PROBABLE LINEUPS

Edinboro Fighting Scots (7-3, 5-0 EWL)
125 -- #18/#16 Kory Mines (Jr.-r, 18-6, Bedford, OH)
133 -- #2/#2 A.J. Schopp (Jr.-r, 24-1, Tyrone, PA
141 -- #1/#1 Mitchell Port (Jr.-r, 20-0, Bellefonte, PA)
149 -- #16/#14 Dave Habat (Jr.-r, 20-4, Parma, OH)
157 -- #16/#16 Johnny Greisheimer (Sr.-r, 19-7, Wantagh, NY)
165 -- Kasey Burnett-Davis (Jr.-r, 10-6, Meadville, PA)
174 -- Patrick Jennings (So.-r, 8-9, Ridge, NJ)
184 -- #15/#14 Vic Avery (So.-r, 14-2, Foxboro, MA)
Nick Mitchell (Fr.-r, 10-8, Frewsburg, NY)
197 -- Vince Pickett (So., 12-9, Galloway, OH)
Hwt. -- #18/#15 Ernest James (Sr.-r, 20-5, Medford, NY)

HEAD?COACH: Tim Flynn (Penn State '87, 180-68-5, 17th year)
Rankings: InterMat/Amateur Wrestling News

Buffalo Bulls (2-12, 0-5 MAC)
125 -- Max Soria (Jr.-r, 11-6, Kings Park, NY)
Mike Soria (Jr.-r, 13-5, Kings Park, NY)
133 -- Justin Farmer (Sr.-r, 9-18, New Lenox, IL)
141 -- Nick Flannery (Sr., 14-12, Framingham, MA)
149 -- Ryan Todora (Fr., 5-17, Breinigsville, PA)
157 -- Wally Maziarz (Jr.-r, 11-12, N. Tonawanda, NY)
165 -- Tyler Rill (Fr.-r, 12-13, Hampstead, MD)
174 -- Rrok Ndokaj (Fr.-r, 10-14, Staten Island, NY)
184 -- Tony Lock (So., 15-10, Chaffee, NY)
197 -- Angelo Malvestuto (Jr.-r, 16-11, Niagara Falls, NY)
Hwt. -- James Benjamin (Fr., 7-18, Vestal, NY)

HEAD?COACH: John Stutztman (Buffalo '98, 2-12, 1st year; 99-68-1, 9th year overall)


SATURDAY IS FIGHTING SCOTS FIGHTING CANCER DAY

The Edinboro athletic department will hold its Fighting Scots Fighting Cancer Day on Saturday, February 1, with three events taking place at McComb Fieldhouse. The action gets underway at 1 p.m. with the women's basketball game against Pitt-Johnstown. That's followed by the men's game against the Mountain Cats at 3 p.m. The day wraps up with the wrestling match at 7 p.m. vs. Buffalo. Admission will be free to all three events with a donation that will benefit Breast Cancer Awareness. The Zeta Tau Alpha sorority is assisting the athletic department in the day's activities and will be handing out information packets and other materials.

THE MATCH STORIES
Edinboro wrapped up Eastern Wrestling League duals competition last weekend and now heads into the final month of dual matches. The Fighting Scots have four duals remaining, beginning with Saturday's match against Buffalo. The match will get underway at 7:00 p.m. at McComb Fieldhouse. Edinboro has won seven of its last eight duals to improve to 7-3. In addition, the Scots ended EWL competition with a perfect 5-0 record, wrapping up the EWL regular season title with a 29-10 win over Bloomsburg last Saturday.

The Fighting Scots captured second place at the Virginia Duals three weeks ago. Following a first round bye, they edged 25th-ranked Old Dominion 17-16, then advanced to the finals with a 23-9 win over 15th-ranked Virginia Tech. Virginia, ranked 13th, would edge Edinboro in the finals, 20-19.

Buffalo head coach John Stutzman is no stranger to the Fighting Scots after serving as Bloomsburg's head coach for eight seasons. He returned to his alma mater as head coach this summer and is in the middle of a rebuilding project. The Bulls come in with a 2-12 record and are 0-5 in the Mid-American Conference. Saturday's lineup is expected to include two freshmen and two redshirt freshmen.
The Fighting Scots own a 17-1 record in the all-time series with Buffalo, winning the last two meetings. They ran off wins in the first 15 matchups before Buffalo claimed an 18-16 win in 2010-11. A year ago Edinboro was a 28-9 winner at Alumni Arena.

The Fighting Scots turned in a strong showing at the prestigious Midlands Championships. They matched their highest finish ever in the event, coming in second. In addition, five wrestlers placed, led by Mitchell Port. The redshirt junior was the champion at 141 lbs., Edinboro's first since 2011. A.J. Schopp bounced back from a loss in the semifinals to take home third place at 133 lbs., and Johnny Greisheimer was also third at 157 lbs. Ernest James was fifth at heavyweight and Vic Avery came in eighth at 184 lbs., although the redshirt sophomore forfeited his final two matches due to an injury.

Edinboro has continued to climb in the various national rankings. The Fighting Scots are ranked ninth in the latest InterMat poll and have been as high as sixth. The Scots are 14th in the USA Today/ NWCA/AWN Coaches Poll. In addition, they are 10th according to WrestlingReport.com and 11th in WIN's Tournament Power Index.

With Kasey Burnett-Davis appearing in one national ranking this week, the Edinboro lineup now features as many as nine ranked wrestlers. The group is led by Mitchell Port, who is ranked number one at 141 lbs. Port finished as the runnerup at 141 lbs. at the NCAA?Division I?National Championships last March, earning All-American honors for the first time. He owns a 20-0 record and is number one according to InterMat, Amateur Wrestling News and WrestlingReport.com, and second in the WIN?rankings. A.J. Schopp (24-1), another junior, was first for a week at 133 lbs. before suffering his first loss of the season at the Midlands Championships. He is second according to InterMat, Amateur Wrestling News and WrestlingReport.com and third in the WIN poll. Vic Avery (14-2) is as high as 11th at 184 lbs. according to WIN, along with 14th by AWN, 15th by InterMat and 17th by WrestlingReport.com. Dave Habat (20-4) is ranked 14th at 149 lbs. by AWN and WIN, along with 15th by WrestlingRepoort.com and 16th by InterMat. Johnny Greisheimer (19-7) reappeared in the rankings recently after being out for several weeks. The senior has climbed to 14th at 157 lbs. according to WIN, 15th by WrestlingReport.com, and 16th by AWN and InterMat. Ernest James (20-5) parlayed a strong showing at Midlands into a boost in the rankings, and picked up a pair of big wins last week to climb a little more. The heavyweight is now 15th according to AWN and WrestlingReport.com, 18th by InterMat and 20th by WIN. Kory Mines (18-6) stands 15th in the WIN poll, 16th by AWN, and 18th according to InterMat and WrestlingReport.com at 125 lbs. Finally, Vince Pickett (12-9) is ranked 30th by WrestlingReport.com at 197 lbs. and Burnett-Davis (10-6) appears for the first time, ranked 33rd in the same poll at 165 lbs.

Head coach Tim Flynn has once again assembled a demanding schedule, with no fewer than five teams ranked in this week's InterMat Top 25 or USA?Today/NWCA/AWN Coaches Poll. Leading the way is Iowa, which visited McComb Fieldhouse on December 5 as the top-ranked team in the country. Using the NWCA?poll, which is a measure of dual meets, Iowa is currently ranked third. Pittsburgh has moved up to seventh, while Virginia Tech has been ranked as high as eighth and is now 16th. Rider was ranked 25th at the time Edinboro faced the Broncs, and Bloomsburg has been ranked at various points in the season and are currently 22nd in InterMat's Top 25. The Fighting Scots also competed in the Virginia Duals, where they faced 13th-ranked Virginia in the finals. Throw in the Midlands Championships and Edinboro's wrestlers have again faced some top talent.

THE?BUFFALO SERIES
EDINBORO LEADS?17-1
The Fighting Scots won the first 15 meetings between the two teams before Buffalo recorded an 18-16 win in the 2010-11 season. Edinboro has won the last two matchups.

LAST?MEETING
2012-13: EDINBORO 28, BUFFALO?9 -- the Fighting Scots won seven matches, with A.J. Schopp winning by fall at 133 lbs. and Vince Pickett picking up a major decision at 184 lbs.

THE?COACHES
EDINBORO -- Tim Flynn (Penn State '86) is in his 17th season as the helm of the Fighting Scots. He has elevated the Edinboro program to one of the best in the country, compiling a 180-68-5 record. Edinboro has had 11 top-20 finishes and three in the top ten at the NCAA?Division I?National Championships during his tenure. He has produced three national champions and 30 All-Americans. All told, Flynn has been named the EWL?Coach of the Year five times and the PSAC?Coach of the Year 11 times.

BUFFALO -- John Stutzman (Buffalo '98) returned to his alma mater as head coach this past summer after serving in the same capacity at Bloomsburg for eight seasons. While in charge of the Huskies he posted a 97-56-1 record, putting him third all-time in career wins. He coached three NCAA Division I All-Americans, eight EWL champions, 76 EWL place winners and 33 NCAA Division I national qualifiers. Stutzman earned the EWL Coach of the Year honors three times (2007, '10, and '13). He was 95-27 in a three-year career for the Bulls and left as the school's all-time leader in career wins. His best year for the Bulls was the 1996-97 season when he posted a mark of 35-4, the fourth best single-season winning percentage in program history.