Heavy snowfall in the area has forced the postponement of Saturday’s scheduled wrestling match between No. 7 Lehigh and No. 23 Rutgers at Stabler Arena. No make-up date has been announced. The Mountain Hawks (12-3-1 overall, 1-0-1 EIWA) will return to the mats next weekend when they travel to New England to face Brown Saturday at 2 p.m. and Harvard Sunday at 1 p.m.

Down 12-3 at intermission, No. 7 Lehigh rallied to win the final five weight classes as the Mountain Hawks rallied past No. 19 Virginia Tech 24-12 Friday on Senior Night inside Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall. Senior David Craig’s 7-5 sudden victory win over Tommy Spellman at 184 put Lehigh in front, while bonus wins from junior Alex Caruso and sophomore Joe Kennedy allowed Lehigh to shake off a sluggish start. The win improves Lehigh’s record to 12-3-1 on the dual season.

No. 7 Lehigh returns to the mats for the first time in two weeks as the Mountain Hawks will wrap-up their home dual schedule with matches against Virginia Tech Friday night inside Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall and Rutgers Saturday at Stabler Arena. The Mountain Hawks were off last weekend after rallying from a 15-6 deficit with three bouts remaining to tie Cornell 15-15 in Ithaca, N.Y. back on January 22. Lehigh will have to contend with two more ranked foes this weekend. Virginia Tech has risen to 19th in the latest polls, with wins in four of its last five duals, while Rutgers entered the rankings at No. 23 this week, and is in the midst of a school-record 12-dual unbeaten streak.

Down 15-9 with two bouts remaining, sophomore Joe Kennedy upset fifth-ranked Cam Simaz and classmate Zach Rey won a decision over Josh Arnone as No. 8 Lehigh battled back to earn a 15-15 tie with No. 6 Cornell as the two schools renewed their rivalry Friday night at Newman Arena. The teams split the ten bouts on the evening, and with neither side able to muster any bonus points, the dual ended in a tie for just the fourth time in 87 career meetings.

No. 8 Lehigh will face one of its toughest tests of the dual season Friday night as the Mountain Hawks travel to Ithaca, N.Y. to face the sixth-ranked Big Red of Cornell. The Mountain Hawks returned home last weekend and picked up a pair of convincing wins over West Virginia and Navy. Lehigh will now look to knock-off the three-time defending EIWA Champions as the Mountain Hawks and Big Red meet for the 87th time overall, but the first time since 2007. Cornell is just 3-3 in duals, but the Big Red boast seven nationally ranked wrestlers, including five projected starters who are ranked in the top five of their respective weight classes.