Lehigh Sports Forum

FloWrestling (ranks top 33):
125: Stanich from #5 to #3
133: Crookham holds #1
141: Hines drops from #14 to #15
157: Brignola maintains #25
165: Logan stays at #27
197: Beard holds down #6
285: Taylor from #8 to #7
Team: up two places to #8

WIN (ranks top 20):
125: n/a
133: #3
141: #19
157: n/a
165: n/a
197: #6
285: from #10 to #8
Team Tourney: #16

The Open Mat moved Stanich from 8th to 2nd. The reason why is revealing. Barnett and Flynn, two guys Luke has beaten, had been 9th and 10th; now they're 3rd and 4th. So like a cork rising with the tide, Stanich moved up with them.

Wrestlestat has moved Sheldon back to starter, i Guess because he has 15 bouts and Luke only has 14.

If Luke were to Wrestle AzSU only, and Sheldon wrestles and wins the other two, SS likely bumps to 27or better and qualifies the spot. Really though, SS may need only 1 win because pretty likely 4 guys ranked 25-30 lose a bout to someone not great, and get bumped down.

Maybe, to keep everyone on edge, Ethan Smith wrestles vs Bucknell.

Novice question so ty ahead of time..Is the same school allowed to have 2 entrants at the same weight class for the NCAA''S? Basically i'm asking will both 125 kids be allowed in? Tks

that's a big no, one per team at each weight class if qualify

Thanks...so basically a kid like Seymour irrespective of his success/ranking knows no matter what should Luke be healthy has no chance of being in tourney...ouch. Credit to him i guess ..

Lehigh89 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 06, 2024 11:16 am Thanks...so basically a kid like Seymour irrespective of his success/ranking knows no matter what should Luke be healthy has no chance of being in tourney...ouch. Credit to him i guess ..

yeah, doesn't always seem fair but that's wrestling.....even at the high school level in NY only one kid per weight per team can try to qualify for states......so if a team has the number 1 and number 2 kids say at 124 in the whole state one of them has to bump to 131 or cut to 116 to try to qualify

Same reason why McGonagle has been left without a chair at the moment the music stopped this year even though he was ranked 6th in the country at 133 early on...

Until about 3-5 years ago in Pa. In an in-season tournament a school could only enter one per weight.

jdalu75 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 06, 2024 8:51 am The Open Mat moved Stanich from 8th to 2nd. The reason why is revealing. Barnett and Flynn, two guys Luke has beaten, had been 9th and 10th; now they're 3rd and 4th. So like a cork rising with the tide, Stanich moved up with them.

Not to mention Spratley (Stanich's lone NCAA loss) had a big win over Noah Surtin who had been ranked #3 iirc. Good pretty good week for Stanich considering he didn't wrestle.

A couple of us have been saying Spratley is most probable as champ this year...

Ok stupid question #2.... if only one guy per school per weight can qualify why doesn't a school like Lehigh who has a complete roster returning with multiple elite pieces just inundate their weaker weight class with transfers of high quality backups from schools like Penn St. with the promise of getting that chance to compete in the tourney..they have proof of concept in Beard.