Edinboro Match Notes
 
Edinboro Lineup  
125 -- #17/#18 Kory Mines (R-Sr., 26-6, 81-53, Bedford, Ohio/Maple Heights)
133 -- Anthony Rivera (R-Fr., 3-12, 3-12, Mardela Springs, Md./Parkside)
141 -- #2/#2 Mitchell Port (R-Sr., 28-0, 124-15, Bellefonte, Pa./Bellefonte Area)
149 -- #1/#1 Dave Habat (R-Sr., 27-1, 125-25, Parma, Ohio/St. Ignatius)
157 -- Kasey Burnett-Davis (R-Sr., 11-10, 63-47, Meadville, Pa./Meadville) OR Chase Delande (R-So., 9-8, 30-13, Hilliard, Ohio/Hilliard-Davidson) 
165 -- Casey Fuller (R-Jr., 14-13, 43-45, Hamlin, Pa./Western Wayne) OR Ty Schoffstall (R-Fr., 15-6, 15-6, Pottsville, Pa./Tri-Valley)         
174 -- Patrick Jennings (R-Jr., 25-8, 50-45, Ridge, N.Y./Longwood)               
184 -- #13/#15 Vic Avery  (R-Jr., 23-6, 72-28, Foxboro, Mass./Foxboro) 
197 -- Vince Pickett  (Jr.,14-13, 57-39, Galloway, Ohio/Central Crossing)
Hwt. -- Warren Bosch (R-Jr., 13-16, 29-37, Kings Park, N.Y./Kings Park)       
 
HEAD COACH:  Tim Flynn (Penn State '87, 196-72-5, 18th year)
Rankings:  InterMat/Flowrestling


Lock Haven Bald Eagles Probable Lineup  
125 -- Jake Field (R-Fr., 18-11, South Elgin, Ill./Marmion Academy)
133 -- Ronnie Perry (So., 23-7, Christiana, Pa./Solanco) OR Cody Wheeler (R-So., 14-5, Towanda, Pa./Towanda) 
141 -- Bobby Rehm (R-Jr., 23-14, Lancaster, Pa./Penn Manor)
149 -- Dan Neff (R-Jr., 16-10, Quarrysville, Pa./Solanco)
157 -- Elias Biddle (R-Sr., 19-10, Turbotville, Pa./Warrior Run)
165 -- Aaron McKinney (R-Jr., 23-8, McDonald, Pa./West Allegheny) OR Dillon Gavlock (R-So., 22-12, Mill Hill, Pa./Central Mountain)
174 -- Tyler Wood (R-So., 16-19, West Chester, Pa./West Chester-Rustin)
184 -- Fred Garcia (R-Sr., 25-4, Donora, Pa./Ringgold)
197 -- Phil Sprenkle (R-Jr., 12-7, Seven Valleys, Pa./Dallastown)
Hwt. -- Brad Emerick (So., 13-17, Wilkes-Barre, Pa./Coughlin)
 
HEAD?COACH:  Scott Moore (Penn State '03, 8-20, 2nd year)

The Match Stories
 
After three straight matches on the road, not to mention trips to New Jersey and Virginia, Edinboro returns home to host Lock Haven on Friday, February 6. The match marks the last Eastern Wrestling League dual for the Fighting Scots, who clinched a share of the EWL regular season crown with a 31-14 win at George Mason on Saturday. Edinboro, ranked ninth in the latest InterMat Tournament Rankings and 15th in the NWCA/USA?Today Division I?Coaches Poll, remained perfect in the EWL at 5-0 and is 12-4 overall. Lock Haven comes in with a 5-10 overall record, but at 2-1 in EWL action the Bald Eagles still have an opportunity to tie Edinboro for the regular season crown.       

Head coach Tim Flynn continues to make do with a patched-up lineup that will once again be missing two top-ten wrestlers. All told, three starters are missing. Edinboro has been without Austin Matthews at 157 lbs. for two months and the Clarion transfer will miss the rest of the season due to a knee injury.  Zach Towers is once again out of the lineup at 174 lbs. The Fighting Scots were dealt another blow when A.J. Schopp went down at the Midlands Championships. Ranked number one at 133 lbs. entering the tournament, he was injured in his consolation semifinal match. He was able to finish the match but did not wrestle in the third place match. Schopp, who is 15-1, is still ranked second.

Edinboro currently has six wrestlers showing up in the various national rankings. The rankings include the WrestlingReport.com rankings which ranks 33 wrestlers per weight class. Dave Habat has moved to the head of the class at 149 lbs., as the redshirt senior is ranked first.  Mitchell Port remains second at 141 lbs..  A.J. Schopp, who had been the consensus number one at 133 lbs., is now ranked second.  Vic Avery is ranked as high as ninth by WIN at 184 lbs. Kory Mines is ranked as high as 16th at125 lbs. by WIN and the WrestlingReport.com.  Patrick Jennings is 33rd at 174 lbs. in the WrestlingReport.com rankings.

Edinboro comes off the finest season in school history. The 2013-14 Fighting Scots finished with an 11-3 record, winning the EWL and PSAC?Championships. Seven national qualifiers then combined to help Edinboro finish fifth at the NCAA?Division I?National Championships, the highest finish in school history. Three Fighting Scots earned All-American honors -- A.J. Schopp (133 lbs.) and Mitchell Port (141 lbs.) for the second time and Dave Habat (149 lbs.) for the first time. Port placed third with Schopp and Habat coming in fourth.

Edinboro's season-opening lineup featured five returning national qualifiers, along with a sixth in Clarion transfer Austin Matthews. Leading the way are All-Americans Mitchell Port, A.J. Schopp, and Dave Habat. Port earned All-American honors for the second time at 141 lbs. with a third place finish, while Schopp is also a two-time All-American after coming in fourth last year at 133 lbs. Habat earned his first All-American certificate with a fourth place finish at 149 lbs. Kory Mines made his first appearance at Nationals last year at 125 lbs. Matthews earned a trip to Nationals for the first time while wrestling at Clarion. He competed at 157 lbs.  
Lock Haven has a 5-10 record and is 2-1 in the EWL following a 34-6 win over Clarion on Wednesday. The match was originally scheduled for Sunday but postponed due to the weather. The Bald Eagles finished second to Edinboro in the PSAC?Championships, their highest finish in 11 years. 

Head coach Tim Flynn has always liked to challenge his squad, and this year is no exception. The Pittsburgh match was the first of a very difficult dual schedule for the Fighting Scots. Using the USA?Today/NWCA?Division I?Coaches Poll, Edinboro has already faced six teams in the current top 25 and a seventh looming in fourth-ranked Ohio State.  Edinboro has wins over 11th-ranked Lehigh and 16th-ranked Michigan while dropping matches to sixth-ranked Cornell, 12th-ranked Virginia, 13th-ranked Pittsburgh, and 17th-ranked Old Dominion. Ohio State will visit McComb Fieldhouse for a first round match in the NWCA Mat Mayhem National Duals on February 15. Throw in matches against Rider, Kent State, Central Michigan, Northern Illinois, and West Virginia, plus the other four EWL opponents, and the Scots will be battle-tested by March.

 
THE LOCK HAVEN SERIES
EDINBORO LEADS 20-8  
The Fighting Scots have won 12 straight meetings against the Bald Eagles.
  
LAST MEETING
2013-14:  EDINBORO 37, LOCK HAVEN 3 -- The Fighting Scots won the first six weight classes to jump out to a 24-0 lead and won nine of ten matches. Edinboro scored bonus points in five bouts, including falls by A.J. Schopp and Vince Pickett at 133 and 197 lbs., respectively. 

THE COACHES
EDINBORO -- Tim Flynn (Penn State '86) is in his 18th season as the helm of the Fighting Scots.  He has elevated the Edinboro program to one of the best in the country, compiling a 196-72-5 record.  Edinboro has had 12 top-20 finishes and four in the top ten at the NCAA Division I National Championships during his tenure.  He has produced three national champions and 33 All-Americans.  All told, Flynn has been named the EWL Coach of the Year six times and the PSAC Coach of the Year 12 times. Last year Flynn captured nearly every Coach of the Year award, including being named the NWCA/NCAA Division I Coach of the Year, WIN's Dan Gable Coach of the Year, and was InterMat's Co-Coach of the Year along with Minnesota's J Robinson.
 
LOCK HAVEN -- Scott Moore (Penn State '03) was named Lock Haven's head coach in July 2013 after serving as an assistant coach with the Bald Eagles for three seasons.  He guided the Bald Eagles to a 3-10 finish a year ago. Prior to coming to Lock Haven, Moore spent six seasons at the University of Virginia, serving as head assistant coach (2004-09) and associate head coach (2009-10).  At Virginia, he helped UVA to its first Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) title in over 30 years and its best-ever NCAA finish (top-15). He coached two ACC Freshman of the Year, and one ACC Wrestler of the Year.  On the mat, Moore was a two-time All-American while competing for Penn State and Virginia. He was third at the 2004 NCAA championships for Virginia and placed fourth in 2003 as a Nittany Lion. The two-time Academic All-American was Virginia's 2004 Male Athlete of the Year and was a finalist for the 2004 Dan Hodge Trophy, given to the most dominating wrestler in the NCAA. The 2004 ACC champion at UVA, Moore was named the ACC Wrestler of the Year after going 51-1 with 34 pins. At Penn State he was the 2003 Big Ten Champion.
 
SCOUTING LOCK HAVEN
The Bald Eagles come in with a 5-10 overall record and have won two of three EWL matches. Lock Haven comes off a 34-3 win over Clarion after a 22-13 loss to sixth-ranked Cornell on January 27.  The Bald Eagles own a 31-6 win over George Mason and dropped an 18-16 decision to Cleveland State in EWL competition. Other common opponents with Edinboro include Kent State (lost 22-18) and West Virginia (lost 23-12). Three Lock Haven wrestlers are two-time NCAA qualifiers. Fred Garcia has a 25-4 record and owns 94 career wins. One of his losses was a 5-2 decision to Vic Avery in the PSAC finals at 184 lbs. Dan Neff has moved up to 149 lbs. after qualifying twice at 141 lbs. He has a 16-10 record. Neff, who finished third at the PSAC?Championships, comes of a narrow 3-2 loss to eighth-ranked Chris Villalonga of Cornell. Bobby Rehm, a two-time PSAC champion at 125 lbs., redshirted a year ago and has moved up to 141 lbs. He lost by fall to Mitchell Port in the PSAC finals and comes in with a 23-14 ledger. Two other Bald Eagles picked up second place finishes -- Ronnie Perry (23-7) at 133 lbs., losing by technical fall to A.J. Schopp, and Aaron McKinney (23-8), who dropped a 3-2 decision to Casey Fuller at 165 lbs.