Matt Langan - 2016-17 Wrestling - LIU Post


Matt Langan

Height: 5-9
Class: Junior
Hometown: Wantagh, N.Y.
Previous School: Wantagh

2016-17: Posted a 9-5 record between the 141- and 149-lb. weight classes ... teched American International's Christian Echevarria by a 21-4 count on Nov. 6 ... won a 9-2 decision over Cortland's Matt Caputo at the Journeymen Collegiate Classic (Nov. 13) ... majored Merchant Marine's Nathan Henkle, 12-0, on Dec. 10 ... dominated Mount Saint Vincent's Cristian Hilario in an 18-0 technical fall victory on Jan. 8 ... earned the team's lone win with an 8-1 decision against Ithaca's Joe Rorick (Jan. 15) ... recorded a 13-1 major decision over Belmont Abbey's Jonathan Carpenter at the Kutztown Duals (Jan. 21) ... majored RPI's Jean Souve-Rioux (13-0) and Castleton's Raffaele Masi (12-1) at the USC Wildcat Open on Jan. 29.

2015-16: D2WCA All-Academic Third Team ... boasted a 24-16 overall record and a 10-8 mark in duals ... slotted sixth in the D2Wrestle.com Super Region I 149-lb. rankings ... won four bouts via decision to place fourth at the Monarch Invitational (Nov. 7) ... recorded a 5-1 decision over Wilkes at Grapple at the Garden (Nov. 29) ... earned three wins via decision for a third-place showing at the Dragon Open (Dec. 5) ... posted a 6-1 victory against Kutztown's Joe Esposito on Dec. 16 ... recorded an 8-5 win versus American International's Favian Williams on Jan. 21 ... grappled to a sixth-place finish at the USC Wildcat Open (Jan. 30) ... majored NYU's Ian Burke by a 15-6 count on Feb. 18 ... wrestled to an 8-2 victory over American International's Favian Williams at the NCAA Division II Super Region I Championships (Feb. 26).

2014-15: Was the team's main wrestler at 149 pounds ... posted an 11-20 overall record and an 8-14 ledger in duals ... won three major decisions and a technical fall and did not lose a match by either major decision or technical fall ... won his first career collegiate match by a 10-1 major decision over Stony Brook's Joe Nickolic on Nov. 20 ... was the champion of the 149-lb. weight class at the Long Island Open (Jan. 3), winning three decisions before taking the championship match via medical forfeit ... earned a 16-1 technical fall win over Pitt-Johnstown's Craig Dawson at the Super Region One Tournament on Feb. 27.

Prior to LIU Post: Wrestled for coach Paul Gillespie for four years ... four-time Section VIII champion at the 145-pound weight class ... four-time All-Conference wrestler ... two-time Nassau County Division I Dual Meet champion ... 2012 New York State Dual Meet Champion ... compiled an overall record of 243-51 with a 42-6 mark in his senior season ... won by pinfall 11 times and by tech. fall 13 times in 2013-14.

Personal: Parents are Gerard and Debbiann Langan ... has three younger siblings ... enjoys weightlifting and boxing ... lists former Penn State wrestler David Taylor as his favorite athlete and his mother as the person he most admires ... plans to attend graduate school for physical therapy ... wants to also work with the Wantagh Wrestling Youth Group ... aspires to be a physical therapist and obtain a Ph.D. ... majoring in health sciences with a minor in public health service.

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