Lions to Host Penn, No. 19 Princeton for Senior Weekend

Saturday, February 9

Dodge Fitness Center

4:00 PM

Columbia University

Penn

Photo by: Columbia University Athletics/Maryam K. Hassan

Lions to Host Penn, No. 19 Princeton for Senior Weekend

2/7/2019 9:48:00 PM | Wrestling

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Lions wrestle Penn on Saturday (4 p.m.), No. 19 Princeton on Sunday (2 p.m.); Senior Day set for Sunday vs. Princeton; Eight Lions seniors to be honored in a pre-match ceremony.

NEW YORK—Columbia Wrestling concludes its home schedule and hosts Senior Weekend when it takes on Penn on Saturday (4 p.m.) and No. 19 Princeton on Sunday (2 p.m.) at Dodge Fitness Center. Both EIWA dual matches will be played at University Gymnasium (Blue Gym).

Both matches can be watched live on ESPN+. The Penn match can be accessed at this link, while the Princeton match can be viewed at this link. More information on ESPN+ is available here.

Sunday's match vs. Princeton marks Senior Day as Columbia's eight seniors will honored in a pre-match ceremony. Those seniors include JP Ascolese, Christian Briody, Donny Donnelly, Max Elling, Tom Miers, Dan Reed, Sam Ward and Jacob Young.

ABOUT THE LIONS

Columbia enters the weekend with a 6-3 overall dual meet record following back-to-back home victories over Hofstra (25-18) and Sacred Heart (34-4). Dan Reed leads the Lions with a 19-4 record at 157 pounds, while Laurence Kosoy is 17-9 at 165 pounds. Other double digit winners include Elling (14-12), Danny Fongaro (13-9), Joe Manchio (13-10), Matt Kazimir (12-2), Riley Jacops (10-8) and Sam Wustefeld (10-11). Complete Columbia team and individual statistics are posted at this link.

ABOUT PENN

Penn enters the weekend with a 3-5 dual match record. The Quakers, which wrestle at Cornell on Friday night, are ranked No. 20 in the NWCA/NDS Mid-Major top-20 poll. The Quakers are led by Carmen Ferrante (18-5) at 125 pounds and Anthony Artalona (17-3) at 149 pounds. Penn has not won an away dual this year.

ABOUT PRINCETON

Princeton (6-5) enters the weekend ranked No. 19 nationally in the NWCA Coaches' poll. Princeton is also ranked No. 12 in the NWCA/NDS Mid-Major top-20 poll. The Tigers wrestle at Cornell on Saturday before traveling to New York City to take on Columbia.

UP NEXT

Columbia hits the road to wrestle at Brown and Harvard on Saturday, Feb. 16.