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3 years
For the 1st time in 14 years, Sacred Heart University will have an NCAA qualifier!!!!! Congratulations Nick Palumbo!!!!! If you build it, they will come!!!!!
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2 years
Only 140 days until we wrestle Iowa!!
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3 years
Nick Palumbo beating Parker Kropman, a 2X NCAA Qualifier to become an EIWA finalist last night!! Nick was a 7th seed and made the finals!! It doesn’t matter what you’re seeded in the postseason, anything can happen!! The NCAA Tournament starts in 19 days!!
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3 years
We will be wrestling Penn State in a dual on Friday, November 12th!! To be the best, you have to wrestle the best!!
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3 years
The bond between a student-athlete and coach is so strong!! There’s countless hours of training for this moment in time to become an NCAA qualifier!! Joe Accousti makes it 2 NCAA qualifiers for Sacred Heart University this year and will be competing in St. Louis in 18 days!!
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3 years
We have another NCAA qualifier!!!! Congratulations to Connecticut’s own, Joe Accousti!!!
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3 years
Best of luck to Nick Palumbo and Joe Accousti at the @ncaawrestling tournament!! For the first time in 14 years, @sacredheartuniv will have a qualifier at the @NCAA Tournament!!
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4 years
This is great for women, this is great for wrestling and this is great for Sacred Heart University!!! We are truly Pioneers!!!
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2 years
We as a program will take ALL precautions to never cancel a dual meet!! We have never and will never cancel a dual meet!! This requires a lot of work and sometimes makeshift line-up’s but we don’t believe in taking opportunities away for the STUDENT-ATHLETES to compete!!
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4 years
For the 1st time in history of Sacred Heart University Wrestling, we have a full staff!! We will also be starting a Regional Training Center (RTC) in April!! If you build it, they will come!! Sacred Heart University Application:
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3 years
Our driver is here and we’re off to the airport!! St. Louis bound for NCAA’s!!
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3 years
Thank you to the NCAA, school administrators and student-athletes across the country for allowing this season to happen!! We return 6 EIWA Placers, 2 NCAA Qualifiers and 40 student-athletes!! The future is bright and can’t wait to see what the student-athletes can accomplish!!
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4 years
Congratulations to Nick Fierro for getting another 4.0 this semester!! Nick has taken 38 classes here at Sacred Heart University and has got an A in all 38 classes!! Our team had 30 STUDENT-ATHLETES above a 3.0 this semester!! We had 4 STUDENT-ATHLETES get a perfect 4.0!!
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3 years
New photos went up in the office!! Congratulations to Nick and Joe for being the first 2 NCAA qualifiers in 14 years for Sacred Heart University!! If you build it, they will come!!
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2 years
We have added Rutgers to schedule and will wrestle them on Saturday, November 12th!! Our first 5 matches will be against Lehigh, Rutgers, Army, LIU and Iowa!! After that, we go to the Keystone Classic at UPenn and then travel to the Cliff Keen Invitational in Las Vegas!!
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3 years
Shaun Williams wrestles at 149 and is squatting 425!!
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2 years
We open our season against Lehigh University on Saturday, November, 5th!!
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3 years
Sacred Heart wins first dual of the year after an electric dual. 17-16 victory for the pios. #rollpios
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3 years
SOLD OUT!! Our match at 5:30 PM this Saturday against Penn State has sold 1,400 tickets and is SOLD OUT!! The match will be held on an elevated stage, just like the NCAA Finals!!
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2 years
JERSEY Strong!!
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3 years
Less than 5 months until our first dual!!
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6 months
Andrew Fallon just beat the Harvard wrestler and moves to 11-2 on the season!! @NCAAWrestling @FloWrestling @CPyles8 @jasonmbryant @MatScouts1
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4 years
We have the largest roster in the country (51 student-athletes) on our men’s team and we want to have the largest roster in the country for any women’s team by next fall as well!! On a wrestling mat, we have = inside the circle to start a match, let’s make it equal!!
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3 years
Ran into a tough Penn State team but it didn’t stop our TEAM from supporting each other!! We faced in the dual 4 returning NCAA Champions, 5 returning NCAA finalists, 6 returning All-Americans and we wouldn’t want it any other way. To be the best, you have to wrestle the best!!
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2 years
Last night, we wrestled Iowa in a great atmosphere and won 2 matches against the #2 team in the country!! Today, we travel to Philadelphia to compete at the Keystone Classic at the University of Pennsylvania!! To be the best, you have to compete against the best!!
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2 years
Let’s go!! We will continue to seek out the very best competition across the country!!
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2 years
This is a special group and we’re so excited for the season!!
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3 years
If wrestling were easy, everyone would do it!!
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1 year
The new wrestling shoes for the season have arrived!!
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3 years
It’s happening!!! 2 weeks from tomorrow we will be the only team in the country at the NCAA Tournament that has both a men’s and women’s Division 1 wrestling team! Hopefully that changes soon!!
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3 years
Our Men’s wrestling team will always support @SacredHeartWom1 !! Congratulations on going 2-0 today!!
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3 years
New singlets for next year!!
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2 years
When you have a team picture, the coach wants to make sure the team is looking professional if they don’t have a suit and tie of their own!!
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3 years
Are you ready? The season starts in 35 days!!
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2 years
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1 year
Looking forward to a great weekend of wrestling!! The EIWA Championships are being held at the University of Pennsylvania and our lineup is set!!
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3 years
Joe Accousti wrestled in the NCAA Tournament last week and is already at practice again!! The more you wrestle, the more you want to wrestle!! We started practice again today and won’t stop until school gets out this year!!
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4 years
A big thank you to a recent alum who just gave the first Endowment Gift in the history of Sacred Heart University Wrestling Program!! If you build it, they will come!!
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8 months
The season starts in 4 days!!
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3 years
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2 years
New shoes for the upcoming season are already here!!
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4 years
The Sacred Heart University Wrestling Office! We’re the only school in New England that has Women’s Wrestling 🤼‍♀️ in any division!! We’re one of two schools in the country that have both D1 wrestling for both the men 🤼‍♂️ and the women 🤼‍♀️!! Application:
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@SHUWrestling1
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10 months
Sub 6:00 Mile!! 🥇 Aidan Zarrella- 5:32 🥈 Andrew Fallon- 5:33 🥉 Calvin Pineda- 5:48
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3 years
Congratulations @fitz_ally !! Thank you for believing in our vision of growing our women’s wrestling program here @sacredheartuniv !! Let’s accomplish some great things and continue your pursuit of winning a national title and making an Olympic Team!! Who’s next to commit?
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2 years
Media Day!!
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3 years
Congratulations to coach Switzer on his recent engagement to his fiancée, Kari!! Coach Switzer is on his 3rd season with the team!!
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2 years
The new gym floor is ready for a dual meet!! Let’s go!!
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9 months
Saturday Morning Scrap!!
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7 months
Andrew Fallon moves to 8-2 on the season!! He has two close losses to the #15 and #17 ranked wrestlers in the county and looks to break into the national rankings soon!! @NCAAWrestling @FloWrestling @InterMat @theopenmat @MatScouts1
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3 years
The new “SHU Shoes” have arrived!!
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3 years
Every year, our schedule will get tougher and tougher as we progress as a TEAM!! Here is our tentative schedule for the 2021-2022 season!! All we ask for is improvement!!
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2 years
TEAM!! In 4 days, we wrestle against Iowa in Albany, NY! Iowa is currently ranked #2 in the country. Last year, we wrestled against Penn State and we will always challenge our student-athletes with the best competition in the entire country!!
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Just over 6 months until the Pitt Center renovations are completed!! It’s going to be such a great atmosphere for dual meets in the new gymnasium!!
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1 year
Congratulations to Dakota Asuncion and Calum Price for earning a perfect 4.0 G.P.A. in the fall semester!! They will be getting honored tonight at halftime of the basketball game!! Also, today is Calum’s birthday!!
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3 years
Joe Accousti gets the 33rd seed. We’re thankful for a pigtail match and the opportunity to wrestle the #1 seed, Aaron Brooks from Penn State if he wins!! Joe is from Newtown, CT and this is a wonderful opportunity to represent Sacred Heart University and all of New England!!
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3 years
A new dining hall will be opening up on-campus next month!!
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1 year
It was really nice to have so many great families and friends in attendance today for Senior Day!!
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4 years
Only a fraction of the gear that will be handed out to the student-athletes on the team this year!!
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3 years
Let’s go Nick Palumbo!! 24th seed and has a great draw!! Nick was a NJ State Champion in HS and became the first Sacred Heart University NCAA qualifier in 14 years!! Let’s go!!
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8 months
On Friday night, we wrestle the #2 team in the country, as well as Presbyterian! On Saturday, we wrestle the #7 team in the country! On Sunday, we wrestle at the Keystone Classic, hosted by the #25 team in the country!
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2 years
5 hours until our match against The University of Iowa!!
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3 years
We averaged 1,250 viewers per dual meet (4 home matches) this year on our online stream!! We ended up wrestling more matches this year than we originally had on our schedule and didn’t cancel any competitions!! A big thank you to all the fans for your amazing support!!
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2 years
More gear today!! We spread out giving out the gear throughout the year so that the student-athletes always have something to look forward to!!
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3 years
Thank you for your service @markboyle42 !! 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Mark is in the military and was class of 2018 @sacredheartuniv . He is currently serving our country in South Korea. He is home for a couple weeks and it was great to see him!! Thank you for your service!! 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
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2 years
It’s always a great day to be at @sacredheartuniv !!
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3 years
We started with 16 kids in 2017 and next year, we will have 70 student-athletes on the team!! The best part is that 2 kids that committed to us this year have a brother on our team now!! If you treat people right and with respect, they will invite and encourage others to join!!
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1 year
TEAM!!
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3 years
We have been working towards this year for a long time!! We’re not in the business of making predictions but look forward to the upcoming competitions!!
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6 years
Sacred Heart used to be a high school and became a University in 1963, with only 163 students! This year, there’s 8,543 total students and 4,982 full-time undergraduate students. Success stories are amazing and the best years are ahead for this great institution!
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3 years
One week from tonight NCAA Champions will be crowned!!
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3 years
The singlets from over the years!!
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3 years
It’s going to be a great year!!
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3 years
36 recruits have already committed this year and we can’t wait for them to arrive on campus!! If you build it, they will come!!
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4 months
Congratulations to Andrew Fallon for taking 6th place at the EIWA Championships!!
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3 years
It’s going to be a great weekend!!
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4 years
Tomorrow will be our 1st practice in 6 months!!!
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2 years
Thank you to Shaun Williams and Mark Blokh for everything that they have done for the program over the last 5 years!!
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3 years
Leaving JFK (NYC) and the next stop is Las Vegas, NV for the Cliff Keen Invitational!!
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6 years
The Sacred Heart University Wrestling TEAM will be bringing a winning record into the New Year for the 1st time in school history!! The program has raised over $26,000 in the last 6 months and the goal is to reach $50,000!! Please see the link below:
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3 years
We hope that after everyone saw the Olympic Trials over the weekend and seeing the growth of women’s wrestling, that more schools across the country will add women’s wrestling as a varsity sport!!
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5 months
Andrew Fallon is currently 13-3 this season!!
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2 years
Another Gear Day!!
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3 years
On August 31st, we had 48 student-athletes on the team!! On March 6th, we have 48 student-athletes on the team!! Our team is very close and we are excited to welcome in our next recruits as well!! Who is next to commit?
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1 year
Tentative ‘23-‘24 schedule!!
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2 years
Welcome to Sacred Heart, Jake Trovato!! Jake was a NY State Finalist last year and just transferred here!!
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5 months
31-11 win today against Bloomsburg!! Let’s go!! Photo: @JaroszKris20
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11 months
A great way to start our season!!
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To date, we have had a tougher schedule than any other team across the country in all of college wrestling!! Today, 10 student-athletes on the TEAM went to go watch their fellow teammates compete 2.5 hours away at an open tournament!!
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5 years
If you build it, they will come!! The @sacredheartuniv Wrestling Family is getting bigger by the day!!
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2 years
The season starts tomorrow!! Let’s go!!
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3 years
If you build it, they will come!!!!
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3 years
That feeling when you punch your ticket to St. Louis! 😤 #NCAAWrestling x @SHUWrestling1
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10 months
TEAM!!
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3 years
Thank you to the student-athletes on the team who volunteered their time this morning by giving out Thanksgiving food to local families in need!! Happy Thanksgiving to all!!
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Sacred Heart University Wrestling Women’s gear has just been ordered!! We have already had so much interest and let’s fill the roster in one year!! EQUAL opportunity for all!!
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Congratulations to the 6 Keystone Classic place-winners. This is the most in the history of the program!! Also, thank you to everyone who helped clean up the venue afterwards and leave our area completely clean!!
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It’s going to be an exciting season!! Two years ago the team was 2-10, last year 5-7 and this year 8-6!! Over 50 student-athletes on the team and It will be fun to see what they can accomplish!!
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Our first match is 17 days away!!
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