Wrestlers kick off EIWA matches against Brown and Harvard in preparation for upcoming contests against top-ranked teams.

Former Penn wrestling phenomenon and current assistant coach Matt Valenti has his eyes set on making the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

The Quakers walked away from their trip to Hofstra on Sunday having won six of their eight contests on the day (each team won a decision by forfeit), culminating in a 31-12 drumming of the Pride (5-7-2).

The Quakers will travel to Hempstead, N.Y., Sunday to take on a hobbled Hofstra team that has seen its starting 125- and 149-pound starters go down with season-ending injuries.

In a doubleheader of sorts, the Red and Blue lost to a ranked Pittsburgh squad and then hopped on the bus to nearby Wexford, Pa., to enact some revenge against Clarion.

Penn senior wrestlers Cesar Grajales and Matt Dragon are on the injury report once again as the Quakers travel across the state Saturday to take on No. 23 ranked Pittsburgh.

When they face the the No. 23 Panthers tomorrow, the Quakers will go up against many of the same wrestlers they upset in a 20-16 victory last year when the Panthers were ranked 24th.

Though the Penn wrestling team entered Sunday’s match on the high of a two-game win streak and with a golden opportunity to take down a national powerhouse, they left disappointed.

Though the stat sheet might suggest that the Virginia wrestling team bested Penn at last month’s Southern Scuffle, the less heralded Quakers may have actually left with the advantage.

With suspended seniors back, grapplers finish 11th at 31-team tournament

The Quakers will receive a much needed two-week break after falling 32-6 to No. 7 Maryland in College Park, Md., Friday night.

After entering the year ranked No. 24 in the preseason Intermat rankings, the Penn wrestling team has been fighting an uphill battle of late.

Competing in the Penn State Open, the Quakers competed against No. 17 Missouri quite often.

Instead of going to the Las Vegas Invitational, wrestling is attending the Penn State Open this year.

Although the Quakers went 2-1 this weekend, four Penn wrestlers completed the Northeast Duals without losing a bout.

The Quakers are scheduled to compete in four straight dual matches Saturday, as they venture to Troy, N.Y., to take part in the Northeast Duals.

Penn finished fourth at the Keystone Classic without three standout seniors, Rollie Peterkin (125 pounds) and co-captains Matt Dragon (157) and Cesar Grajales (149), who were all suspended for violating an Athletic Department policy.