Lehigh’s men’s wrestling team begins its 2025-26 season on Thursday, Oct. 23, with its annual Brown and White Intrasquad at Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall.
Coach Pat Santoro’s Mountain Hawks begin the regular season Nov. 2 at the Princeton Open.
Six home duals and trips to two major national events highlight the schedule. Lehigh will make seven appearances inside Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall and is one of 16 teams selected to compete at the National Duals Invitational in November in Tulsa, Okla.
Lehigh makes the short trip to Liberty’s Memorial Gym on Saturday, Nov. 8, for Journeymen Wrestling’s WrangleMania. It will wrestle duals against ACC members Virginia and Duke. Lehigh then goes to Freedom’s Joseph J. McIntyre Gymnasium the next day for the round-robin Journeymen Collegiate Classic.
The National Duals Invitational is a 16-team dual meet tournament on Nov. 15-16, at BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla., with a purse of more than $1 million, including $200,000 for the winning team.
Lehigh’s home opener is Friday, Dec. 5, against in-state rival Pittsburgh. Two days later, Lehigh travels to four-time defending national champion Penn State for the 113th meeting between the long-time rivals.
The Mountain Hawks wrap up 2025 at Journeymen’s Collegiate Wrestling Duals on Sunday, Dec. 21, in Nashville, Tenn. They face Iowa State and Illinois.
Lehigh opens 2026 with three consecutive home duals. Cornell visits on Saturday, Jan. 10, followed the next day by EIWA rival American. Navy comes to Grace Hall on Saturday, Jan. 17, for the 106th meeting of Lehigh’s most-contested EIWA series.
Lehigh heads to Princeton on Sunday, Jan. 18, before heading to Army West Point on Feb. 1 and Morgan State on Feb. 6.
Duals against Penn on Feb. 13 and Bucknell on Feb. 14 close out the home schedule. Lehigh travels to Arizona State on Feb. 21 for its final dual meet.
American hosts the EIWA Championships for the first time on March 6-7, at Bender Arena in Washington, D.C.
The NCAA Championships are March 19-21, at Rocket Arena in Cleveland.
Lehigh’s 2025-26 roster features seven wrestlers who appear in InterMat’s preseason rankings, led by returning All-Americans Sheldon Seymour, Saucon Valley graduate Ryan Crookham and Luke Stanich, who is also coming off an U20 world championship.
Single match tickets go on sale Monday, Oct. 20.
Senior writer Tom Housenick can be reached at thousenick@mcall.com
