Saturday, February 15
New York, N.Y.
1:00 p.m.
Columbia University
vs
Brown
Photo by: Columbia University Athletics/David Collins
Lions Host Saturday Ivy League Doubleheader; Head To Sacred Heart
2/14/2020 1:39:00 PM | Wrestling
Columbia Wrestling will host Brown and Harvard in a Saturday doubleheader before heading to Sacred Heart for a Sunday dual meet.
NEW YORK/FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Columbia Wrestling (6-4, 6-3 EIWA/1-2 IVY) will finally return home to the University Gymnasium "Blue Gym" for the first time since Jan. 19, hosting a Saturday, Feb. 15 Ivy League doubleheader against Brown (1-7, 1-6 EIWA/0-3 IVY) and Harvard (1-8, 1-5 EIWA/0-3 IVY) with the first match against Brown starting at 1 p.m. and the second set to go at 3 p.m., before wrapping up the weekend with a quick trip to Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association foe Sacred Heart (7-3, 2-2 EIWA) on Sunday, Feb. 16 with that match scheduled for 2 p.m.
HOW TO WATCH/FOLLOW
vs. Brown – Watch (ESPN+) | Follow (@ColumbiaWR)
vs. Harvard – Watch (ESPN+) | Follow (@ColumbiaWR)
at Sacred Heart – Watch (NEC Front Row) | Follow (@ColumbiaWR)
PREVIOUS WEEKEND: For the second weekend in a row, Columbia hit the road for three matches, this time a pair of matches in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, along with a match at Princeton, New Jersey was on the menu, and the Lions feasted for a 2-1 weekend that saw them knock off EIWA foe Drexel (19-16) and Ivy League member Penn (17-15), before falling at the Ivy League Champions, No. 16 Princeton (28-9).
At Drexel (Feb. 7), Columbia recorded wins in three of the final five matches, all involving bonus points, to lock up the EIWA road win thanks to wins from sophomores Joe Franzese (184), No. 29 Joe Manchio (125) and No. 27 Matt Kazimir (141), along with first-year victories from Angelo Rini (133) and Kyle Mosher (157). At Penn (Feb. 8), it was Rini who provided the dramatics as both Columbia and Penn were neck and neck heading into the final match at 133 pounds, but Rini would come away with a 4-3 decision to lock up another walk off win for the Lion first-year.
The match at Penn saw Mosher, first-year Lennox Wolak (174), Franzese, sophomore Danny Conley (285) and Rini all collect wins in a solid way to start a day that saw Columbia start in Philadelphia but finish in Princeton. At Princeton (285), the home of the eventual Ivy League champions (Princeton would beat Cornell the next day to win their first league title since 1986), Columbia battled hard and would get wins from Kazimir, Conley and Rini.
IMPRESSIVE MOSH: Mosher has been impressive during his first collegiate year, currently sitting at a team-high 21-10, Mosher won eight straight matches, with his last loss snapping that eight-match winning streak, coming via a 15-5 major decision to No. 5 Quincy Monday (No. 16 Princeton) at Princeton on Feb. 8, 2020. In his last 10 matches, Mosher is 8-2, having collected four wins via fall and he got his winning streak started with an SV-1 3-1 victory over Binghamton's Chris Barker on Jan. 10.
CARDIAC RINI: Rini (19-8) had himself a weekend, winning all three of his matches against Drexel (Feb. 7), Penn (Feb. 8) and Princeton (Feb. 8). What made the weekend stand out, besides the three wins, was not just the 18-1 technical fall win over Drexel's Chase Shields, or the 11-7 win over Princeton's Sean Pierson, it was his second walk-off win of the season.
Needing at least a win via decision against Penn for the team win, Rini took to the mat with a mission, and he worked a 4-3 win via decision over Carmen Ferrante to give Columbia their first Ivy League win of the season. It was the second time this season that Rini has walked off for Columbia, having given the Lions a 21-20 win over American (Jan. 19) when he won via tech fall against Daniel Kidd, 22-7, to walk-off the win in Columbia's home opener.
RANKED LIONS: Through the opening two months of the season, Kazimir (20-7) and Manchio (19-9) have both been impressive, and their strong start has been recognized by the national polls, with Manchio sitting at No. 29 at 125 pounds and Kazimir coming in at No. 27 at 141 pounds in the latest Trackwrestling rankings. Both Kazimir and Manchio each stayed put in the recent ranking, having hold their respective spots in last week's ranking.
Overall, both Kazimir and Manchio have been off to strong starts, with Kazimir already taking a pair of tournament titles (Princeton Open [Nov. 3], Patriot Open [Dec. 7]) and Manchio knocking off the then-ranked No. 14 125-pounder from Stanford and taking the Roadrunner Open (Nov. 24) title all in the same weekend.
WHAT THE BEARS BRING: Brown enters the weekend having lost three straight matches, all to Ivy League foes, with the Bears' last win coming on Jan. 25, a 19-14 win at EIWA foe Binghamton. Saturday's match will be the first of three for Brown over the weekend, as they will head out to LIU and Hofstra on Saturday, Feb. 16 for a EIWA doubleheader.
All-time Columbia owns a 36-28-1 advantage over Brown, with the series going all the way back to 1917 and this will be the 66th meeting between the two historic Ivy League programs. Brown did take the 2019 meeting, a 19-18 win in Providence, Rhode Island, and the Bears took the last meeting between the two sides on Morningside, another 19-18 final in 2018. Columbia last beat Brown in 2017, the first season in charge for Andrew F. Barth Head Coach of Wrestling Zach Tanelli, and the Lions last took a home match against Brown in 2016.
Brown does not currently have any student-athletes ranked nationally by Trackwrestling, or any publication, but they do have a handful of solid wrestlers, led by Ricky Cabanillas (149/157) who holds a team-best 17-12 record. Nino Bastianelli (197) sits at 14-9, while Jack Bokina (149) holds a 15-12 record to round out a few of the top student-athletes that Brown claims.
PROBABLE LINEUP
VS. BROWN (FEB. 15)
New York, New York (University Gymnasium "Blue Gym")
125 | No. 29 Joe Manchio (Columbia) vs. Trey Keeley -or- Reese Fry (Brown)
133 | Angelo Rini (Columbia) vs. Charlie Faber (Brown)
141 | No. 27 Matt Kazimir -or- Chris Scorese (Columbia) vs. Jimmy Pawelski -or- Samuel Lynch (Brown)
149 | Andrew Garr -or- Val Miele (Columbia) vs. Ricky Cabanillas (Brown)
157 | Kyle Mosher -or- David Berkovich (Columbia) vs. Jack Bokina -or- Matt Lattanze (Brown)
165 | Riley Jacops -or- Sam Webster (Columbia) vs. Kiran Srikanth (Brown)
174 | Lennox Wolak (Columbia) vs. Bryce Rogers -or- Cade Wilson (Brown)
184 | Joe Franzese -or- Michael Baker (Columbia) vs. Brandon Kui -or- Aaron Wolk (Brown)
197 | Sam Wustefeld (Columbia) vs. Nino Bastianelli (Brown)
285 | Danny Conley (Columbia) vs. James Valentino -or- Thomas Mukai (Brown)
WHAT THE CRIMSON BRING: Harvard's last five matches have resulted in losses for the Crimson, with three of the last four coming against Ivy League sides. The last win for Harvard was a 26-16 victory at Franklin & Marshall in the lone EIWA win of the season for Harvard.
Historically, the Lions hold a 49-38-2 advantage in dual meets against Harvard, in a series that dates back to 1923, with the first match between the two programs on Morningside taking place in 1924. Columbia took the 2019 meeting, 32-3, in a match competed in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Columbia will look to lock up its first win at home against Harvard since 2014.
The Crimson do have two student-athletes currently ranked by Trackwrestling with Yaraslau Slavikouski holding the No. 10 national ranking at 285 pounds and Philip Conigliaro coming in at the No. 14 165-pounder in the nation. At 125 pounds, Nolan Hellickson carries the No. 27 ranking at 125 pounds in the latest NCAA Coaches' Panel ranking. Slavikouski and Conigliaro lead the Crimson in overall records with Slavikouski sitting at 23-7 and Conigliaro at 23-6.
PROBABLE LINEUP
VS. HARVARD (FEB. 15)
New York, New York (University Gymnasium "Blue Gym")
125 | No. 29 Joe Manchio (Columbia) vs. Nolan Hellickson -or- Beau Bayless (Harvard)
133 | Angelo Rini (Columbia) vs. Michael Jaffe -or- Dylan Murphy (Harvard)
141 | No. 27 Matt Kazimir -or- Chris Scorese (Columbia) vs. Lukus Stricker -or- Tucker Ribman (Harvard)
149 | Andrew Garr -or- Val Miele (Columbia) vs. Aaron Kruk -or- Zeth Dean (Harvard)
157 | Kyle Mosher -or- David Berkovich (Columbia) vs. Hunter Ladnier (Harvard)
165 | Riley Jacops -or- Sam Webster (Columbia) vs. No. 14 Philip Conigilaro (Harvard)
174 | Lennox Wolak (Columbia) vs. Pierce Bausano -or- Peter Ferraro (Harvard)
184 | Joe Franzese -or- Michael Baker (Columbia) vs. Michael Doggett (Harvard)
197 | Sam Wustefeld (Columbia) vs. Evan Callahan (Harvard)
285 | Danny Conley (Columbia) vs. No. 10 Yaraslau Slavikouski (Harvard)
WHAT THE PIONEERS BRING: Sacred Heart brings a three-match winning streak into the match against Columbia, but none of those wins came against EIWA competition. The last EIWA match for Sacred Heart was a 36-3 loss at Bucknell on Jan. 26 and the last EIWA win for Sacred Heart came on Jan. 19 at Franklin and Marshall (18-17).
Historically, in what has only had nine meetings, the Lions own an 8-1 advantage over Sacred Heart, heading into what will be the 10th meeting all-time. Columbia took the last meeting between the two sides, a 34-3 win for Columbia in 2019 and the last time Columbia visited Sacred Heart, the Lions came away with a 46-0 win in 2018. In fact the last time, and only time, that Columbia lost to Sacred Heart was in 2001, a 24-13 match that was contested in West Point, New York, meaning the Columbia has never dropped a match to Sacred Heart at either home or on the road.
Sacred Heart does not carry any student-athletes who current hold a ranking in the latest Trackwrestling polls.
PROBABLE LINEUP
AT SACRED HEART (FEB. 16)
Fairfield, Connecticut (William H. Pitt Center)
125 | No. 29 Joe Manchio (Columbia) vs. Sean Faraon (Sacred Heart)
133 | Angelo Rini (Columbia) vs. Kyle Randall (Sacred Heart)
141 | No. 27 Matt Kazimir -or- Chris Scorese (Columbia) vs. Gerard Daly (Sacred Heart)
149 | Andrew Garr -or- Val Miele (Columbia) vs. Nick Palumbo (Sacred Heart)
157 | Kyle Mosher -or- David Berkovich (Columbia) vs. Shaun Williams (Sacred Heart)
165 | Riley Jacops -or- Sam Webster (Columbia) vs. Brandon Levesque (Sacred Heart)
174 | Lennox Wolak (Columbia) vs. Joe Accousti (Sacred Heart)
184 | Joe Franzese -or- Michael Baker (Columbia) vs. Kyle Davis (Sacred Heart)
197 | Sam Wustefeld (Columbia) vs. Robert Hetherman (Sacred Heart)
285 | Danny Conley (Columbia) vs. Connor Fredericks (Sacred Heart)
FOLLOWING THE LIONS: Stay up to date on all things Columbia Wrestling by following the Lions on Twitter (@ColumbiaWR), Instagram (@columbiawr) and on Facebook (@ColumbiaAthletics).
HOW TO WATCH/FOLLOW
vs. Brown – Watch (ESPN+) | Follow (@ColumbiaWR)
vs. Harvard – Watch (ESPN+) | Follow (@ColumbiaWR)
at Sacred Heart – Watch (NEC Front Row) | Follow (@ColumbiaWR)
PREVIOUS WEEKEND: For the second weekend in a row, Columbia hit the road for three matches, this time a pair of matches in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, along with a match at Princeton, New Jersey was on the menu, and the Lions feasted for a 2-1 weekend that saw them knock off EIWA foe Drexel (19-16) and Ivy League member Penn (17-15), before falling at the Ivy League Champions, No. 16 Princeton (28-9).
At Drexel (Feb. 7), Columbia recorded wins in three of the final five matches, all involving bonus points, to lock up the EIWA road win thanks to wins from sophomores Joe Franzese (184), No. 29 Joe Manchio (125) and No. 27 Matt Kazimir (141), along with first-year victories from Angelo Rini (133) and Kyle Mosher (157). At Penn (Feb. 8), it was Rini who provided the dramatics as both Columbia and Penn were neck and neck heading into the final match at 133 pounds, but Rini would come away with a 4-3 decision to lock up another walk off win for the Lion first-year.
The match at Penn saw Mosher, first-year Lennox Wolak (174), Franzese, sophomore Danny Conley (285) and Rini all collect wins in a solid way to start a day that saw Columbia start in Philadelphia but finish in Princeton. At Princeton (285), the home of the eventual Ivy League champions (Princeton would beat Cornell the next day to win their first league title since 1986), Columbia battled hard and would get wins from Kazimir, Conley and Rini.
IMPRESSIVE MOSH: Mosher has been impressive during his first collegiate year, currently sitting at a team-high 21-10, Mosher won eight straight matches, with his last loss snapping that eight-match winning streak, coming via a 15-5 major decision to No. 5 Quincy Monday (No. 16 Princeton) at Princeton on Feb. 8, 2020. In his last 10 matches, Mosher is 8-2, having collected four wins via fall and he got his winning streak started with an SV-1 3-1 victory over Binghamton's Chris Barker on Jan. 10.
CARDIAC RINI: Rini (19-8) had himself a weekend, winning all three of his matches against Drexel (Feb. 7), Penn (Feb. 8) and Princeton (Feb. 8). What made the weekend stand out, besides the three wins, was not just the 18-1 technical fall win over Drexel's Chase Shields, or the 11-7 win over Princeton's Sean Pierson, it was his second walk-off win of the season.
Needing at least a win via decision against Penn for the team win, Rini took to the mat with a mission, and he worked a 4-3 win via decision over Carmen Ferrante to give Columbia their first Ivy League win of the season. It was the second time this season that Rini has walked off for Columbia, having given the Lions a 21-20 win over American (Jan. 19) when he won via tech fall against Daniel Kidd, 22-7, to walk-off the win in Columbia's home opener.
RANKED LIONS: Through the opening two months of the season, Kazimir (20-7) and Manchio (19-9) have both been impressive, and their strong start has been recognized by the national polls, with Manchio sitting at No. 29 at 125 pounds and Kazimir coming in at No. 27 at 141 pounds in the latest Trackwrestling rankings. Both Kazimir and Manchio each stayed put in the recent ranking, having hold their respective spots in last week's ranking.
Overall, both Kazimir and Manchio have been off to strong starts, with Kazimir already taking a pair of tournament titles (Princeton Open [Nov. 3], Patriot Open [Dec. 7]) and Manchio knocking off the then-ranked No. 14 125-pounder from Stanford and taking the Roadrunner Open (Nov. 24) title all in the same weekend.
WHAT THE BEARS BRING: Brown enters the weekend having lost three straight matches, all to Ivy League foes, with the Bears' last win coming on Jan. 25, a 19-14 win at EIWA foe Binghamton. Saturday's match will be the first of three for Brown over the weekend, as they will head out to LIU and Hofstra on Saturday, Feb. 16 for a EIWA doubleheader.
All-time Columbia owns a 36-28-1 advantage over Brown, with the series going all the way back to 1917 and this will be the 66th meeting between the two historic Ivy League programs. Brown did take the 2019 meeting, a 19-18 win in Providence, Rhode Island, and the Bears took the last meeting between the two sides on Morningside, another 19-18 final in 2018. Columbia last beat Brown in 2017, the first season in charge for Andrew F. Barth Head Coach of Wrestling Zach Tanelli, and the Lions last took a home match against Brown in 2016.
Brown does not currently have any student-athletes ranked nationally by Trackwrestling, or any publication, but they do have a handful of solid wrestlers, led by Ricky Cabanillas (149/157) who holds a team-best 17-12 record. Nino Bastianelli (197) sits at 14-9, while Jack Bokina (149) holds a 15-12 record to round out a few of the top student-athletes that Brown claims.
PROBABLE LINEUP
VS. BROWN (FEB. 15)
New York, New York (University Gymnasium "Blue Gym")
125 | No. 29 Joe Manchio (Columbia) vs. Trey Keeley -or- Reese Fry (Brown)
133 | Angelo Rini (Columbia) vs. Charlie Faber (Brown)
141 | No. 27 Matt Kazimir -or- Chris Scorese (Columbia) vs. Jimmy Pawelski -or- Samuel Lynch (Brown)
149 | Andrew Garr -or- Val Miele (Columbia) vs. Ricky Cabanillas (Brown)
157 | Kyle Mosher -or- David Berkovich (Columbia) vs. Jack Bokina -or- Matt Lattanze (Brown)
165 | Riley Jacops -or- Sam Webster (Columbia) vs. Kiran Srikanth (Brown)
174 | Lennox Wolak (Columbia) vs. Bryce Rogers -or- Cade Wilson (Brown)
184 | Joe Franzese -or- Michael Baker (Columbia) vs. Brandon Kui -or- Aaron Wolk (Brown)
197 | Sam Wustefeld (Columbia) vs. Nino Bastianelli (Brown)
285 | Danny Conley (Columbia) vs. James Valentino -or- Thomas Mukai (Brown)
WHAT THE CRIMSON BRING: Harvard's last five matches have resulted in losses for the Crimson, with three of the last four coming against Ivy League sides. The last win for Harvard was a 26-16 victory at Franklin & Marshall in the lone EIWA win of the season for Harvard.
Historically, the Lions hold a 49-38-2 advantage in dual meets against Harvard, in a series that dates back to 1923, with the first match between the two programs on Morningside taking place in 1924. Columbia took the 2019 meeting, 32-3, in a match competed in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Columbia will look to lock up its first win at home against Harvard since 2014.
The Crimson do have two student-athletes currently ranked by Trackwrestling with Yaraslau Slavikouski holding the No. 10 national ranking at 285 pounds and Philip Conigliaro coming in at the No. 14 165-pounder in the nation. At 125 pounds, Nolan Hellickson carries the No. 27 ranking at 125 pounds in the latest NCAA Coaches' Panel ranking. Slavikouski and Conigliaro lead the Crimson in overall records with Slavikouski sitting at 23-7 and Conigliaro at 23-6.
PROBABLE LINEUP
VS. HARVARD (FEB. 15)
New York, New York (University Gymnasium "Blue Gym")
125 | No. 29 Joe Manchio (Columbia) vs. Nolan Hellickson -or- Beau Bayless (Harvard)
133 | Angelo Rini (Columbia) vs. Michael Jaffe -or- Dylan Murphy (Harvard)
141 | No. 27 Matt Kazimir -or- Chris Scorese (Columbia) vs. Lukus Stricker -or- Tucker Ribman (Harvard)
149 | Andrew Garr -or- Val Miele (Columbia) vs. Aaron Kruk -or- Zeth Dean (Harvard)
157 | Kyle Mosher -or- David Berkovich (Columbia) vs. Hunter Ladnier (Harvard)
165 | Riley Jacops -or- Sam Webster (Columbia) vs. No. 14 Philip Conigilaro (Harvard)
174 | Lennox Wolak (Columbia) vs. Pierce Bausano -or- Peter Ferraro (Harvard)
184 | Joe Franzese -or- Michael Baker (Columbia) vs. Michael Doggett (Harvard)
197 | Sam Wustefeld (Columbia) vs. Evan Callahan (Harvard)
285 | Danny Conley (Columbia) vs. No. 10 Yaraslau Slavikouski (Harvard)
WHAT THE PIONEERS BRING: Sacred Heart brings a three-match winning streak into the match against Columbia, but none of those wins came against EIWA competition. The last EIWA match for Sacred Heart was a 36-3 loss at Bucknell on Jan. 26 and the last EIWA win for Sacred Heart came on Jan. 19 at Franklin and Marshall (18-17).
Historically, in what has only had nine meetings, the Lions own an 8-1 advantage over Sacred Heart, heading into what will be the 10th meeting all-time. Columbia took the last meeting between the two sides, a 34-3 win for Columbia in 2019 and the last time Columbia visited Sacred Heart, the Lions came away with a 46-0 win in 2018. In fact the last time, and only time, that Columbia lost to Sacred Heart was in 2001, a 24-13 match that was contested in West Point, New York, meaning the Columbia has never dropped a match to Sacred Heart at either home or on the road.
Sacred Heart does not carry any student-athletes who current hold a ranking in the latest Trackwrestling polls.
PROBABLE LINEUP
AT SACRED HEART (FEB. 16)
Fairfield, Connecticut (William H. Pitt Center)
125 | No. 29 Joe Manchio (Columbia) vs. Sean Faraon (Sacred Heart)
133 | Angelo Rini (Columbia) vs. Kyle Randall (Sacred Heart)
141 | No. 27 Matt Kazimir -or- Chris Scorese (Columbia) vs. Gerard Daly (Sacred Heart)
149 | Andrew Garr -or- Val Miele (Columbia) vs. Nick Palumbo (Sacred Heart)
157 | Kyle Mosher -or- David Berkovich (Columbia) vs. Shaun Williams (Sacred Heart)
165 | Riley Jacops -or- Sam Webster (Columbia) vs. Brandon Levesque (Sacred Heart)
174 | Lennox Wolak (Columbia) vs. Joe Accousti (Sacred Heart)
184 | Joe Franzese -or- Michael Baker (Columbia) vs. Kyle Davis (Sacred Heart)
197 | Sam Wustefeld (Columbia) vs. Robert Hetherman (Sacred Heart)
285 | Danny Conley (Columbia) vs. Connor Fredericks (Sacred Heart)
FOLLOWING THE LIONS: Stay up to date on all things Columbia Wrestling by following the Lions on Twitter (@ColumbiaWR), Instagram (@columbiawr) and on Facebook (@ColumbiaAthletics).
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