Wilkes Wrestling Goes 2-0 in Day Two of Budd Whitehill National Duals
WILLIAMSPORT, PA – The Wilkes University wrestling team concludes their time at the Budd Whitehill National Duals going 2-0 on the second day as they beat Ferrum College 28-17 and Oswego State 30-20.
Wilkes improves their dual match record to 5-10 on the season.
Full Results
The Colonels first match began with Ferrum. Austin Fashouer (Scranton, PA/West Scranton), ranked sixth regionally in the Southeast Region by the NWCA, defeated Adrian Samano in a 13-11 decision to get Wilkes up first 3-0. Fashouer got a takedown in the first, but Samano escaped and got his own takedown, earning four points for a near fall to be up 7-2 after the first period. The second saw Fashouer comeback as he escaped from the down position and took down Samano four times, earning nine points and heading to the third period with a 11-10 lead. Samano got out of the bottom spot to start off, but Fashouer took him down at the 5:17 mark and held that spot to the end of the period and a 13-11 victory.
Michael Richardson (Brick, NJ/Brick Memorial) earned a forfeit victory to give the Colonels six points at 133 while Jack Bauer (Ringoes, NJ/Hunterdon Central), who is regionally ranked sixth at 141, came back and defeated Jonathan Ward in a 7-5 decision to get Wilkes a 12-0 lead over Ferrum. After a scoreless first period, Ward escaped the bottom spot and took down Bauer at the 3:57 mark, earning a two point near-fall. Bauer responded with an escape in the beginning followed by a takedown at the 5:30 mark, and back-to-back two-point near-falls to earn the 7-5 win.
Hayden Funck got the Panthers points as he won a 12-0 major decision over Braden Sitton (Cross Junction, VA/James Wood) at 149. Cody Dix (Egg Harbor, NJ/Egg Harbor Township) responded with a fall at :43 against Perry Roller to push the Colonels up 15-4. Dix got the takedown 21 seconds into the bout and earned the pin victory for Wilkes.
Ferrum got the technical fall win at 165 to earn them five points and cut the lead, Christopher Nuss (Gore, VA/James Wood) matched that with his own technical fall victory over Michael Oliver 20-3. Nuss got a takedown early on in the first period, but Oliver got out quickly. Nuss earned another takedown at the 1:31 mark, getting four points for a near-fall before Oliver escaped again to finish the first period 8-2. Nuss had control of the top spot, getting another near-fall and a takedown in the period to go up 14-3 before getting a takedown at the 5:25 mark and another four-point near-fall to earn the technical fall win.
Ferrum would get a decision and technical fall at 184 and 197 respectively to make the match 23-17 heading into the final matchup. Caleb Burkhart (Hughesville, PA/Hughesville), who won MAC Wrestler of the Week last week, scored a pinfall victory at the 2:20 mark to earn six points for the Colonels and the victory. A point was reduced for unsportsmanlike, but Wilkes finished the first matchup with a 28-17 win.
Wilkes would then conclude the dual matchups against Oswego State. Fashouer got the Colonels up once again, this time a fall at the 2:44 mark against John Vicario. Fashouer got the takedown at the 1:02 mark, eventually getting the pinfall at 2:44 and getting Wilkes up 6-0 to start the dual. The Colonels would get the next two wins at 133 and 141, as Richardson would earn a 2-0 decision over Michael Santore while Bauer got a 11-0 major decision against Billy Piatti. Richardson got his points in the first period with a takedown at the :55 mark and held that lead to the end of the match. Bauer would begin his match going up 8-0 after the first period as he secured a takedown at the 1:35 mark and had three near falls that earned him two points apiece. After a scoreless second period, Bauer got the takedown 15 seconds into the third and earned a stalling point, finishing with a 11-0 major decision for Wilkes.
Oswego State would not go down easily, as they would win the next two matchups, with both going to major decision wins. Tyler Rossini would get a 14-3 major decision at 149 while Logan McGloine, ranked fifth at the 157-weight class in the Mid-East Region, would score a 12-4 major decision over Jaryn Hartranft (Catasauqua, PA/Catasauqua) and put the Lakers on the scoreboard down 13-8 halfway through the dual.
Charles Everdale (Freeland, PA/Hazleton Area) would put Wilkes up five points as he would get a 16-1 technical fall decision at 165 as he defeated Steven Felice. Everdale would get a takedown 29 seconds into the match and get a four-point near-fall in the first period. Felice would escape, but Everdale would get another takedown and finish the first period 8-1. Everdale would get a takedown near the end of the second period and at the 5:34 mark, getting a point for stalling and two for a nearfall to conclude the technical fall victory and put Wilkes up 18-8.
Oswego State would turn it around, getting two fall victories at the 174 and 184 weight classes. At 174, Charlie Grygas, who is the fifth ranked wrestler in the nation at that weight class, would get the fall win at the 2:36 mark against Nuss while Bryce Smith would earn his over John DeVito at the 2:42 mark to put the Lakers ahead of the Colonels 20-18 with two matches left.
Cameron Butka (Scranton, PA/West Scranton) and Burkhart would respond with two pinfall wins of their own to give Wilkes 12 points and a 30-20 victory over Oswego State. Butka would score his fall in the 197 division at the 4:58 mark against Anthony Cascen. Cascen would get the takedown, but Butka would get out quickly and score his own at the 1:58 mark and hold that spot to the end of the first period. The second saw Butka escape from the bottom spot and get a takedown at the 4:15 mark, eventually getting the pin with two seconds left in the second period.
Burkhart would earn his fall against Evan Cataldo at the 1:32 in the 285-weight class. Burkhart got a takedown five seconds into the first period. Cataldo would escape, but Burkhart would get him once again, earning four points for a near-fall at the 1:19 mark before getting the pin and win for himself and the Colonels.
After the tournament was over, Fashouer and Burkhart were both honored with being on the All-Tournament Team in their respective weight classes. All-Tournament Team honors are awarded after the tournament at each weight to the undefeated wrestler that earned the most team points per match, not including wins by default, injury default or disqualification. The Most Outstanding Wrestler is awarded to the wrestler that earned the most points per match on the championship team in the tournament.
Wilkes will look to get prepared for next week as they head to York, Pennsylvania as they will compete in the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Championships on Saturday, with the start time at 10:30 a.m.
WU 28, Ferrum 17
125 – A. Fashouer (W) dec. A. Samano (F) 13-11
133 – M. Richardson (W) win by forefit
141 – J. Bauer (W) dec. J. Ward (F) 7-5
149 – H. Funck (F) major dec. B. Sitton (W) 12-0
157 – C. Dix (W) fall P. Roller (F) 0:43
165 – M. Villalobos (F) tech. fall C. Everdale (W) 18-1 3:48
174 – C. Nuss (W) tech. fall M. Oliver (F) 20-3 5:54
184 – S. Slate (F) dec. J. Devito (W) 9-4
197 – B. Homesy (F) tech. fall H. Lowe (W) 16-1 5:24
285 – C. Burkhart (W) fall G. Mitchell (F) 2:20
WU 30, Oswego State 20
125 – A. Fashouer (W) fall J. Vicario (O) 2:44
133 – M. Richardson (W) dec. M. Santore (O) 2-0
141 – J. Bauer (W) major dec. B. Piatti (O) 11-0
149 – T. Rossini (O) major dec. B. Sitton (W) 14-3
157 – L. McGloine (O) major dec. J. Hartranft (F) 12-4
165 – C. Everdale (W) tech. fall S. Felice (O) 16-1 6:07
174 – C. Gyrgas (O) fall C. Nuss (W) 2:36
184 – B. Smith (O) fall. J. Devito (W) 2:42
197 – C. Butka (W) fall A. Cascen (O) 4:58
285 – C. Burkhart (W) fall E. Cataldo (O) 1:32
Exhibitions:
133 - I. Paulino (Springfield) major dec. S. Kimmel (W) 15-3
285 - M. Ruiz (Stevens Institute of Technology) dec. T. Gitski (W) 8-3
