Wrestling | 1/13/2018 1:16:00 PM

WILLIAMSPORT, PA – The RIT wrestling team (6-6) won both matches Saturday to finish ninth overall at the 2018 Budd Whitehill Duals, hosted by Lycoming College. The Tigers knocked off Williams College, 31-9 and Wesleyan University to finish 3-2 on the weekend.
 
Yesterday, the Tigers fell to Springfield and No. 11 Messiah, while defeating Mo. 24 Milikin in pool play.
 
Alex Prunoske (Safety Harbor, FL/Clearwater Catholic), Kaidon Winters (Athens, PA/Athens Area), Colby Hall (Deposit, NY/Deposit) and Trevor Snow (Dexter, NY/General Brown) picked up a pair of wins apiece to lead the Tigers. All four wrestlers went 4-1 on the weekend
 
In the opener against Williams, RIT trailed 6-4 before winning six of the final seven matches. Zarek Thomas (Waterford, NY/Albany Academy) defeated Jack Murphy, 5-3 at 149 lbs. to give RIT the lead for good. Winters recorded a win by fall in 2:38 at 157 lbs., while Hall earned a 7-4 win at 165 lbs. to give the Tigers a 16-6 lead. After Williams cut the lead to 16-9, the Tigers put the match away. Snow recorded a major decision victory at 184 lbs., while Matt Cicco (Wheatfield, NY/Niagara-Wheatfield) was awarded a victory by forfeit. Connor Calkins (Almond, NY/Alfred-Almond) earned a technical fall (16-0) at 285 lbs. to close out the match.
 
Against Wesleyan, the Tigers trailed 11-3 after four matches before going on another big run, with three straight pins and a come-from-behind victory to go up 24-11. Winters started the run with a pin in just 50 seconds over Edward Pierce. Hall pinned Aaron Cranston in 2:57 to give RIT the lead for good. Joe Lupisella (Webster, NY/Webster Schroeder) earned RIT's third straight pin, taking down Dominic Pirraglia at 174 lbs. in 2:17. Snow clinched the match by rallying from a 4-2 deficit to earn a 5-4 decision.
 
RIT is back in action at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 20 at the Empire Collegiate Wrestling Conference Championships hosted by Cortland State.
 
RIT 31, Williams 9
125 – Matt Morris (W) defeats Andrew Flanagan (Holley, NY/Holley) (RIT) by decision, 7-2
133 – Alex Prunoske (Safety Harbor, FL/Clearwater Catholic) (RIT) defeats Ben Morton (W) by major decision, 14-6
141 – Alex Parkhurst (W) defeats Shane Murphy (Mt. Olive, NJ/Mt. Olive) (RIT) by decision, 8-5
149 – Zarek Thomas (Waterford, NY/Albany Academy) (RIT) defeats Jack Murphy (W) by decision, 5-3
157 – Kaidon Winters (Athens, PA/Athens Area) (RIT) defeats Brendan Kiernan (W) by fall, 2:38
165 – Colby Hall (Deposit, NY/Deposit) (RIT) defeats Yo Akiyama (W) by decision, 7-4
174 – Luke Anselmi (W) defeats Joe Lupisella (Webster, NY/Webster Schroeder) (RIT) by decision, 9-5
184 – Trevor Snow (Dexter, NY/General Brown) (RIT) defeats Carl Sangree (W) by major decision, 10-0
197 – Matt Cicco (Wheatfield, NY/Niagara-Wheatfield) (RIT) wins by forfeit
285 – Connor Calkins (Almond, NY/Alfred-Almond) (RIT) defeats Nicholas Beauchamp (W) by technical fall, 16-0
 
RIT 24 , Wesleyan 17
125 – Amir Daouk (W) defeats Andrew Flanagan (Holley, NY/Holley) (RIT) by major decision, 12-4
133 – Alex Prunoske (Safety Harbor, FL/Clearwater Catholic) (RIT) defeats Tristan Stetson (W) by decision, 5-3
141 – James Matias (W) defeats Shane Murphy (Mt. Olive, NJ/Mt. Olive) (RIT) by decision, 4-3
149 – Carter Armendarez (W) defeats Zarek Thomas (Waterford, NY/Albany Academy) (RIT) by major decision, 13-5
157 – Kaidon Winters (Athens, PA/Athens Area) (RIT) defeats Edward Pierce (W) by fall, 0:50
165 – Colby Hall (Deposit, NY/Deposit) (RIT) defeats Aaron Cranston (W) by fall, 2:57
174 – Joe Lupisella (Webster, NY/Webster Schroeder) (RIT) defeats Dominic Pirraglia (W) by fall, 2:17
184 – Trevor Snow (Dexter, NY/General Brown) (RIT) defeats Simon Chee (W) by decision, 5-4
197 – Devon Carillo (W) defeats Matt Cicco (Wheatfield, NY/Niagara-Wheatfield) (RIT) by decision, 6-2
285 – Isaiah Bellamy (W) defeats Connor Calkins (Almond, NY/Alfred-Almond) (RIT) by decision, 7-2