Friday, November 04, 2011

Lehigh wrestling opens season Sunday at Buffalo Open

FROM THE EXPRESS TIMES

The Lehigh wrestling team will travel to the Buffalo Open at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday for their first competition of the season. Approximately 17 Mountain Hawks will head to western New York for the day-long tournament.

Head coach Pat Santoro felt that heading to a tournament instead of a dual meet to open the season would be the best thing for this year's team.

"It will help sort things out a little bit," Santoro said. "It gives us a number of matches early on, which will help build our RPI and meet the minimum number of matches at the end of the year."

Among the wrestlers who will take the mat are returning National Champion Zach Rey (285), All-American Robert Hamlin (184) and promising true freshmen Mason Beckman (125), Chris Dinnien (133), and Nathaniel Brown (174). Seniors Kyle Rosser (149), Brian Tanen (157) and Kadeem Samuels (197) will also competing this weekend in New York with hopes of making the lineup.

"We have a very nice balance with veterans and newcomers," Santoro said. "We're going to see how fast everybody can learn."

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