EIWA Championships
- F&M had two place winners, with NCAA qualifier Wil Gil taking third at 141 lbs. and Cenzo Pelusi placing seventh at 285 lbs.
- Gil became a three-time EIWA place winner after recording the highest conference finish of his career
- Pelusi got on the podium for the first time in his F&M career
- F&M placed 13th out 17 teams, defeating Brown, American, Sacred Heart and Long Island University
NCAA Division I Championships
Little Caesars Arena (Detroit, Mich.)
Thursday, March 17
Session I (ESPNU)
- 12 p.m. - Pigtails, Championship Round I
Session II (ESPN)
- 7 p.m. - Championship Round II, Consolation Pigtails, Consolation Round I
Friday, March 18
Session III (ESPNU)
- 11 a.m. - Championship Quarterfinals, Consolation II and III Rounds
Session IV (ESPN)
- 8 p.m. - Championship Semifinals, Consolation Blood Round, Consolation Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 19
Session V (ESPNU)
- 11 a.m. - Consolation Semifinals & 3rd, 5th, 7th Place matches
Session VI (ESPN)
- 7 p.m. - NCAA Championship Finals
Fans will also have ESPN3 as an option to select any of the eight individual mats throughout the week
Franklin & marshall diplomats
8-2 (2-1 EIWA)
141: Wil Gil, Sr.
Oakland, New Jersey / St. Benedict's Prep
Season: 28-6
Career: 108-44
NCAA Appearances: 1st
- Seed: 31
- First Round Match vs. #2 Jaydin Eierman (Iowa)
- One of just three wrestlers in F&M history to achieve 100 victories, joining All-Americans Rick Durso '16 (145 careers wins) and Craig Blackman '81 (117 career wins)
- Third in school history with 26 career pins
- Two-time Team Captain (2020, 22)
- EIWA Wrestler of the Week (November 18, 2021)
- Jonathan Kaloust Binghamton Bearcat Open Champion
- Placed fourth at Keystone Classic
- Placed third at EIWA Championships, winning his last five matches of the tournament to clinch an automatic qualifying spot to the Division I Championships
- Holds 3-3 record all-time vs. 141 lb. national championship qualifiers, with victories this season against #12 CJ Composto (Penn) and #29 Connor McGonagle (Lehigh), in addition to a 2020 victory against #11 Matt Kazimir (Columbia)
- Holds 21-5 record vs. Division I opponents at 141 lbs. this season
- Started the year with season-best seven-match winning streak
- Has won 11 of his last 12 matches and has not dropped back-to-back bouts all year
- 13-2 during the 2022 calendar year
- Posted bonus points during 15 of his 28 wins
- His 28 wins this season already rank as the 14th-best single-season total in school history
- Went 31-10 during the 2019-20 campaign, tying for the sixth most wins in a single season
W. Roy Phillips '34 Wrestling Coach Mike Rogers
- 12th season as head coach
- Coached nine NCAA Division I qualifiers at F&M, highlighted by 2014 All-American and two-time EIWA Champion Rick Durso '16.
- Led team to 12th-highest GPA in Division I during F&M's last full season.
- Was a three-time NCAA qualifier at Lock Haven, earning All-America accolades twice.
- 1996 Gorrarian Award winner for most pints in the least amount of time at NCAA Division I Championships.
- Previously served as assistant coach at Lock Haven and American in addition to leading the Pennsylvania team to multiple Junior Freestyle Championships.
Assistant Coach Steve Borja
- Ninth season at Franklin & Marshall
- Previously served as an assistant coach at Millersville University and Manheim Central High School
- Graduated from Virginia Tech in 2008 where he was a two-time first-team All-CC wrestler who was ranked as high as fourth in the country during the 2007 season
Assistant Coach TYson Dippery
- Fourth season coach at Franklin & Marshall
- Compiled a college career record of 101-48, graduating from Rider in 2018
- Qualified for the NCAA Championships in 2016 after placing sixth at the Big Ten Championships while competing for Rutgers
