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2004-2005 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY
WRESTLING QUICK FACTS FACTS
Location: Hempstead, New York 11549
Founded: 1935
Enrollment: 13,400
Affiliation: NCAA Division I
Conference: Colonial Athletic Association
Nickname: Pride
Colors: Gold, White and Blue
Home Arena (Capacity): Hofstra Arena (5,124)
President: Stuart Rabinowitz
Director of Athletics: Jack Hayes
Executive Associate Director of Athletics:
Danny McCabe
Senior Associate Director of Athletics: Cindy Lewis
Associate Director of Athletics for Communications:
Jim Sheehan
Associate Director of Athletics for External Affairs:
Mark Cox
Associate Director of Athletics for Compliance:
Dan McCarthy
Assistant Director of Compliance: James Alexander
Director of Athletic Marketing and Promotions:
Jesse Bonfiglio
Director of Corporate Advertising and Sales:
Robert Cohen
Athletic Department Phone: (516) 463-3800/6750
Associate Director of Athletics for
Communications/Wrestling Contact: Jim Sheehan
Office Phone: (516) 463-6764 Fax: (516) 463-5033
Senior Assistant Director of Athletic
Communications: Jeremy Kniffin
Office Phone: (516) 463-6759
Assistant Director of Athletic Communications:
Stephen Gorchov
Office Phone: (516) 463-4933
Graduate Assistant: Sara Weber
Office Phone: (516) 463-2907
Head Athletic Trainer: Evan Malings
Athletic Trainer - Wrestling: Terry McLaughlin
Assistant Athletic Trainers: Christopher Grosskopf,
Terry McLaughlin, Stacey Taradash,
Nicholas Mancini and Adam Khan
Equipment Managers: Kevin Maxwell and
Kathy Theiling (women)
Assistant Equipment Managers: Dave Walsh,
Brit Stone and Pete Markey
Photographers: Brian Ballweg and Joe Ryan
Athletic Department Secretaries: Kay Kenney,
Harriet Teitle, Clarice Smith, Cathy Aull
and Carol Spargimino
WRESTLING INFORMATION
Head Wrestling Coach: Tom Ryan (Iowa, 1992)
Record at Hofstra: 85-69-1 (9 years)
Overall College Coaching Record: Same
Head Wrestling Coach’s Office Phone: (516) 463-6615
Assistant Coaches: Rob Anspach (Hofstra, 2001)
and Donny Pritzlaff (Wisconsin, 2001)
Assistant Wrestling Coaches Office Phone:
(516) 463-3758
Administrative Assistant/Academic Coordinator:
Bob Busby (Hofstra, 1965)
Strength and Conditioning Coaches: Ryan Martin,
Pete Cariello and Brad Christie
Hofstra Wrestling on the Web:
www.hofstra.edu/athletics/wrestling
2003-04 Record: 15-5
2003-04 Conference Record: 8-0 (CAA Champions)
2003-04 NCAA Finish: 20th
Wrestlers Returning/Lost: 14*/13
(*one from 2002-03)
2004 NCAA Qualifiers Returning/Lost: 4/4
2004 NCAA Qualifiers: 8 (with last year’s academic and weight class - 2004-05 returnees are in bold)
• Tom Noto, 125 (Sr., 2004 CAA Champion; 2003 red-shirt; 2002 CAA Champion & NCAA qualifier; 2001
ECWA Champion & NCAA qualifier)
• John Manarte, 141 (Fr., 2004 CAA finalist)
• James Strouse, 149 (Fr., 2004 CAA finalist)
• Paul Siemon, 157 (Jr., 2004 CAA Finalist; 2003 red-shirt; 2002 CAA finalist & NCAA qualifier,)
• Ralph Everett, 165 (Sr., 2004 Honorable Mention All-American and CAA Champion; 2003 CAA Champion
(174) & NCAA qualifier, honorable mention All-American; 2002 NCAA qualifier)
• Noel Thompson, 174 (Sr., 2004 CAA Champion; 2003 CAA Champion (165) & NCAA qualifier, honorable
mention All-American; 2002 red-shirt, 2001 ECWA finalist and NCAA qualifier; 2000 ECWA finalist and
NCAA qualifier)
• Brad Christie, 184 (Sr., 2004 CAA finalist, 2003 CAA Champion & NCAA qualifier)
• Chris Skretkowicz, 197 (Jr., 2004 NCAA Qualifier, All-American and CAA Champion; 2003 NCAA qualifier
& All-American; 2002 CAA finalist and NCAA qualifier)
Cover Background Photo: The Savvis Center, site of the NCAA Championships.
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Quick Facts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
This is Hofstra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Head Coach Tom Ryan . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Assistant Coaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Support Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2004-05 Alphabetical Roster . . . . . . 8
2004-05 Roster by Weight Class . . . 9
2004-05 Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2004-05 Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Player Bios
All-Americans/NCAA Qualifiers. . . . 14
Returning Wrestlers . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Wrestling Newcomers . . . . . . . . . . 24
Hofstra University President. . . . . . 25
University Senior Administration . . 26
Athletic Administration. . . . . . . . . . 27
Athletic Department Staff . . . . . . . . 28
Athletic Department Directory . . . . 29
Academic Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Career Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Sports Medicine/Athletic Training. . 32
Hofstra Heritage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Long Island, New York . . . . . . . . . . 35
Wrestling Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
2004-05 Opponents . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
2003-04 Wrestling Statistics
and Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
The Colonial Athletic Association . . 46
2003-04 Colonial Athletic
Association Review. . . . . . . . . . . 47
Hofstra Wrestling Record Book . . . 51
History of Hofstra Wrestling . . . . . 53
Wrestling Alumni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Hofstra Freestyle Club/
Ray Downey Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Media Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Campus Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Getting to Hofstra . . . . . . . . . . . . . IBC
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THIS IS HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY
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THE FACTS
Hofstra offers bachelor’s degrees
in 130 areas of study.
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The University offers approximately
140 graduate programs.
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Hofstra was ranked 18th
on Forbes’ list of Most Connected
Campuses in 2003.
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Hofstra has 524 full-time faculty
members and 1,325 total faculty
members.
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The student-faculty ratio is 14:1;
average class size is 22 students.
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Hofstra is one of only 270 institutions
out of more than 3,600
nationwide with a chapter
of Phi Beta Kappa.
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The Hofstra Libraries are fully
computerized and contain 1.2 million
volumes for student use.
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Hofstra’s campus has 37 residence
halls, housing about 4,200 students,
and 13 dining facilities.
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Hofstra has more than 140
student clubs and organizations,
of which there are about
30 local and national
fraternities and sororities.
In its relatively short history, Hofstra has
established itself as a world-class
institution of higher education and cultural
enterprise. Each academic year, the Hofstra
campus and the programs offered grow and
change to meet the demands of our students
and our community.
Hofstra opened in 1935 as a commuter school
with all classes and offices housed in one
building. Since those early days, Hofstra has
evolved into an international institution with a
student body hailing from 47 states and 78
countries around the world. The beautiful
campus is an accredited arboretum with 113
buildings on 240 acres. There are more than
4,000 students living on campus, and Hofstra
offers them and all students an extensive array
of academic and social activities. Additionally,
Hofstra’s close proximity to Manhattan means
that students have easy access to the
wondrous cultural, social and career offerings
of the city.
What has remained consistent throughout the
years, however, is the sense of community on
campus, the eagerness of our students to
learn and the commitment of the Hofstra
faculty and administration to provide a
challenging education that encourages the
pursuit of lifelong learning.
The Colleges and Schools of the University
are: Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and
Sciences, Frank G. Zarb School of Business,
New College, School of Communication,
School of Education and Allied Human
Services, School of Law, School for University
Studies, University College for Continuing
Education, Honors College and Saturday
College. Bachelor’s degrees are offered in 130
areas of study. There are also approximately
140 graduate programs, including Ph.D.,
Ed.D., Psy.D., and J.D. degrees, advanced
certificates and professional diplomas.
Recently, the University celebrated the opening
of Hagedorn Hall, the new home of our School
of Education and Allied Human Services. In
2001 Hofstra University Honors College
welcomed its first class. This new division of
the University proved to be an immediate
success, not only with University faculty and
administrators, but among the 93 inaugural
students. Every fall since, the number of
entering freshmen has increased substantially.
Hofstra’s School of Communication is one of
the largest, most advanced non-commercial
television facilities in the East. Students take
classes and work in Dempster Hall, a
sophisticated television production/postproduction
facility with two broadcast-quality
studios and control rooms; two advanced
online video edit suites; two Avid non-linear
digital editing systems and several cuts-only
video work stations. Two satellite dishes are
available with one dish providing special news
feeds for the broadcast journalism room,
which also has access to Associated Press,
Lexis-Nexis and Dow Jones services. In
addition, the facility is capable of broadcasting
student-produced programming to the entire
campus on our own cable channels. Also
located here is the University’s radio station
(WRHU/88.7-FM), audio production studios, a
film/video screening room, film editing rooms,
a computer laboratory, a speech performance
studio and a large dance studio.
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Hofstra’s C.V. Starr Hall offers academic
facilities that are among the most
technologically advanced in the nation. Every
seat in every classroom allows students direct
access to the Internet and Hofstra network,
including the resources of Hofstra’s Axinn
Library.
Hofstra’s growing computer facilities offer
extensive high-tech training opportunities.
There are computer terminals throughout the
campus for student and faculty use, with more
than 750 PC, Macintosh and UNIX
workstations available in labs and classrooms.
The University was ranked 18th in Forbes’ list
of Most Connected Campuses in 2003, and
was one of Yahoo Internet Life’s “100 Most
Wired Colleges” in 2001-2002.
The fully computerized Hofstra Libraries
contain 1.2 million volumes for student use.
Only about 5 percent of American colleges
have collections as extensive, and 85 percent
have fewer than half that number.
Hofstra hosts more than 500 cultural events
annually, bringing thousands of scholars,
dignitaries and other participants to
campus. More than 200 musical and
dramatic performances take place on
campus each year.
The Hofstra Museum, which houses one of
the largest art collections in the
metropolitan area, coordinates
approximately 12 exhibitions annually and
offers exhibition areas and an extensive
outdoor sculpture collection. The Hofstra
Museum is accredited by the American
Association of Museums – one of only 94
universities in the nation and one of six in
New York to hold that distinction.
Hofstra also has seven theaters, a student
newspaper, a lively student center, a recreation
center and numerous athletic facilities,
including the 15,000-seat James M. Shuart
Stadium and the 5,124-seat Hofstra University
Arena. Hofstra also has an indoor, Olympicsized
(eight lane, 50-meter) swimming pool,
one of the largest such facilities in the New
York metropolitan area.
The Hofstra athletic program competes on the
NCAA Division I level and is a member of the
Colonial Athletic Association and the Atlantic
10 Football Conference. The University
sponsors 18 intercollegiate programs – nine
men’s sports and nine women’s sports.
Hofstra has men’s teams in basketball,
football, baseball, lacrosse, golf, tennis,
wrestling, soccer and cross country. Women’s
sports include basketball, volleyball, softball,
tennis, soccer, field hockey, lacrosse, cross
country and golf. The 18 men’s and women’s
intercollegiate athletic teams compete in more
than 150 home contests annually.
Hofstra’s academic programs are accredited
by numerous national agencies and the
University is one of only 270 schools, out of
more than 3,600 colleges and universities
nationwide, with a chapter of the national
honor society Phi Beta Kappa. Of Hofstra’s
1,325 faculty members, 524 are full time and
90 percent hold the highest degree in their
fields. The student-faculty ratio is 14-to-1.
Hofstra University is 100-percent program
accessible to persons with disabilities, and has
been cited as a national model for this
achievement.
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HEAD WRESTLING COACH
TOM RYAN
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HOFSTRA WRESTLING STAFF STAFF
Tom Ryan is in his 10th
season at the helm of
the Hofstra Wrestling
program in 2004-05. A five-time
conference Coach of the Year,
Ryan is the ninth head wrestling
coach in the 56-year history of
Hofstra Wrestling. In his nine
seasons, Ryan has guided his
team to an 85-69-1 dual meet
record and has won four
straight conference
championships. In addition, the
Pride enters the 2004-2005 season riding a 35-conference dual match
undefeated streak.
Ryan, who has sent 48 Hofstra wrestlers to the NCAA Championships,
has coached four All-Americans (Roman Fleszar, Eric Schmiesing, Jon
Masa and Chris Skretkowicz) and two honorable mention All-Americans
(Ralph Everett and Noel Thompson). He has also seen his charges win
13 Colonial Athletic Association individual championships, claim two
CAA Tournament Most Outstanding Wrestler Awards, two CAA Wrestler
of the Year Awards and one CAA Rookie of the Year Award. Before
joining the Colonial Athletic Association in 2001, Ryan coached 17 East
Coast Wrestling Association champions and one ECWA Most
Outstanding Wrestler.
In addition, Ryan has coached 13 New York State individual champions,
won team championships in 1998 and 2000, and has seen three
wrestlers earn National Wrestling Coaches Association All-Academic
honors. He has also been a two-time New York State Coach of the Year
(1998 and 2001). The 2003-04 season saw the Pride continue their
winning ways in conference action with an 8-0 record and their fourth
consecutive conference title, including the third in the Colonial Athletic
Association. Hofstra was 15-5 overall and finished the season ranked
12th by InterMat. The Pride also equaled the school record for sending
the most wrestlers to the NCAA Championships with eight.
Last season may seem like a blur to Ryan, his wife Lynette, and the
Ryan family who suffered the worse tragedy any family could face. On
February 16, 2004 at the Ryan home on Long Island, 5-year old Teague
Ryan, Tom and Lynette’s third of four children, suddenly collapsed and
passed away. Unbeknownst to the Ryan family, Teague, who was an
integral member of the Hofstra wrestling team with his humor, spirit and
friendship, suffered from Long Q-T Syndrome.
Long Q-T syndrome is an infrequent, hereditary disorder of the heart’s
electrical rhythm that can occur in otherwise-healthy people. It usually
affects children or young adults. It is estimated that approximately 5,000
children die annually from Long Q-T Syndrome. Even though the
tremendous pain of their loss is still fresh, the Ryan family–Tom, Lynette
and children Jordan (11), Jake (8) and Mackenzie (3)–have already
taken steps to become American Heart Association (AHA) advocates to
better educate and inform the public about Long Q-T Syndrome and
other children’s heart defects.
In 2002-03, the Pride went 13-7 overall, were a perfect 7-0 in the
Colonial Athletic Association and finished the season ranked 18th by
InterMat. The team handily won the CAA Team Championship, crowning
six individual champions. The Pride sent a school-record eight wrestlers,
the most of any conference school for the fifth straight year, to the
NCAA Championships and Masa and Skretkowicz placed seventh and
sixth, respectively, to earn All-America accolades. Everett and Thompson
did not place, but were named honorable mention All-Americans. As a
team Hofstra came in 21st, which is Hofstra best-ever finish at the NCAA
Championships. For his efforts Ryan received CAA Coach of the Year
honors, marking the fourth straight year that Ryan has won or shared
coach of the year accolades.
“Coach Ryan is the best coach I ever had.
He made me better by being patient and just
believing in me.”
2003 and 2004 honorable mention All-American Ralph Everett
2001-2002 saw Ryan coach his squad to a 12-6 dual record, including a
perfect 6-0 in the Colonial Athletic Association, and a #21 national
ranking. The Pride won the CAA Tournament, its second conference
championship in as many years, with three champions and two runnersup,
and sent seven wrestlers to the NCAA Division I Championship
where the team placed 38th. The seven wrestlers were the most of any
school in the conference for the fourth straight season. Ryan was named
the CAA Co-Coach of the Year for his efforts. The recognition marked the
third straight season that Ryan received at least a share of the
conference coach of the year award. Ryan also coached the Pride to a
second place finish at the New York State Championships and the
prestigious Virginia Duals.
The Pride was equally successful in 2000-2001, compiling an 8-7 dual
meet record and a #15 national ranking. More importantly, the team won
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its first ECWA Championship since 1983 and sent a then school-record
seven wrestlers to the NCAA Tournament. The seven wrestlers were the
most of any school in the conference for the third straight season. Eric
Schmiesing and Roman Fleszar repeated as All-Americans and helped
the team to a 22nd-place finish. Ryan was rewarded for his coaching
ability with his second straight ECWA Coach of the Year award.
Ryan coached his team to an 8-8-1 record and a #25 regular season
national ranking in 1999-2000, placing second at the ECWA
Championships and first at the New York State Championships. The
Pride continued to impress at the ECWA Championships, winning four
individual championships and two runners-up. The four champions were
the most of any school for the second straight season. Each champion
and both runners-up advanced to the NCAA Championships, with
Roman Fleszar and Eric Schmiesing earning All-American status. The
team also won the New York State Championship for the second time in
three years. For his efforts Ryan was named ECWA Coach of the Year.
Ryan led the team to an 11-5 record in 1998-99, placing second at the
ECWA Championships. The 11-5 mark gave the Dutchmen back-to-back
winning seasons for the first time since 1982-83. Hofstra also had
another impressive showing at the ECWA Championships, winning five
individual championships. The five champions, each of whom advanced
to the NCAA Championships, were the most of any ECWA team. Two of
those wrestlers, Eric Schmiesing and Roman Fleszar, advanced to the
NCAA quarterfinals at their respective weight classes. The Dutchmen
followed up their 1998 New York State Championship by placing second
in 1999. Roman Fleszar (133), Jason DeBruin (141) and Russell Jones
(184) each won individual championships and Russell Jones became the
first Hofstra wrestler to be named the New York State Tournament Most
Outstanding Wrestler.
The 1997-98 season was the year that Ryan put Hofstra Wrestling back
on the national scene, leading the team to an 11-6 dual meet record,
including a 7-1 mark in ECWA action and a #24 national ranking. The 11
wins represented the most since the 1982-83 squad had 13. It was also
the first winning season since an 8-6 record in 1993-94. Ryan coached
his charges to a second-place finish at the ECWA Championships and
sent four to the NCAA Championships. For his efforts Ryan was named
the ECWA Co-Coach of the Year. In addition to the team’s success in the
ECWA, Hofstra placed first at the New York State Tournament for the
first time, winning two individual championships. Ryan earned 1998
New York State Coach of the Year accolades following the season.
“I can’t say enough about the staff. Tom is a
great coach who really cares about his
wrestlers. The entire staff is so strong and
my wrestling has reached levels that I never
though possible and I feel it is only going to
get better.”
2003 NCAA qualifier Ricky LaForge
Ryan, a native of Wantagh, New York, was a two-time NCAA Division I
All-American and a member of the University of Iowa’s national
championship teams, under coach Dan Gable, in 1991 and 1992. A
two-time Big Ten Conference champion at Iowa, Ryan wrestled for two
years at Iowa after transferring from Syracuse University. At Syracuse
Ryan captured an Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA)
championship in 1989.
Following graduation from Iowa in 1992, Ryan served as an assistant
coach at the University of Indiana for two seasons. His responsibilities
included daily training for all middleweight wrestlers, weight training and
recruiting. Ryan coached two Hoosiers, Scott Petche and Chris Russo,
to All-American honors, as Indiana improved from an unranked program
to 15th in the country. In 1994-95, he worked at the University of Iowa
with coach Dan Gable as he prepared to compete for a position on the
1995 United States World Team.
Ryan, who has been very active on the wrestling camp circuit over the
years, is beginning his 11th year as director of the Elite Wrestling Club
on Long Island and his ninth year as head counselor at the Elite
Wrestling Camp. Legendary coach Dan Gable and world champions
Tom and Terry Brands have visited the Hofstra campus as guest
speakers at clinics held by Ryan. He is also actively involved with the
Ray Downey Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Ryan was a three-time All-Nassau County and All-New York State
selection at Wantagh High School, where he was coached by Bernie
Columbo and assistant Joe Peterson.
TOM RYAN’S COACHING CAREER
Year School Record
1995-96 Hofstra University 3-12
1996-97 Hofstra University 4-13
1997-98 Hofstra University 11-6
1998-99 Hofstra University 11-5
1999-00 Hofstra University 8-8-1
2000-01 Hofstra University 8-7
2001-02 Hofstra University 12-6
2002-03 Hofstra University 13-7
2003-04 Hofstra University 15-5
Career 85-65-1/9 years
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ROB ANSPACH
ASSISTANT COACH
Rob Anspach, a two-time
NCAA Wrestling
Championships participant,
begins his fourth season as
an assistant coach at his alma
mater in 2004-05.
Anspach complied a record of
69-51 and made two trips to
the NCAA Tournament during
his five-year career at Hofstra.
In 2000-2001 Anspach posted
an 11-11 record and finished
second at the ECWA
Championship, earning a wild card selection to the 2001 NCAA
Championships. That season he also won his weight class at the Bearcat
Open, compiling a perfect 4-0 record.
In the 1999-2000 season, Anspach had a 20-15 record on his way to an
ECWA individual championship and an NCAA berth. Anspach also placed
first at the Congressional Cup and was the runner-up at the New York
State Championships in 1999-2000.
Anspach, a resident of Hicksville, New York, is a 2001 graduate of
Hofstra University with a degree in American studies.
DONNY PRITZLAFF
ASSISTANT COACH
Donny Pritzlaff, a two-time
NCAA Champion, is in his
second season as an assistant
coach at Hofstra University. A
four-time All-American,
Pritzlaff moved to the
sidelines to assist Ryan in all
aspects of the Hofstra
Wrestling program last year,
while also training for a berth
on the United States Olympic
Team.
Pritzlaff was an NCAA
Champion at 165 pounds in 2000 and 2001, and was a three-time Big
Ten Champion during his four-year career at the University of Wisconsin.
“Donny brings great wrestling experience and class to the program,”
said Ryan. “Being from the New Jersey area, he gives us recruiting
credibility in the northeast, which we feel is the premiere wrestling
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region in the country. We couldn’t be more happy to have Donny on our
staff.”
Pritzlaff was a junior world champion in 1998 and was a member of the
United States National Team in 2002-2003. Following his graduation in
May 2002, Pritzlaff served as a volunteer assistant for the Badgers
during the 2002-2003 season.
Pritzlaff, who has a degree in sociology, resides in Oyster Bay, New
York. He is engaged to marry Robin Schrafnagel of Abbotsford,
Wisconsin, on December 31, 2004.
BOB BUSBY
ADMINISTRATIVE
ASSISTANT/
ACADEMIC
COORDINATOR
Bob Busby is in his fourth
year of assisting the Pride
coaching staff as an
administrative assistant and
academic coordinator in
2004-05. Busby joined the
Pride after spending 36 years as the head coach of the Port Washington
High School wrestling team.
Busby, who holds bachelor and master’s degrees from Hofstra, wrestled
for the University in the early 1960’s. After graduation, Busby began his
career as a teacher, guidance counselor and coach at Port Washington.
During his 36-year career Busby compiled a 325-143 record and was
one of the most successful wrestling coaches in New York State history.
Busby, who runs a charter fishing business in Southold, New York,
holds the rank of Captain in the United States Merchant Marine
Academy. Busby is also a 30-year member of the Roslyn Rescue Fire
Company and served as its president for many years. He was recently
inducted into the Port Washington Youth Activities Hall of Fame for his
work with the Port Washington Youth Wrestling Program.
An active alumnus, Busby has served on the Carlin-Rudolph Endowed
Scholarship Committee since its inception. Busby and his wife, Anita,
reside in Roslyn Heights, New York. The couple has three grown
children and two grandchildren.
“Bob Busby has been a great addition to the
program. He stays on top of all of us, helping us
through the challenging academic times of our
college careers.”
Junior NCAA qualifier Jon Masa
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PETER CARIELLO
STRENGTH AND
CONDITIONING
ASSISTANT
Peter Cariello is in his second
season as a graduateassistant
strength and
conditioning coach at Hofstra
University. Cariello works with
Hofstra’s wrestling, volleyball,
baseball, softball, golf and
cross country teams.
A 2002 graduate of the
University of Massachusetts
with a degree in legal studies, Cariello was a four-year letterman and a
three-year starter on the Massachusetts football team and was part of
the 1998 I-AA National Championship squad. Cariello was a first team
Strength and Conditioning All-American in 2002, and writes a fitness
column in The Patent Trader – a Westchester newspaper.
Cariello, who is A.C.E. and AAA/ISMA certified, has served as a personal
trainer at Club Fit in Briarcliff Manor, New York, and was the defensive
coordinator at Yonkers High School in 2002.
BRAD CHRISTIE
STRENGTH AND
CONDITIONING
ASSISTANT
Brad Christie is in his first
season as a strength and
conditioning assistant with the
Hofstra wrestling team.
Christie rejoins the Pride
program after two stellar
seasons as a member of the
Hofstra wrestling team.
Christie ended his college
career in 2004 by finishing
second in the CAA Championships at 184 pounds and earning a second
straight bid to the NCAA Championships in St. Louis. Christie posted a
22-13 record as a senior including a 7-0 record in CAA matches and a
12-7 mark in duals. As a Hofstra junior in 2003, Christie carded a 25-13
record including a 6-1 mark in CAA action and a 15-5 record in duals,
and captured the CAA Championship at 184 pounds and a trip to the
NCAA Championships.
Christie came to Hofstra in 2002 after two seasons at Montclair State
University where he was a two-time NCAA Division III All-American and
placed second at the NCAA Championships as a freshman in 2001 and
seventh as a sophomore in 2002.
The Fort Lee, New Jersey native was a four-time district champion, a
three-time regional champion and a two-time county champion at Fort
Lee High School. Christie, who is single, is a 2004 graduate of Hofstra
with a bachelor’s degree in psychology.
TERRY MCLAUGHLIN
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TRAINER
Terry McLaughlin is in his
fourth year on the athletic
training at Hofstra University
and his second as the certified
athletic trainer for the Hofstra
wrestling program.
McLaughlin, who has eight
years of athletic training
experience, has also served as
the athletic trainer for the
Pride men’s basketball team in
the past.
McLaughlin returned to Hofstra in August 2001 after spending a year as
a clinical education coordinator at Biodex Medical Systems in Shirley,
New York. While there, McLaughlin organized and taught workshops for
physical therapists and athletic trainers in addition to updating
rehabilitation protocols for use by Biodex customers.
McLaughlin, who earned a master’s in health education from Hofstra in
2000, served as a graduate-assistant athletic trainer at Hofstra from
1998 through 2000, working with the Hofstra football and wrestling
teams. Prior to that he served as a graduate intern at the University of
Maryland-Baltimore County, serving as the primary athletic trainer for
men’s soccer, women’s basketball, women’s lacrosse, baseball and
softball.
A 1995 graduate of Temple University with a degree in athletic training,
Terry and his wife, Yvie, reside in Hauppauge, New York.
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2004-05 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY
WRESTLING ROSTER
(ALPHABETICAL)
2004-05 ANTICIPATED STARTERS
THE PRIDE
Wt. Cl. Wrestler Ht. Cl. Hometown/High School
Hwt. Dan Garay 6-2 Jr.* Rahway, NJ/Rahway
133 Charles Griffin 5-4 Fr. Reading, PA/Reading
141 Ricky LaForge 5-5 Sr. Pompton Lakes, NJ/Indian Hills/West Virginia
141 John Manarte 5-6 So. Farmingville, NY/Sachem
149 Jon Masa 5-5 Jr.* Long Beach, NY/Long Beach
125 Bryan Nunziato 5-5 Fr. East Rutherford, NJ/Bergen Catholic
165 Mike Patrovich 5-9 Jr.* Bohemia, NY/Islip
197 Jordan Reid 6-6 RFr.* Washington, D.C./St. John’s
184 Joe Rovelli 6-1 Fr. Wilkes-Barre, PA/E.L. Meyers
165 Stefan Serie 5-8 Jr.* Merrick, NY/St. Anthony’s
174 Paul Siemon 5-9 Sr.* Paramus, NJ/Don Bosco Prep/Springfield
174 Billy Simons 5-8 Jr. Yonkers, NY/White Plains
197 Chris Skretkowicz 6-5 Sr. Hamburg, NJ/Wallkill Valley Regional
157 James Strouse 5-8 So.* Levittown, NY/MacArthur
149 Doug Thomas 5-10 So.* Bedford, OH/Bedford
125 Dave Tomasette 5-4 RFr.* Sewell, NJ/Washington Township
Hwt. Gian Villante 6-2 RFr.* Wantagh, NY/MacArthur
165 Chris Vondruska 5-8 So* Bay Village, OH/St. Edward
197 Chris Weidman 6-2 Jr. Baldwin, NY/Baldwin/Nassau CC
*Used red-shirt season
anticipated starters in bold
Head Coach: Tom Ryan (Iowa, 92), 10th season
Assistant Coaches: Rob Anspach, Donny Pritzlaff
Strength and Conditioning Coaches: Ryan Martin, Pete Cariello and Brad Christie
Administrative Assistant/Academic Coordinator: Bob Busby
125 - Dave Tomasette, RFr., (2004 N.J. state champion; High School
Nationals runner-up)
133 - Charles Griffin, Fr., (2003 H.S. Nationals champion; Outstanding
By Class:
Wrestler in Pennsylvania Award)
Seniors: 3
141 - John Manarte, So. or Ricky LaForge, Sr., (Both are NCAA qualifiers –
Juniors: 6
Manarte in 2004, LaForge in 2003)
Sophomores: 4
149 - Jon Masa, Jr., (2004 Olympic red-shirt; 2003 NCAA qualifier,
Freshmen: 6
All-American)
157 - James Strouse, So., (2004 NCAA qualifier; CAA finalist)
165 - Mike Patrovich, So., (2004 red-shirt; 2003 NCAA qualifier)
174 - Paul Siemon, Sr., (2004 NCAA qualifier and CAA finalist; 2003 red-shirt;
2002 CAA finalist & NCAA qualifier)
184 - Joe Rovelli, Fr., (2004 Pennsylvania state champion)
197 - Chris Skretkowicz, Sr., (2004 NCAA qualifier, All-American and CAA
champion; 2003 NCAA qualifier & All-American; 2002 CAA finalist and NCAA qualifier)
HWT - Dan Garay, Jr. or Gian Villante, RFr., (Garay – Fourth place at 2004 CAA Championships;
Villante – 2003 NY state champion, Honorable mention All-American)
ROSTER BREAKDOWN
By State:
New York: 8
New Jersey: 6
Pennsylvania: 2
Ohio: 2
Washington, DC: 1
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2004-05 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY
WRESTLING ROSTER
THE PRIDE
Wt. Cl. Wrestler Ht. Cl. Hometown/High School
125 Dave Tomasette 5-4 RFr.* Sewell, NJ/Washington Township
125 Bryan Nunziato 5-5 Fr. East Rutherford, NJ/Bergen Catholic
133 Charles Griffin 5-4 Fr. Reading, PA/Reading
141 John Manarte 5-6 So. Farmingville, NY/Sachem
141 Ricky LaForge 5-5 Sr. Pompton Lakes, NJ/Indian Hills/West Virginia
149 Jon Masa 5-5 Jr.* Long Beach, NY/Long Beach
149 Doug Thomas 5-10 So.* Bedford, OH/Bedford
157 James Strouse 5-8 So.* Levittown, NY/MacArthur
165 Mike Patrovich 5-9 Jr.* Bohemia, NY/Islip
165 Chris Vondruska 5-8 So* Bay Village, OH/St. Edward
165 Stefan Serie 5-8 Jr.* Merrick, NY/St. Anthony’s
174 Paul Siemon 5-9 Sr.* Paramus, NJ/Don Bosco Prep/Springfield
174 Billy Simons 5-8 Jr. Yonkers, NY/White Plains
184 Joe Rovelli 6-1 Fr. Wilkes-Barre, PA/E.L. Meyers
197 Chris Skretkowicz 6-5 Sr. Hamburg, NJ/Wallkill Valley Regional
197 Chris Weidman 6-2 Jr. Baldwin, NY/Baldwin/Nassau CC
197 Jordan Reid 6-6 RFr.* Washington, D.C./St. John’s
Hwt. Dan Garay 6-2 Jr.* Rahway, NJ/Rahway
Hwt. Gian Villante 6-2 RFr.* Wantagh, NY/MacArthur
*Used red-shirt season
anticipated starters in bold
Head Coach: Tom Ryan (Iowa, 92), 10th season
Assistant Coaches: Rob Anspach, Donny Pritzlaff
Strength and Conditioning Coaches: Ryan Martin, Pete Cariello and Brad Christie
Administrative Assistant/Academic Coordinator: Bob Busby
2004-05 ANTICIPATED STARTERS
125 - Dave Tomasette, RFr., (2004 N.J. state champion; High School
Nationals runner-up)
133 - Charles Griffin, Fr., (2003 H.S. Nationals champion; Outstanding
Wrestler in Pennsylvania Award)
141 - John Manarte, So. or Ricky LaForge, Sr., (Both are NCAA qualifiers –
Manarte in 2004, LaForge in 2003)
149 - Jon Masa, Jr., (2004 Olympic red-shirt; 2003 NCAA qualifier,
All-American)
157 - James Strouse, So., (2004 NCAA qualifier; CAA finalist)
165 - Mike Patrovich, So., (2004 red-shirt; 2003 NCAA qualifier)
ROSTER BREAKDOWN
By Class:
Seniors: 3
Juniors: 6
Sophomores: 4
Freshmen: 6
174 - Paul Siemon, Sr., (2004 NCAA qualifier and CAA finalist; 2003 red-shirt; 2002 CAA finalist & NCAA qualifier)
184 - Joe Rovelli, Fr., (2004 Pennsylvania state champion)
197 - Chris Skretkowicz, Sr., (2004 NCAA qualifier, All-American and CAA champion;
2003 NCAA qualifier & All-American; 2002 CAA finalist and NCAA qualifier)
HWT - Dan Garay, Jr. or Gian Villante, RFr., (Garay – Fourth place at 2004 CAA Championships;
Villante – 2003 NY state champion, Honorable mention All-American)
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By State:
New York: 8
New Jersey: 6
Pennsylvania: 2
Ohio: 2
Washington, DC: 1
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With seven NCAA qualifiers from the past two seasons returning this
year, including two All-Americans, the Hofstra University wrestling team
is looking to win its fifth consecutive conference championship and
break into the Top 10 at the NCAA championships in St. Louis, Missouri,
in March.
The Pride, who posted a 15-5 dual match record last season, including
an 8-0 conference dual mark that extended one of the longest
conference undefeated streaks to 35 matches, graduated four NCAA
qualifiers at the end of last season. Those losses were three-time
qualifier Tom Noto at 125, two-time honorable mention All-American
Ralph Everett at 165, four-time NCAA qualifier and two-time conference
champion Noel Thompson at 174, and two-time NCAA qualifier Brad
Christie at 184.
But Hofstra Head Wrestling Coach Tom Ryan has the cupboard far from
empty with the return of two-time All-American, senior Chris
Skretkowicz at 197 pounds, 2003 All-American, junior Jon Masa, who
returns after an Olympic red-shirt year, and a total of seven NCAA
qualifiers. “We want to focus on the preparation required to be
successful at this level,” Ryan says. “This team has plenty of talent and
will be guided by our two returning All-Americans Chris Skretkowicz and
Jon Masa. We have a few weight classes that need to be filled. The 174
and 184 pound classes are question marks for us. We will be young but
talented at 125 and 133. Our talent, however, guarantees us nothing. We
will take one day and one match at a time.”
The Pride will boast one of its most difficult dual match schedules in
school history in 2004-05. Hofstra will square off against the top three
teams in the preseason polls in defending national champions Oklahoma
State in February, second ranked Lehigh right after Thanksgiving, and
number three Nebraska to open the season, as well as nationally ranked
Cornell, Pennsylvania and Rider. In addition, the Pride will wrestle in the
Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational in December, which features many of
the top programs in the country, and the NWCA/Cliff Keen National
Duals in Cleveland in January, where they placed sixth last year. “These
events allow us the challenges necessary to compete and win at the
National Championship,” Ryan said.
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Jon Masa
2004-05 HOFSTRA WRESTLING PREVIEW
WEIGHT CLASS BREAK DOWN:
125 - At 125 pounds Dave Tomasette (Sewell, NJ), a high school
standout at Washington Township, New Jersey, looks to make his mark
after red-shirting during the 2003-04 season. Tomasette won a New
Jersey state title and finished second at the High School Nationals as a
senior. He will be challenged by true freshman standout Bryan Nunziato
(East Rutherford, NJ) from Bergen Catholic High School in New Jersey.
Nunziato was a four-time all-state wrestler and a Cadet National
Champion.
133 - Freshman Charles Griffin (Reading, PA), the 2003 Outstanding
Wrestler in Pennsylvania, is expected to get the starting nod at 133
pounds this season. Griffin ended his scholastic career at Reading High
School with a dominant performance while earning the title at the High
School Nationals. Griffin could be challenged by the odd man out at 141
pounds, who would have to drop down a class.
Ricky LaForge
141 - The 141-pound weight class has two NCAA qualifiers battling for
the starting job. Returning starter sophomore John Manarte
(Farmingville, NY), a 2004 NCAA qualifier and CAA finalist at 141
pounds last season, will be challenged by senior Ricky LaForge
(Pompton Lakes, NJ), a 2003 NCAA qualifier and CAA Champion, who
moves up from 133 pounds. Manarte posted a 24-20 record in 2003-04.
LaForge, the 2003 CAA Championship Co-Outstanding Wrestler Award
winner, posted a 10-7 last year before missing the last two months of
the season. Both of these athletes have great skills. The odd man out
here may drop a weight class to challenge Griffin at 133 pounds.
149 - After an All-American season in 2003 and an Olympic red-shirt
year last season, Jon Masa (Long Beach, NY) returns to Hofstra and
will look to bring home an NCAA Championship. He recorded a 27-8
record, won the CAA championship at 141 pounds and earned freshman
All-American honors as a newcomer in 2001-02. Masa’s sophomore
season saw him post a 38-7 record, win the CAA title at 149 pounds and
earn All-American honors at 149 pounds in 2002-03. Many experts
believed his next step would be national champion. He gained valuable
experience last year with the national team of Puerto Rico in preparation
for the Olympic Games in Athens. He placed 13th in the World
Championships last year and is ready to return to the All-American
podium and possibly the top of the victory stand. Sophomore Doug
Thomas (Bedford, OH) will add depth and back up Masa.
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157 - Sophomore James Strouse (Levittown, NY), last year’s starter
and NCAA qualifier at 149, is bigger and stronger and is the favorite to
win this position, left vacant by Paul Siemon’s change in weight class.
Strouse was a CAA finalist and posted a 23-12 record last year. He will
be challenged by sophomore Chris Vondruska (Bay Village, OH) for the
starting spot. Vondruska was 15-11 overall and 5-1 in against CAA
opponents last season, and won several big matches for the Pride last
year. Between the two wrestlers, they posted an 11-1 record against
conference opponents last season.
Mike Patrovich
165 - Despite the graduation of three-time NCAA qualifier and two-time
conference champion Ralph Everett, Hofstra is deep and talented and
has many options at 165 pounds this season. The weight class features
the return of 2003 NCAA qualifier junior Mike Patrovich (Bohemia, NY),
junior Stefan Serie (Merrick, NY), and either Strouse or Vondruska.
Patrovich posted a 28-11 record, finished second at the CAA
Championships and earned a spot on the conference’s All-Rookie team
in 2003. He returns after a medical red-shirt last season. Serie, who saw
limited action last year and posted a 2-2 record, is strong and quick, and
adds depth.
174 - The 174-pound weight class also took a hit with the graduation of
four-time NCAA qualifier and two-time conference champ Noel
Thompson. Senior Paul Siemon (Paramus, NJ), a two-time (2002 and
2004) NCAA qualifier and CAA finalist, moves up from the 157 pound
weight class this season. Siemon posted a 28-10 record, despite
missing a month of
action, and looks
Paul Siemon
even stronger this
year. Junior Billy
Simons (Yonkers,
NY), who saw
limited action last
year, will also add
depth. Patrovich
and Siemon could
see time at both
165 and 174 at
times this season.
184 - The
graduation of last
year’s starter Brad
Christie, a two-time
NCAA qualifier and
CAA champion in
2003, has left the
184-pound weight class in the hands of two newcomers. Freshman Joe
Rovelli (Wilkes-Barre, PA), a 2004 Pennsylvania state champion from
E.L. Meyers High School, and junior college transfer Chris Weidman
(Baldwin, NY), who earned All-American honors at Nassau Community
College in Garden City, New York, will both compete for mat time.
197 - Hofstra senior Chris Skretkowicz (Hamburg, NJ), after two All-
American honors, will be looking to go out a national champion in this,
his final season. The lanky, 6’5” three-time NCAA qualifier and two-time
CAA champion, posted a 41-4 overall record and was a perfect 8-0 in
CAA competition last year. His career record entering the 2004-05
season is 109-20. Red-shirt freshman Jordan Reid (Washington, D.C.)
and Weidman will be in the wings if Skretkowicz needs a rest.
HWT - There will be an interesting battle for the starting job at
heavyweight in 2004-05 between junior Dan Garay (Rahway, NJ) and
red-shirt freshman Gian Villante (Wantagh, NY). Both student-athletes
are members of the Hofstra Football team, with Garay a starting
defensive end and Villante a starting linebacker. Garay, last year’s starter,
is a former scholastic All-American and New Jersey champion. Villante
was an honorable mention All-American as a senior at MacArthur High
School and also won a New York state championship in 2003, posting a
43-3 record in his last scholastic season.
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James Strouse
Chris Skretkowicz
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2004-05 HOFSTRA WRESTLING NOTEBOOK
PRIDE RANKED 13TH IN NWCA/INTERMAT PRESEASON POLL: The
Hofstra Pride Wrestling team is ranked 13th in the 2004-05 National
Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA)/Intermat NCAA Division I
Preseason Poll. In addition, five Pride wrestlers are ranked in the Top 20
in their respective weight classes. Leading the pack is two-time All-
American senior Chris Skretkowicz, who is ranked fifth at 197 pounds.
Junior Jon Masa, a 2003 All-American who returns after an Olympic redshirt
in 2004, is ranked fifth at 149 pounds. Two Pride wrestlers are
ranked 13th in the preseason poll. Senior Ricky LaForge, a 2003 CAA
champion and NCAA qualifier at 133 pounds, is ranked 13th at 141
pounds and sophomore Mike Patrovich, who was an NCAA qualifier as a
CAA finalist in 2003, is ranked 13th at 165 pounds. Senior Paul Siemon,
who was a CAA finalist and a NCAA qualifier in 2002 and 2004 at 157
pounds, is ranked 14th at 157 although he is expected to wrestle at 174
pounds this season.
NWCA/INTERMAT PRESEASON POLL
As of 10/19/04
1-Oklahoma State
2-Lehigh
3-Nebraska
4-Illinois
5-Iowa State
6-Michigan
7-Minnesota
8-Oklahoma
9-Iowa
10-West Virginia
11-Missouri
12-Cornell
13T-HOFSTRA
13T-Central Michigan
15-Northern Iowa
16-Cal Poly
17-Penn State
18-Wisconsin
19-Edinboro
20-Pennsylvania
21-Purdue
22-Arizona State
23-Rider
24-Cal State-Bakersfield
25-Stanford
Paul Siemon
PRIDE WILL ROLL THE DICE AT THE LAS VEGAS INVITATIONAL: The
Pride will participate in two national regular season tournaments this
season beginning with the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Collegiate Invitational on
December 3 and 4 at the Cashman Convention Center. More than 40
colleges and universities will compete in the two-day early season
tournament that features many of the top programs in the country.
Slated to compete in the Las Vegas Invitational are Adams State, Arizona
State, Augustana, Boise State, Brown, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Cal
State-Bakersfield, Cal State-Fullerton, California-Davis, Citadel, Clarion,
Columbia, Cornell, Dana, Dickinson State, Eastern Michigan, Edinboro,
Fresno State, George Mason, Harvard, Hofstra, Iowa Central, Kent State,
Michigan, Missouri Valley, Missouri, Montana Northern, Nebraska, North
Carolina State, North Idaho, Northern Colorado, Northwest Ohio State,
Oregon State, Purdue, San Francisco State, UNC Greensboro, Buffalo,
Pennsylvania, Air Force, Utah Valley State, Virginia, VMI, West Virginia,
Western State, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
HOFSTRA RANKED 12TH BY W.I.N. MAGAZINE: Coming off of their
20th place finish at the 2004 NCAA Championships in St. Louis last
March, W.I.N. Magazine has ranked the Pride 12th in its 2004 NCAA
Division I Preseason Poll. W.I.N. Magazine ranked senior Ricky LaForge
19th at 141 pounds, junior Jon Masa fifth at 149 pounds, senior Paul
Siemon 11th at 157 pounds, sophomore Mike Patrovich 16th at 165
pounds and senior Chris Skretkowicz sixth at 197 pounds.
W.I.N. MAGAZINE PRESEASON POLL
As of 10/19/04
1-Oklahoma State
2-Lehigh
3-Illinois
4-Nebraska
5-Iowa State
6-Minnesota
7-Michigan
8-Oklahoma
9-Iowa
10-Missouri
11-Cornell
12-HOFSTRA
13-Cal Poly
14-Northern Iowa
15-West Virginia
16-Central Michigan
17-Wisconsin
18-Penn State
19-Purdue
20-Edinboro
21-Cal State-Bakersfield
22-Arizona State
23-Rider
24-Penn
25-Stanford
Ricky LaForge
HOFSTRA TO COMPETE IN THE NWCA/CLIFF KEEN NATIONAL DUALS:
The Pride will compete once again in the NWCA/Cliff Keen National
Duals at the Cleveland State University (OH) Convocation Center from
January 21-23. The multi-division, multi-affiliation tournament features
the following NCAA Division I programs: Oklahoma State, Minnesota,
Oklahoma, Cornell, Penn State, Michigan. Central Michigan, The Citadel,
Northern Iowa, Cal Poly, Lehigh, Illinois, Arizona State, Hofstra,
Cleveland State and West Virginia. The Pride placed seventh in the 2004
NWCA National Duals.
PRIDE RANKED 16TH BY AMATEUR WRESTLING NEWS: Hofstra is
ranked 16th in the Amateur Wrestling News NCAA Division I Preseason
Poll. AWN also ranked five Pride wrestlers in its Top 20 in their
respective weight classes. Sophomore John Manarte is ranked 16th at
141 pounds, junior Jon Masa is ranked sixth at 149 pounds, senior Paul
Siemon is ranked 12th at 157 pounds, sophomore Mike Patrovich is
ranked at 15th at 165 pounds and senior Chris Skretkowicz is sixth at
197 pounds.
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Dan Garay
AMATEUR WRESTLING NEWS
As of 9/27/04
1-Oklahoma State
2-Lehigh
3-Nebraska
4-Illinois
5-Iowa State
6-Oklahoma
7-Michigan
8-Iowa
9-Minnesota
10-West Virginia
11-Cornell
12-Northern Iowa
13-Cal Poly
14-Missouri
15-Pennsylvania
16-HOFSTRA
17-Michigan State
18-Oregon
19-Purdue
20-Central Michigan
Jon Masa
HOFSTRA CONTINUES CONFERENCE WINNING STREAK: The Pride will
continue their 35-match conference dual match undefeated streak in
2004-05. Hofstra, which won its last conference dual match in 1998-99,
was 6-0-1 in 1999-2000, 6-0-0 in 2000-01, 6-0-0 in 2001-02, 7-0-0 in
2002-03, and 8-0-0 in 2003-04. The last time Hofstra dropped a
conference dual match was February 17, 1999, when the Broncs of
Rider beat the Pride, 28-10, in an East Coast Wrestling Association
(ECWA) match.
THE WRESTLING MALL RANKS THE PRIDE 16TH IN PRESEASON
POLL: The Wrestling Mall ranks the Hofstra Pride 16th in its 2004-05
preseason poll. The Wrestling Mall also ranked four Hofstra wrestlers in
its top 20 rankings. Sophomore John Manarte is ranked 14th at 141
pounds, junior Jon Masa is ranked fifth at 149 pounds, senior Paul
Siemon is ranked 11th at 157 pounds and senior Chris Skretkowicz is
ranked sixth at 197 pounds.
THE WRESTLING MALL PRESEASON POLL
As of 10/4/04
1-Oklahoma State
2-Lehigh
3-Nebraska
4-Iowa State
5-Iowa
6-Illinois
7-Oklahoma
8-Michigan
9-Minnesota
10-West Virginia
11-Cornell
12-Missouri
13-Central Michigan
14-Pennsylvania
15-Cal Poly
16-HOFSTRA
17-Northern Iowa
18-Boise State
19-Stanford
20-Arizona State
21-Northern Illinois
22-Edinboro
23-Cal State-Bakersfield
24-Wisconsin
25-Penn State
HOFSTRA FAVORED AGAIN IN THE CAA: The Hofstra Pride are the
preseason favorite to record their fifth consecutive conference
championship in a vote of the Colonial Athletic Association coaches. The
Pride, who have all 10 wrestlers ranked in the CAA top six, accumulated
56 points in the preseason poll. Rider (38) and Drexel (34), each with 10
ranked wrestlers, placed second and third, respectively in the poll.
Boston and Sacred Heart round out the top half of the CAA preseason
poll. Old Dominion, George Mason, Wagner, Campbell and James
Madison complete the preseason poll.
TWO PRIDE WRESTLERS NAMED TO CAA PRESEASON ALL-
FRESHMAN TEAM: Freshmen Charles Griffin (133 pounds) and Joe
Rovelli (184 pounds) have been named to the 2004-05 CAA Preseason
All-Freshman Team in a vote by conference coaches. Dusty McKinney
from George Mason was picked at 125, Mike Roberts from Boston
University was selected at 141, Hunter Davenport from Old Dominion
was chosen at 149, Billy Haydt from Drexel was picked at 157, Chris
Tripp from B.U. was selected at 165, Randy Oates from George Mason
was chosen at 174, Jon Oplinger from Drexel was picked at 197 and
Alex Eaton from ODU was selected at heavyweight.
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John Manarte
Chris Skretkowicz
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CHRIS SKRETKOWICZ
Senior
197
Hamburg, NJ/Wallkill Valley Regional
Fourth season on the Hofstra
roster…Two-time All-American at 197
pounds…Ranked fifth at 197 pounds
in InterMat’s preseason poll…Is
ranked first in the Colonial Athletic
Association preseason poll...Has
recorded a 109-20 record during his
career…2003-2004: Earned All-
America honors at 197 pounds…
Placed fifth in the NCAA
Championships…Captured his second CAA Championship at 197
pounds by defeating Chris Jones of Drexel in the final…Selected CAA
Wrestler of the Year for the second consecutive season…Recorded a
41-4 overall record with 12 pins and two tech falls…Was 19-1 in dual
competition…Posted an 8-0 record in CAA duals to extend his
conference career dual record to 21-0…Captured championships at the
New York State Open and the Pennsylvania Keystone Classic, and
finished third at the Midlands Championships…Was a perfect 6-0 in
dual competition at the NWCA National Duals…Won 24 consecutive
matches…2002-2003: All-America selection…NCAA Wrestling
Championships qualifier…Placed sixth at the NCAA Championships…
CAA champion at 197 pounds…CAA Wrestler of the Year…Posted a
37-7 record…Was 18-2 in dual meets, including 7-0 in CAA competition…Had
six falls and seven technical falls…Named Most Outstanding
Wrestler at the Nittany Lion Open after placing first at 197 pounds…
Placed second at the Bearcat Open…Placed third at the Midlands
Championship…Went 3-3 at the NCAA Wrestling Championships…
2001-2002: NCAA qualifier…Colonial Athletic Association Rookie of
the Year… Freshman All-American…Amateur Wrestling News All-
Rookie selection…Posted a record of 31-9 with seven pins…Ranked
second on the team in wins…Recorded seven pins
NCAA ALL-AMERICANS
and two technical falls…Was 14-4 in dual meets, including 6-0 in
conference duals…Placed first at the New York State Championships
and the Bearcat Open…Runner-up at the Colonial Athletic Association
Championships…Had a 19-match wining streak…High School: Lettered
in wrestling at Wallkill Valley Regional High School in Hamburg, New
Jersey…Won a state championship as a junior and placed second as a
senior…Was fifth as a sophomore…Had a scholastic record of 126-
13…Placed second at the Greco-Roman Nationals as a senior and third
as a junior…Placed seventh at the Freestyle Nationals as a sophomore,
junior and senior…Personal: Born December 28, 1982…Has two
brothers…Brother, Jason, wrestled at Hofstra from 2001-2003…Began
wrestling at age 6…Interdisciplinary studies major.
“I came to Hofstra because the coaching
staff were the only recruiters who really took
an interest in my academic success.”
Year Overall CAA Duals Falls T-Falls
2001-02 31-9 6-0 14-4 7-2 2-1
2002-03 37-7 7-0 18-2 6-0 7-0
2003-04 41-4 8-0 19-1 12-1 2-0
Career 109-20 21-0 51-7 25-3 11-1
Chris Skretkowicz
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JON MASA
Junior
149
Long Beach, NY/Long Beach
Third year on the Hofstra Wrestling
roster…All-American candidate...Is
ranked fifth at 149 pounds in the
InterMat and W.I.N. Magazine
preseason polls and sixth by the
Amateur Wrestling News...Is the topranked
wrestler at 149 in the Colonial
Athletic Association preseason
poll...2003-2004: Missed the entire
NCAA season while preparing for the
Olympic Games in Athens with the national team of Puerto Rico...Placed
13th at the World Championships…2002-2003: All-American
selection…NCAA Wrestling Championships qualifier…Colonial
Athletic Association champion at 149 pounds…Placed seventh at the
NCAA’s…Led Hofstra with a 38-7 record, 11 falls and eight technical
falls…Was 15-3 in dual meets and 6-0 in CAA dual meets…Placed first
at the Bearcat Open, third at the Midlands Championship and fifth at the
Nittany Lion Open…2001-2002: NCAA qualifier…Freshman All-
American…Amateur Wrestling News All-Rookie selection…Colonial
Athletic Association champion at 141 pounds…Posted a record of 27-
8…Recorded seven pins and five technical falls…Placed first at the
Bearcat Open…Placed third at the New York State Championships…Had
a 13-match winning streak…2000-2001: Red-shirted…Posted a 5-2
record as an unattached competitor…Wrestled seven matches at the
East Stroudsburg Open…Had two pins…High School: Wrestled for six
Jon Masa
NCAA ALL-AMERICANS
years at Long Beach High School…Began his varsity career as a
seventh-grader…High School National Champion…Named to high
school All-American team as a senior…Five-time All-Nassau County
selection…Personal: Born October 2, 1982…Has one brother…Also
recruited by Nebraska…Plans to enter the sports management
field…Interdisciplinary studies major.
“The proximity to my home made the
decision to come to Hofstra easy. It was
important for me to wrestle in front of the
Long Island community.”
Year Overall CAA Duals Falls T-Falls
2001-02 27-8 4-0 13-3 7-2 5-1
2002-03 38-7 6-0 15-3 11-2 8-0
2003-04 Olympic Red-shirt
Career 65-15 10-0 28-6 18-4 13-1
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RICKY LAFORGE
Senior
141
Pompton Lakes, NJ/Indian Hills
Fourth season on the Hofstra Wrestling
roster…All-American candidate...Will
move up a weight class to 141 pounds
this season...Ranked 13th by InterMat
heading into 2004-2005 season…
Shares the top spot at 141 pounds
with teammate John Manarte in the
Colonial Athletic Association preseason
poll...2003-2004: Posted a 10-7 overall
record as a junior...Missed the last
month of the season...Recorded a 4-2 record in dual matches...Tallied
two pins...Placed second at the Pennsylvania Keystone Classic posting a
3-1 record...Dropped a 3-1 decision to David Hoffman of Virginia Tech in
the Keystone championship match...Placed seventh in the Midlands
Championships, recording a 4-3 record...Did not wrestle a conference
match and missed the CAA Championships as a junior...Was ranked
17th by InterMat in its 2003-2004 preseason poll…2002-2003: NCAA
Wrestling Championships participant…Colonial Athletic Association
champion at 133 pounds…Co-Most Outstanding Wrestler at the CAA
Championships…Posted a 28-8 record on the season…Was 14-2 in
dual meets, including a 7-0 mark in conference duals…Recorded four
falls and five technical falls…Most Outstanding Wrestler at the Bearcat
Open after posting a 5-0 record…Placed fourth at the Nittany Lion Open
and eighth at the Midlands Championship…Was 0-2 at the NCAA
Wrestling Championships…2001-2002: Wrestled in four matches for
the Pride at the Colonial Athletic Association Championships…Posted a
2-2 record with two pins…High School: Wrestled and played golf at
Indian Hills High School in Oakland, New Jersey…High School All-
American…Won a state championship as a senior…Placed second at
the High School Nationals…
Team Most Valuable Player
as asenior…Posted a career
record of 102-9 with 79
pins…Personal: Born April
27, 1983…Began his
collegiate career at West
Virginia University, but did
not compete…Has one
sister…Hobbies include
golf…Plans to pursue a
career on Wall Street…
Marketing major.
Ricky LaForge
NCAA QUALIFIERS
“I was not wise with my original choice of
college, but I had the opportunity to change
that and I think Hofstra is the perfect fit. I
like the fact that the school is close to home,
with good academics and a big-time
wrestling program.”
Year Overall CAA Duals Falls T-Falls
2001-02 2-2 0-0 0-0 2-1 0-0
2002-03 28-8 7-0 14-2 4-1 5-0
2003-04 10-7 0-0 4-2 2-1 0-0
Career 40-17 7-0 18-4 8-3 5-0
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JOHN MANARTE
Sophomore
141
Farmingville, NY/Sachem
Third year on the Hofstra Pride
Wrestling roster...Is expected to
challenge Ricky LaForge for the
starting job at 141 pounds...Is ranked
14th by the Wrestling Mall and 16th by
Amateur Wrestling News in their 2004-
05 preseason polls at 141 pounds...
Shares the top spot at 141 pounds
with teammate Jon Masa in the
Colonial Athletic Association preseason
poll...2003-2004: NCAA Championships qualifier...Recorded an 0-2
mark at the NCAA Championships…Tallied a 3-1 record and placed
second in the Colonial Athletic Association Championships at 141
pounds...Dropped a 5-3 decision to Josh Ruff from Binghamton in the
title match...Posted a 24-20 overall record as a red-shirt freshman...Was
9-10 in dual matches and chalked up a 5-3 mark in CAA dual matches
...Placed fifth at the Keystone Classic with a 6-2 record...Was 2-2 at the
Midlands Championships...2002-2003: Red-shirted…Named to the
Preseason Colonial Athletic Association All-Freshman team…Posted a
10-6 record in open competitions…Wrestled at the Bearcat Open (5-2),
the East Stroudsburg Open (2-2) and the Nittany Lion Open (3-2)…Won
one match by technical fall…High School: Wrestled and played soccer
at Sachem High School in Ronkonkoma, New York...Led wrestling team
to a league title in 2002...Named All-American as a senior...Placed
NCAA QUALIFIERS
seventh at Nationals and third in New York State...Suffolk County
champion...Won a gold medal at the 2000 Empire State Games...
Personal: Born June 24, 1984…Has one sister...Hobbies include going
to the beach and fishing...Also recruited by Missouri, Rider and
Binghamton… Began wrestling at age 12…Undecided major.
“I chose Hofstra because it offered the
perfect combination of academics and
athletics that would challenge me in the
classroom and on the mat.”
Year Overall CAA Duals Falls T-Falls
2002-03 (RS) 10-6 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0
2003-04 24-20 5-3 9-10 3-1 1-0
Career 34-26 5-3 9-10 3-1 2-0
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MIKE PATROVICH
Junior
165
Bohemia, NY/Islip
Fourth year on the Hofstra Wrestling
roster…All-America candidate…Is
expected to move up a weight class to
165 as a junior...Is ranked 13th by
InterMat and 15th by the Amateur
Wrestling News in their 2004-05
preseason polls...Is the number oneranked
wrestler at 165 pounds in the
Colonial Athletic Association preseason
poll...2003-2004: Had an injury and
missed the entire season...Was ranked ninth in the nation by InterMat
heading into the season...2002-2003: NCAA Wrestling Championships
selection…Colonial Athletic Association All-Rookie selection…Placed
second at the Colonial Athletic Association Championships…Posted a
28-11 record on the season…Was 14-5 in dual meets, including 5-2 in
CAA duals…Won two matches by fall and two by technical fall…Placed
first at the Nittany Lion Open…Placed second at the Bearcat Open…
Went 1-2 at the NCAA Wrestling Championships…2001-2002: Redshirted
as a true freshman…Posted an 8-2 record in open meets…
Recorded three pins…Went 5-0 and placed first at the Bearcat Open…
Was 2-3 at the East Stroudsburg Open…High School: Wrestled for five
years and played football for four years at Islip High School…Won high
school national championship as a senior…2001 New York State
champion…Placed at state tournament three times…Three-time Suffolk
County champion…Suffolk County and Long Island Wrestler of the
Year…Dellicave Award winner as best athlete in Suffolk County…All-
Suffolk County selection in wrestling…Two-time all-league selection in
Mike Patrovich
NCAA QUALIFIERS
football…Personal: Born September 12, 1983…Has two brothers…Was
also recruited by Eastern Michigan and Binghamton…Aspires to teach
physical education and coach…Physical education major.
“The main reason I came to Hofstra was to
be a part of its up-and-coming wrestling
program, which with the help of an
outstanding coaching staff has developed
and is continuing to develop into one of the
top programs in the nation. Hofstra was also
chosen for its outstanding academic
reputation and close proximity to my home.”
Year Overall CAA Duals Falls T-Falls
2001-02 (RS) 8-2 0-0 0-0 3-1 0-0
2002-03 28-11 5-2 14-5 2-1 2-0
2003-04 Red-shirt
Career 36-13 5-2 14-5 5-2 2-0
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PAUL SIEMON
Senior
174
Paramus, NJ/Don Bosco Prep/
Springfield College
Fourth season on the Hofstra Wrestling
roster…Is expected to jump two
weight classes to 174 pounds as a
senior...Was ranked 14th by InterMat
and 12th by Amateur Wrestling News
at 157 pounds entering the 2004-05
season...Is the top ranked wrestler at
174 pounds in the Colonial Athletic
Association preseason poll...2003-
2004: NCAA qualifier...Recorded a 2-2 record at the NCAA
Championships...Was Colonial Athletic Association Championships
finalist, posting a 3-1 record in the tournament...Dropped the CAA title
match to Dave Miller from Rider by fall but came back to beat him at the
nationals by default...Was 28-10 overall and 5-0 in CAA dual matches...
Posted an 11-4 record in dual matches...Placed second with a 4-1
record at the New York State Open at Cortland State, dropping the title
match to eventual National Champion Jesse Jantzen from Harvard...
Captured the Pennsylvania Keystone Classic title at 157 pounds with a
4-0 record that included three decisions and a major decision...Defeated
Brett Vanderveer from Penn for the Keystone title...Placed seventh at the
Midlands Championships with a 4-2 record and defeated two top 20ranked
wrestlers...Missed the last five weeks of the regular season due
to injury, but returned to place second at the CAA Championships...CAA
Commissioner’s Academic Award recipient…2002-2003: Red-shirted…
Wrestled unattached at the Bearcat, East Stroudsburg and Nittany Lion
Opens…Posted an 11-4 record…Placed third at East Stroudsburg
…2001-2002: NCAA qualifier…Placed second at Colonial Athletic
NCAA QUALIFIERS
Association Championships…Posted a 21-16 record with five pins…
Was 8-9 in dual meets, including 4-1 in conference duals…Placed first
at the Central Jersey Open…Finished second at the New York State
Championships…Placed third at the Bearcat Open…At Springfield
College: NCAA Division III qualifier…Posted a record of 29-13…Led
team in wins…High School: Wrestled and played soccer for four years
at Don Bosco Prep in Ramsey, New Jersey…Three-time wrestling team
Most Valuable Player…Two-time regional champion…Placed seventh at
the state championship as a junior and fifth as a senior…All-county
selection as a junior and senior…Holds school records for career wins
(90) and single-season victories (32)…Personal: Born April 13, 1982…
Has two brothers…Began wrestling at age 7…Sociology major.
“I transferred to Hofstra because I wanted big time
Division I wrestling. This was the best place in the
East to become an All-American and win a National
Title.”
Year Overall CAA Duals Falls T-Falls
2001-02 21-16 4-1 8-9 5-0 0-0
2002-03 11-4 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0
2003-04 28-10 5-0 11-4 2-3 1-0
Career 60-30 9-1 19-13 8-3 1-0
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JAMES STROUSE
Sophomore
157
Levittown, NY/MacArthur
Third season on the Hofstra Wrestling
roster...Is expected to move up to 157
pounds this season and challenge
Chris Vondruska for the starting
job...Enters the 2004-05 season ranked
second in the Colonial Athletic
Association at 157 pounds...2003-
2004: NCAA qualifier at 149
pounds...Posted a 1-2 record at the
NCAA Championships in St.
Louis...Was the CAA Championships finalist at 149 pounds and tallied
a 3-1 record in the tournament...Dropped and 8-4 decision to secondranked
Adrian Austin from George Mason in the title match...Recorded a
23-12 overall mark and a 6-1 record in conference dual matches...Was
9-4 overall in duals...Had four falls, the fastest in 1:35 against James
Madison...Placed third at the New York State Open with a 4-1
record...Placed fifth at the Pennsylvania Keystone Classic with a 5-2
James Strouse
NCAA QUALIFIERS
mark...2002-2003: Red-shirted…Posted a 5-3 record in open
competitions…Went 2-1 at the Bearcat Open and 3-2 at the Nittany Lion
Open…Recorded four pins…High School: Lettered in wrestling,
lacrosse and track at MacArthur High School in Levittown, New
York...New York State and Nassau County champion as a senior...All-
New York State selection as a junior and senior…Three-time All-Nassau
County selection...Posted a 40-0 record as a senior...Personal: Born
April 3, 1984…Has one sister...Worked wrestling camps during the
summer...Hobbies include handball and jogging…Also recruited by
Rider…History major.
Year Overall CAA Duals Falls T-Falls
2002-03 (RS) 5-3 0-0 0-0 4-1 0-0
2003-04 23-12 6-1 9-4 4-2 0-1
Career 28-15 6-1 9-4 8-3 0-1
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DAN GARAY
Junior
Heavyweight
Rahway, NJ/Rahway
Fourth season on the Hofstra
Wrestling team…Is the second ranked
heavyweight in the Colonial Athletic
Association preseason poll...Is also a
member of the Hofstra Football
team...Was an All-Atlantic 10 third
team selection in 2004...2003-2004:
Posted a 10-12 overall record as a
junior.. Recorded a 7-1 mark in CAA
dual matches and was 8-8 in all
duals... Placed fourth in the Colonial Athletic Association Championships
at heavyweight...Posted a 4-0 record at the CAA Duals...2002-2003:
Colonial Athletic Association All-Rookie selection…Posted an 8-5
record on the season before being sidelined due to injury…Was 7-3 in
dual meets, including 5-0 in conference duals…Had one pin…2001-
2002: Red-shirted as a true freshman…High School: Was a four-year
member of both the football and wrestling teams, was a two-year
member of the track team and played baseball for one year at Rahway
High School in Rahway, New Jersey…State champion in wrestling…
Named Union County Wrestler of the Year by the Newark Star-
Ledger…First team All-Union County…Had a 33-0 record as a
senior…Was a member of the North Jersey Section II champions and
the Group III state finalists in football…Second team All-New Jersey…
Also named to All-Group III, All-Union City and All-Mountain Valley first
teams at defensive end…Personal: Born March 1, 1983…Has one
brother and one sister…Comes from an athletic family…His father,
Tony, was a standout for Hofstra from 1968-70 and played with the Los
Angeles Rams…His brother, Antonio, was a member of the football and
wrestling teams at Boston College while his cousin, Carlos, was a
standout quarterback for Hofstra in the mid-1990s…Was recruited by
Rutgers, Army, New Hampshire and Fordham…Enjoys other sports and
cooking in his free time…Marketing major.
Year Overall CAA Duals Falls T-Falls
2001-02 Red-shirt
2002-03 8-5 5-0 7-3 1-1 0-0
2003-04 10-12 7-1 8-8 0-1 0-0
Career 18-17 12-1 15-11 1-2 0-0
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JORDAN REID
Freshman (RS)
197
Washington, D.C./St. John’s
Second year on the Hofstra roster...Is
expected to miss most of the 2004-
2005 season with an injury...2003-
2004: Was a freshman red-shirt...
Competed in the New York State Open
and posted an 0-2 record...High
School: Wrestled for three years at St.
John’s High School in Washington,
D.C…Team captain…Personal: Born
May 18, 1985…Has two brothers…
Began wrestling at age 13…Hopes to become a Navy Seal…Undecided
major.
Year Overall CAA Duals Falls T-Falls
2003-04 (RS) 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0
Career 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0
STEFAN SERIE
Junior
165
Merrick, NY/St. Anthony’s
Fourth season on the Hofstra Wrestling
roster...Will move up a weight class to
165 pounds this season...Is expected to
provide depth behind Mike Patrovich…
2003-2004: Saw limited action as a
sophomore...Posted a 2-2 record on the
season...Tallied a 1-0 mark in Colonial
Athletic Association action...Was 1-2 at
the Pennsylvania Keystone Classic...
Posted victories over wrestlers from
Duke and Wagner...CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award recipient…2002-2003:
Was 3-5 on the season…Posted a 1-3 dual meet
record after wrestling in four CAA duals…Won two matches by
fall…2001-2002: Enrolled at Hofstra in January 2002…Redshirted...High
School: Wrestled and played football four years at St.
Anthony’s High School in Huntington, New York… CHSAA state champion...Named
Most Valuable Wrestler in 2001...MVP of the NSCHSAA
Wrestling League...Went 34-2 as a senior and won five
tournaments...Football team co-MVP...Captained wrestling and football
teams…Received Army ROTC Award in 2001...Personal: Born July 1,
1983…Has two brothers who both played football at Siena College...
Wrestled at the 2002 Empire State Games…Enjoys reading in spare
time...Health education major.
Year Overall CAA Duals Falls T-Falls
2001-02 Red-shirt
2002-03 3-5 1-3 1-3 2-2 0-1
2003-04 2-2 1-0 1-0 1-1 1-1
Career 5-7 2-3 2-3 3-3 1-2
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BILLY SIMONS
Junior
174
White Plains, NY/White Plains
Third year on the Hofstra roster...Is
expected to move up a weight class
this season to 174 pounds...Will
provide depth behind Paul Siemon..
.2003-2004: Saw limited action as a
sophomore...Posted a 1-4 record...
Tallied a 1-2 mark at the Pennsylvania
Keystone Classic...Was 0-2 at the New
York State Open...2002-2003: Was 1-5
on the season…Wrestled at the
Bearcat, East Stroudsburg and Nittany Lion Opens…High School:
Wrestled and played lacrosse for two years at White Plains High
School...First team All-Westchester County selection as a senior...Named
to all-section and all-league teams in 2002…Placed second at sectional
tournament…Posted a 31-1 record as a senior with a 31-match winning
streak…Somers Tournament Most Outstanding Wrestler...Named allleague
and received the Coaches Award in lacrosse as a senior...
Personal: Born June 16, 1984…Has one brother...Works as a caddy
during the summer…Hobbies include fishing and lifting weights...
Starting wrestling at age 15…Business major.
Year Overall CAA Duals Falls T-Falls
2002-03 1-5 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0
2003-04 1-4 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0
Career 2-9 0-0 0-0 0-3 0-0
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DOUG THOMAS
Sophomore (RS)
149
Bedford, OH/Bedford
Third year on the Hofstra roster...Will
provide depth behind Jon Masa at 149
pounds...2003-2004: Did not see any
action as a sophomore...2002-2003:
Competed in four matches…Posted an
0-4 record on the season…High
School: Wrestled for four years, ran
cross country for three years and
played soccer for two years at Bedford
High School...Ranks fifth in career wins
at Bedford with 82...Named Most Valuable Wrestler and Most Dedicated
Wrestler as a senior...First team all-league selection...Finished senior
year with a 38-4 record...Four-time scholar-athlete…Personal: Born
August 18, 1984…Has two sisters...Collects cards and coins…Began
wrestling at age 13…Served as a freshman mentor during high
school…Plans to pursue a career in politics and practice law…Political
science major with a minor in economics.
Year Overall CAA Duals Falls T-Falls
2002-03 0-4 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0
2003-04 Red-shirt
Career 0-4 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0
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DAVE TOMASETTE
Freshman (RS)
125
Sewell, NJ/Washington Township
Is the front-runner for the starting job
at 125 pounds...Enters the 2004-2005
season as the third ranked wrestler at
125 pounds in the Colonial Athletic
Association preseason poll...2003-
2004: Was named to Preseason
Colonial Athletic Association All-
Freshman team...Red-shirted as a
freshman...Placed third and posted a
4-1 record at the New York State Open
at Cortland State...High School: Wrestled for four years and played
soccer for one year at Washington Township High School in Turnersville,
New Jersey…State champion as a senior…Placed third at the state
tournament as a sophomore and junior…Placed second at High School
Nationals…Regional champion as a junior and senior…Three-time
district champion…Four-time all-conference selection…Team Most
Valuable Player…Posted a 135-10 scholastic record…Team captain for
three years…Personal: Born March 19, 1985…Has one brother…Young
Life volunteer…Also recruited by American, Rutgers and Lock
Haven…Aspires to be a police officer and coach…Undecided major.
Year Overall CAA Duals Falls T-Falls
2003-04(RS) 4-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0
Career 4-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0
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CHRISTOPHER VONDRUSKA
Sophomore
165
Bay Village, OH/St. Edward
Third year on the Pride roster...Is
expected to challenge for the starting
job at 157 pounds and could also provide
depth behind Mike Patrovich at 165
pounds...2003-2004: Posted a 15-11
overall record as a freshman...Had a 10-
9 record at 149 pounds and was 5-2 at
157 pounds...Tallied a 5-1 mark in CAA
duals and was 7-6 overall in
duals...Tallied three pins...Placed fifth
with a 5-1 record at 149 pounds in the New York State Open at Cortland
State...Captured sixth place with a 3-3 record at the Pennsylvania
Keystone Classic...Won five of his last seven matches at 157 pounds to
end the season...CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award recipient…2002-
2003: Red-shirted…Named to the Preseason Colonial Athletic
Association All-Freshman team…Compiled a 3-5 record in open
competitions…Wrestled at the Bearcat, East Stroudsburg and Nittany
Lion Opens…High School: Wrestled for four years at Saint Edward High
School in Lakewood, Ohio...Member of four state championship
teams…Named to High School All-American squad after placing fourth
at the High School Nationals...Also named to Greco-Roman All-American
team…Finished second at the Ohio State Tournament as a junior and
senior…Had a career record of 112-38…Personal: Born June 24,
1983…Has one brother...Hobbies include snowboarding and playing
cards...Also recruited by Missouri and American…Business major.
Year Overall CAA Duals Falls T-Falls
2002-03 (RS) 3-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2003-04 15-11 5-1 7-6 3-0 0-0
Career 18-16 5-1 7-6 3-0 0-0
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CHARLES GRIFFIN
Freshman
133
Reading, PA/Reading
High School: Wrestled for four years
at Reading High School…High School
National Champion as a senior…State
runner-up…2004 All-American…Won
state championship as a junior…
Personal: Born December 12, 1984…
Has one brother and one sister…Also
recruited by Lock Haven and Rider…
Plans on pursuing a coaching career
after graduation…Undecided major.
BRYAN NUNZIATO
Freshman
125
East Rutherford, NJ/Bergen Catholic
High School: Wrestled for four years
at Bergen Catholic High School in
Oradell, New Jersey…Member of two
state championship teams while at
Bergen Catholic…Named the 2002
North Jersey Wrestler of the Year…
Posted a 141-7 record during
scholastic career…Placed second in
New Jersey state tournament as a
sophomore and junior, and fourth as a
freshman and sophomore…Ranks sixth in career victories in the state of
New Jersey…Cadet National freestyle champion…Personal: Born April
8, 1985…Has one brother…Hobbies include golf and chess…Also
recruited by Penn State, Lehigh and Iowa State…Undecided major.
JOE ROVELLI
Freshman
184
Wilkes-Barre, PA/E.L. Meyers
High School: Earned four letters in
wrestling, three in track and one in
football at E.L. Meyers High School in
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania…State
champion as a senior…State runnerup
as a junior…Placed seventh as a
sophomore…Posted a career record of
130-19…Personal: Born May 7, 1986
…Has two brothers and one sister…
Began wrestling at age 8…Also
recruited by Maryland, Penn State and Bloomsburg…Aspires to work on
Wall Street…Undecided major.
GIAN VILLANTE
Sophomore
Heavyweight
Wantagh, NY/MacArthur
First season on the Hofstra Wrestling
team…Starting linebacker on the Pride
Football team…Led team in tackles in
2004…Buck Buchanan Award finalist
…High School: Was a four year
member of the football and wrestling
teams at MacArthur High School in
Levittown, New York…Honorable
mention All-American as a senior…
2003 New York state champion…
Placed third as a junior…Placed fifth at the 2003 NHSCA Senior
Championships…Posted a 43-3 record as senior…Helped MacArthur to
three Nassau County championships…Was a key member of
MacArthur’s first ever Nassau County football championship team…Allstate
selection as a senior after posting 106 tackles, six sacks and three
forced fumbles…Selected the 2002 Thorpe Award winner as the top
football player in Nassau County…Also received the Bill Piner Award as
the top linebacker in Nassau County…Named to the High School
Heisman All-Star team…Voted to All-Long Island, all-county and allleague
teams…Named to the Governor’s Bowl team…Was named to allleague
and all-county teams as a junior…Recorded 279 career tackles
…Personal: Born August 18, 1985…Has one brother and two sisters
…Enjoys reading and working out in his spare time…Was recruited by
Buffalo, Maine, Northeastern, Connecticut and Virginia…Volunteers as a
youth wrestling and football coach…Physical education major.
CHRIS WEIDMAN
Junior
197
Baldwin, NY/Baldwin/Nassau
Community College
Joins the Pride after two seasons at
Nassau Community College in Garden
City, New York…At Nassau CC:
Member of NJCAA National
Championship squad…Two-time All-
American…High School: Is a 2002
graduate of Baldwin High
School…Wrestled and played football…Team
was conference champions…New
York state champion…Two-time Section 8
champion…Personal: Born June 17, 1984…Has one brother and one
sister…Brother, Charlie, played football at American Chris Skretkowicz
International…Physical education major with a minor in business.
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STUART RABINOWITZ
PRESIDENT OF HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY
Stuart Rabinowitz was chosen by the Hofstra
University Board of Trustees to serve as the eighth
President of the University on December 20, 2000.
Prior to his appointment, he served as Dean of Hofstra
University School of Law from September 1989 through
June 2001. He joined the faculty of the Law School in
1972. President Rabinowitz currently holds the Andrew M.
Boas and Mark L. Claster Distinguished Professorship in
Civil Procedure.
President Rabinowitz holds positions with a number of
important government and community organizations,
including the Judicial Advisory Council of the State of New
York Unified Court System - County of Nassau, the Nassau
County Health and Welfare Council and the Holocaust
Memorial & Educational Center of Nassau County. He
serves on the Board of Directors for the Long Island
Association, the Long Island Coalition for Fair
Broadcasting, he Long Island Technology Network, Project
GRAD of the Roosevelt Union Free School District as well
as on the Board of Trustees of the Commission on
Independent Colleges and Universities. President
Rabinowitz is a former member of the Nassau County Blue
Ribbon Financial Review Panel and former chair of the
Nassau County Local Advisory Board. Additionally,
President Rabinowitz served as a member of the Nassau
County Commission on Government Revision, which was
charged with drafting a new charter and a new form of
government for the County. He is the recipient of the
Martin Luther King Living the Dream Award, EOC;
Distinguished Service in the Cause of Justice, Legal Aid
Society; UJA Federation Leadership Award; and the Bar
Association of Nassau County Proclamation for
Outstanding Service to both the Legal Profession and the
Community and the Community Service Award from the
Conference of Jewish Organizations of Nassau County.
President Rabinowitz received a juris doctor, magna cum
laude, from Columbia University School of Law, where he
was a member of the board of editors of the Columbia Law
Review and a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. He graduated
from City College of New York with honors, and is a
member of Phi Beta Kappa and the American Law Institute.
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UNIVERSITY SENIOR ADMINISTRATION
TRUSTEES OF HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY
As of September 2004
OFFICERS
Salvatore F. Sodano,* Chair
Anthony J. Bonomo, Vice Chair
John D. Miller,* Vice Chair
Martha S. Pope, Secretary
Stuart Rabinowitz, President
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MEMBERS
Alan J. Bernon*
Mark Broxmeyer*
Wayne J. Chrebet, Jr.*
John J. Conefry, Jr.
Robert F. Dall*
Maurice A. Deane*
Nelson DeMille* (on leave)
Helene Fortunoff
Leo A. Guthart
Peter S. Kalikow*
Abby Kenigsberg
Charles A. Koppelman
Arthur J. Kremer
Karen L. Lutz
David S. Mack*
James F. McCann
Janis M. Meyer*
Marilyn B. Monter*
Lewis S. Ranieri
Edwin C. Reed
Howard Safir*
Howard I. Smith
Terence E. Smolev*
Frank G. Zarb*
DELEGATES
Daniel E. Seabold, Speaker of the Faculty
Carole T. Ferrand, Chair, University Senate Executive Committee
Stuart L. Bass,* Chair, University Senate Planning and Budget Committee
Heather Gibbons, President, Student Government Association
Ahmed Mostafa, Vice President, Student Government Association
William R. Agresti,* President, Alumni Organization
Joseph D. Monticciolo, Chair, Hofstra Advisory Board
________
James H. Marshall,* President Emeritus
James M. Shuart,* President Emeritus
Donald E. Axinn,* Trustee Emeritus
Robert E. Brockway,* Trustee Emeritus
Emil V. Cianciulli,* Trustee Emeritus
George G. Dempster,* Chair Emeritus
Joseph L. Dionne,* Trustee Emeritus
Bernard Fixler,* Trustee Emeritus
Milton M. Gardner, Trustee Emeritus
Walter B. Kissinger, Trustee Emeritus
Ann M. Mallouk,* Trustee Emerita
Thomas H. O’Brien, Trustee Emeritus
Donald A. Petrie,* Trustee Emeritus
Arnold A. Saltzman, Trustee Emeritus
Norman R. Tengstrom,* Trustee Emeritus
*Hofstra Alumni
M. Patricia Adamski
Senior Vice President for
Planning and Administration
Dr. Herman Berliner
Provost and Senior Vice
President for Academic Affairs
Michael D’Amato
Vice President for Development
Dolores Fredrich, Esq.
Vice President for Legal Affairs
and General Counsel
Richard V. Guardino, Jr., Esq.
Vice President for Business
Development
Catherine Hennessy
Vice President for Financial Affairs
and Treasurer
Robert W. Juckiewicz
Vice President for Information
Technology
Gigi Lamens
Vice President for Enrollment
Management
Dr. Holly J. Seirup
Vice President for Campus Life
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DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS
JACK HAYES
Jack Hayes was appointed by Hofstra
University President Stuart Rabinowitz as the
University’s new athletic director on October 4,
2004. Hayes comes to Hofstra after serving
as an associate director of athletics at the
University of Connecticut, and replaces Harry
Royle, who is heading the University’s newly
energized athletic fundraising effort as the
executive director of athletic development and
endowment.
Hayes, the seventh director of athletics at
Hofstra, oversees Hofstra’s 18 Division I
teams, an athletic administration of more than
70 professional staff, and 430 student
athletes.
Hayes’ proven expertise in enhancing
academic and athletic success of studentathletes,
strategic planning, fundraising,
marketing, university relations, facility
enhancement, budgetary management, and
Danny McCabe
Executive Associate
Director of Athletics
ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATION
Cindy Lewis
Senior Associate Director
of Athletics
NCAA compliance will complement Hofstra
University’s athletic department in its quest to
further enhance its athletic program, and
assist Hofstra’s student-athletes both on and
off the field.
“We are pleased that the national search we
have conducted for our new athletic director
has resulted in the appointment of someone of
Jack Hayes’ caliber,” said President
Rabinowitz. “At Hofstra University, studentathletes
strive for excellence both on and off
the field, and Jack’s broad experience in
athletic administration and as a former
student-athlete will help Hofstra’s Athletic
Department continue its development as a
national program which recognizes that
student-athletes are students first.”
“I want to be part of an institution that is wellrespected
academically and has a history of
athletic success,” said Hayes. “At Hofstra
University, I have found an institution that
combines an outstanding reputation and the
ability to succeed in athletics, and I am very
excited about being a member of the Hofstra
University community.”
Hayes comes to Hofstra University with over
14 years of athletic administration experience,
including management positions at four
Division I institutions. His past three years
have been highlighted by leading the
University of Connecticut Division of Athletics
fund-raising efforts, where his responsibilities
included managing the operations of the
UConn Athletic Development Fund,
implementing policies and procedures for the
annual giving program, assisting with the
cultivation and solicitation of major gift
prospects, coordinating capital project
campaigns, overseeing special events, and
managing the athletic ticketing operation.
Jim Sheehan
Associate Director of
Athletics for
Communications
While at UConn, he served as a senior staff
member for a $40 million program that
supports 24 sports and 650 student-athletes.
From 1998 to 2001 Hayes served as director
of athletic administration at Fordham
University, where he was responsible for the
comprehensive internal operations of the
athletic department, including fiscal
management, facilities management, staff
training and development, ticket operations,
and NCAA compliance initiatives.
Prior to his tenure at Fordham, Hayes served
for two years as assistant director of athletics
at St. John’s University, where he managed the
fiscal operations of the athletic department
and supervised the business office. Hayes
began his professional career in college
athletics at Fairfield University, where he
served as assistant director of athletics. He
oversaw the addition of four sports programs
at Fairfield University – football, women’s
rowing, women’s lacrosse and women’s golf.
Hayes received a master’s degree in education
in 1992 with a concentration in sport
management from the University of
Connecticut. He holds a bachelor’s degree
(1989) from Providence College, where he
was a member of Providence’s NCAA Division
I lacrosse team. He was also awarded a
certificate of completion in 2001 from the
Sports Management Institute, Consortium of
the Universities of Michigan and Texas.
A native of Providence, Rhode Island, Hayes
graduated from the Providence Country Day
School where he lettered in football, basketball
and lacrosse. He and his wife, Bridget, have
been married since 1999, and they have a 2year
old daughter, Katie.
Mark Cox
Associate Director of
Athletics for External
Affairs
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Dan McCarthy
Associate Director of
Athletics for University
Eligibility and NCAA
Compliance
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Jay Artinian
Assistant Director of Sports
Facilities
Pete Cariello
Strength and Conditioning
Assistant
Dave Flynn
NCAA Faculty Athletic
Representative
Evan Malings
Head Athletic Trainer
Len Skoros
Director of Athletic
Publications
ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT STAFF
Ann Baller
Associate Director of Sports
Facilities
Brad Christie
Strength and Conditioning
Assistant
Stephen Gorchov
Assistant Director of Athletic
Communications
Dr. Damion Martins
Team Physician
Brit Stone
Assistant Equipment Manager
Colm Kennedy
Assistant Director of Sports
Facilities
Ryan Martin
Strength and Conditioning
Coordinator
Harriet Teitle
Athletic Department Secretary
Larry Bloom
Director of Sports Facilities
Robert Cohen
Director of Corporate
Advertising and Sales
Kay Kenney
Athletic Department Secretary
Kevin Maxwell
Equipment Manager
Kathy Theiling
Equipment Manager
Jesse Bonfiglio
Director of Marketing and
Promotions
Neil Collins
Assistant Director of Sports
Facilities
Jeremy Kniffin
Senior Assistant Director of
Athletic Communications
Terry McLaughlin
Assistant Athletic Trainer
Dave Walsh
Assistant Equipment Manager
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2004-05 ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT DIRECTORY
Department Of Intercollegiate Athletics
Hempstead, New York 11549
http://www.hofstra.edu/athletics - Athletic Department Homepage
ATHLETIC OFFICES
(SB) Stadium Building, 147 Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549-1470
Office Number: (516) 463-6750 Fax Number: (516) 463-4860
(HUA) Hofstra University Arena, 245 Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549-2450
Office Number: (516) 463-4667 Fax Number: (516) 463-6525
(PFC) Physical Fitness Center, 230 Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549-2300
Office Number: (516) 463-3800 Fax Number: (516) 463-7514
(MH) Margiotta Hall, 120 Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549-1200
Office Number: (516) 463-5315 Fax Number: (516) 463-4859
(SC) Swim Center, 240 Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549-2400
Office Number: (516) 463-6670 Fax Number: (516) 463-3818
(OAC) Office of Athletic Communications, PFC-240, 230 Hofstra University,
Hempstead, NY 11549-2300
Office Number: (516) 463-6759 Fax Number: (516) 463-5033
ADMINISTRATION
(phone #-location/e-mail)
Director of Athletics: Mr. Jack Hayes (463-6750-SB/ATHJWH@Hofstra.edu)
Executive Associate Director of Athletics: Mr. Danny McCabe
(463-6750-SB/ATHDPM@Hofstra.edu)
Senior Associate Athletic Director: Ms. Cindy Lewis (463-6748-PFC/ATHCZL@Hofstra.edu)
Associate Athletic Director-Communications: Mr. Jim Sheehan
(463-6764-PFC/HPRJBS@Hofstra.edu)
Associate Athletic Director-External Affairs: Mr. Mark Cox
(463-6144-PFC/ATHMKC@Hofstra.edu)
Associate Athletic Director-NCAA Eligibility and Compliance: Mr. Dan McCarthy
(463-6749-SB/ATHDBM@Hofstra.edu)
Assistant Athletic Director of Compliance: Mr. James Alexander
(463-5228-SB/HPRJPA@Hofstra.edu)
Director of Marketing and Promotions: Mr. Jesse Bonfiglio
(463-5187-PFC/ATHJZB@Hofstra.edu)
Director of Corporate Advertising and Sales: Mr. Rob Cohen
(463-6490-PFC/ATHRNC@Hofstra.edu)
Associate Athletic Director/
Director of Athletic Communications: Mr. Jim Sheehan (463-6764-PFC/HPRJBS@Hofstra.edu)
Senior Asst. Dir. of Athletic Communications: Mr. Jeremy Kniffin
(463-6759-PFC/ATHJZK@Hofstra.edu)
Asst. Dir. of Athletic Communications: Mr. Stephen Gorchov
(463-4933-PFC/ATHSZG@Hofstra.edu)
Director of Athletic Publications: Mr. Len Skoros (463-4602/HPRLMS@Hofstra.edu)
Director of Sports Facilities: Mr. Larry Bloom (463-6625-HUA/FMOLZB@Hofstra.edu)
Associate Dir. of Sports Facilities: Mrs. Ann Baller (463-6671-PFC/FMOAMC@Hofstra.edu)
Assistant Dir. of Sports Facilities: Mr. Neil Collins (463-8148-HUA/FMOCFC@Hofstra.edu)
Assistant Dir. of Sports Facilities: Mr. Colm Kennedy (463-4117-HUA/FMOCHK@Hofstra.edu)
Assistant Dir. of Sports Facilities: Mr. Jay Artinian (463-7931-PFC/FMOJMA@Hofstra.edu)
Box Office Manager: Ms. Jill Racicot (463-4067-HUA/FMO2JDR@Hofstra.edu)
Strength and Conditioning Coordinator: Mr. Ryan Martin
(463-4158-MH/ATHRMM@Hofstra.edu)
Head Athletic Trainer: Mr. Evan Malings (463-5061-MH/ATHEZM@Hofstra.edu)
Assistant Athletic Trainer: Mr. Christopher Grosskopf (463-6734-MH/ATHCJG@Hofstra.edu)
Assistant Athletic Trainer: Mr. Terry McLaughlin (463-6035-PFC/HPRTRM@Hofstra.edu)
Assistant Athletic Trainer: Ms. Stacey Taradash (463-6035-PFC/ATH2SLT@Hofstra.edu)
Assistant Athletic Trainer: Mr. Nicholas Mancini (463-6037-PFC/HPRNJM@Hofstra.edu)
Assistant Athletic Trainer: Mr. Adam Kahn (463-6077/HPRAZK@Hofstra.edu)
Men’s Equipment Manager: Mr. Kevin Maxwell (463-5037-MH/ATHKZM@Hofstra.edu)
Assistant Equipment Manager: Mr. Dave Walsh (463-6620-PFC/ATHDRW@Hofstra.edu)
Assistant Equipment Manager: Mr. Brit Stone (463-5037-MH/ATHBZS@Hofstra.edu)
Women’s Equipment Manager: Ms. Kathy Theiling (463-6768-PFC/ATHKAT@Hofstra.edu)
Athletic Office Manager: Mrs. Carol Spargimino (463-6750-SB/ATHCAS@Hofstra.edu)
Secretary: Mrs. Kay Kenney (463-6750-SB/HPRKAK@Hofstra.edu)
Secretary: Ms. Harriet Teitle (463-3800-PFC/ATHHMT@Hofstra.edu)
Secretary: Mrs. Clarice Smith (463-4667-HUA/ATHCZS@Hofstra.edu)
Secretary: Mrs. Cathy Aull (463-5315-MH/ATHCAA@Hofstra.edu)
COACHES
FALL SEASON
Football Coach: Mr. Joe Gardi (463-5315-MH/ATHJTG@Hofstra.edu)
Associate Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator: Mr. Greg Gigantino
(463-6073-MH/ATHGLG@Hofstra.edu)
Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks: Mr. Warren Ruggiero
(463-5317-MH/ATHWDR@Hofstra.edu)
Linebackers: Mr. Bob McIntyre (463-5316-MH/ATHRZM@Hofstra.edu)
Running Backs: Mr. Carlton Goff (463-6075-MH/ATHCAG@Hofstra.edu)
Defensive Line/Special Teams: Mr. Adam Brown (463-6728-MH/ATHAZB@Hofstra.edu)
Defensive Backs: Mr. Chip Garber (463-6766-MH/ATHCHG@Hofstra.edu)
Offensive Line: Mr. Damian Woblewski (463-6074-MH/ATHDMW@Hofstra.edu)
Wide Receivers: Mr. Jaime Elizondo (463-6709-MH/ATHJRE@Hofstra.edu)
Special Teams Assistant: Mr. Alberto Van der Mije (463-6708-MH/ATHABV@Hofstra.edu)
Offensive Line/Special Teams Assistant: Mr. Dennis Mikula
(463-4671-MH/ATHDJM@Hofstra.edu)
Assistant to the Athletic Director for Football Operations: TBA (463-5075-MH)
Women’s Volleyball Coach: Ms. Fran Kalafer (463-6758-PFC/ATHFZK@Hofstra.edu)
Assistant Coach: Ms. Traci Dahl (463-4930-PFC/ATHTLD@Hofstra.edu)
Assistant Coach: Ms. Elaine Roque (463-4930-PFC/ATHEMR@Hofstra.edu)
Assistant Coach: Ms. April Nick (463-4930-PFC/ATHAAN@Hofstra.edu)
Men’s Soccer Coach: Mr. Richard Nuttall (463-6762-SB/ATHRMN@Hofstra.edu)
Assistant Coach: Mr. Brian Suskiewicz (463-3675-SB/ATHBMS@Hofstra.edu)
Assistant Coach: Mr. Nick Iadanza (463-6762-SB)
Assistant Coach: Mr. Ed Schieferstein (463-3675-SB)
Women’s Soccer Coach: Mrs. JoAnne Russell (463-6946-SB/ATHJZR@Hofstra.edu)
Assistant Coach: Mr. Simon Riddiough (463-3685-SB/ATHSZR@Hofstra.edu)
Assistant Coach: Mr. Steve Schoen (463-3685-SB)
Women’s Field Hockey Coach: Ms. Kathy De Angelis (463-3712-SB/ATHKMD@Hofstra.edu)
Assistant Coach: Ms. Wendy Brady Andreatta (463-6781-SB/ATHWMB@Hofstra.edu)
Assistant Coach: Ms. Keri Jantzen (463-6781-SB)
Men’s and Women’s Tennis Coach: Mr. Bill Gerdts (463-4968-PFC/ATHWEG@Hofstra.edu)
Assistant Coach: Mr. Jacob Chin (463-4968-PFC)
Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Coach: Mr. James Sewell
(463-6702-PFC/ATHJZS@Hofstra.edu)
Assistant Coach: Ms. Kristen Masciello (463-6702-PFC)
WINTER SEASON
Men’s Basketball Coach: Mr. Tom Pecora (463-6757-HUA/HPRTWP@Hofstra.edu)
Assistant Coach: Mr. Tom Parrotta (463-6756-HUA/ATHTPP@Hofstra.edu)
Assistant Coach: Mr. Van Macon (463-6594-HUA/ATHVZM@Hofstra.edu)
Assistant Coach: Mr. David Duke (463-6755-HUA/ATHDZD@Hofstra.edu)
Assistant to the Athletic Director for Basketball Operations: Mr. John Corso
(463-6204-HUA/ATHJAC@Hofstra.edu)
Women’s Basketball Coach: Mrs. Felisha Legette-Jack (463-5069-HUA/ATHFZL@Hofstra.edu)
Assistant Coach: Ms. Cherie Hogg (463-6754-HUA/ATHCLH@Hofstra.edu)
Assistant Coach: Mr. Carlton Oliver (463-3776-HUA/ATHCAO@Hofstra.edu)
Assistant Coach: Mr. Anthony Crocitto (463-4942-HUA/ATHAJC@Hofstra.edu)
Wrestling Coach: Mr. Tom Ryan (463-6615-PFC/ATHTSR@Hofstra.edu)
Assistant Coach: Mr. Rob Anspach (463-3758-PFC/ATHRAA@Hofstra.edu)
Assistant Coach: Mr. Donny Pritzlaff (463-3758-PFC/ATHDAP@Hofstra.edu)
Administrative Assistant: Mr. Bob Busby (463-3758-PFC/ATHRWB@Hofstra.edu)
SPRING SEASON
Baseball Coach: Mr. Chris Dotolo (463-5065-PFC/ATHCLD@Hofstra.edu)
Assistant Coach: Mr. Asa Grunenwald (463-3759-PFC/ATHAJG@Hofstra.edu)
Assistant Coach: Mr. Scott Coppola (463-7573-PFC/ATHSAC@Hofstra.edu)
Softball Coach: Mr. Bill Edwards (463-5085-PFC/HPRWZE@Hofstra.edu)
Assistant Coach: Mrs. Larissa S. Anderson (463-7573-PFC/ATHLAS@Hofstra.edu)
Men’s Lacrosse Coach: Mr. John Danowski (463-6628-MH/ATHJED@Hofstra.edu)
Assistant Coach: Mr. Joe Amplo (463-6617-MH/ATHJAA@Hofstra.edu)
Assistant Coach: Mr. Sean Smith (463-6629-MH)
Women’s Lacrosse Coach: Mrs. Shelley Klaes-Bawcombe
(463-6761-SB/ATHSCK@Hofstra.edu)
Assistant Coach: Ms. Abby Morgan (463-7419-SB/ATHALM@Hofstra.edu)
Men’s and Women’s Tennis Coach: Mr. Bill Gerdts (463-4968-PFC/ATHWEG@Hofstra.edu)
Assistant Coach: Mr. Jacob Chin (463-4968-PFC)
Men’s and Women’s Golf Coach: Mr. Bob Schwalb (463-6821-PFC/ATHRAS@Hofstra.edu)
Assistant Coach: Mr. Jack Simes (463-6821-PFC)
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Hofstra University is committed to the pursuit of academic and
athletic excellence. The University views participation in
intercollegiate athletics as benefiting the student-athlete
in an educationally enhancing experience beyond any other
opportunity available. Hofstra also realizes the time
commitment made by student-athletes and has
committed the facilities and resources to support all
students.
The University Tutorial Program (UTP) provides free
tutoring in every subject area to any Hofstra
student. In addition to this service, the UTP has an
athletic component that addresses the academic
needs of student-athletes. The UTP academic
counselor administers this athletic component. The
UTP emphasizes four areas in their efforts to
ensure the academic success of Hofstra’s studentathletes.
Area one is academic counseling. Services are provided
in the areas of academic planning, career planning,
personal counseling, and campus and community referrals.
The counselor also meets with prospective student-athletes, at
the coach's request, to share the many benefits of a Hofstra
University education.
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ACADEMIC SUPPORT
Area two is academic advising. In an effort to ease the demand on the Office
of Advisement, the UTP academic counselor also advises first-year and
undecided student-athletes.
Area three is academic monitoring. The UTP counselor monitors the academic
progress of student-athletes to ensure compliance with Hofstra University,
NCAA and conference regulations. The counselor’s regular
communication with the faculty and coaches provide an
opportunity for early intervention should academic
difficulties arise.
Area four is study halls. The University Tutorial Program
provides all athletic study halls with tutors in various
subjects and assesses the needs of individual studentathletes
to provide the most effective study environment.
The assessment tool administered by the UTP is also used
to provide various enrichment seminars for the studentathletes
such as time management, writing skills, campus
resources, and surviving the college transition.
In addition to the UTP, the Athletic Department has four
academic mentors – Marybeth Gallagher, Jeff Fowler, Jane
Gibbons and Ryan Herson – to assist student-athletes. The
academic mentors act as a liaison between the academic
advisement counselor, the Associate Athletic Director for
Student Enhancement, team coaches and student-athletes.
The mentors also meet with student-athletes with particular
attention paid to academic progress and compliance issues
in accordance with NCAA and Hofstra regulations.
In the fall of 1999, the Pride Teaching and Learning Center
opened on the second floor of Margiotta Hall. Funded in
part by proceeds from the Joe Gardi Golf Open, the stateof-the-art
computer lab and learning center features a
projection system and 18 computer work stations, which
are connected to the University network for easy research
access to the Internet.
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CAREER SERVICES
Career planning is not an event that takes place in your senior year. It is
an ongoing process that involves self-assessment, career awareness,
decision making and implementation.
The Hofstra University Career Center provides the following resources
and programs to help you explore, select and pursue a meaningful
career.
CAREER COUNSELING AND ADVISEMENT
• Individual career counseling and planning for freshman through alumni
• Assistance in clarifying career direction
• Discussion of job search strategy
• Resume, cover letter, thank you letter and portfolio critiques
• Videotaped “mock interviews”
• Introduction to The Career Center resources
THE CAREER CENTER RESOURCE LIBRARY
• Continuously updated internship, part-time and full-time job listings
• Computer workstations with Internet access
• Literature and videos for hundreds of organizations
• Periodicals for a wide variety of career fields
• Reference materials on job search strategies and career fields/occupations
• Employer and professional organization directories
• Information on graduate and professional school, including registration bulletins for the GMAT, GRE, LSAT and MCAT
WORKSHOPS/CAREER FORUMS
The Career Center is visited by hundreds of organizations every year. Many of these organizations
hold information sessions that you can attend. For a complete list of information sessions and
workshops, call or stop by The Career center.
WORKSHOPS OFFERED BY THE CAREER CENTER INCLUDE:
• Internship Search
• Skills for Success - Life after Hofstra
• Interview Techniques
• Business Etiquette
• How to Successfully “Work” a Job Fair
• Resume and Cover Letter Writing
• Planning for Graduate School
• Geographic Job Search
FEE-BASED SERVICES
• Alumni Jobs Newsletter
• On Campus Recruiting Programs
• Accounting
• General
• MBA
• Education
• Electronic resume referral to employers seeking entry-level candidates
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SPORTS MEDICINE/ATHLETIC TRAINING
Through a comprehensive athletic training program, Hofstra
University student-athletes are provided excellent health
care during their attendance at the University. A coordinated
effort between the University Health and Wellness Center, the
Athletic Department and outside health care providers ensures
every student-athlete the best medical attention possible.
University student-athletes have direct access to a myriad of health
care services. Managing the coverage of every practice and
competition event is Hofstra University’s athletic training staff,
which is headed by second-year Head Athletic Trainer Evan Malings
and features eight full-time assistant athletic trainers and numerous
student athletic trainers. The athletic trainers provide injury
management, rehabilitation and treatment to the entire Athletic
program. Utilizing three state-of-the-art athletic training rooms,
these professionals work tirelessly to ensure the safe participation
of Hofstra’s student-athletes and to return injured athletes to play
quickly and safely.
Supporting the athletic trainers is team physician Dr. Damion
Martins. Dr. Martins, a physician with Pro Health Care, Inc. in Lake
Success, New York, is in his third year on Hofstra’s medical team.
Martins experience in the sports medicine field includes serving as
team physician for the University of Maryland, University of
Maryland-Baltimore County and Coppin State athletic departments.
He was also on the medical staff of the National Football League’s
Baltimore Ravens.
Hofstra University sponsors a fully accredited, highly competitive
undergraduate degree program for athletic training majors, in
which Hofstra student athletic trainers participate in all aspects of
the health care system.
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The history of athletics at Hofstra is as old as the University itself,
and is steeped in the Dutch heritage that helps to make Hofstra
such a unique school.
Hofstra has always had strong roots in tradition. Ties to Dutch heritage
and the Netherlands began with William S. Hofstra, after whom the
school is named and on whose property the University was started.
William Hofstra died in 1932 and when his wife, Kate, died 16 months
later, her will provided that their house, 15-acre estate, and bulk of her
inheritance were to be used for a “public, charitable, benevolent, or
scientific purpose” as a memorial to her husband.
The idea for a college came from Truesdel Peck Calkins, former
Hempstead superintendent of schools, who was then with New York
University. He suggested that NYU might offer extension courses on the
Hofstra property. Hofstra opened in September 1935, as a two-year
extension branch of NYU; its official name was “Nassau College –
Hofstra Memorial of New York University at Hempstead, Long Island.”
HOFSTRA HERITAGE
When the doors opened, the sole building on campus was Hofstra’s
mansion, which he had affectionately named the Netherlands after his
homeland, and all classes were held there. The mansion, which houses
administrative offices, is now the center of Hofstra’s 240-acre campus,
and has been renamed Hofstra Hall.
Also adopted in this early stage of Hofstra’s history was the school alma
mater, “The Netherlands.” The lyrics were written by a faculty member to
the music of the Dutch national anthem by the 16th-century Dutch
composer Valerius.
THE HOFSTRA FLAG
The Hofstra storm flag is modeled after an actual Dutch geus, a
privateer’s flag. In 1991 a representative of Holland’s Queen Beatrix
presented the banner to then Hofstra President (now President
Emeritus) James M. Shuart. The history of the flag dates back to 1572,
when a group of Dutch loyalists called Watergeuzen used the flag’s mast
to ram the gates of a Dutch city in their opposition to Spanish rule.
While the Netherlands Royal Navy flies the original red, white and blue
geus, the Hofstra version has been redesigned in the school colors of
gold, white and blue.
The gold, white and blue Hofstra colors themselves spring from Dutch
roots. The first official Hofstra flag appeared on April 19, 1940, when Dr.
Alexander Loudon, an envoy for Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands,
presented his country’s flag to Hofstra in a special ceremony. However,
the flag he presented was not the red, white and blue flag of the
Netherlands, but the orange, white and blue banner of William of Nassau
with a Hofstra emblem placed on the flag. The University has used the
design ever since, although President Shuart, after researching the
colors, replaced the orange hue with gold, making the flag truer to the
original House of Nassau. The flag is one of Hofstra’s most recognizable
symbols, utilized in publications, pins and souvenirs.
THE HOFSTRA SEAL
The Hofstra seal, another easily recognizable emblem, was designed
from the royal Dutch emblem by art instructor
Constant Van de Wall. The seal is
modeled on the coat of arms of the
House of Orange-Nassau. The
round seal includes the coat of
arms, flanked by lions on
either side. A lion also stands
in the center of the coat of
arms, holding a sword in its
right claw and a bundle of
seven arrows, which
represent the seven provinces
of Holland, in its left. The seal
also carries the motto of the
House of Orange-Nassau in Old
French: “Je maintiendray” (I stand
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steadfast). In 1988 one of the two lions on the seal was officially
replaced with a lioness. The seal is now the focal point of the “Hofstra
Pride” logo.
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THE HOFSTRA NICKNAMES
The Hofstra nickname has also evolved over the years. For decades,
Hofstra athletic teams have used the nicknames Flying Dutchmen,
Dutchmen, or Dutch. Recently, an additional nickname of The Pride has
become popular. We have not changed our nickname. We are both the
Dutch (and its variations) and the Pride.
The Pride nickname started during the University’s dramatic recovery
and growth in the mid to late ‘80’s from a major fiscal crisis during the
previous decade. The first consistent use of the word “Pride” relating to
athletics started in 1989 when the University’s athletic booster club was
founded and called itself The Pride Club. At that time it had no meaning
associated with our teams. It was simply consistent with a general
feeling about all of our efforts.
The Pride nickname has also evolved over the past decade in a more
specific fashion than just the expression of the feeling. The word pride
is used to describe a sense of having strong self-respect or a sense of
accomplishment. But in 1988 the lion on the right side of the shield on
the Hofstra seal was changed into a lioness to symbolize gender equity.
This, in turn, led to the development of the University mascots — Kate
and Willie Pride, a lion and lioness. The two lions led to extensive use
of the word “Pride” in talking about Hofstra, as a group of lions is called
a pride. In 1995 bronze reproductions of the
lion and lioness were added to the campus
scenery. In fact, there are now four such
pairs of sculptures on campus.
However, the evolution continues even
further. In 1997, the University purchased a
sculpture by Paul Manship of “Atalanta,” a
figure from Greek mythology. It is an
impressive 14-foot tall figure of a running
woman. It is on the west side of Hofstra
Stadium. To complement this figure, in
1998, the University commissioned Gregg
Wyatt to sculpt a similarly sized figure of a
running man. In this case it was a
representation of “Hippomenes” who was a
central figure in the myth. The myth of
Atalanta and Hippomenes relates closely to
Hofstra symbology.
As the myth goes, an Oracle told Atalanta,
as a young girl, that she must never marry.
Thus, Atalanta avoided men and devoted
herself to the chase. Soon she could outrun
any man. Yet because Atalanta was so attractive she had many suitors.
To deal with them she imposed an almost impossible condition. She
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would only marry one who could beat her in a foot race. While she
would be the prize of such a race, the penalty for losing was death.
Nonetheless there were suitors and there was need of a judge for such
races. Hippomenes was chosen for this role. However, when he saw
Atalanta he immediately fell in love with her. Knowing he could never out
run her, he sought the help of Venus.
Venus agreed, and gave him three golden apples, which Hippomenes
was to throw in front of Atalanta during the race. The apples were so
desirable it would be impossible for her to resist picking them up, and
thus she would lose the race. All this came to pass, and when the race
was over and won by Hippomenes, they fell deeply in love and the youth
carried off his prize. However, they angered Venus for their failure to
thank her. As punishment, she turned Hippomenes into a lion and
Atalanta into a lioness.
With this strong identification with lions and the multiple meanings of
the word pride, our coaches and players, as well as the sports media,
have begun to use it extensively over the last several years. Our
women’s teams especially are more comfortable calling themselves The
Pride, which is genderless, than they are calling themselves The Flying
Dutchwomen or the Lady Dutch. The men’s teams are also comfortable
with the nickname Pride.
However, as noted earlier, we have not abandoned the Flying Dutchmen
or formally adopted The Pride. There is nothing wrong with having more
than one nickname. It is not uncommon for a school to have two
nicknames as institutions such as Yale, Virginia, Georgia Tech and Army
have multiple monikers. The bottom line is our name is HOFSTRA.
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Long Island offers the best of both
worlds: it is a suburban haven that is
also convenient to New York City.
Location, however, is just one of many assets
that makes Long Island attractive to both
native residents and visitors alike. The people,
the sites and the unique geography of Long
Island bring people back again and again.
Long Island is the largest island adjoining the
continental United States. Twenty miles wide
and approximately 130 miles long, Long
Island is separated from the mainland on the
north by the Long Island Sound and on the
south by the Atlantic Ocean. It measures 100
miles from the Nassau-Queens border to
Montauk Point, which lies on the eastern tip of
the South Fork. The eastern tip of the North
Fork is called Orient Point. The forks are
separated by the beautiful waters of the Great
Peconic Bay and Gardiner’s Bay. Nestled in the
bays between the two forks are Shelter Island
and Gardiner’s Island.
With a
population of
2.7 million Great South Bay
people, Long
Island has a
population
larger than 20
states. It has
23 colleges
and universities
with more than 150,000 students, 127 public
school districts with more than 405,000
students and 231 private schools with more
than 52,000 students. The region is
considered one of the nation’s wealthiest areas
with a per household median income of
$49,500. The work force on Long Island now
exceeds 1.4 million persons, and the region
boasts one of the lowest unemployment rates
in the nation. The economy is made up of
more than 84,000 businesses, has 50 million
square feet of office space, and has more than
1,000 shopping malls. Roosevelt Field is the
premier mall on Long Island, featuring
department stores and specialty shops, and is
only minutes from the Hofstra University
campus.
The most distinguishing features of Long
Island, however, are its scenic beauty and its
LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK
New York City’s
Empire State Building
many sites and
attractions. It
has become a
vacation spot
for many, a
“getaway” from
big city hassles
and
distractions.
People travel to
enjoy the 1,100
square miles of
shoreline on more than 150 different beaches.
No area of the Island is more than 15 minutes
from a world-class beach. Jones Beach, which
lies on the south shore, is a 2,400-acre park
with six miles of ocean beach, boardwalk, bay
beach, pool, golf and outdoor concerts. It is
10 minutes from Hofstra and, in the summer,
students can catch a Hofstra shuttle bus to the
beach.
In addition, Long Island is home to 20 state
parks, 115 golf courses, 95 tennis
clubs and 429 yacht clubs and
marinas. The active person can
enjoy camping, canoeing,
bicycling, water skiing, boating or
fishing. Others might enjoy
visiting any of the lighthouses,
the millionaire mansions, the art
galleries or one of Long Island’s
14 wineries. The tourist may join
the crowd at theaters and gourmet
seafood restaurants, or hit one of the many
exciting nightclubs. Families might cool off at
the beach or the water park. The Hamptons, at
the heart of the South Fork, are considered a
summer resort area and are famous as the
playground community of the rich and
famous.
Montauk Point
Jones Beach
Long Island is the place for the sports fan, as
well. The Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum,
which is literally across the street from
Hofstra, offers concerts, children’s shows and
is home to the National Hockey League’s New
York Islanders. Belmont Park, home of horse
racing’s Belmont Stakes, offers the
thoroughbred horse enthusiast an outlet in
beautiful surroundings. The PGA staged its
biggest tournament – the U.S. Open on Long
Island in 2002 (Bethpage Black) and 2004
(Shinnecock). Heading into Queens, there’s
Shea Stadium, home of the New York Mets.
Further west, and a short ride via the Long
Island Rail Road, is New York City, where
students can frequent museums, theaters,
retailers, Madison Square Garden, South
Street Seaport and more.
More than 25 million people visit Long Island
each year pumping approximately $2.5 billion
into its economy through tourism. Long Island
is not merely a place for the tourist, however.
Generations have settled down and made their
living on Long Island, enjoying the benefits of
moderate climate, miles of beautiful beaches,
easy access to New York City, and a place to
call home. With scores of major attractions
and distinctive sites, Long Island has it all for
the tourist, as well as the year-round resident.
(Courtesy of This Month on Long Island,
Island-Metro Publications, and the Long
Island Convention and Visitors Bureau)
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HOFSTRA ARENA
HOME OF HOFSTRA WRESTLING
The Hofstra Wrestling team holds its meets in the 5,124 seat
Hofstra Arena. Construction of the $15 million, 93,000 squarefoot
facility began in the fall of 1998 and was completed in
December 1999. The Arena also houses Hofstra’s Men’s and Women’s
Basketball teams. The Arena also hosts commencements, exhibitions,
trade shows, concerts and other special events.
“Hofstra Arena is an exciting addition to the Hofstra University campus
and to Nassau County, serving as a cornerstone to the evolving Nassau
HUB. The arena provides the Hofstra community with a first class facility
for intercollegiate sports and other activities. It also adds vitality to the
offerings of the Nassau HUB, by providing this important business,
culture and entertainment district with a centrally located, full-service
facility for conventions, trade shows and special events,” said Hofstra
President Emeritus Dr. James M. Shuart at the time.
Hofstra Arena includes full chair back seating for spectators in an arena
configuration. The air-conditioned facility is equipped with a state-of-theart
electronic scoreboard, men’s and women’s locker rooms, a training
room, a large weight room, dressing rooms for stage events, four
concession stands, five ticket windows, six luxury boxes, a Hofstra Pride
Club lounge and offices for Hofstra’s Men’s and Women’s Basketball
Programs.
“I really love wrestling in the Arena. The
atmosphere is better than any other place I
have wrestled.” Senior NCAA qualifier Ricky LaForge
“Hofstra’s facilities are state-of-the art.”
Two-time NCAA qualifier Brad Christie
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HOFSTRA WRESTLING ROOM
Located in the Physical Fitness Center, the Hofstra Wrestling Room
provides the Pride with a year-round practice and training facility that is
available to the wrestlers to work out on their own time, as well as
scheduled practice times. The 40x80 room contains double floor mats
and wall mats. The walls of the room are adorned with plaques
commemorating Hofstra’s Wrestling All-Americans and poster size
photos of current members of the Pride.
A new conditioning room is located next to the Hofstra Wrestling Room.
The conditioning room features Airodyne stationary bicycles,
StairMaster stair climbing machines and treadmills. The room also
contains televisions and VCRs so the wrestlers can watch tapes of their
matches.
“I get inspired every time I walk into the
wrestling room. It is a facility that is
conducive to great workouts.”
Senior NCAA qualifier Paul Siemon
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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
November 19, 2004 - at Nebraska
Location: Lincoln, NE
Founded: 1869
Colors: Scarlet and cream
Nickname: Cornhuskers
Conference: Big 12
Director of Athletics:
Steve Pederson
Athletics Phone: (402) 472-3011
Wrestling Arena: Nebraska
Coliseum (4,030)
Head Coach: Mark Manning
(Nebraska-Omaha, 1985)
Record at School: 54-25-0/4 years
Overall Record: 77-49-2/7 years
Assistant Coaches: Shawn Charles
and Charles Burton
Wrestling SID: Nate Rohr
Office Phone: (402) 472-0694
Fax: (402) 472-2005
E-mail: nrohr@huskers.com
Web Page: www.huskers.com
2003-04 Record: 19-3 (2-2 Big 12)
2003-04 NCAA Qualifiers: 8
Lettermen Returning/Lost:
Starters Returning/Lost: 7/3
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY
November 28, 2004 - at Hofstra
Location: Bethlehem, PA
Founded: 1865
Colors: Brown and white
Nickname: Mountain Hawks
Conference: EIWA
Director of Athletics: Joe Sterrett
Athletics Phone: (610) 758-4300
Wrestling Arenas: Grace Hall
(2,130) and Stabler Arena
(5,600)
Head Coach: Greg Strobel
(Oregon State, 1975)
Record at School: 129-51/9 years
Overall Record: Same
Assistant Coaches: Chris Ayres,
Kerry McCoy and Jason Kutz
Wrestling SID: Steve Lomangino
Office Phone: (610) 758-3174
Fax: (610) 758-4407
E-mail: sjl304@lehigh.edu
Web Page: www.lehighsports.com
2003-04 Record: 22-4
2003-04 NCAA Qualifiers: 8
Lettermen Returning/Lost: 15/4
Starters Returning/Lost: 8/2
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2004-05 OPPONENTS
BOSTON UNIVERSITY
December 11, 2004 - at Boston
Location: Boston, MA
Founded: 1839
Colors: Scarlet and white
Nickname: Terriers
Conference: Colonial Athletic
Association
Director of Athletics:
Michael Lynch
Athletics Phone: (617) 353-1905
Wrestling Arena: Case Gymnasium
(1,800)
Head Coach: Carl Adams
Record at School: 2301244/
23 years
Assistant Coaches: Sean Gray,
Earl Walker and Matt Fortune
Wrestling SID: Stephan Lemon
Office Phone: (617) 353-2872
Fax: (617) 353-5286
E-mail: lemonst@bu.edu
Web Page: www.bu.edu/athletics
2003-04 Record: 15-3 (7-2 CAA)
2003-04 NCAA Qualifiers: 4
Lettermen Returning/Lost: 15/6
Starters Returning/Lost: 7/3
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
December 11, 2004 - at Harvard
Location: Cambridge, MA
Founded: 1636
Colors: Crimson
Nickname: Crimson
Conference: EIWA
Director of Athletics: Bob Scalise
Athletics Phone: (617) 495-3633
Wrestling Arena: Malkin Athletic
Center (1,400)
Head Coach: Jay Weiss
Record at School: 66-66-1/
10 years
Overall Record: Same
Assistant Coaches: Jared Frayer,
Granit Taropin and
Dustin DeNunzio
Wrestling SID: Cassie Lawton
Office Phone: (617) 495-2206
Fax: (617) 495-2130
E-mail: lawton@fas.harvard.edu
Web Page: www.gocrimson.com
2003-04 Record: 1-14
2003-04 NCAA Qualifiers: 4
Lettermen Returning/Lost: 13/6
Starters Returning/Lost: 9/1
SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY
January 9, 2005 - at Sacred Heart
Location: Fairfield, CT
Founded: 1963
Colors: Red and white
Nickname: Pioneers
Conference: Colonial Athletic
Association
Director of Athletics: Don Cook
Athletics Phone: (203) 365-7649
Wrestling Arena: Pitt Center
Head Coach: Andy Seras
Record at School: 18-16/2 years
Overall Record: Same
Assistant Coaches: Jeremy Kelly
and Paul Musso
Wrestling SID: Gene Gumbs
Office Phone: (203) 396-8127
Fax: (203) 371-7889
E-mail: gumbsg@sacredheart.edu
Web Page:
www.sacredheartpioneers.com
2003-04 Record: 9-7 (5-4 CAA)
2003-04 NCAA Qualifiers: 2
Lettermen Returning/Lost: 18/5
Starters Returning/Lost: 5/5
U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY
January 15, 2005 - at Hofstra
Location: West Point, NY
Founded: 1802
Colors: Black, gold and gray
Nickname: Black Knights
Conference: EIWA
Director of Athletics (Interim):
Col. Jim Knowlton
Athletics Phone: (845) 938-3123
Wrestling Arena: Christl Arena
(5,043)
Head Coach: Chuck Barbee
(Oklahoma State, 1993)
Record at School: 28-29/5 years
Overall Record: Same
Assistant Coaches: Mike Clayton
and Bill Maldonado
Wrestling SID: Christian Anderson
Office Phone: (845) 938-6996
Fax: (845) 446-2556
E-mail:
Christian.Anderson@usma.edu
Web Page: www.goarmysports.com
2003-04 Record: 7-7 (3-3 EIWA)
2003-04 NCAA Qualifiers: 2
Lettermen Returning/Lost: 13/8
Starters Returning/Lost: 6/4
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
January 16, 2005 - at
Pennsylvania
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Founded: 1740
Colors: Red and blue
Nickname: Quakers
Conference: Ivy League/EIWA
Director of Athletics: Steve Bilsky
Athletics Phone: (215) 898-7438
Wrestling Arena: The Palestra
(8,722)
Head Coach: Roger Reina
(Penn, 1984)
Record at School: 196-101-6/18 years
Overall Record: Same
Assistant Coaches: Damion Logan,
Ryan Tobin and Sheldon Thomas
Wrestling SID: Kelly McCarthy
Office Phone: (215) 898-6128
Home Phone: (508) 397-7799
Fax: (215) 898-1747
E-mail: mccarthk@pobox.upenn.edu
Web Page: www.pennathletics.com
2003-04 Record: 8-9
2003-04 NCAA Qualifiers: 7
Lettermen Returning/Lost: 11/3
Starters Returning/Lost: 6/4
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
January 29, 2005 - at West VA
Location: Morgantown, WV
Founded: 1867
Colors: Old gold and blue
Nickname: Mountaineers
Conference: Eastern Wrestling
League
Director of Athletics: Ed Pastilong
Athletics Phone: (304) 293-5621
Wrestling Arena: The Coliseum
(14,000)
Head Coach: Craig Turnbull
(Clarion, 1977)
Record at School: 221-148-6/
26 years
Overall Record: Same
Assistant Coaches: Zeke Jones and
Whitey Chlebove
Wrestling SID: Tim Goodenow
Office Phone: (304) 293-2821
Fax: (304) 293-4105
E-mail: tim.goodenow@mail.wvu.edu
Web Page: www.msnsportsnet.com
2003-04 Record: 9-5 (6-1 EWL)
2003-04 NCAA Qualifiers: 7
Lettermen Returning/Lost: 13/4
Starters Returning/Lost: 6/4
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OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY
January 30, 2005 - at Old
Dominion
Location: Norfolk, VA
Founded: 1930
Colors: State blue, sky blue and
silver
Nickname: Monarchs
Conference: Colonial Athletic
Association
Director of Athletics:
Dr. Jim Jarrett
Athletics Phone: (757) 653-3372
Wrestling Arena: ODU Field House
(1,500)
Head Coach: Steve Martin
(Iowa, 1990)
Record at School: First season
Overall Record: First season
Assistant Coaches: Lee Pritts,
Cory Ace and John Testa
Wrestling SID: Bobby Parks
Office Phone: (757) 683-3374
Home Phone: (757) 467-1289
Fax: (757) 683-3119
E-mail: bparks@odu.edu
Web Page: www.odusports.com
2003-04 Record: 7-12 (5-3 CAA)
2003-04 NCAA Qualifiers: 1
Lettermen Returning/Lost: 15/12
Starters Returning/Lost: 3/7
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
February 5, 2005 - at Hofstra
Location: Ithaca, NY
Founded: 1865
Colors: Carnelian red and white
Nickname: Big Red
Conference: EIWA
Director of Athletics:
J. Andrew Noel, Jr.
Athletics Phone: (607) 255-8832
Wrestling Arena: Newman Arena
Head Coach: Rob Koll
(North Carolina, 1989)
Record at School: 133-49-4/
11 years
Overall Record: Same
Assistant Coaches: Steve Garland
and Clint Wattenberg
Wrestling SID: Jeremy Hartigan
Office Phone: (607) 255-9788
Fax: (607) 255-9791
E-mail: jh295@cornell.edu
Web Page: www.cornelbigred.com
2003-04 Record: 11-6
2003-04 NCAA Qualifiers: 8
Lettermen Returning/Lost: 24/10
Starters Returning/Lost: 9/1
DREXEL UNIVERSITY
February 12, 2005 - at Drexel
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Founded: 1891
Colors: Navy blue and gold
Nickname: Dragons
Conference: Colonial Athletic
Association
Director of Athletics:
Dr. Eric Zillmer
Athletics Phone: (215) 895-1592
Wrestling Arena: Daskalakis
Athletic Center
Head Coach: Jack Childs
(East Stroudsburg, 1967)
Record at School: 332-198-8/
28 years
Overall Record: Same
Assistant Coaches: Hassan Jadidi
and Joe Melchiore
Wrestling SID: Britt Faulstick
Office Phone: (215) 895-6895
Fax: (215) 895-2038
E-mail: bef29@drexel.edu
Web Page:
www.drexeldragons.com
2003-04 Record: 9-14 (5-4 CAA)
2003-04 NCAA Qualifiers: 4
Lettermen Returning/Lost: 19/16
Starters Returning/Lost: 6/4
WAGNER COLLEGE
February 12, 2005 - at Wagner
Location: Staten Island, NY
Founded: 1883
Colors: Green and white
Nickname: Seahawks
Conference: Colonial Athletic
Association
Director of Athletics:
Walt Hameline
Athletics Phone: (718) 390-3433
Wrestling Arena: Spiro Sports
Center
Head Coach: Joe Ryan
Record at School: 3-41/3 years
Overall Record: Same
Assistant Coach: Waymon May
Wrestling SID: Mike Braunstein
Office Phone: (718) 3903213
Fax: (718) 3903447
E-mail: mbraunst@wagner.edu
2003-04 Record: 1-16 (0-8 CAA)
2003-04 NCAA Qualifiers: 0
Lettermen Returning/Lost: 11/4
Starters Returning/Lost: 10/0
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
February 13, 2005 - at Hofstra
Location: Stillwater, OK
Founded: 1890
Colors: Orange and black
Nickname: Cowboys
Conference: Big 12
Director of Athletics:
Harry Birdwell
Athletics Phone: (405) 744-4541
Wrestling Arena: Gallagher-Iba
Arena (13,611)
Head Coach: John Smith
Record at School: 199-25-3
Overall Record: Same
Assistant Coaches: Mark Branch
and Pat Smith
Wrestling SID: Chris Matthews
Office Phone: (405) 744-4541
Fax: (405) 744-1763
E-mail: cmatt23@hotmail.com
Web Page: www.okstate.com
2003-04 Record: 17-2 (4-1 Big 12)
2003-04 NCAA Qualifiers: 8
Lettermen Returning/Lost: 14/5
Starters Returning/Lost: 5/5
RIDER UNIVERSITY
February 15, 2005 - at Hofstra
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ
Founded: 1865
Colors: Cranberry and white
Nickname: Broncs
Conference: Colonial Athletic
Association
Director of Athletics: Curt Blake
Athletics Phone: (609) 896-5054
Wrestling Arena: Alumni
Gymnasium (1,650)
Head Coach: Gary Taylor
(East Stroudsburg, 1976)
Record at School: 287-153-3/
26 years
Overall Record: Same
Assistant Coach: John Hangey
Wrestling SID: Bud Focht
Office Phone: (609) 896-5138
Home Phone: (215) 946-9203
Fax: (609) 896-0341
E-mail: focht@rider.edu
Web Page: www.gobroncs.com
2003-04 Record: 15-3 (9-0 CAA)
2003-04 NCAA Qualifiers: 4
Lettermen Returning/Lost: 13/4
Starters Returning/Lost: 7/3
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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
February 18, 2005 - at Columbia
Location: New York, NY
Founded: 1754
Colors: Columbia blue and white
Nickname: Lions
Conference: EIWA
Director of Athletics:
Dr. M. Dianne Murphy
Athletics Phone: (212) 854
Wrestling Arenas: Blue
Gymnasium (250)
Head Coach: Brendan Buckley
(Fresno State, 1997)
Record at School: 21-30/4 years
Overall Record: Same
Assistant Coaches:
Yero Washington and
Scott Schatzman
Wrestling SID: Bill Steinman
Office Phone: (212) 854-3030
Fax: (212) 854-8168
E-mail: wcs1@columbia.edu
Web Page:
www.gocolumbialions.com
2003-04 Record: 6-6
2003-04 NCAA Qualifiers: 1
Lettermen Returning/Lost: 16/5
Starters Returning/Lost: 8/2
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2003-04 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY WRESTLING
STATISTICS AND RESULTS
Dual Match Record: 15-5
CAA Regular Season Record: 8-0
Weight/Name Overall CAA Duals Falls Tech.
W-L R.S. Falls
125 Tom Noto 33-9 8-0 15-5 3-1 4-0
125 Dave Tomasette 4-1 0-0 1-0
133 Ricky LaForge 10-7 4-2 2-1 0-0
133 Marc Marinelli 0-0
141 John Manarte 24-20 5-3 9-10 3-1 1-0
141 Louis Vecchio 2-4 0-0 0-1 0-0
149 James Strouse 23-12 6-1 9-4 4-2 0-1
149 Chris Vondruska 15-11 5-1 7-6 3-0 0-0
149 Matt Homenick 4-4 0-0 0-0 0-0
149 Doug Thomas 0-0
149 Sean Horton 1-2 0-0 1-1 0-0
157 Paul Siemon 28-10 5-0 11-4 2-3 1-0
157 Mike Patrovich 0-0
157 Stefan Serie 2-2 1-0 1-0 1-1 1-1
165 Ralph Everett 36-5 8-0 18-2 5-1 2-0
165 Billy Simons 1-4 0-0 0-1 0-0
174 Noel Thompson 31-8 6-0 13-4 6-0 0-0
174 Joe Patrovich 5-3 0-0 1-1 1-0
174 Alexander Nowak 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
184 Brad Christie 22-13 7-0 12-7 6-2 0-1
184 Jordan Reid 0-2 0-0 0-2 0-0
197 Chris Skretkowicz 41-4 8-0 19-1 12-1 2-0
HWT Dan Garay 10-12 7-1 8-8 0-1 0-0
HWT Cole Merryman 3-3 0-1 0-0 0-0
HWT Mike Lodato 2-3 0-1 0-1 0-0
HWT Mike Laughlin 0-2 0-0
R.S. – Regular Season NCAA Qualifiers in bold.
Chris Skretkowicz
2003-04
HOFSTRA WRESTLING
RESULTS
Date Rank - Opponent Result
November 15 at Cortland Open NTS
November 23 at Keystone Classic (Pennsylvania) 1st place
November 29 #9 NEBRASKA L 10-30
December 6 #16 WISCONSIN Canceled
December 10 at Army W 31-9
December 11 BOSTON UNIVERSITY W 28-9
December 29-30 at Midlands Championships 4th place
January 10 at #16 Cornell W 18-15
January 11 HARVARD W 31-11
January 17 + #18 Central Michigan W 18-17
January 17 + #5 Missouri L 13-19
January 17 + #16 Cornell W 16-15
January 17 + #20 Pennsylvania W 23-15
January 18 + #8 Michigan L 10-31
January 18 + #13 Oklahoma L 15-28
January 23 ** Binghamton W 39-9
January 23 ** Campbell W 44-6
January 24 ** at George Mason W 42-9
January 24 ** James Madison W 47-0
February 1 SACRED HEART W 23-18
February 6 at #7 Lehigh L 9-25
February 13 #16 PENNSYLVANIA W 20-17
February 14 at Drexel W 42-6
February 14 at Wagner W 46-6
February 17 at Rider Canceled
March 5-6 at CAA Championships 1st place
March 18-20 at NCAA Championships
(St. Louis, Missouri) 20th place
* - CAA match
+ - NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals
** - CAA Duals at GMU
NTS – No Team Scoring
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2003-04 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY WRESTLING
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Tom Noto (125)
Score
Won/Lost Opponent Name (Institution) Competition Record
W T 19-4 4:55 Jason Mulzoff (Cortland) Cortland Open 1-0
W 13-4 Kyle Kemmerer (Ithaca) Cortland Open 2-0
W 11-4 Zach Makovsky (Drexel) Cortland Open 3-0
W DE 1:45 Mike Mormile (Cornell) Cortland Open 4-0
L 5-3 sd #11 Rob Rebmann (Drexel) Cortland Open 4-1
W 15-4 Bret Frimer (Boston U) Keystone Classic 5-1
W TF 4:42 Ryan Broughman (Virginia Tech) Keystone Classic 6-1
W 16-5 Jim DiCicco (Rider) Keystone Classic 7-1
L 6-4 #3 Matt Valenti (Pennsylvania) Keystone Classic 7-2
L 4-2 #1 Jason Powell (Nebraska) Dual-Nebraska 7-3
W 17-4 Andy Henry (Army) Dual-Army 8-3
W 18-6 Brett Frimer (Boston U.) Dual-Boston 9-3
W 2:25 Kevin McNicholas (Eastern Illinois) Midlands 10-3
W 15-5 Joey Bareng (San Francisco State) Midlands 11-3
W 5-3 Heath Kim (Air Force) Midlands 12-3
W 6-4 (OT) Matt Valenti (Pennsylvania) Midlands 13-3
W 7-5 (OT) #2 Luke Eustice (Iowa) Midlands 14-3
W 7-5 (2OT) Mike Mormile (Cornell) Dual-Cornell 15-3
W TF 7:00 Brent Kakesako (Harvard) Dual-Harvard 16-3
L 3-2 Kyle Stouffer (Central Michigan) NWCA Duals 16-4
W 10-4 Austin Devoe (Missouri) NWCA Duals 17-4
W 7-5 Mike Mormile (Cornell) NWCA Duals 18-4
W 6-4 Matt Valenti (Penn) NWCA Duals 19-4
L 8-6 (OT) Mark Moos (Michigan) NWCA Duals 19-5
L 6-4 Sam Hazwinkle (Oklahoma) NWCA Duals 19-6
W forfeit Binghamton CAA Duals 20-6
W F 2:25 Andy Bricker (Campbell) CAA Duals 21-6
W forfeit George Mason CAA Duals 22-6
W 18-8 (133) Todd Schroeder (James Madison) CAA Duals 23-6
W 12-4 Philip Kalil (Sacred Heart) Dual-Sacred Heart 24-6
W 7-5 Mario Stuart (Lehigh) Dual-Lehigh 25-6
L 10-1 Matt Valenti (Penn) Dual-Penn 25-7
W F 2:53 Paul Slifer (Drexel) Dual-Drexel 26-7
W 11-3 Rob Rebmann (Drexel) CAA Championship - SF29-7
W 6-2 Jose Leon (Boston U.) CAA Championship - F 30-7
W 9-4 Tommy Schurkamp (Cal. Davis) NCAA Championship 31-7
L 3-2 Vic Moreno (Cal Poly) NCAA Championship 31-8
W 15-5 Tom Clum (Wisconsin) NCAA Championship 32-8
W Def 6:18 John Velez (Northwestern) NCAA Championship 33-8
L 6-4 sv Rob Rebmann (Drexel) NCAA Championship 33-9
Dave Tomasette (125)
Score
Won/Lost Opponent Name (Institution) Competition Record
W 17-1 6:00 Barry Ohler (Kutztown) Cortland Open 1-0
W 7-3 Jeff Ferarra (Cortland) Cortland Open 2-0
W 9-4 Alejandro Alvarez (Cornell) Cortland Open 3-0
L 8-2 #11 Rob Rebmann (Drexel) Cortland Open 3-1
W Def. Inj. Mike Mormile (Cornell) Cortland Open 4-1
Ricky LaForge (133)
Score
Won/Lost Opponent Name (Institution) Competition Record
W 5:25 Terreyl Williams (App. State) Keystone Classic 1-0
W 7-1 Micah Amrozowiz (VMI) Keystone Classic 2-0
W 10-8 Dan Fisch (Rider) Keystone Classic 3-0
L 3-1 #10 David Hoffman (Virginia Tech) Keystone Classic 3-1
W 10-8 #18 Matt Keller (Nebraska) Dual-Nebraska 4-2
W 10-6 Charles Lloyd (Lassen) Midlands 5-2
W MForfeit Pat Dowty (Eastern Illinois) Midlands 6-2
L 2:21 Josh Moore (Penn State) Midlands 6-3
W 5:40 Jordan Webster (Central Michigan Midlands 7-3
L 8-6 Matt Sanchez (Cal St. Bakersfield) Midlands 7-4
L 5-0 Kortney Lake (Adams State) Midlands 7-5
W 13-3 Greg Cook (Harvard) Dual-Harvard 8-5
L 3-1 Jordan Webster (Central Michigan) NWCA Duals 8-6
W 4-2 Paul Collum (Missouri) NWCA Duals 9-6
L 6-5 Travis Lee (Cornell) NWCA Duals 9-7
W 7-5 Matt Eveleth (Pennsylvania) NWCA Duals 10-7
Louis Vecchio (141)
Score
Won/Lost Opponent Name (Institution) Competition Record
L 7-3 Mike Baria (Unattached) Cortland Open 0-1
W 7-2 Jack Holmgren (Cortland) Cortland Open 1-1
L 6-4 John Manarte (Unattached) Cortland Open 1-2
W 8-2 Justin Ensign (Wagner) Keystone Classic 2-2
L 5-1 Joey Rivera (Boston U.) Keystone Classic 2-3
L F 3:02 Dan Gollin (Wagner) Keystone Classic 2-4
John Manarte (141)
Score
Won/Lost Opponent Name (Institution) Competition Record
W 15-4 Scott Aronowitz (Ithaca) Cortland Open 1-0
L 7-3 Nick Dalicandro (Sacred Heart) Cortland Open 1-1
W 6-4 Louis Vecchio (Unattached) Cortland Open 2-1
W F 3:05 Jordan LaFallette (Brown) Cortland Open 3-1
W 5-4 Tony Curto (Unattached) Cortland Open 4-1
L 3-2 Jamie Lijo (Unattached) Cortland Open 4-2
W 22-9 Dan Gollin (Wagner) Keystone Classic 5-2
L 6-3 Doug McGrew (Penn) Keystone Classic 5-3
W 10-3 Justin Ensign (Wagner) Keystone Classic 6-3
W 10-6 Dan Shvartsman (Duke) Keystone Classic 7-3
W 8-7 Jeff Eveleth (Penn) Keystone Classic 8-3
W 8-5 Aaron Brown (Virginia Tech) Keystone Classic 9-3
L 0-0 TB Sam Alvarenga (VMI) Keystone Classic 9-4
W 7-6 David Metzler (VMI) Keystone Classic 10-4
L 4-1 #15 Matt Murray (Nebraska) Dual-Nebraska 10-5
W 6-4 Patrick Simpson (Army) Dual-Army 11-5
L 8-2 Joey Rivera (Boston U.) Dual-Boston 11-6
L 8-0 Dylan Long (Northern Iowa) Midlands 11-7
W 5:59 Joe Mavins (Lassen) Midlands 12-7
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W 9-6 Jason Cook (Purdue) Midlands 13-7
L 9-2 Joe Clarke (West Virginia) Midlands 13-8
L 2-0 Keith Dickey (Cornell) Dual-Cornell 13-9
L 8-5 Max Meltzer (Harvard) Dual-Harvard 13-10
L 12-1 Jason Mester (Central Michigan) NWCA Duals 13-11
L 10-4 J.P. Reese (Missouri) NWCA Duals 13-12
W 3-2 Keith Dicky (Cornell) NWCA Duals 14-12
W 8-3 Shawn Protz (Pennsylvania) NWCA Duals 15-12
W 7-6 Clark Forward (Michigan) NWCA Duals 16-12
L 4-1 Teyon Ware (Oklahoma) NWCA Duals 16-13
L 4-1 Josh Ruff (Binghamton) CAA Duals 16-14
W 3-0 Adam Bricker (Campbell) CAA Duals 17-14
W forfeit George Mason CAA Duals 18-14
W 3:24 Brian Kibbler (James Madison) CAA Duals 19-14
L 6-1 (OT) Nick Dalicandro (Sacred Heart) Dual-Sacred Heart 19-15
L10-2 Cory Cooperman (Lehigh) Dual-Lehigh 19-16
L 7-5 (OT) Doug McGraw (Penn) Dual-Penn 19-17
W 9-1 Chris Renninger (Drexel) Dual-Drexel 20-17
W 21-5 Justin Ensign (Wagner) Dual-Wagner 21-17
W 8-2 Rick Bauer (Rider) CAA Championship - 1R 22-17
W 9-5 Chris Renninger (Drexel) CAA Championship - QF 23-17
W 3-2 Rob Becker (George Mason) CAA Championship - SF 24-17
L 5-3 Josh Ruff (Binghamton) CAA Championship - F 24-18
L 9-0 Matt Murray (Nebraska) NCAA Championship 24-19
L F 5:42 Cory Cooperman (Lehigh) NCAA Championship 24-20
Matt Homenick (149)
Score
Won/Lost Opponent Name (Institution) Competition Record
W 6-2 Kenrick Randall (Springfield) Cortland Open 1-0
W 6-2 Josh Herzig (Ithaca) Cortland Open 2-0
L 2-1 John Cholish (Cornell) Cortland Open 2-1
W 7-3 John Gartiser (Unattached) Cortland Open 3-1
W 7-2 TJ Tepley (Army) Cortland Open 4-1
L 1-2 Tom Kniezewski (Unattached) Cortland Open 4-2
L 3-2 Carl Elliott (App. St) Keystone Classic 4-3
L 5-3 John Robinson (Rider) Keystone Classic 4-4
Chris Vondruska (149)
Score
Won/Lost Opponent Name (Institution) Competition Record
W 16-2 Derek Hanley (Springfield) Cortland Open 1-0
W F 5:45 AJ Vignone (Unattached) Cortland Open 2-0
L 5-0 David Dies (Brown) Cortland Open 2-1
W 9-4 Tim Smith (Brown) Cortland Open 3-1
W 3-2 Tom Kniezewski (Unattached) Cortland Open 4-1
W 2-1 TB Greg Politi (Boston U.) Cortland Open 5-1
W 2-0 Tom Kniezewski (American) Keystone Classic 6-1
L 3-2 David Dies (Brown) Keystone Classic 6-2
W 4-0 Joe Galante (Rider) Keystone Classic 7-2
W 10-2 Carl Elltiot (App. St.) Keystone Classic 8-2
L 0-0 TB Jason Jones (App. St.) Keystone Classic 8-3
L 3-1 James Strouse (Hofstra) Keystone Classic 8-4
L 8-2 #3 Dustin Manotti (Cornell) Dual-Cornell 8-5
L 13-5 Jeremy Spates (Missouri) NWCA Duals 8-6
L 8-3 Dustin Manotti (Cornell) NWCA Duals 8-7
W 3-0 Rob Hitschler (Pennsylvania) NWCA Duals 9-7
L 11-2 Ryan Churella (Michigan) NWCA Duals 9-8
L 9-1 Jeff Eckloff (Oklahoma) NWCA Duals 9-9
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W F 3:55 Elliott Berger (Campbell) CAA Duals 10-9
W F 4:15 (157) Mitch Webster (George Mason) CAA Duals 11-9
W 15-6 (157) Derick Schoenly (James Madison)CAA Duals 12-9
L 3-2 (157) Robert Belville (Sacred Heart) Dual-Sacred Heart 12-10
L 4-2 (157) Derek Zinck (Lehigh) Dual-Lehigh 12-11
W 5-3 (157) Brett Vanderveer (Penn) Dual-Penn 13-11
W 10-2 (157) Ray Lamb (Drexel) Dual-Drexel 14-11
W 8-5 (157) Matt Hartigan (Wagner) Dual-Wagner 15-11
Sean Horton (149)
Score
Won/Lost Opponent Name (Institution) Competition Record
L F 1:55 Jaret Misner (Cortland) Cortland Open 0-1
W F 1:28 Jake Loeb (Cortland) Cortland Open 1-1
L 9-8 John Gartiser (Unattached) Cortland Open 1-2
James Strouse (149)
Score
Won/Lost Opponent Name (Institution) Competition Record
W 9-2 Chris Conley (Boston U) Cortland Open 1-0
W 11-0 Brian Bumpus (Sacred Heart) Cortland Open 2-0
W 4-2 Tom Kniezewski (Unattached) Cortland Open 3-0
L 5-2 David Dies (Brown) Cortland Open 3-1
W 5-1 Mark Cartella (Drexel) Cortland Open 4-1
W 10-3 John Robinson (Rider) Keystone Classic 5-1
W F 4:46 Matt Lambach (Penn) Keystone Classic 6-1
L F 4:43 Reed Carpenter (Virginia Tech) Keystone Classic 6-2
W 7-3 Tom Kniezewski (American) Keystone Classic 7-2
W 10-7 Justin Blumenthal (Boston U.) Keystone Classic 8-2
L 0-0 TB Tide Prater (Va. Tech) Keystone Classic 8-3
W 3-1 Chris Vondruska (Hofstra) Keystone Classic 9-3
L F 3:14 #5 Travis Shufelt (Nebraska) Dual-Nebraska 9-4
W 8-5 Paul Stansbury (Army) Dual-Army 10-4
W 10-4 Justin Blumenthal (Boston U.) Dual-Boston 11-4
L 9-7 Jason D’Agata (Iowa) Midlands 11-5
W 7-5 Anton Dietzen (Illinois) Midlands 12-5
L 5-1 Cal Ferry (Illinois) Midlands 12-6
L TF 7:00 Jesse Jantzen (Harvard) Dual-Harvard 12-7
L 8-4 Adam Cunningham (CMU) NWCA Duals 12-8
W 5-2 Bo Bruno (Binghamton) CAA Duals 13-8
L 6-5 Adrian Austin (George Mason) CAA Duals 13-9
W 1:56 Chris Wilson (James Madison) CAA Duals 14-9
W 10-4 Jesse Fendryk (Sacred Heart) Dual-Sacred Heart 15-9
W 7-1 Matt Anderson (Lehigh) Dual-Lehigh 16-9
W 12-2 Rob Hitschler (Penn) Dual-Penn 17-9
W 6-1 Mark Cartella (Drexel) Dual-Drexel 18-9
W F 2:46 Pat Larkin (Wagner) Dual-Wagner 19-9
W F 1:35 Chris Wilson (James Madison) CAA Championship - 1R20-9
W 3-1 sv Beau Bruno (Binghamton) CAA Championship - QF21-9
W 4-2 Rayes Gonzales (Boston U.) CAA Championship - SF22-9
L 8-4 Adrian Austin (George Mason) CAA Championship - F22-10
L 4-2 Patrick Williams (Arizona State) NCAA Championship 22-11
W 6-4 sv Dan Jankowski (Purdue) NCAA Championship 23-11
L 11-9 Jeff Radliff (Ohio State) NCAA Championship 23-12
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Paul Siemon (157)
Score
Won/Lost Opponent Name (Institution) Competition Record
W F 2:55 Scott Faivre (Springfield) Cortland Open 1-0
W 9-2 Brandon Guenot (Unattached) Cortland Open 2-0
W 7-0 Shawn Kithner (Brown) Cortland Open 3-0
W 3-1 Scott Roth (Cornell) Cortland Open 4-0
L F 0:50 Jesse Jantzen (Harvard) Cortland Open 4-1
W 11-0 Jason Bakinowski (Boston U.) Keystone Classic 5-1
W 4-0 Kyle Bernholz (Penn) Keystone Classic 6-1
W 6-2 Zach Johns (Boston U.) Keystone Classic 7-1
W 7-4 Brett Vanderveer (Penn) Keystone Classic 8-1
L 8-6 sv OT #16 B.J. Wright (Nebraska) Dual-Nebraska 8-2
W TF-17-1 Phil Eggleston (Army) Dual-Army 9-2
W 5-0 Zach Johns (Boston U.) Dual-Boston 10-2
W 6-2 Rick Lamas (Elmhurst) Midlands 11-2
W 4-1 Andrew Shuler (Wyoming) Midlands 12-2
L 8-3 Chris Bono (Sunkist Kids) Midlands 12-3
W 8-4 Ty Morgan (Central Michigan) Midlands 13-3
L 3-1 Matt Lebe (West Virginia) Midlands 13-4
W 14-3 Travis Koppenhafer (Adams State) Midlands 14-4
W 2-1 Scott Roth (Cornell) Dual-Cornell 15-4
W 10-2 Bobby Latessa (Harvard) Dual-Harvard 16-4
W 5-1 Ty Morgan (Central Michigan) NWCA Duals 17-4
L 3-2 Kenny Burleson (Missouri) NWCA Duals 17-5
W 6-5 Scott Roth (Cornell) NWCA Duals 18-5
L F 3:25 Brett Vanderver (Pennsylvania) NWCA Duals 18-6
L 12-9 Ryan Bertin (Michigan) NWCA Duals 18-7
W 4-2 Matt Grice (Oklahoma) NWCA Duals 19-7
W 9-1 Justin Hoch (Binghamton) CAA Duals 20-7
W TF Jeff Lyons (Campbell) CAA Duals 21-7
W 7-0 (165) Sean Early (George Mason) CAA Duals 22-7
W 4:27 (165) Andrew Robarge (James Madison) CAA Duals 23-7
W 14-5 Mitch Webster (George Mason) CAA Championship - 1R24-7
W 11-2 Matt Hartigan (Wagner) CAA Championship - QF25-7
W 8-2 Robert Belville (Sacred Heart) CAA Championship - SF26-7
L F 2:47 Dave Miller (Rider) CAA Championship - F 26-8
L 7-2 Chris Horning (Clarion) NCAA Championship 26-9
W Def. 2:54 Dave Miller (Rider) NCAA Championship 27-9
W 5-4 TB Brad Harper (Purdue) NCAA Championship 28-9
L 7-3 Charlie Brenneman (Lock Haven) NCAA Championship 28-10
Stefan Serie (157)
Score
Won/Lost Opponent Name (Institution) Competition Record
L F 1:59 Brett Vanderveer (Penn) Keystone Classic 0-1
W TF 4:19 Scott Doerr (Duke) Keystone Classic 1-1
L TF 7:00 Alex Davis (App. St.) Keystone Classic 1-2
W F 1:06 Vincent Vazzana (Wagner) Dual-Wagner 2-2
Billy Simons (165)
Score
Won/Lost Opponent Name (Institution) Competition Record
L 4-3 David Post (Cornell) Cortland Open 0-1
L F 2:40 Nick Detweiler (Kutztown) Cortland Open 0-2
W 3-2 Matt McConville (Penn) Keystone Classic 1-2
L DQ #15 Leighton Brady (Boston U.) Keystone Classic 1-3
L 13-2 Joe Patrovich (Hofstra) Keystone Classic 1-4
Ralph Everett (165)
Score
Won/Lost Opponent Name (Institution) Competition Record
W 9-1 Dan Miracola (Cornell) Cortland Open 1-0
W F 3:29 Joe Gartiser (Binghamton) Cortland Open 2-0
W 5-4 Marc Israel (Ithaca) Cortland Open 3-0
---- Joe Mazzurco (Cornell) Cortland Open No Match
W 3rd 5-4 Sean Jenkins (Brown) Cortland Open 4-0
W F 3:59 Vinny Vazzana (Wagner) Keystone Classic 5-0
W 12-3 Dan Gallagher (Penn) Keystone Classic 6-0
W 5-2 Sean Jenkins (Brown) Keystone Classic 7-0
W 5-2 #15 Leighton Brady (Boston U.) Keystone Classic 8-0
W 5-3 #14 Jacob Klein (Nebraska) Dual-Nebraska 9-0
W 12-4 Kurt Pryor (Army) Dual-Army 10-0
W 3-1 #15 Leighton Brady (Boston U.) Dual-Boston 11-0
W 10-2 Sean Early (George Mason) Midlands 12-0
W 7-4 Chris Ressa (Rutgers) Midlands 13-0
W 7-2 Zach Doll (Pittsburgh) Midlands 14-0
W 3-2 Hesston Johnson (Northern Iowa) Midlands 15-0
L 2-1 TB David Bolyard (Central Michigan) Midlands 15-1
W 14-4 Dave Post (Cornell) Dual-Cornell 16-1
W 8-3 Brandon Kaufmann (Harvard) Dual-Harvard 17-1
W 4-1 David Bolyard (Central Michigan) NWCA Duals 18-1
W 4-1 Tyrone Woodley (Missouri) NWCA Duals 19-1
W 13-2 David Post (Cornell) NWCA Duals 20-1
W 18-5 Kyle Bernholz (Pennsylvania) NWCA Duals 21-1
L F 5:37 Pat Owen (Michigan) NWCA Duals 21-2
W 5-1 Rafael Maturino (Oklahoma) NWCA Duals 22-2
W TF Ryan Jantzen (Binghamton) CAA Duals 23-2
W forfeit Campbell CAA Duals 24-2
W F 5:52 (174) Matt Horton (George Mason) CAA Duals 25-2
W F 4:42 (174) Zach Winfrey (James Madison) CAA Duals 26-2
W 8-4 Sherwood Fendryk (Sacred Heart) Dual-Sacred Heart 27-2
L 8-2 Troy Letters (Lehigh) Dual-Lehigh 27-3
W 16-6 Richard Ferguson (Penn) Dual-Penn 28-3
W F 4:58 Steve Beard (Drexel) Dual-Drexel 29-3
W forfeit Wagner College Dual-Wagner 30-3
W TF-17-2 Steve Beard (Drexel) CAA Championship - QF31-3
W 11-5 Ryan Cunningham (Rider) CAA Championship - SF32-3
W 7-2 Leighton Brady (Boston U.) CAA Championship - F 33-3
W 4-3 Zach Doll (Pittsburgh) NCAA Championship 34-3
W 9-4 Jason Cardillo (Slippery Rock) NCAA Championship 35-3
W 5-4 Tim Foley (Virginia) NCAA Championship 36-3
L 2-1 Matt King (Edinboro) NCAA Championship 36-4
L 3-2 tb Jacob Klein (Nebraska) NCAA Championship 36-5
Noel Thompson (174)
Score
Won/Lost Opponent Name (Institution) Competition Record
W F 0:47 Nick Lorenzen (Cortland) Cortland Open 1-0
W F 0:54 Kevin Bush (Binghamton) Cortland Open 2-0
W 15-2 Bryce Hasseman (Unattached) Cortland Open 3-0
W 19-9 Mike Pedro (Brown) Cortland Open 4-0
W 5-2 #11 Tyler Baier (Cornell) Cortland Open 5-0
W F 5:25 Ryan Hayes (Wagner) Keystone Classic 6-0
W 12-3 Levi Craig (Duke) Keystone Classic 7-0
W 13-0 Greg Hallahan (Penn) Keystone Classic 8-0
W 7-4 #8 Matt Herrington (Penn) Keystone Classic 9-0
W 18-9 Jason High (Nebraska) Dual-Nebraska 10-0
W 19-7 Gabriel Lucero (Army) Dual-Army 11-0
W 12-3 Ben Schilens (Boston U.) Dual-Boston 12-0
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W 11-10 Kenny Robertson (Eastern Illinois) Midlands 13-0
W 9-3 Imad Kharbush (Stanford) Midlands 14-0
L 7-5 (OT) Eric Hauan (Northern Iowa) Midlands 14-1
L 4-3 Pete Freidl (Illinois) Midlands 14-2
W 5-3 Tyler Baier (Cornell) Dual-Cornell 15-2
W Forfeit Forfeit Dual-Harvard 16-2
W 5-4 (OT) Mitch Hancock (Central Michigan) NWCA Duals 17-2
L 9-3 Ben Askren (Missouri) NWCA Duals 17-3
L 2-1 Tyler Baier (Cornell) NWCA Duals 17-4
L 2-1 Matt Herrington (Pennsylvania) NWCA Duals 17-5
W 2-1 (2OT) Nick Roy (Michigan) NWCA Duals 18-5
W 3-2 E.K. Waldhaus (Oklahoma) NWCA Duals 19-5
W F 1:28 Mark Tse (Binghamton) CAA Duals 20-5
W F 1:07 Brian Hocum (Campbell) CAA Duals 21-5
W 9-7 Kevin Fox (Sacred Heart) Dual-Sacred Heart 22-5
L 13-7 Brad Dillon (Lehigh) Dual-Lehigh 22-6
W 7-3 Greg Hallahan (Penn) Dual-Penn 23-6
W Med Def. 0:45Nick Kozar (Drexel) Dual-Drexel 24-6
W Forfeit (184) Wagner College Dual-Wagner 25-6
W 15-2 Jason Chalfont (James Madison) CAA Championship - QF26-6
W 8-0 Ben Schliens (Boston U.) CAA Championship - SF27-6
W F 1:52 Nick Kozar (Drexel) CAA Championship - F 28-6
W 6-2 Nick Roy (Michigan) NCAA Championship 29-6
L 9-5 Nate Yetzer (Edinboro) NCAA Championship 29-7
W 10-2 Curtis Yeager (Millersville) NCAA Championship 30-7
W 5-3 Ralph DeNisco (Wisconsin) NCAA Championship 31-7
L 5-4 TB Pete Friedl (Illinois) NCAA Championship 31-8
Joe Patrovich (164/174)
Score
Won/Lost Opponent Name (Institution) Competition Record
W T 22-6 6:00 Keith Levinson (Cortland) Cortland Open 1-0
L F 3:34 Kevin Fox (Sacred Heart) Cortland Open 1-1
L 10-8 Josh Fisk (Drexel) Cortland Open 1-2
W 8-2 John Lowery (VMI) Keystone Classic 2-2
L 9-3 Ryan Cunningham (Rider) Keystone Classic 2-3
W 9-5 Brock Wittmeyer (Penn) Keystone Classic 3-3
W 13-2 Billy Simons (Hofstra) Keystone Classic 4-3
W F 3:35 Lee Roper (App. St.) Keystone Classic 5-3
Alex Nowak (174)
Score
Won/Lost Opponent Name (Institution) Competition Record
L 9-2 Kevin Kinnear (Unattached) Cortland Open 0-1
L 5-4 TB Dan Jelsma (Unattached) Cortland Open 0-2
Brad Christie (184)
Score
Won/Lost Opponent Name (Institution) Competition Record
W F 1:06 Tom Vail (Binghamton) Cortland Open 1-0
W 11-5 Brett Scholnick (Boston U.) Cortland Open 2-0
W 4-2 Pat Shufelt (Drexel) Cortland Open 3-0
W 3-1 Daniel Waters (American) Cortland Open 4-0
W 10-4 Aaron Barnette (App. St.) Keystone Classic 5-0
W 6-2 Ethan Bullock (Penn) Keystone Classic 6-0
L 5-2 Nick Ciarcia (Brown) Keystone Classic` 6-1
W 0-0 TB Daniel Walters (American) Keystone Classic 7-1
Medical Forfeit #20 Nick Catone (Rider) Keystone Classic 7-1
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L TF 21-6 Travis Pascoe (Nebraska) Dual-Nebraska 7-2
L 12-5 Luke Calvert (Army) Dual-Army 7-3
W 8-3 Tom Sforza (Boston U.) Dual-Boston 8-3
L F 1:27 Ryan Flaherty (Wisconsin) Midlands 8-4
W 15-1 Matt Sassolino (Elmhurst) Midlands 9-4
L 2-1 Alex Lammers (Central Michigan) Midlands 9-5
W 7-4 Randy Stout (Cornell) Dual-Cornell 10-5
W F 6:13 P.J. Jones (Harvard) Dual-Harvard 11-5
W 5-4 Alex Lemmers (Central Michigan) NWCA Duals 12-5
L 6-4 Matt Pell (Missouri) NWCA Duals 12-6
L 6-5 Jerry Rinaldi (Cornell) NWCA Duals 12-7
W 5-4 TB Paul Velekei (Pennsylvania) NWCA Duals 13-7
L 4-2 Josh Weitzel (Michigan) NWCA Duals 13-8
L F 1:22 Justin Dyer (Oklahoma) NWCA Duals 13-9
W F 2:12 Kevin Bush (Binghamton) CAA Duals 14-9
W 11-6 Lantz Nixon (Campbell) CAA Duals 15-9
W F Jim Martin (George Mason) CAA Duals 16-9
W F 1:01 Lamont Logan (James Madison) CAA Duals 17-9
W 19-7 Wayne Oakley (Sacred Heart) Dual-Sacred Heart 18-9
L 2-1 Travis Frick (Lehigh) Dual-Lehigh 18-10
W 9-4 Ethan Bullock (Penn) Dual-Penn 19-10
W 17-4 Josh Fisk (Drexel) Dual-Drexel 20-10
W F 2:16 Lamont Logan (James Madison) CAA 21-10
Championship - QF
W 3-2 Adam Wright (Old Dominion) CAA 22-10
Championship - SF
L 2-1 Nick Catone (Rider) CAA Championship - F22-11
L 3-2 Josh McLay (Minnesota) NCAA Championship 22-12
L 9-3 Frank Cornley (Duke) NCAA Championship 22-13
Jordan Reid (184)
Score
Won/Lost Opponent Name (Institution) Competition Record
L F 4:41 Justin Wear (Ithaca) Cortland Open 0-1
L F 1:01 Mike McWilliams (Springfield) Cortland Open 0-2
Chris Skretkowicz (197)
Score
Won/Lost Opponent Name (Institution) Competition Record
W F 1:16 Matt Eldridge (Cortland) Cortland Open 1-0
W F 2:18 Adam Montgomery (American) Cortland Open 2-0
W 8-0 Ryan Gruver (Cornell) Cortland Open 3-0
W 10-0 Derman Lewis (Unattached) Cortland Open 4-0
W 5-0 Chris Jones (Drexel) Cortland Open 5-0
W 10-0 Rocky Richey (App. St.) Keystone Classic 6-0
W 8-0 Chris Moulton (Penn) Keystone Classic 7-0
W 12-0 Tared Terrell (Rider) Keystone Classic 8-0
W 8-0 Marus Schontube (Penn) Keystone Classic 9-0
L F 2:29 #9 B.J. Padden (Nebraska) Dual-Nebraska 9-1
W TF 16-1 Todd Wisman (Army) Dual-Army 10-1
W TF 17-0 John DaCruz (Boston U.) Dual-Boston 11-1
W 9-0 Joel Weimer (Ohio) Midlands 12-1
W 11-0 Joel Edwards (Penn State) Midlands 13-1
W 7-0 Sean Stender (Northern Iowa) Midlands 14-1
L 2-1 Matt Monteiro (Cal State Bakersfield) Midlands 14-2
W F 4:27 Morgan Horner (Lock Haven) Midlands 15-2
W 2-0 Sean Stender (Northern Iowa) Midlands 16-2
W 3-0 #8 Matt Greenberg (Cornell) Dual-Cornell 17-2
W 6-0 Reginald Lee (Harvard) Dual-Harvard 18-2
W F 4:56 Joe Yager (Central Michigan) NWCA Duals 19-2
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W 8-0 Jeff Foust (Missouri) NWCA Duals 20-2
W 3-0 Matt Greenberg (Cornell) NWCA Duals 21-2
W 13-0 Marcus Schontube (Pennsylvania) NWCA Duals 22-2
W 14-0 Willie Breyer (Michigan) NWCA Duals 23-2
W F 5:30 Justin Tapler (Oklahoma) NWCA Duals 24-2
W F 3:37 Declan Josephson (Binghamton) CAA Duals 25-2
W F 2:59 Mark Averell (Campbell) CAA Duals 26-2
W F 1:49 Harry Zander (George Mason) CAA Duals 27-2
W F 1:51 Justin Gronlie (James Madison) CAA Duals 28-2
W F 1:09 John Miller (Sacred Heart) Dual-Sacred Heart 29-2
W 8-0 Matt Cassidy (Lehigh) Dual-Lehigh 30-2
W 6-3 Marcus Schontube (Penn) Dual-Penn 31-2
W Forfeit Drexel U. Dual-Drexel 32-2
W F 4:20 Evan Webber-Junot (Wagner) Dual-Wagner 33-2
W F 2:05 Max Pazdan (Sacred Heart) CAA Championship - QF34-2
W 5-0 John DeCruz (Boston U.) CAA Championship - SF35-2
W 4-0 Chris Jones (Drexel) CAA Championship - F 36-2
W 2-1 TB Kyle Cerminara (Buffalo) NCAA Championship 37-2
W 7-1 Marcus Schontube (Pennsylvania) NCAA Championship 38-2
L 7-6 Ryan Fulsaas (Iowa) NCAA Championship 38-3
W 11-0 Rusty Blackmon (Oklahoma State) NCAA Championship 39-3
W 6-0 Kyle Cerminara (Buffalo) NCAA Championship 40-3
L 4-1 Ryan Bader (Arizona State) NCAA Championship 40-4
W Def 6:00 Sean Stender (Northern Iowa) NCAA Championship 41-4
Dan Garay (HWT)
Score
Won/Lost Opponent Name (Institution) Competition Record
W 9-2 Bo Reynolds (Army) Dual-Army 1-0
W 7-5 sv OT Courtney Howard (Boston U.) Dual-Boston 2-0
L 4-0 Pete Ziminski (Eastern Illinois) Midlands 2-1
L 13-1 Paul Weibel (Lehigh) Midlands 2-2
L 2-1 (OT) Matt Bogumil (Cornell) Dual-Cornell 2-3
L 4-2 Jonas Corl (Harvard) Dual-Harvard 2-4
L 10-2 Rick Stouffer (Central Michigan) NWCA Duals 2-5
L 6-0 Mike Whitehead (Missouri) NWCA Duals 2-6
L 3-1 (OT) Matt Bogumil (Cornell) NWCA Duals 2-7
W 5-1 Jeff Parker (Binghamton) CAA Duals 3-7
W 3-2 Dennis Campbell (Campbell) CAA Duals 4-7
W 3-2 Ryan Kittrick (George Mason) CAA Duals 5-7
W 3-1 Matt Coffey (James Madison) CAA Duals 6-7
L F 1:22 Payam Zarrinpour (Sacred Heart) Dual-Sacred Heart 6-8
L 8-3 Paul Weibel (Lehigh) Dual-Lehigh 6-9
L 10-0 Matt Feast (Penn) Dual-Penn 6-10
W 4-2 sv OT Chris Cowen (Drexel) Dual-Drexel 7-10
W 4-0 John Cichon (Wagner) Dual-Wagner 8-10
W 2-1 Courtny Howard (Boston U.) CAA Championship - QF9-10
L 2-1 Payam Zarrinpour (Sacred Heart) CAA Championship - SF9-11
W 3-2 Matt Coffey (James Madison) CAA Championship - C10-11
L 3-1 Carmelo Marrero (Rider) CAA
Championship - 3P 10-12
Cole Merryman (HWT)
Score
Won/Lost Opponent Name (Institution) Competition Record
W F 3:44 Scott Fay (Springfield) Cortland Open 1-0
L 9-7 sd Jared Hyman (Springfield) Cortland Open 1-1
W 15-4 Jason Lichtenstein (Cortland) Cortland Open 2-1
W F 1:45 Pete McCormick (Drexel) Cortland Open 3-1
L 5-4 Chris Cowen (Drexel) Cortland Open 3-2
L 15-5 #19 Nathan McClain (Nebraska) Dual-Nebraska 3-3
Michael Lodato (HWT)
Score
Won/Lost Opponent Name (Institution) Competition Record
W F 2:09 Sean Curran (Unattached) Cortland Open 1-0
L 8-4 Matt Bogumil (Cornell) Cortland Open 1-1
W 6-1 Joe Congero (Cortland) Cortland Open 2-1
L F 3:53 Jared Hyman (American) Cortland Open 2-2
L F 1:59 Matt Feast (Pennsylvania) Midwest Duals 2-3
Mike McLaughlin (HWT)
Score
Won/Lost Opponent Name (Institution) Competition Record
L 4-0 Andy Freas (Kutztown) Cortland Open 0-1
L 1-0 Erik Wisecup (Ithaca) Cortland Open 0-2
Jon Masa
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THE COLONIAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
The Colonial Athletic Association
celebrates its 20th Anniversary in 2004-
05, proud of its past and excited about
the future.
Boasting a roster of 10 (soon to be 12) wellrespected
academic institutions, the CAA has
established itself as one of the nation’s top
collegiate conferences. On the playing field, the
league has produced 16 national team
champions in five different sports, 33 individual
national champions, 11 national coaches of the
year, 11 national players of the year and 12
Honda Award winners. The CAA has consistently
ranked among the top 15 in the Sears Directors
Cup standings and has been the nation’s topranked
Division I non-football conference in
recent years.
Even more impressive, however,
are the honors accumulated
away from competition,
which include five Rhodes
Scholars and 16 NCAA
post-graduate scholars.
Last year, the CAA had
eight CoSIDA Academic
All-Americans, including
five who were selected to
the first team. Over 1,200 CAA
student-athletes posted at least a
3.2 grade point average while lettering
in a varsity sport and received the CAA
Commissioner’s Academic Award in 2003-04.
With a geographic footprint that currently
stretches from the shadow of the Statue of
Liberty to the beaches of North Carolina, the
landscape of the conference includes four of the
nation’s top 25 media markets – New York (1),
Philadelphia (4), Washington, D.C. (8) and
Baltimore (24). That reach will expand even
wider in 2006 with the addition of Georgia State
University in Atlanta and Northeastern University
in Boston, giving the CAA a presence in five of
the nation’s nine largest metropolitan areas.
The CAA conducts championships in 21 sports.
Male athletes compete for championships in
baseball, basketball, cross country, golf,
lacrosse, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis,
track & field and wrestling. Female athletes
battle for conference titles in basketball, cross
country, field hockey, golf, lacrosse, soccer,
softball, swimming & diving, tennis, track &
field and volleyball.
In men’s basketball, the CAA has earned a
reputation as a “giant killer” in the NCAA
Tournament. Since 1981, CAA schools have
posted 12 wins over higher-seeded teams. Last
year, seven of the league’s 10 teams were
among the top 140 in the RPI and four were
ranked in the top 100. In women’s basketball,
the CAA ranked ninth among the nation’s 31
conferences in 2003-04. Perennial power Old
Dominion has captured three national
championships (1979, 1980, 1985) and reached
the title game again in 1997.
The conference has also excelled in many other
sports. CAA squads have won 10 field hockey
national titles since the championship began in
1981, which is not only more than any other
conference but represents nearly half of all titles
won. In baseball, at least two CAA teams have
earned NCAA Tournament berths for seven
consecutive seasons. The CAA is annually
ranked among the nation’s top 10 conferences
in men’s and women’s soccer, and has
traditionally sent multiple teams to the NCAA
Tournament. The conference finished the 2003-
04 campaign with teams ranked among the top
25 nationally in cross country, field hockey,
men’s soccer, wrestling, softball, men’s and
women’s tennis and men’s and women’s
lacrosse.
CAA member institutions are also committed to
excellence in the classroom. The Colonial
Academic Alliance was created in 2002 by the
league’s presidents with a goal of expanding
their partnership to all aspects of university life
outside of intercollegiate athletics. Among the
programs already established are an
undergraduate research conference,
coordination of study abroad programs and
granting visiting academic status to studentathletes
traveling to an away contest so that
they have access to libraries, academic resource
centers and computer labs.
In 2002, two faculty members from CAA
institutions were awarded academia’s most
coveted distinction – the Nobel Prize. John B.
Fenn, a research professor in the Department of
Chemistry at Virginia Commonwealth University,
received the Nobel Prize for chemistry, and
Vernon Smith, a professor of economics and
law at George Mason University, shared the
Nobel Prize in economic sciences.
Under the direction of Commissioner Thomas E.
Yeager, who has guided the CAA since its
inception, the league currently includes 10
members and will expand to 12 in 2006.
Core members George Mason
University, James Madison
University, the University of
North Carolina at Wilmington,
Old Dominion University,
Virginia Commonwealth
University and the College of
William & Mary were joined by
the University of Delaware,
Drexel University, Hofstra
University and Towson University in
2001. Georgia State University and
Northeastern University will become
members of the conference in July, 2006.
The CAA traces its roots back to 1983 when
three of its current members- George Mason,
James Madison, and William and Mary - were
aligned with East Carolina University, the United
States Naval Academy and the University of
Richmond as a basketball league (ECAC South).
During the next two years, the league added 11
sports, acquired two new members (UNC
Wilmington and American University) and
decided to form a new association. The
transformation from ECAC South to CAA took
place on June 6, 1985. By the fall of 1986, the
league gained automatic bids to NCAA
Championships in men’s basketball, soccer,
baseball and women’s basketball and formed an
officials’ bureau. Old Dominion became a
member of the CAA in 1991-92 and Virginia
Commonwealth University joined the conference
prior to the 1995-96 season.
From all-star athletes to Nobel Prize winning
faculty, the CAA takes great pride in producing
performers who stand out both on the playing
field and in the classroom.
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2004 CAA WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP REVIEW
HOFSTRA WINS 2004 CAA WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP
LAWRENCEVILLE, New Jersey – The Hofstra
University wrestling team had four champions
and four runners-up to capture its fourth
consecutive conference championship at the
2004 Colonial Athletic Association Wrestling
Championships at Rider University.
The Pride, who placed eight of nine wrestlers in
the CAA Championships finals, recorded 111
points to easily win their third consecutive CAA
title. Hofstra also captured the 2001 conference
championship as a member of the East Coast
Wrestling Association. Finishing second in the
CAA Championship was Rider University with
69.5 points; Boston University was third with
67.0; George Mason was fourth at 59.5; Sacred
Heart was fifth at 56.5; and Drexel was sixth with
46.5 to round out the top of the field. Old
Dominion with 29.0; Binghamton with 27.5;
Campbell University with 12.5; James Madison
with 8.0; and Wagner with 4.5 closed out the
standings.
The four Hofstra champions were senior Tom
Noto at 125; senior Ralph Everett at 165; Noel
Thompson at 174; and Chris Skretkowicz. Two
freshmen, John Manarte at 141 and James
Strouse at 149, a junior Paul Siemon at 157 and
senior Brad Christie at 184 all made it to their
respective championship matches.
At 125 pounds, senior Tom Noto became the
eighth wrestler in Hofstra history to capture
three conference championships with a 6-2
victory over Jose Leon of Boston University.
Noto had a takedown with just 15 seconds
remaining in the first period to go up 2-0. His
escape in the second period boosted the lead to
3-0. Leon posted an escape early in the third
period but Noto posted a takedown with 1:01 to
go for a 5-1 lead. Leon did get an escape in the
waning seconds and Noto took the riding time
point to close out the scoring. Noto advanced to
the finals with an 11-3 victory over Rob
Rebmann of Drexel in the semifinals.
At 141, freshman John Manarte advanced to his
first conference title match with a 3-2 victory
over top-seeded Rob Becker of George Mason in
the semifinals. But Manarte couldn’t escape from
third-seeded Josh Ruff in the title match as Ruff
posted a 5-3 victory. Ruff posted a takedown in
the first period for the only scoring but picked up
55 seconds of riding time in the period. Ruff
sandwiched two escapes around a Manarte
takedown in the second period for a 4-2 lead.
Manarte could only get an escape with eight
seconds remaining in the final period as Ruff got
the riding time point
and the victory.
Third-seeded
freshman James
Strouse also made
his first appearance
in the CAA
Championship
match at 149
pounds by way of a
4-2 victory over
second-seeded
Rayes Gonzales of Boston University in the
semifinals. In the finals Strouse had to face topseeded
Adrian Austin of George Mason. The two
faced each other at the CAA Duals in January
with Austin posting a 6-5 victory. After a
scoreless first period Saturday, Austin posted
two takedowns and Strouse had two escapes in
the second period for a 4-2 score. In the third,
Austin opened with an escaped and then took
down Strouse with 32 seconds remaining on the
way to an 8-4 victory.
The 157-pound match may have been the most
controversial match of the championship as topseeded
junior Paul Siemon faced second-seeded
Dave Miller of Rider. In the final 30 seconds of
the first period, Siemon, who advanced to the
finals with an 8-2 victory over Robert Belville of
Sacred Heart, recorded an apparent takedown
and appeared to be ready to get additional back
points. But the referee stopped the action with
18 seconds remaining and, initially, took the
points off the scoreboard. After a “discussion”
with both coaching staffs and the officials that
lasted several minutes, action resumed with just
two points for Siemon and an additional nine
seconds put back on the clock. Siemon came
out of the delay and tried to flip Miller, who
quickly flipped the top-seed and pinned him with
just 13 seconds left in the first period.
At 165, Ralph Everett became the sixth Hofstra
wrestler to capture conference titles at two
different weight classes with a 7-2 victory over
second-seeded Leighton Brady of Boston
University. All the scoring was done in the first
two periods and Everett recorded 4:17 of riding
time to win easily. Everett, the top-seed in the
weight class, got to the finals with an 11-5
victory over Ryan Cunningham of Rider. Everett
captured the CAA title last year at 174 pounds.
Noel Thompson followed Everett on the schedule
and in the record book by becoming the seventh
Hofstra wrestler to capture two different weight
class titles. Thompson, who won the 165-pound
title last year, captured the 174-pound title with a
pin of second-seeded Nick Kozar at 1:52 of the
first period. Thompson, the top-seed, got to the
finals with an 8-0 victory over #4 Ben Schilens
of Boston University in the semifinals.
Senior Brad Christie, who was seeded second
and was the defending champion at 184 pounds,
advanced to the finals this year with a 3-2 victory
over Adam Wright of Old Dominion in the
semifinals. In the finals, Christie faced topseeded
Nick Catone of Rider. The two met at the
Keystone Classic in November with Christie
posting a medical forfeit victory. This time the
result was different. After a scoreless first
period, Catone recorded an escape to open the
second period. With 50 seconds to go in the
period, Christie was hit with a stalling penalty
giving Catone a 2-0 lead. That point would be the
difference as Christie was able to muster only an
escape in the third as Catone took the title, 2-1.
Top-seeded junior Chris Skretkowicz advanced to
the 197-pound final with a 5-0 victory over John
DaCruz of Boston University in the semifinals. In
the title match, Skretkowicz recorded his second
conference title with a 4-0 decision over secondseeded
Chris Jones of Drexel. Skretkowicz
improved to 36-2 on the season.
Hofstra’s ninth entry in the CAA Championships,
junior heavyweight Dan Garay was eliminated
from title contention in the semifinals by
eventual champion Payam Zarrinpour of Sacred
Heart, 2-1. Garay, who finished fourth, dropped a
3-1 decision in sudden-victory to Carmelo
Marrero of Rider in the third place match.
In addition to Zarrinpour, top-seed Mike Messina
of Sacred Heart captured the 133-pound title
with a 6-4 victory over #2 Don Fisch of Rider.
Zarrinpour defeated Derrel Lorthridge of Old
Dominion, 4-2, in the second sudden victory
period to capture the heavyweight title.
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2004 CAA WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS
FINAL RESULTS
Team Standings Points Champions 2 nd 3 rd 4 th
Hofstra 111 4 4 0 1
Rider 69.5 2 1 2 0
Boston 67 0 2 3 1
George Mason 59.5 1 0 1 3
Sacred Heart 56.5 2 0 1 1
Drexel 46.5 0 2 2 0
Old Dominion 29 0 1 1 1
Binghamton 27.5 1 0 0 1
Campbell 12.5 0 0 0 2
James Madison 8.0 0 0 0 0
Wagner 4.5 0 0 0 0
Championship Finals
125 #1 Tom Noto-Hofstra dec. #2 Jose Leon-Boston 6-2
133 #1 Mike Messina-Sacred Heart dec. #2 Don Fisch-Rider 6-4
141 #3 Josh Ruff-Binghamton dec. #4 John Manarte-Hofstra 5-3
149 #1 Adrian Austin-GMU dec. #3 James Strouse-Hofstra 8-4
157 #2 Dave Miller-Rider wbf #1 Paul Siemon-Hofstra 2:47
165 #1 Ralph Everett-Hofstra dec. #2 Leighton Brady-Boston 7-2
174 #1 Noel Thompson-Hofstra wbf #2 Nick Kozar-Drexel 1:52
184 #1 Nick Catone-Rider dec. #2 Brad Christie-Hofstra 2-1
197 #1 Chris Skretkowicz-Hofstra dec. #2 Chris Jones-Drexel 4-0
285 #1 Payam Zarrinpour-Sacred Heart dec. #3 Derrel Lorthridge-ODU 4-2 (ot)
Consolation Finals
125 #4 Rob Rebmann-Drexel major dec. #6 Andy Bricker-Campbell 12-3
133 #3 Joe Cristaldi-Drexel dec. #4 David Emison-GMU 6-0
141 #2 Joey Rivera-Boston dec. #1 Rob Becker-GMU medical forfeit
149 #2 Rayes Gonzales-Boston dec. #6 Beau Bruno-Binghamton 3-2
157 #5 Robert Belville-Sacred Heart dec. #4 Jesse Pearce-ODU 6-1
165 #6 Sean Early-GMU tech fall #3 Sherwood Fendryk-Sacred Heart 18-3 (5:00)
174 #4 Ben Schliens-Boston dec. #6 Nick Webster-GMU 6-4
184 #3 Adam Wright-ODU dec. #4 Lantz Nixon-Campbell 8-3
197 #3 Jared Terrell-Rider dec. #4 John DaCruz-Boston 5-3
285 #2 Carmelo Marrero-Rider dec. #4 Dan Garay-Hofstra 3-1
125
Quarterfinals
#1 Tom Noto-Hofstra wbf. Jared Smith-ODU, 3:26
#4 Rob Rebmann-Drexel major dec. #5 Phil Kalil-Sacred Heart, 9-1
#2 Jose Leon-Boston wbf. Ed Tan-GMU, 2:50
#6 Andy Bricker-Campbell dec. #3 Bobby Stinson-Rider, 12-10
Semifinals
#1 Tom Noto-Hofstra major dec. #4 Rob Rebmann-Drexel, 11-3
#2 Jose Leon-Boston wbf. #6 Andy Bricker-Campbell, 6:30
Finals
#1 Tom Noto-Hofstra dec. #2 Jose Leon-Boston, 6-2
Consolations
Ed Tan-GMU medical forfeit #3 Bobby Stinson-Rider
Phil Kalil-Sacred Heart tech fall Jared Smith-ODU, 23-7 (6:22)
#4 Rob Rebmann-Drexel wbf. Ed Tan-GMU, 2:57
#6 Andy Bricker-Campbell dec. Phil Kalil-Sacred Heart, 5-1
Third Place
#4 Rob Rebmann-Drexel major dec. #6 Andy Bricker-Campbell, 12-3
133
First Round
#5 Mike Tutunjian-Wagner wbf. Brett Frimer-Boston, 5:52
Quarterfinals
#4 David Emison-GMU major dec. #5 Mike Tutunjian-Wagner, 17-8
#1 Mike Messina-Sacred Heart major dec. Todd Schroeder-JMU, 16-8
#3 Joe Cristaldi-Drexel wbf. #6 Jordan Henning-Campbell, 5:51
#2 Don Fisch-Rider tech fall Kyle Willard-Binghamton, 16-1 (5:15)
Semifinals
#1 Mike Messina-Sacred Heart major dec. #4 David Emison-GMU, 24-10
#2 Don Fisch-Rider dec. #3 Joe Cristaldi-Drexel, 11-6
Finals
#1 Mike Messina-Sacred Heart dec. #2 Don Fisch-Rider, 6-4
Consolations
Brett Frimer-Boston dec. Jordan Henning-Campbell, 12-9
Brett Frimer-Boston dec. Kyle Willard-Binghamton, 13-8
Todd Schroeder-JMU dec. #5 Mike Tutunjian-Wagner, 10-8
#4 David Emison-GMU wbf. Brett Frimer-Boston, 5:14
#3 Joe Cristaldi-Drexel major dec. Todd Schroeder-JMU, 13-1
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Third Place
#3 Joe Cristaldi-Drexel dec. #4 David Emison-GMU, 6-0
141
First Round
Brian Kibler-JMU major dec. Justin Ensign-Wagner, 10-2
#4 John Manarte-Hofstra dec. Rick Bauer-Rider, 8-2
#6 Adam Bricker-Campbell dec. Michael Davis-ODU, 10-5
Quarterfinals
#1 Rob Becker-GMU wbf. Brian Kibler-JMU, 2:01
#4 John Manarte-Hofstra dec. #5 Chris Renninger-Drexel, 9-5 s.v.
#3 Josh Ruff-Binghamton dec. #6 Adam Bricker-Campbell, 4-3
#2 Joey Rivera-Boston major dec. Kyle McCarthy-Sacred Heart, 15-6
Semifinals
#4 John Manarte-Hofstra dec. #1 Rob Becker-GMU, 3-2
#3 Josh Ruff-Binghamton dec. #2 Joey Rivera-Boston, 7-2
Finals
#3 Josh Ruff-Binghamton dec. #4 John Manarte-Hofstra 5-3
Consolations
Kyle McCarthy-Sacred Heart wbf. Justin Ensign-Wagner, 5:50
#6 Adam Bricker-Campbell dec. Rick Bauer-Rider, 7-5
Michael Davis-ODU dec. #5 Chris Renninger-Drexel, 7-4
Michael Davis-ODU wbf. Brian Kibler-JMU, 4:21
#6 Adam Bricker-Campbell dec. Kyle McCarthy-Sacred Heart, 10-4
#2 Joey Rivera-Boston dec. Michael Davis-ODU, 12-6
#1 Rob Becker-GMU dec. #6 Adam Bricker-Campbell, 4-3
Third Place
#2 Joey Rivera-Boston medical forfeit #1 Rob Becker-GMU
149
First Round
#4 Labe Black-Rider dec. Dennis Whitby-ODU, 9-3
#3 James Strouse-Hofstra wbf. Chris Wilson-JMU, 1:35
#1 Rayes Gonzales-Boston dec. Jesse Fendryk-Sacred Heart, 10-4
Quarterfinals
#1 Adrian Austin-GMU wbf. Pat Larkin-Wagner, 1:28
#5 Mark Cartella-Drexel dec. #4 Labe Black-Rider, 2-1 (ot)
#3 James Strouse-Hofstra dec. #6 Beau Bruno-Binghamton, 3-1 s.v.
#2 Rayes Gonzales-Boston wbf. Elliot Berger-Campbell, 3:30
Semifinals
#1 Adrian Austin-GMU injury default #5 Mark Cartella-Drexel, 6:28
#3 James Strouse-Hofstra dec. #2 Rayes Gonzales-Boston, 4-2
Finals
#1 Adrian Austin-GMU dec. #3 James Strouse-Hofstra, 8-4
Consolations
#6 Beau Bruno-Binghamton dec. Dennis Whitby-ODU, 6-5
#4 Labe Black-Rider wbf. Chris Wilson-JMU, 3:32
Jesse Fendryk-Sacred Heart wbf. Pat Larkin-Wagner, 4:24
#6 Beau Bruno-Binghamton tech fall Elliot Berger-Campbell, 19-4
Jesse Fendryk-Sacred Heart wbf. #4 Labe Black-Rider, 2:31
#6 Beau Bruno-Binghamton injury default #5 Mark Cartella-Drexel, 1:15
#2 Rayes Gonzales-Boston major dec. Jesse Fendryk-Sacred Heart, 12-4
Third Place
#2 Rayes Gonzales-Boston dec. #6 Beau Bruno-Binghamton, 3-2
157
First Round
#1 Paul Siemon-Hofstra major dec. Mitch Webster-GMU, 14-5
#2 Dave Miller-Rider wbf. Ray Lamb-Drexel, 2:07
Quarterfinals
#1 Paul Siemon-Hofstra major dec. Matt Hartigan-Wagner, 11-2
#5 Robert Belville-Sacred Heart dec. #4 Jesse Pearce-ODU, 8-2
#3 Zak Johns-Boston dec. #6 Justin Hoch-Binghamton, 5-1
#2 Dave Miller-Rider dec. Derick Schoenly-JMU, 7-2
Semifinals
#1 Paul Siemon-Hofstra dec. #5 Robert Belville-Sacred Heart, 8-2
#2 Dave Miller-Rider dec. #3 Zak Johns-Boston, 3-1
Finals
#2 Dave Miller-Rider wbf #1 Paul Siemon-Hofstra, 2:47
Consolations
Mitch Webster-GMU dec. Derick Schoenly-JMU, 5-2
Matt Hartigan-Wagner major dec. Ray Lamb-Drexel, 16-5
Mitch Webster-GMU major dec. #6 Justin Hoch-Binghamton, 9-1
#4 Jesse Pearce-ODU major dec. Matt Hartigan-Wagner, 17-4
#5 Robert Belville-Sacred Heart dec. Mitch Webster-GMU, 7-3
#4 Jesse Pearce-ODU injury default #3 Zak Johns-Boston, 3:00
Third Place
#5 Robert Belville-Sacred Heart dec. #4 Jesse Pearce-ODU, 6-1
165
First Round
#4 Ryan Cunningham-Rider major dec. Matt Yonkoski-JMU, 14-4
#6 Sean Early-GMU tech fall Joe Gartiser-Binghamton, 19-3 (5:08)
Quarterfinals
#1 Ralph Everett-Hofstra tech fall Steve Beard-Drexel, 17-2
#4 Ryan Cunningham-Rider dec. #5 John Adams-ODU, 7-2
#6 Sean Early-GMU tech fall #3 Sherwood Fendryk-Sacred Heart, 17-2
#2 Leighton Brady-Boston bye
Semifinals
#1 Ralph Everett-Hofstra dec. #4 Ryan Cunningham-Rider, 11-5
#2 Leighton Brady-Boston dec. #6 Sean Early-GMU, 3-1
Finals
#1 Ralph Everett-Hofstra dec. #2 Leighton Brady-Boston, 7-2
Consolations
#3 Sherwood Fendryk-Sacred Heart major dec. Matt Yonkoski-JMU, 9-1
Joe Gartiser-Binghamton wbf. #5 John Adams-ODU, 2:50
Joe Gartiser-Binghamton dec. Steve Beard-Drexel, 8-6
#3 Sherwood Fendryk-Sacred Heart dec. #4 Ryan Cunningham-Rider, 5-3
#6 Sean Early-GMU major dec. Joe Gartiser-Binghamton, 16-5
Third Place
#6 Sean Early-GMU tech fall #3 Sherwood Fendryk-Sacred Heart, 18-3
(5:00)
174
First Round
#5 Kevin Fox-Sacred Heart dec. Brian Hocum-Campbell, 8-1
#3 Chris Marold-Rider wbf. Mark Tse-Binghamton, 4:40
Quarterfinals
#1 Noel Thompson-Hofstra major dec. Jason Chalfont-JMU, 15-2
#4 Ben Schliens-Boston dec. #5 Kevin Fox-Sacred Heart, 6-4
#6 Nick Webster-GMU dec. #3 Chris Marold-Rider, 6-2
#2 Nick Kozar-Drexel dec. Nelson Gosnell-ODU, 5-4
Semifinals
#1 Noel Thompson-Hofstra major dec. #4 Ben Schliens-Boston, 8-0
#2 Nick Kozar-Drexel dec. #6 Nick Webster-GMU, 7-3
Finals
#1 Noel Thompson-Hofstra wbf. #2 Nick Kozar-Drexel,1:52
Consolations
Brian Hocum-Campbell dec. #3 Chris Marold-Rider, 10-9
#5 Kevin Fox-Sacred Heart dec. Mark Tse-Binghamton, 7-4
Nelson Gosnell-ODU dec. Brian Hocum-Campbell, 6-1
#5 Kevin Fox-Sacred Heart major dec. Jason Chalfont-JMU, 10-1
#4 Ben Schliens-Boston dec. Nelson Gosnell-ODU, 4-1
#6 Nick Webster-GMU dec. #5 Kevin Fox-Sacred Heart, 11-4
Third Place
#4 Ben Schliens-Boston dec. #6 Nick Webster-GMU, 6-4
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184
First Round
Wayne Oakley-Sacred Heart wbf. Kevin Bush-Binghamton, 2:55
#6 Pat Miller-Drexel dec. Jim Martin-GMU, 14-6
Quarterfinals
#1 Nick Catone-Rider tech fall Wayne Oakley-Sacred Heart, 21-4
#4 Lantz Nixon-Campbell dec. #5 Tom Sforza-Boston, 3-2
#3 Adam Wright-ODU wbf. #6 Pat Miller-Drexel, 6:59
#2 Brad Christie-Hofstra wbf. Lamont Logan-JMU, 2:16
Semifinals
#1 Nick Catone-Rider dec. #4 Lantz Nixon-Campbell, 3-1
#2 Brad Christie-Hofstra dec. #3 Adam Wright-ODU, 3-2
Finals
#1 Nick Catone-Rider dec. #2 Brad Christie-Hofstra, 2-1
Consolations
Kevin Bush-Binghamton wbf. Lamont Logan-JMU, 2:22
#5 Tom Sforza-Boston major dec. Jim Martin-GMU, 16-6
#6 Pat Miller-Drexel major dec. Kevin Bush-Binghamton, 13-3
#5 Tom Sforza-Boston wbf. Wayne Oakley-Sacred Heart, 6:38
#4 Lantz Nixon-Campbell injury default #6 Pat Miller-Drexel, 4:01
#3 Adam Wright-ODU dec. #5 Tom Sforza-Boston, 6-1
Third Place
#3 Adam Wright-ODU dec. #4 Lantz Nixon-Campbell, 8-3
197
First Round
#5 Harry Zandler-GMU wbf. Evan Weber Junot-Wagner, 1:41
#3 Jared Terrell-Rider major dec. John Dolido-ODU, 17-4
Quarterfinals
#1 Chris Skretkowicz-Hofstra wbf. Max Pazdan-Sacred Heart, 2:05
#4 John DaCruz-Boston wbf. #5 Harry Zandler-GMU, 3:25
#3 Jared Terrell-Rider major dec. #6 Declan Josephson-Binghamton, 13-
5
#2 Chris Jones-Drexel tech fall Justin Gronlie-JMU, 18-3
Semifinals
#1 Chris Skretkowicz-Hofstra dec. #4 John DaCruz-Boston, 5-0
#2 Chris Jones-Drexel dec. #3 Jared Terrell-Rider, 6-5
Finals
#1 Chris Skretkowicz-Hofstra dec. #2 Chris Jones-Drexel, 4-0
Consolations
#6 Declan Josephson-Binghamton major dec. Evan Weber Junot-Wagner,
10-1
#5 Harry Zandler-GMU wbf. John Dolido-ODU, 3:16
#6 Declan Josephson-Binghamton dec. Justin Gronlie-JMU, 8-5
#5 Harry Zandler-GMU wbf. Max Pazdan-Sacred Heart, 1:48
#4 John DaCruz-Boston wbf. #6 Declan Josephson-Binghamton, 1:19
#3 Jared Terrell-Rider wbf. #5 Harry Zandler-GMU, 6:48
Third Place
#3 Jared Terrell-Rider dec. #4 John DaCruz-Boston, 5-3
285
First Round
#1 Payam Zarrinpour-Sacred Heart wbf. Ryan Kittrick-GMU, 2:11
#5 Courtny Howard-Boston wbf. John Cichon-Wagner, 4:49
#3 Derrel Lorthridge-ODU dec. Chris Cowen-Drexel, 10-5
Quarterfinals
#1 Payam Zarrinpour-Sacred Heart dec. Jeff Parker-Binghamton, 11-6
#4 Dan Garay-Hofstra dec. #5 Courtny Howard-Boston, 2-1
#3 Derrel Lorthridge-ODU dec. #6 Matt Coffey-JMU, 4-3
#2 Carmelo Marrero-Rider dec. Dennis Campbell-Campbell, 3-2
Semifinals
#1 Payam Zarrinpour-Sacred Heart dec. #4 Dan Garay-Hofstra, 2-1
#3 Derrel Lorthridge-ODU dec. #2 Carmelo Marrero-Rider, 3-2
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#1 Payam Zarrinpour-Sacred Heart dec. #3 Derrel Lorthridge-ODU, 4-2
(ot)
Consolations
Ryan Kittrick-GMU dec. Dennis Campbell-Campbell, 4-3
#6 Matt Coffey-JMU wbf. John Cichon-Wagner, 4:13
#5 Courtny Howard-Boston dec. Chris Cowen-Drexel, 3-1 (ot)
#5 Courtny Howard-Boston dec. Jeff Parker-Binghamton, 5-1
#6 Matt Coffey-JMU wbf. Ryan Kittrick-GMU, 1:55
#4 Dan Garay-Hofstra dec. #6 Matt Coffey-JMU, 3-2
#2 Carmelo Marrero-Rider dec. #5 Courtny Howard-Boston, 7-3
Third Place
#2 Carmelo Marrero-Rider dec. #4 Dan Garay-Hofstra, 3-1
CAA Championship Most Outstanding Wrestler:
Dave Miller (Rider)
CAA Wrestler of the Year:
Chris Skretkowicz, Hofstra University
CAA Co-Rookies of the Year:
Don Fisch, Rider University & Payam Zarrinpour, Sacred Heart University
CAA Coach of the Year:
Tom Ryan, Hofstra University
PAST CAA TEAM CHAMPIONS
1992 George Mason
1993 Virginia Tech
1994 Old Dominion
1995 George Mason
1996 George Mason
1997 George Mason
1998 Virginia Tech
1999 James Madison
2000 James Madison
2001 George Mason
2002 Hofstra
2003 Hofstra
2004 Hofstra
Note: Hofstra joined the CAA in 2001-02.
CAA Wrestlers in the 2004 NCAA
Championships Results
125 - Rob Rebmann (Drexel) - 4-2 (7th place, All-American); Tom Noto
(Hofstra) - 3-2; Jose Leon (Boston) - 0-2
133 - Joe Cristaldi (Drexel) - 1-2; Don Fisch (Rider) - 0-2; Mike Messina `
(Sacred Heart) - 0-2
141 - Josh Ruff (Binghamton) - 2-2; Joey Rivera (Boston) - 1-2;
Rob Becker (George Mason) - 0-2; John Manarte (Hofstra) - 0-2
149 - Adrian Austin (George Mason) - 1-2; James Strouse (Hofstra) - 1-2
157 - Paul Siemon (Hofstra) - 2-2; Dave Miller (Rider) - 0-2
165 - Ralph Everett (Hofstra) - 3-2; Leighton Brady (Boston) - 0-2
174 - Noel Thompson (Hofstra) - 3-2; Nick Kozar (Drexel) - 0-2
184 - Nick Catone (Rider) - 2-2; Brad Christie (Hofstra) - 0-2
197 - Chris Skretkowicz (Hofstra) - 5-2 (5th place, All-American);
Chris Jones (Drexel) - 1-2
285 - Payam Zarrinpour (Sacred Heart) - 2-2; Carmelo Marrero (Rider) -
2-2; Derrell Lorthridge (ODU) - 1-2
NCAA Championship Final Team Standings:
Hofstra - 29 points (20th overall)
OFSTRA PRIDE WRESTLING

HOFSTRA WRESTLING RECORD BOOK
NCAA OUTSTANDING WRESTLER
Nick Gallo - 1977
ALL-AMERICANS
Marty Willigan - 1968, 1969
Joel Kislin - 1973
Nick Gallo - 1977
Ed Pidgeon - 1982
Peter Capone - 1983, 1985
Roman Fleszar - 2000, 2001
Eric Schmiesing - 2000, 2001
Jon Masa - 2003
Chris Skretkowicz - 2003, 2004
HONORABLE MENTION
ALL-AMERICANS
James Hieronymous - 1998
Roman Fleszar - 1999
Eric Schmiesing - 1999
Noel Thompson - 2001, 2003
Tom Noto - 2002
Ralph Everett - 2003, 2004
FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICANS
Mike Hogan - 1977
Jason Wartinger - 1993
Jon Masa - 2002
Chris Skretkowicz - 2002
NWCA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS
Ken Pera - 1993
Anthony Mazzurco - 1997
Eric Schmiesing - 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
Dennis Papadatos - 2000, 2001
Paul Siemon - 2004
Two-time All-Americans Roman
Fleszar (l) and Eric Schmiesing (r)
CONFERENCE
HISTORY
Hofstra has competed in three wrestling conferences
since 1974 – the East Coast Conference
(1974-90), the East Coast Wrestling
Association (1990-2001) and the Colonial
Athletic Association (2001-present). The following
is a list of Hofstra’s conference champions.
TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982,
1983, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
COACH OF THE YEAR
Tom Ryan - 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002 (cocoach),
2003, 2004
WRESTLER OF THE YEAR
Chris Skretkowicz - 2003, 2004
TOURNAMENT OUTSTANDING
WRESTLERS
Marty Willigan - 1968
Don Mayorga - 1975
Lou Dionisio - 1980
Ed Pidgeon - 1981
Peter Capone - 1983, 1985
Mike Arena - 1986, 1988
Eric Schmiesing - 2001
Jason DeBruin - 2002
Ricky LaForge - 2003
FOUR-TIME CHAMPIONS
Jason DeBruin - 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
THREE-TIME CHAMPIONS
Aurel Balaianu - 1977, 1979, 1980
Mike Hogan - 1978, 1980, 1981
Ed Pidgeon - 1981, 1982, 1983
Tony Arena - 1982, 1983, 1985
Mike Arena - 1986, 1987, 1988
Roman Fleszar - 1999, 2000, 2001
Eric Schmiesing - 1999, 2000, 2001
Tom Noto - 2001, 2002, 2004
TWO-TIME CHAMPIONS
Art Strunk - 1952, 1953
Dan Notine - 1956, 1957
Don Hannon - 1960, 1962
Marty Willigan - 1968, 1969
Mark Goldberg - 1969, 1970
Bill Stauffer - 1969, 1971
Joel Kislin - 1972, 1973
Rick Santee - 1972, 1973
Don Mayorga - 1975, 1976
Jim McDuffie - 1975, 1976
Nick Gallo - 1975, 1977
Greg Ely - 1978, 1979
Bill Keck - 1979, 1980
Phil Mattera - 1982, 1983
Joe Downey - 1983, 1984
Peter Capone - 1983, 1985
Jon Masa - 2002, 2003
Ralph Everett - 2003, 2004
Noel Thompson - 2003, 2004
Chris Skretkowicz - 2003, 2004
INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS
Weight Year Name
118 1975 Nick Gallo
1978, 79 Greg Ely
Joe Downey
Jason Wartinger
125 2001, Tom Noto
02, 04
126 1977 Nick Gallo
1981, Ed Pidgeon
82, 83
1984 Joe Downey
1997 Joe Catalanotto
133 1999, Roman Fleszar
00, 01
2003 Ricky LaForge
134 1960, 62 Don Hannon
1964 Ken Robinson
1969 Marty Willigan
1980 Lou Dionisio
1984 Ted Dipasquale
1993 Ralph Tubello
141 1999, Jason DeBruin
00, 01
2002 Jon Masa
142 1952, 53 Art Strunk
1968 Marty Willigan
1972 Neil Duncan
1975 Guy Reeps
1978, 80 Mike Hogan
1982, 83 Tony Arena
149 1999, 00, 01
Eric Schmiesing
Jason DeBruin
2003 Jon Masa
150 1969 Bill Stauffer
1980 John Sauerland
1981 Mike Hogan
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1982 Phil Mattera
1985 Tony Arena
1986, Mike Arena
87, 88
157 1999 Zack Miller
2001 Dennis Papadatos
158 1955 Pete Damone
1956 Dan Notine
1971 Rick Iseke
1972 Dennis Garetano
1973 Rick Santee
1979, 80 Bill Keck
1983 Phil Mattera
1986 Marco Sola
Butch Padamonsky
James Hieronymous
165 2003 Noel Thompson
2004 Ralph Everett
167 1964 Jack Gleason
1969, 70 Mark Goldberg
1971 Bill Stauffer
1972 Rick Santee
1975, 76 Jim McDuffie
1983, 85 Pete Capone
174 2000 Rob Anspach
Ralph Everett
Noel Thompson
177 1957 Dan Notine
1973 Harvey Cavayero
1973 Frank Lyman
1978 Pat Martorella
1980 Aurel Balaianu
184 1999 Russell Jones
2003 Brad Christie
190 1977, 79 Aurel Balaianu
1987, 88 Dom Cianchetti
Mike Quaglio
197 2003, 04 Chris Skretkowicz
HWT 1972, 73 Joel Kislin
1975, 76 Don Mayorga
1994 Joe Yanis
Weight Class 1961 Tom Haseman
Not Available 1963 Dick Snyder
Four-time Conference Champion Jason DeBruin
ECWA CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
TEAM CHAMPIONS
1975 Hofstra
1976 Hofstra
1977 Hofstra
1978 Hofstra
1979 Hofstra
1980 Hofstra
1981 West Chester
1982 Hofstra
1983 Hofstra
1984 Rider
1985 Drexel
1986 Rider
1987 Bucknell
1988 Rider
1989 Rider
1990 Rider
1991 Rider
1992 Central Connecticut
1993 Rider
1994 Rider
1995 Bucknell
1996 Rider
1997 Rider
1998 Rider
1999 Rider
2000 Rider
2001 Hofstra
CAA Championship History
(2002-pres.)
TEAM CHAMPIONS
2002 Hofstra
2003 Hofstra
2004 Hofstra
NEW YORK STATE
TOURNAMENT
NEW YORK STATE
COACH OF THE YEAR
Tom Ryan - 1998, 2001
COACHES HALL OF FAME
Walt Stone - 1979
Pete Damone - 1982
ANNUAL COACHES AWARD
Wrestler of the Year
Eric Schmiesing - 2000
Freshman of the Year
Jason Wartinger - 1993
Matt Fratta - 1995
Jason DeBruin - 1999
Noel Thompson - 2000
Most Outstanding Wrestler at NYS
Tournament
Russell Jones - 1999
Eric Schmiesing - 2000
Three-Time Champions
Mike Arena - 1986, 1987, 1988
Roman Fleszar - 1998, 1999, 2000
Two-Time Champions
Joe Sabol - 1989, 1991
Jason DeBruin - 1999, 2000
INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS
Weight Year Name
118 1998 Roman Fleszar
125 2000 Tom Noto
133 1999, 2000 Roman Fleszar
141 1999, 2000 Jason DeBruin
142 1984 Ted DePasquale
149 2000 Eric Schmiesing
150 1986, 87, 88 Mike Arena
Joe Sabol
157 2000 Dennis Papadatos
158 1991 Joe Sabol
167 1998 Rob Anspach
177 1997 Ryan Edmundson
184 1999 Russell Jones
197 2002 Chris Skretkowicz
HOFSTRA FINISHES AT NEW YORK
STATE TOURNAMENT
Year
Competing
Place Teams
1984 5th 21
1986 6th 18
1987 9th 19
1988 7th 21
1989 6th 21
1990 9th 22
1991 6th 21
1992 7th 21
1993 4th 20
1994 5th 20
1995 7th 19
1996 10th 16
1997 6th 16
1998 1st 20
1999 2nd 21
2000 1st 24
2001 Did not compete
2002 2nd 23
2003 Did not compete
2004 Did not compete
OFSTRA PRIDE WRESTLING

THE HISTORY OF HOFSTRA WRESTLING
The history of Hofstra Wrestling dates
back almost 60 years. The program,
which began as a club team in 1945,
grew quickly and became nationally recognized
within two decades.
The first season of Hofstra Wrestling saw
Walter “Brick” Stone as the team’s head coach.
In its first season as a club team, Hofstra went
undefeated in six matches. Home matches were
held at Hempstead High School. Three
members who helped initiate the first team
were Dick Bemson, Frank Fusco and Jim
Geiger.
Wrestling became a varsity sport during the
1947-48 season. That year Hofstra entered the
NCAA Championships held at Lehigh University
after compiling a 5-2-1 record.
Under Stone’s direction, the wrestlers set a
school record of 16 straight victories during the
early ‘50s. The 1951-52 squad suffered only
two losses en route to a 10-2 season. One of
the early program’s outstanding wrestlers was
Art Strunk.
The next Hofstra wrestlers to enter the national
spotlight were Dan Notine and Pete Damone. In
1956 Notine became the first Hofstra wrestler
to capture a coveted Middle Atlantic Conference
Championship. Damone replaced Stone as the
team’s coach in 1960.
The early tradition of success continued during
Damone’s six-year reign as head coach.
Damone produced several fine wrestlers,
including Don Hannon (‘60), Tom Haseman
(‘61), Dick Snyder (‘63) and Ken Robinson
(‘64). The 1965-66 squad won the Metropolitan
Intercollegiate Championship and crowned its
first Metro title winner, Art Rudolph.
In 1966 Bob Getchell became the program’s
third coach. Getchell’s first squad produced two
Metro Conference winners, Butch Jemmott and
Ken Robinson. His second team won the Metro
title with Jemmott, Dave Berman and Marty
Willigan all taking individual titles, and
wrestlers such as Steve Molello offering great
contributions to the team. Willigan was named
the 1968 Tournament’s Outstanding Wrestler.
He then went on to the NCAA Championships
where he took fourth place, becoming Hofstra’s
first All-American.
In 1969 the team finished third in the
Metropolitan and Middle Atlantic Conference
Championships. Willigan captured second place
in the NCAA Championships, losing in the final
round to Iowa State’s legendary Dan Gable, the
top wrestler in the United States. Gable would
later coach Hofstra’s current head coach, Tom
Ryan, while he attended Iowa.
The wrestling program continued to develop
under Getchell’s direction. Joel Kislin became
Hofstra’s second All-American when he placed
third at the NCAA Championships in 1973. In
1972-73, Hofstra hosted the Middle Atlantic
Conference Championships and placed second.
In the mid-1970s, standouts Nick Gallo, a 126pounder,
and Don Mayorga, a heavyweight,
began to make their presence felt. They
powered Hofstra to three East Coast Conference
Championships. (The Middle Atlantic
Conference formed the East Coast Conference
during this time.) Gallo went on to become an
alternate for the United States team in the 1976
Olympic Games. In 1977 he captured the NCAA
Championship at 126 pounds. He also earned
the Tournament’s Outstanding Wrestler Award.
Bob Getchell then left the coaching ranks to
become Hofstra’s Director of Athletics. Al
Bevilacqua replaced him and continued the
winning tradition. Hofstra won six straight ECC
Championships from 1975 through 1980. After
missing a year at the top in 1981, Hofstra
captured two more titles in 1982 and 1983.
Hofstra standout Nick Gallo returned to his
alma mater in 1979 to direct the program. In
his four years at Hofstra, the team posted a 48-
16 record and captured three ECC
championships. As head coach, Gallo sent 11
wrestlers to the NCAA Championships. Among
these 11, Ed Pidgeon, a 1981 All-American,
finished fourth nationally while Peter Capone, a
two-time All-American, finished seventh and
second at the NCAAs.
Joe Bavaro took over the reigns as head coach
from 1983 through 1987, posting a 23-36
record, and leading the Dutchmen to another
ECC Championship in 1983. Under Bavaro’s
leadership, Capone, a 167-pounder, was named
the ECC Tournament’s Outstanding Wrestler.
Mike Arena, a 150-pounder and three-time
conference champion, was also named the ECC
Tournament’s Outstanding Wrestler under
Bavaro.
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In 1987 former Hofstra wrestler and three-time
conference champion Tony Arena replaced Joe
Bavaro as head of the Hofstra Wrestling
program. In his two years at Hofstra, Arena led
the team to a 15-17-1 record.
Javier Armengau returned to his alma mater in
1989 to take over the Flying Dutchmen
program. Armengau wrestled under Gallo and
Bavaro and was a three-time captain. As coach
at Hofstra, Armengau guided wrestlers such as
Ralph Tubello to outstanding careers. The
1992-93 season saw Tubello break 100 career
wins and freshman Jason Wartinger become
Hofstra’s second first team freshman All-
American. (The first was Mike Hogan in 1977.)
Tom Ryan, a Long Island native and a two-time
All-American at Iowa, took over the reigns of
the program in 1995. Ryan has brought in fine
recruiting classes since his arrival and in 1997
was able to coach three wrestlers, Joe
Catalanotto, Ryan Edmundson and Mike
Quaglio, to NCAA Tournament berths.
Catalanotto won an automatic berth by winning
the 126-pound title at the ECWA
Championships, while Quaglio and Edmundson
were at-large selections. In 1998 the Dutchmen
were again well represented at the NCAA
Championships. Sophomore Eric Schmiesing
and senior Russell Jones both received at-large
bids, while junior James Hieronymous and
senior Mike Quaglio received automatic bids as
ECWA Champions. Hofstra finished the year
ranked 24th in the NCAA dual meet rankings.
In 1999 Hofstra Wrestling reached new heights.
Hofstra placed second at the ECWA
Championships and crowned five individual
champions who would represent the conference
at the NCAA Championships. Roman Fleszar,
Jason DeBruin, Eric Schmiesing and Zach
Miller won four out of the first five weight
classes, and a victory by Russell Jones gave
the Flying Dutchmen their five champions.
Roman Fleszar and Eric Schmiesing advanced
to the quarterfinals at the NCAA
Championships, lifting the Flying Dutchmen to
a 26th-place finish out of the 79 competing
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institutions. Jason
DeBruin was also
named New York
State Freshman of
the Year after
compiling a 43-8
record.
Hofstra met and
surpassed its 1999
accomplishments in 2000. The Pride crowned
four ECWA Champions, Fleszar, Schmiesing,
DeBruin and Rob Anspach, and sent six
wrestlers to the NCAA Tournament. Fleszar and
Schmiesing each placed at their respective
weight classes, becoming Hofstra’s first All-
American wrestlers since 1985. As a team,
Hofstra placed 21 out of 73 teams. The Pride
also won the New York State Championship for
the second time in three years.
2001 saw Hofstra win its ninth ECWA
Championship and first since 1983, and sent a
then school-record seven wrestlers (Tom Noto,
Roman Fleszar, Eric Schmiesing, Dennis
Papadatos, Jason DeBruin, Noel Thompson and
Rob Anspach) to the NCAA Tournament. Fleszar
and Schmiesing repeated as All-Americans and
the team placed 22nd overall at the NCAA. On
the year, Hofstra finished ranked 15th in the
nation. Tom Ryan was named ECWA Coach of
the Year for the second straight year. The 2000-
2001 season also marked the final season of
the ECWA, as the league merged with the
Colonial Athletic Association beginning with the
2001-2002 season. The Pride won the Colonial
Athletic Association title in 2002 and sent seven
wrestlers (Tom Noto, Jon Masa, Jason DeBruin,
Paul Siemon, John Garriques, Ralph Everett
and Chris Skretkowicz) to the NCAA
Tournament for the second consecutive year.
Noto, Masa and DeBruin each won individual
championships at the CAA Tournament with
DeBruin, the tournament’s most outstanding
wrestler, becoming Hofstra’s first four-time
conference champion. Skretkowicz was named
the CAA Rookie of the Year, while Tom Ryan
was the CAA Co-Coach of the Year.
Hofstra’s seven 2001 NCAA Qualifiers
The 2002-2003 season once
again saw Hofstra surpass
the achievements of the last
season as the team won the
Colonial Athletic Association
Championship for the
second straight year, sent a
school-record eight
wrestlers (Pat Flynn, Ricky
LaForge, Jon Masa, Mike
Patrovich, Noel Thompson,
Ralph Everett, Brad Christie and Chris
Skretkowicz) to the NCAA Championships, and
saw Masa and Skretkowicz come home All-
Americans. In addition, LaForge was the CAA
Championships co-Most Outstanding Wrestler
and Tom Ryan won his fourth consecutive
conference coach of the year award.
Last year, the Pride continued their winning
ways with a 15-5 record in duals, extended
their conference match winning streak to 34 by
posting an 8-0 conference dual record,
captured their third consecutive CAA
Championship and in the process had four
champions and tied the school mark by sending
eight wrestlers (Tom Noto, John Manarte,
James Strouse, Paul Siemon, Ralph Everett,
Noel Thompson, Brad Christie, and Chris
Skretkowicz) to the NCAA Championships in St.
Louis. Skretkowicz, who was the CAA Wrestler
of the Year, placed fifth to capture his second
All-American award as Hofstra finished 20th in
the final NCAA Championship standings. Coach
Tom Ryan added his fifth straight conference
Coach of the Year award to his trophy case.
In 58 years of action, the Hofstra wresting team
has posted a 471-365-23 record.
Editor’s Note: This brief Hofstra Wrestling
history is an attempt to recognize some of the
people who contributed to the growth of
Hofstra Wrestling over the years. Any omission
of other key contributors is purely
unintentional. Please contact the Hofstra
Athletic Communications Office with additional
historical facts about Hofstra Wrestling for
inclusion in future guides.
OFSTRA PRIDE WRESTLING

NAME YEAR
Abrams, Robert -
Albert, Adam 2000
Aleshin, Eugene 1955
Alexander, Robert 1965
Amella, Alan 1989
Amella, Christopher 1987
Amoroso, Mike 1999
Anspach, Rob 2001
Arena, Anthony 1985
Arena, Michael 1989
Armengau, Javier 1985
Attonito, Rich 2001
Baer, William 1955
Baker, William 1972
Baratta, Robert 1955
Barg, Jacob 1959
Barone, Jack 1979
Baselice, Francis 1962
Bates, Randy 1973
Bauer, James 1960
Beckerman, Mark 1972
Beiter, John 1980
Benn, Robert 1940
Benson, Richard, Dr. 1947
Benson, Richard 1959
Bentz, Kenneth 1972
Berman, David 1969
HOFSTRA WRESTLING ALUMNI
Jason DeBruin
Bernard, Howard 1961
Bifulco, Michael 1960
Blair, Stephen 1970
Blankmeyer, Mark 1978
Bohn, William 1975
Branitz, Marlon 1972
Breitkopf, Neil -
Briedis, Andrejs 1982
Brown, John 1959
Burzinski, Walter 1969
Busby, Robert 1965
Capone, Peter 1985
Cappellini, John 1952
Carmen, Orville 1951
Cavayero, Harvey 1975
Cestaro, Richard 1966
Chapmen, Charles 1970
Christie, Brad 2004
Cirillo, Frank 1965
Cohen, David 1967
Cohen, Richard 1956
Coiro, Gerardo 1988
Collins, James 1958
Coughlin, Clifford 1956
Cozza, Michael 1993
Czachor, Mark 1982
Damone, Peter 1956
Dariotis, Harris 1991
DeAngelis, Peter 1950
Ralph Everett
DeBruin, Jason 2002
DeFranza, Jack 1953
Brad Christie
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DeGroff, Robert 1956
DeLibero, Michael 1993
Delucca, Joseph -
Dena, Jeffrey 1977
Denino, Michael 1965
Devereaux, Edward 1966
Diehl, Harry 1963
Dionisio, Louis 1981
DiPasquale, Theodore 1985
Donahoe, Donald 1988
Downey, Joseph 1985
Downey, Raymond 1989
Dugan, Vincent 1960
Dwyer, Charles -
Eberle, Mike 2001
Edmundson, Ryan 1997
Elias, Max 1962
Ely, Gregory 1979
Esposito, Glenn 1990
Esposito, Jeffrey 1990
Everett, Ralph 2004
Farrell, James 1960
Fazio, Joseph 1955
Feldman, Michael 1960
Fezza, Robert 1992
Finelli, Thomas 1967
Fiorvanti, Rudy 1975
Flair, Roger 1964
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Fleszar, Roman 2001
Fogarty, James 1952
Frey, Eric 1970
Fricklas, Richard 1955
Frost, Wayne 1971
Fusco, Frank 1949
Galletta, Jack 1980
Gallo, Nicholas 1978
Garay, Antonio 1971
Garay, Carlos 1995
Garetano, Dennis 1975
Garetano, Joseph 1977
Garriques, John 2002
Gelman, Richard 1965
Geoly, Daniel 1958
Giannatos, Dino 1978
Giannoni, John 1966
Giles, John 1947
Gleason, John 1966
Gobetz, James 1961
Gobetz, Mathew 1956
Goepfert, Frederick 1961
Goldberg, Mark 1971
Goldberg, Mark P. 1970
Goldstein, Martin A. 1972
Goldstein, Martin P. 1982
Goldstoff, Jack 1951
Gottwald, Mark 1972
Governale, Ronald 1963
Greenlee, Patrick 1991
Greenspan, Russell 1991
Gross, Irwin 1957
Grosvenor, Walter 1986
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Joseph Sabol
Grummsond, Robert 1956
Haemmerle, Michael 1992
Hall, Donald 1956
Hall, Raymond 1958
Hammond, Lawrence 1974
Hanington, Donald 1963
Hannon, Donald 1962
Heffernan, Matt 1995
Hippner, Richard 1961
Hirshkind, Richard 1961
Hogan, Michael 1982
Holahan, Daniel 1992
Holle, Frederick 1969
Huntsberger, Terrance 1971
Hynninen, Charles 1954
Jacobs, Roger 1961
Jagel, Richard 1973
Jemmott, Rupert 1968
Jones, Russell 1999
Jones, Walter 1952
Keating, Peter 1970
Kislin, Joel 1973
Klotz, Robert 1978
Koshansky, Daniel 1979
Kranzler, Richard 1954
Krumenacker, Milton -
Kurtz, Barry 1956
Lamar, John 1993
Lamour, Dennis 1969
Lawson, Joseph 1956
Lazarus, Mark 1979
Lemieux, Barry 1961
Lent, Norman 1952
Lyman, Frank 1973
Magwood, Derrick 1989
Malkin, Frank 1960
Marlow, Andrew 1992
Martorella, Patrick 1980
Masterson, Brian 1950
May, Thompson 1969
Mazandi-Iseke, Richard 1971
Mazzurco, Anthony 1997
McCarthy, Walter 1958
McCauley, Daniel 1954
McChesney, Richard 1956
McCulloch, Andrew -
McDonald, Robert 1950
McDuffie, James 1977
McKosky, Robert 1975
McNamara, David 1990
Megale, Thomas 1966
Mellino, Anthony 1966
Miller, Stephen 1960
Mills, George 1955
Mirabella, John 1975
Molello, Stephen 1966
Moon, Charles -
Moretti, Kevin 1986
Moroney, Dennis 1977
Morris, Ives 1967
Morton, Kenneth 1959
Mould, Robert 1955
Muglio, David 1992
Muller, Richard 1962
Mulligan, Raymond 1970
Mulvany, Robert 1952
Murray, James 1952
Murtha, Douglas 1966
Musto, Mark 1990
Naas, Kenneth 1965
Neill, Robert 1967
Notarstefano, Frank 1974
Notine, Daniel 1958
Noto, Tom 2004
Oberkrieser, William 1949
O’Brien, Rhys 1959
O’Brien, Richard 1958
Padamonsky, George 1992
Pagano, Francesco 1963
Pakenham, James 1959
Papacena, James 1966
Papadatos, Dennis 2001
Papayanai, Nicholas 1963
Eric Schmiesing
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Guy Truicko
Passuello, Albert 1963
Patrovich, Joe 2004
Peckett, Jack 1964
Pera, Kenneth 1994
Pesko, Gary 1987
Reeps, Guy 1981
Richards, Kenneth 1984
Ristuccia, Joseph 1954
Robinson, Kenneth 1967
Rodnite, Andrew 1956
Roeber, Fred 1952
Romano, Anthony 1964
Rosenberg, Anthony -
Rothzeid, Fred 1970
Rudolph, Arthur 1971
Ryan, John 1963
Sabol, Joseph 1992
Sanders, William 1959
Santee, Richard 1973
Sauerland, John 1980
Schacker, Martin 1982
Schmiesing, Eric 2001
Schomburg, Roger 1960
Scuteri, Louis 1953
Segar, William 1988
Sella, Joseph 1973
Sherman, Mark 1963
Shey, Stephen 1960
Sibilla, Albert 1952
Skretkowicz, Jason 2003
Small, Gary 1972
Sola, Marco 1986
Staubitz, Richard 1984
Stauffer, William 1971
Strunk, Arthur 1952
Strunsky, Paul 1972
Sullivan, John 1979
Tassone, Dominick 1977
Tepedino, Michael 1964
Thompson, Noel 2004
Torrens, Kenneth 1985
Townsend, Jason 1999
Trenkle, Walter 1949
Trentacoste, Stephen 1972
Trezza, Steven 1978
Truicko, Guy 1991
Tubello, Ralph 1993
Turf, Douglass 1988
Turley, William 1953
Varriale, Leo 1974
Vasaturo, Paul 1990
Wagner, Lorin 1966
Wallace, John 1958
Wallace, Ward -
Wandell, John 1956
Waples, James 1956
Weinberg, Eric 1992
West, James 1959
Wetzel, Joseph 1956
Whitcomb, Robert 1977
Wigdor, Jon 1992
Willigan, Martin -
Wilmott, Robert 1957
Wolsiefer, John 1960
Yanis, Joe 1996
Young, David 1994
David Young
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best available sources. Any
omission is purely unintentional.
Please call the Hofstra Office of
Athletic Communications at (516)
463-6759 with any additions.
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HOFSTRA FREESTYLE CLUB
Providing the opportunity to compete at the highest level is a top priority of the Hofstra Wrestling program. The Freestyle Club allows
team members to gain valuable experience by competing in postseason tournaments such as the U.S. Open, University Nationals and the
Espoir Nationals. The Freestyle Club has also assisted Hofstra Wrestlers financially, allowing them to compete in international
competitions. Hofstra Wrestlers have competed in the Czech Republic, Italy, Bulgaria, Slovakia and Turkey. Hofstra Assistant Coach Donny
Pritzlaff, who has competed around the world, and was a Junior World Champion in 1998 and a member of the U.S. National Team in
2002-2003, will be actively involved in the Freestyle Club. The Freestyle Club is supported by donations to the Hofstra Pride Club. For
more information on how you can support the Hofstra Freestyle Club, please call Mark Cox at (516) 463-6144.
“Traveling with the Freestyle Club improved my skills and
confidence on the mat. It was nice to know that the University and
the Pride Club financially support such endeavors. After spending
so much money in high school in order to travel to competitions,
my parents appreciated this generosity.”
Three-time NCAA qualifier Tom Noto
THE RAY DOWNEY SR.
MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP AND
WRESTLING FUND
The Hofstra University wrestling program is proud to honor the memory of an American hero
FDNY Deputy Chief Ray Downey with the Ray Downey Memorial Scholarship. Chief Downey, who
served as Chief of Special Operations Command, lost his life heroically during the terrorist
attacks at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
Ray Downey was appointed to the FDNY on April 7, 1962. In August 2001, he was placed in charge of all
SOC (Special Operations Command) operations - Rescue, Squad, Haz Mat and Marine - and promoted to
Deputy Chief. Chief Downey’s phenomenal 39-year career with the FDNY was built upon success after
success and rescue after rescue. One of the most - if not the most decorated men in the Department,
Chief Downey received five individual medals for valor and 16 unit citations.
A devoted family man who lived in Deer Park, New York, with his wife, Rosalie; father of five married children, Joseph, Marie, Chuck, Ray Jr. and
Kathy; and adored grandfather of nine, Chief Downey was an avid fan of the sport of wrestling and supporter of the Hofstra wrestling program, where
his sons Joe and Ray Jr. were outstanding athletes. Chief Downey loved wrestling, and he always attended their matches. He continued to support the
Hofstra wrestling program long after his sons graduated.
After his passing, the Downey family, longtime supporters of Hofstra University and the Pride wrestling program, created a scholarship fund to honor
Chief Downey’s memory. Funds contributed are used to endow scholarships in Chief Downey’s name and will provide financial assistance to the
Hofstra University wrestling program. Chief Downey’s sons, Joseph, Chuck and Ray Jr., were successful athletes at Deer Park High School, and
earned bachelor’s degrees from respected universities through athletic scholarship opportunities. Recipients of these funds will demonstrate the
integrity, work ethic, discipline and courage that Deputy Chief Raymond Downey exemplified throughout his life. The 2004 recipient of the Ray Downey
Scholarship Award was sophomore Mike Patrovich from Bohemia, New York.
The Ray Downey Sr. Memorial Scholarship Fund Day, which is scheduled for Saturday, February 5 against nationally-ranked Cornell University, is a
unique opportunity to honor Chief Downey’s memory as well as to support student-athletes. For more information on the Ray Downey Sr. Scholarship
and Wrestling Fund, please visit www.downeywrestlingfund.org.
Hofstra University Ray Downey Sr. Memorial Scholarship Fund
2002 - Noel Thompson, Freeport, NY • 2003 - John Manarte, Farmingville, NY • 2004 - Mike Patrovich, Bohemia, NY
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2004-05 HOFSTRA MEDIA INFORMATION
The Hofstra University Office of Athletic Communications welcomes the
members of the media covering the 2004-05 Pride Wrestling team. If we
can be of any assistance to you throughout the year, please do not hesitate
to contact us. We hope the following items will help you during your
visits to Hofstra University. Enjoy the season.
Jim Sheehan
Associate Director of Athletics for
Communications
230 Hofstra University - PFC-232
Hempstead, NY 11549
(516) 463-6764 - Office
(516) 523-6692 - Cell
(516) 463-5033 - Fax
(516) 463-7725 - Press Box
About Your Host: Jim Sheehan is in his 25th year in the sports public
relations profession and in his 17th year in charge of Hofstra
University’s athletic publicity. In November 1999, he was promoted to
associate director of athletics at the University. Sheehan came to Hofstra
in 1988 after serving as assistant commissioner of the I-AA Gateway
Collegiate Athletic Conference in St. Louis, Missouri, from 1985 through
1988. Prior to his Gateway stint, he served as coordinator of media relations
for the Houston Gamblers of the United States Football League in
1984-85. Sheehan has also served as director of sports information at
the University of Tampa from 1982 through 1984; assistant to the commissioner/information
director of the Sunshine State Conference from
1980 through 1984 and director of sports information at his alma mater,
Biscayne College in 1981-82. Jim and his wife Maureen have a daughter,
Jillian (12). The Sheehan family resides in Middle Village, New York.
Press Row: The Hofstra Arena press row, located on the south side of
the Arena, is intended for working media. All press row guests must
have a pass, issued by the Hofstra Office of Athletic Communications.
Spouses, dates and non-workers are not permitted on press row.
Credentials: All members of the press should contact the Office of
Athletic Communications at least 48 hours before each match for press
row space and credentials. Press passes will be left at the Will Call window
at the Hofstra Arena ticket office.
Photographers: Photographers who intend to shoot from matside
should request a mat photo pass. Only accredited press and staff photographers
will be allowed at matside.
Press Parking: Media parking passes should be requested at the same
time press row/photo passes are requested. The Reserved-Media parking
lot is located on the north side of Hofstra Arena in front of the main
entrance. Parking is limited and on a first-come, first-serve basis in the
Reserved-Media lot. Once that lot is filled, media will be directed to the
general public parking areas around the Hofstra Arena.
Game Services: Match information and releases can be found in the
media room which is located in the southeast corner of the Arena.
Telephones: Hofstra University provides numerous telephones for use
by the media on press row. Please indicate your telephone need when
you request your credentials.
Radio: The Hofstra Office of Athletic Communications will provide a
touch-tone digital phone line for the opponent’s commercial and student
radio stations. Visiting teams will need to give the Athletic
Communications Office two weeks notice of their intention to broadcast.
An ISDN line is also available for a rental charge of $200.00. All calls must
be made collect or direct dial from the radio station to the Hofstra Arena.
Post-Match Interviews: Hofstra wrestlers will be available for postmatch
interviews, upon request, after a 10-minute cooling off period.
Contact Jim Sheehan with your request.
Player Interviews: All requests for student-athlete interviews during the
week should be made at least one day in advance with the Office of
Athletic Communications. If you are requesting a phone interview, we
will have the student-athlete return your call at a mutually convenient
time. Wrestler home phone numbers will not be distributed. In-person
interviews may be conducted in a number of locations in and around the
Hofstra Physical Fitness Center. However, interviews may not be conducted
in the locker room or the training room.
2004-05 HOFSTRA WRESTLING
MEDIA OUTLETS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
50 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10020
(212) 621-1630 - Office
(212) 621-1639 - Fax
NEWSDAY
235 Pinelawn Road
Melville, NY 11747
(631) 843-2820 - Office
(631) 454-6892 - Fax
NEW YORK TIMES
229 West 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036
(212) 556-7384 - Office
(212) 556-5848 - Fax
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
450 West 33rd Street
New York, NY 10001
(212) 210-1692 - Office
(212) 643-7845 - Fax
NEW YORK POST
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
(212) 930-8700 - Office
(212) 930-8727 – Fax
LONG ISLAND PRESS
1103 Stewart Avenue
Garden City, NY 11530
(516) 992-1800 – Office
(516) 992-1801 - Fax
HOFSTRA CHRONICLE
Student Center
Hempstead, NY 11550
(516) 463-6965 - Office
(516) 463-6977 - Fax
NEWS 12 LONG ISLAND
150 Media Crossways
Woodbury, NY 11797
(516) 393-3740 - Office
(516) 393-1269 - Fax
WLNY-TV 55
270 South Service Road
Melville, NY 11747
(631) 753-6397 - Office
(631) 420-4846 - Fax
MSG SPORTS DESK
4 Penn Plaza
New York, NY 10001
(212) 465-5955 - Office
(212) 465-5944 - Fax
WRHU-FM 88.7
Hofstra University
Dempster Hall
Hempstead, NY 11549
(516) 463-5667 - Office
(516) 463-5668 - Fax
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