Hofstra comes into the match with a 2-1-1 record while Michigan is 2-1. The two teams met last January at the Cliff Keen/NWCA National Duals at Cleveland State with the Wolverines pulling out a 19-18 victory on a pin in the final match (heavyweight) of the night.
Monday night's match will mark the 2005-06 debut of Hofstra's two-time All-American, senior Jon Masa. The Long Beach, New York native, who was granted a one semester Olympic waiver by the NCAA in November, is 14-4 in open competition this season after placing third at the NCAA Championships last March. Masa will compete in the featured match at 149 pounds against fourth-ranked junior Eric Tannenbaum (8-2). The two All-Americans met twice last season with Tannenbaum winning 5-3 at the National Duals in January and Masa posting an 8-1 victory in the third-place match at the NCAA Championships in March.
There will be a top 10 match-up at 174 pounds as Hofstra's fourth-ranked senior Mike Patrovich (Bohemia, NY/Islip) will face Michigan's seventh-ranked senior Nick Roy. Patrovich is 13-1 on the season with his only blemish coming in the championship match of the Cliff Keen/Las Vegas Invitational on December 3 to top-ranked Ben Askren from Missouri. Roy, who has battled injuries this season, enters the match with a 4-4 record.
There will also be a top 20 match-up at 157 pounds as Hofstra junior James Strouse (Levittown, NY/MacArthur) will square off against Michigan's eighth-ranked freshman Steve Luke. Strouse, who is ranked 19th in the latest (12/20) USA Today/NWCA/Intermat poll, has recorded a 14-5 record this season including a 4th place finish at the East Stroudsburg Open and a 7th place finish at the Las Vegas Invitational.
Monday night's match, which will be aired on the internet on Takedown Radio, is also Chief Ray Downey Sr. Memorial Scholarship Fund Night. Members of the Downey Family will be in attendance to present scholarship grants to Mike Patrovich and James Strouse in memory of the late FDNY hero who was killed in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
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