WASHINGTON - The final home dual of the season on Friday, February 17 at 1 p.m. will have American University wrestling celebrating both Senior Day and Alumni Day as the Eagles host EIWA rival Binghamton. The match was moved up to 1 p.m. after being originally scheduled for 7 p.m. Five grad students and seniors will be honored prior to the start of the dual—Connor Bourne, Brad Kata, Luc Maschino, Patrick Ryan and Colin Shannon.

Parking

• Due to the timing of Friday's match, free parking will not be available in the Bender Arena garage.
• Fans must use paid parking available in the Katzen Arts Center garage (across from the main entrance to campus on Massachusetts Ave.) or the School of International Studies (SIS) garage with the entrance off Nebraska Ave.
   

Senior Day

• Prior to Friday's match, the Eagles will honor grad students Brad Kata and Colin Shannon along with seniors Connor Bourne, Luc Maschino and Patrick Ryan. Scroll down to see all five “Then” and “Now,” as well as their thoughts on their time at American.
• AU students are invited to dine on free pizza from Gregorio's Trattoria and have a chance to win two free floor tickets to SZA on February 27 at Capital One Arena. Only AU students are eligible, and you must be present to win.

Alumni Day

• During a short break after the fifth bout, all AU wrestling alumni in attendance will be recognized as part of Alumni Day.
• All alumni are invited to sit mat-side to cheer on the Eagles, who will be competing for the second week on a brand-new octagon-shaped mat.
• A reception will follow the match for all those who registered.

Series History

• American leads Binghamton 9-3 dating back to 2008.
• The Eagles won the most recent match 18-15 on Feb. 1, 2020 in Bender Arena.
• AU also won in 2017-18 by a score of 20-14 on the road.
• Binghamton's last win came in 2016-17 at Bender, 25-11.

What to Know About American

• With seven dual wins already in 2022-23, American has shown huge improvement over last year when the Eagles had just one dual victory.
• One more win would match the Eagles for the most dual victories in the last 12 years. The program has recorded eight victories three times (2011-12, 2014-15, 2017-18) since going 14-7 in 2010-11.
• The Eagles had one of their best days in recent program history on January 22 as they earned three one-point victories to take the team title at the Chippewa Challenge. The three opponents—Central Michigan, CSU Bakersfield and Campbell—had all easily defeated AU last year.
• AU’s 41 points at Sacred Heart on Dec. 21 were the most scored in seven years, and the margin of victory was the highest in eight years.
• Overall, AU has 52 pins this season with three duals still remaining, which is 16 more than last season’s overall total of 36 pins.
• Ranking in a tie for second in NCAA Division I in total pins this season is sophomore Maximilian Leete (125) with 11. He has also cracked the top 10 all-time at AU and now ranks in a tie for 10th with 17 career pins in only his second season.
• Leete has the most wins for AU this season at 19-10, followed by freshman Caleb Campos (165) at 17-8. Sophomore Jack Maida (133) is close behind at 15-10 overall.
• The Eagles did not have any ranked wrestlers in the February 10 coaches' rankings, but Maida came in at #29 in the RPI for 133 pounds.

American (7-10) Probable Starters

125 - Maximilian Leete (So., 19-10)
133 - Jack Maida (So., 15-10)
141 - Ethan Szerencsits (R-So., 10-10) or Raymond Lopez (Fr., 11-8)
149 - Patrick Ryan (R-Sr., 6-12)
157 - Jack Nies (R-So., 10-12)
165 - Caleb Campos (Fr., 17-8)
174 - Lucas White (R-Fr., 8-17)
184 - Colin Shannon (Gr., 8-13) or Carsten Rawls (So., 9-14)
197 - Connor Bourne (R-Jr., 11-7)
HWT - Will Jarrell (R-Jr., 11-11) or Isaac Righter (R-So., 7-5)

What to Know about Binghamton

• Two Binghamton wrestlers are ranked in the latest NCAA coaches rankings—Jacob Nolan (184) at #20 and heavyweight Cory Day at #18.
• Day has wins over four nationally ranked opponents, including #28 Brendan Furman of Cornell last Friday. Nolan has wins in five consecutive duals.
• At 165 pounds, Brevin Cassella is ranked #31 on Intermat and has won 10 straight bouts.
• The head coach of Binghamton, Kyle Borshoff, is a 2010 graduate of American and will be inducted into AU’s “Pop” Cassell Hall of Fame on Saturday, February 18. Borshoff was a two-time All-American and three-time NCAA qualifer for the Eagles who also served as an assistant coach from the program from 2011-15.
   

Binghamton (4-12) Probable Starters

125 - Micah Roes (So., 10-10)
133 - Ivan Garcia (So., 18-12) or  Anthony Sobotker (R-Sr., 2-8)
141 - Nate Lucier (R-Fr., 16-14) or Christian Gannone (Sr., 4-10) 
149 - Michael Zarif (Gr., 13-13)
157 - Conner Decker (So., 10-15)
165 - Brevin Cassella (So., 15-4)
174 - Sam DePrez (R-Jr., 10-9)
184 - #20 Jacob Nolan (R-Jr., 15-6)
197 - Cayden Bevis (Fr., 0-5) or Dimitri Gamkrelidze (So., 9-8)
HWT - #18 Cory Day (R-Jr., 15-7) or Charlie Tibbitts (Fr., 13-10)

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