MATCH DAY CENTRAL - George Mason

• Opponent: George Mason
• When: Sunday, January 27, 2019
• Where: Fairfax, Va.
• Arena: Eagle Bank Arena
• Time: 12 noon
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ALL-TIME SERIES BREAKDOWN | Edinboro vs. George Mason

• All-Time Series: Edinboro leads 5-0
• Last Meeting: January 27, 2018 - Edinboro 41, George Mason 0

OTHER LINKS

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

 

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MATCH STORYLINES

•  The Edinboro wrestling team travels to Fairfax, Virginia for their last regular season road contest to take on George Mason. The dual is scheduled to start at 12 noon on Sunday, January 27. The Fighting Scots improved to 2-5 overall and 1-2 in the EWL while the Patriots come into the match at 6-4 overall and 2-2 in the EWL after dropping a 27-16 match at Clarion.
• 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 JonSpaulding, who filled in at heavyweight in several matches last year.
• The NCAA  released its first set of four coaches' rankings for the 2018-19 wrestling season, ranking 33 wrestlers in each weight class. Edinboro has three wrestlers currently in the rankings. Jacob Oliver is the top ranked Fighting Scot. The redshirt freshman is ranked 27th at 174 lbs. Dylan Reynolds (197 lbs.), a redshirt junior, and Jon Spaulding (285 lbs.), a sophomore, are both ranked 29th in their respective weight classes. Reynolds leads Edinboro in total wins with a 24-9 record while Oliver has the highest winning percentage at .846 (22-4 overall record). Spaulding (16-11) and the rest of the trio of Fighting Scots have won their past four dual matches including two major decisions and a technical fall.
• Last weekend, the Fighting Scots picked up their first EWL win of the season, 24-13, over visiting Cleveland State. Edinboro won seven of the 10 bouts including the last five. Carmine Ciotti (141 lbs.), Jacob Oliver (174 lbs.), and Jon Spaulding (Hwt.) all earned bonus point wins over the Vikings. 
• Jacob Oliver (174 lbs.) has improved to 22-4 on the season after his win last weekend. This season as a redshirt freshman, Oliver has eight major decisions and four technical falls. He won the PSAC championship,  Michigan State Open (fresh./soph.) and the Journeyman Northeast Open (174C) titles at 174 lbs. this season. He has also finished second at the Navy Classic. 
• Dylan Reynolds leads the team this season in wins (24). The redshirt junior won the 197 lb. title at the Journeyman Northeast Open while finishing third at the PSAC Championships, fifth at the Michigan State Open, and sixth at the Southern Scuffle. 
• George Mason (6-4, 2-2 EWL) dropped their last dual against Clarion on January 17, 27-16. After opening the season with a pair of wins, they dropped their next two to Lock Haven and Buffalo. Before winter break, they picked up another pair of wins on the road at Gardner-Webb and Davidson before returning home for their next three duals against Cleveland State (26-19), Columbia (21--24), and The Citadel (31-18).  
• The Patriots are led by Matt Voss (Hwt.) in wins this season with 24 wins and four losses. The redshirt senior was an NCAA qualifier a year ago and is currently ranked No. 16 by Intermat. 
• Edinboro will return home on Thursday, January 31 to host #24 Lock Haven at 7:00 p.m. It is a quick turnaround before hosting the Edinboro Open on Saturday, February 2. The all-day event starts at 9:00 a.m. and takes place in the Mike S. Zafirovski Dome.

THE EDINBORO LINEUP

EDINBORO Fighting Scots (2-5, 1-2 EWL)
 

			2018-19	Career
			Record	Record
125	Arick Shankles	Grad.	3-9	6-12	Scottsboro, Ala./Muscle Shoals
133	Richie Gomez	R-Fr.	10-20	10-20	Kings Park, N.Y./Kings Park
141	Carmine Ciotti	Jr.	13-11	13-11	Erie, Pa./McDowell
149	Christopher Matzke	R-So.	8-17	8-17	Stuttgart, Germany/Stuttgart American
157	Tyler Vath	R-Jr.	0-0	9-21	Saegertown, Pa./Saegertown
	Tim Suter	R-Fr.	9-18	9-18	Buena, N.J./Buena Regional
165	Fritz Hoehn	R-Jr.	7-5	38-26	North Andover, Mass./North Andover
174	Jacob Oliver	R-Fr.	22-4	22-4	Huntingdon, Pa./Huntingdon
184	Zach Ancewicz	So.	15-12	27-28	Greenlawn, N.Y./John Glenn
197	Dylan Reynolds	R-Jr.	24-9	48-40	Cambridge Springs, Pa./Saegertown
285	Jon Spaulding	So.	17-11	28-23	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.