Wrestling Faces Princeton Tonight, Penn and Rider on Saturday
LIVE VIDEO FOR ALL THREE MATCHES
NEW YORK - The Columbia wrestling team has a busy weekend ahead as it hits the road to face Princeton tonight and Penn and Rider on Saturday.
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The Lions (4-3, 0-1 Ivy League, 1-2 EIWA) are coming off a 30-9 loss to then-No. 3 Cornell on Feb. 4. At 149, Steve Santos took a thrilling 2-0 sudden victory over then-No. 20 Chris Villalonga for his second win over a ranked opponent this season. Stephen West improved to 24-10 with a 6-0 win over Billy George at 174. Shane Hughes defeated Michael Alexander, 8-3, at 184.
Columbia will take on Ivy League foe Princeton (6-10, 1-2 Ivy League) tonight at 7 p.m. On Saturday, the Lions will face conference rival Penn (5-6, 1-2 Ivy League) at 1 p.m. in Philadelphia, Pa., before heading over to Lawrenceville, N.J. for a 6 p.m. match against Rider (9-7, 3-1 CAA).
Here are the projected lineups for this weekend:
| Columbia | Princeton | |
| 125 | Robert Dyar (12-14 | Ryan Cash (1-2) |
| 133 | Kyle Gilchrist (20-10) | Joe DeQuinzio (5-2) |
| 141 | Matt Bystol (18-13) | No. 13 Adam Krop (26-6) |
| 149 | Steve Santos (15-5) | Zach Bintliff (14-12) |
| 157 | Jake O'Hara (21-10) | No. 16 Daniel Kolodzik (26-7) |
| 165 | Adam Fondale (19-9)/Eren Civan (6-6) | Rich Eva (7-18) |
| 174 | Stephen West (24-10) | Andy Lowy (17-9) |
| 184 | Shane Hughes (15-9) | Dan Santoro (16-17) |
| 197 | Nick Mills (9-10) | Kurt Brendel (16-19) |
| 285 | Kevin Lester (23-8) | Charles Fox (2-7) |
| Penn | Rider | |
| 125 | Karim Shafi (2-6) | Chuck Zeisloft (20-10) |
| 133 | No. 14 Bryan Ortenzio (22-3) | Jimmy Morris (11-5) |
| 141 | No. 12 Zack Kemmerer (17-3) or Geoffory Bostany (5-10) | Jeremy Minich (1-2) |
| 149 | Steve Robertson (19-6) or Mark Pinero (12-6) | Zac Cibula (4-2) |
| 157 | Troy Hernandez (5-15) | Ramon Santiago (13-10) |
| 165 | Lorenzo Thomas (18-8) | James Brundage (16-14) |
| 174 | Ian Korb (14-3 or Canaan Bethea (9-0) | Brandon Linter (4-4) |
| 184 | Erich Smith (13-14) | Clint Morrison (11-7) |
| 197 | No. 10 Micah Burak (13-3) | Donald McNeil (13-15) |
| 285 | Steve Graziano (10-4) | Evan Craig (15-10) |
The Lions return to University Gymnasium on Feb. 18 to host Brown at 1 p.m. and Harvard at 3 p.m.
