Saturday's match will be one for the birds – birds of prey, that is – as the Clarion Golden Eagles host MAC rival the Lock Haven Bald Eagles (Feb. 8). Start time is at 7:00 p.m. in Waldo S. Tippin Gymnasium.

Clarion at a Glance
Clarion is coming off a 30-8 loss to Michigan State (Feb. 2), dropping the Golden Eagles record to 3-10. The two Clarion wins in that match came courtesy of freshmen Travis Clawson and Gianni Silvestri, both of whom have been on tears as of late. Clawson, the Golden Eagles' 125-pounder, has won four straight, recording major decisions in three. During his run, Clawson has outscored opponents 41-11. Silvestri, in the line-up at 141 pounds, has won four of his last five. He scored his first bonus-point victory of the season against Michigan State.

Golden Eagles with winning records this season are John Worthing (17-5), Kyle Schickel (17-12), Austin Chapman (15-2), and Ethan Wiant (13-11).

Worthing, ranked 32nd at 174 pounds in the most recent NCAA Coaches poll (Jan. 23), last wrestled on Jan. 19 against Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, winning in sudden victory during the first match of that dual. His brother, Brady Worthing, has most recently filled John's spot in the line-up.

Clarion is 0-7 at home and 2-3 in its last five outings. The Golden Eagles are 2-4 in the MAC.

Lock Haven at a Glance
Lock Haven is coming off a 24-13 home win over Rider in a MAC showdown on Thursday evening (Feb. 6). The Bald Eagles have now won seven in a row, improving to 4-0 in the MAC. They are the only undefeated team in conference competition. The Bald Eagles, ranked #30 by Intermat, have a septuple of ranked wrestlers:

133: Anthony Noto (#20 FloWrestling & Intermat/#16 NCAA Coaches)
141: Wyatt Henson (#17 FloWrestling/#14 Intermat/#17 NCAA Coaches)
149: Lucas Kapusta (#32 NCAA Coaches)
174: Avery Bassett (#33 FloWrestling & Intermat/#31 NCAA Coaches)
184: Colin Fegley (#31 FloWrestling/#28 Intermat/#23 NCAA Coaches)
197: Tucker Hogan (#30 FloWrestling/#33 Intermat/#27 NCAA Coaches)
285: Gavin Hoffman (#17 FloWrestling/#19 Intermat/#17 NCAA Coaches)

Noto is a three-time MAC champion and NCAA qualifier as a 125-pounder, earning All-American honors in 2023 when he took fourth and 2024 with a third-place finish. Henson won a MAC championship last season, qualifying for the NCAA tournament. Hoffman, who joined the Bald Eagles at the start of the spring semester, is a two-time NCAA qualifier for Ohio State, achieving All-American status in 2022. Nick Stampoulos, Lock Haven's 157-pounder, was a national qualifier for Buffalo in 2024 at the weight.

This season Lock Haven is 11-5. The Bald Eagles are 1-1 in away matches, 5-4 at neutral sites.

Clarion vs. Lock Haven
This will be the 55th meeting between the two programs, Lock Haven holding a 29-24-2 advantage. The two sides first met in 1968, the Bald Eagles winning, 25-13. Lock Haven has gone 3-2 in the past five meetings. Since 2019, neither team has managed to put together two consecutive victories or win on the road.   The Bald Eagles, winners a season ago, 25-16, will be trying to make it two straight against the Golden Eagles and win as the away team Sunday. Schickel is the only projected Clarion starter to see action in last season's Lock Haven win.

Clarion got the better of Lock Haven in 2023, a 23-14 mid-January win. Mason Prinkey, Schickel, and Chapman wrestled in that dual.

None of the projected starters for either team have previously wrestled.