HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY WRESTLING #18 Hofstra Pride (0-0-1) vs. Oregon State Beavers (0-0) Thursday, November 17, 2005 Hofstra Arena Hempstead, NY

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1 HOFSTRA NOTES, STREAKS AND TIDBITS: Hofstra has won 13 of its last 18 duals and 21 of its last 28 dual matches dating back to Hofstra is undefeated in 41 consecutive dual conference matches posting a record during that time. The last time Hofstra dropped a conference match was February 17, 1999 when the Broncs of Rider beat the Pride, in an East Coast Wrestling Association (ECWA) match. HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY WRESTLING #18 Hofstra Pride (0-0-1) vs. Oregon State Beavers (0-0) Thursday, November 17, 2005 Hofstra Arena Hempstead, NY HOFSTRA WRESTLING SCHEDULE/RESULTS Nov. 15 at Army T Nov. 17 OREGON STATE 7 p.m. Nov. 19 at East Stroudsburg Open 9 a.m. Dec. 2-3 at CK/Las Vegas Invitational Dec. 11 HARVARD 5 p.m. Dec. 11 COLUMBIA 6:30 p.m. Jan. 2 MICHIGAN 7 p.m. Jan. 6 WEST VIRGINIA 7 p.m. Jan NWCA National Duals Jan (at Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA) at CAA Duals (at George Mason, Fairfax, VA) Jan. 25 PENNSYLVANIA 7 p.m. Feb. 4 at Lehigh 1 p.m. Feb. 4 vs. Maryland (at Lehigh) 5 p.m. Feb. 5 at Cornell 1 p.m. Feb. 10 at Oklahoma State 7 p.m. Feb. 12 at Oklahoma Noon Feb. 20 at Rider 7 p.m. Mar. 3-4 at CAA Championships (at Drexel, Philadelphia, PA) Mar at NCAA Division I Championships (at The Ford Center, Oklahoma City, OK) * - CAA match HOFSTRA HEAD COACH TOM RYAN: Tom Ryan is in his 11th season as Hofstra Head Wrestling Coach. During that time he has rebuilt the Pride into a Top 20 caliber program. He is at Hofstra but has posted a mark during the past seven seasons. Ryan has received the conference Coach of the Year award seven times, including six straight times dating back to 2000, and has won five consecutive conference championships. The Pride has won seven of its last nine home matches dating back to the start of the season. Hofstra dropped a decision to #1 Oklahoma State on February 13, 2005, and a decision to #17 Cornell on February 5, 2005 at the Hofstra Arena. Before that, the last home dual match that the Pride dropped was on November 29, 2003 when the ninth-ranked Cornhuskers of Nebraska downed Hofstra, Hofstra sent nine wrestlers to the 2005 NCAA Championships in St, Louis last March. Two of the nine qualifiers graduated. But the Pride still have eight NCAA qualifiers on its roster. Seven (Dave Tomasette, Charles Griffin, Ricky LaForge, Jon Masa, James Strouse, Mike Patrovich, and Joe Rovelli) from 2005 and one (John Manarte) from the 2004 Championships. HOFSTRA-OREGON STATE SERIES: Tonight's match is the first meeting between Hofstra and Oregon State. PROJECTED HOFSTRA STARTERS vs. OREGON STATE: Class Name Record HU Record 125 Dave Tomasette Robbie Deibert John Manarte Mike Martini James Strouse Chris Vondruska Mike Patrovich Joe Rovelli Chris Weidman HWT Jon Andriac PROJECTED OREGON STATE STARTERS vs. HOFSTRA: Class Name Record OSU Record 125 Eric Stevenson Bobby Pfennigs Kyle Larson Orlando Perez 0-0 or 7-20 Derek Kipperberg Tony Hook Anthony Weber Jeremy Larson Kyle Bressler Dan Pitsch HWT. Ty Watterson

2 ABOUT OREGON STATE: Oregon State begins its 84th season of varsity wrestling this week with a dual match here at Hofstra before heading to the Cornell Tournament on Saturday. In the Beavers went overall and in the Pac-10 in duals, then placed sixth at the Pac-10 meet and tied for 39th at the NCAAs. OREGON STATE HEAD COACH JOE WELLS: Joe Wells, who is in his 14th season as Oregon State s head coach, has led the Beavers to a Pacific-10 title and four top-10 finishes at the NCAA Championships during his time at OSU. Since taking over the Beaver program prior to the season, Wells is for a winning percentage of.616. Under Wells, OSU has had two national champions, 17 All-Americans and 22 conference champions. The Beavers were Pacific-10 Conference champions under Wells in 1994 and he has twice been named the conference s Coach of the Year. OSU has finished in the top 10 at the NCAA Championships four times in Wells tenure, placing second in 1995, fourth in 1994, eighth in 1996 and tying for ninth in Wells, who has coached numerous World Teams for the United States, is a 1972 Iowa graduate. He was a two-time placewinner at the Big Ten meet and was the 1976 U.S. Wrestling Federation freestyle champ. He spent 17 seasons as an assistant coach at Iowa and Michigan before coming to Oregon State. OREGON STATE THIRD IN ALL-TIME DUAL MEET WINS: OSU rates as one of the best dual meet teams in collegiate wrestling history. The Beavers were third in all-time dual meet wins among Division I schools going into the season. OSU currently has an alltime dual meet record of and a.751 winning percentage. THE PRIDE THIS YEAR: The Hofstra wrestling team opened the season on Tuesday with a tie at Army. The Pride, who are ranked 18th in the USA Today/NWCA/Intermat NCAA Division I Preseason Poll, are also ranked 16th by the Amateur Wrestling News and the Wrestling Mall, and 19th by W.I.N Magazine to begin the season. Last year, the Pride posted a 13-5 record and captured its fourth consecutive Colonial Athletic Association championship and the fifth straight conference title overall. Coming off a school-best 17th place finish at the 2005 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, Hofstra Pride Wrestling Coach Tom Ryan will be looking to move into the elite air this season with, quite possibly, the deepest roster in school history. Hofstra, which sent nine wrestlers to the NCAA Championships last year, returns 12 letterwinners, including seven starters, seven NCAA qualifiers and five conference champions. The Pride opened the season against Army on Tuesday with six returnees who competed last year and four new faces in the starting line-up. Leading the pack is senior Mike Patrovich (16-5), who returns after winning the CAA title at 165 pounds and just missing All-America honors at the NCAA Championships. Patrovich will move up to 174 pounds this season. Junior James Strouse (22-12), who won his first CAA title at 157 and made his second national championship appearance last season returns at 157-pounds. Sophomores Joe Rovelli and Dave Tomasette are also coming off outstanding seasons. Rovelli, who challenged teammate Charles Griffin for top CAA newcomer honors, captured the conference title at 184-pounds and finished the year at Tomasette was a conference finalist at 125 pounds and posted a mark while making his first national championship appearance. Griffin, who posted a 27-6 mark last season, is expected to red-shirt this season. Junior John Manarte, who posted a record in and red-shirted last season, will open the season at 141-pounds. Junior Chris Vondruska posted a 9-7 mark last season and takes over the 165-pound spot this season. The four newcomers are led by junior Chris Weidman at 197-pounds. Weidman, who red-shirted the season at Hofstra, was a twotime All-American at Nassau Community College. The Pride, who had trouble filling the heavyweight spot last season, should not have that problem this season with the arrival of another two-time All-American from Nassau CC, Jon Andriac. Freshman Robbie Deibert, a tenacious wrestler who posted a record with 282 takedowns at Tri-Valley High School in Pennsylvania the past four years, opens the season as the starter at 133-pounds. Freshman Mike Martini, who captured the Rhode Island state championship at 145-pounds as a senior and was a state finalist as a sophomore (130 pounds) and junior (140 pounds), will open the season at 149-pounds in place of two-time All-American senior Jon Masa. HONORARY COACH OF THE MATCH: Hofstra Wrestling is proud to welcome Mr. Terence Smolev as its honorary Coach of the Match tonight. Mr. Smolev is a longtime supporter of Pride Athletics and a member of the Hofstra University Board of Trustees, A 1966 graduate of Hofstra, Smolev earned a master's degree at NYU and a law degree from American University. He is a member of the American, New York State and Nassau County Bar Associations and the New York State Association of School Attorneys. Active in the community, Mr. Smolev is Vice President of the New York City Police Museum Board of Trustees, and the Long Island Cabinet for Israeli Bonds. HOFSTRA IN THE POLLS Date TWM AWN WIN NWCA Oct th 16th 19th NP Oct. 18 NP NP NP NP Oct. 27 NP NP NP 18th Nov. 15 NP NP 19th NP TWM-The Wrestling Mall; AWN-Amateur Wrestling News; WIN-WIN Magazine; NWCA-USA Today/NWCA/Intermat. NP - No poll taken that week. NR - Team not ranked NA - Not available at press time

3 HOFSTRA'S SCHEDULE: Hofstra's schedule may one of the best in school history. The Pride will face the top 4 teams from last year s NCAA Championships, and will have five Top 40 teams visiting Hofstra Arena including national runners-up Michigan, #18 West Virginia and #30 Pennsylvania. The Pride will also battle defending national champions Oklahoma State, #3 Oklahoma, #4 Cornell and #8 Lehigh on the road and will face numerous other Top 40 teams at the 24th annual Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational in early December, and at the NWCA Cliff Keen National Duals in Cedar Falls, Iowa, in mid-january. HOFSTRA'S LAST MATCH: November 15, 2005 at Army: The Pride posted victories in six matches but Patrick Simpson s tech fall victory at 149 pounds in the final match gave the Black Knights of Army a tie with 18th-ranked Hofstra at Christl Arena Tuesday night in the regular season opener for each team. The Pride jumped out to a 13-4 lead after five matches as Hofstra junior James Strouse opened the season with a 4-1 decision over sophomore Brandon Benson. Army senior Jon Anderson posted a major decision victory over junior Chris Vondruska 19-7 at 165 pounds as the Black Knights took a 4-3 lead. But Hofstra won the next three matches as 9th-ranked senior Mike Patrovich recorded a major decision over sophomore Scott Ferguson 10-1 at 174, 14th-ranked sophomore Joe Rovelli decisioned #19 senior Luke Calvert 6-1 at 184, and junior Chris Weidman decisioned junior Connor Sanders 8-3 at 197. Army freshman Michael Sprigg upset junior Jon Andriac in a major decision 11-1 at heavyweight to close the Black Knights deficit to After Hofstra sophomore Dave Tomasette edged freshman William Simpson 10-7 at 125, Army junior Frank Baughan pinned Hofstra freshman Robbie Deibert at the 44 second mark of the 133-pound match to close to in the match. Hofstra junior John Manarte posted a 7-3 decision over senior Tony Severo to boost the Pride lead to and set up the deciding match. In the 149-pound finale, Army senior Patrick Simpson dominated freshman Michael Martini and posted the tech fall with eight seconds remaining in the match. 157 James Strouse (Hofstra) dec. Brandon Benson (Army), Jon Anderson (Army) maj. dec. Chris Vondruska (Hofstra), Mike Patrovich (Hofstra) maj. dec. Scott Ferguson (Army), Joe Rovelli (Hofstra) dec. Luke Calvert (Army), Chris Weidman (Hofstra) dec. Connor Sanders (Army), 8-3 Hwt Michael Sprigg (Army) maj. dec. Jon Andriac (Hofstra) Dave Tomasette (Hofstra) dec. William Simpson (Army), Frank Baughan (Army) pinned Robbie Deibert (Hofstra) at 0: John Manarte (Hofstra) dec. Tony Severo (Army), Patrick Simpson (Army) tech fall Michael Martini at 6:52 As of October 27, 2005 # Team 1 Oklahoma State 2 Oklahoma 3 Michigan 4 Illinois 5 Iowa 6 Minnesota 7 Iowa State 8 Lehigh 9 Cornell University 10 Arizona State 11 Northwestern 12 Penn State 13 Central Michigan 14 Missouri 15 Wisconsin 16 Indiana 17 Nebraska 18 Hofstra 19 Michigan State 20 Pittsburgh 21 Cal Poly 22 Tennessee-Chattanooga 24 Boise State 25 Penn USA TODAY/NWCA/INTERMAT RANKINGS: The Hofstra wrestling team is ranked 18th in the USA Today/NWCA/Intermat Coaches Poll as of October 27, USA Today/NWCA/Intermat Poll W.I.N. Magazine Poll: As of Nov. 15, 2005 H-A (Previous Rankings from Oct. 10, 2005) 1. Oklahoma State (1st) 2. Oklahoma (2nd) 3. Iowa (3rd) 4. Illinois (4th) 5. Michigan (5th) 6. Minnesota (6th) 7. Iowa State (7th) 8. Penn State (12th) 9. Cornell (9th) 10. Lehigh (8th) 11. Indiana (11th) 12. Arizona State (10th) 13. Northwestern (13th) 14. Missouri (14th)

4 15. Central Michigan (15th) 16. Wisconsin (16th) 17. Michigan State (17th) 18. Nebraska (18th) 19. Hofstra (19th) 20. Edinboro (25th) 21. Pennsylvania (20th) 22. Pittsburgh (21st) 23. UT-Chattanooga (22nd) 24. North Carolina (24th) 25. Stanford (NR) The Wrestling Mall Poll As of Oct. 11, 2005 # Team 1 Oklahoma State 2 Oklahoma 3 Michigan 4 Iowa 5 Minnesota 6 Illinois 7 Iowa State 8 Lehigh 9 Arizona State 10 Cornell University 11 Indiana 12 Penn State 13 Northwestern 14 Missouri 15 Central Michigan 16 Hofstra 17 Michigan State 18 Wisconsin 19 Nebraska 20 Pittsburgh 21 Boise State 22 Cal Poly 23 Edinboro 24 Penn 25 Tennessee-Chattanooga Amateur Wrestling News Poll As of Oct. 13, 2005 # Team 1 Oklahoma State 2 Oklahoma 3 Michigan 4 Illinois 5 Minnesota 6 Iowa 7 Iowa State 8 Lehigh 9 Cornell University 10 Indiana 11 Arizona State 12 Northwestern 13 Penn State 14 Missouri 15 Wisconsin 16 Hofstra 17 Nebraska 18 Michigan State 19 Central Michigan 20 Pittsburgh CONFERENCE UNDEFEATED STREAK NOW AT 41: Hofstra enters the season with a conference dual match undefeated streak of 41 (40-0-1). Hofstra, which lost its last conference dual match in , was in , in and , in , in , and in The last time Hofstra dropped a conference dual match was on February 17, 1999 when the Broncs of Rider beat the Pride, in an East Coast Wrestling Association (ECWA) match. HOFSTRA WRESTLING PRONUNCIATIONS: 125- Tomasette (TOM-a-set-e) 133- Deibert (Thee-bert) Manarte (ma-nar-dee) Masa (MAH-sa) 157- Strouse (like house) Vondruska (Von-droo-ska) Patrovich (PAT-tro-vitch) Rovelli (RO-vell-ee) Weidman (Wide-min) Hwt - Andriac (Ann-dree-ack) PRESEASON CAA RANKINGS: The Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) announced its preseason rankings and its all-freshmen wrestling teasm in October. Hofstra had six wrestlers listed on top in their class and another three named as the top freshmen in their respective weight classes Preseason CAA Rankings Dave Tomasette, Hofstra 2. Ryan Smith, Rider 3. Dusty McKinney, Mason 4. Steve Mytych, Drexel 5. Mike Arone, Sacred Heart 6. Josh Statum, Boston U Charles Griffin or Ricky LaForge, Hofstra 2. Michael Martin, Old Dominion 3. Kyle McCarthy, Sacred Heart 4. Zack Makovsky, Drexel 5. Zack Cunliffe, Rider 6. Rich Gebauer, James Madison Don Fisch, Rider 2. Eddie Giosa, Drexel 3. John Manarte, Hofstra 4. David Emison, Mason 5. Shannon Slack, Old Dominion 6. Mike Tutenjian, Wagner

5 Jon Masa, Hofstra 2. Robert Henry, Mason 3. Mike Palma, Rider 4. Mike Roberts, Boston U. 5. Chris Renninger, Drexel 6. Greg Soufleris, James Madison James Strouse, Hofstra 2. Dave Miller, Rider 3. Sherwood Fendryk, Sacred Heart 4. Ryan Hluschak, Drexel 5. Mitch Webster, Mason 6. Justin Blumenthal, Boston U. 133: Cory Dunn - Sacred Heart 141: - Mitch Smith - Hofstra 149: Michael Kessler - Rider 157: Chris Brown - ODU 165: Ben Fiacco - ODU 174: Alton Lucas - Hofstra 184: Mike Pucillo - Hofstra 197: Jason Cook - Campbell Hwt.: Eddie Bordas - Binghamton HOFSTRA WRESTLING HISTORY: This is Hofstra s 58th season of intercollegiate wrestling. The Pride has had nine coaches direct the wrestling program, beginning with Walter Brick Stone in 1947 and currently with Tom Ryan, who is in his 11th season Mike Patrovich, Hofstra 2. Zak Johns, Boston U. 3. Ryan Cunningham, Rider 4. Nelson Gosnell, Old Dominion 5. Nicholas Dalicandro, Sacred Heart 6. Bill Darling, Drexel Nick Kozar, Drexel 2. Doug Umbehauer, Rider 3. Chris Vondruska, Hofstra 4. T. J. Hansen, Old Dominion 5. Chris Tripp, Boston U. 6. Kevin Owen, Binghamton Joe Rovelli, Hofstra 2. Jeff Black, Rider 3. Tom Sforza, Boston U. 4. Brian Lambert, James Madison 5. Justin Terhune, Drexel 6. Kevin Fox, Sacred Heart John DaCruz, Boston U. 2. Adam Wright, Old Dominion 3. T. J. Morrison, Rider 4. Jon Oplinger, Drexel 5. Chris Weidman, Hofstra 6. Harry Zander, Mason Hwt. 1. Chris Cowen, Drexel 2. Payam Zarrinpour, Sacred Heart 3. Jon Andriac, Hofstra 4. Chris Cvitan, James Madison 5. Tyler Rees, Rider 6. Joel Caruso, Mason PRESEASON ALL-FRESHMEN TEAM 125: Steve Mytych - Drexel

6 LAST YEAR HOFSTRA WRESTLING SCHEDULE/RESULTS Nov. 19 at #3 Nebraska L Nov. 20 at The Omaha Open Nov. 28 #2 LEHIGH W Dec. 3-4 at Cliff Keen/Las Vegas Invitational 3rd pl. Dec. 11 at Boston University* 36-9 W Dec. 11 at Harvard 39-6 W Jan. 9 at Sacred Heart* 42-6 W Jan. 15 #23 ARMY 28-9 W (Hofstra Wrestling Alumni Day) Jan. 16 at #22 Pennsylvania Jan at NWCA-CK National Duals Jan. 22 vs. #14 Northern Iowa L Jan. 22 vs. Cal Poly W Jan. 22 vs. #4 Michigan L Jan. 29 at #22 West Virginia W Jan. 30 at Old Dominion* W Feb. 5 #17 CORNELL L (Chief Ray Downey Memorial Scholarship Day) Feb. 12 at Drexel* 33-3 W Feb. 12 at Wagner* 33-9 W Feb. 13 #1 OKLAHOMA STATE L Feb. 15 RIDER* 35-6 W Feb. 18 Columbia 28-9 W Mar. 4-5 at CAA Championships 1st Pl. (at Boston, MA) Mar NCAA Championships (at St. Louis, MO) * - CAA match HOFSTRA'S CAA WEEKLY AWARDS Nov Chris Skretkowicz - Wrestler of the Week Charles Griffin - Co-Rookie of the Week Dec. 7 - Chris Skretkowicz - Wrestler of the Week Dec. 21 -Chris Skretkowicz - Wrestler of the Week Charles Griffin - Rookie of the Week Jan Dave Tomasette - Rookie of the Week. Feb. 1 - Jon Masa - Wrestler of the Week Charles Griffin - Rookie of the Week Feb. 15- Charles Griffin - Wrestler of the Week Dave Tomasette - Rookie of the Week Feb. 22- Chris Skretkowicz - Wrestler of the Week Joe Rovelli - Rookie of the Week HOFSTRA IN THE POLLS Date NWCA WIN AWN TWM Preseason - T13th 12th 16th 16th Nov th 11th NP NP Nov NP 8th NP NP Dec. 7-8th 8th 16th 10th Dec. 14- NP NP NP NP Dec. 21- NP 8th NP NP Dec. 28- NP NP NP NP 17th Pl. Jan. 4-8th 9th 8th 11th Jan. 11-7th 9th NP 11th Jan. 18 6th 9th NP 11th Jan th 12th NP 17th Feb. 1 11th 11th NP 18th Feb. 8 16th 12th NP 18th Feb th 15th NP 18th Feb th 15th NP NP Mar. 1 14th 16th NP NP NP - No poll taken that week. NR - Team not ranked NA - Not available at press time CAA WRESTLING CHAMPIONS: Here is the list of CAA Wrestling champions since 1992: 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 2005 Hofstra Note: Hofstra joined the CAA in HOFSTRA'S CONFERENCE HISTORY Hofstra has competed in three wrestling conferences since 1974 the East Coast Conference ( ), the East Coast Wrestling Association ( ) and the Colonial Athletic Association (2001-present). The Pride has captured 13 conference championships since The following is a list of Hofstra s conference champions. TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 TEAM CHAMPIONS EAST COAST CONFERENCE 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

7 1988 Rider 1989 Rider 1990 Rider EAST COAST WRESTLING ASSOCIATION 1991 Rider 1992 Central Connecticut 1993 Rider 1994 Rider 1995 Bucknell 1996 Rider 1997 Rider 1998 Rider 1999 Rider 2000 Rider 2001 Hofstra COLONIAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION 2002 Hofstra 2003 Hofstra 2004 Hofstra 2005 Hofstra CONFERENCE COACH OF THE YEAR Tom Ryan , 2000, 2001, 2002 (co-coach), 2003, 2004, 2005 CONFERENCE WRESTLER OF THE YEAR Chris Skretkowicz , 2004 Jon Masa Dan Notine , 1957 Don Hannon , 1962 Marty Willigan , 1969 Mark Goldberg , 1970 Bill Stauffer , 1971 Joel Kislin , 1973 Rick Santee , 1973 Don Mayorga , 1976 Jim McDuffie , 1976 Nick Gallo , 1977 Greg Ely , 1979 Bill Keck , 1980 Phil Mattera , 1983 Joe Downey , 1984 Peter Capone , 1985 Ralph Everett 2003, 2004 Noel Thompson 2003, 2004 HOFSTRA'S MOST INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS: The Hofstra school record for conference champions in a single conference championship tournament is seven set last year in Boston. The Pride had six in 2004 at Rider and five conference champions in 2001, 1999, 1983 and Hofstra had four conference champs in 2004, which equaled 2000 and CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER Marty Willigan Don Mayorga Lou Dionisio Ed Pidgeon Peter Capone , 1985 Mike Arena , 1988 Eric Schmiesing Jason DeBruin Ricky LaForge Chris Skretkowicz FOUR-TIME CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS Jason DeBruin , 2000, 2001, 2002 THREE-TIME CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS Aurel Balaianu , 1979, 1980 Mike Hogan , 1980, 1981 Ed Pidgeon , 1982, 1983 Tony Arena , 1983, 1985 Mike Arena , 1987, 1988 Roman Fleszar , 2000, 2001 Eric Schmiesing , 2000, 2001 Tom Noto , 2002, 2004 Jon Masa , 2003, 2005 Chris Skretkowicz 2003, 2004, 2005 TWO-TIME CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS Art Strunk , 1953