HENRIETTA, N.Y. — The No. 2 Ithaca College wrestling squad traveled to Henrietta, N.Y. for a dual meet with RIT, and the Bombers (3-1) earned a 31-6 victory inside the Clark Gym Wednesday evening.
Ithaca won eight of 10 matches to secure its third straight dual win and hand the Tigers (1-1) their first dual defeat of the 2015-16 season.
Freshman
Ferdinand Mase opened the match with a 7-2 victory over Andrew Flanagan at 125 pounds to run his record to 11-7 before nationally-ranked junior
Jimmy Kaishian held off Jake Sepor at 133 in a back-and-forth match.
No. 5 Kaishian used a first-period takedown for an early 2-0 lead, but Sepor hung around until Kaishian executed three different takedowns for an 8-3 lead as Ithaca's co-captain held on for an 8-5 triumph to run his record to 11-5.
Sophomore
Adam Moser held off Cole Murphy 4-2 at 141 for his first win of the year, and freshman
Anthony Fano improved to 12-7 with a 9-4 win over Won Kim at 157.
Sophomore
Nick Velez, ranked fifth in the nation at 165, held off John Donohue 10-9 for his 11
th win in 14 tries, and classmate
Jaison White earned a 19-9 major decision victory against McKenzie Callahan for his fourth win in 10 matches.
Following a forfeit win by freshman
Jake Ashcraft at 184, freshman
Jake O'Brien earned a medical default win at 197 for the final points of the night for Ithaca, which only suffered losses at 149 and 285.
The Bombers host Oswego at 12 p.m. Saturday in the final match of the semester.
Matches125 –
Ferdinand Mase (IC) defeats Andrew Flanagan (RIT) by decision, 7-2
133 – No. 5
Jimmy Kaishian (IC) defeats Jake Sepor (RIT) by decision, 8-5
141 –
Adam Moser (IC) defeats Cole Murphy(RIT) by decision, 4-2
149 – Dempsey King (RIT) defeats
Jawan Jones (IC) by decision, 9-2
157 –
Anthony Fano (IC) defeats Won Kim(RIT) by decision, 9-4
165 – No. 5
Nick Velez (IC) defeats John Donohue (RIT) by decision, 10-9
174 –
Jaison White (IC) defeats McKenzie Callahan (RIT) by major decision, 19-9
184 –
Jake Ashcraft (IC) wins by forfeit
197 –
Jake O'Brien (IC) defeats Wyatt Albanese(RIT) by medical default
285 – Sam Weinger(RIT) defeats
Joe Sprung (IC) by decision, 9-4
Exhibition133 –
Henry Beaman (IC) defeats Isaiah Ocasio(RIT), decision, 9-3