The Binghamton Bearcats wrestling team represents

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of Vestal,

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. The Bearcats compete in the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) and are coached by Kyle Borshoff.

History

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Binghamton has fielded a

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team since 1969. The team competed on the

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level until 1998. The Bearcats moved to Division II in 1999 and Division I in 2002. The wrestling team joined the

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in July 2013. Previously, it had been an associate member of the

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, but

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led the CAA to drop the sport. The rest of Binghamton's intercollegiate teams, except

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, are members of the

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. The Bearcats have had four

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n wrestlers (Josh Patterson 7th, Justin Lister 4th, Nick Gwiazdowski 8th, Donald Vinson 3rd) since joining Division I and had 25 All-Americans in Divisions II and III. The squad was coached by Pat Popolizio, a former wrestler for the

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, who left in 2012 to take the head wrestling coach position at

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. Popolizio was succeeded by Matt Dernlan who had been the head coach of the Clarion Golden Eagles. In December 2017, Dernlan resigned as head coach. Kyle Borshoff, a two-time All-American at

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, was named head coach.

References

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