Hempstead, NY - The
Hofstra Pride Wrestling team has climbed into the National Wrestling Coaches
Association/USA Today Division I Team Coaches Poll, the NWCA announced on
Tuesday. The Pride made their debut in this year's poll at number 25.
Hofstra, 2-2-1 on the season heading into the Cliff Keen-Las Vegas Invitational
on December 3-4, is coming off a 1-1-1 day at the Missouri Duals in Columbia,
Missouri Sunday. The Pride let a 19-9 lead slip away to be tied by current #13
Oregon State, 19-19; let a 15-10 advantage slip away in a 19-15 loss to current
#16 Missouri; and crushed NAIA-power Lindenwood, 35-12.
Individually, five Pride wrestlers are ranked this week in the weekly polls
conducted by InterMat, WIN, Amateur Wrestling News (AWN) and Division I College
Wrestling (DICW). Leading Hofstra is senior
Lou Ruggirello (Walden, NY), off to a 4-1 start with three pins and
ranked sixth by AWN and DICW and eighth by InterMat and WIN at 133 pounds.
Junior P.J. Gillespie (Long Beach, NY),
5-0 on the season at 165 pounds, is ranked sixth by DICW, seventh by InterMat,
eighth by AWN and 10th by WIN. Senior Ryan Patrovich (Bohemia, NY), 3-1 on the season at 174, is ranked 13th by WIN
and DICW, 14th by AWN and 15th by InterMat. Sophomore Steve Bonanno (Wantagh, NY), 3-2 on the season at 125 pounds, is
ranked 15th by DICW and 19th by InterMat and WIN. Sophomore Justin Accordino (Wilkes-Barre, PA), 3-2 at 149 pounds, is ranked
19th by DICW and 20th by InterMat.
NWCA/USA
Today Division I Team Coaches Poll
|
No.
|
School
|
Total
|
LW
|
Record
|
|
1
|
Cornell
|
275
|
1
|
1-0
|
|
2
|
Oklahoma
State
|
264
|
2
|
0-0
|
|
3
|
Minnesota
|
253
|
3
|
0-0
|
|
4
|
Wisconsin
|
238
|
4
|
4-0
|
|
5
|
Penn
State
|
226
|
6
|
5-0
|
|
6
|
Boise
State
|
220
|
5
|
2-0-1
|
|
7
|
Iowa
|
213
|
7
|
2-0
|
|
8
|
Oklahoma
|
200
|
8
|
2-0
|
|
9
|
Central
Michigan
|
183
|
9
|
0-1
|
|
10
|
Illinois
|
174
|
10
|
1-0
|
|
11
|
Lehigh
|
167
|
13
|
3-1
|
|
12
|
Virginia
Tech
|
129
|
15
|
6-2
|
|
13
|
Oregon
State
|
128
|
19
|
2-0-2
|
|
14
|
Nebraska
|
124
|
14
|
1-1
|
|
14
|
Pittsburgh
|
124
|
20
|
2-2
|
|
16
|
Missouri
|
115
|
11
|
2-2
|
|
17
|
Iowa
State
|
97
|
17
|
4-0
|
|
18
|
Ohio
State
|
95
|
12
|
0-2
|
|
19
|
Michigan
|
88
|
16
|
1-1
|
|
20
|
Arizona
State
|
59
|
18
|
2-1
|
|
21
|
Northwestern
|
57
|
21
|
5-0
|
|
22
|
Purdue
|
45
|
22
|
1-0-1
|
|
23
|
Virginia
|
40
|
23
|
6-0
|
|
24
|
Rutgers
|
18
|
24
|
4-1
|
|
25
|
HOFSTRA
|
13
|
NR
|
2-2-1
|
Others
Receiving Votes: Binghamton, Cal Poly, Kent State, Old Dominion, Northern Iowa
and Wyoming.
The
National Wrestling Coaches Association, established in 1928, is
a non-profit organization for the advancement of all levels of the
sport of wrestling with primary emphasis on developing coaches who work in
academic environments. The membership embraces all people
interested in amateur wrestling.
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