Indiana University Athletics
Sunday, December 3
Princeton, N.J.
1:00 PM
Indiana University
at
Princeton
Indiana Wrestling Heads East to Face Princeton
11/30/2023 11:30:00 AM | Wrestling
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. ––––– The Indiana Wrestling team will take part in their second dual of the season, and the first on the road Sunday, Dec. 3 at Princeton.
The dual will be a rematch after the Hoosiers hosted and defeated Princeton last season, 22-13.
PRINCETON PREVIEW:
-The Hoosiers and Tigers are set for what is sure to be another intriguing dual on Sunday.
-Princeton lost 2023 NCAA Champion Pat Glory (125) and three-time All-American Quincy Monday (157/165) to graduation, but they still sport a strong squad.
-While Monday may be out of eligibility, he is still in the room with the team as he was hired as an assistant coach over the summer.
-The Tigers have yet to compete in dual competition this year. The team has only competed in the Princeton Open and the Navy Classic tournaments thus far.
-Both tournaments featured the Tigers landing one champion on the podium. In the Princeton Open, Nate Dugan won the title at 184 lbs. while Luke Stout won the title at 197 lbs. in the Navy Classic.
-Dugan is currently ranked at No. 28 at 184 lbs. with a 6-1 record. His only loss this season came to No. 7 Lenny Pinto of Nebraska at the Navy Classic.
-Stout has shot up to No. 11 in the rankings at 197 lbs. with a 9-1 mark. Stout has had an impressive season, but he really caught attention with his Navy Classic championship win over defending Big Ten champion and No. 12 Silas Allred of Nebraska.
READY FOR A REMATCH:
-In the 2022-23 season, Indiana opened dual competition with a matchup versus No. 23 Princeton at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. It was the first dual match held in Assembly Hall since 2010.
-The Hoosiers won an exciting match, 22-13, by taking six of the ten bouts.
-The dual was close at the end with Indiana up 19-13 going into the heavyweight bout. An Indiana 3-1 decision victory closed it out to secure the win.
INDIANA CONNECTION:
-There will be a lot of Indiana program history and prestige on the benches of both teams at Sunday's dual.
-Joe Dubuque was recently elevated to head coach of Princeton's program after serving on the Princeton staff since 2012.
-Dubuque wrestled at Indiana for his collegiate career and boasts one of the best careers in program history as a two-time National Champion at 125 lbs. (2005, 2006) and three-time All-American. Later on, he also coached as an assistant for two seasons at Indiana.
-He is only one of two Indiana wrestlers to finish first at NCAAs twice, with the other being Charlie McDaniel (1935, 1938).
-Dubuque and Indiana head coach Angel Escobedo were teammates for a year in Bloomington in 2005-06, when Dubuque was a senior and Escobedo redshirted.
-After Dubuque graduated in 2006, Escobedo took the starting role at 125 lbs. and would become the school's only four-time All-American. He won an NCAA title in 2008.
KEYSTONE CLASSIC REWIND:
-Indiana accumulated 80 points and a sixth-place finish at the Keystone Classic on Sunday, Nov. 19.
-The Hoosiers had 12 wrestlers compete in the tournament with nine of them placing.
-No. 11 Derek Gilcher took the title at 165 lbs., defeating teammate Tyler Lillard in the final. No. 28 Dan Fongaro finished in second at 141, falling just short to No. 12 CJ Composto (Penn) in a 4-2 decision.
The dual will be a rematch after the Hoosiers hosted and defeated Princeton last season, 22-13.
PRINCETON PREVIEW:
-The Hoosiers and Tigers are set for what is sure to be another intriguing dual on Sunday.
-Princeton lost 2023 NCAA Champion Pat Glory (125) and three-time All-American Quincy Monday (157/165) to graduation, but they still sport a strong squad.
-While Monday may be out of eligibility, he is still in the room with the team as he was hired as an assistant coach over the summer.
-The Tigers have yet to compete in dual competition this year. The team has only competed in the Princeton Open and the Navy Classic tournaments thus far.
-Both tournaments featured the Tigers landing one champion on the podium. In the Princeton Open, Nate Dugan won the title at 184 lbs. while Luke Stout won the title at 197 lbs. in the Navy Classic.
-Dugan is currently ranked at No. 28 at 184 lbs. with a 6-1 record. His only loss this season came to No. 7 Lenny Pinto of Nebraska at the Navy Classic.
-Stout has shot up to No. 11 in the rankings at 197 lbs. with a 9-1 mark. Stout has had an impressive season, but he really caught attention with his Navy Classic championship win over defending Big Ten champion and No. 12 Silas Allred of Nebraska.
READY FOR A REMATCH:
-In the 2022-23 season, Indiana opened dual competition with a matchup versus No. 23 Princeton at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. It was the first dual match held in Assembly Hall since 2010.
-The Hoosiers won an exciting match, 22-13, by taking six of the ten bouts.
-The dual was close at the end with Indiana up 19-13 going into the heavyweight bout. An Indiana 3-1 decision victory closed it out to secure the win.
INDIANA CONNECTION:
-There will be a lot of Indiana program history and prestige on the benches of both teams at Sunday's dual.
-Joe Dubuque was recently elevated to head coach of Princeton's program after serving on the Princeton staff since 2012.
-Dubuque wrestled at Indiana for his collegiate career and boasts one of the best careers in program history as a two-time National Champion at 125 lbs. (2005, 2006) and three-time All-American. Later on, he also coached as an assistant for two seasons at Indiana.
-He is only one of two Indiana wrestlers to finish first at NCAAs twice, with the other being Charlie McDaniel (1935, 1938).
-Dubuque and Indiana head coach Angel Escobedo were teammates for a year in Bloomington in 2005-06, when Dubuque was a senior and Escobedo redshirted.
-After Dubuque graduated in 2006, Escobedo took the starting role at 125 lbs. and would become the school's only four-time All-American. He won an NCAA title in 2008.
KEYSTONE CLASSIC REWIND:
-Indiana accumulated 80 points and a sixth-place finish at the Keystone Classic on Sunday, Nov. 19.
-The Hoosiers had 12 wrestlers compete in the tournament with nine of them placing.
-No. 11 Derek Gilcher took the title at 165 lbs., defeating teammate Tyler Lillard in the final. No. 28 Dan Fongaro finished in second at 141, falling just short to No. 12 CJ Composto (Penn) in a 4-2 decision.
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