No. 8 Lehigh Headvertisements To Tulsa For National Duals Invitational

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – No. 8 Lehigh is one in every of 16 groups competing within the inaugural National Duals Invitational, offered by Paycom, Nov. 15-16 at BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla. The Mountain Hawks will likely be battling over two days for a handbag of greater than $1 million, together with $200,000 for the successful staff. Lehigh opened its twin season with wins over Duke and Virginia final Saturday at Journeymen WrangleMania at Liberty High School after which had six wrestlers compete on the Journeymen Collegiate Classic at Freedom High School. The Mountain Hawks will open the National Duals Invitational in opposition to No. 2 seed and No. 2 ranked Nebraska. Lehigh’s second twin will likely be in opposition to both Michigan or Arizona State.
 
Streaming video for the National Duals Invitational will likely be accessible at FloWrestling.org. The solely exception will likely be Sunday night time’s championship finals, which will likely be televised nationally on ESPN2.
 
Lehigh had six wrestlers in motion Nov. 9 on the Journeymen Collegiate Classic at close by Freedom High School. Sophomore Matty Lopes, competing unattached at 133, gained the Hammer Award for successful the highest black bracket on the occasion. First-year Anthony Evanitsky additionally gained his bracket on the annual round-robin occasion. In all, 5 of Lehigh’s six entrants completed first or second of their respective brackets. Lopes gained a title for the second consecutive week, going 3-0 to seize the 133 Black bracket. He posted a 1-0 choice over Columbia’s Evin Gursoy after which beat Mason Leiphart of Franklin & Marshall 7-2. In the ultimate, Lopes rode a primary interval takedown to a 3-2 choice over Evan Mougalian of Penn. Evanitsky debuted with a 4-0 efficiency in a five-man round-robin to win at 149 Red. Lehigh’s three runners up have been first-year Seamus Mack (141 Blue), graduate scholar Zac Martin (157 Tan) and junior Remy Brancato-Roed (197 Green). Sophomore Jared Schoppe completed fifth at 184 Black.
 
The Mountain Hawks opened the twin meet season Nov. 8 by defeating a pair of ACC opponents at Journeymen WrangleMania, held at Liberty High School. The Mountain Hawks opened the day with a dominant 38-7 victory over Duke, with Lehigh claiming bonus factors in all eight of its match wins. Lehigh’s second twin of the day was a back-and-forth affair in opposition to Virginia, with wins from junior Rylan Rogers at 184 and graduate scholar JT Davis at 197 carrying the Mountain Hawks to a 21-17 victory. Rogers and Davis each went 2-0 on the day together with graduate scholar Sheldon Seymour (125) and senior Max Brignola (165). Sophomore Logan Wadle and first-year Mason Ziegler each bumped as much as 133 and picked up their first profession twin meet victories.
 
Lehigh is one in every of 16 groups competing in Tulsa on the National Duals Invitational, offered by Paycom. The 16 groups will battle over two days for a handbag of greater than $1 million, with the successful staff incomes a $200,000 grand prize. The Mountain Hawks earned an invitation on the energy of their fifteenth place end finally yr’s NCAA Championships. Lehigh will wrestle Nebraska at 12 p.m. ET/11 a.m.CT. Depending on outcomes, Lehigh’s second twin, probably in opposition to Arizona State or Michigan, could be at both 3 p.m. or 5 p.m. CT.
 
The different first-round matches on the National Duals Invitational are No. 1 Iowa vs. Missouri, Illinois vs. Little Rock, Northern Iowa vs. NC State, No. 4 Oklahoma State vs. Cornell, No. 3 Ohio State vs. Wyoming and Virginia Tech vs. Minnesota.
 
Nebraska, Lehigh’s first spherical opponent, enters the National Duals Invitational ranked second within the nation and the No. 2 seed within the event following a historic 2024-25 marketing campaign that noticed the Cornhuskers end second on the NCAA Tournament with two NCAA champions and eight All-Americans. Returning NCAA Champion Antrell Taylor (157) leads the group of six returning All-Americans from final season. Nebraska additionally added All-American and 2021 NCAA Champion AJ Ferrari, who will compete at heavyweight for the Cornhuskers. Taylor leads 9 Cornhuskers at present ranked by InterMat as he occupies the No. 1 spot at 157. Brock Hardy (141) and Ferrari (285) are at present ranked second. Mark Manning is in his twenty sixth season as Nebraska’s head coach.
 
Lehigh and Nebraska have met eight earlier occasions with the sequence tied at 4-4.  Saturday’s twin would be the first assembly between the 2 packages for the reason that Journeymen Northeast Duals in November 2015. Five of the earlier eight conferences have been contested at a impartial web site.
 
Following the National Duals Invitational, Lehigh will likely be off from competitors the subsequent two weekends. The Mountain Hawks will return to motion Dec. 5 once they host Pittsburgh within the residence opener inside Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall. Two days later, Lehigh will journey to top-ranked and four-time defending NCAA Champion Penn State within the 113th assembly of Lehigh’s most-contested twin sequence.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – No. 8 Lehigh is one in every of 16 groups competing within the inaugural National Duals Invitational, offered by Paycom, Nov. 15-16 at BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla. The Mountain Hawks will likely be battling over two days for a handbag of greater than $1 million, together with $200,000 for the successful staff. Lehigh opened its twin season with wins over Duke and Virginia final Saturday at Journeymen WrangleMania at Liberty High School after which had six wrestlers compete on the Journeymen Collegiate Classic at Freedom High School. The Mountain Hawks will open the National Duals Invitational in opposition to No. 2 seed and No. 2 ranked Nebraska. Lehigh’s second twin will likely be in opposition to both Michigan or Arizona State.

 

Streaming video for the National Duals Invitational will likely be accessible at FloWrestling.org. The solely exception will likely be Sunday night time’s championship finals, which will likely be televised nationally on ESPN2.

 

Lehigh had six wrestlers in motion Nov. 9 on the Journeymen Collegiate Classic at close by Freedom High School. Sophomore Matty Lopes, competing unattached at 133, gained the Hammer Award for successful the highest black bracket on the occasion. First-year Anthony Evanitsky additionally gained his bracket on the annual round-robin occasion. In all, 5 of Lehigh’s six entrants completed first or second of their respective brackets. Lopes gained a title for the second consecutive week, going 3-0 to seize the 133 Black bracket. He posted a 1-0 choice over Columbia’s Evin Gursoy after which beat Mason Leiphart of Franklin & Marshall 7-2. In the ultimate, Lopes rode a primary interval takedown to a 3-2 choice over Evan Mougalian of Penn. Evanitsky debuted with a 4-0 efficiency in a five-man round-robin to win at 149 Red. Lehigh’s three runners up have been first-year Seamus Mack (141 Blue), graduate scholar Zac Martin (157 Tan) and junior Remy Brancato-Roed (197 Green). Sophomore Jared Schoppe completed fifth at 184 Black.

 

The Mountain Hawks opened the twin meet season Nov. 8 by defeating a pair of ACC opponents at Journeymen WrangleMania, held at Liberty High School. The Mountain Hawks opened the day with a dominant 38-7 victory over Duke, with Lehigh claiming bonus factors in all eight of its match wins. Lehigh’s second twin of the day was a back-and-forth affair in opposition to Virginia, with wins from junior Rylan Rogers at 184 and graduate scholar JT Davis at 197 carrying the Mountain Hawks to a 21-17 victory. Rogers and Davis each went 2-0 on the day together with graduate scholar Sheldon Seymour (125) and senior Max Brignola (165). Sophomore Logan Wadle and first-year Mason Ziegler each bumped as much as 133 and picked up their first profession twin meet victories.

 

Lehigh is one in every of 16 groups competing in Tulsa on the National Duals Invitational, offered by Paycom. The 16 groups will battle over two days for a handbag of greater than $1 million, with the successful staff incomes a $200,000 grand prize. The Mountain Hawks earned an invitation on the energy of their fifteenth place end finally yr’s NCAA Championships. Lehigh will wrestle Nebraska at 12 p.m. ET/11 a.m.CT. Depending on outcomes, Lehigh’s second twin, probably in opposition to Arizona State or Michigan, could be at both 3 p.m. or 5 p.m. CT.

 

The different first-round matches on the National Duals Invitational are No. 1 Iowa vs. Missouri, Illinois vs. Little Rock, Northern Iowa vs. NC State, No. 4 Oklahoma State vs. Cornell, No. 3 Ohio State vs. Wyoming and Virginia Tech vs. Minnesota.

 

Nebraska, Lehigh’s first spherical opponent, enters the National Duals Invitational ranked second within the nation and the No. 2 seed within the event following a historic 2024-25 marketing campaign that noticed the Cornhuskers end second on the NCAA Tournament with two NCAA champions and eight All-Americans. Returning NCAA Champion Antrell Taylor (157) leads the group of six returning All-Americans from final season. Nebraska additionally added All-American and 2021 NCAA Champion AJ Ferrari, who will compete at heavyweight for the Cornhuskers. Taylor leads 9 Cornhuskers at present ranked by InterMat as he occupies the No. 1 spot at 157. Brock Hardy (141) and Ferrari (285) are at present ranked second. Mark Manning is in his twenty sixth season as Nebraska’s head coach.

 

Lehigh and Nebraska have met eight earlier occasions with the sequence tied at 4-4.  Saturday’s twin would be the first assembly between the 2 packages for the reason that Journeymen Northeast Duals in November 2015. Five of the earlier eight conferences have been contested at a impartial web site.

 

Following the National Duals Invitational, Lehigh will likely be off from competitors the subsequent two weekends. The Mountain Hawks will return to motion Dec. 5 once they host Pittsburgh within the residence opener inside Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall. Two days later, Lehigh will journey to top-ranked and four-time defending NCAA Champion Penn State within the 113th assembly of Lehigh’s most-contested twin sequence.

 

The 2025-26 Lehigh males’s wrestling season is offered by the Historic Hotel Bethlehem.

 

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