VESTAL, N.Y.—Columbia Wrestling will travel to Binghamton, N.Y. to compete in the 2019 Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association Championships on Friday and Saturday, March 8-9 in the Binghamton University Events Center. The tournament will be a two-day event, starting at 10 a.m. on March 8, in which all 16 teams from the conference will compete for a bid to the NCAA Championships.
The 115
th edition of the tournament will be hosted by Binghamton University. Founded in 1904, the EIWA is the oldest and largest wrestling conference in the nation. Championship day one gets underway on Friday, March 8.
2019 EIWA CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Friday, March 8, 2019
| 10:00 AM |
Doors open for Session I |
| 11:00 AM |
Session I begins |
|
First Round & 1st Wrestle Backs @ 2:15 pm |
| 5:00 PM |
Doors open for Session II |
| 6:00 PM |
Session 2 Begins |
|
Quarter-finals & 2nd Wrestle Backs @ 7:30 pm |
Saturday, March 9, 2019
| 9:15 AM |
Doors open for Session III |
|
Championship Semifinals/Wrestleback Quarterfinals @ 10 am |
|
Wrestleback Semifinals @ 11:45 am |
|
7th Place Matches @ 12:35 pm |
| 2:00 PM |
Doors open for Session IIII |
| 2:30 PM |
EIWA Hall of Fame Inductions |
| 3:00 PM |
Session IIII begins |
|
1st, 3rd & 5th place matches |
COVERAGE
Fans unable to attend the event can watch both days of the tournament on
FloWrestling.
LIONS AMONG EIWA PRE-SEEDS
A majority of Columbia wrestlers enter EIWA Championship competition ranked among the top seeds in their respective weight classes.
Dan Reed is Columbia's highest ranked wrestler at No. 4 in the 157 weight class. Two wrestlers—
Matt Kazimir at 133 and
Laurence Kosoy at 165—are ranked No. 6 in their respective classes. Other Lions wrestlers are also ranked:
Max Elling (No. 8 at 174),
Cole Corrigan (No. 8 at 149),
Joe Manchio (No. 10 at 125),
Brian Bonino (No. 10 at 184),
Daniel Herman (No. 10 at HWT) and
Danny Fongaro (No. 11 at 141).
ABOUT THE LIONS
Columbia is led by senior
Dan Reed and junior
Laurence Kosoy. The duo is ranked among the top wrestlers at their respective weight classes by the EIWA. Reed is ranked No. 4 in the 157-pound class with a 23-6 overall record (7-3 in EIWA), while Kosoy is No. 5 in the 165-pound weight class with a 23-9 overall record (7-3 in EIWA bouts). In addition,
Matt Kazimir is 17-3 overall at 133 pounds,
Max Elling is 18-13 at 174 pounds (6-4 in EIWA action),
Danny Fongaro is 15-11 at 141 pounds,
Cole Corrigan is on a nine-match win streak and is 8-2 in EIWA bouts at 149 pounds.
Columbia concluded its regular season after having won six of its last eight dual matches and owns a 10-5 overall record and 5-5 EIWA dual match record. Complete Columbia statistics are listed at
this link.
COLUMBIA'S PROBABLE EIWA LINEUP
YOUTHFUL LINEUP
Five of Columbia's 10 wrestlers in its lineup are first-years including
Joe Manchio (125),
Matt Kazimir (133),
Danny Fongaro (141),
Cole Corrigan (149) and
Sam Wustefeld (197). Nine of Columbia's top-10 wrestlers return to the team next year. That bodes extremely well for the success of Columbia's program.
LIONS TIE SCHOOL RECORD FOR MOST NCAA DIVISION I DUAL WINS IN SEASON
With its two victories over Bucknell and Bloomsburg on Feb. 23, Columbia tied a school-record for most NCAA Division I wins in a season and most NCAA Division I wins since 1980-81. Columbia's 10 NCAA Division I dual match wins ties the most NCAA Division I victories in a season since 1980-81: 10 NCAA Division I wins in 1980-81 and 10 wins in 2018-19.
10 DUAL MATCHES
Columbia is one of three EIWA teams who have won 10 or more dual matches this season: Cornell (13), Columbia (10) and Binghamton (10).
EIWA AWARDS
Beyond the team and individual titles, awards will be presented for outstanding wrestler, most career points, and best pinner; the coaches will choose the top coach and the referees will honor the most sportsmanlike team.
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFICATION
The EIWA tournament holds 47 automatic qualifying bids for the NCAA Championships to be held in Pittsburgh from March 21-23. Wrestlers not receiving those bids hope to receive the at-large selections to be extended next week.
NCAA BIDS UP FOR GRABS
The NCAA announced the qualifier allocations for the eight NCAA Division I Wrestling conferences. Below is the total by weight class of EIWA auto-bids that are up for grabs this weekend. More information is
available here.
| Weight |
125 |
133 |
141 |
149 |
157 |
165 |
174 |
184 |
197 |
HWT |
Total |
| EIWA |
4 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
6 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
47 |
FIVE LIONS EARN PODIUM TRIPS AT 2018 EIWA CHAMPIONSHIPS
Five Columbia Lions earned trips to the podium at the 2018 EIWA Championships in Hempstead, N.Y.
Markus Scheidel won the EIWA title at 157 pounds,
Garrett Ryan finished fourth at heavyweight and
Tyrel White was sixth at 174.
JP Ascolese and
Jacob Macalolooy were both seventh at 141 and 149 respectively.
