WRESTLING at Maryland (with Campbell)
WHEN:  Sunday, Nov. 12 | vs. Campbell 11 a.m. | vs. Maryland 3 p.m.
WHERE:  Xfinity Center | College Park, Md. 
COVERAGE:  Live video ($) | Follow @GMUWrestling on Twitter

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FAIRFAX, Va. – The George Mason wrestling team is back on the road Sunday to take on Campbell at 11 a.m. and Maryland at 3 p.m. at the Xfinity Center in College Park, Md.

The Patriots began the season with a 24-13 win against The Citadel last Friday in Charleston, S.C. 

Mason (1-0) won the first three bouts to build a 12-0 match score lead.  Ibrahim Bunduka (125), Jose Tapia (133), Tejon Anthony (141), Creed Lumpp (157), Austin Harrison (184) and Matthew Voss (285) each earned victories in the match.

"I liked the effort that they gave on Friday at The Citadel," Mason head coach Frank Beasley said.  "I like seeing guys hustling and working for bonus points.  Hopefully we can build off that first win and keep rolling.  More than the wins and losses right now, it's to focus on the effort and the development match-by-match."

The Patriots begin the day against Campbell at 11 a.m. and then will have some time before facing Maryland at 3 p.m.

"We have a couple of hours break before we wrestle Maryland, so there's a lot of time to regroup," Beasley said.  "It can certainly help, but that first match isn't make-or-break.  The biggest thing is their effort and seeing them looking to score points from every position."

MASON PROBABLE STARTERS

125 | RSr. Ibrahim Bunduka (Alexandria, Va./T.C. Williams)
- or - RFr. Talha Farooq (Arlington, Va./Yorktown)
133 | Fr. Jose Tapia (Santa Fe, NM/Capitol)
141 | RJr. Tejon Anthony (Baltimore, Md./Western Tech)
149 | RSo. Matthew Raines (Warrenton, Va./Fauquier)
- or - Rso. Justin Yorkdale (Centreville, Va./Westfield)
157 | RFr. Creed Lumpp (Christiansburg, Va./Christiansburg)
165 | RJr. Brendan May (Springfield, Va./Paul VI Catholic)
174 | Fr. Levko Higgins (Palmyra, Pa./Palmyra Area)
- or - Sr. Daniel Mika (Fairfax, Va./Robinson)
184 | RJr. Austin Harrison (Baltimore, Md./Western Tech)
197 | RFr. Devin Rolon (Delran, N.J./Delran)
- or - RFr.  Eli Spencer (Columbus, Ohio/Stuttgart)
285 | RJr. Matthew Voss (Edgewood, WA/Puyallup)

SCOUTING MARYLAND

Maryland finished the 2016-17 season with an overall record of 2-16, including 0-9 in the Big Ten Conference.  The Terrapins went 0-6 at home, 1-6 on the road and 1-4 at neutral sites.

Maryland (0-1) fell to No. 12 Rutgers 27-9 last Saturday in Piscataway, N.J.  Junior Ryan Diehl (141), sophomore Josh Ugalde (174) and junior Youssif Hemida each recorded a win for the Terrapins.

Mason and Maryland met last season, with the Terrapins earning a 38-3 victory over the Patriots at the Recreation Athletic Complex on Dec. 9, 2016.

MARYLAND PROBABLE STARTERS

125 | RFr. Brandon Cray (Steinert, N.J.)
133 | RFr. Michael Doetsch (Severn, Md.)
- or - RSr. Jhared Simmons (Montgomery Village, Md.)
141 | No. 14 RJr. Ryan Diehl (Berkeley Springs, W. Va.)
149 | RJr. Adam Whitesell (Silver Spring, Md.)
157 | Fr. Kyle Cochran (Paramus, N.J.)
- or - RSr. Justin Alexander (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
165 | RSo. Brendan Burnham (Gibsonia, Pa.)
174 | RSo. Josh Ugalde (Bound Brook, N.J.)
- or - RFr. Spencer Woods (Kotzebue, Alaska)
184 | RSo. Jaron Smith (Columbia, Md.)
197 | RFr. Niko Cappello (Cranford, N.J.)
285 | No. 13 Jr. Youssif Hemida (Mamaroneck, N.Y.)

SCOUTING CAMPBELL

Campbell finished the 2016-17 season 10-6 overall and 6-1 against Southern Conference opponents.  The Camels went 4-0 at home, 3-2 on the road and 3-4 in matches held at neutral sites.

Campbell captured the Southern Conference Championship last season.  The Camels had a school-record five wrestlers qualify for the 2017 NCAA Championships held in St. Louis, Mo.

Mason is 11-2 all-time against Campbell.  The 11 losses to the Patriots are the sixth-most that the Camels have suffered against any opponent.  Mason defeated Campbell 26-10 in the last meeting between the two teams on Jan. 8, 2016.

Campbell (1-1) defeated Eastern Michigan 24-10 and fell to American 22-10 on Sunday at Carter Gym in Buies Creek, N.C.  Sophomore Austin Kraisser (157) and classmate Andrew Morgan (174) each won both of their matches on the day.

CAMPBELL PROBABLE STARTERS

125 |Fr. Korbin Meink (Omaha, Neb./Skutt Catholic)
- or - RSo. Aaron Burton (Irmo, S.C./Dutch Fork)
133 | RJr. Nathan Boston (Versailles, Ky./Iowa State)
- or - Fr. A. J. Warner (Fairborn, Ohio/Fairborn)
141 | RSo. Jonathan Ryan (Dracut, Mass./Dracut)
- or - RJr. Luke Stewart (Lynchburg, Va./Brookville)
149 | So. Benjamin Barton (Louisville, Ky./Trinity)
157 | So. Austin Kraisser (Ellicott City, Md./Centennial)
- or - Fr. Diavantae Reddick (Chapel Hill, N.C./Ben L. Smith)
165 | Jr. Quentin Perez (Arlington, TX./Arlington)
- or - RJr. John Weiss (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas)
174 | RSo. Andrew Morgan (Fountain Valley, Cal./Fountain Valley)
184 | Fr. Colin Gussman (Sugar Grove, Ill./Kaneland)
197 | Jr. Austin McNeill (Fenton, Mich./Linden)
- or - RSo. Anthony Brownridge (Edenton, N.C./John A. Holmes)
285 | Jr. Jere Heino (Hesinki, Finland)
- or - Fr. Laith Alsous (Buffalo, N.Y./Lewiston Porter)

MAT FACT

Campbell head coach Cary Kolat finished his prep career with a 137-0 record at Jefferson-Morgan High School in Green County, Pa.  He began his collegiate career at Penn State before transferring to Lock Haven, where he went on to win two NCAA National Championships.  A four-time All-American, Kolat also competed in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 

Maryland head coach Kerry McCoy was a three-time All-American and was named Penn State Athlete of the Year in 1994 and 1997.  A nine-time member of the United States National Team, he is a two-time Olympian and took fifth place in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia and placed seventh in the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece.