The Pride, 5-7-2 on the season, is coming off a 34-7 loss to #17 Missouri on January 22 at the Mack Sports Complex. Hofstra is led by senior Jonny Bonilla-Bowman (11-3), who is Hofstra's lone nationally-ranked wrestler by InterMat, coming in at 17th at 157 pounds this week. Sophomore P.J. Gillespie is having an outstanding season and leads the Pride with 24 victories against 10 losses at 165 pounds. Sophomore Ben Clymer, who is not expected to wrestle on Sunday, recorded his 20th victory of the season last week against Missouri and remains undefeated in dual matches with a 13-0 mark at 184 pounds.

Hofstra, due to injuries, is expected to introduce a different line-up on Sunday as three wrestlers are expected to make either their dual match or season debut at a new weight class. Freshman Luke Vaith (13-13) will drop down a weight class to 133 pounds. Junior Jeff Rotella (3-14), who has wrestled at 133 pounds this season, is expected to jump up to 149 pounds with red-shirt freshman Tyler Banks (9-14) sliding back to 141 pounds. Red-shirt freshman Patrick Murphy (1-3) is expected to make his 2009-10 dual match debut ay 184 pounds on Sunday.

The Quakers of the University of Pennsylvania enter today's match with a 5-4 dual match record and are coming off a 24-18 victory over Clarion last Saturday. Like the Pride, the Quakers have won three of their last five matches. Penn and Hofstra have eight common opponents on their schedules this season as both have or will face Sacred Heart, Maryland, Rider, Binghamton, Virginia, Brown, Harvard and Cornell. The two common opponents wrestled already have been Sacred Heart-a 46-9 Penn win in November-and Virginia-a 28-9 Penn loss earlier this month. The other Quaker victories have been over Appalachian State (23-12), Rider (21-15) and Binghamton (24-13). Penn losses have come against Michigan (19-12), Maryland (32-6), Virginia, and Pitt (28-6).

The Quakers have five wrestlers ranked in the top 20 of their respective weight classes by InterMat this week. Leading the five is 149-pound senior Cesar Grajales (5-1), who is expected to make his 2009-10 dual match debut today. Senior Matt Dragon (3-4), is ranked 15th at 157 pounds, setting up the only top 20 matchup of today's contest against #16 Jonny Bonilla Bowman.  Penn junior Micah Burak is ranked 18th at 197 while brother Gabriel Burak is ranked 19th at 165 pounds. Junior Scott Giffin is ranked 20th at 174 pounds.

Following the Penn match, Hofstra will hit the road for matches at Binghamton and Cornell on February 6th, at Rider on February 10 and at Maryland on February 14. The Pride will return for their final home match of the season on Saturday, February 20th against CAA opponent, Drexel University. The match will be held at the Hofstra Physical Fitness Center at 1 p.m.

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