BALTIMORE, Md. (October 17, 2024) – The Morgan State wrestling team is gearing up for its highly anticipated 2nd annual Blue and Orange scrimmage, scheduled for Friday, October 18. The scrimmage will serve not only as a part of the team's preseason preparations but also as an opportunity for Bear fans to support the program.
The action inside Hill Field House will start at 5 p.m. and is free to attend. The Bears will have 13 matchups scheduled at eight weight classes.
Morgan will kick off the 2024-25 season with a pair of duals on Sunday, Nov. 10 at Hill Field House. The Bears will open against Glenville State at 2 p.m., followed by Bucknell. For complete schedule click here.
For more information on ticket options, visit morganstatebears.com here or call 443-885-3344.
MATCH ORDER (Blue Team vs. Orange Team)
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.
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• 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.
• The Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association approved the addition of Morgan State as its newest member institution. Morgan State is the 12th member of the EIWA, the oldest wrestling conference in the nation.
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ABOUT MORGAN
Morgan State University, founded in 1867, is a Carnegie-classified high research (R2) institution offering nearly 140 academic programs leading to degrees from the baccalaureate to the doctorate. As Maryland's Preeminent Public Urban Research University, and the only university to have its entire campus designated as a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, 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.
