BALTIMORE, Md. (Jan. 25, 2024) — Morgan State University wrestling team welcomes No. 20 West Virginia for its second nationally ranked matchup of the season at Hill Field House on Sunday, Jan. 28, at 3 p.m. ET.
Fans can catch this weekend's action on Morgan's athletics website - here.
SCOUTING WEST VIRGINIA
• West Virginia finished the 2022-23 season with an overall dual record of 10-5, including a mark of 2-5 in Big 12 action. The Mountaineers went 7-2 at home and 3-3 on the road.
• Tim Flynn is one of the most successful coaches in college wrestling lead the Mountaineer wrestling program and enters his sixth season at the helm after being named the ninth head coach in April 2018. Under his guidance, West Virginia has seen 19 Mountaineers qualify for the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships and four earn All-America status. WVU has enjoyed great success off the mat as well, earning 64 Academic All-Big 12 and 10 NWCA Scholar All-America honors.
• The Mountaineers currently hold a 6-0 record in nonconference action, with two remaining against Morgan State in Baltimore (Jan. 28) and Glenville State in Morgantown (Feb. 18).
• Senior Peyton Hall leads all wrestlers with a 21-3 record, followed by redshirt freshman #19 Brody Conley (19-3), redshirt junior #31 Dennis Robin (17-7), redshirt senior Michael Wolfgram (16-7) and true freshman #7 Ty Watters (17-3) to round out the top five. Additionally, redshirt sophomore #10 Jordan Titus is the only remaining undefeated Mountaineer. Titus stands at 17-1, which includes a 5-1 record against ranked opponents.
• Five members of the West Virginia University wrestling team rank among the top 33 of their respective weight classes in the latest Intermat D1 rankings (as of Jan. 23, 2024).
NOTABLES
• Leading the return of NCAA Division I, Varsity-level men's wrestling to Maryland's largest Historically Black College or University (HBCU), Morgan State University announced the hiring of Kenny Monday as the Athletics Department's new men's wrestling coach, effective Aug. 24, 2022. Monday, the first Black wrestler in history to win an Olympic gold medal, is a National Wrestling Hall of Fame inductee, three-time Olympian and former NCAA All-American standout, who brings a championship-level coaching pedigree and an expansive yet impressive resume to a Bears' wrestling program looking to restart after a 25-year hiatus. Monday comes to Morgan after serving as the director of wrestling and head wrestling coach at Spire Academy, since 2021.
• Morgan was wrestling in its first competition in 25 years after the program was reinstated this season to make it the only HBCU with a Division I wrestling program.
• In October 2021, the University announced its plans to revive the men's wrestling program at Morgan with the support a $2.7-million gift from HBCU Wrestling (HBCUW), a new initiative reestablishing wrestling programs on HBCU campuses. The gift, which is among the largest received from a private donor to the University, provides funding for the program and supports up to nine full scholarships annually.
• Senior 165-pounder Jacob Marsh and freshman 174-pounder Cortilius Vann etched their names in program history as they both earned huge wins on December 10, 2023 when the Bears hosted No. 22 Maryland. The competition marked just the third dual match in over 25 years hosted by Morgan.
• Jacob Marsh, a transfer from Princeton, leads the Bears with a 11-10 overall record and has won five of his last nine matchups. Marsh represented Team USA at the U23 World Championships in Serbia in 2021.
• Morgan freshman Kingsley Menifee has an 8-7 winning record and won his first two matches at the Bobby Kaufman Open before falling to Bucknell's Mikey Bartush by a decision.
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Morgan State University, founded in 1867, is a Carnegie-classified doctoral research institution offering more than 100 academic programs leading to degrees from the baccalaureate to the doctorate. As Maryland's Preeminent Public Urban Research University, Morgan serves a multiethnic and multiracial student body and seeks to ensure that the doors of higher education are opened as wide as possible to as many as possible. For more information about Morgan State University, visit www.morgan.edu.
