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NOVEMBER

Fri. 10 LEHIGH 7:00 p.m.

Tue. 14 PITTSBURGH 7:00 p.m.

Sun. 19 at Keystone Classic (University of Penn) 10:00 a.m.

DECEMBER

Fri.-Sat. 1-2 at Las Vegas Open TBD

Sat. 9 MARYLAND 12:00 p.m.

Fri.-Sat. 29-30 at Midlands Championships (Northwestern) 10:00 a.m.

JANUARY

Sat. 6 BLOOMSBURG 7:30 p.m.

Tue. 9 *at Drexel 8:00 p.m.

Fri.-Sat. 12-13 at Virginia Duals (Hampton) 9:00 a.m.

Fri.-Sat. 19-20 *at CAA Duals (George Mason) TBD

Wed. 31 at Rutgers 7:00 p.m.

FEBRUARY

Sat. 3 at Clarion 1:00 p.m.

Fri. 9 at Iowa State 8:00 p.m.

Tue. 13 *at Hofstra 7:00 p.m.

Fri. 16 *BOSTON UNIVERSITY 7:00 p.m.

Sun. 18 *SACRED HEART 3:00 p.m.

MARCH

Fri.-Sat. 2-3 at CAA Championships, George Mason, Fairfax, Va. TBA

Thu.-Sat. 15-17 at NCAA Championships, Detroit, Mich. TBD

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Freshman 5-7

Richard Hyson

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Sophomore 5-8

Michael Kessler

125

Freshman 5-6

Thomas Lorenzo

184

Sophomore 6-1

Rob Maistickle

133

Junior 5-7

Zac Cunliffe

174-184

Freshman 6-0

Michael Darling

141

Junior 5-7

Don Fisch

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Sophomore 6-1

Ed Bordas

133

Freshman 5-7

Matt Bradley

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Senior 6-2

Nick Ciufo

184-197

Freshman 6-2

John Conti

157-165

Freshman 6-0

Rob Morrison

184

Freshman 6-0

Mike Miller

157

Senior 5-8

Dave Miller

149

Freshman 5-8

Tim McGoldrick

197

Junior 6-0

T.J. Morrison

125-133

Freshman 5-6

Brian Polashuk

125

Senior 5-7

Jim Porch

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Sophomore 6-0

Peter Reid

157

Freshman 5-10

Nick Weaver

149

Freshman 5-7

Kody Williams

125-133

Freshman 5-9

Fred Rodgers

141-149

Junior 5-7

Dan Silberman

174

Sophomore 5-11

Doug Umbehauer

Rider University Wrestling Media Guide • 2006-2007Rider University Wrestling Media Guide • 2006-2007

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Team Records Wrestler YearSingle SeasonTeam points 109 Dan Morrison 1981-82Take downs 100 Nick Catone 2003-04Escapes 31 Jim Gilch 1987-88Reversals 25 Kevin Kowal 1982-832-pt near falls 37 Gerry Volm 1981-823-pt near falls 26 Gerry Volm 1981-82falls 15 Dan Morrison 1981-82fastest fall :12 Nick Harrington 1999-2000dual meet record 20-0 Lou DiSerafino 1979-80

20-0 Dan Morrison 1981-8220-0 Gerry Volm 1981-82

overall record 40-1 Dan Morrison 1981-82

CareerConference titles 4 Mario Ianni 1972, 73, 74, 75

4 Tim Kennedy 1987, 88, 89, 90team points 288 Lou DiSerafino 1976-80take downs 209 Evan Dolan 1994-972-pt near falls 74 Gerry Volm 1982-843-pt near falls 55 John Lucerne 1983-88falls 29 Tim Morrison 1980-83dual meet wins 63 Lou DiSerafino 1976-80overall wins 134 Lou DiSerafino 1976-80Overall winning streak 40 Dan Morrison 1982Dual meet record 40-1 Dan Morrison 1982Overall record 89-9-1 (.908) Tim Morrison 1980-83

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS • RECORDS

Directions to Rider

From New York and North Jersey:

From the New Jersey Turnpike: Take the NJTurnpike South to Exit 7A (I-195 West).Follow I-195 West to the exit for I-295North (Princeton). I-295 North will becomeI-95 South. Take Exit 7A off of I-95 Southto U.S. Route 206 South (Trenton). Rider isa quarter mile on the right. From U.S. Route 1 South: take the exit for I-95 South (sign says “To Pennsylvania”). Bearright at junction, following signs for I-95South (Pennsylvania). Take exit 7A off of I-95 South to U.S. Route 206 South (Trenton).Rider is a quarter mile on the right.

From Pennsylvania:

Take I-95 North, straight over the DelawareRiver into New Jersey. Take Exit 7A off of I-95 to U.S. Route 206 South (Trenton). Rideris a quarter mile on the right. From the Pennsylvania Turnpike: take thePA Turnpike east to Exit 28 (Philadelphia)and take U.S. Route 1 North to I-95 North.Continue on I-95 North, straight over theDelaware River into New Jersey. Take Exit7A off of I-95 to U.S. Route 206 South(Trenton). Rider is a quarter mile on theright.

From the South:

Take I-295 North. I-295 North will becomeI-95 South. Continue on I-95 South and takeExit 7A off I-95 South to U.S. Route 206South (Trenton). Rider is a quarter mile onthe right.

From the East:

Take the Garden State Parkway to Exit 98 (I-195 West). Follow I-195 West to the exit forI-295 North (Princeton). I-295 North willbecome I-95 South. Take Exit 7A off of I-95South to U.S. Route 206 South (Trenton).Rider is a quarter mile on the right.

Location: Lawrenceville, NJ

Enrollment: 5,822 (3,825 full-time undergraduate)

Founded: 1865

Academic Units: College of Business Administration; College of Liberal Arts, Education and

Sciences; College of Continuing Studies; and Westminster Choir College

Colors: Cranberry, White

Nickname: Broncs

Athletic Affiliations: NCAA Division I, ECAC

Conference: Colonial Athletic Association (CAA)

President: Mordechai Rozanski, Ph.D.

Athletic Director: Don Harnum 609-896-5054

Associate Athletic Director: Karin Torchia 609-896-5249

Associate Athletic Director: Greg Busch 609-895-5642

Senior Woman Administrator: Nancy Roberts 609-896-5056

Manager Athletic Business Operations: Lucy Sech 609-895-5650

Academic Support Coordinator: Sonya Hurt 609-896-5308

Faculty Athletics Representative: Jonathan Husch, Ph.D.

Head Coach: Gary Taylor 609-896-5201 (East Stroudsburg ’76)

Record at Rider: 319-166-4 (28 years)

Associate Head Coach: John Hangey (Rider ’93, MA ’97)

Assistant Coach: Adam Derengowski (Rider ’91)

Volunteer Assistant Coach: Darren Schulman (Syracuse ’91)

Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 12/9

Head Team Physician: Dr. Kirtida Patel, M.D.

Head Athletic Trainer: Tim Lengle, A.T.C.

Strength and Conditioning Coordinator: Gerry Green

Home Mat: Alumni Gymnasium (1,650)

Sports Information Director: Bud Focht 609-896-5138

Assistant SID: Brian David Solomon 609-896-5135 (cell) 609-929-4068

Sports Information Secretary: Lynn Rugg 609-895-5778

Athletics FAX: 609-896-0341

Athletics Hotline: 609-219-2000, 2

Athletics Home Page: www.gobroncs.com

BRONC BRIEFS

Pete Ackerman 1975, 76Mike Bartholomew 1990, 91, 92Doug Bonshak 1994, 96John Bott 1984Scott Brambani 1977, 78John Carvalheira 1997, 98Nick Catone 2001, 04Eric Childs 1990Colin Coffey 1984Brian Collier 1976, 77Zac Cunliffe 2006Marc DeFrancesco 1998Adam Derengowski 1988, 89, 91Rob DeSalve 1988Lou DiSerafino 1977, 80Rob DiSerafino 1978Mark DiStefano 1995Evan Dolan 1994, 96, 97

Dave Doll 1981Francis Dunn 1994, 95, 97John Fasti 1989Dan Finacchio 1990, 94Don Fisch 2005Leo Giel 1998, 99John Hangey 1990, 91, 93Josh Henson 1997Mario Ianni 1975Derek Jenkins 2002, 03Mike Jenson 1996Tim Kennedy 1987, 88, 89, 90Gregg Kessler 1996, 98Rob Kuzy 1986Mike Lehman 1989Jerold Limongelli 2000Chad Liott 1996, 97, 99John Lucerne 1985, 88

Dave Miller 2004Tim Morrison 1981, 82, 83Jason Nase 1994Todd Palmisano 1998, 00Allen Pascual 1984Mike Price 1984Dave Robin 1993Steve Romesburg 1984, 85Shawn Scannell 1999, 2000, 01Joe Sproviero 1989John Stafford 1986, 87Bobby Stinson 2003Bill Tassogloy 1996Gerry Volm 1981, 82, 84Mike Westhead 1993

Active wrestlers in bold

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS

PAST ECC/ECWA CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS PAST CAA CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS

2001 Hofstra University

2000 Rider University





1995 Bucknell University

1994 Rider College

1993 Rider College

1992 Central Connecticut State

1991 Rider College

1990 Rider College

1989 Rider College

1988 Rider College

1987 Bucknell University

1986 Rider College

1985 Drexel University

1984 Rider College



1981 West Chester University







2006 Hofstra University2005 Hofstra University2004 Hofstra University2003 Hofstra University2002 Hofstra University2001 George Mason University2000 James Madison University1999 James Madison University1998 Virginia Tech1997 George Mason University1996 George Mason University1995 George Mason University1994 Old Dominion University1993 Virginia Tech1992 George Mason University


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SERIES HISTORY

Gary Taylor has compiled 319 Division I victories, the second highest total in the NCAA among active coaches. When Taylor came to Rider in 1978 to succeed the program’s founder, National Wrestling Hall of Famer Barry

Burtnett, he set forth a goal of bringing eastern and national recognition to wrestling on the Rider campus. Thishe has done, with a 319-166-4 dual meet record at Rider, against the toughest level of competition in the East. The 1988, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1998 and 1999 East Coast Wrestling Association Coach of the Year, Taylor

has turned out 87 conference champions and has taken 123 Broncs to the NCAA Championships, including fivein 2005 and five in 2006.

Rider has won conference championships in 1984, ’86, ’88, ’89, ’90, ’91, ’93, ’94, ’96, ’97, ’98, ’99 and 2000,and finished runner-up in the Colonial Athletic Association twice in the last three years. The pinnacle of Taylor'scareer, however, came in 1997, when the Broncs cracked the top ten in the national poll and were ranked seventhin the nation over the final five weeks of the season by the Amateur Wrestling News. Before 1997, Taylor's Broncs were ranked as high as 15th (1982) by the Amateur Wrestling News and have fin-

ished 18th (1980), 20th (1991) and 28th (1983) in the nation at the NCAAs. In 1989 his squad was ranked 20thin the nation in the final dual meet polls and the 1991 squad was ranked among the top 20 nationally for most of the season.

In 1996 he escorted nine Broncs to the NCAA National Championships, where only perennial national champion Iowa had more with 10,and finished the dual meet season ranked 24th in the country. In 1993 his Broncs finished the dual meet season ranked 19th in the nationand finished 26th in Division I at the Nationals.

In 1997, Taylor came home from Nationals with three All-Americans and added another in each of the next three seasons.To date 11 of Taylor’s wrestlers, Lou DiSerafino (1980), Tim Morrison (1983), John Lucerne (1985), Adam Derengowski (1991), Leo Giel

(1999), John Hangey (1993), Jason Nase (1997), Francis Dunn (1997), John Carvalheira (1997 & 1998) and Shawn Scannell (2000) haveearned All-America honors.

Taylor holds an honors degree in health and physical education from East Stroudsburg University, where he assisted the wrestling programfor two years, and a master’s degree in school administration and supervision from Rider.

Gary Taylor

1. Jack Childs, Drexel 3682. Gary Taylor, Rider 3192. Paul Mance, Appalachian State 3194. J Robinson, Minnesota 2985. Dave Amato, Brown 265

6. Jack Spates, Oklahoma 2527. Carl Adams, Boston University 2438. Craig Turnbull, West Virginia 2329. Randy Stottlemyer, Pittsburgh 22710. John Smith, Oklahoma State 226

MOST DIVISION I VICTORIES AMONG ACTIVE WRESTLING COACHES

One of the most outstanding wrestlers to ever compete on the Rider mat, John Hangey returned to Rider in 2000as the program’s first full time assistant coach and is currently the associate head coach. Hangey was the parttime assistant coach at Rider from 1994-97 before leaving to assume the head coaching position at BucknellUniversity. In his three year stay at Bucknell, he coached two ECWA champions and two NCAA qualifiers.

A 1993 graduate of Rider, Hangey became the fifth wrestler in Rider history to earn All-American honors byplacing fourth in 1993 at 190 pounds. As a fifth year senior, Hangey won five of seven bouts at the NCAAs giv-ing him a career record of 11-6 in the national tournament, the best mark ever by a Bronc. He was named theMost Outstanding Wrestler at both the ECWA and Stroudsburg Open tournaments in 1993 and was also namedthe Rider Male Athlete of the Year that same year. As a post graduate, Hangey won the 190 pound weight classat the prestigious Midlands tournament in 1994 by winning all five of his bouts.

Hangey compiled a career record of 108-24 at Rider, only the fourth Bronc to compile 100 career wins. Hewon three conference titles and finished runner-up as a freshman despite missing most of that season with a bro-ken ankle.

During the summer of 2002, Hangey was added to the coaching staff for Team NJ for the Junior Nationals that are held in Fargo, ND.“John brings both enthusiasm and a wealth of knowledge to Rider,” said head coach Gary Taylor. “His head coaching position at Bucknell

really broadened his effectiveness in every category. Our wrestlers and the Rider community welcomed him back with open arms.” Hangey is a member of the Rider Athletics Hall of Fame, inducted in 2000.

John Hangey

HEAD COACH GARY TAYLOR

ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH JOHN HANGEY

Opponent First Since Last RiderMatch W L T 1980-81 Win

American 1970-71 15 0 0 4-0 2003-04

Arizona State 1997-98 0 1 0 0-1 ---------

Army 1976-77 10 11 1 8-8 1999-00

Ashland 1976-77 1 0 0 0-0 1976-77

Bakersfield 2000-01 1 1 0 1-1 2004-05

Binghamton 2002-03 3 0 0 3-0 2005-06Bloomsburg 1994-95 6 4 0 6-4 2001-02Boise State 1997-98 1 0 0 1-0 1997-98

Boston U. 1978-79 10 1 0 9-1 2005-06Brown 1993-94 1 1 0 1-1 2002-03

Bucknell 1971-72 19 10 1 14-5 1998-99

Buffalo 1991-92 7 0 0 7-0 1997-98

California-PA 1992-93 1 0 0 1-0 1992-93

Campbell 2002-03 3 0 0 3-0 2004-05

Carson-Newman 1992-93 1 0 0 1-0 1992-93

Central CT 1987-88 5 1 0 5-1 1994-95

Central Michigan 1992-93 1 0 0 1-0 1992-93

Citadel 2005-06 1 0 0 1-0 2005-06

Clarion 1997-98 7 2 0 7-2 2005-06Cleveland State 2003-04 1 0 0 1-0 2003-04

Cornell 1979-80 5 6 0 5-5 2000-01

Columbia 2003-04 0 2 0 0-2 ---------

Delaware 1970-71 19 2 0 11-0 1990-91

Delaware Valley 1971-72 1 1 0 0-0 1971-72

Dickinson 1970-71 1 1 0 0-0 1971-72

Drexel 1970-71 23 7 0 21-5 2005-06East Stroudsburg 1979-80 10 2 0 9-2 1994-95

Edinboro 1991-92 1 2 0 1-2 1997-98

Fairleigh Dickinson 1971-72 12 0 0 2-0 1984-85

Franklin & Marshall 1976-77 4 5 0 4-1 1984-85

George Mason 1998-99 5 0 0 5-0 2005-06George Washington 1974-75 2 0 0 1-0 1982-83

Georgia 1976-77 0 1 0 0-0 ----------

Gettysburg 1970-71 7 2 0 0-0 1977-78

Glassboro State 1969-70 14 2 0 7-0 1985-86

Hofstra 1973-74 16 18 0 15-11 1998-99Howard 1987-88 1 0 0 1-0 1987-88

Indiana 1974-75 1 2 1 1-0 2002-03

Iowa State 2006-07 0 0 0 0-0 2006-07James Madison 2002-03 4 0 0 4-0 2005-06Kean 1976-77 6 0 0 1-0 1980-81

Kent State 2002-03 1 0 0 1-0 2002-03

Kings 1970-71 1 1 0 0-0 1971-72

Kutztown 1973-74 4 0 0 0-0 1976-77

Lafayette 1970-71 16 4 0 8-1 1987-88

La Salle 1982-83 2 0 0 2-0 1982-83

Lehigh 1991-92 4 10 0 4-10 1995-96Liberty 1987-88 3 0 1 2-0-1 1993-94

Lock Haven 1975-76 2 14 0 2-12 1996-97

Lycoming 1976-77 2 2 1 0-0 1980-81

Maryland 1987-88 3 3 0 3-3 2005-06Mass. Maritime 1977-78 2 0 0 0-0 1980-81

Michigan 1995-96 1 1 0 1-1 1996-97

Opponent First Since Last RiderMatch W L T 1980-81 Win

Millersville 1972-73 8 8 0 7-2 1990-91

Minnesota 1996-97 0 1 0 0-1 ---------

Missouri 1997-98 1 1 0 1-1 1997-98

Montclair State 1978-79 6 1 0 5-0 1984-85

Moravian 1973-74 4 0 0 0-0 1976-77

Muhlenberg 1970-71 2 0 0 0-0 1971-72

Navy 1981-82 3 13 0 3-13 1997-98

Nebraska 2000-01 0 4 0 0-4 ---------

Newark Coll. Eng. 1970-71 2 0 0 0-0 1972-73

NYU 1972-73 0 1 0 0-0 ----------

North Carolina 2002-03 1 2 0 1-2 2003-04

North Carolina State 1993-94 2 1 0 2-1 1995-96

North Dakota 2004-05 1 0 0 1-0 2004-05

Northern Iowa 1998-99 1 0 0 1-0 1998-99

Ohio 1996-97 3 0 0 3-0 2001-02

Ohio State 1976-77 3 2 0 2-2 1998-99

Oklahoma 1995-96 0 2 0 0-2 ----------

Oklahoma State 1997-98 0 2 0 0-2 ----------

Old Dominion 2001-02 3 1 1 3-1-1 2003-04Oregon State 1989-90 1 3 0 1-3 1989-90

Pennsylvania 2001-02 0 2 0 0-2 --------

Penn State 2002-03 0 1 0 0-1 --------

Pittsburgh 1999-00 2 0 0 2-0 2004-05 Princeton 1978-79 8 4 0 8-2 2005-06

Richmond 1975-76 1 0 0 0-0 1975-76

Rutgers 1994-95 10 2 0 10-2 2005-06Sacred Heart 2000-01 6 0 0 6-0 2005-06St. Francis 1972-73 4 0 0 0-0 1975-76

Salisbury 1976-77 1 0 0 0-0 1976-77

Scranton 1970-71 3 0 0 0-0 1972-73

Seton Hall 1972-73 9 1 0 7-1 2000-00

Shippensburg 1982-83 5 0 0 5-0 1989-90

Slippery Rock 1980-81 2 2 0 2-2 2002-03

Southern CT. 1984-85 2 0 0 2-0 1985-86

Springfield 1979-80 0 1 0 0-0 ----------

Syracuse 1990-91 3 1 0 3-1 1993-94

Temple 1982-83 1 2 1 1-2-1 1985-86

Towson State 1982-83 1 0 0 1-0 1982-83

Trenton State 1972-73 10 8 0 6-3 1989-90

Virginia 1993-94 3 0 0 3-0 2000-01

Virginia Tech 1999-00 0 1 0 0-1 ----------

Wagner 2001-02 4 0 0 4-0 2005-06West Chester 1975-76 7 6 0 5-2 1985-86

West Virginia 1999-00 0 2 0 0-2 ----------

Wilkes 1984-85 7 5 0 7-5 1995-96

Wisconsin 2001-02 0 2 0 0-2 ---------

Wyoming 2001-02 2 0 0 2-0 2003-04

Yale 1981-82 0 1 0 0-1 ----------

York 1972-73 1 1 0 0-0 1972-73

2006-2007 OPPONENTS IN BOLD


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ASSISTANT COACHES/SUPPORT STAFF

When Rider made its run of four consecutive conference championships (1988-91), the Broncs were led by AdamDerengowski who returned for his second tour of duty as a Bronc assistant coach last season. Derengowski for-merly served as an assistant at Rider from 1994-1999. A three-time conference champion and a two-time con-ference Most Outstanding Performer, Derengowski became Rider’s fourth All-American in 1991 when he placedthird in the nation at the NCAA National Championships.

That same year Derengowski won his bout at the prestigious National Coaches All-Star Classic where only thetop two wrestlers in each weight class are selected to compete. As a red-shirt in 1990, Derengowski won theFreestyle University National Championship and finished fourth in the U. S. World Team Trials. With 106Rider wins behind him, Derengowski went on to win his weight class at the prestigious Sunkist KidsInternational Open three times. Internationally his career has taken him to France and Soviet Georgia. Beforereturning to Rider as an assistant coach in 1994, Derengowski coached at Iowa State and Cornell and was a mem-ber of the USA National Team in 1994.

“Adam brings a wealth of knowledge and a ton of enthusiasm,” said Rider head coach Gary Taylor. “He is ahigh energy person and with a young team that will have an impact. As a former USA Team member, he has beaten some of the best wrestlersin the USA and other countries. Having been assistant at Iowa State and here previously, he has worked with some of the best wrestlers onthe college level.” Derengowski was inducted into the Rider Athletics Hall of Fame in 1998.

Adam Derengowski

Through the mentor program, estab-lished in the fall of 1994, a Rider fac-ulty member or administrator ispaired with a varsity athletic team.The mentor is there for support,advice, cheering, as well as othernon-coaching duties. The mentor program opens commu-

nication lines between faculty/staffmembers and student-athletes, andgives the student-athlete anotherperson in the Rider community toturn to for help and guidance.

The wrestling team mentor is Mike Reca, the Assistant VicePresident for Auxiliary Services and Planning, who oversees theStudent Recreation Center as part of his duties.

Mike Reca

Darren Schulman begins his first season on the Rider University wrestling coaching staff as a volunteer assistantcoach. Schulman is a 1991 graduate of Syracuse University where he was a two-time All-American, finishingeighth in the nation in 1990 and fifth in 1991.

“Darren is a tremendous addition to the coaching staff,” said Rider head coach Gary Taylor. “His success andexperience at the national level will really benefit our team most especially our middle weights.”A two-time Gold Medalist at the Maccabiah Games (Greco Roman and Freestyle), Schulman won his 145 pound

weight class at the prestigious Midlands Championships and was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler at theWilkes Open.A two-time New York State Collegiate Champion, Schulman graduated from Syracuse with a record of 104-25-

1, including a team-record 46 wins as a senior.Schulman is a 1986 graduate of East Brunswick High School, where he was a 123 pound New Jersey State

Champion, and currently resides in Princeton Junction. He worked as a volunteer assistant wrestling coach atRutgers University for six years.

Darren Schulman

Dr. Jeffery Halpern has been the Riderwrestling team academic advisor sincethe position was established. A memberof the Rider Athletics Hall of Famecommittee, Dr. Halpern works with thewrestling team members by monitoringtheir academic progress and helps thewrestlers access academic support serv-ices.

A member of the Rider SociologyDepartment for over 25 years, Dr.Halpern achieved his doctorate inAnthropology from the University of

Pittsburgh and his undergraduate degree from the City College ofNew York where he was a member of the wrestling team.

Dr. Jeffery Halpern

Name Cl. Ht. Wt. Class Hometown/High School

Ed Bordas So. 6-1 Hwt. Montgomery, N.Y./Valley Central

Matt Bradley Fr. 5-7 133 Jackson, N.J./Jackson Memorial

*Nick Ciufo Sr. 6-2 Hwt. Pt. Pleasant N.J./Pt. Pleasant Boro

John Conti Fr. 6-2 184-197 Old Tappan, N.J./Northern Valley Reg.

*Zac Cunliffe Jr. 5-7 133 Farmingdale, N.J./Howell

Michael Darling Fr. 6-0 174-184 Moorestown, N.J./Moorestown

*Don Fisch Jr. 5-7 141 Williamstown, N.J./Delsea

Richard Hyson Fr. 5-7 141 Hammonton, N.J./St. Augustine Prep

*Michael Kessler So. 5-8 149 Randallstown, Md./Owings Mills

Thomas Lorenzo Fr. 5-6 125 West Orange, N.J./West Orange

*Rob Maistickle So. 6-1 184 South Plainfield, N.J./South Plainfield

Tim McGoldrick Fr. 5-8 149 Brodheadsville, Pa./Whitehall

*Dave Miller Sr. 5-8 157 Southampton, N.J./Lenape

*Mike Miller Fr. 6-0 184 Wilmington, Del./Brandywine

Rob Morrison Fr. 6-0 157-165 Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cedar Cliff

*T.J. Morrison Jr. 6-0 197 Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cedar Cliff

Brian Polashuk Fr. 5-6 125-133 Thomasville, Pa./Spring Grove

*Jim Porch Sr. 5-7 125 Magnolia, N.J./Sterling

*Peter Reid So. 6-0 Hwt. Flemington, N.J./Bridgewater-Raritan

Fred Rodgers Fr. 5-9 125-133 Perkiomenville, Pa./Boyertown

*Dan Silberman Jr. 5-7 141-149 Bensalem, Pa./Bensalem

*Doug Umbehauer So. 5-11 174 Shamong, N.J./Lenape

Nick Weaver Fr. 5-10 157 Bayville, N.J./Central Regional

Kody Williams Fr. 5-7 149 Spring, Texas/Spring Oak

*-letter winner • Head Coach: Gary Taylor (East Stroudsburg ’76), 29th season • Associate Head Coach: John Hangey (Rider ’93, MA ’97) • Assistant Coach: Adam Derengowski (Rider ’91) • Volunteer Assistant Coach Darren Schulran (Syracuse ’91)

2006-07 ROSTER • CONFERENCE STANDINGS

VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH

SUPPORT STAFF

1. Hofstra 125.002. Old Dominion 76.503. Drexel 65.004. Rider 62.005. Sacred Heart 45.006. James Madison 38.007. George Mason 31.508. Boston U 23.509. Binghamton 15.0010. Wagner 5.0011. Campbell 0.50

125: Dave Tomasette (Hofstra) dec. Bryan LaShomb (Old Dominion), 8-7133: Zac Cunliffe (Rider) dec. Ryan Williams (Old Dominion), 6-5141: Charles Griffin (Hofstra) dec. Chris Davis (Sacred Heart), 7-3149: Jon Masa (Hofstra) wbf. Chris Renninger (Drexel), 2:42157: James Strouse (Hofstra) dec. Ryan Hluschak (Drexel), 7-3165: Chris Vondruska (Hofstra) dec. Steven Tisdell (George Mason), 3-2174: Mike Patrovich (Hofstra) dec. Doug Umbehauer (Rider), 7-3184: Joe Rovelli (Hofstra) dec. Joe Maroney (Rider), 6-0197: Adam Wright (Old Dominion) wbf. Chris Weidman (Hofstra), 2:54285: Payam Zarrinpour (Sacred Heart) dec. Chris Cvitan (James Madison), 10-5

2006 CAA WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Rider University Wrestling Media Guide • 2006-2007

PRESIDENT MORDECHAI ROZANSKIRider University Wrestling Media Guide • 2006-2007

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BRONC PROFILES

A two-time PA AAA State place winner…finished second at 112 pounds his senior year and eighth at 103 pounds asa junior…finished third at the 2005 Beast of the East Tournament as a 112 pounder…was ranked fourth in the nation.

Fred Rodgers • 125-133

Freshman • Perkiomenville, PA • Biopsychology major

A two-time NJSIAA place winner, finishing fourth at Central Regional…a two-time National Prep place winnerat Peddie.

Nick Weaver • 157

Freshman • Bayville, NJ • Biology major

State runner-up in Texas.

Kody Williams • 149

Freshman • Spring, TX • Business major

Mordechai Rozanski became Rider University’s sixth president on August 1, 2003. In his first three years at Rider, President Rozanski has undertaken an ambitious program of institu-tion renewal that is leading the University to the next level of prominence and excellence. Last year,he oversaw completion of a comprehensive and highly participatory strategic planning process pro-viding the framework for Rider’s renewal. The plan builds on the University’s 140-year legacy of dis-tinguished achievements and is strengthening the institution’s academic stature, student life, financialrobustness and reputation.

President Rozanski envisions Rider as a leader in American higher education celebrated for educat-ing talented students for citizenship, life and career success in a diverse and interdependentworld. As part of this vision, Rider will achieve distinctiveness by focusing on students first,by cultivating leadership skills, by affirming teaching and learning that bridges the theo-retical and the practical and by fostering a culture of academic excellence.

The most visible evidence of Rider’s renewal is the $28 million in facilities projectscompleted last fall with the opening of the new residence hall and the completion of thefirst two phases of the new Student Recreation Center (SRC). The residence hall, alongwith new three-story additions to adjoining Hill and Ziegler residence halls, provide 186new beds and apartment-style suites for students. The 55,000 sq. ft. SRC houses a3,600 sq. ft. fitness center, three multi-purpose playing courts, a 165-meter elevatedjogging track, and student game room. The facility also includes offices and conferencerooms for Rider’s expanded intramural and club sports programs and camp and confer-ence services, an atrium connecting the SRC to Alumni Gym, Rider’s primary athleticsfacility, and a café and lounge area.

Planning is under way for the third phase of the SRC that will include a new arena for bas-ketball, volleyball and wrestling as well as renovation of Alumni Gym. Plans are also under wayfor a new academic complex for Westminster Choir College, complete with large performance andrehearsal spaces, classrooms and practice rooms. These are in addition to a number of academicand student life enhancements that have been completed over the past three years on both cam-puses.

President Rozanski’s 30-year record of higher education leadership includes service at FairleighDickinson University in Teaneck, New Jersey, from 1986 to 1991, first as dean of liberal arts andthen as provost and vice president of academic affairs. He also served as provost of Wagner College,on Staten Island, New York, until his appointment as president of the University of Guelph, inOntario, Canada, where he served from 1993 to 2003. During his tenure, President Rozanski ledGuelph to national prominence as Canada’s top-rated comprehensive university on three occasions;and two successful capital campaigns, exceeding $100 million, increasing the university’s endow-ment by 300 percent.

President Rozanski’s life story evokes his philosophy that education has the power to transform lives.Born in Poland, the son of Holocaust survivors, his family fled to Israel, lived in France and immigrat-ed to Montreal in 1953. His parents’ greatest wish was for him to get the education they were deprived. He was the first in the family to complete elementary school and went on to study at McGill Universityin Montreal, earning a B.A. in Chinese history. He then earned a Ph.D. in Chinese history/AmericanEast Asian Relations at the University of Pennsylvania in 1974. He variously held summer fellowshipsat Columbia University and Stanford University and a year-long fellowship in Chinese language studiesand research in Hong Kong.

President Rozanski held the rank of professor and taught Chinese and Asian history at several universi-ties and colleges. He has published and lectured on Chinese history, Chinese-American relations, interna-tional education, higher education, and other related topics.

He and his wife Bonnie reside in Betta House, the President’s residence adjacent to the Ridercampus in Lawrenceville, N.J. Their son, Daniel, and his family live nearby in Lawrenceville.


BRONC PROFILESRider University Wrestling Media Guide • 2006-2007

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DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS DON HARNUM

Earned Freestyle All-America honors…placed fourth and sixth at the New Jersey States.

Thomas Lorenzo • 125

Freshman • West Orange, NJ • Liberal Arts major

A PIAA AAA State Runner-Up at 145 pounds as a senior at Whitehall…a Junior National (freestyle) All-Americanin 2004…ended his senior year ranked sixth in the nation…red-shirted at Rider last year.

Tim McGoldrick • 149

Freshman • Brodheadsville, PA • Accounting major

A High School All-American who placed second in the Beast of the East tournament…a three-time All-State selec-tion…won the 171 pound Delaware State title in 2005 after finishing runner-up as a junior…ended his senior yearranked 11th in the nation…won the prestigious Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award for the State ofDelaware… red-shirted at Rider last year.

Mike Miller • 184

Freshman • Wilmington, DE • Finance major

Placed third in the Pennsylvania State Championships… won his weight class at the Mount MadnessTournament…young brother of T.J. and son of All-American Tim.

Rob Morrison • 157-165

Freshman • Mechanicsburg, PA • Business Administration major

PA AAA State Champion at 125 pounds last year…recorded 141 career wins at Spring Grove…was ranked ninth inthe nation by InterMat.

Brian Polashuk • 125-133

Freshman • Thomasville, PA • Liberal Arts major

Following an outstanding eight year career as Rider’s head men’s basketball coach, Don Harnum isembarking on a new challenge, leading the Rider department of athletics and the University’s 20 NCAADivision I programs, 355 athletes and 63 administrators, coaches and support staff.

In September 2005, Harnum was named interim director of athletics upon the retirement of Curt Blakeand, following a national search where more than 50 candidates applied for the position, President

Mordechai Rozanski officially named Harnum Rider’s new director of athletics in April 2006.“Don competed for and earned the position,” President Rozanski said. “He demonstrated vision and

strong leadership qualities and was impressive in his understanding of the importance of athleticswithin Rider’s strategic plan. I look forward to working with Don as he leads the athletics depart-ment during this exciting time of renewal for the University.

“It was difficult to leave the sidelines,” Harnum said. “But having been a part of the biggerpicture for the last year, I feel I can make a positive contribution to Rider, the athletics program,and most importantly, to the lives of our more than 350 student-athletes. This is a time ofunprecedented growth at the University, and it is exciting to be a part of it as director of ath-letics.”

Harnum coordinated several initiatives during his term as interim athletics director. Heled the creation of the new Athletics Hall of Fame display, oversaw renovations to theAlumni Gym lobby, established a new post-game media protocol, improved Web site con-tent and game note presentations, hired Rider’s first-ever strength and conditioning coordi-nator and increased corporate sponsorships and donor support. Meanwhile, he has also beeninvolved in the planning and design of a new Rider athletics arena and has served as a mem-ber of the Mercer Sports Organizing Committee when Rider and the Metro Atlantic Athletic

Conference (MAAC) hosted the 2006 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament Firstand Second Rounds at Trenton’s Sovereign Bank Arena.

Harnum joined Rider’s athletics department in 1989 as an assistant men’s basketball coachrising steadily through the ranks since his arrival on campus. He became associate head coach in

1993 and head men’s basketball coach in 1997 following the departure of Kevin Bannon, a RiderAthletics Hall of Fame coach.

As head coach, Harnum led the Broncs to two MAAC titles in his last four years and to thefirst championship game appearance in Rider’s MAAC history. Rider basketball compiled the sec-ond best winning percentage in MAAC play during Harnum’s eight seasons as head coach and hewas named MAAC Coach of the Year in 2002.

He recruited and coached 2002 MAAC Player of the Year, Mario Porter, and recruited 13 All-Rookie Team members, including 2002 MAAC Rookie of the Year and eventual 2,000-point careerscorer, Jerry Johnson. Porter and Johnson join several of Harnum’s graduates playing in the profes-sional ranks overseas. Harnum also guided his team to its first National Invitation Tournament bidduring his inaugural year as head coach. Harnum compiled an overall record of 127-104.

While wins, championships and post-season awards are always great achievements, Harnumis most proud to have established a 100 percent graduation rate for seniors during his coaching yearsat Rider.

A native of Selingsgrove, Pa., Harnum received his master’s degree at Trenton State College,where he was a graduate assistant coach and later an assistant coach. Harnum earned his bachelor’sdegree at Susquehanna University where he was a First Team All-America selection, an AcademicAll-American and an NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship recipient.

Harnum and his wife, Janet, have two children, Abigayle and Lucas.

Rider’s enrollment of more than 5,800consists of approximately 4,600 full-

and part-time undergraduate and almost1,200 graduate students studying oncampuses in Lawrenceville and Princeton,New Jersey. The University is comprisedof four academic units - the College ofBusiness Administration; the College ofLiberal Arts, Education, and Sciences; theCollege of Continuing Studies; andWestminster Choir College - and offersundergraduate programs in 60 areas andgraduate programs in 17 specialties.

Ninety-two percent of Rider’s 235 full-time faculty hold doctoral degrees or the highest credential in theirfield. Rider’s faculty are award-winning teachers and researchers ded-icated to excellence in teaching, learning and scholarship and 12 havebeen named Fulbright Scholars. Rider’s classes are small and interac-tive with a student-faculty ratio of 13:1. Rider’s curricula balancetheory and practice, and emphasize learning by doing through morethan 1,000 student internships or field experiences, community serv-ice learning placements, and undergraduate research fellowships.Westminster’s internationally acclaimed choirs perform with world-famous orchestras and conductors in the United States and abroad,further demonstrating Rider’s commitment to experiential learning.

Rider is currently ranked in the top tier of northern regional uni-versities under the designation of “Best Universities - Master’s” byU.S. News and World Report and has been included in the last five edi-tions of The Princeton Review’s Best 351 Colleges, its list of the nation’stop 10 percent of colleges and universities.

The University’s many specialized accreditations attest to the qual-ity of its academic programs. Rider is among the select business

schools to have attained AACSB (Association to Advance CollegiateSchools of Business) accreditation and one of only two schools in NewJersey to hold the specialized AACSB accreditation in accounting.Elementary and secondary education programs and their applicablegraduate programs on both campuses are accredited by the NationalCouncil for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). Theundergraduate and graduate music programs of Westminster ChoirCollege are accredited by the National Association of Schools ofMusic (NASM). In addition, Rider’s graduate counseling servicesprogram in the School of Education holds the Council forAccreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs(CACREP) national accreditation. Rider University is regionallyaccredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.

Rider University is a member of the National Collegiate AthleticAssociation (NCAA) Division I for both men’s and women’s athlet-ics. The University offers 20 varsity sports - 10 men’s and 10women’s teams - 18 in the competitive Metro Atlantic AthleticConference (MAAC) with field hockey in the Northeast Conference(NEC) and wrestling in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA).


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Arete'

With the start of the 1990-91 academic school year, Rider Universityimplemented its innovative Arete' Program for all student-athletes.Arete' refers to the ancient Greek ideal of a balanced striving for excel-lence in all areas of life. The purpose of the program, which has beendetailed in The New York Times and The Times of Trenton, is to help stu-dent-athletes develop in all areas of their lives, not just on the playingfields or in the classroom. Subjects of the seminars include time man-agement, stress management, sports nutrition, substance abuse, com-munication skills, study skills, training techniques, HIV, etiquette/goodmanners, interview techniques, resume writing, and life after Rider.

Student Transitional Education Program (STEP)

During the 1993-94 academic year, the Rider Department of Athleticsdeveloped STEP for varsity athletics. Under the direction of the asso-ciate director of athletics, STEP provides individual and group tutor-ing, as well as study tables that are mandatory for certain student-ath-letes. STEP also coordinates progress reports, monitors the student-athletes academic progress, and provides workshops on topics such aslibrary skills, test taking and note taking. In 2003 Rider added its firstfull-time Academic Support Coordinator, Sonya Hurt.

Team Mentor

Through the mentor program, established in the fall of 1994, Riderfaculty members or administration are paired with varsity athleticteams. Mentors are present for support, advice, cheerleading, as well asother non-coaching duties. The mentor program opens communica-tion lines between faculty/staff members and student-athletes, andgives the student-athlete another person in the Rider community toturn to for support and guidance.

Student Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC)

Comprised of one student-athlete from each of Rider’s varsity teams,the Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) meets monthly to dis-cuss various student-welfare issues and to organize ways for student-athletes to become involved in the community. Through SAAC, Riderstudent-athletes have organized toy drives and served meals to theneedy at Thanksgiving.

ABOUT RIDER • ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT

ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT

BRONC PROFILES

A Freshman All-American last year, ranked second among rookies at 174…a memberof the CAA All-Rookie Team last year…a National qualifier after placing runner-upat the CAA Championships…won his weight class at both the Keystone Classic and the Mat Town tournament…athree-time District Champion, Region Champion, New Jersey State place winner…National High School Runner-Up at Lenape High…finished his scholastic career ranked fifth in the nation at 189 pounds…also a three-year letter

winner in football...earned Outstanding Senior Athlete award.

Doug Umbehauer • 174

Sophomore • Shamong, NJ • Finance major

Year W-L DUAL CAA05-06 21-8 9-3 2-2

career record

Twice placed in the top eight in the New Jersey State Championships…led his Jackson Memorial team to the StateChampionship, twice earning team MVP honors…was twice a District Champion and was a RegionalChampion…named MVP of his high school soccer team…also lettered in lacrosse…named the Scholar-Athlete of theYear at Jackson Memorial.

Matt Bradley • 133

Freshman • Jackson, NJ • Liberal Arts major

Placed second in the District…was his high school team captain.

John Conti • 184 -197

Freshman • Old Tappan, NJ • Secondary Education/Math major

Placed seventh in New Jersey as the Moorestown team captain…also lettered in lacrosse…his father Jay is a Ridergraduate and mother Laura was the Rider field hockey and softball coach in the early 1980s.

Michael Darling • 174-184

Freshman • Moorestown, NJ • Liberal Arts major

A two-time Region 8 runner-up…earned All-Parochial A honors and was a two-time First Team All-Cape selectionat St. Augustine where he twice served as team captain…broke the record for most team wins as a freshman atHammonton where he also played football.

Richard Hyson • 141

Freshman • Hammonton, NJ • Business major



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2005-06 RESULTS • INDIVIDUAL RECORDS

Wrestled four times for the Broncs as a rookie last year…a Biology major who worksas a lab assistant at Rider during the summer…earned six varsity letters in highschool in wrestling, track & field and tennis.

Dan Silberman • 141-149

Junior • Bensalem, PA • Biology major

Year W-L DUAL CAA04-05 0-4 0-4 0-005-06 1-10 1-4 1-2Totals 1-14 1-8 1-2

career record

Begins the season ranked 20th in the nation…National qualifier as a Rider fresh-man…a member of the CAA All-Rookie team last year…his 27 wins was second moston the team…placed third at the CAA Championships…his 8-1 CAA dual meet record was tied for best on theteam…went 15-5 in overall duals last year…placed fourth at Mat Town USA…was a four-time MD State place win-ner, winning the 152 pound title as a senior…finished in the top 12 at the High School Nationals…younger broth-

er of Gregg who was a two-time conference champion for Rider in the 1990s.

Michael Kessler • 149

Sophomore • Randallstown, MD • Entrepreneurial Business major

Year W-L DUAL CAA05-06 27-3 15-5 8-1

career record

Compiled a career record of 73-32 at South Plainfield High including a senior year record of 35-5…won the CountyChampionship and the District 12 Championship…won the 215 pound weight class at the Morris KnollsTournament…earned All-Area and All-County honors…led his team to the Division 3 State Championships…worksas a lifeguard.

Rob Maistickle • 184

Sophomore • South Plainfield, NJ • Business major

Won a pair of CAA duals last year…placed eighth at the Freestyle nationals and was a three-time Regionalplacer…two-time District Champion.

Peter Reid • Hwt

Sophomore • Flemington, NJ • Accounting major

Was a New York State Champion at 215 and also placed sixth in New York in his three years as a SectionChampion…placed seventh at the Beast of the East tournament…also lettered in football at Valley Central…trans-ferred to Rider from Binghamton.

Ed Bordas • Hwt.

Sophomore • Montgomery, NY • Human Resource Management major

2005-06 RESULTS

L 15-26 at Lehigh 6th of 10 at Keystone Classic5th of 8 at Mat TownW 25-14 at Maryland26th at Southern ScuffleL 13-26 at BloomsburgW 25-11 *at DrexelL 18-21 vs. West Virginia (VA Duals)W 26-16 vs. The Citadel (VA Duals)L 3-37 vs. North Carolina (VA Duals)W 22-16 *at George Mason (CAA Duals)W 51-0 *vs. Binghamton (CAA Duals)

T 18-18 *vs. Old Dominion (CAA Duals)W 36-9 *vs. James Madison (CAA Duals)W 26-15 RUTGERSL 12-18 COLUMBIAW 30-6 CLARIONL 12-23 CORNELLW 46-0 PRINCETONW 29-9 *at Boston U.W 29-11 *at Sacred HeartL 15-22 *HOFSTRA

*CAA Dual

Wrestler Overall Dual CAA CAA Tourney Other

125Ryan Smith 24-9 15-5 8-1 2-1 4th Keystone, 3rd Mat TownJim Porch 0-4 0-0 0-0

133Zac Cunliffe 24-10 15-4 8-1 3-0 (1st) 5th Keystone, 5th Mat Town, 0-1 NationalsJim Porch 0-1 0-1 0-0

141Tim McGoldrick 2-3 0-1 0-0Dan Silberman 0-6 0-0 0-0Mike Palma 10-10 10-9 6-3 0-1

149Michael Kessler 27-13 15-5 8-1 4-1 (3rd) 4th Mat Town, 0-2 NationalsMike Palma 2-2 0-0 0-0

157Ryan Cunningham 16-10 11-6 4-5 1-2Dan Silberman 0-2 0-2 0-1

165Ryan Cunningham 3-4 0-1 0-0 6th KeystoneChris Marold 13-17 8-9 5-4 1-2 7th Mat TownJoe Maroney 7-6 0-0 0-0 4th Mat TownDan Silberman 0-1 0-1 0-0

174Doug Umbehauer 20-8 8-3 2-2 2-1 (2nd) 1st Keystone, 1st Mat TownJoe Maroney 0-1 0-1 0-0Dan Silberman 1-1 1-1 1-1

184Doug Umbehauer 1-0 1-0 0-0Joe Maroney 13-11 11-8 8-1 2-1 0-2 Nationals

197T.J. Morrison 28-10 17-3 8-1 2-2 (4th) 1st Keystone, 3rd Mat Town, 0-2 Nationals

Hwt.Tyler Rees 4-3 3-3 1-1Nick Cuifo 3-8 2-6 1-3 1-2Peter Reid 2-4 2-4 2-1


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BRONC PROFILES

Begins the season ranked 18th in the nation…CAA Champion at 133 pounds last yearand a National qualifier…his 8-1 CAA dual meet record was tied for the best on the2006 team…his 24 wins was tied for third most on the team last season…his 15 dualmeet victories tied for second on the team…placed fifth in his weight class at both theKeystone Classic and the Mat Town USA meets last year…won six bouts as a Rider rookie in 2005…placed fourth

at the 2004-05 Keystone Classic…a four-year letter winner at Howell High School…four-time New Jersey State place winner, finished runner-up his senior year…four-time District Champion…three-time Regional Champion…finished sixth, third, and runner-up at NJSIAA…NationalPrep Runner-Up at The Peddie School in 2004...also played varsity soccer at Peddie...Newark Star-Ledger Athlete of the Year.

Zac Cunliffe • 133

Junior • Farmingdale, NJ • Business Administration major


career record

Begins the season ranked 19th in the nation…began the 2006 season 17th in thenation…led the team with 28 victories last season…his 17 dual meet victories alsoled the squad…won his weight class at Keystone, placed third at Mat Town andfourth at the CAAs…a two-time National qualifier… has compiled a 47-22 record,including 24-5 in duals and 11-1 in CAA duals…received the Fred Henson Memorial Award in 2005, presented to

“the individual who demonstrates hard work and positive attitude on and off the mat.”…placed third in his 184 pound weight class at the2005 CAA Championships and won a bout at Nationals…at the 2005 Nationals received a first round bye and lost 2-1 to the #4 seed beforedefeating Brandon Bear of UCal-Davis 4-3…lost to Roger Kish of Minnesota 10-7 to finish 21-12…placed second at the 2004-05 KeystoneClassic and was seventh at Mat Town…the son of Rider All-American and Rider Athletics Hall of Famer Tim Morrison ’83 and the brother offreshman Rob.…placed seventh in PA State Championships after losing to the number two ranked wrestler in the nation 3-1…twice placed intop four in Regionals…earned academic honor roll his last three years of high school.

T.J. Morrison • 197

Junior • Mechanicsburg, PA • Business Administration major


career record

Begins the season ranked seventh in the nation after red-shirting last year…wasranked ninth in the nation prior to last season…named Rider’s Most OutstandingWrestler in 2005, winning his 141 pound weight class at the CAA Championshipsand coming within one win of All-America honors at the NCAA NationalChampionships, winning three of five bouts…also won his weight class at the Keystone Classic in 2004-05…placed

third at the Beast of the East…won 26 bouts in 2005, tied for team-high…finished his freshman season with a 30-7 record….finished rookiecampaign ranked 14th in the nation…2004 NCAA National Qualifier…2004 CAA Rookie of the Year…six-time CAA Rookie of theWeek…Rider February 2004 Athlete of the Month…finished second at 2004 CAAs…won his weight class at the Beast of the East as a fresh-man…placed third at both Mat Town USA and the 2003 Keystone Classic…at Delsea Regional High School was a two-time New Jersey StateChampion…two-time Region 8 Champion…four-time District Champion…placed fourth in the Junior National FreestyleChampionships…ranked as high as second in the nation his senior year.

Don Fisch • 141

Junior • Williamstown, NJ • Liberal Arts major


career record

OUTLOOK

The Broncs are back. The Broncs that won 13 conference champi-onships in a 17-year span are back. The Broncs that turned out 11

All-Americans in a 21-year span are back. The Broncs that have mul-tiple wrestlers ranked nationally in their weight class are back.

“We need to have our first national champion in this program, weneed multiple All-Americans again, we need to get back into the top20 in the nation, and we need to win another conference champi-onship,” said head coach Gary Taylor who has compiled 319 wins in his28 seasons at Rider, the second most career wins in Division I amongactive coaches. “This is a team with that potential. With a lot of hardwork and the right attitude, I believe that we have the right individu-als to accomplish that.”

The Broncs begin the 2006-07 season with five wrestlers who areranked among the top 20 in their weight class and a sixth wrestler whoearned Freshman All-American honors last year.

Rider will be led by the return of sixth-year senior 157 Dave Millerand fourth-year junior 141 Don Fisch. Miller, the Most OutstandingWrestler at the 2004 CAA Championships, missed last year for hip sur-gery. Fisch, who came within one win of All-America honors at the2005 Nationals, red-shirted last season.

“It is really good to have two key people back in our lineup,” saidTaylor. “That gives us some experience in the middle.”

Fisch was ranked ninth in the preseason last year before red-shirtingand begins the 2006-07 season ranked seventh in the nation. “Some ofthe people he beat were or went on to become All-Americans,” saidTaylor. “Personally, I think Donnie has the potential to win a nationalchampionship and I never say that lightly. I believe he can win thewhole thing. He’s as good as anybody in his weight and I think he’s astalented. He’s certainly as strong as anybody in that weight class. He’sgot the full package. However, there are other people in that weightclass that have the same things. There are others who can also win, butit is not every year that you actually have a person you feel that strong-ly can win a national championship.”

Miller was ranked 18th prior to sitting-out last season and beginsthis year ranked 15th in the nation. “Now that the hip is healthy he’sworking hard to get to where he wants to be,” said Taylor. “He’s veryexcited about the upcoming year. He’s very excited to have the sixthyear, to have this opportunity, and I feel strongly he will do whateverit takes to accomplish his goal of being an All-American.”

Other Broncs vying for All-America honors include junior ZacCunliffe, junior TJ Morrison, sophomore Mike Kessler and sophomoreDoug Umbehauer.

Cunliffe went 8-1 in the CAA regular season and won his weightclass at the CAA Championships last season, earning his first trip toNationals, and begins this year ranked 18th at 133. “Zac wrestled verysmart at the CAAs last year,” said Taylor. “He did what he needed todo to win. He’s had a good year for a young wrestler and he can get alot better.”

Morrison is a two-time National qualifier and has compiled a 50-22record, including 24-5 in duals and 11-1 in CAA duals. After placingthird at the CAA Championships as a rookie, he placed fourth last sea-son. “TJ had a completely torn ACL the last third of last season so hewasn’t as strong on his finish last year as we believe he would havebeen,” said Taylor. “He’s coming back healthy, more mature, and nowhe understands more what it takes to be an All-American. That’s hisgoal and that’s what he’s going to work on.”

Morrison’s 197 pound weight class is thought to be one of the mostbalanced in the nation. “Anyone in the top 20 could make the top eight

at that weight,” said associate head coach John Hangey, “and whoeverhits it healthy, mentally the strongest, will come out on top. TJ is oneof those kids who can make some noise at the end of the year.”

Kessler was 8-1 in the CAA duals last year and qualified forNationals. His total of 27 wins was the second highest on the team.“When people look at Mike’s second half of last year they saw thepotential he has to be an outstanding wrestler and a potential All-American down the road,” said Taylor.

Umbehauer advanced to Nationals in 2006 after compiling a 20-6record and finishing runner-up at the Colonial Athletic AssociationChampionships to earn Amateur Wrestling News All-Rookie teamhonors. “Doug was ranked the second best freshman in the nation inhis weight last year,” said Taylor. “He had a very good first year, andto me, this should be a much better one. Doug learned a lot last year.Even though he had success, I don’t think he has come close to hittinghis potential yet. This year he has the maturity and he understands hisstrengths and weaknesses. He’s a very highly motivated individual andwe’re looking for big things out of Doug this year.”

Other key returnees include seniors Ryan Cunningham, Tyler Reesand Jim Porch and red-shirt freshman Mike Miller.

Cunningham won 19 matches last year at both 157 and 165, includ-ing a bout at the CAA Championships, after winning three bouts at the2005 CAAs. “Cunningham will move up to 165 this year,” said Taylor.“He’s a three-year starter and a former place winner in the CAA.”

Mike Miller was a high school All-American in 2005 before red-shirting at Rider last year and looks to hold down the 184 weight class.“Mike Miller is our secret weapon,” said Taylor. “He’s naturally giftedin talent and strength. He’s like a sponge the way he has taken to ourcoaching. He has gotten so much better than the day he got here. Heneeded a year to grow as a red-shirt last year. We believe Mike will sur-prise some people this year.”

Rees is a former CAA All-Rookie Team member and returns to theheavyweight spot. At the other end of the lineup, Porch returns at 125after competing in four matches for the Broncs last year.

The newcomers are led by Brian Polashuk, Fred Rodgers and TomLorenzo at 125, Matt Bradley at 133, Nick Weaver at 149, RobMorrison at 165, and Michael Darling at 184.

“We’re young with depth at 125,” said Taylor. “We are looking atthree outstanding freshmen fighting for the spot along with returneePorch. Brian Polashuk comes in with the highest credentials. FredRodgers was very successful at 112 and moved up and defeated thedefending state champion at 119 so you have to consider him as anoth-er outstanding freshman,” Taylor said, “and Lorenzo is another goodyoung kid.”

Polashuk was a Pennsylvania AAA State Champion at 125 poundslast year, recording 141 career wins at Spring Grove, and was rankedninth in the nation by InterMat. Rodgers was a two-time PennsylvaniaAAA State place winner, finishing second at 112 pounds, and wasranked fourth in the nation.

“Another kid we’re pretty excited about is Matt Bradley,” saidTaylor. “I think he was clearly one of the best kids in the state last yearat his weight class and I think he has great potential.” Bradley twiceplaced in the top eight in the New Jersey State Championships.

Rob Morrison is the younger brother of TJ and son of Rider Hall ofFamer Tim Morrison and Darling is the son of former Rider field hock-ey and softball coach Laura Darling.

Morrison placed third in the Pennsylvania State Championships lastyear. “Robbie will challenge at 165 and Darling will challenge at 184,”



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OUTLOOK • HALL OF FAME

Was 1-2 in the CAA Championship tournament last year…won three matches totallast year…won two bouts at 197 in 2005 while also seeing some action at heavy-weight…at Pt. Pleasant Boro was a District 23 Champion…placed third in Region6…a New Jersey State qualifier his senior year.

Nick Ciufo • Hwt.

Senior • Pt. Pleasant, NJ • Accounting major


career record

Begins the season ranked 15th in the nation after red-shirting last season with aninjury…prior to last season was ranked 18th in the nation… finished runner-up atthe 2005 CAA Championships after a 13-0 dual meet season… at the 2005Nationals lost to the #4 seed before pinning Danny Clum of Wyoming in 1:36 in thefirst round of consolations... was 8-0 in CAA duals in 2005, the best on the team…placed second at the Keystone

Classic…finished 19-4 overall… was the 2004 CAA Tournament Most Outstanding Wrestler as a sophomore...finished with a 26-14 record in2004, including 9-0 in CAA duals in his first year wrestling for Rider after transferring from North Carolina State…earned CAA Wrestler ofthe Week honors in 2003-04…finished fourth at the 2003 Keystone Classic...placed fifth at the 2003 Beast of the East…at Lenape High Schoolwas a High School All-American…ranked third by Amateur Wrestling News… two-time New Jersey State Champion, also placed thirdtwice…three-time Region 7 Champion…three-time District Champion…2001 New Jersey Most Outstanding Wrestler and the South JerseyWrestler of the Year.

Dave Miller • 157

Senior • Southampton, NJ • Business major

Year W-L DUAL CAA03-04 26-12 14-4 9-004-05 19-14 13-0 8-0

Totals 45-16 27-4 17-0

career record

Wrestled four times for Rider at 125 and once at 133 last year…earned 10 varsityletters at Sterling High School, competing in wrestling, baseball and soccer.

Jim Porch • 125

Senior • Magnolia, NJ • Sociology major

Year W-L DUAL CAA05-06 0-5 0-1 0-0

career record

Taylor said. “Robbie is very similar to TJ and their father. They wereall late bloomers. Not that they weren’t accomplished in high school,but with late bloomers their best years are usually in college.”

Weaver was a two-time NJSIAA place winner, finishing fourth atCentral Regional, and was a two-time National Prep place winner atPeddie. “Weaver will compete at 149,” Taylor said. “We believe Nickhas great potential and that his best years are ahead of him. Nick wentinto the New Jersey State tournament last year injured, but we felt hewas one of the best in the state at that weight.”

The non-conference portion of the schedule includes home meetswith Lehigh, Pittsburgh, Maryland and Bloomsburg, and trips to theLas Vegas Open and Virginia Duals.

“The schedule is possibly our toughest ever,” said Taylor, “with dualmeets against four top 25 teams (Lehigh, Pittsburgh, Hofstra, IowaState). We’re making our first trip to Vegas to take on Michigan,Illinois, Arizona State, Nebraska, Missouri and Ohio State just to namea few. At the Virginia Duals we’ll see Arizona State, Penn State andEdinboro. It’s a schedule that is really going to push these kids, but wefelt like we had the team with the balance that could compete. Ourkids have a chance to do something, to beat the right people, to getseeded at the end of the year. The kids are excited about the schedule.They feel it is where we need to be.”

The CAA Championships are at George Mason this year. “Our goalis to win the conference championship,” Taylor said. “It is going to behard to win the CAA with Hofstra ranked 11th in the nation with apair of returning All-Americans, but it is not impossible. It willdepend on match-ups, the balance of the conference could off-set that.Hofstra, Rider, Drexel and Old Dominion probably have the most bal-ance in the conference and we would have to get help from other peo-ple to off-set Hofstra this year. We realize there are tough people tobeat, but that is our goal.”

It is a goal Rider sets every year. But this year is different.“This is the strongest team we’ve had in five years,” said Taylor.

Rider won its fifth consecutive conference championship in 2000before finishing runner-up to Hofstra in 2001. “From top to bottomthere is balance. There are kids with experience and our horses are sep-arated from each other. In other years it wasn’t that way.”

The season begins with Lehigh November 10. “This team is ready toburst out and show what it is capable of doing,” said Taylor. “We’re abetter team this year because of both talent and attitude. This teamreally wants to accomplish something. They want to make their ownmark. Based on teams I have had in the past, when you see that atti-tude, that’s usually when they get the job done.”

The Broncs are back.

Francis Dunn, Badge of Courage Award

Barry Burtnett, Lifetime Achievement Award

Wrestler Year Place WeightJohn Carvalheira 1997 Seventh 118John Carvalheira 1998 Eighth 118Adam Derengowski 1991 Third 118Lou DiSerafino 1980 Third 190Francis Dunn 1997 Eighth 142Leo Giel 1999 Sixth 174John Hangey 1993 Fourth 190John Lucerne 1985 Fourth 126Tim Morrison 1983 Fifth 190Jason Nase 1997 Eighth 134Shawn Scannell 2000 Eighth 184

Barry Burtnett, coach

John Carvalheira

Adam Derengowski

Lou DiSerafino

Francis Dunn

John Hangey

John Lucerne

Tim Morrison

John Carvalheira 1998

Adam Derengowski 1989, 91

Evan Dolan 1994

John Hangey 1993

Derek Jenkins 2003

Gregg Kessler 1996

Dave Miller 2004

Allen Pascual 1984

RIDER HALL OF FAMERS

NATIONAL WRESTLING HALL OF FAME

NEW JERSEY CHAPTER

BRONC ALL-AMERICANS

CONFERENCE MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLERS


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ALL-AMERICAN BRONCSALL-AMERICAN BRONCS

• Defeated Tony Hairston (Appalachian State) 9-5• Defeated Olympic silver medal winner Brandon

Paulson (Minnesota) 4-3 • Lost to Teague Moore (Oklahoma State) 6-4, o.t.• Defeated Cody Sanderson (Iowa State) 3-2• Pinned by David Morgan (Michigan State) 5:30

• Defeated David Pena (Eastern Illinois) 5-3 sudden death

• Defeated Chris Walker (Wyoming) 12-6• Defeated Jason Gabrielson (Edinboro) 10-3• Lost to #5 Jeremy Hunter (Penn State) 2-1• Defeated Tom Combes (E. Illinois) fall 6:53• Lost to #8 Tim Derlan (Purdue) 5-0• Lost to Brandon Paulson (Minnesota) 3-2, tie breaker

JOHN CARVALHEIRA ’98

Seventh in the nation at 118 lbs. in 1997

Eighth in the nation at 118 lbs. in 1998

• Defeated Casey Cunningham (Central Michigan) 5-2

• Defeated Brad Fenske (Army) 3-2• Lost to Roger Chandler (Indiana) 12-2• Defeated Tom Tomeo (Clarion) 2-0• Lost to Jason Ramsetter

(California State Bakersfield) 6-0• Lost to Brendan Buckley (Fresno State) 12-2

FRANCIS DUNN ’97


• Defeated Soo Thackhay (Michigan State) 10-0• Defeated Mike Grubbs

(California State Fullerton) 16-2• Lost in quarterfinals to Lou Rosselli (Edinboro) 3-2• Defeated Eric Burnett (Clarion) 8-0• Defeated Eric Akin (Iowa State) 6-0

• Defeated Sam Henson (Missouri) 5-2• Defeated Lou Roselli (Edinboro) 5-2• Inducted into Rider Athletics Hall of Fame 1998

ADAM DERENGOWSKI ’91

Third in the nation at 118 lbs. in 1991

• Defeated Delany Berger (Minnesota), 3-1, sudden victory

• Defeated Jamie Groudle (N. Carolina), 8-0• Defeated Will Hill (Michigan State), 7-4• Lost to #2 Glenn Pritzlaff (Penn State), 3-2

(Pritzlaff finished first)• Lost to #10 Josh Koscheck (Edinboro),

4-2 (Koscheck finished fourth)• Lost to #1 Mark Smith (Oklahoma St.), 7-3 (Smith finished fifth)

LEO GIEL ’99

Sixth in the nation at 174 in 1999

• Pinned Terry Crafton (Southern Oregon) 6:51• Defeated Joe Elinsky (Auburn) 13-4• Defeated Mitch Hall (Wisconsin) 5-2• Pinned in semi-finals by Dan Severn

(Arizona State) 1:09• Defeated Geno Sevegago (Eastern Illinois) 11-4

• Defeated Mike Mann (Iowa State) 15-3• Inducted into Rider Athletics Hall of Fame 1990

LOU DISERAFINO ’80

Third in the nation at 190 lbs. in 1980

• Defeated Darrin Vincent (Boston U.) 9-1• Defeated Dale Budd (Lock Haven) 10-1• Lost in quarter-finals to Keith Davidson

(Wisconsin) 3-2• Defeated Jeff Monson (Illinois) 6-3• Defeated John Curtis (George Mason) 7-3

• Defeated Dan Troupe (Iowa State) 5-0• Lost to Keith Davidson (Wisconsin) 4-1• Inducted into Rider Athletics Hall of Fame 2000

JOHN HANGEY ’93

Fourth in the nation at 190 lbs. in 1993

• Lost to National Champion Barry Davis (Iowa) 25-9

• Pinned Division II National Champion Anthony Amado (Portland St) 2:27

• Defeated Division III National Champion Nick Millonas (Montclair State) 3-2

• Defeated Gary Bairos (Arizona State) 9-2• Defeated Cordel Anderson (Utah State) 5-5, 0-0, criteria #13• Lost to Wade Hughes (George Washington) 13-9• Inducted into Rider Athletics Hall of Fame 1997

JOHN LUCERNE ’88

Fourth in the nation at 126 lbs. in 1985

• Defeated Donovan True (Ohio State) 10-4• Defeated #5 Nate Patrick (Illinois) 7-4• Lost to #4 Brandon Eggum (Minnesota) 4-1• Defeated Ryan McGrath (Virginia) 7-4• Lost to Rob Rohn (Lehigh) 5-3• Lost to Cash Edwards (Boise State) 6-4

SHAWN SCANNELL ’01


• Defeated Kirk Trost (Michigan) 12-2• Pinned Mike Blaske

(California State Bakersfield) 4:54• Lost in quarter-finals to Jim Baumgardner

(Oregon State) 5-2• Defeated Greg Wilcox (Nebraska-Omaha) 7-2

• Defeated Jeff Dillman (Eastern Illinois) 8-3• Lost in consolation semi-finals to Bill Scheer (Nebraska) 7-6• Defeated Dan Chaid (Oklahoma) 7-2• Inducted into Rider Athletics Hall of Fame 1993

TIM MORRISON ’83

Fifth in the nation at 190 lbs. in 1983

• Lost to Jeff Bucher (Ohio State) 2-1• Defeated Sean O’Hara (Pennsylvania) 8-5• Defeated Bif Walizer (Penn State) 5-4, tie breaker• Defeated Jason Mutarelli (Virginia) 8-0• Defeated Erik Smith

(Appalachian State) 3-1 sudden death• Lost to Joey Heckel (Arizona State) 4-2• Lost to Carl Keske (Cornell) 3-1

JASON NASE ’97


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