Wrestling Wraps Up Regular Season This Weekend

2/19/2015 12:50:00 PM | Wrestling

By: TBD

LEWISBURG, Pa. – The final weekend of the regular season has arrived for the 22nd-ranked Bucknell wrestling team. The Bison will host Binghamton Friday at 7 p.m. in the final home match of the 2014-15 campaign and will then travel to VMI Sunday for a 2 p.m. match.

Prior to Friday's match, the Bucknell wrestling program will recognize seniors Tyler Lyster, Joe Orecchio and Ray Schlitt during Senior Night ceremonies. Live results of the Binghamton match will be available via TrackWrestling.com.

Bucknell (15-3, 8-0 EIWA) has put together one of the best regular seasons in program history. The Bison have set a school record for wins in a season, are one of only two teams (along with Cornell) undefeated against EIWA competition and own a 10-match winning streak. The Bison have five grapplers with at least 20 victories and nine of their regular starters own above-.500 records on the season.

Bucknell's 10-match winning streak is its longest since the late 1980s when the Bison won a program-record 11 in a row.

A number of Bucknell wrestlers are also in the midst of winning streaks, led by No. 10 Joe Stolfi. The 285-pounder has won 20 consecutive duals and is now 33-5 on the year to rank tied for fourth on the program's single-season wins list. Stolfi last time out tied Brian Pitzer's Bucknell career pins record with his 50th. He leads the nation in pins this year with 18. Stolfi is 18-0 in duals and needs just one more win to tie the school single-season duals wins record.

Following this weekend's matches, Bucknell will gear up for the EIWA Championships, which take place at Lehigh March 6-7.

Bucknell vs. Binghamton
Record: Bucknell leads 4-1
First Meeting: 2001
Streak: Bucknell +1
Last Bucknell Win: 2014
Last Binghamton Win: 2012
Series:
Jan. 10, 2001 – Bucknell 20, Binghamton 12 (Vestal, N.Y.)
Feb. 10, 2002 – Bucknell 25, Binghamton 23 (Lewisburg, Pa.)
Dec. 2, 2006 – Bucknell 27, Binghamton 8 (Lewisburg, Pa.)
Jan. 29, 2012 – Binghamton 36, Bucknell 6 (Stillwater, Okla.)
Feb. 21, 2014 – Bucknell 23, Binghamton 10 (Vestal, N.Y.)

Bucknell vs. VMI
Record: Bucknell leads 1-0
First Meeting: 2014
Streak: Bucknell +1
Last Bucknell Win: 2014
Last VMI Win: N/A
Series:
Feb. 15, 2014 – Bucknell 36, VMI 9 (Lewisburg, Pa.)

No. 22 Bucknell Projected Lineup (15-3, 8-0 EIWA)
125: No. 19 Paul Petrov (22-4)
133: Grim Gonzalez (18-9)
141: Tyler Smith (18-5) or Zach Valley (8-7)
149: Victor Lopez (22-9)
157: Rustin Barrick (15-11) or Logan Kerin (15-14)
165: Robert Schlitt (15-15)
174: Joey Krulock (3-5)
184: Tom Sleigh (26-14)
197: Tyler Lyster (25-13) or Tyler Greene (11-10)
285: No. 10 Joe Stolfi (33-5)

Binghamton Projected Lineup (7-10, 4-4 EIWA)
125: David White (18-14)
133: Joe Nelson (5-10) or Thierno Diallo (13-8)
141: Dylan Caruana (17-15)
149: Nick Tighe (9-15)
157: Vincent DePrez (17-16)
165: Zack Zupan (18-14)
174: Steve Schneider (18-15)
184: Jack McKeever (19-10)
197: Caleb Wallace (12-13)
285: No. 20 Tyler Deuel (21-4)

VMI Projected Lineup (6-8, 3-4 SoCon)
125: Dalton Henderson (17-11)
133: Hunter Starner (7-16)
141: Emmitt Kelly (10-9)
149: Jack Krall (1-16)
157: Sam Paulay (0-14)
165: Shabaka Johns (22-10)
174: Mark Darr (10-11)
184: Derek Thurman (8-10)
197: Urayoan Garcia (3-9)
285: Juan Adams (21-10)