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Wrestling Faces Penn, Columbia This Weekend

| By: Sydney Harbaugh (sharbau1@binghamton.edu)

The Bearcats host Penn Friday night at 7 PM in the Events Center

VESTAL, N.Y. - The Binghamton wrestling team is set for a pair of dual meets this weekend, hosting Penn on Jan. 18 before heading to Manhattan for a Sunday matinee against Columbia University. Both matches will be live streamed through ESPN, with the match against Penn on ESPN3 and the Columbia dual on ESPN+.

Notes
  • Binghamton enters the weekend looking for its' first dual and EIWA win of the season
  • The Bearcats are coming off a 30-7 loss against Army West Point, in which Anthony Sparacio (141) and Lou DePrez (184) each won their contested bout
  • Penn enters the weekend 1-3 in dual meats and 0-1 against EIWA opponents
  • Columbia is 4-1 this season, with a loss to American on Jan. 12 snapping its four match win streak.
  • Binghamton is 1-6 against Penn all-time. The Bearcats snapped a six year win streak from the Quakers last season with a thrilling 19-18 victory in The Palestra.
  • The Bearcats have won their past two showings against Columbia, with a 32-8 victory in 2016-17 and a 20-14 win last season.
  • Penn's lineup features one ranked wrestler in No. 14 Anthony Artalona (149)
  • Lou DePrez highlights the Bearcats at 184 pounds with a No. 8 ranking. The redshirt freshman leads the team with a 17-4 overall record and a 2-0 mark in duals.
  • 141-pounder Anthony Sparacio and HWT Joe Doyle also hold double digit wins this season, Sparacio notching 14 and Doyle with 10.

Binghamton Probable Lineup
 
Weight Name Record
125  Audey Ashkar  (1-1, 7-6)
or  Steven Bulzomi    (0-1, 4-7)
133  Zack Trampe  (0-1, 2-1)
or  Joe Nelson  (0-1, 3-3)
141  Anthony Sparacio  (1-1, 14-9)
149  Frankie Garcia  (0-2, 6-6)
157  Dylan Wood   (0-3, 3-9)
or  Chris Barker  (0-0, 8-5)
165  Aidan Monteverdi  (0-3, 3-9)
174  Vincent DePrez  (1-2, 10-9)
184  #8 Lou DePrez  (2-0, 17-4)
197  Anthony DePrez   (0-3, 5-10)
or  Alex Melikian   (0-0, 2-8)
HWT  Joe Doyle   (0-3, 10-11)

Penn Probable Lineup
 
Weight Name Record
125  Carmen Ferrante  (14-5)
133  Doug Zapf  (7-8)
141  Grant Aronoff  (5-3)
or  A.J. Vindici   (4-4)
149  #14 Anthony Artalona  (13-3)
157  Joe Oliva  (6-7)
165  Evan DeLuise  (6-9)
174  Jake Hendricks  (6-7)
184  Jalen Laughin  (3-5)
197  Greg Bensley  (5-7)
or  Patrik Garren  (1-4)
HWT  Ben Goldin  (4-8)

Up next: 
Binghamton heads to Boston on Jan. 26 for back-to-back matches against Harvard at 1 p.m. and Brown at 7 p.m. 
 
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