Preview: UB vs. EMU

Tonight, we will wrestle EMU at Alumni Arena at 7PM.  The match will be live on Time Warner Cable.  This marks the first time that UB Wrestling has been live on cable.  Here is the preview of EMU's Team.

125 - Jared Germaine is one of EMU's better wrestlers and is one of their captains.  He is a redshirt freshman with a 13-4 record on the season.  He was ranked #31 in the country on the NCAA Coaches Panel Ranking two weeks ago.  Germaine has won eight of his last nine matches and also placed in the early season EMU Open.  He redshirted last year and went 19-7 while placing in a lot of open tournaments.

133 - Filiberto Colon leads the team in wins with 20 wins.  He sits at 20-9 currently and is a junior that transfered to EMU this season from Rider.  He won the EMU Open and placed 4t hat the MSU Open.  He is tough in front head locks and underhooks.

141 - Mike Leholm is a redshirt freshman with a 13-12 record.  He placed a very strong 2nd at the early season EMU Open and 4th at the MSU Open.  Leholm redshirted and went 17-7 last season and placed at a bunch of open tournaments.  He likes to wrestle out of an underhook.

149 - Corey Phillips is a redshirt junior with a 9-10 record.  He was 2nd at the EMU Open and was named as one of EMU's captains.  Phillips won 12 matches last year as a starter for EMU.

157 - Aaron Sulzer is 15-9 on the season and is a redshirt sophomore.  He placed 2nd at the EMU Open and is also a captain of the team.  He started last season and posted 15 wins.  Sulzer is solid in almost all positions.

165 - Nick Hendrick is one of only two seniors in EMU's young line-up.  He is a 5th-year senior wit ha 12-11 record.  He won 11 matches last year as the starter.

174 - Chris Eggert is a redshirt sophomore with a 13-12 record on the season.  He placed 5th at the EMU Open.  Eggert went 10-8 during his redshirt year last season.

184 - Khodar Hoballah is a redshirt freshman with a 10-9 record.  He placed 2nd at the EMU Open.  He went 9-9 as a reshirt last year.

197 - Nick Whitenburg is a redshirt freshman.  He is nationally ranked at #33 in the NCAA Coaches Panel Ranking from two weeks ago.  He finished 3rd at the EMU Open this year and sports a 13-7 record.  Whitenburg went 15-4 during his redshirt year last year and placed in several open tournaments.  He is tough on the mat and is best from top.

HWT - David Wade is the team leader and captain.  He is a 5th-year senior and returning National Qualifier after finishing 2nd in the MAC last year.  He was ranked #23 in the NCAA Coaches Panel Ranking two weeks ago.  This week, he checks in at #19 on intermatwrestle.com's national ranking.  He placed 2nd at the huge Penn State Open.  He has a 17-6 record currently and went 21-16 last season.  Wade is tough on top and has good high shots.