Wolverines to Host No. 6 Lehigh in Wrestle 'N Roll at Crisler

Sunday, November 18

Ann Arbor, Mich. (Crisler Center)

5:00 PM

Michigan

Lehigh

Wolverines to Host No. 6 Lehigh in Wrestle 'N Roll at Crisler

11/14/2018 12:04:00 PM | Wrestling

By: Leah Howard

» After Friday's (Nov. 16) match against No. 6 Lehigh was postponed, the two schools will face off on Sunday (Nov. 18) at 5 p.m. in the Wrestle 'N Roll event at Crisler Center.
» The Wolverines will wrestle in their third dual meet at Crisler in two seasons; prior to last year's duals against Penn State and Ohio State, U-M had not competed inside Crisler since 2007.
» Michigan's three All-Americans in the lineup last weekend at Central Michigan earned second-period falls; Stevan Micic and Logan Massa both returned from injury to make their season debuts.

THIS WEEK
Friday, Nov. 16 -- vs. Lehigh (Crisler Center), 7 p.m. - POSTPONED
Sunday, Nov. 18 -- vs. Lehigh (Crisler Center), 5 p.m.
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Friday's (Nov. 16) meet between the No. 5-ranked University of Michigan wrestling team (1-0) and No. 6 Lehigh (0-0) has been postponed and will now take place on Sunday (Nov. 18) at 5 p.m., when the Wolverines will kick off the home portion of their 2018-19 schedule in the first-ever Wrestle 'N Roll event at Crisler Center.

PROMOTIONS
Lehigh: Wrestle 'N Roll, Kid's Go Blue Club Day, foam finger giveaway, post-match autographs (more promotions)

Michigan's Projected Starting Lineup

Wgt.	Name	Year/Elig.	Hometown (High School)
125	Drew Mattin	So./So.	Delta, Ohio (Delta)
or	Austin Assad	Sr./Jr.	Northfield, Ohio (Brecksville)
133	Stevan Micic	Sr./Jr.	Cedar Lake, Ind. (Hanover Central)
141	Kanen Storr	Jr./So.	Leslie, Mich. (Leslie)
149	Malik Amine	5th/Sr.	Brighton, Mich. (Detroit Catholic Central)
or	Ben Lamantia	Sr./Jr.	Commack, N.Y. (St. Anthony's)
157	Alec Pantaleo	5th/Sr.	Canton, Mich. (Canton)
or	Layne Van Anrooy	So./Fr.	Roseburg, Ore. (Roseburg)
165	Logan Massa	Sr./Jr.	St. Johns, Mich. (St. Johns)
174	Myles Amine	Sr./Jr.	Brighton, Mich. (Detroit Catholic Central)
184	Jelani Embree	So./Fr.	Eastpointe, Mich. (Warren Lincoln)
197	Jackson Striggow	Sr./Jr.	Orono, Minn. (Orono)
Hwt	Luke Ready	So./Fr.	Brighton, Mich. (Brighton)
or	Zachery Nemec	So./Fr.	Hoffman Estates, Ill. (Fremd)

Wolverine Bites

• Michigan returns to Crisler Center for the third time in two seasons -- and has another Crisler dual slated for Jan. 12 vs. Illinois -- after not competing in the venue since 2007. Though dropping both of their Crisler duals last season, the Wolverines wrestled quite well in losses to No. 1 Penn State (25-12) and No. 2 Ohio State (18-15).

• U-M shattered its program attendance record with a crowd of 8,303 for its "The Clash at Crisler" dual last season against rival Ohio State. Previously, the Wolverines' largest recorded crowd was 5,200, set at the Michigan/Michigan State dual on Feb. 25, 1967, at Yost Field House. U-M ranked ninth among the nation's attendance leaders -- fifth in the Big Ten -- with a 2,615 average crowd size in 2017-18.

• Redshirt juniors Stevan Micic and Logan Massa returned from injury to make their season debuts in the Wolverines' dual win at Central Michigan last Sunday (Nov. 11). It was Micic's first action since suffering an injury the semifinals of the Poland Open in September that kept him out of the World Championships, while Massa competed for the first time since the 2018 NCAA Championships in March. Both scored second-period falls in their debuts.

• Redshirt sophomore Kanen Storr and redshirt freshman Jelani Embree also were victorious in their first ever dual-meet appearances in the Maize and Blue. Storr, an offseason transfer from Iowa State, earned a 15-5 major decision over CMU's Drew Marten at 141 pounds, while Embree scored three takedowns to beat Landon Pelham, 7-4, at 184.

• Though still quite early in the season, four Wolverine starters maintain perfect records this year, Storr is 5-0 after winning 141-pound title at the season-opening Michigan State Open (Nov. 3), while Micic, Massa and redshirt junior Myles Amine are all officially 1-0 on the season.

• Among the Wolverines' returners, three -- Micic, Myles Amine and fifth-year senior Alec Pantaleo -- already own at least 70 career wins. Micic leads the pack with a 75-13 mark, while Amine and Pantaleo are 72-16 and 73-15, respectively. Last season, Adam Coon became the 36th Wolverine wrestler to reach 100 wins, finishing his career with a stellar 116-15 record.

• Redshirt juniors Myles Amine and Stevan Micic were named the Wolverines' 2018-19 team captains following practice last Friday (Nov. 9). Amine and Micic are both two-time NCAA All-Americans, twice finishing top four in the nation, and two-time Academic All-Big Ten and NWCA All-Academic honorees.

• Four Wolverines earned top-four finishes at the Ohio Intercollegiate Open last Sunday (Nov. 11) in Cleveland, Ohio. Freshman Max Maylor captured the 174-pound title in the white division, while fellow freshmen Will Lewan and Mason Parris took third place at 157 pounds and heavyweight, respectively, in the gold division. All three competed unattached, while sophomore/freshman Jack Medley took fourth at 125 pounds.

• After the Wolverines defeated in-state rival Central Michigan, 32-12, in last Sunday's season opener (Nov. 11), first-year head coach Sean Bormet is now 1-0 at the helm of the Michigan program. Bormet, a two-time NCAA All-American and Big Ten champion at 158 pounds at Michigan (1991-94), spent the last seven years as the top assistant at his alma mater and was elevated to the head job on March 27, 2018, after the retirement of 19-year head coach Joe McFarland.

U-M Individual Rankings

Wt.	Wrestler	InterMat	TW	Flo	TOM	WIN
125	Drew Mattin	17	23	16	18	NR
133	Stevan Micic	2	2	3	2	2
141	Kanen Storr	19	NR	18	16	NR
149	Malik Amine	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
157	Alec Pantaleo	4	4	3	3	4
165	Logan Massa	5	11	5	6	6
174	Myles Amine	3	3	3	3	6
197	Jackson Striggow	16	25	16	19	NR

Scouting the Opposition

Lehigh: The Mountain Hawks will make their dual debut against Michigan on Sunday night. They opened their season at the Journeymen Collegiate Classic last Sunday (Nov. 11), with five wrestlers posting 3-0 records in round-robin competition and three -- Nick Farro (125), Jordan Kutler (174) and Jordan Wood (Hwt) winning A-level pools. Seven Lehigh wrestlers are ranked nationally -- though only four in its projected lineup for Sunday -- including No. 7 Kutler (174), No. 7 Ryan Preisch (184) and No. 6 Wood (Hwt). Michigan leads the all-time series against Lehigh, 25-16, though the Mountain Hawks claimed the most recently meeting, a 27-8 decision in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to snap Michigan's two-meet win streak in the series.

Last Time Out

The Wolverines claimed seven matches, earning bonus points in five with three pins, to trounce in-state rival Central Michigan, 32-12, in their season dual-meet debut last Sunday (Nov. 11) in Mount Pleasant. Michigan earned second-period falls from its three All-Americans in the lineup -- Stevan Micic (133), Logan Massa (165) and Myles Amine (174). Kanen Storr (141) and Malik Amine (149) also added major decisions, while Storr and Jelani Embree (184) were victorious in their first ever duals for the Maize and Blue. [ Full Recap ]