Thursday, March 17
Detroit, Mich.
All Day
Bucknell University
at
NCAA Championships
Photo by: Matt Hawley
Hartman Represents Bucknell at NCAA Wrestling Championships
3/14/2022 3:45:00 PM | Wrestling
2022 NCAA Championships
When: Thursday, March 17 to Saturday, March 19
Where: Little Caesars Arena – Detroit, Mich.
Event Website: NCAA.com
Live Results: FloArena or TrackWrestling
Television/Online Video: ESPN Family of Networks (Full schedule below)
Follow on Twitter: @Bucknell_WRST
Media Notes: BucknellBison.com
About the NCAA Championships
• Zach Hartman is set to represent Bucknell at the 2022 NCAA Wrestling Championships this week.
• NCAA wrestling's premier event will be held Thursday, March 17 to Saturday, March 19 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Mich.
• Hartman, the 12th seed at 165 pounds, qualified for the NCAA Championships for the fourth-straight season. At the 2021 rendition, he placed sixth at that weight class, tied for the third-highest finish by a Bison.
ESPN to Air the NCAA Championships
• For the seventh-straight year, ESPN will air the entire NCAA Championships on its family of networks.
• The night sessions, which includes Thursday's second round, Friday's semifinals and Saturday's finals, will air on ESPN.
• ESPNU will carry the earlier sessions on all three days. During every session but the finals, ESPN+ will stream every single mat and match, allowing fans to follow any wrestler and/or school.
2022 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Schedule        Â
Date       Time (ET)    Session                               Network     ESPN3 Mat Feed
March 17   12 p.m.    First Round (Session 1)        ESPNU     Eight Mats
March 17   7 p.m.      Second Round (Session 2)    ESPN        Eight Mats
March 18   11 a.m.    Quarterfinals (Session 3)     ESPNU      Eight Mat
March 18   8 p.m.       Semifinals (Session 4)          ESPN       Eight Mats
March 19   11 a.m.     Medal Round (Session 5)    ESPN        Four Mats
March 19   7 p.m.       Finals (Session 6)               ESPN        --------------
Bucknell's NCAA Championships History
• Since the Bucknell wrestling program was reinstated ahead of the 2006-07 season thanks in large part to a generous donation from Bill Graham '62, 20 different wrestlers have combined to earn 46 NCAA berths and five All-America certificates.
• Since the program was revived, five Bison have qualified for four NCAA Championships: David Marble (133, 2007-10), Andy Rendos (165, 2007-10), Joe Stolfi (285, 2013-16), current volunteer assistant coach Tyler Smith (141, 2015-18) and Zach Hartman (157/165, 2018-21).
• At last year's NCAA Championships, Hartman finished sixth in the 165-pound weight class to become the sixth Bison All-American. He also became only the second to reach the semifinal round, joining Bucknell Athletics Hall of Famer Tom Marchetti.
• As a freshman, Hartman posted a 2-2 record at 157 pounds; he was seeded 16th entering the 2020 rendition, which was not held due to the COVID-19 public health threat.
Hartman Against First-Round Opponent
• Zach Hartman is set to face 21st-seeded Thomas Bullard of NC State in the opening round.
• This will be the first meeting between Hartman and Bullard, a graduate student who is a five-time NCAA qualifier and 2020 NWCA All-American.
• Bullard enters the NCAA Championships with a 16-6 record. He previously placed third at the ACC Championships, representing his fourth-straight top-three performance at this event.
• The winner will face fifth-seeded Shane Griffith of Stanford or 28th-seeded Cael Carlson of Minnesota. Hartman took on Griffith in the 2021 NCAA semifinals; Griffith defeated Hartman by a 9-2 decision during his title run.
Hartman Against the Field
• In 2021-22, Zach Hartman faced 10 of the 33 wrestlers in the NCAA Championships' 165-pound bracket, compiling a 9-4 record with two pins, a technical fall and a major decision.
• Overall, Hartman has squared off with 16 off the 33 wrestlers in his bracket, including four of its top five seeds: No. 2 Keegan O'Toole of Missouri, No. 3 Alex Marinelli of Iowa, No. 4 Dean Hamiti of Wisconsin and No. 5 Shane Griffith of Stanford.
• Over the course of his career, Hartman has posted a 16-8 record against wrestlers who qualified for this year's NCAA Championships at 165 pounds. All of his bouts came over the past three seasons, after he made the jump to that weight class from 157 pounds.
• Hartman has topped the following NCAA qualifiers: Binghamton's Brevin Cassella (2:34 fall in 2022), Cornell's Julian Ramirez (16-3 maj. dec. in 2022), Drexel's Evan Barczak (7-1 dec. & 9-5 dec. in 2022; 5-2 dec. in 2021), Gardner-Webb's Rodrick Mosley (8-6 dec. in 2021), Harvard's Philip Conigliaro (8-6 SV-1 in 2020), Lehigh's Brian Meyer (10-3 dec. in 2022; 3-2 dec. in 2020), Lock Haven's Ashton Eyler (4:23 fall & 20-4 TF in 2021), Michigan's Cameron Amine (7-3 dec. in 2019), Penn's Lucas Revano (4-3 dec. & 7-0 dec. in 2021) and West Virginia's Peyton Hall (5-2 dec. & 6-0 dec. in 2021).
• Hartman was defeated by the following NCAA qualifiers: Harvard's Conigliaro (2-5 dec. in 2022; 3-7 dec. in 2019), Iowa's Marinelli (3-8 dec. in 2019), Michigan State's Caleb Fish (5-9 dec. in 2021), Missouri's O'Toole (4-17 maj. dec. in 2021), Northern Illinois's Izzak Olejnik (3-7 dec. in 2021), Stanford's Griffith (2-9 dec. in 2021), Wisconsin's Hamiti (5:51 fall in 2021).
NCAA Qualifiers from the EIWA Championships
• The EIWA has 42 automatic qualifiers for the 2022 NCAA Championships, ranking behind only the Big Ten (88) and Big 12 (58).
• With seven, the EIWA was tied for first with the Big Ten in automatic qualifiers from the 165-pound weight class. The EIWA was third to the Big Ten and Big 12 in automatic qualifiers from the 125-, 141-, 157-, 174-, 197- and 285-pound weight classes.
• At the 2022 EIWA Championships, Zach Hartman earned an automatic bid by placing third in the 165-pound weight class with a 4-1 record; it was Hartman's fourth-straight NCAA berth.
EIWA Allotments
125: 4Â Â Â 165: 7
133: 2Â Â Â 174: 4
141: 4Â Â Â 184: 3
149: 4Â Â Â 197: 5
157: 5Â Â Â 285: 4
   Total: 42
Bison in the NCAA Coaches' Panel Rankings
• Darren Miller (141): 31st (4th of 4)
• Zach Hartman (165): 14th (1st of 4), 17th (2nd of 4), 12th (3rd of 4), 13th (4th of 4)
Bison in the NCAA Ratings Percentage Index
• Brandon Seidman (125): 26th (1st of 3), 32nd (2nd of 3)
• Darren Miller (141): 25th (2nd of 3), 25th (3rd of 3)
• Kolby DePron (149): 26th (1st of 3)
• Zach Hartman (165): 14th (1st of 3), 11th (2nd of 3), 13th (3rd of 3)
Bison Category Leaders
• Wins: Zach Hartman (27)
• Dual Wins: Zach Hartman (15)
• EIWA Dual Wins: Kurt Phipps (9)
• Pins: Zach Hartman (9)
• Technical Falls: Zach Hartman (3)
• Major Decisions: Darren Miller and Kurt Phipps (6)
Bucknell's EIWA Championships History
• Bucknell joined the EIWA in 1999-2000 and has wrestled at the league's championships 19 times.
• The Bison have finished as high as third in the team standings. They tied Penn for that spot in 2009 and claimed sole possession of it in 2015 and 2016. Â
• In 2022, Zach Hartman became Bucknell's sixth four-time EIWA placewinner by placing third in the 165-pound weight class.
• In 2021, Hartman (165) joined Andy Rendos (165, 2010), current assistant coach Kevin LeValley (149, 2011) and Joe Stolfi (285, 2014) as Bucknell's EIWA champions. He became the second Bison to earn the EIWA Coaches' Trophy as the EIWA Championships' Outstanding Wrestler, joining LeValley.
• Hartman, who became Bucknell's first freshman to finish as an EIWA runner-up in 2018, is also one of two Bison to twice finish second at the EIWA Championships; Stolfi previously accomplished the feat in 2015 and 2016.
• Since the wrestling team was reinstated ahead of the 2006-07 campaign, 43 Bison have combined to place on the EIWA podium 80 times.
Bucknell at the 2022 EIWA Championships
• In 2022, Bucknell placed four on the podium at the EIWA Championships.
• Zach Hartman took third in the 165-pound weight class with two pins and a major decision over the top-seeded wrestler; he went 4-1 overall to bring his career record to 13-3.
• Hartman became the sixth Bison to place at four EIWA Championships, joining David Marble (133, 2007-10), Andy Rendos (165, 2007-10), Paul Petrov (125, 2013-16), Victor Lopez (149/157, 2014-17) and Joe Stolfi (285, 2013-16).
• Hartman previously won the 165-pound title in 2021; he was the runner-up at 165 pounds in 2020 and at 157 pounds in 2019.
• Darren Miller went fifth at 133 pounds while Brandon Seidman (125) and Nick Delp (157) each placed seventh in his respective weight class.
• Miller and Seidman both earned his second-straight EIWA podium finish while Delp made it onto the podium in his first career appearance at the EIWA's premier event.
• Delp, Hartman and Miller each fell to the eventual EIWA champion at his weight class, with Hartman and Miller's losses coming in the semifinals and Delp's in the quarterfinals.
• Three of the Bison eliminated on the EIWA Championships' opening day—Kurt Phipps (133), Mason McCready (197) and Luke Niemeyer (285)—fell in overtime in their final bout.
• Overall, 11 of Bucknell's 19 losses came by three or fewer points.
• As a team, the Bison finished 11th with 39.5 points.
Bucknell at a Glance
• Bucknell was twice ranked in the NWCA Division I Mid-Major Wrestling Coaches Poll, checking in at 19th in its first edition and 20th in its second rendition.
• The Bison posted a 12-6 (7-3 EIWA) record during 2021-22 dual action, reaching the double digits in dual victories for the second time in three seasons. They went on to finish 11th at the EIWA Championships, placing Zach Hartman (3rd at 165), Darren Miller (5th at 141), Brandon Seidman (7th at 125) and Nick Delp (7th at 157) on the podium.
• By starting 10-2, the 2021-22 Bucknell team matched the 1992-93 squad for the best start in program history.
• Last season, the Bison placed a wrestler on the EIWA podium at all 10 weight classes and qualified two for the NCAA Championships.
• 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, who captured the 2021 165-pound title, 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.
• Miller was a 2021 NCAA qualifier at 133 pounds. He 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.
• Bucknell currently has nine EIWA placewinners on its roster: Hartman (2022, 2021, 2020 & 2019), Miller (2022 & 2021), Jaden Fisher (2021 & 2020), Seidman (2022 & 2021), Vincent Andreano (2021), Dorian Crosby (2021), Delp (157), Mason McCready (2021), Kurt Phipps (2021). All but Hartman and Seidman will be back for the 2022-23 campaign.
• Hartman, Miller and Seidman are serving as captains in 2021-22. Hartman is in his third season as a captain.
• 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 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 Bison wrestling program. He has scored 142 career victories, good for second in school history; he was also tabbed as the 2015 EIWA Coach of the Year after Bucknell placed third at the EIWA Championships and qualified four wrestlers for the NCAA Championships.
• Wirnsberger and Bob Ferraro, who led the Bison to a 169-175-6 record from 1974 to 1997, are the program's only head coaches to reach the 100-win plateau.
Bison Starting Lineups
• This season, senior Brandon Seidman (125), sophomore Kurt Phipps (133), sophomore Nick Delp (157) and junior Mason McCready (197) started all 18 of Bucknell's duals.
• Freshman Logan Deacetis (184) and junior Luke Niemeyer (285) each started all but one dual. Freshman Kolby DePron (149) and senior Zach Hartman (165) missed just two starts apiece.
• DePron and Deacetis were among five first-time starters this season, joining sophomore Matt Kidwell (165) and fellow freshmen Nolan Springer (174) and Max Harar (285).
• A total of 16 different Bison started in 2021-22, a group that includes three seniors, six juniors, three sophomores and four freshmen. At least three different starters took the mat at only 141 (3) and 174 (3) pounds.
• The Bison only competed in three duals during their abbreviated 2020-21 campaign. Fourteen different wrestlers started, with Seidman (125), Phipps (141), Delp (157), Hartman (165), Barnes (184) and Dorian Crosby (285) starting all three.
• Phipps, Delp and Crosby were three of four freshmen to start a year ago, joining Logan Sanom (149). Barnes, McCready (197) and Niemeyer (197) also earned their first career starts this season.
• Over the course of the 2019-20 campaign, Bucknell used 19 starters in dual competition. Three Bison started every dual: Miller (133), Jaden Fisher (157) and Drew Phipps (197). Drew is the older brother of current Bison Kurt.
When: Thursday, March 17 to Saturday, March 19
Where: Little Caesars Arena – Detroit, Mich.
Event Website: NCAA.com
Live Results: FloArena or TrackWrestling
Television/Online Video: ESPN Family of Networks (Full schedule below)
Follow on Twitter: @Bucknell_WRST
Media Notes: BucknellBison.com
About the NCAA Championships
• Zach Hartman is set to represent Bucknell at the 2022 NCAA Wrestling Championships this week.
• NCAA wrestling's premier event will be held Thursday, March 17 to Saturday, March 19 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Mich.
• Hartman, the 12th seed at 165 pounds, qualified for the NCAA Championships for the fourth-straight season. At the 2021 rendition, he placed sixth at that weight class, tied for the third-highest finish by a Bison.
ESPN to Air the NCAA Championships
• For the seventh-straight year, ESPN will air the entire NCAA Championships on its family of networks.
• The night sessions, which includes Thursday's second round, Friday's semifinals and Saturday's finals, will air on ESPN.
• ESPNU will carry the earlier sessions on all three days. During every session but the finals, ESPN+ will stream every single mat and match, allowing fans to follow any wrestler and/or school.
2022 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Schedule        Â
Date       Time (ET)    Session                               Network     ESPN3 Mat Feed
March 17   12 p.m.    First Round (Session 1)        ESPNU     Eight Mats
March 17   7 p.m.      Second Round (Session 2)    ESPN        Eight Mats
March 18   11 a.m.    Quarterfinals (Session 3)     ESPNU      Eight Mat
March 18   8 p.m.       Semifinals (Session 4)          ESPN       Eight Mats
March 19   11 a.m.     Medal Round (Session 5)    ESPN        Four Mats
March 19   7 p.m.       Finals (Session 6)               ESPN        --------------
Bucknell's NCAA Championships History
• Since the Bucknell wrestling program was reinstated ahead of the 2006-07 season thanks in large part to a generous donation from Bill Graham '62, 20 different wrestlers have combined to earn 46 NCAA berths and five All-America certificates.
• Since the program was revived, five Bison have qualified for four NCAA Championships: David Marble (133, 2007-10), Andy Rendos (165, 2007-10), Joe Stolfi (285, 2013-16), current volunteer assistant coach Tyler Smith (141, 2015-18) and Zach Hartman (157/165, 2018-21).
• At last year's NCAA Championships, Hartman finished sixth in the 165-pound weight class to become the sixth Bison All-American. He also became only the second to reach the semifinal round, joining Bucknell Athletics Hall of Famer Tom Marchetti.
• As a freshman, Hartman posted a 2-2 record at 157 pounds; he was seeded 16th entering the 2020 rendition, which was not held due to the COVID-19 public health threat.
Hartman Against First-Round Opponent
• Zach Hartman is set to face 21st-seeded Thomas Bullard of NC State in the opening round.
• This will be the first meeting between Hartman and Bullard, a graduate student who is a five-time NCAA qualifier and 2020 NWCA All-American.
• Bullard enters the NCAA Championships with a 16-6 record. He previously placed third at the ACC Championships, representing his fourth-straight top-three performance at this event.
• The winner will face fifth-seeded Shane Griffith of Stanford or 28th-seeded Cael Carlson of Minnesota. Hartman took on Griffith in the 2021 NCAA semifinals; Griffith defeated Hartman by a 9-2 decision during his title run.
Hartman Against the Field
• In 2021-22, Zach Hartman faced 10 of the 33 wrestlers in the NCAA Championships' 165-pound bracket, compiling a 9-4 record with two pins, a technical fall and a major decision.
• Overall, Hartman has squared off with 16 off the 33 wrestlers in his bracket, including four of its top five seeds: No. 2 Keegan O'Toole of Missouri, No. 3 Alex Marinelli of Iowa, No. 4 Dean Hamiti of Wisconsin and No. 5 Shane Griffith of Stanford.
• Over the course of his career, Hartman has posted a 16-8 record against wrestlers who qualified for this year's NCAA Championships at 165 pounds. All of his bouts came over the past three seasons, after he made the jump to that weight class from 157 pounds.
• Hartman has topped the following NCAA qualifiers: Binghamton's Brevin Cassella (2:34 fall in 2022), Cornell's Julian Ramirez (16-3 maj. dec. in 2022), Drexel's Evan Barczak (7-1 dec. & 9-5 dec. in 2022; 5-2 dec. in 2021), Gardner-Webb's Rodrick Mosley (8-6 dec. in 2021), Harvard's Philip Conigliaro (8-6 SV-1 in 2020), Lehigh's Brian Meyer (10-3 dec. in 2022; 3-2 dec. in 2020), Lock Haven's Ashton Eyler (4:23 fall & 20-4 TF in 2021), Michigan's Cameron Amine (7-3 dec. in 2019), Penn's Lucas Revano (4-3 dec. & 7-0 dec. in 2021) and West Virginia's Peyton Hall (5-2 dec. & 6-0 dec. in 2021).
• Hartman was defeated by the following NCAA qualifiers: Harvard's Conigliaro (2-5 dec. in 2022; 3-7 dec. in 2019), Iowa's Marinelli (3-8 dec. in 2019), Michigan State's Caleb Fish (5-9 dec. in 2021), Missouri's O'Toole (4-17 maj. dec. in 2021), Northern Illinois's Izzak Olejnik (3-7 dec. in 2021), Stanford's Griffith (2-9 dec. in 2021), Wisconsin's Hamiti (5:51 fall in 2021).
NCAA Qualifiers from the EIWA Championships
• The EIWA has 42 automatic qualifiers for the 2022 NCAA Championships, ranking behind only the Big Ten (88) and Big 12 (58).
• With seven, the EIWA was tied for first with the Big Ten in automatic qualifiers from the 165-pound weight class. The EIWA was third to the Big Ten and Big 12 in automatic qualifiers from the 125-, 141-, 157-, 174-, 197- and 285-pound weight classes.
• At the 2022 EIWA Championships, Zach Hartman earned an automatic bid by placing third in the 165-pound weight class with a 4-1 record; it was Hartman's fourth-straight NCAA berth.
EIWA Allotments
125: 4Â Â Â 165: 7
133: 2Â Â Â 174: 4
141: 4Â Â Â 184: 3
149: 4Â Â Â 197: 5
157: 5Â Â Â 285: 4
   Total: 42
Bison in the NCAA Coaches' Panel Rankings
• Darren Miller (141): 31st (4th of 4)
• Zach Hartman (165): 14th (1st of 4), 17th (2nd of 4), 12th (3rd of 4), 13th (4th of 4)
Bison in the NCAA Ratings Percentage Index
• Brandon Seidman (125): 26th (1st of 3), 32nd (2nd of 3)
• Darren Miller (141): 25th (2nd of 3), 25th (3rd of 3)
• Kolby DePron (149): 26th (1st of 3)
• Zach Hartman (165): 14th (1st of 3), 11th (2nd of 3), 13th (3rd of 3)
Bison Category Leaders
• Wins: Zach Hartman (27)
• Dual Wins: Zach Hartman (15)
• EIWA Dual Wins: Kurt Phipps (9)
• Pins: Zach Hartman (9)
• Technical Falls: Zach Hartman (3)
• Major Decisions: Darren Miller and Kurt Phipps (6)
Bucknell's EIWA Championships History
• Bucknell joined the EIWA in 1999-2000 and has wrestled at the league's championships 19 times.
• The Bison have finished as high as third in the team standings. They tied Penn for that spot in 2009 and claimed sole possession of it in 2015 and 2016. Â
• In 2022, Zach Hartman became Bucknell's sixth four-time EIWA placewinner by placing third in the 165-pound weight class.
• In 2021, Hartman (165) joined Andy Rendos (165, 2010), current assistant coach Kevin LeValley (149, 2011) and Joe Stolfi (285, 2014) as Bucknell's EIWA champions. He became the second Bison to earn the EIWA Coaches' Trophy as the EIWA Championships' Outstanding Wrestler, joining LeValley.
• Hartman, who became Bucknell's first freshman to finish as an EIWA runner-up in 2018, is also one of two Bison to twice finish second at the EIWA Championships; Stolfi previously accomplished the feat in 2015 and 2016.
• Since the wrestling team was reinstated ahead of the 2006-07 campaign, 43 Bison have combined to place on the EIWA podium 80 times.
Bucknell at the 2022 EIWA Championships
• In 2022, Bucknell placed four on the podium at the EIWA Championships.
• Zach Hartman took third in the 165-pound weight class with two pins and a major decision over the top-seeded wrestler; he went 4-1 overall to bring his career record to 13-3.
• Hartman became the sixth Bison to place at four EIWA Championships, joining David Marble (133, 2007-10), Andy Rendos (165, 2007-10), Paul Petrov (125, 2013-16), Victor Lopez (149/157, 2014-17) and Joe Stolfi (285, 2013-16).
• Hartman previously won the 165-pound title in 2021; he was the runner-up at 165 pounds in 2020 and at 157 pounds in 2019.
• Darren Miller went fifth at 133 pounds while Brandon Seidman (125) and Nick Delp (157) each placed seventh in his respective weight class.
• Miller and Seidman both earned his second-straight EIWA podium finish while Delp made it onto the podium in his first career appearance at the EIWA's premier event.
• Delp, Hartman and Miller each fell to the eventual EIWA champion at his weight class, with Hartman and Miller's losses coming in the semifinals and Delp's in the quarterfinals.
• Three of the Bison eliminated on the EIWA Championships' opening day—Kurt Phipps (133), Mason McCready (197) and Luke Niemeyer (285)—fell in overtime in their final bout.
• Overall, 11 of Bucknell's 19 losses came by three or fewer points.
• As a team, the Bison finished 11th with 39.5 points.
Bucknell at a Glance
• Bucknell was twice ranked in the NWCA Division I Mid-Major Wrestling Coaches Poll, checking in at 19th in its first edition and 20th in its second rendition.
• The Bison posted a 12-6 (7-3 EIWA) record during 2021-22 dual action, reaching the double digits in dual victories for the second time in three seasons. They went on to finish 11th at the EIWA Championships, placing Zach Hartman (3rd at 165), Darren Miller (5th at 141), Brandon Seidman (7th at 125) and Nick Delp (7th at 157) on the podium.
• By starting 10-2, the 2021-22 Bucknell team matched the 1992-93 squad for the best start in program history.
• Last season, the Bison placed a wrestler on the EIWA podium at all 10 weight classes and qualified two for the NCAA Championships.
• 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, who captured the 2021 165-pound title, 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.
• Miller was a 2021 NCAA qualifier at 133 pounds. He 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.
• Bucknell currently has nine EIWA placewinners on its roster: Hartman (2022, 2021, 2020 & 2019), Miller (2022 & 2021), Jaden Fisher (2021 & 2020), Seidman (2022 & 2021), Vincent Andreano (2021), Dorian Crosby (2021), Delp (157), Mason McCready (2021), Kurt Phipps (2021). All but Hartman and Seidman will be back for the 2022-23 campaign.
• Hartman, Miller and Seidman are serving as captains in 2021-22. Hartman is in his third season as a captain.
• 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 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 Bison wrestling program. He has scored 142 career victories, good for second in school history; he was also tabbed as the 2015 EIWA Coach of the Year after Bucknell placed third at the EIWA Championships and qualified four wrestlers for the NCAA Championships.
• Wirnsberger and Bob Ferraro, who led the Bison to a 169-175-6 record from 1974 to 1997, are the program's only head coaches to reach the 100-win plateau.
Bison Starting Lineups
• This season, senior Brandon Seidman (125), sophomore Kurt Phipps (133), sophomore Nick Delp (157) and junior Mason McCready (197) started all 18 of Bucknell's duals.
• Freshman Logan Deacetis (184) and junior Luke Niemeyer (285) each started all but one dual. Freshman Kolby DePron (149) and senior Zach Hartman (165) missed just two starts apiece.
• DePron and Deacetis were among five first-time starters this season, joining sophomore Matt Kidwell (165) and fellow freshmen Nolan Springer (174) and Max Harar (285).
• A total of 16 different Bison started in 2021-22, a group that includes three seniors, six juniors, three sophomores and four freshmen. At least three different starters took the mat at only 141 (3) and 174 (3) pounds.
• The Bison only competed in three duals during their abbreviated 2020-21 campaign. Fourteen different wrestlers started, with Seidman (125), Phipps (141), Delp (157), Hartman (165), Barnes (184) and Dorian Crosby (285) starting all three.
• Phipps, Delp and Crosby were three of four freshmen to start a year ago, joining Logan Sanom (149). Barnes, McCready (197) and Niemeyer (197) also earned their first career starts this season.
• Over the course of the 2019-20 campaign, Bucknell used 19 starters in dual competition. Three Bison started every dual: Miller (133), Jaden Fisher (157) and Drew Phipps (197). Drew is the older brother of current Bison Kurt.
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