OSWEGO, NY - The RIT wrestling team (2-3) began the 2015 calendar year by splitting a pair of matches against King's College and Lycoming at the 2015 NY/PA Duals hosted by Oswego State at Max Ziel Gymnasium. RIT defeated King's 26-24 and fell to Lycoming, 38-6.
In the opener against King's,
Jake Sepor (Stafford, NY/Pavilion) recorded a fall at 141 lbs., and
Evan Vershay (Canandaigua, NY/Canandaigua Academy) defeated Benjamin Siegel, 4-3 at 149 lbs.
Nicholas Greenquist (Spring Lake, NJ/St. Rose) defeated Angelo Lussi with a 16-0 technical fall at 165 lbs., and
Nick Fisk (Las Cruces, NM/Mayfield) and
Tory Cain (Ontario, NY/Wayne) picked up a forfeit wins at 174 and 184 lbs respectively.
Greenquist and Cain picked up the Tigers wins versus Lycoming. Greenquist defeated Nolan Barger, 4-3 at 165 lbs., and Cain picked up a 7-0 win over Brandon Conrad at 174 lbs. With the wins, Cain improves to 12-2 on the season.
The Tigers are back in action at the prestigious Budd Whitehill National Duals on Friday and Saturday from Lycoming College.
RIT 26, King's 24 | 125 | Jake Daniel (King`s (PA)) over Unknown (For.) | 0 | 6 |
| 133 | Matthew Sparks (King`s (PA)) over Unknown (For.) | 0 | 6 |
| 141 | | 6 | 0 |
| 149 | | 3 | 0 |
| 157 | Keith Wanamaker (King`s (PA)) over Vincent Buscemi (Rochester Institute of Technology) (Fall 4:24) | 0 | 6 |
| 165 | Nicholas Greenquist (Spring Lake, NJ/St. Rose) (Rochester Institute of Technology) over Angelo Lussi (King`s (PA)) (TF 16-0 6:59) | 5 | 0 |
| 174 | Tory Cain (Ontario, NY/Wayne) (Rochester Institute of Technology) over Unknown (For.) | 6 | 0 |
| 184 | | 6 | 0 |
| 197 | Ryan Longenberger (King`s (PA)) over Jake Swearingen (Quakertown, PA/Quakertown) (Rochester Institute of Technology) (Dec 3-2) | 0 | 3 |
| 285 | Ralph Bernardo (King`s (PA)) over Sam Weinger (Blooming Grovve, NY/Washingtonville) (Rochester Institute of Technology) (Dec 5-2) | 0 | 3 |
Team Score: | 26 | 24 |
Lycoming 38, RIT 6 | 125 | Kyle Drick (Lycoming) over Unknown (For.) | 0 | 6 |
| 133 | Cody Barbiche (Lycoming) over Unknown (For.) | 0 | 6 |
| 141 | | 0 | 3 |
| 149 | | 0 | 5 |
| 157 | Matthew Neff (Lycoming) over Isaac Arabadjis (Orono, ME/Orono) (Rochester Institute of Technology) (Fall 2:37) | 0 | 6 |
| 165 | | 3 | 0 |
| 174 | | 3 | 0 |
| 184 | | 0 | 6 |
| 197 | Johnathan Secor (Lycoming) over Jake Swearingen (Quakertown, PA/Quakertown) (Rochester Institute of Technology) (Dec 6-1) | 0 | 3 |
| 285 | Samuel Batchelor (Lycoming) over Sam Weinger (Blooming Grovve, NY/Washingtonville) (Rochester Institute of Technology) (Dec 3-0) | 0 | 3 |
Team Score: | 6 | 38 |