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.
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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