Making its first appearance on the countdown of New York University's Top-50 varsity sports highlights of the 2019-20 season is the wrestling team's performance at the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) National Dual Championships in Lexington, KY, on Friday and Saturday, January 10-11.
NYU's grapplers, entering the competition ranked #14 in the nation, defeated two higher-ranked teams and finished in eighth place overall, the best performance in team history.
After winning two of three matches on Friday, including a 21-19 victory over #5 College of Mount Union, the team came back to beat #10-ranked North Central College 18-16 on Saturday.
Over the two days, NYU went 3-3 in its dual meets, with all three losses suffered against higher-ranked teams.
Individually, senior All-Americans
Sean Lyons (Sewell, NJ/St. Joseph's Prep) (157) and
Evan Drill (Neshanic Station, NJ/Somerville) (149) led the way for NYU, winning five and four bouts, respectively.
A wrap-up of the weekend's competition can be found here:
day 1 and
day 2
Previous Season Highlights
#50 - Softball Wins Season Opener
#49 - Men's Tennis Opens Season Successfully at TCNJ Lions Kickoff
#48 - Baseball is Back – Violets Win Season Opener
#47 - Men's Basketball Secures first UAA win, 80-79. vs. CMU; Macarchuk's three-pointer snaps 75-75 tie with 1:40 left
#46 - Softball Wins Season Finale; Swan tosses three-hit shutout
#45 - Men's Tennis Wins on Senior Day
#44 - Baseball Ends Season with a One-Hit Victory
#43 - Women's Fencing Dominant at FDU Invitational
#42 - Women's Volleyball Begins Season on Six-Match Winning Streak
#41 - Women's Soccer Dominates in Home Opener
#40 - Men's Volleyball Wins Season-Opening Invitational
#39 - Men's Golf Wins Duke Nelson Invitational
