Wrestling | 2/11/2017 6:53:00 PM
ONEONTA, NY – The RIT wrestling team (9-7) dropped its final dual match of the 2016-17 regular season, 27-17 to Empire Collegiate Wrestling Conference rival Oneonta State (12-6-1) from the G. Hal Chase Gymnasium Saturday afternoon.
RIT trailed 12-3 before roaring back to take a 17-16 after
Nicholas Greenquist (Spring Lake, NJ/St. Rose) earned a 10-0 major decision victory over Lantze Lange at 184 lbs. Oneonta would win the match as Peter Pietri earned a technical fall win at 197 lbs., and nationally-ranked heavyweight James Bethel secured a pin fall for the final score.
Down 9-0,
Jake Sepor (Stafford, NY/Pavilion) would get the Tigers on the board with a 9-3 win over Richard Dennison of Oneonta.
Dempsey King (New Hartford, NY/New Hartford) would earn a major decision victory over Daniel Murphy 14-4. Both wrestlers now have 23 wins on the year to lead the team.
Tory Cain (Ontario, NY/Wayne) continued his tremendous comeback, pinning Daniel DeCarlo in 1:16. He now has nine wins in 10 matches this season.
The Tigers are off next weekend, but return to action on Feb. 25-26 at the NCAA Mideast Regional Championship hosted by York University in York, Pa.
Oneonta 27, RIT 17
125: (O) Dominic DeGraba Dec over (R)
Andrew Flanagan (Holley, NY/Holley) (7-4)
(3-0)
133: (O) Austin Sisco Pin over (R)
Isaiah Ocasio (Vineland, NJ/Vineland) (1:44)
(9-0)
141: (R)
Jake Sepor (Stafford, NY/Pavilion) Dec over (O) Richard Dennison (10-5)
(9-3)
149: (O) Nicholas Heck Dec over (R)
Colby Hall (Deposit, NY/Deposit) (8-2)
(12-3)
157: (R)
Dempsey King (New Hartford, NY/New Hartford) Maj Dec over (O) Daniel Murphy (14-4)
(12-7)
165: (O) Evan Wallace Maj Dec over (R)
John Donohue (Smithtown, NY/Hauppauge) (21-10)
(16-7)
174: (R)
Tory Cain (Ontario, NY/Wayne) Pin over (O) Daniel DeCarlo (1:16)
(16-13)
184: (R) Nicholas Green Maj Dec over (O) Lantze Lange (10-0)
(17-16)
197: (O) Peter Pjetri Tech Fall over (R)
Chris St. Denny (Bridgeport, NY/Cicero-North Syracuse) (17-1)
(21-17)
HWT: (O) James Bethel Pin over (R)
Wyatt Morris (Eaton, NY/Morrisville-Eaton) (1:17)
(27-17)
