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  Brian Muir
Brian Muir
Player Profile
Class:
RS Senior

Hometown:
Toms River, N.J.

High School:
Toms River North

Height / Weight:
5-10 / 165/74

2001-2002: Finished 21-14 overall, 12-3 in dual matches with six major decision victories, two falls and one technical fall win ... his six major decision victories was the team-high for the season ... took third at the VIWSC (1/19) afer going 3-1 with two wins over James Madison’s Jeremy Rankin (MD, 16-4 and 7-4) and a victory over Virginia Tech’s Tomas Ovalle (MD, 11-0) ... placed fourth at the Cornell Invitational after defeating Army’s Craig Cooper (5-3) and Campbell’s Lantz Nixon (12-5) ... had a solid run by winning four matches at the Las Vegas Invitational (12/1) including two major decision victories and one fall ... pinned Stanford’s Imad Kharbush and recorded major decision wins over North Idaho’s Bryan Zimmerman (12-2) and Dickison State’s Shawn Karol (12-4) at Las Vegas ... defeated Maryland’s Mark Reid (11-6) and Duke’s M. Hoover (3-3 OT) in the ACC Championships (3/9) ... defeated American’s Aaron Baker (10-8) and Bucknell’s Hostetter (10-3) at the AU Quad Meet (2/24) ... recorded a 12-4 major decision over Virginia Tech’s Tomas Ovalle at the Virginia Duals (1/11) ... started the season off by winning four matches (including two by technical fall) at the West Virginia Open (11/10) ... defeated Maryland’s Barry Stein (MD, 10-2) in his season-opening match at the WVO ... recorded two technical fall wins over West Liberty State’s Sam Stewart and unattached Jake Perry and topped Ohio’s Travis Smith (9-7) in the WVO (11/10).

2000-2001: Finished 14-16 overall, 4-7 in dual matches with two wins coming by fall and one by major decision ... placed second (runner-up) at the Virginia Intercollegiates (1/20) by defeating James Madison’s Jeremy Rankin (20-15) and George Mason’s Tony Howard (6-5) before falling to teammate Greg Francesca 9-3 in the championship match ... took third at the ACC Championships with a 7-3 victory over Maryland’s Sal Aquia (3/3) ... recorded a season-high, four-match win streak including three consecutive victories starting with back-to-back falls over Binghamton’s Seneca Todd and Bloomsburg’s Dan Foster ... went 3-2 at the Penn State Open (12/3) with three consecutive victories over Bloomsburg’s Dan Foster (fall), Navy’s Mike Barikian (4-0) and Eastern Michigan’s Derek Pace (5-4).

1999-2000: Finished 7-20 overall, 1-10 in dual match action ... posted his first two victories of the year in the Las Vegas Invitational by finishing 2-2 after an 8-3 decision over Clarion’s Kevin Brown (12/3) and a 3-2 victory over Travis Liermann of Northern Idaho ... went 2-2 at the AU Congressional Cup by recording a 14-3 major decision victory over George Mason’s Chad Scheidegger and a 7-4 decision over Rutgers’ Amir Khan ... pinned Duke’s Mike Mitchell (2/20) ... finished 2-2 in the Virginia Intercollegiates.

1998-99: Red-shirted ... competed unattached ... went 4-0 at the Keydet Invite to become the champ at 165 ... recorded one fall and two major decisions in the meet.

PREP: Three-time district champion ... regional champion ... third in 1998 and fifth in 1997 in state meet ... set wins record at Toms River (114).

PERSONAL: Born March 18, 1980 in Toms River, N.J. ... son of Cathy Muir ... brother Michael wrestles for Ursinus.

Muir by the Numbers
Year Weight Class Overall W-L Dual W-L Pins
1998-1999 157 4-0 0-0 1
1999-2000 165 7-20 1-10 1
2000-2001 174 14-16 4-7 2
2001-2002 165/174 21-14 8-7 1
Totals 157/65/74 46-50 13-24 5

 

 

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