WPI 21, Oneonta State 19
Johnson & Wales 32, Oneonta State 12
Johnson & Wales 34, WPI 9
Providence, RI - The Johnson & Wales University wrestling
team swept a tri-match with Oneonta State and WPI at the Harborside
Recreation Center on Saturday afternoon. It marked the final
regular-season home match for senior All-Americans Bryan
Lenhardt (Gloucester, VA) and Jerome
Owens (Kettering, MD). Both wrestlers recorded a
pair of victories on the day, including a win by pin in just 0:55
for Lenhardt against WPI.
WPI opened the day with a 21-19 victory against Oneonta
State. In the next contest, host Johnson & Wales posted
an impressive 32-12 win over Oneonta. JWU wrapped up the day
with a 34-9 win over WPI.
In the opening contest, WPI jumped out to an early 15-3 lead,
including a win by junior Carl Anderson
(Billerica, MA) at 125 pounds. Oneonta responded by winning
the next three contests, two of them via pinfall, to take a 19-15
advantage. WPI cut the lead to 19-18 with a 7-3 win by senior
Scott Guzman (Acton, ME) at 197 pounds. In
the final match at 285 pounds, WPI sophomore Anthony
Corbo (Port Washington, NY) posted a 6-4 win to propel the
Engineers to the 21-19 victory.
JWU jumped out to an early lead against Oneonta in the second
contest of the day after a pair of major decision victory by
freshman James Soprano (Bellville, NJ) at 125
pounds, a pinfall win by sophomore 133 pounder Nicholas
Cucciniello (Smithtown, NY) and a major decision victory
by freshman Vincent Egloff (Cliffside Park, NJ) at
149 pounds gave the Wildcats the 20-3 advantage. Freshman 157
pounder Andrew Van Dyk (Ocean, NJ) and freshman
165 pounder Christopher Giannios (Brick, NJ)
recorded back-to-back victories to help stake JWU to a 26-3
advantage. The Wildcats then cruised to the 32-12 win.
In the final contest of the day, Johnson & Wales had a 10-3
win after a major decision victory by Egloff at 149 pounds.
WPI sophomore Tyler Howe (Danbury, CT) cut the
lead to 10-9 after a win by pinfall at 157 pounds. The
Wildcats then had three straight wins via pinfall by Giannios,
Owens and Lenhardt to take the 28-9 lead. JWU then took the
34-9 victory.
Johnson & Wales is now 4-0 on the season, Oneonta State is
2-4 record while WPI is 3-2 for the year. The Wildcats will
return to action on Sunday, December 21st when they travel to Las
Vegas, Nevada for the Desert Duals. Action gets underway at
9:00 am. WPI is off until Wednesday, Janaury 7th when they
travel to Southern Maine.
| WPI (3-1) def. Oneonta State (2-3), 21-19
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| Match
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| Match Score
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| Running Score
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| 125 - Carl Anderson (WPI) def. Derek Conant (OSC)
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| 4:09 (Pinfall)
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| 6-0, WPI
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| 133 - Rich Wingert (WPI) def. Slade Comstock (OSC)
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| 9-6
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| 9-0, WPI
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| 141 - Justin Davey (OSC) def. Alex LaBeef (WPI)
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| 6-5
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| 9-3, WPI
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| 149 - Matt Wainright (WPI) def. David Staulters (OSC)
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| 4-3
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| 12-3, WPI
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| 157 - Tyler Howe (WPI) def. Eric Simmons (OSC)
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| 8-2
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| 15-3, WPI
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| 165 - Jimmy Neal (OSC) def. Joe Vanni (WPI)
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| 6:25 (Pinfall)
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| 15-9, WPI
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| 174 - Josh Wake (OSC) def. Larry Loomis (WPI)
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| 4:01 (Pinfall)
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| 15-13, WPI
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| 184 - Kris Stafford (OSC) def. John Gikas (WPI)
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| 11-1 (Major Decision)
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| 19-15, OSC
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| 197 - Scott Guzman (WPI) def. Wala Canario (OSC)
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| 7-3
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| 19-18, OSC
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| 285 - Anthony Corbo (WPI) def. Kevin Gregory (OSC)
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| 6-4
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| 21-19, WPI
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| Johnson & Wales (3-0) def. Oneonta State (2-4),
32-12
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| Match
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| Match Score
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| Running Score
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| 125 - James Soprano (JWU) def. Carlos Soto (OSC)
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| 12-4 (Major Decision)
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| 4-0, JWU
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| 133 - Nicholas Cucciniello (JWU) def. Slade Comstock (OSC)
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| 1:49 (Pinfall)
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| 10-0, JWU
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| 141 - Charlie Trumm (OSC) def. John Donaleski (JWU)
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| 4-0
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| 10-3, JWU
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| 149 - Vincent Egloff (JWU) def. Rob Preiss (OSC)
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| 11-3 (Major Decision)
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| 14-3, JWU
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| 157 - Andrew Van Dyk (JWU) def. Eric Simmons (OSC)
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| 6:59 (Pinfall)
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| 20-3, JWU
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| 165 - Christopher Giannios (JWU) def. Victor Nicotra (OSC)
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| 3:36 (Pinfall)
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| 26-3, JWU
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| 174 - Jerome Owens (JWU) def. Josh Wake (OSC)
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| 16-10
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| 29-3, JWU
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| 184 - Bryan Lenhardt (JWU) def. Dave Ballard (OSC)
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| 1-0
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| 32-3, JWU
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| 197 - Kris Stafford (OSC) def. Austin Roberts (JWU)
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| 1:19 (Pinfall)
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| 32-9, JWU
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| 285 - Wala Canario (OSC) def. Adam Foxx (JWU)
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| 8-1
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| 32-12, JWU
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| Johnson & Wales (4-0) def. WPI (3-2), 34-9
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| Match
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| Match Score
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| Running Score
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| 125 - Carl Anderson (WPI) def., James Soprano (JWU)
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| 2-0
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| 3-0, WPI
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| 133 - Nicholas Cucciniello (JWU) def. Rich Wingert (WPI)
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| 10-5
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| 3-3
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| 141 - John Donaleski (JWU) def. Alex LaBeef (WPI)
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| 7-4
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| 6-3, JWU
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| 149 - Vincent Egloff (JWU) def. Matt Wainright (WPI)
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| 11-2 (Major Decision)
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| 10-3, JWU
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| 157 - Tyler Howe (WPI) def. Andrew Van Dyk (JWU)
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| 6:05 (Pinfall)
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| 10-9, JWU
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| 165 - Christopher Giannios (JWU) def. Joe Vanni (WPI)
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| 4:47 (Pinfall)
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| 16-9, JWU
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| 174 - Jerome Owens (JWU) def. Larry Loomis (WPI)
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| 1:46 (Pinfall)
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| 22-9, JWU
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| 184 - Bryan Lenhardt (JWU) def. John Gikas (WPI)
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| 0:55 (Pinfall)
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| 28-9, JWU
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| 197 - Patrick McCrohan (JWU) def. Scott Guzman (WPI)
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| 4-1
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| 31-9, JWU
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| 285 - Jon Flegal (JWU) def. Anthony Corbo (WPI)
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| 3-1
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| 34-9, JWU
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