Friday we have our first competition of the season as we take on the Boston University Terriers. We are looking forward to opening out season with a bang. We are glad that we are able to wrestle at Boston as both of our fifth-year seniors are from the Boston area in Massachusetts (Jimmy Hamel from Natick and Brian Sheehan from Lowell). We are excited to be able to get these two young men in front of their home crowd.
Boston has one of the best teams they have assembled in years. I am going to take a guess at Boston’s line-up and of course, you never know who will wrestle until they step on the mat. I have not found their wrestle-off results posed anywhere so it is hard to say who will be on the mat. The rankings I am going to use in the preview are the new www.intermatwrestle.com rankings.
125 – Taylor Golba vs. BJ Suitor – Suitor is a true freshman and a huge recruit for BU last year. Suitor was a three-time Michigan State Champ that finished his high school career with a 224-5 record. Keys to the match for UB: Taylor will wrestle with a lot of confidence at a high pace. Taylor’s collegiate experience and determination will be the difference here for the win.
133 – #14 Kevin Smith vs. #20 Fred Santiate – Santiate finished in the top 12 at the NCAA National Tournament last year and had a big win over NCAA Champion Troy Nickerson. Both Kevin and Santiate are redshirt juniors. Keys to the match for UB: Kevin will look to use his size, strength, and stamina to beat the very tough Santiate in what is on paper the match of the night.
141 – Chris Conti vs. Ian Squires – Squires is a redshirt freshman and saw limited action last year as he only wrestled in two tournaments early in the season. Squires was a much herald recruit for BU. Keys to the match for UB: Chris will need to stay offensive on his feet and get ahead early in the match. Squires when behind in a match tends to get sloppy trying to make-up ground and Chris will look to run-up the score. Watch for Chris to get on a roll and start racking-up a lot of points.
149 – #11 Desi Green vs. Nestor Taffur – Taffur is a sophomore at BU and had the third most wins on their team last year with 17 wins on the season. Keys to the match for UB: Desi is looking to kick off his season on a high note and score many takedowns. He holds the single season takedown record at UB and wants to get a bunch of takedowns in the match that he should dominate.
157 – Mark Lewandowski vs Nick Tourville – Tourville is a true freshman for BU and was a Minnesota State Champion last season. He has good low shots and solid position. Keys to the match for UB: Mark will look to dominate this match with heavy hands and outstanding mat wrestling.
165 – #17 John-Martin Cannon vs. Kyle Czarnecki – Czarnecki is a sophomore that had the forth most wins on the team last season. Keys to the match for UB: Cannon should dominate the match with a variety of attacks. It’s the Cannon Show!
174 – Brian Sheehan vs. Hunter Meys – Meys is a redshirt sophomore who was an NCAA national qualifier as a true freshman. This is an interesting match as Sheehan has made huge strides in the last year. Meys is the favorite on paper but Brian will surprise him and win in one of the most exciting matches of the night in front of his hometown crowd. If you were unable to watch wrestle-offs this year, you should go out of your way to watch the match. Brian is always looking to score and is fun to watch wrestle. Keys to the match for UB: Brian will need to neutralize the freakish strength of Meys. Brian should set a high pace and wear down Meys, who only competed in three matches last year. The longer the match goes on, the brighter Brian will shine.
184 – #16 Jimmy Hamel vs. Bran Crudden – Crudden transferred into BU this year after graduating from his undergraduate degree at Brown. He was one of Brown’s best wrestlers last season as he placed 2nd in the Keystone Classic and placed at the EIWA Tournament. Keys to the match for UB: Jimmy has had an outstanding week of practice and is excited to put on a show in front of a lot of friends and family. He should control the entire match.
197 – Josh Peters vs. John Hall – Hall was an NCAA National Qualifier in 2009 and redshirted with an injury in 2010. This is a great opportunity for Josh (as he moves up from 184 pounds) to establish himself as one of the elite 197 pound wrestlers in the country. Keys to the match for UB: I’m calling for the win from Josh in an upset. Josh needs to wrestle with confidence here. He needs to wrestle at a high pace as Hall has not wrestled a match in almost exactly a year.
HWT – Brett Correll vs. Kevin Innis – Innis is a true freshman at BU after placing in the New Jersey State Championships twice and being a two-time high school All-American. Keys to the match for UB: Brett will be on the attack early and often. He will be looking to score from every position and dominate the freshman.
Our goal in the dual is to dominate and win all 10 weight classes. That is a very tough challenge; as you can see Boston has a very talented team. Of course, I am confident in all 10 of our starters and expect them to win.
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