ITHACA, N.Y. – The 14th-ranked Ithaca College wrestling team won eight of 10 matches and scored a 37-7. Ithaca earned bonus points in five of its eight wins, two by pin, one by major decision and two by forfeit in
 
Ithaca captured the 125- and 133-pound weight classes by forfeit. In the first contested bout of the dual, RIT's Jake Sepor scored a takedown in the closing seconds of the third period and won 4-3 by decision over Adam Moser.
 
In the featured match of the night between two nationally-ranked wrestlers, Ithaca's Dan Pak (ranked sixth by the NWCA) scored an early first-period takedown to take a lead against RIT's third-ranked Brad Mayville and then rode out Mayville for the remainder of the period and built 2:39 of riding time advantage.
 
Pak deferred for the second period and Mayville chose down, which allowed Pak to build the riding-time lead to more than four minutes. Pak scored three near-fall points and then Mayville escaped, which sent Pak to the third period with a 5-1 lead. The wrestlers started neutral for the final two minutes, and Pak scored a late takedown plus the riding time for an 8-1 decision win.
 
Ithaca continued to build its team lead with back-to-back wins by pin. Nik Hansen held an 11-2 lead in his match at 157 and then ended it with a pin in 5:52. Nick Velez wasted little time in finishing his opponent at 165, with a pinfall victory in 39 seconds.
 
RIT got back on the board at 174 with a major decision victory by a 13-0 score by Tory Cain.
 
The 184-pound bout went in Ithaca's favor as Steven Sabella scored a takedown in the first and second periods and went on to a 6-2 decision victory with riding time.
 
Ithaca's Greg DuVall got an early takedown and near-fall points at 197 to take a 5-0 lead. He won by major decision by a 14-4 score. The heavyweight bout between Ithaca's Dan Glinko and RIT's Sam Weinger was a high-scoring bout that went to Glinko by 15-8 decision to wrap things up.
 
The Bombers improve to 2-0 in dual matches on the season and return to action Saturday at Oswego. RIT was competing in its first dual match of the year and is 0-1.
 
#14 ITHACA 37, RIT 7
Dec. 10, 2014
Glazer Arena; Ithaca, N.Y.
 
125 – Jimmy Kaishian (IC) won by forfeit
133 – Henry Beaman (IC) won by forfeit
141 – Jake Sepor (RIT) dec. Adam Moser (IC), 4-3
149 – Dan Pak (IC) dec. Brad Mayville (RIT), 8-1
157 – Nik Hansen (IC) pinned Joe Cutugno (RIT), 5:52
165 – Nick Velez (IC) pinned Coty Lutz (RIT), 0:39
174 – Tory Cain (RIT) major dec. Franky Nassivera (IC), 13-0
184 – Steven Sabella (IC) dec. Nick Fisk (RIT), 6-2
197 – Greg DuVall (IC) major dec. Jake Swearingen (RIT), 14-4
285 – Dan Glinko (IC) dec. Sam Weinger (RIT), 15-8