2015-16 Wrestling Roster
Roster
Cimato, Matthew
141/149
/ Wrestling
149
/ Wrestling
157
/ Wrestling
141/149
/ Wrestling
149/157
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184
/ Wrestling
141
/ Wrestling
174
/ Wrestling
133
/ Wrestling
157
/ Wrestling
285
/ Wrestling
125
/ Wrestling
285
/ Wrestling
165/174
/ Wrestling
125
/ Wrestling
197/285
/ Wrestling
133
/ Wrestling
157
/ Wrestling
165/174
/ Wrestling
184
/ Wrestling
157
/ Wrestling
149
/ Wrestling
184/197
/ Wrestling
157
/ Wrestling
165
/ Wrestling
133
/ Wrestling
165
/ Wrestling
125
/ Wrestling
165
/ Wrestling
157/165
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149
/ Wrestling
Matthew Cimato
- Position:
- 149
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Yardley, Pa.
- High School:
- LaSalle College High
Bio
2015-16: Led the Dragons with 36 victories, which ties for fourth all-time in program history for single season victories…recorded only seven losses…totaled a team-high 11 major decisions and 5 technical falls…also added a pin against VMI in the Keystone Classic…went 8-1 against conference opponents and was 16-1 in all dual action…placed third at both the Road Runner Open and Keystone Classic…also earned a fourth place finish at the Southern Scuffle…became Drexel’s second-ever EIWA champion at 149 pounds…was one of three Dragons that qualified for the NCAA tournament…was ranked as high as eighth in the nation during the regular season…was seeded second at the EIWA Tournament and earned the four seed going into competition at the national championships…won two matches in his second-career appearance at the NCAA Championships to advance to the round of 12.
2014-15: Was second on the team with 27 wins as a redshirt sophomore…recorded six major decisions and two wins-by-fall on the year…placed fifth in the 149 pound weight class at the Keystone Classic…earned a third place finish at the EIWA Championships and was one of four Dragons that qualified for the NCAA Tournament…defeated No. 10 Christian Pagdilao of ASU in the a wrestle-back round of the national championships.
2013-14: Earned seven victories in 16 appearances…picked up a win-by-fall against VMI…won a 4-0 decision against conference opponent Mark Marchetti of Army.
2012-13: Recorded 18 wins in 23 appearances as a redshirt…tallied five pins and four major decisions…earned three top 10 finishes including first place at the Messiah Open, third place at the National Collegiate Open, and fifth place at the Franklin & Marshall Open.
Background: Three-time PIAA AAA qualifier, placed two times in third and fourth…two-time Fargo Junior Nationals All-American, placed sixth and eighth…Flo Nationals runner-up…two-time Super 32 place winner…high school record of 174-21 and ranked seventh in the nation senior year…47th overall recruit in the nation for 2012.
Personal: Son of Kathleen and Frank Cimato…brother, Frank, also wrestled for Drexel…majoring in criminal justice.
2014-15: Was second on the team with 27 wins as a redshirt sophomore…recorded six major decisions and two wins-by-fall on the year…placed fifth in the 149 pound weight class at the Keystone Classic…earned a third place finish at the EIWA Championships and was one of four Dragons that qualified for the NCAA Tournament…defeated No. 10 Christian Pagdilao of ASU in the a wrestle-back round of the national championships.
2013-14: Earned seven victories in 16 appearances…picked up a win-by-fall against VMI…won a 4-0 decision against conference opponent Mark Marchetti of Army.
2012-13: Recorded 18 wins in 23 appearances as a redshirt…tallied five pins and four major decisions…earned three top 10 finishes including first place at the Messiah Open, third place at the National Collegiate Open, and fifth place at the Franklin & Marshall Open.
Background: Three-time PIAA AAA qualifier, placed two times in third and fourth…two-time Fargo Junior Nationals All-American, placed sixth and eighth…Flo Nationals runner-up…two-time Super 32 place winner…high school record of 174-21 and ranked seventh in the nation senior year…47th overall recruit in the nation for 2012.
Personal: Son of Kathleen and Frank Cimato…brother, Frank, also wrestled for Drexel…majoring in criminal justice.
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