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Posted: 12/30/2012
Lehigh places three in Midlands finals; finishes sixth overall
The final day of the 50th Ken Kraft Midlands Championships started well for Lehigh on Sunday. The Mountain Hawks placed three in the finals and had six wrestlers place in the top eight. Unfortunately, Sunday night’s final session was unkind to the Mountain Hawks as Lehigh wrestlers went 0-3 in finals matches as the Mountain Hawks finished sixth in the team race with 74 team points.
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Posted: 12/29/2012
Napoli, Brown, Hamlin reach semis to pace Lehigh at Midlands
Three Lehigh wrestlers advanced to Sunday’s championship semifinals, to pace the Mountain Hawks in a marathon opening day at the 50th Ken Kraft Midlands Championships Saturday at Welsh-Ryan Arena. Senior Robert Hamlin, junior Joey Napoli and sophomore Nathaniel Brown reached the semis, while five other Mountain Hawks remain alive in consolations.
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Posted: 12/27/2012
Lehigh wrestlers return to action at 50th Midlands Championships
Following a break for final exams and the holidays, No. 25 Lehigh returns to the mats at the 50th Ken Kraft Midlands Championships, hosted by Northwestern Saturday and Sunday at Welsh-Ryan Arena. The Mountain Hawks last competed on December 6 when they dropped a 26-9 decision at Iowa. Lehigh returns to one of the college wrestling’s premier in-season tournaments with a full squad for the fourth straight year.
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Posted: 12/20/2012
Eric Hess to be sidelined indefinitely
Lehigh wrestler Eric Hess has been sidelined from competition indefinitely due to issues stemming from his successful treatment of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Hess, who has started all six of the Mountain Hawks’ duals this season at 165, is in his first season of eligibility for Lehigh. He was previously diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in the spring of 2010 and successfully beat the disease enabling a return to competition.
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Posted: 12/17/2012
January 6 Lehigh-Cornell dual close to selling out
Lehigh Athletics has announced that tickets for the Lehigh-Cornell wrestling match on Sunday, January 6 are close to selling out. The only seats remaining for the highly anticipated dual between the EIWA rivals are the first 2 rows in the 200 level of Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall. All lower level seats have been sold. Fans are encouraged to get their tickets before the match is a complete sellout.
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Posted: 12/06/2012
No. 5 Iowa rides fast start to 26-9 win over No. 23 Lehigh
The Lehigh wrestling team visited Carver-Hawkeye Arena for the first time since 2002, but the host Hawkeyes greeted the Mountain Hawks rudely, as No. 5 Iowa raced to a 23-0 lead en route to a 26-9 win over No. 23 Lehigh on Thursday. The Hawkeyes won the first six bouts and seven of the ten matches overall.
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Posted: 12/04/2012
Mountain Hawks to wrestle at No. 5 Iowa Thursday
For the first time since 2002 the Lehigh wrestling team heads to Iowa as the 23rd-ranked Mountain Hawks meet the fifth-ranked Hawkeyes Thursday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Mountain Hawks are coming off an up-and-down weekend at home where they posted an impressive 34-7 win over Hofstra before stumbling 24-12 against Penn in their EIWA opener. Senior Robert Hamlin, junior Joey Napoli and sophomore Nathaniel Brown were the only three wrestlers to post 2-0 marks last weekend.
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Posted: 12/01/2012
Penn stuns No. 21 Lehigh 24-12 in Sheridan Dual
Less than 24 hours after an impressive 34-7 win over Hofstra, the Lehigh wrestling team was unable to deliver a similar performance in Saturday’s match with Penn as the 21st-ranked Mountain Hawks fell to the Quakers 24-12 in the annual Billy Sheridan Memorial Dual inside Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall.
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Posted: 11/30/2012
Mountain Hawks roll to 34-7 win over visiting Hofstra
In its first action in nearly two weeks, No. 21 Lehigh returned home with a 34-7 win over Hofstra Friday night inside Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall. Sophomore Anthony Salupo knocked off eighth-ranked Luke Vaith 8-5 at 141 highlighting a night in which the Mountain Hawks won eight bouts, scoring bonus points in five of the eight wins with two pins, a technical fall and two major decisions.
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Posted: 11/28/2012
After weekend off, No. 21 Lehigh set to host Hofstra and Penn
Following a rare Thanksgiving weekend away from competition, No. 21 Lehigh returns home for a pair of duals against regional foes. The Mountain Hawks will host Hofstra Friday night before welcoming EIWA rival Penn Saturday afternoon in the conference opener for both teams. Lehigh went 1-1 on its first road trip of the season, falling 29-6 at Penn State on November 16 before bouncing back with an 18-12 win at Bloomsburg the following day.
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Posted: 11/19/2012
Wins over top six foes propel Napoli to EIWA weekly honors
Following a 2-0 weekend that included two wins over wrestlers ranked in the top six nationally, Lehigh junior Joey Napoli was named EIWA Co-Wrestler of the Week on Monday. Napoli posted wins over No. 2 Dylan Alton of Penn State on Friday night and No. 6 Frank Hickman of Bloomsburg as the Mountain Hawks went 1-1 in duals against the Nittany Lions and Huskies.
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Posted: 11/17/2012
Lehigh tops Bloomsburg, 18-12, for second victory
After falling to No. 2 Penn State the night before, the Lehigh wrestling team rebounded with an 18-12 victory over the Bloomsburg Huskies on Saturday afternoon at the Nelson Fieldhouse. Junior Joey Napoli earned an important win at 157 over sixth-ranked Frank Hickman en route to the Mountain Hawks’ second victory of the season. Lehigh will now be idle until November 30 when it will host Hofstra at 7 p.m.
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Posted: 11/16/2012
Napoli, Delia notch wins as Lehigh falls at rival Penn State
Junior Joey Napoli upset second ranked Dylan Alton at 157 but two-time defending national champion and No. 2 ranked Penn State won eight of the first nine bouts en route to a 29-6 win over No. 21 Lehigh Friday night at Rec Hall. The Mountain Hawks were competitive in several other matches, losing four by a combined seven points, as they fall to 1-1 on the season.
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Posted: 11/14/2012
Lehigh hits the road for battles with No. 2 Penn State, Bloomsburg
The Lehigh wrestling team takes to the road for the first time this season with a pair of weekend duals against in-state foes. The 21st-ranked Mountain Hawks will first visit two-time defending national champion Penn State Friday in the 101st dual meet between the longtime Eastern rivals. Then, Lehigh will stop in Bloomsburg to face the Huskies Saturday afternoon. The Mountain Hawks opened their season with a 23-16 win over Binghamton on November 8.
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Posted: 11/08/2012
No. 21 Lehigh takes down Binghamton 23-16 in 2012-13 opener
The 21st-ranked Lehigh wrestling team opened its 2012-13 season by winning six bouts in a 23-16 triumph over Binghamton Thursday night inside Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall. Freshman Eric Hess won by first period pin in his varsity dual debut as he was one of three Mountain Hawks to produce bonus points on the evening.
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Posted: 11/07/2012
Mountain Hawks to host Binghamton Thursday in 2012-13 opener
The 104th season of Lehigh wrestling begins Thursday night as the 21st-ranked Mountain Hawks host Binghamton. Fans will get their first look at a Lehigh squad that finished eighth at last year’s NCAA Championships, but lost three All-Americans to graduation, after last week’s Brown and White Wrestle-offs were cancelled due to Superstorm Sandy. Two-time EIWA Champion and All-American Robert Hamlin leads a Lehigh squad that will feature four freshmen making their varsity debuts.
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Posted: 11/03/2012
Hamlin downs Steinhaus 5-3 at NWCA All-Star Classic
Lehigh senior Robert Hamlin unofficially opened his 2012-13 season with a 5-3 win over Kevin Steinhaus of Minnesota at 184 pounds in the 47th Annual NWCA All-Star Classic Saturday night at American University’s Bender Arena. Hamlin, a two-time EIWA Champion and All-American was the first Lehigh wrestler to compete at the All-Star Classic since 2004.
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Posted: 10/31/2012
Lehigh Athletics update on competitions through Sunday November 4
The Lehigh Valley has been one of the areas in Pennsylvania hardest hit by the effects of Hurricane Sandy. The following is an update from Lehigh Athletics on the status of its scheduled competitions (both home and away) for this week and weekend.
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Posted: 10/27/2012
Mountain Hawks making progress towards start of new season
The Lehigh wrestling team is continuing preparations for the 2012-13 season. The Mountain Hawks have been hard at work for more than two weeks of official practice. Things have been slightly different in the room with 15 freshmen on the roster, but head coach Pat Santoro likes what he’s seen so far and knows there is still plenty of work still to be done.
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Posted: 10/10/2012
Lehigh readies for 2012-13 season as preseason practice begins
The Lehigh wrestling team returned to the mats Wednesday afternoon for the first official practice of the 2012-13 season. The Mountain Hawks took to the mats in the Billy Sheridan Wrestling Room in the Gerald G. Leeman Wrestling Complex, kicking off three weeks of preseason workouts leading up to the annual Brown and White Wrestle-offs on Thursday, November 1.
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Results: 61 Record(s) Found.
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