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1 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Nov. 8 Sun. RIDER (Grace) W Fri. No. 15 PENN ST. (Stabler) W Sun. PITTSBURGH (Grace) W Fri. at No. 5 Ohio State L Sun. at No. 24 Michigan W Sat. vs. North Carolina@ W Sat. vs. No. 7 Nebraska@ W Sat. vs. No. 6 Maryland@ L Dec Tu.-We.at Midlands Championships 7th, 65.5 Jan. 8 Fri. vs. UC Davis$ W Fri. vs. No. 16 Edinboro$ W Sat. vs. No. 10 Oklahoma$ W Sat. vs. No. 4 Oklahoma State$ L Fri. WEST VIRGINIA (Grace) W Sat. NAVY* (Grace) W Fri. at No. 6 Cornell* T Feb. 5 Fri. No. 19 VA. TECH (Grace) W Sat. No. 23 RUTGERS* (Stabler) Postponed 13 Sat. at Brown* W Sun. at Harvard* W Sat. No. 22 RUTGERS* (Stabler) W Sun. at Penn* W 30-9 Mar. 6-7 Sat.-Sun. EIWA CHAMPIONSHIPS (Stabler) 18-20Thu-Sat.NCAA Championships (at Omaha, Neb.) * - EIWA - Northeast Duals (Troy, N.Y.) $ - Virginia Duals (Hampton, Va.) MEDIA INFORMATION Contact Steve Lomangino Office: (610) Cell (917) sjl304@lehigh.edu LEHIGH WRESTLING No. 7 LEHIGH HOSTS THE 106TH EIWA CHAMPIONSHIPS LEHIGH (16-3-1, EIWA) THE 106TH EIWA CHAMPIONSHIPS STABLER ARENA (5,600) BETHLEHEM, PA. MARCH 6-7, 2010 SETTING THE SCENE Lehigh welcomes the other 12 EIWA member institutions to Stabler Arena for the 106th EIWA Championships. The EIWA is the nation s oldest wrestling conference, with Lehigh being the historically dominant team in the conference with 195 individual titles and 34 team championships. The Mountain Hawks went in the dual season and fi n ished seventh in the final dual meet poll. Lehigh finished second to Cornell at last year s tournament and will have the home-mat advantage as the Mountain Hawks look to deny the Big Red in their quest for a fourth straight team championship. Also at stake are 41 automatic berths to the NCAA Championships in Omaha, Neb. FAST FACTS Lehigh has won 34 EIWA team championships, the most of any member school. The Mountain Hawks have won at least one individual title in each of the last ten EIWA tournaments. Lehigh qualified seven wrestlers for the NCAA Championships last year, and has qualified at least five wrestlers in each of the last ten EIWA tournaments. Lehigh is hosting the EIWA tournament for the 23rd time in 106 years. The Brown and White have won the team title on its home mats seven times: 1929, 1948, 1961, 1980, 1983, 2002 and LEHIGH EIWA TOURNAMENT ENTRANTS RECORD 125 John McDonald (So., Rehoboth, Del.) No. 15 Matt Fisk (Sr., Wyalusing, Pa.) No. 15 Seth Ciasulli (Sr., Easton, Pa.) Joey Napoli (Fr., Boiling Springs, Pa.) No. 26 Sean Bilodeau (So., Harvard, Mass.) No. 20 Brandon Hatchett (So., Winter Springs, Fla.) 11-7 Broadcast Coverage: Internet Video: The entire tournament can be seen online at Lehighsports.com, with streaming powered by Yahoo! Sports. Television: The finals will air live on Service Electric 2 Sports with Doug Heater and Kyle Berger Radio : The finals will air live on ESPN Radio 1230 and 1320 with Steve Lomangino on the call. 174 No. 18 Robert Hamlin (Fr., Jonesville, Vt.) No. 14 David Craig (Sr., Brandon, Fla.) No. 16 Joe Kennedy (So., Milford, Pa.) No. 6 Zach Rey (So., Hopatcong, N.J.) 25-3 (Individual Rankings: NWCA Coaches Panel - 2/22/10) 34-TIME EIWA CHAMPIONS 26 INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

2 No. 7 LEHIGH HOSTS THE 106TH EIWA CHAMPIONSHIPS PAGE TWO IN THE POLLS NWCA/USA TODAY RANKINGS Top 25 (2/23/10) 1. Iowa 2. Iowa State 3. Ohio State 4. Oklahoma State 5. Minnesota 6. Cornell 7. Lehigh 8. Oklahoma 9. Maryland 10. Penn State 11. Boise State 12. Central Michigan 13. Indiana 14. Wisconsin 15. Oregon State 16. Kent State 17. Pittsburgh 18. Missouri 19. Virginia Tech 20. Cal Poly 21. Purdue 22. Rutgers 23. Illinois 24. Virginia 25. Wyoming INTERMAT Top 15 (2/23/10) THE 2009 EIWA CHAMPIONSHIPS THE PALESTRA - PHILADELPHIA, PA. MARCH 7-8, 2009 Juniors Seth Ciasulli and David Craig captured individual titles to lead the Mountain Hawks to a second place finish at the 105th EIWA Championships at the famed Palestra. Ciasulli upset top-seed Corey Jantzen of Harvard to capture the 141-pound title, while Craig did not yield a single point in taking the tile at 184, as the Mountain Hawk duo led a contingent of seven Lehigh wrestlers who qualified for the NCAA Championships. Lehigh finished second in the team standings with 103 points, 35 behind Cornell, which captured its third straight team title. Navy s Bryce Saddoris, the tournament s 149-pound champion was named the tournament s Outstanding Wrestler. 125 Troy Nickerson (Cornell) dec. Rollie Peterkin (Penn) Joe Baker (Navy) dec. Mike Grey (Cornell) Seth Ciasulli (Lehigh) dec. Corey Jantzen (Harvard) Bryce Saddoris (Navy) dec. Matt Kyler (Army) 5-4, t.b. 157 Jordan Leen (Cornell) dec. J.P. O Connor (Harvard) Mack Lewnes (Cornell) dec. Andy Rendos (Bucknell) Michael Cannon (Amer.) dec. Steve Anceravage (Corn.) 3-1, s.v. 184 David Craig (Lehigh) dec. Justin Kerber (Cornell) Cam Simaz (Cornell) Forfeit Richard Starks (Army) 285 Ryan Flores (Columbia) dec. Zach Rey (Lehigh) 6-1, s.v. LEHIGH HEAD COACH PAT SANTORO Coach Santoro enters his second season as the Lawrence White 64 Head Coach of Wrestling at Lehigh. In one-plus seasons he holds a dual record.last season, Santoro was named EIWA Coach of the Year after guiding the Mountain Hawks to a school-record 23-1 dual record and second place at the EIWA Championships. He spent the previous five years resurrecting the Maryland program, as he went in duals and guided the Terrapins to an ACC title in Prior to his stint at Maryland, Santoro spent nine seasons as an assistant coach at Lehigh, including eight as Greg Strobel s top assistant. He was named NWCA Assistant Coach of the Year in 2003 after helping guide the Brown and White to its third EIWA title in four years, and a fourth place finish at the NCAA Championships. A 1992 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, Santoro won a pair of NCAA titles and is the Panthers only four-time All-American. 1. Iowa 2. Iowa State 3. Oklahoma State 4. Ohio State 5. Minnesota 6. Central Michigan 7. Cornell 8. Lehigh 9. Oklahoma 10. Maryland 11. Penn State 12. Boise State 13. Indiana 14. Virginia Tech 15. Oregon State 2009 EIWA CHAMPIONSHIPS FINAL TEAM SCORES Team Points 1. Cornell Lehigh 103 T3. Bucknell 79 T3. Penn Navy American Army Harvard Rutgers Columbia Brown East Stroudsburg Franklin & Marshall Princeton EIWA TOURNAMENT RANKINGS BASED ON EIWA RANKINGS (2/23/09) Team Points Duals EIWA 1. Cornell Lehigh American Bucknell Navy Rutgers Penn Army Harvard Columbia Princeton t12. Brown t12. F&M Lehigh Athletic Media Relations 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA Phone Fax

3 No. 7 LEHIGH HOSTS THE 106TH EIWA CHAMPIONSHIPS PAGE THREE EIWA CHAMPIONSHIPS HISTORY This year the nation s oldest college wrestling conference holds its 106th championships. Lehigh has historically dominated the EIWA s, having won 34 team titles including five straight from and six of the last ten overall. Lehigh at the last ten EIWA Championships Year Finish, Pts. NCAA Q Year Finish, Pts. NCAA Q nd, st, th, st, th, st, st, rd, st, st, NCAA Q - NCAA qualifiers Team champions by school Individual champs by school 1. Lehigh Lehigh Cornell Cornell Penn State Penn State Navy Navy Syracuse 8 5. Syracuse 62 NCAA CHAMPIONS Twenty Lehigh Wrestlers have won 26 NCAA championships, ranking fifth nationally. Troy Letters was victorious in 2004 at 165, notching Lehigh s most recent title. Rank School Championships 1. Oklahoma State Iowa Oklahoma Iowa State Lehigh Michigan State Northern Iowa Penn State Illinois Michigan Minnesota Wisconsin Pittsburgh Ohio State Oregon State ALL-AMERICAN HEROES Only four schools in the last 56 NCAA tournaments have had All-Americans in 50 or more championships, Oklahoma St., Oklahoma, Iowa St. and Lehigh. Lehigh teams have finished in the top five a remarkable 16 times. MATT ON A MISSION Co-captain Matt Fisk has enjoyed a strong senior season. Fisk has wrestled 23 bouts and has come away with 18 wins including eight bonus victories: four pins, two technical falls and two major decisions. Fisk is ranked 14th at 133 by InterMat and comes off a 26-9 season as a junior. The Wyalusing, Pa. native is a three-time NCAA qualifier and is just the seventh three-time Lehigh wrestling captain in school annals. Fisk owns a career overall mark with 44 bonus wins and is a three-time EIWA placewinner (2nd, 5th, 3rd). RANK AND FILE The NWCA released its final set of Coaches Panel rankings on Thursday, February 25. The Mountain Hawks have eight men ranked in the top-33 of those rankings, which play a role in determining automatic qualifier spots for the NCAA Championships. Sophomore Zach Rey is the highest rated Mountain Hawk, coming in at No. 6 at 285. Lehigh has seven men ranked by Amateur Wrestling News, six men ranked by InterMat and five men ranked by W.I.N. Magazine. Weight Wrestler NWCA A.W.N. IM W.I.N. 133 Matt Fisk Seth Ciasulli Sean Bilodeau Mike Galante Brandon Hatchett Robert Hamlin David Craig Joe Kennedy Zach Rey IT S ACADEMIC Thirteen Lehigh grapplers earned a grade point average of 3.2 or better during the fall semester, including EIWA tournament entrants: Seth Ciasulli, Robert Hamlin and Joey Napoli: Alex Abreu, Fr., Engineering 3.91 Kevin Bailey, Fr., Mechanical Engineering 3.58 David Chirichello, Sr., Materials Sci. & Eng Seth Ciasulli, Sr., Design Arts 3.70 Matt Croshal, Sr., Mechanical Engineering 3.65 Robert Hamlin, Fr., Materials Sci. & Eng Michael Margherita, Jr., Int l. Relations 3.32 Joey Napoli, Fr., Engineering 3.90 Kadeem Samuels, Jr., Mechanical Engineer Manuel Schubert, Sr., Health and Biopharmaceutical Economics 4.00 Nate Spangler, Sr., Civil Engineering 3.45 Brian Tanen, So., Earth & Environmental Sci Shane Welsh, Fr., Chemical Engineering 3.57 Rank School All-Americans 1. Oklahoma State Iowa Iowa State Oklahoma Michigan Penn State Minnesota Michigan State Lehigh Northern Iowa A FRESH START Freshman Joey Napoli is the latest in a recent string of true freshmen who have earned starting spots in the Lehigh lineup. Since the start of the season, eight true freshmen have started duals for the Brown and White, including Joe Kennedy last season. Napoli made his dual debut at the Northeast Duals in November. He owns a overall record and enters this weekend s action having won eight of his last nine bouts will look to match Matt Fisk (2006) and David Craig (2007) as true freshman NCAA Qualifiers for the Mountain Hawks. Fisk reached the EIWA finals in Craig placed fourth in Kennedy lost his first match and defaulted with an injury last year.

4 No. 7 LEHIGH HOSTS THE 106TH EIWA CHAMPIONSHIPS PAGE FOUR SOME OLD, SOME NEW Three Mountain Hawks will be competing in their first EIWA tournaments this weekend. Here are the career results of the seven Lehigh wrestlers who have previous EIWA tournament experience: John McDonald Year Wt./Pl. Opponent (School) Result Score/Time /6th Troy Nickerson (Cornell) L Fall, 2:14 Thomas Williams (Amer.) W 7-2 Derek Reber (Bucknell) L 3-2 Prescott Garner (Navy) L 10-6 Matt Fisk Year Wt./Pl. Opponent (School) Result Score/Time /2nd Jeff Sato (Columbia) W 5-0 Mike Silengo (Penn) W 7-2 Troy Nickerson (Cornell) L /5th Nikhil Pereira (Princeton) W Fall, 0:24 Greg Hart (Bucknell) W Fall, 5:26 Matt Eveleth (Penn) L 4-1 Fernando Martinez (Army)L 9-7, s.v. Jasen Borshoff (American) W MD, /3rd Matt Swallow (ESU) W 4-0 Jasen Borshoff (American) W MD, 10-2 Mike Grey (Cornell) L 9-3 Bryan Ortenzio (Penn) W 3-0 David Marble (Bucknell) W 4-2, s.v. Seth Ciasulli /4th Adam Frey (Cornell) L 7-5 Jeff Schell (Brown) W 5-2 Matt DeLorenzo (Columbia)W 5-2 David Marble (Bucknell) W 5-4 Robbie Preston (Harvard) L /5th Nikhil Pereira (Princeton) W Fall, 1:37 Tom Picarsic (Harvard) W 5-1 David Marble (Bucknell) L 5-3 Jeff Schell (Brown) L 2-0, s.v. Tom Picarsic (Harvard) W Fall, 3: /1st Adam Healey (Bucknell) W Fall, 4:31 William Simpson (Army) W 9-3 Rick Rappo (Penn) W 3-1 Corey Jantzen (Harvard) W 4-3 Sean Bilodeau /dnp Scott Winston (Rutgers) L 10-6 Scott Sechler (Bucknell) L Fall, 4:56 David Craig /4th Keith Dobish (Rutgers) W 2-0 George Mann (Bucknell) W Fall, 1:08 Antonio Miranda (Navy) L 8-5 Justin Barent (Columbia) W 3-2 Josh Arnone (Cornell) L /1st John Drew (Army) W Fall, 1:28 Kurt Brendel (Princeton) W Fall, 1:38 Casey Caldwell (Navy) W MD, 8-0 Justin Kerber (Cornell) W 4-0 Joe Kennedy /dnpThomas Shovlin (Penn) L Fall, 1:09 Zach Rey /2nd Zach Hammond (Cornell) W 4-1 Trey McLean (Penn) W Fall, 9:32 Ryan Flores (Columbia) L 6-1, s.v. LET S GO JOE! After starting the season 2-6, sophomore Joe Kennedy has bounced back, winning 13 of his last 18 bouts. More than half of Kennedy s bouts have come against wrestlers currently ranked in the Inter- Mat top 20, including nine matches with men ranked in the top 10. Kennedy already owned wins over sixth-ranked Eric Lapotsky of Oklahoma and eighth-ranked Trevor Brandvold of Wisconsin. The Milford, Pa. native then added a 5-4, two-tiebreaker win over No. 5 Cam Simaz of Cornell in Lehigh s tie with the Big Red on January 22. Kennedy went as a true freshman last season before defaulting out of the EIWA Championships with an injury. ZACH ATTACK Sophomore heavyweight Zach Rey has been Lehigh s most successful wrestler this season. The New Jersey native, who reached the EIWA Finals and the All-America Round of 12 last year opened this season with 16 straight victories before falling in the Midlands semifinals. Rey went 16-2 in dual meets and went 5-0 to take the title at the Nittany Lion Open in December, defeating Missouri s Junior World Champion Dominique Bradley along the way. Rey went 23-6 last year as a freshman, and is currently the only Lehigh wrestler ranked in the top ten nationally. THE RETURNING CHAMPS The Mountain Hawks boast two wrestlers who claimed major tournament titles last season. Seniors Seth Ciasulli (141) and David Craig (184) both captured EIWA championships to lead Lehigh to a second place team finish. Both men are having strong seasons in as Craig is 18-4 and ranked 14th at 184, while Ciasulli is and ranked 15th at 141. Both men currently own 82 career victories. THE (CO-)CAPTAINS OF THE SHIP Seniors Matt Fisk (Wyalusing, Pa.) and Seth Ciasulli (Easton, Pa.) will serve as co-captains for the season. Both wrestlers enter this season as three-time NCAA qualifiers. Fisk becomes just the sixth Lehigh wrestler to captain the team three straight years WHAT S AT STAKE The EIWA received 41 automatic bids to the NCAA tournament when the NCAA announced its qualifier allocations last week. Each qualifying tournament was awarded spots per weight class based on current year data including Division I winning percentage, RPI and a coaches ranking. Under the new system, the number of automatic qualifiers varies in each weight class within the EIWA. Wrestlers who fail to qualify this weekend will be eligible for one of 46 at-large berths which will be announced on Wednesday, March 10. Wt. No. of berths in 2009 Wt. No. of berths in OMAHA! Lehigh s NCAA tournament qualifiers will move on to the 80th NCAA Championships, March at Qwest Center in Omaha, Neb. The Mountain Hawks will be looking to improve on a 28th place finish last year and will try to crown an All-America for the fi r st time since 2006.

5 No. 7 LEHIGH HOSTS THE 106TH EIWA CHAMPIONSHIPS PAGE FIVE 125 JOHN McDONALD Sophomore, History Rehoboth, Del./ Sussex Central Totals EIWA 6th place: 2009 Three-time Delaware state champion in high school Snapped six bout losing streak with two wins on final weekend of regular season All 11 losses to wrestlers ranked in Top 33. Owns wins over two Top 33 wrestlers: Langel and Rappo 11/8 125 Tim Trivisonno (Rider) W MD, / Brad Pataky (Penn State) L MD, / Chris Kochinsky (Pitt) W / Nikko Triggas (Ohio State) L Fall, 5:50 11/ Sean Boyle (Michigan) W / Brian Bokoski (UNC) W MD, 13-5 David Klingsheim (Neb.) W 7-6 James Knox (Maryland) L /29 125!Joe Roth (Cent. Michigan) W 5-4!Jason Lara (Oregon State) L Fall, 1:31!Ryan Mango (Stanford) L /8 125 Kody Klaus (UC Davis) W 10-8 Mike Bunn (Edinboro) W 5-2 1/9 125 Jarrod Patterson (Okla.) L 4-2 Chris Notte (Okla. State) L 5-1 1/ Shane Young (W. Virginia) L 5-4 1/ Aaron Kalil (Navy) L 4-0 1/ Troy Nickerson (Cornell) L 5-1 2/5 125 Jarrod Garnett (Va. Tech) L 7-1 2/ Joseph Langel (Rutgers) W 5-4 2/ Mark Rappo (Penn) W MD, 8-0! - Midlands Championships (dnp) 133 MATT FISK Lehigh Athletic Media Relations 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA Phone Fax Senior, Biology Wyalusing, Pa./Wyalusing NCAA Qualifier: 06, 07, Totals EIWA Runner-up: 2006, EIWA 5th place: 2007 (both at 125) EIWA 3rd place: 2009 (at 133) Team Co-Captain Enters tournament on five-match win streak Leads all current active Lehigh wrestlers with 85 wins 8-3 in vs. current Top 33 at 133 Two-time Pennsylvania state champion and previous state record holder for career wins and falls 11/8 133 Filiberto Colon (Rider) W TF5, 16-0, 4:56 11/ Tyler Saltsman (Penn St.) W MD, / Zach Grove (Pittsburgh) W Fall, 5:41 11/ Ian Paddock (Ohio State) W / Zac Stevens (Michigan) L / Jeremy Shaw (N. Carolina) W 6-1 C.J. Napier (Nebraska) W 4-0 Steve Bell (Maryland) L /29 133!Jimmy Kirchner (Rider) W Fall, 0:52!Thomas Williams (Amer.) W 5-1!Nate Moore (Iowa) L /30 133!David Marble (Bucknell) W TF5, 16-1, 5:38!Kelly Kubec (Oregon St.) W 6-4!Nick Fanthorpe (Iowa St.) W 2-1, t.b.!kyle Hutter (ODU) L 5-3 1/ Colin Johnston (W. Va.) W 4-2 1/ Pat McCaffrey (Navy) W Fall, 2:46 1/ Mike Grey (Cornell) L 8-3 2/5 133 Brock LiVorio (Va. Tech) W 6-1 2/ Cort Choate (Brown) W MD, / Chad Eason (Harvard) W Fall, 0:56 2/ Bill Ashnault (Rutgers) W 8-1 2/ Bryan Ortenzio (Penn) W 4-3! - Midlands Championships (4th)

6 No. 7 LEHIGH HOSTS THE 106TH EIWA CHAMPIONSHIPS PAGE SIX 141 SETH CIASULLI Senior, Design Arts Easton, Pa./Easton NCAA Qualifier: 07, 08, Totals EIWA Champion at 141. EIWA 4th place: 2007, EIWA 5th place: 2008 (both at 133) Leads active Lehigh wrestlers with six falls this season Team co-captain Owns 6-9 record vs. Top 33 at 141 Older brother Matt won EIWA title at 141 for Lehigh in /8 141 Matt Bradley (Rider) W MD, / Adam Lynch (Penn State) W Fall, 2:42 11/ Tyler Nauman (Pittsburgh)L / Reece Humphrey (Ohio St.)L / Mark Weber (Michigan) W / Danny Lopes (N. Carolina) W 3-1, t.b. Mike Koehnlein (Neb.) W 6-2 Alex Krom (Maryland) L /29 141!Tony Buxton (Harvard) W 2-0!Bret Baumbach (Stanford) W Fall, 3:22!Trevor Melde (Rutgers) L 8-6!Michael Mangrum (OSU) W 13-11!Jake Fleckenstein (Purdue)W Fall, 0:56 12/30 141!Tyler Nauman (Pitt.) W 4-3!Lou Ruggirello (Hofstra) L 5-0!Juan Archuleta (Purdue) L 2-1 1/8 141 UC Davis W Forfeit Joel Webster (Edinboro) W 7-4 1/9 141 Zack Bailey (Oklahoma) L 5-1 Jamal Parks (Okla. State) L 5-2 1/ West Virginia W Forfeit 1/ Matt Pagan (Navy) W MD, / Kyle Dake (Cornell) L 6-3 2/5 141 Chris Diaz (Virginia Tech) L 4-3 2/ Zach Kulczycki (Brown) W Fall, 1:57 2/ Fermin Mendez (Harvard) W Fall, 1:14 2/ Trevor Melde (Rutgers) W 6-4 2/ Zack Kemmerer (Penn) W Fall, 7:53, s.v.! - Midlands Championships (8th) 149 JOEY NAPOLI Freshman, Engineering Boiling Springs, Pa./ Cumberland Valley Totals First EIWA tournament Placed third at Clarion and Nittany Lion Opens 2008 PIAA AAA State Champion and two-time finalist 11/7 149 #Chris Smith (Bloomsb.) W 8-1 #Danny Orem (Maryland) W 5-1 #Shane Welsh (Lehigh) W 2-1 #Kevin LeValley (Bucknell)L 4-0 #Kyle Rosser (Lehigh) W 6-2 #Shane Welsh (Lehigh) W / $John Giusti (Del Val) W MD, 13-1 $Donnie Vinson (Bing.) L 7-3 $Kyle Rosser (Lehigh) W 7-1 $Matt Mariacher (Amer.) L / Chris Hacker (Nebraska) L Fall, 6:42 Jon Kohler (Maryland) L 5-3, s.v. 12/6 Desole (Bloomsburg) W Fall, Pascazi (Duquesne) W TF5, O Donnell (Mizz) W Balum (Virginia) W Fall, Stephens (VT) L Rowe (W. Va.) W Med FF 12/29 149!Dean Pavlou (Chatt.) W 10-7!Tony D Alie (Cent. Mich.) L 7-5!Shawn Perry (Wisconsin) L 4-2 1/8 149 Barrett Abel (UC Davis) L 5-0 1/9 149 Quentin Fuentes (Okla. St.)W 7-5 1/ Brandon Loro (W. Va.) W Fall, 4:55 1/ John Majka (Navy) W 4-3 1/ Corey Manson (Cornell) W 2-0 2/5 149 Brian Stephens (Va. Tech) L 6-2 2/ Phil Marano (Brown) W 5-0 2/ Spencer Freidman (Harv.) W Fall, 2:48 2/ David Greenwald (Rutgers)W 4-2 2/ Zach Ellis (Penn) W MD, 11-2 # - Knight Point Clarion Open (3rd) $ - Binghamton Bearcat Open - Nittany Lion Open (3rd)! - Midlands Championships (dnp)

7 No. 7 LEHIGH HOSTS THE 106TH EIWA CHAMPIONSHIPS PAGE SEVEN 157 SEAN BILODEAU Sophomore, Earth & Environmental Science Harvard, Mass./Brooks School Totals BRANDON HATCHETT Sophomore, Architecture Winter Springs, Fla./ Oviedo Totals Went 0-2 at 2009 EIWA tournament Won National Prep Championship for The Brooks School Six of 13 victories have scored bonus points, including four falls 11/8 157 Zac Cibula (Rider) W / Cyler Sanderson (Penn St.) L / Mark Powell (Pittsburgh) W / Tony Jameson (Ohio State) W / Dave Johnson (Michigan) W / Thomas Scotton (UNC) L MD, 11-3 Jordan Burroughs (Neb.) L 10-4 Kyle John (Maryland) W Fall, 1:57 12/29 157!Greg Burke (Wisconsin) W Fall, 2:45!Keegan Davis (Ore. St.) L 7-3!Joey Deaguero (Adams St.)W 17-0, 3:49!Nate Carr (Iowa State) W 9-8!Jake Kerr (Iowa) L /8 157 T. Machado-Ching (UCD) W Fall, 4:52 John Greisheimer (Edin.) W Fall, 2:47 1/9 157 Chad Terry (Oklahoma) W 8-7 Neil Erisman (Okla. State) L 9-5 1/ West Virginia W Forfeit 1/ Bryce Saddoris (Navy) L / John Basting (Cornell) W 2-0 2/5 157 Jesse Dong (Virginia Tech) L / Daryl Cocozzo (Rutgers) L 5-1 2/ Matt Dragon (Penn) L 9-7! - Midlands Championships (dnp) First EIWA tournament Has won five straight bouts and owns 8-1 record since January 1 Owns 5-3 record vs. Top 33 at 165 Three-time Florida state champion in high school Placed in top three in three open tournaments in /15 Sadler (Harvard)W Fall, Lowy (Princeton) W Winston (Rutgers) L Kaylor (Bing.) L / Colt Sponseller (Ohio St.) L MD, / Aaron Hynes (Michigan) L 8-6, s.v. 11/ Tyler Koehn (Nebraska) W /29 165!Dan Stelter (Illinois) L 3-2!Eric Cubberly (CMU) L 3-1, s.v. 1/8 165 Joey Wilson (UC Davis) W 7-1 1/ Donnie Jones (WVU) W 7-4 1/ Robby Neill (Navy) W Fall, 3:55 1/ Justin Kerber (Cornell) L 5-3, s.v. 2/5 165 Matt Epperly (Va. Tech) W 8-4 2/ Jeff Lemmer (Brown) W / Michael Sadler (Harvard) W MD, / Greg Zannetti (Rutgers) W / Gabriel Burak (Penn) W - BU Bearcat Open (dnp)! - Midlands Championships (dnp)

8 No. 7 LEHIGH HOSTS THE 106TH EIWA CHAMPIONSHIPS PAGE EIGHT 174 ROBERT HAMLIN Freshman, Materials Sci. & Engineering Jonesville, Vt./ Mount Mansfield Union Totals First EIWA tournament Owns 5-7 record vs. Top 33 at 174 Placed in the top three in five open tournaments during true freshman season - went 30-6 in deferred year Four-time Vermont state champion and three-time New England champion 11/8 174 Mike Ward (Rider) W / David Erwin (Penn State) W MD, / David Sullivan (Pitt.) W / Dave Rella (Ohio State) W 3-3, t.b. 2 11/ Justin Zeerip (Michigan) W / Stephen Dwyer (Nebraska)L 8-4 Mike Letts (Maryland) L /29 174!Jordan Bakely (Harper) W Fall, 6:31!Jake Johnson (Stanford) W 3-2!Jake Young (Chattanooga) W 3-1!Jay Borschel (Iowa) L /30 174!Enoch Francois (Cal Bapt.) W 3-1, s.v.!luke Manuel (Purdue) L 5-3!Shane Riccio (Bucknell) L 3-2 1/8 174 Paul Paddock (Edinboro) W MD, /9 174 Jeff James (Oklahoma) W 6-2 Mike Benefiel (Okla. State) L 7-4 1/ Matt DeMichiel (Navy) W / Mack Lewnes (Cornell) L 3-2 2/ Ziad Kharbush (Brown) W / David Lalo (Harvard) W MD, 8-0 2/ Dan Rinaldi (Rutgers) W 3-1 2/ Scott Giffin (Penn) L 12-5! - Midlands Championships (8th) 184 DAVID CRAIG Senior, Journalism Brandon, Fla./Brandon NCAA Qualifier: 07, Totals EIWA Champion at 184 EIWA 4th place: 2007 Led Mountain Hawks with 17 dual meet wins this season Has won 10 of his last 11 bouts dating back to January 1 Posted 6-2 record vs. Top 33 at 184 No. 1 recruit nationally in Class of 2006 according to Intermat 11/8 184 Mike Miller (Rider) W / Justin Ortega (Penn State) W / Zac Thomusseit (Pitt) W / Mike Pucillo (Ohio State) L / Erich Smith (Michigan) W / Nick Tenpenny (UNC) W 10-2 Josh Ihnen (Nebraska) W 4-2 Corey Peltier (Maryland) W /29 184!Zac Thomusseit (Pitt) W 2-0!Boaz Beard (Iowa State) L 10-3!Curran Jacobs (Mich. St.) L 6-2 1/8 184 Stephan Hampton (UCD) W MD, 10-1 Pat Bradshaw (Edinboro) W 2-1 1/9 184 Jon Weakley (Oklahoma) W 6-2 Chris McNeil (Okla. State) W 5-2 1/ Robert DeSano (W. Va.) W Fall, 3:36 1/ Greg Prioleau (Navy) W 6-1 1/ Nate Holley (Cornell) W /5 184 Tommy Spellman (VT) W 7-5, s.v. 2/ Louis Caputo (Harvard) L 6-0 2/ Jesse Boyden (Rutgers) W MD, / Harrison Cook (Penn) W Fall, 4:12! - Midlands Championships (dnp)

9 No. 7 LEHIGH HOSTS THE 106TH EIWA CHAMPIONSHIPS PAGE NINE 197 JOE KENNEDY Sophomore, Arts & Sciences Milford, Pa./Delaware Valley Totals Competed at 2009 EIWA tournament but defaulted with an injury after just one match. Has won 13 out of 18 bouts since the Midlands in late December Owns 7-11 record vs. Top 33 at 197, but has beaten three of top ten 2008 Pennsylvania State Champion at /8 197 Tyler Smith (Rider) W / Clay Steadman (Penn St.) W / Matt Wilps (Pittsburgh) L 3-1, s.v. 11/ Cody Magrum (Ohio St.) L / Anthony Biondo (Mich.) L / Dennis Drury (UNC) L 3-1 Craig Brester (Nebraska) L 10-3 Hudson Taylor (Maryland)L MD, /29 197!Trevor Brandvold (Wisc.) W 3-0!Jake Glore (Missouri) W 6-2!Chad Beatty (Iowa) L /30 197!Eric Simaz (Cent. Mich.) W 7-2!Trevor Brandvold (Wisc.) L 6-3!Brent Haynes (Missouri) L MD, /8 197 Brian Herrera (UC Davis) W Fall, 6:23 Shawn Fendone (E boro) W MD, 9-1 1/9 197 Eric Lapotsky (Oklahoma) W 4-1 Alan Gelogaev (Okla. St.) L / Kyle Rooney (W. Virginia) W 7-2 1/ Charles Carafano (Navy) W 7-0 1/ Cam Simaz (Cornell) W 5-4, t.b. 2 2/5 197 Chris Penny (Va. Tech) W MD, / Branden Stearns (Brown) W TF5, 17-2, 7:00 2/ Sean Murphy (Harvard) W TF5, 17-1, 6:39 2/ Lamar Brown (Rutgers) W 3-2 2/ Micah Burak (Penn) L 3-2, t.b.! - Midlands Championships (8th) 285 ZACH REY Sophomore, Earth & Environmental Science Hopatcong, N.J./Hopatcong Totals EIWA runner-up: 2009 Leads team with 25 victories Is highest wranked Lehigh wrestler at No. 6 All three losses this season have come against ranked foes Posted 14-3 mark vs. Top 33 at 285 Won University National title in 09; competed in 08 Olympic trials Two-time New Jersey state champion 11/8 285 Ed Bordas (Rider) W / Cameron Wade (Penn St.) W / Ryan Tomei (Pittsburgh) W / Corey Morrison (Ohio St.) W / Eddie Phillips (Michigan) W / Andrew Cekuta (UNC) W Fall, 0:28 Tucker Lane (Nebraska) W 3-2 Patrick Gilmore (Md.) W /6 Rizqallah (Mich. St.) W Estricher (Edinboro) W Johnson (Ohio) W Bradley (Missouri) W 2-1, Tomei (Pittsburgh) W /29 285!Eric Bugenhagen (Wisc.) W 3-2!Kyle Bilquist (Del Val) W MD, 11-3!D.J. Russo (Rutgers) W /30 285!David Zabriskie (Iowa St.) L 3-2, t.b.!dom Bradley (Missouri) W 2-1, t.b. 1/8 285 Chris Birchler (Edinboro) W 6-3 1/9 285 Nathan Fernandez (Okla.) W 3-2 Jared Rosholt (Okla. State) L Fall, 2:05 1/ Brandon Williamson (WV) W 8-1 1/ Scott Steele (Navy) L 3-2 1/ Josh Arnone (Cornell) W 3-1 2/5 285 Virginia Tech W Forfeit 2/ Spencer DeSena (Harvard) W Fall, 1:11 2/ D.J. Russo (Rutgers) W 4-2 2/ Tyler Blakely (Penn) W MD, - Nittany Lion Open (1st)! - Midlands Championships (5th)

10 No. 7 LEHIGH HOSTS THE 106TH EIWA CHAMPIONSHIPS PAGE TEN LEHIGH WRESTLING ROSTER Name Yr./El. Wt. Hometown/High School Major Alex Abreu Fr./Fr. 125 Highlands Ranch, Colo./Rock Canyon Engineering Justin Allen Sr./Sr. 285 Raleigh, N.C./Millbrook Civil Engineering Kellen Aura Jr./Jr. 125 Pleasanton, Calif./Foothill Psychology Kevin Bailey So./Fr. 184 Chagrin Falls, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit Mechanical Engineering Mitch Berger Jr./Jr. 125 Freehold, N.J./Freehold Business Information Systems Sean Bilodeau Jr./So. 157 Harvard, Mass./Brooks School Earth and Environmental Science Tim Buirkle Sr./Sr. 165 Mahwah, N.J./Mahwah Bioengineering Alex Caruso Sr./Jr. 174 Green Brook, N.J./Watchung Hills Finance David Chirichello Sr./Sr. 174 Manalapan, N.J./Christian Bros. Academy Materials Science & Engineering Seth Ciasulli Sr./Sr. 141 Easton, Pa./Easton Design Arts David Craig Sr./Sr. 184 Brandon, Fla./Brandon Journalism Matt Croshal Sr./Sr. 149 Centennial, Colo./Araphoe Mechanical Engineering Matt Fisk Sr./Sr. 133 Wyalusing, Pa./Wyalusing Biology Josh Fitch So./Fr. 149 Baltimore, Md./McDonogh Arts and Sciences Mike Galante Sr./Sr. 165 Ocean City, N.J./Blair Academy Finance Robert Hamlin So./Fr. 174 Jonesville, Vt./Mount Mansfield Union Materials Science & Engineering Brandon Hatchett Jr./So. 165 Winter Springs, Fla./Oviedo Architecture Greg Hilbert Sr./Sr. 157 Akron, Ohio/Revere Finance Joe Kennedy So./So. 197 Milford, Pa./Delaware Valley Arts and Sciences Justin Koren So./Fr. 141 Cary, N.C./Cary Arts and Sciences John McDonald Jr./So. 125 Rehoboth, Del./Sussex Central History Austin Meys Fr./Fr. 174 Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa Arts and Sciences Jim Mutch Jr./So. 184 Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth International Relations Mike Mutch Jr./So. 197 Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth Political Science Joey Napoli Fr./Fr. 149 Boiling Springs, Pa./Cumberland Valley Engineering Zach Rey Jr./So. 285 Hopatcong, N.J./Hopatcong Earth and Environmental Science Kyle Rosser Jr./Jr. 149 Durand, Mich./Corunna Architecture Kadeem Samuels Jr./Jr. 184 Bronx, N.Y./Fordham Prep Mechanical Engineering Manuel Schubert Sr./Sr. 174/184 Westland, Mich./Livonia Churchill Health and Biopharmaceutical Economics Nate Spangler Sr./Sr. 149 Concord, Calif./De La Salle Civil Engineering Dane Stevens So./Fr. 149 Scotts Valley, Calif./Scotts Valley Business Brian Tanen Jr./So. 149 Harleysville, Pa./Souderton Earth and Environmental Science Shane Welsh So./Fr. 149 Lower Burrell, Pa./Burrell Chemical Engineering Albert Woody Fr./Fr. 141 Pikesville, Md./McDonogh Arts and Sciences Lawrence White 64 Head Coach: Pat Santoro (Pittsburgh 92), second season Assistant Coach: Brad Dillon (Lehigh 04), second season Assistant Coach: John Hughes (Penn State 02), second season Volunteer Coach: Jason Kutz (Lehigh 96), third season EIWA TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE Saturday, March 6 Session I: Preliminaries - 10 a.m. Quarterfinals and First Round Consolations - approx. 12 p.m. Second Round Consolations - approx. 2 p.m. Session II: Semifinals - approx. 3:30 p.m. Sunday, March 7 Session III: Consolation Semifinals - 10 a.m. Consolation Finals - approx. 11 a.m. Session IV: Championship Finals - 3 p.m.

11 LEHIGH INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS (2/22/10) Starters Wt. Name Record Duals Dual Pts. Falls Dec. M.Dec. T-Falls Other Quick 125 John McDonald : Matt Fisk : Seth Ciasulli : Joey Napoli : Sean Bilodeau : Brandon Hatchett : Robert Hamlin : David Craig : Joe Kennedy : Zach Rey :28 Wt. Name Record Duals Dual Pts. Falls Dec. M.Dec. T-Falls Other Quick 125 Alex Abreu : Kellen Aura : Mitch Berger : Mike Margherita : Brendan Keys : Albert Woody : Matt Croshal : Justin Koren : Brian Tanen : Kyle Rosser : Nate Spangler : Dane Stevens : Shane Welsh : Josh Fitch : Greg Hilbert : Tim Buirkle : Mike Galante : Alex Caruso : David Chirichello : Austin Meys : Manuel Schubert : Kevin Bailey : Jim Mutch : Robert Prigmore : Kadeem Samuels : Justin Allen : Mike Mutch :00