Friday, February 18
Stillwater, Okla.
8 p.m.
Bucknell University
at
#12 Oklahoma State
Photo by: Marc Hagemeier
Bucknell Wrestling Travels to No. 12 Oklahoma State for Dual Finale
2/15/2022 4:15:00 PM | Wrestling
Bucknell (12-5, 7-3 EIWA) vs. No. 12 Oklahoma State (11-4, 5-3 Big 12)
When: Friday, Feb. 18 – 8 p.m. ET
Where: Gallagher-Iba Arena – Stillwater, Okla.
Internet Video: ESPN+
Follow on Twitter: @Bucknell_WRST
Oklahoma State Spectator Policy: Go.OKState.edu
Projected Bucknell Lineup
125: Brandon Seidman (16-11)
133: Kurt Phipps (19-8)
141: #26 Darren Miller (13-2)
149: Kolby DePron (22-10)
157: Nick Delp (12-11)
165: #18 Zach Hartman (22-3)
174: Sam Barnes (7-15)
184: Logan Deacetis (16-14)
197: Mason McCready (14-12)
285: Luke Niemeyer (9-10)
Rankings Intermat (Note: In 2021-22, Intermat extended its rankings to 33 from 20)
Bucknell at a Glance
• Bucknell was ranked 20th in the second NWCA Division I Mid-Major Wrestling Coaches Poll of the 2021-22 campaign.
• The Bison are currently 12-5 (7-3 EIWA) following their 21-12 loss at then No. 23 Lehigh on Feb. 12.
• By starting 10-2, the 2021-22 Bucknell team matched the 1992-93 squad for the best start in program history.
• Last season, Bucknell placed a wrestler on the EIWA podium at all 10 weight classes and qualified two for the NCAA Championships.
• The Bison returned two-time All-American Zach Hartman, who is also the defending EIWA champion at 165 pounds.
• Hartman's sixth-place showing at the 2021 NCAA Championships was the third-highest finish by a Bison. He also became Bucknell's second NCAA semifinalist.
• Hartman is the Bison's fourth EIWA champion. He also twice finished as the EIWA runner-up; in 2019, he became the first Bucknell freshman to take second at the EIWA's premier event.
• In 2020-21, Hartman became the first Bison to be voted as the EIWA Wrestler of the Year by the conference's head coaches and the second to earn the EIWA Coaches' Trophy as the EIWA Championships' Outstanding Wrestler.
• Bucknell also returned Darren Miller, a 2021 NCAA qualifier at 133 pounds. Miller went 4-1 at the 2021 EIWA Championships, battling back through the consolation bracket with four-straight victories to secure the EIWA's final automatic bid.
• The Bison went 0-3 (0-1 EIWA) in duals and finished sixth at the EIWA Championships during their abbreviated 2020-21 campaign.
• Bucknell posted a 10-6 (9-3 EIWA) record in 2019-20 dual action. The Bison reached the double digits in dual victories for the first time since 2016-17; their total of EIWA victories also matched their 2016-17 figure.
• Bucknell's eight returning EIWA placewinners are Hartman (2021, 2020 & 2019), Jaden Fisher (2021 & 2020), Vincent Andreano (2021), Dorian Crosby (2021), Mason McCready (2021), Miller (2021), Kurt Phipps (2021) and Brandon Seidman (2021).
• Hartman, Miller and Seidman are serving as captains in 2021-22. Hartman is in his third season as a captain.
• The Bison's group of 11 newcomers includes four state champions, eight state placewinners and nine team captains. The freshmen hail from five different states: Pennsylvania (6), Massachusetts (2), Illinois, Oklahoma and Wisconsin.
• Head coach Dan Wirnsberger is in his 17th season at the helm of the Bucknell wrestling program. He has scored 142 career victories, good for second in school history; he was also tabbed as the 2015 EIWA6 Coach of the Year after the Bison placed third at the EIWA Championships and qualified four wrestlers for the NCAA Championships.
• Wirnsberger and Bob Ferraro, who led Bucknell to a 169-175-6 record from 1974 to 1997, are the program's only head coaches to reach the 100-win plateau.
• Four wrestlers have started all 17 of the Bison's 2021-22 duals to date: Seidman (125), Phipps (133), Nick Delp (157) and McCready (197). That group includes one senior (Seidman), one junior (McCready) and two sophomores (Phipps & Delp).
Bison in the NCAA Coaches' Panel Rankings
Zach Hartman (165): 14th (1st of 4), 17th (2nd of 4)
Bison in the NCAA Ratings Percentage Index
Zach Hartman (165): 14th (1st of 3)
Brandon Seidman (125): 26th (1st of 3)
Kolby DePron (149): 26th (1st of 3)
Bison Ranked
Zach Hartman (165): 15th FloWrestling, 18th Intermat and The Open Mat
Darren Miller (141): 26th Intermat
Category Leaders
• Wins: Kolby DePron and Zach Hartman (22)
• Dual Wins: Zach Hartman and Kurt Phipps (14)
• EIWA Dual Wins: Kurt Phipps (9)
• Pins: Zach Hartman (7)
• Technical Falls: Zach Hartman (3)
• Major Decisions: Darren Miller and Kurt Phipps (6)
A Look Back at Bucknell's Dual with No. 23 Lehigh
• Bucknell closed out EIWA dual action with a 21-12 loss at then No. 23 Lehigh on Feb. 12.
• The Mountain Hawks pulled away from the Bison behind a five-bout winning streak that stretched between 174 and 125 pounds.
• All but the heavyweight bout, a pin by four-time EIWA champion Jordan Wood of Lehigh, was decided by decision; five came down to four or fewer points.
• In the day's lone bout between nationally ranked grapplers, then No. 18 Zach Hartman was a 10-3 victor over then No. 25 Brian Meyer at 165 pounds. It was Hartman's 16th career triumph over a nationally ranked foe.
• With his win, Hartman also moved to a sterling 22-3 (14-1 dual) on the season and wrapped up EIWA dual action with a perfect 8-0 mark.
• Kurt Phipps (133), then No. 26 Darren Miller (141) and Nick Delp (157) also scored victories for Bucknell.
• Phipp's triumph improved his 2021-22 record to 19-8 (14-3 dual). He ultimately edged Hartman for the team lead in EIWA dual victories, finishing with a strong 9-1 ledger.
• Miller extended his winning streak to five bouts, moving to 13-2 (8-2 dual) on the season.
• Delp has now blanked his past two opponents; he won by a 2-0 decision, representing his fifth victory by two or fewer points in 2021-22.
No. 12 Oklahoma State at a Glance
• Oklahoma State was ranked 12th in this week's NWCA Division I Wrestling Coaches Poll.
• The Cowboys are currently 11-4 (5-3 Big 12) following their 23-9 loss to then No. 2 Iowa on Feb. 12 in the "Bout at the Ballpark" at Globe Life Field.
• Then No. 2 Daton Fix (133) represented both his school and Team USA at the historic event, winning his freestyle bout over Ecuador's Guesseppe Rea before edging then No. 3 Austin DeSanto of Iowa, 5-3, in the collegiate dual.
• During the abbreviated 2020-21 campaign, Oklahoma State went a perfect 10-0 (5-0 Big 12) and won its record ninth-straight Big 12 title.
• The Cowboys crowned three 2021 Big 12 champions: Fix (133), Boo Lewallen (149) and A.J. Ferrari (197).
• Ferrari went on to become Oklahoma State's 143rd NCAA champion in program history; notably, he also became the storied program's third true freshman to win an NCAA title, joining Richard Hutton (1947) and Pat Smith (1990).
• Ferrari was one of six Cowboys to earn 2021 All-America laurels, joining Fix (2nd at 133), Lewallen (4th at 149), Travis Wittlake (4th at 165), Dakota Geer (8th at 184) and Wyatt Sheets (8th at 157); their efforts helped Oklahoma State place third in the team standings.
• Of that group, only Lewallen was lost to graduation ahead of the 2021-22 campaign.
• The Cowboys have a wrestler ranked at nine of 10 weight classes in this week's Intermat poll: Fix (2nd at 133), Trevor Mastrogiovanni (7th at 125), Wittlake (8th at 165), Geer (8th at 184), Dustin Plott (12th at 174), Kaden Gfeller (13th at 149), Sheets (18th at 157), Carter Young (21st at 141) and Luke Surber (31st at 285). Ferrari, who has been ranked as high as first at 197 pounds, is out with injury.
• Wittlake would be Zach Hartman's eighth, and highest, ranked opponent of the season; the Bucknell senior is currently ranked 18th by Intermat.
• Oklahoma State leads the all-time series with Bucknell, 5-0.
• The Cowboys were ranked in the nation's top three at the time of each meeting; they held the top spot for 2016's 36-3 victory, which was their most recent dual.
• Victor Lopez accounted for the Bison's win, scoring a hard-fought 7-5 decision over Davey Dolan at 157 pounds. Tyler Smith (141), Garrett Hoffman (184) and Tom Sleigh (197) each lost by decision to a top-10 opponent, with Hoffman ceding the tightest one, at 7-4, to then No. 5 Nolan Boyd.
• Bucknell's starting 149 pounder, freshman Kolby DePron, is a native of Blanchard, Okla., which is just under 100 miles north of Stillwater. At Bridge Creek High School, DePron was a three-time state champion (2019, 2020 & 2021) and the 2018 state runner-up.
A Look Ahead
• The Bison compete at the 2022 EIWA Championships from Saturday, March 5 to Sunday, March 6 at Cornell's Newman Arena at Bartels Hall.
Returning NCAA All-Americans
Zach Hartman: 2021 at 165 (6th), 2020 at 165 (HM)
Returning NCAA Qualifiers
Zach Hartman: 2021 & 2020 at 165, 2019 at 157
Darren Miller: 2021 at 133
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Returning EIWA Placewinners
Vincent Andreano: 2021 (6th at 174)
Dorian Crosby: 2021 (7th at 285)
Jaden Fisher: 2021 (6th at 157), 2020 (8th at 157)
Zach Hartman: 2021 (1st at 165), 2020 (2nd at 165), 2019 (2nd at 157)
Mason McCready: 2021 (7th at 197)
Darren Miller: 2021 (3rd at 133)
Kurt Phipps: 2021 (7th at 141)
Brandon Seidman: 2021 (6th at 125)
When: Friday, Feb. 18 – 8 p.m. ET
Where: Gallagher-Iba Arena – Stillwater, Okla.
Internet Video: ESPN+
Follow on Twitter: @Bucknell_WRST
Oklahoma State Spectator Policy: Go.OKState.edu
Projected Bucknell Lineup
125: Brandon Seidman (16-11)
133: Kurt Phipps (19-8)
141: #26 Darren Miller (13-2)
149: Kolby DePron (22-10)
157: Nick Delp (12-11)
165: #18 Zach Hartman (22-3)
174: Sam Barnes (7-15)
184: Logan Deacetis (16-14)
197: Mason McCready (14-12)
285: Luke Niemeyer (9-10)
Rankings Intermat (Note: In 2021-22, Intermat extended its rankings to 33 from 20)
Bucknell at a Glance
• Bucknell was ranked 20th in the second NWCA Division I Mid-Major Wrestling Coaches Poll of the 2021-22 campaign.
• The Bison are currently 12-5 (7-3 EIWA) following their 21-12 loss at then No. 23 Lehigh on Feb. 12.
• By starting 10-2, the 2021-22 Bucknell team matched the 1992-93 squad for the best start in program history.
• Last season, Bucknell placed a wrestler on the EIWA podium at all 10 weight classes and qualified two for the NCAA Championships.
• The Bison returned two-time All-American Zach Hartman, who is also the defending EIWA champion at 165 pounds.
• Hartman's sixth-place showing at the 2021 NCAA Championships was the third-highest finish by a Bison. He also became Bucknell's second NCAA semifinalist.
• Hartman is the Bison's fourth EIWA champion. He also twice finished as the EIWA runner-up; in 2019, he became the first Bucknell freshman to take second at the EIWA's premier event.
• In 2020-21, Hartman became the first Bison to be voted as the EIWA Wrestler of the Year by the conference's head coaches and the second to earn the EIWA Coaches' Trophy as the EIWA Championships' Outstanding Wrestler.
• Bucknell also returned Darren Miller, a 2021 NCAA qualifier at 133 pounds. Miller went 4-1 at the 2021 EIWA Championships, battling back through the consolation bracket with four-straight victories to secure the EIWA's final automatic bid.
• The Bison went 0-3 (0-1 EIWA) in duals and finished sixth at the EIWA Championships during their abbreviated 2020-21 campaign.
• Bucknell posted a 10-6 (9-3 EIWA) record in 2019-20 dual action. The Bison reached the double digits in dual victories for the first time since 2016-17; their total of EIWA victories also matched their 2016-17 figure.
• Bucknell's eight returning EIWA placewinners are Hartman (2021, 2020 & 2019), Jaden Fisher (2021 & 2020), Vincent Andreano (2021), Dorian Crosby (2021), Mason McCready (2021), Miller (2021), Kurt Phipps (2021) and Brandon Seidman (2021).
• Hartman, Miller and Seidman are serving as captains in 2021-22. Hartman is in his third season as a captain.
• The Bison's group of 11 newcomers includes four state champions, eight state placewinners and nine team captains. The freshmen hail from five different states: Pennsylvania (6), Massachusetts (2), Illinois, Oklahoma and Wisconsin.
• Head coach Dan Wirnsberger is in his 17th season at the helm of the Bucknell wrestling program. He has scored 142 career victories, good for second in school history; he was also tabbed as the 2015 EIWA6 Coach of the Year after the Bison placed third at the EIWA Championships and qualified four wrestlers for the NCAA Championships.
• Wirnsberger and Bob Ferraro, who led Bucknell to a 169-175-6 record from 1974 to 1997, are the program's only head coaches to reach the 100-win plateau.
• Four wrestlers have started all 17 of the Bison's 2021-22 duals to date: Seidman (125), Phipps (133), Nick Delp (157) and McCready (197). That group includes one senior (Seidman), one junior (McCready) and two sophomores (Phipps & Delp).
Bison in the NCAA Coaches' Panel Rankings
Zach Hartman (165): 14th (1st of 4), 17th (2nd of 4)
Bison in the NCAA Ratings Percentage Index
Zach Hartman (165): 14th (1st of 3)
Brandon Seidman (125): 26th (1st of 3)
Kolby DePron (149): 26th (1st of 3)
Bison Ranked
Zach Hartman (165): 15th FloWrestling, 18th Intermat and The Open Mat
Darren Miller (141): 26th Intermat
Category Leaders
• Wins: Kolby DePron and Zach Hartman (22)
• Dual Wins: Zach Hartman and Kurt Phipps (14)
• EIWA Dual Wins: Kurt Phipps (9)
• Pins: Zach Hartman (7)
• Technical Falls: Zach Hartman (3)
• Major Decisions: Darren Miller and Kurt Phipps (6)
A Look Back at Bucknell's Dual with No. 23 Lehigh
• Bucknell closed out EIWA dual action with a 21-12 loss at then No. 23 Lehigh on Feb. 12.
• The Mountain Hawks pulled away from the Bison behind a five-bout winning streak that stretched between 174 and 125 pounds.
• All but the heavyweight bout, a pin by four-time EIWA champion Jordan Wood of Lehigh, was decided by decision; five came down to four or fewer points.
• In the day's lone bout between nationally ranked grapplers, then No. 18 Zach Hartman was a 10-3 victor over then No. 25 Brian Meyer at 165 pounds. It was Hartman's 16th career triumph over a nationally ranked foe.
• With his win, Hartman also moved to a sterling 22-3 (14-1 dual) on the season and wrapped up EIWA dual action with a perfect 8-0 mark.
• Kurt Phipps (133), then No. 26 Darren Miller (141) and Nick Delp (157) also scored victories for Bucknell.
• Phipp's triumph improved his 2021-22 record to 19-8 (14-3 dual). He ultimately edged Hartman for the team lead in EIWA dual victories, finishing with a strong 9-1 ledger.
• Miller extended his winning streak to five bouts, moving to 13-2 (8-2 dual) on the season.
• Delp has now blanked his past two opponents; he won by a 2-0 decision, representing his fifth victory by two or fewer points in 2021-22.
No. 12 Oklahoma State at a Glance
• Oklahoma State was ranked 12th in this week's NWCA Division I Wrestling Coaches Poll.
• The Cowboys are currently 11-4 (5-3 Big 12) following their 23-9 loss to then No. 2 Iowa on Feb. 12 in the "Bout at the Ballpark" at Globe Life Field.
• Then No. 2 Daton Fix (133) represented both his school and Team USA at the historic event, winning his freestyle bout over Ecuador's Guesseppe Rea before edging then No. 3 Austin DeSanto of Iowa, 5-3, in the collegiate dual.
• During the abbreviated 2020-21 campaign, Oklahoma State went a perfect 10-0 (5-0 Big 12) and won its record ninth-straight Big 12 title.
• The Cowboys crowned three 2021 Big 12 champions: Fix (133), Boo Lewallen (149) and A.J. Ferrari (197).
• Ferrari went on to become Oklahoma State's 143rd NCAA champion in program history; notably, he also became the storied program's third true freshman to win an NCAA title, joining Richard Hutton (1947) and Pat Smith (1990).
• Ferrari was one of six Cowboys to earn 2021 All-America laurels, joining Fix (2nd at 133), Lewallen (4th at 149), Travis Wittlake (4th at 165), Dakota Geer (8th at 184) and Wyatt Sheets (8th at 157); their efforts helped Oklahoma State place third in the team standings.
• Of that group, only Lewallen was lost to graduation ahead of the 2021-22 campaign.
• The Cowboys have a wrestler ranked at nine of 10 weight classes in this week's Intermat poll: Fix (2nd at 133), Trevor Mastrogiovanni (7th at 125), Wittlake (8th at 165), Geer (8th at 184), Dustin Plott (12th at 174), Kaden Gfeller (13th at 149), Sheets (18th at 157), Carter Young (21st at 141) and Luke Surber (31st at 285). Ferrari, who has been ranked as high as first at 197 pounds, is out with injury.
• Wittlake would be Zach Hartman's eighth, and highest, ranked opponent of the season; the Bucknell senior is currently ranked 18th by Intermat.
• Oklahoma State leads the all-time series with Bucknell, 5-0.
• The Cowboys were ranked in the nation's top three at the time of each meeting; they held the top spot for 2016's 36-3 victory, which was their most recent dual.
• Victor Lopez accounted for the Bison's win, scoring a hard-fought 7-5 decision over Davey Dolan at 157 pounds. Tyler Smith (141), Garrett Hoffman (184) and Tom Sleigh (197) each lost by decision to a top-10 opponent, with Hoffman ceding the tightest one, at 7-4, to then No. 5 Nolan Boyd.
• Bucknell's starting 149 pounder, freshman Kolby DePron, is a native of Blanchard, Okla., which is just under 100 miles north of Stillwater. At Bridge Creek High School, DePron was a three-time state champion (2019, 2020 & 2021) and the 2018 state runner-up.
A Look Ahead
• The Bison compete at the 2022 EIWA Championships from Saturday, March 5 to Sunday, March 6 at Cornell's Newman Arena at Bartels Hall.
Returning NCAA All-Americans
Zach Hartman: 2021 at 165 (6th), 2020 at 165 (HM)
Returning NCAA Qualifiers
Zach Hartman: 2021 & 2020 at 165, 2019 at 157
Darren Miller: 2021 at 133
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Returning EIWA Placewinners
Vincent Andreano: 2021 (6th at 174)
Dorian Crosby: 2021 (7th at 285)
Jaden Fisher: 2021 (6th at 157), 2020 (8th at 157)
Zach Hartman: 2021 (1st at 165), 2020 (2nd at 165), 2019 (2nd at 157)
Mason McCready: 2021 (7th at 197)
Darren Miller: 2021 (3rd at 133)
Kurt Phipps: 2021 (7th at 141)
Brandon Seidman: 2021 (6th at 125)
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