Edinboro Match Notes

The Lineups

EDINBORO Fighting Scots (0-1, 0-0 EWL)
 

			2016-17	Career
			Record	Record
125	#18/#18 Sean Russell	R-So.	4-1	32-10	Lawrenceville, Ga./Collins Hills
133	Korbin Myers	R-Fr.	6-2	6-2	Carlisle, Pa./Boiling Springs
141	Ozzy Lugo	Fr.	0-0	0-0	Homestead, Fla./South Dade
149	#18/#16 Patricio Lugo	So.	4-2	36-11	Homestead, Fla./South Dade
157	Chase Delande	R-Sr.	4-3	71-55	Hilliard, Ohio/Hilliard-Davidson
165	#11/#16 Austin Matthews	R-Jr.	4-1	25-7	Greenville, Pa./Reynolds/Clarion
174	Ty Schoffstall	R-Jr.	0-1	31-11	Pottsville, Pa./Tri-Valley
184	Dakota Geer	Fr.	4-1	4-1	Franklin, Pa./Franklin
197	Dylan Reynolds	R-Fr.	4-2	4-2	Cambridge Springs, Pa./Saegertown
285	Billy Miller	R-So.	5-1	34-12	Perry, Ohio/Perry

PITTSBURGH Panthers(2-0, 0-0 ACC) 
 

			2016-17
			Record
125	LJ Bentley	So.	0-2	Twinsburg, Ohio
133	#8/#9 Dom Forys	Jr.	2-0	Pittsburgh, Pa.
141	Nick Zanetta	R-Jr.	1-1	Pittsburgh, Pa.
	Robert Lee	So.	0-0	Kaukauna, Wis.
149	Mikey Racciato	Sr.	1-1	Pen Argyl, Pa..
157	Jake Wentzel	Fr.	2-0	South Park, Pa.
165	#19/#17 TeShan Campbell	So.	2-0	Pittsburgh, Pa.
174	Christian Dietrich	Fr.	1-1	Greene, NY
184	Mat Carr	So.	0-2	Dalton, Pa.
197	Zach Bruce	R-So.	1-1	Seneca, Pa.
	John Rizzo	Sr.	0-1	Johnstown, Pa.
285	#14/#13 Ryan Solomon	R-Jr.	1-0	Milton, Pa.

RANKINGS:  InterMat/Flowrestling

The Match Stories

 A youthful Edinboro wrestling team will make its home debut on Sunday, November 13, as the Fighting Scots host former EWL rival Pittsburgh. the match is set to get underway at 1 p.m. at McComb Fieldhouse. This will mark the second straight match against a ranked opponent, as the Panthers are ranked 22nd in the latest USA?Today/NWCA?Division I Coaches' Poll. Edinboro opened the season with a 24-13 loss at sixth-ranked Virginia Tech. While not ranked in the NWCA?poll, Edinboro is ranked 20th in the InterMat Dual Mett rankings.

The Fighting Scots come off an 8-11 finish a year ago, winning the EWL regular season crown before finishing in a tie for 32nd place at the NCAA Division I National Championships. It's a new-look Edinboro squad, as head coach Tim Flynn's squad returns just four starters. However, all four are returning national qualifiers and are nationally-ranked in the preseason polls. Flynn sent a young group of wrestlers to the mat at Virginia Tech, with one true freshmen and two redshirt freshmen, plus a sophomore and two redshirt sophomores in the anticipated lineup. That lineup is expected to get a little younger against Pittsburgh, with freshman Ozzy Lugo expected to start at 141 lbs. Chase Delande is the lone senior in the lineup, and the redshirt senior is in his first year as a starter at 157 lbs.

Pittsburgh opened the season last week in the Mountaineer Duals at West Virginia. The Panthers of head coach Jason Peters defeated Ohio, 21-16, then won a 21-13 decision over Campbell. Pitt returned four national qualifiers from last year's squad. The Panthers have three wrestlers currently ranked, led by Dom Forys at 133 lbs. The junior reached the Round of 12 last year at Natuionals and is a two-time NCAA qualifier. He is ranked eighth by InterMat. Heavyweight Ryan Solomon is 14th at heavyweight and TeShan Campbell is 19th at 165 lbs.  

Edinboro remained in Virginia after the Virginia Tech match and wrestled in the Southeast Open on Sunday. A total of ten wrestlers placed -- five in the open division and five more in the freshmen-sophomore division. Sean Russell won the title at 125 lbs. in the open division, with Patricio Lugo and Austin Matthews finishing third at 149 and 165 lbs., respectively. Heavyweight Billy Miller took home fifth place, while Chase Delande was sixth at 157 lbs. In the freshman-sophomore division, true freshman Dakota Geer captured first place at 184 lbs. Redshirt freshman Andrew Shomers placed second at 157 lbs. and Fritz Hoehn was third at 165 lbs. Two more redshirt freshmen, Korbin Myers and Dylan Reynolds, finished fifth at 133 and 197 lbs., respectively. 

Two of Sunday's matches will feature a pair of nationally-ranked wrestlers. At 165 lbs., Austin Matthews is ranked 11th by InterMat, while Pitt's TeShan Campbell is 19th. Billy Miller and Pitt's Ryan Solomon will square off at heavyweight. Miller is ranked 16th and Solomon 14th. A year, Solomon won a 2-1 decision.

The Fighting Scots will return home to face Lehigh on Saturday, November 19 at 3 p.m. at McComb Fieldhouse.

THE PITTSBURGH SERIES
EDINBORO LEADS 15-13 
Pittsburgh has won six of the last seven meetings following a 24-9 win at Fitzgerald Fieldhouse a year ago. Edinboro snapped a string of four straight Pittsburgh victories three years ago with a 17-16 win over the Panthers. Prior to the string of Pitt wins Edinboro ran off 11 straight wins against the Panthers.

LAST MEETING
2015-16: PITTSBURGH 24, EDINBORO 9
Pittsburgh has won six of the last seven meetings following a 24-9 win at Fitzgerald Fieldhouse a year ago. Edinboro snapped a string of four straight Pittsburgh victories three years ago with a 17-16 win over the Panthers. Prior to the string of Pitt wins Edinboro ran off 11 straight wins against the Panthers.

PITTSBURGH 24, EDINBORO 9
December 10, 2015
McComb Fieldhouse
Edinboro, Pa.

125 -- LJ Bentley (UP) dec. Sean Russell (EU) 6-5  
133 – #19 Dom Forys (UP) fall over Tony Recco (EU) 2:21 
141 -- #9 Mikey Racciato (UP) dec. Nate Hagan (EU) 7-5
149 -- Patricio Lugo (EU) dec. Robert Lee (UP) 12-6 
157 – Spencer Nagy (EU) dec. Ronnie Garbinsky (UP) 4-3
165 -- Casey Fuller (EU) dec. Cody Wiercioch (UP) 4-3 
174 -- TeShan Campbell (UP) dec. Patrick Jennings (EU) 14-12
184 – Zach Bruce (UP) dec.  Chris Laird (EU) 6-2
197 – Nick Bonaccorsi (UP)  dec. Vince Pickett (EU) 4-0 
Hwt. – #19 Ryan Solomon (UP) dec. Billy Miller (EU) 2-1  

THE COACHES
EDINBORO -- Tim Flynn (Penn State '86) is in his 20th season as the helm of the Fighting Scots.  He has elevated the Edinboro program to one of the best in the country, compiling a 206-85-5 record.  Edinboro has had 13 top-20 finishes and five in the top ten at the NCAA?Division I?National Championships during his tenure.  That includes the two best finishes in school history in 2014 and 2015. The Fighting Scots made the podium for the first time at Nationals with a third place showing two years ago, and in 2014 they were fifth. He has produced three national champions and 37 All-Americans.  All told, Flynn has been named the EWL?Coach of the Year seven times and the PSAC?Coach of the Year 13 times. Three years ago, 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.

PITTSBURGH -- Jason Peters (East Stroudsburg '98) replaced long-time head coach Rande Stottlemyre after the 2012-13 season after serving as an assistant coach for the Panthers for ten seasons. He helped lead Pittsburgh to three straight EWL?Tournament titles and in his first season guided the Panthers in their inaugural season in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Pittsburgh won the ACC?dual championship and went on to finish 22nd at Nationals, ending the year with a 13-3 record. Two years ago the Panthers were 8-8 in duals and came in 21st at Nationals. They went 10-7 last year. He owns a 35-18 record and is in his fifth year at the helm.