Lehigh's Wrestle-Offs Reveal the Future

[ngineer]

Tonight, before approx. 1,750 in Grace Hall, Lehigh's wrestlers squared off against each other to earn their starting positions. Most intriguing was David Craig and Pat Flynn, natural freshmen at 184 and 197 respectively, winning big by falls. Will they redshirt or get thrown into the mix this year? Craig looks like everything as advertised as the #1 overall wrestling recruit in the country. He has already won four matches this year at the WVa Open Tournament, thereby running his undefeated string from high school to 184-0! Matt Cassidy, Lehigh's regular 197 had arthroscopic surgery a couple weeks ago and was still seen limping, so unknown who might take the redshirt..The Mountain Hawks will be awfully young this year, but could surprise a number of people along the way, especially by tournament time in March.

[poly51]

Cal Poly is in the Pac 10 for Wrestling.
Once again they have a brutal schedule just like their football team.

Mustangs Ranked No. 17 in the Preseason Pol
View 2006-07 Schedule
(10/12/06)For Immediate Release

San Luis Obispo – Wrestling International Newsmagazine (WIN) released its annual preseason collegiate wrestling poll Wednesday, with the Mustangs ranked No. 17 in the nation. The Mustangs, who finished 23rd last season, also had three individual rankings; Chad Mendes (sixth) 125lbs, Darrell Vasquez (fourth) 133 lbs, and Dave Roberts (10th) 141 lbs.

During the 2006-2007 season the Mustangs will host the preseason No. 3 Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State who is the preseason No.2 and the four-time defending National Champion.

The Mustangs were also ranked No. 17 by The Wrestling Mall and No. 20 by the National Wrestling Coaches Association.



2006-07 Wrestling Schedule
Day Date Opponent Time/Results Recap
Thurs. Nov. 16 Green & Gold Meet 7 p.m. Recap
Sat. Nov. 18 at Fullerton Open 9 a.m. Recap
Fri./Sat. Dec. 1-2 at Las Vegas Tourament 9 a.m. Recap
Sat. Dec. 9 Oklahoma 6 p.m. Recap

Mon. Dec. 18 Oklahoma State 1 p.m. Recap
Mon. Dec. 18 Cal State Fullerton* 3 p.m. Recap
Wed. Dec. 20 at Reno Tournament 9 a.m. Recap
Thurs. Jan. 4 at Boise State* 5:30 p.m. Recap
Fri. Jan. 5 at Portland State* 2 p.m. Recap
Fri. Jan. 5 at Oregon* 7 p.m. Recap
Sun. Jan. 21 at Central Michigan Tourament 9 a.m. Recap
Fri. Jan. 26 Cal State Bakerfield* 7:30 p.m. Recap
Fri. Feb. 2 at San Francisco State 2 p.m. Recap
Fri. Feb. 2 at Stanford* 7 p.m. Recap
Sat. Feb. 3 at All-California Open 9 a.m. Recap

Sun. Feb. 4 Oregon State* 2 p.m. Recap
Fri. Feb 9 Northern Colorado 6 p.m. Recap
Sun. Feb. 11 at Arizona State* 2 p.m. Recap
Thurs. Feb. 15 at UC Davis* 7 p.m Recap
Sat.-Sun. Feb. 24-25 at Pac 10 Championships (hosted at Cal State Bakersfield)
11 a.m. Recap
Thurs.-Sat. March 15-17 at NCAA Division I National Championships (at Detroit) 11 a.m. Recap

*Pacific-10 conference match
All times local to site
Home Matches in Bold

[BlueHen86]

Thanks for the updates, I'm a huge wrestling fan. Unfortunately my school doesn't have wrestling anymore :bawling:
I made it to one Lehigh meet last year - against Ariz. St, hope to get to more this year. Does Lehigh run into Maryland this year? I'd love to see another Craig - Mike Letts match.

Good luck Cal Poly, your schedule is brutal.

[ngineer]

11/10 @ Rider
11/16 MICHIGAN (Grace Hall) *SOLD OUT
11/19 @ Pennsylvania Duals (Lock Haven)

12/1 DREXEL (Grace Hall)
12/8 @ Penn State
12/9 @ Pittsburgh
12/29-30 @ Southern Scuffle (UNCG)

1/5 @ Stanford Duals (Stanford, Cal, UC-Davis)
1/7 @ Sun Devil Duals (Ariz.St,American, CS-Fullerton)
1/13 @ Navy
1/19 CORNELL (Stabler Arena)
1/27 HARVARD, BROWN (Grace Hall)
1/28 @ NYAC versus Columbia, Hofstra

2/10 ARMY, RUTGERS (Grace Hall)
2/16 NEBRASKA (Grace Hall)
2/18 PENN (Stabler Arena)

3/2-3 EIWA TOURNAMENT @ East Stroudsburg Univ.
3/15-17 NCAA TOURNAMENT @ Auburn Hills , MI

[ChickenMan]

Tonight, before approx. 1,750 in Grace Hall, Lehigh's wrestlers squared off against each other to earn their starting positions. Most intriguing was David Craig and Pat Flynn, natural freshmen at 184 and 197 respectively, winning big by falls. Will they redshirt or get thrown into the mix this year? Craig looks like everything as advertised as the #1 overall wrestling recruit in the country. He has already won four matches this year at the WVa Open Tournament, thereby running his undefeated string from high school to 184-0! Matt Cassidy, Lehigh's regular 197 had arthroscopic surgery a couple weeks ago and was still seen limping, so unknown who might take the redshirt..The Mountain Hawks will be awfully young this year, but could surprise a number of people along the way, especially by tournament time in March.



Connor McDonald (119)... one of the top wrestlers in Delaware gave a verbal to Lehigh last week...


Seven wrestlers from the First State are ranked in W.I.N.’s preseason individual rankings, placing Delaware 14th among the nation’s 48 wrestling states.
McDonald became the first Class of 2007 recruit to announce that he would attend Lehigh University, selecting the Mountain Hawks over Indiana, Illinois, Maryland and Virginia Tech.

Delaware has some pretty stong HS wrestling programs going... there are less than 40 HS wrestling throughout the entire state... but DE has five wrestlers ranked in W.I. N.'s preseason national individual Top 10... McDonald was ranked 4th at 119.

http://win-magazine.com/Archives/v13%20archives/v13i1stuff/mcdonaldfeature.html

[ngineer]

Yes, it was in this morning's paper along with a few others from around the US. Our recruiting is getting pretty 'national'. We'll be needing to stock up in the light weights, so glad to see we're getting an excellent one in McDonald.
David Craig (the Nation's #1 recruit this year) will NOT redshirt this year and will take his 184-0 unbeaten streak into varsity collegiate wrestling as a true freshman. (He already won the WVa. Open Tournament last week). He looked extremely stong at the wrestle-offs. More impressive than either Mark Lieberman or Jon Trenge as freshmen. He's certainly face his share of horses in upcoming matches, especially next week against Michigan.