eligh Rivera, Blaine Bergey, and Matt Cover.
125: Freshman Drew Heethuis holds a 11-3 record this season following his first collegiate dual victory in a 10-8 decision against Indiana. Heethuis went 4-1 at the 2024 F&M Open, securing a 5th place finish.
133: Sean Pierson placed 5th at this year's Navy Classic having three wins by decision and one win by technical fall, 18-2 in 6 minutes and 31 seconds.
149: Freshman No. 11 Eligh Rivera had a strong showing at his first Midlands Championships where he knocked off No. 19 Kelly Dunnigan (Penn), his second ranked win of the season. Rivera set the tone for his start of the dual season with an impressive win overcoming a 3-1 deficit and securing a 7-4 (SV) decision victory and knocking off No. 8 Graham Rooks of Indiana. Rivera also notably took 4th place at the Navy Classic.
165: Blaine Bergey has a 10-5 record this season with a notable win against No. 25 Anthony White from Rutgers by decision 5-4 (SV)
174: Mikey Squires' record this season is 8-6. At the Princeton Open, Squires showcased his dominance by securing a notable 5th place finish after a series of three impressive victories by technical fall in a row. At the Navy Classic he had three victories and took 3rd place.
184: No. 20 Nate Dugan currently holds a 11-5 record this season notably taking first place at this year's Princeton Open, sixth place at the 2023 Midlands Championships and securing third place at the Navy Classic. Dugan knocked off the one-seeded Layne Malczewski at this season's Midlands Championships and had a quarterfinals run.
197: No. 10 Luke Stout, the junior and two-time NCAA qualifier maintains a 15-3 record this season. Stout recently placed 2nd at the 2023 Midlands Championships where he went 4-1 in the tournament.
285: Matt Cover dug deep for a 5-4 win over No. 32 Nick Wilhelm from Indiana at heavyweight in the first dual this season. Cover has a 11-3 record since the start of the 2023-24 season and placed 3rd at the Princeton Open and 5th at the Navy Classic.

In The Rankings

As of January 8th, the Tigers have four wrestlers ranked by national media outlets:

149 - Eligh Rivera
InterMat: 26
WrestleStat: 12
FloWrestling: 30

184 - Nate Dugan
InterMat: 21
WrestleStat: 24
FloWrestling: 26

197 - Luke Stout
InterMat: 10
WrestleStat: 13
FloWrestling: 12

285 - Matt Cover
InterMat - 29
FloWrestling - 28

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The Princeton wrestling squad will host Columbia on January 26th at 7:00 P.M. in Jadwin Gym

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