Friday, January 20, 2012

CAA Duals Preview - Boston, Drexel, & Rider

We have three conference dual meets tomorrow at the CAA Duals at George Mason University.  As always, we will be tweeting the updates after each individual match (@BearcatsWrestle).  We will take on Drexel (4-5) at 10AM, Rider (5-6) at 12PM, and Boston (8-1) at 2PM.  We are excited to compete in these conference duals as there will be several important individual match-ups for our guys.  Here is a look at the starters for each team…

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Drexel – Michael Gomez is a redshirt senior and four-year starter for the Dragons.  He placed 4th this season at the Lock Haven Open and has a 6-9 record.
Rider – Chuck Zeisloft is a sophomore and a two-year starter.  He is having a breakout year with a 15-9 record and a 3rd place finish at the Keystone Classic this year.  He is ranked 4th in the conference and is good defensively.
Boston – Chris McGinley is a sophomore and a two-year starter.  He is currently 6-5 and finished in the top eight at the Keystone Classic this year.  Last season he finished 3rd in the CAA Championships and was named to the CAA All-Rookie Team with a 17-10 record that season.  McGinley stays basic on his attacks.

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Drexel – Josh Yurasits, a junior, is a three-year starter that enters the weekend with a 2-3 record.
Rider – Vinny Fava is a redshirt freshman that finished 6th at the Keystone Classic this season and has a 7-8 record.
Boston – Fred Santaite is a redshirt senior and four year starter.  He is a two-time national qualifier that finished as high as in the top twelve in the country two years ago.  He has finished 2nd and 3rd in the CAA Championships.  Santaite is nationally ranked.  He is ranked 1st in the CAA Conference.  He has a nice overhook to a dump.

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Drexel – Frank Cimato is a redshirt junior with a 11-9 record on the season.  He has finished 4th place at both the Lock Haven Open and the Body Bar.  He is a three year starter that placed 4th in the CAA Championships last year.  Cimato has been nationally ranked this season and likes to create scrambles.  He is also ranked 1st in the CAA Conference.
Rider – Jimmy Kirchner is a senior and a four-year starter.  He has twice qualified for the national championships and has been nationally ranked both of the last two seasons.  He has again seen time in the national rankings this season.  He is currently 14-10 and took 2nd at the Keystone Classic and 6th at the Binghamton Open.  Kirchner has a nice post double leg and handfights hard.  Kirchner is ranked 2nd in the CAA Conference.
Boston – Tyler Scotton is a true freshman for the Terriers.  He has a 3-4 record.  Scotton finished 4th, 2nd, and 2nd in the state championships while in high school in New Jersey.  Scotton is very athletic and explosive.

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Drexel – Shane Fenningham is a redshirt sophomore that was named to the CAA All-Rookie Team last season and has a 5-12 record so far this year.
Rider – Zac Cibula is nationally ranked and ranked 1st in the CAA.  He has not competed much this season but was the outstanding wrestler last year at the CAA Conference.  He is very defensive and tough to score on.  He is a redshirt junior and three-year starter.
Boston – Nestor Taffur is a junior and a three-year starter.  He took 2nd at the Keystone Classic this season and is currently 6-4.  He won 24 matches last season.  Taffur has solid shots and is best when attacking.  He is ranked 3rd in the CAA Conference.

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Drexel – Austin Sommer is a returning starter with an 11-10 record.  Sommer is a sophomore that won the Body Bar last year and finished 5th at the Lock Haven Open this year.
Rider – Ramon Santiago is a redshirt sophomore that was named to the CAA All-Rookie Team last year.  He finished 2nd in the CAA last season and is ranked 2nd in the CAA Conference this season.  This year, he was 6th at the Binghamton Open and is 10-8 on the season.  Santiago is very funky.
Boston – Nick Tourville is a sophomore and returning starter.  He took 6th at the Keystone Classic this season and has a 9-4 record.

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Drexel – Joe Booth is a three year starter and team leader.  The redshirt junior is 16-4 on the year with a tournament championship at the Body Bar this year to go along with a runner-up finish at the Lock Haven Open, and a 6th place finish at the Las Vegas Invite.  He has finished 2nd and 4th at the CAA Championships the last two years and qualified for the national championships both years, winning two matches at the tournament last season and one the previous season.  Booth is nationally ranked in the top twenty in the country and is a scrambler and explosive.  Booth is ranked 1st in the CAA Conference.
Rider – James Brundage is a redshirt sophomore and two-year starter that saw time in the line-up last year at several different weights.  He is 12-13 and finished 3rd at the Keystone Classic and in the top eight at the Binghamton Open this season.
Boston – Mitchell Wightman is a true freshman that was a New York State Champion last season and a two-time palce winner.  He currently has a 5-3 record.

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Drexel – Alex Rinaldi, a redshirt senior, is a four-year starter.  He is a former CAA All-Rookie Team member and has a 3-12 record.
Rider – Jim Resnick is the Bronco’s best wrestler.  He has a 16-2 record on the season and the junior is in his third year as a starter.  He won both the Keystone Classic and the Binghamton Open this season.  He has finished 3rd in the CAA each of the last two years and went 2-2 at the national championships last season.  Resnick is ranked 1st in the CAA Conference.  He is very good on top and can tilt.
Boston – Kyle Czarnecki is a junior and a three-year starter.  He is currently 12-7 and finished 5th at the Keystone Classic.

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Drexel – Nick Becattini is a true freshman starter with a 2-6 record.
Rider – Clint Morrison is a redshirt freshman with a 7-6 record.  He finished in the top eight at the Binghamton Open this season.  He is ranked 4th in the CAA Conference.
Boston – Hunter Meys is a redshirt junior and three year starter.  Do not let his 3-4 record fool you as he was ranked as high as 5th in the country this season.  He is a two-time national qualifier and went 2-2 at the national championship this past season.  He has finished 2nd and 4th at the CAA Championships the last two seasons.  Meys is ranked 3rd in the CAA Conference.  He is good on top with a quarter-nelson.

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Drexel – Brandon Palik is a redshirt sophomore and a standout for the Dragons.  He is 18-9 on the year and finished 3rd at the Lock Haven Open, 6th at the Body Bar, and 6th at the Las Vegas Invite.  Palik finished 3rd in the CAA last season and has been nationally ranked.  Palik is ranked 4th in the CAA Conference.
Rider – Donald McNeil is a redshirt freshman that transferred from UNC Greensboro.  He finished 5th at both the Keystone Classic and the Binghamton Open this season.  He is 10-13 on the season.  McNeil is a pinner.
Boston – John Hall is a redshirt senior that is nationally ranked in the top fifteen in the country.  He is a two-time national qualifier and the reigning CAA Champion.  He won the Keystone Classic this season.  Last year he went 2-2 at the national championships.  Hall is ranked 1st in the CAA Conference.  He is technically very sound and stays in good position.

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Drexel – Kyle Frey is a redshirt senior and four-year starter.  He is nationally ranked in the top fifteen in the country and has a 17-4 record.  This season he won the Body Bar Invite, finished 5th at the Lock Haven Open, and top 12 at the Las Vegas Invite.  He redshirted last season.  The previous season, he was nationally ranked and had a 29-2 record before losing his season to injury.  As a sophomore, he won twenty-seven matches and finished 2nd in the CAA.  He is ranked 1st in the CAA Conference.  Frey has a nice high single and is good defensively.
Rider – Evan Craig is a sophomore and returning starter with an 11-9 record.  He took 4th at the Keystone Classic this year and finished in the top eight at the Binghamton Open.  He placed 4th at the CAA Championships last season.  Craig likes to body lock and throw.
Boston – Kevin Innis is having a very good sophomore campaign.  He is 11-3 so far this season and won the Keystone Classic.  He was named to the CAA All-Rookie team last year.  Innis is ranked 4th in the conference.  He likes to shoot a sweep single.

1 comment:

  1. Best of luck to everyone! I will be following the updates on-line and can't wait to hear of the victories!

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