ITHACA, N.Y. – The Ithaca College wrestling team (7-8) lost 18-16 to ninth-ranked Cortland Tuesday .

 

A major decision by fifth-ranked Robert Stubbs (MacArthur/Levittown) at 184 pounds in the final bout of the evening was not enough for the Bombers, who lost four bouts in a row from 125 to 149, capped by a fall for Cortland’s Jason Chase that proved to be the difference.

At 174 pounds, third-ranked Matthias Keib (G. Ray Bodley/Fulton) lost his first dual match of the year to fourth-ranked Stef Sair in a rematch of the state tournament’s third-place bout (when Keib beat then-top-ranked Sair). Nick Calandrino (Emerson/Emerson, N.J.) was victorious in his first career bout at heavyweight, while Tyler Daffinee (Binghamton/Binghamton) won his first 197-pound bout of the season.

 

Stubbs' major decision was his 98th career victory; only 11 Bombers have ever won 100 bouts. Stubbs is Ithaca’s winningest active wrestler.

 

The match concluded Ithaca’s regular season; the Bombers travel to Cortland on February 18 for the ECWC Championships, beginning at 10 a.m.

 

 

125: Ryan Gadsby dec. Macario Alvarez (Grapevine/Grapevine, Texas), 9-2

133: Eddie Ortiz dec. Tim Gammons (Natick, Natick, Mass.), 9-5

141: #4 Paul LeBlanc dec. Scott Aronowitz (Clarkstown North/New City), 1-0

149: Jason Chase WBF Michael Toscano (Ithaca/Ithaca), 2:59

157: Jad Duca (South Brunswick/Monmouth Junction, N.J.) dec. John Franchi, 4-2

165: Brian Lockard (Upper Dublin/Dresher, Pa.) dec. Troy Tooley, 5-4

174: #4 Stef Sair dec. #3 Keib, 6-3

184: #5 Stubbs maj. dec. Mario Schiano, 14-2

197: Daffinee dec. Mark Maglione, 6-0

HWT: Calandrino dec. Phil Archer, 10-7