Bloomsburg University Wrestler Matt Moley Moley Ranked 8th at 157

BLOOMSBURG-Bloomsburg University wrestler Matt Moley (Phoenixville/Spring-Ford) has been ranked 8th at 157 pounds in the USA Today/InterMat/NWCA Division I Preseason Individual Rankings.

It marks the second consecutive season Moley has been ranked in the top ten in the individual rankings. Bloomsburg had three wrestlers ranked in the individual rankings last season.

Moley, a returning All-American, finished last season with a mark of 34-11. He took second at the EWL championship to earn his second straight berth to the NCAA championships where he turned in an eighth place performance. In the consolation quarterfinals, Moley lost by fall to Indiana University in a time of 1:35. Moving to the consolation seventh place match, Moley lost to Cyler Sanderson of Iowa State by a score of 7-5.

Moley could potentially give the Huskies an All-American in three consecutive seasons, the first time since a run of five straight years from 1985 to 1989.

Bloomsburg opens their 2008-2009 campaign November 9th at the Michigan State Open in East Lansing, Michigan. The action gets underway at 10:00 a.m.

157 Pounds

1 Jordan Leen Sr. Cornell

2 Mike Poeta Sr. Illinois

3 Dan Vallimont Jr. Penn State

4 Gregor Gillespie Sr. Edinboro

5 J.P. O'Connor Jr. Harvard

6 Dustin Schlatter Sr. Minnesota

7 Cyler Sanderson Jr. Iowa State

8 Matt Moley Jr. Bloomsburg

9 Mike Chandler Sr. Missouri

10 Adam Hall So. Boise State

11 Jonny Bonilla-Bowman Jr. Hofstra

12 Ryan Morningstar Jr. Iowa

13 Newly McSpadden Sr. Oklahoma State

14 Matt Coughlin Jr. Indiana

15 Jason Johnstone Sr. Ohio State

16 Brian Letters So. Maryland

17 Chase Pami Jr. Cal Poly

18 Matt Dragon Sr. Penn

19 Seth Garvin Sr. Chattanooga

20 Steve Brown Jr. Central Michigan