Steve Finkernagel

Wilkes Wrestling Finishes 2-1 at NY/PA Challenge

11/15/2014 5:46:00 PM

Wilkes Wrestling Finishes 2-1 at NY/PA Challenge

WILKES-BARRE – The Wilkes University wrestling team finished 2-1 with wins over Nassau and Hunter College at the NY/PA Challenge Saturday afternoon at King's College.

Wilkes moves to 5-2 overall following the three-match event. Wilkes opened with a 22-16 win over Nassau followed by a 22-12 setback against New York University. The Colonels finished the day with a 22-17 victory over Hunter.

In the win against Nassau, Guesseppe Rea (Stroudsburg, PA/Stroudsburg) opened the Wilkes scoring with a 12-3 major decision at 125-pounds. Matthew Grossman followed with a 4-1 decision at 133 and James Palys (Scotrun, PA/Pocono Mountain East) finished off his opponent 6-4 at 149 as Wilkes led 10-4 after four bouts. Stephen Turner (Plains, PA/Coughlin) (157) and Levi Veppert (Kempton, PA/Northwestern Lehigh) (184) both earned decision wins and Eric Bach (Newton, NJ/Kittatiny) pinned his opponent in 2:17 at 197 to conclude the Colonel scoring in the six-point victory.

Two straight major decisions by Rea and Michael Fleck (Easton, PA/Wilson Area) gave Wilkes a 8-0 lead over Hunter in the final match of the day. Andrew Tonnesen (Manahawkin, NJ/Southern Regional) claimed a fall in 3:40 at 149 to up the advantage to 14-4 after four bouts. Sean Lombardi (Newton, NJ/Kittatiny) added a decision win (9-6) at 157 and James Ilvento (Holmdel, NJ/Holmdel) notched a technical fall win at 174 (18-3) to seal the Wilkes victory.

Rea, Fleck, Kieran Gerrty and Dave Oberrender (Freeland, PA/Hazleton) each recorded wins in the loss against NYU.

Wilkes returns to the mat Friday traveling to Elizabethtown, Pa. for a match against Elizabethtown College at 7:30 p.m.

Wilkes 22 – Nassau Community College 16
125: G. Rea (W) major dec. Charles Weiss (N), 12-3
133: M. Grossman (W) dec. Joe Russ (N), 4-1
141: Mark West (N) major dec. P. Chander (W), 10-1
149: J. Palys (W) dec. James Leach (N), 6-4
157: S. Turner (W) dec. Ralph Cazzetta, 13-7
165: Sam Schwartzafel (N) dec. M. Maloney (W), 9-3
174: Devly Espinal (N) pinned J. Ilvento (W), 4:50
184: L. Veppert (W) dec. Zakaria Small (N), 5-0
197: E. Bach (W) pinned Freddy Vidal, 2:17
285: Jenard Rosemond (N) dec. D. Wilke, 8-2

Wilkes 22 – Hunter 17
125: G. Rea (W) major dec. Andrew Traficante (H), 14-4
133: M. Fleck (W) major dec. Narankhuu Ganbaatar (H), 9-1
141: Cory Palmer (H) major dec. P. Chander (W), 14-2
149: A. Tonnesen (W) pinned Andy Huang (H), 3:40
157: S. Lombardi (W) dec. Nichulas Wilkes (H), 9-6
165: Jesse Bader (H) dec. M. Maloney (W), 6-2
174: J. Ilvento (W) tach fall Maksimilian Garkusha (H), 18-3
184: Miguel Ponce (H) dec. L. Veppert (W), 3-1
197: Dennis Melendez (H) major dec. E. Bach (W), 11-2
285: Patryk Kupczynski (H) dec. D. Oberrender (W), 3-1 OT

New York University 22 – Wilkes 12
125: G. Rea (W) dec. Wayne Yuan (NYU), 8-1
133: M. Fleck (W) dec. Nathan Pike (NYU), 9-7
141: Brandon Jones (NYU) major dec. P. Chander (W), 18-10
149: Darryl Albonico (NYU) dec. Nicholas Rancanelli (W), 2-1
157: Raymonr Jazikoff (NYU) dec. S. Lombardi (W), 6-2
165: John Messinger (NYU) pinned M. Mcintyre (W), 4:48
174: K. Gerrity (W) wins by dec over Gaaret Marinelli (NYU), 6-5
184: Patrick Sheehan (NYU) wins by dec over J. McNally (W), 9-2
197: Brian Anderson (NYU) dec. E. Bach (W), 7-6
285: D. Oberrender (W) dec. John Klein (NYU), 6-0

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