MATCH DAY CENTRAL

• Opponent: Tennessee-Chattanooga & Kent State
• When: Tuesday, December 18, 2018
• Where: Edinboro, Pa.
• Arena: McComb Fieldhouse
• Time: 7:00 pm
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OTHER LINKS

• Edinboro: Roster | Schedule | Match Notes (PDF) 

MATCH STORYLINES

• The Edinboro wrestling team hosts its first two home duals of the season when Tennessee-Chattanooga and Kent State visit McComb Fieldhouse. The action gets underway on Tuesday, December 18 at 7 p.m. as the Fightings Scots take to the mat facing Tennessee-Chattanooga. Then at 8:30 p.m., it's the Edinboro vs. Kent State. Edinboro head coach Matt Hill will take on his former team in the Golden Flashes as he was an assist coach at Kent State from 2010 to 2015 before being named associate head coach the past three seasons. 
• A trio of Fighting Scots placed at the Cleveland State Open on December 15. Christopher Matzke took fourth place at 149 lbs., while heavyweight Jon Spaulding came in fifth. Peter Pappas, wrestling unattached, reached the finals at 157 lbs. before losing to Mike D'Angelo (unattached), 9-6, in the finals.
• Eight of nine Edinboro wrestlers placed at the 76th PSAC Championships, including a pair of champions in Jacob Oliver (174 lbs.) and Zach Ancewicz (184 lbs.). Five Fighting Scots earned All-PSAC honors as Carmine Ciotti finished second at 141 lbs. while both Tim Suter (157 lbs.) and Dylan Reynolds (197 lbs.) finished third in their respective weight classes. Other place winners included Richie Gomez, who was fourth at 133 lbs., and Chris Matzke and Jon Spaulding, who placed fifth at 149 and 285 lbs., respectively.
• Jacob Oliver finished second at 174 lbs. to lead Edinboro at the 41st Navy Classic. Edinboro finished tied for 14th in one of the largest fields in tournament history.
• Edinboro opened the dual portion of the season at the Northeast Journeyman Duals on November 10 splitting their first two matches. The Fighting Scots opened with a 19-17 win over The Citadel before falling to No. 21 Wyoming, 33-6. The next day saw all 12 Edinboro wrestlers place in their respective brackets with Oliver (174C) and Dylan Reynolds (197C) claiming titles.  
• First-year head coach Matt Hill, a former Edinboro standout, faces a rebuilding year after five national qualifiers transferred following the departure of head coach Tim Flynn to West Virginia. Hill does have two starters back, Fritz Hoehn at 165 lbs. and Zach Ancewicz at 184 lbs., along with Jon Spaulding, who filled in at heavyweight in several matches last year. Hoehn however will not compete in the PSAC Championships due to injury. 
• The Fighting Scots placed 11 wrestlers at the Michigan State Open on November 3.  Peter Pappas (157 lbs.) and Jacob Oliver (174 lbs.) both won their respective weight classes in the freshmen/sophomore division. In the freshman/sophomore division, Spaulding finished second at heavyweight in the with true freshmen Cody Mulligan (184 lbs.) and Gaige Willis (Hwt.) finished third. PJ Gohn (141 lbs.) placed fourth in the same division while Lucas Rodriguez (125 lbs.), Richie Gomez (133 lbs.), and Zach Ancewicz (174 lbs.) all finished fifth. In the Open division, Reynolds (197 lbs.) and Hoehn (165 lbs.) placed fifth and sixth in their respective weight classes.
• Tennessee-Chattanooga comes into the dual with Edinboro after over a two week break. In their only dual of the season the Mocs fell to #21 North Carolina, 23-10, at home. 
• The dual with Tennessee-Chattanooga marks only the second time the two teams have met on the mat. In the first meeting on January 9, 2015, #10 Edinboro earned a 21-17 win over the Mocs at the Virgina Duals in Hampton, Va. The Fighting Scots picked up a fall and three major decisions in the victory. 
• After opening the season 3-0, Kent State has dropped their last five duals, including the past two to two of the top four teams in the country in #1 Penn State and #4 Iowa. Andrew McNally won the title at 184 lbs. at the Cleveland State Open over the weekend to lead five place winners for the Golden Flashes. Cory Simpson finished sixth at 141 lbs with Shane Mast and Colin McCracken both finishing fourth and sixth, both at 197 lbs. Spencer Berthold finished sixth at heavyweight falling by pin to Edinboro's Jon Spaulding at the 5:49 mark. 
• The Fighting Scots return to the mat when they travel to Chattanooga, Tenn. for the Southern Scuffle on January 1-2. 22 teams will compete at the event with defending national champion and #1 ranked Penn State leading the field while other top 10 ranked teams #4 NC State and #7 Virginia Tech will also appear. 

THE EDINBORO LINEUP

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

			2018-19	Career
			Record	Record
125	Lucas Rodriguez	R-Fr	8-9	8-9	Kissimmee, Fla./Gateway
133	Richie Gomez	R-Fr.	9-13	9-13	Kings Park, N.Y./Kings Park
141	Carmine Ciotti	Jr..	9-7	9-7	Erie, Pa./McDowell
149	Christopher Matzke	R-So.	8-10	8-10	Stuttgart, Germany/Stuttgart American
157	Tim Suter	R-Fr.	9-11	9-11	Buena, N.J./Buena Regional
165	Fritz Hoehn	R-Jr.	3-1	34-22	North Andover, Mass./North Andover
174	Jacob Oliver	R-Fr.	15-2	15-2	Huntingdon, Pa./Huntingdon
184	Zach Ancewicz	So.	4-2	16-18	Greenlawn, N.Y./John Glenn
197	Dylan Reynolds	R-Jr.	14-6	38-37	Cambridge Springs, Pa./Saegertown
285	Jon Spaulding	So.	11-9	22-21	Liberty Township, Ohio/Lakota East

HEAD COACH

EDINBORO -- Matt Hill (Edinboro '07, 1st Season) assumed the role of head wrestling coach at Edinboro University on May 18, 2018.  The former Edinboro standout became the 12th head coach of the wrestling program, and fourth on the Division I level. Hill is no stranger to the Edinboro wrestling program. He competed for former head coach Tim Flynn from 2002-07, then entered the coaching profession. He served as a graduate assistant coach at Kent State from 2007-09. Following his two seasons as a graduate assistant, Hill remained involved in wrestling over the next year, working with Seneca Valley High School. He returned to Kent State as an assistant coach in 2010, and served in that capacity until 2015, when he was appointed associate head coach to head coach Jim Andrassy.  During Hill's tenure at KSU as a graduate assistant and full-time assistant, the Golden Flashes went 116-78 in dual meets while enjoying several of the best seasons in program history. The 2015-16 KSU squad finished at 15-3 and was 16th at the NCAA National Championships, while the Golden Flashes were 14-5 in 2011-12 and 14-6 in 2010-11. In addition, Hill assisted in the development of three University National Champions and four Junior FILA National Freestyle All-Americans. Hill was a three-time national qualifier at Edinboro. He remains among the leading wrestlers all-time at Edinboro with a 105-42 career record, including a 32-7 record as a senior.  In 2006-07 as a senior, he went 17-1 in dual meets while competing at 157 lbs. Hill was seeded 12th at nationals and posted a 2-2 record.