Doylestown, Pa. – The fourth-ranked wrestling team (11-2) earned bonus points in six of their nine victories, throttling #23 Delaware Valley (6-6-1) 41-3 Thursday. Ithaca's rout snapped the Aggies' 27-match home winning streak, which dated back to 2006.
Junior
Derek Brenon (Immaculate Heart Central/Watertown) posted the night's biggest victory, winning in a match between Division III's top two ranked wrestlers at 141 pounds.
Brenon, ranked second nationally was a 4-2 winner over Delaware Valley's top-ranked competitor.
Brenon won on a last-minute takedown and improved to 20-1 on the season (5-0 in dual meets). He's 39-7 in his career.
The Bombers' two other second-ranked wrestlers were both winners as well; junior
Jeremy Stierly (Owen J. Roberts/Pottstown, Pa.) blanked his opponent 11-0 for a major decision at 141 pounds and senior
Blaine Woszczak (Wall/Manasquan, N.J.) won by fall at 149 pounds.
Stierly, whose shutout came over a returning all-American and upped his season record to 14-1 (9-0 in dual meets). The major decision was his fifth of the season and gives him a career record of 69-16.
Woszczak stretched his winning streak to 14, recording his second consecutive pin. The fall was
Woszczak's seventh of the season (second on the team) and raised his record to 26-2 (12-0 in dual meets). With a career record of 128-34, he's a win away from tying
Bob Panariello (1981-85) atop Ithaca's all-time victory list.
Three other Bombers were winners by fall, starting with senior
David Priest (Wyomissing/Douglassville, Pa.), who opened the match with a second-period pin at 174 pounds.
Priest, who is ranked ninth nationally, is now 18-3 this winter with an 11-2 dual-match record. With six pins, he's third on the team and moved to within five wins of becoming the 17th Bomber to reach 100 career victories (he's 95-29 overall).
Junior
Matt Mahon (Brighton/Rochester), the nation's sixth-ranked heavyweight, needed just 22 seconds to pick up his team-best 15th pin.
Mahon is 19-6 on the year and 65-21 – with 43 falls – as a Bomber.
Freshman Dominick Giacalone
(Cato-Meridian/Cato) recorded a rare overtime fall to win his bout at 125 pounds. He's 9-7 on the season.
Junior
Seth Ecker (Pottstown/Pottstown, Pa.) was a shutout winner at 133 pounds, where he's ranked third nationally.
Ecker, who won 7-0, is 22-4 this year and 68-16 in his career.
Junior Keith Dickie
(Cedar Cliff/New Cumberland, Pa.) and sophomore
Jason Fraser (Alfred-Almond/Alfred) rounded out Ithaca's winners, posting winning by major decision and decision at 184 and 165 pounds, respectively.
The Bombers wrestle at Stevens Institute of Technology Friday.
#4 ITHACA 41, #23 Delaware Valley 3
174: #9
David Priest (IC) WBF Juan Vega, 4:56
184: Keith Dickie (IC) major dec. Jake Phillips, 10-2
197: Aaron Karns (DVC) dec.
Tom Heckman, 7-2
285: #6
Matt Mahon (IC) WBF Zeke Pyle, 0:22
125: Dominic Giacolone (IC) WBF Charlie Frankel, 7:52 OT
133: #3
Seth Ecker (IC) dec. Zac Haynes, 7-0
141: #2
Jeremy Stierly (IC) major dec. Matt Ulrich, 11-0
149: #2
Blaine Woszczak (IC) WBF Emmanuel Ajagbe, 3:34
157: #2
Derek Brenon (IC) dec. Jesse Harrington, 4-2
165:
Jason Fraser (IC) dec. Mike Chiappetta, 11-5
Exhibition
149: Zak Andrews (DVC) dec.
Junior Amazan, 13-8