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    Bonanno, Gillespie, Snyder lead Hofstra over Army

    West Point, N.Y. -- Steve Bonanno, P.J. Gillespie and Paul Snyder each posted major decisions as Hofstra won eight of 10 matches in a 27-6 victory over Army at Christl Arena Thursday night. The Pride improved to 2-0 on the season while the Black Knights of Army slipped to 3-4.

    Pride junior Steve Bonanno (Wantagh, NY), ranked 11th in the nation, opened the match with a 14-5 major decision over freshman Scott Filbert at 125 pounds. Bonanno jumped out to a 4-1 lead after one period and never looked back to improve to 9-2 on the season. Sophomore Jamie Franco (Monroe, NY) boosted the Pride lead to 7-0 with a 2-1 victory over Jordan Thome at 133 pounds. Franco, who improved to 7-5 on the year, posted his takedown with 48 seconds remaining in the third period. Sophomore Luke Vaith (Hastings, MN) improved to 7-3 on the season with a 6-2 win over Connor Hanafee at 141 pounds. Vaith posted a three-point third period and the riding time point for the victory.

    Junior Justin Accordino (Wilkes-Barre, PA), ranked 17th by Division I College Wrestling, won his seventh match of the season with an 8-3 decision over Casey Smith at 149 pounds. Accordino had a big second period to turn a 2-1 lead into a comfortable 7-2 lead at the end of the period. At 157, Army's Jimmy Rafferty posted the Black Knights first takedown of the contest on the way to a 4-0 victory over Pride junior Tyler Banks (Griswold, CT). Banks is now 5-5 on the season. But Hofstra senior All-American P.J. Gillespie (Long Beach, NY), ranked fourth in this week's 165-pound poll, posted two takedowns in each period on the way to a 15-7 major decision over Cole Gracey. Gillepie, who is now 11-1 on the year, boosted the Pride lead to 17-3.

    Army won its second match of the contest at 174 pounds as Ryan Thompkins recorded an escape and got a penalty point on a stalling call in the third period to post a 4-3 win over Hofstra freshman Jermaine John (Brooklyn, NY). John slipped to 3-6 on the season as Army closed to 17-6 in the contest. But Hofstra senior Ben Clymer (Germansville, PA) clinched the win for the Pride with a 2-1 victory over Michael Gorman on the riding time (1:55) point. Clymer improves to 8-3 on the season and gave the Pride a 20-6 lead.

    At 197 pounds, sophomore Matt Loew (Wantagh, NY) posted his third win of the season with a 6-5 victory over Army's Wil Brown to give the Pride a 23-6 lead in the contest. Junior Paul Snyder (Greensburg, PA) closed out the match with a 12-2 major decision over Curtis Garner at 285 pounds. Snyder is now 8-3 on the season.

    Results:
    125- Steve Bonanno (H) maj. Scott Filbert (A), 14-5
    133- Jamie Franco (H) dec. Jordan Thome (A), 2-1
    141- Luke Vaith (H) dec. Connor Hanafee (A), 6-2
    149- Justin Accordino (H) dec. Casey Smith (A), 8-3
    157- Jimmy Rafferty (A) dec. Tyler Banks (H), 4-0
    165- P.J. Gillespie (H) maj. Cole Gracey (A), 15-7
    174- Ryan Thompkins (A) dec. Jermaine John (H), 4-3
    184- Ben Clymer (H) dec. Michael Gorman (A), 2-1
    197- Matt Loew (H) dec, Wil Brown (A), 6-5
    285- Paul Snyder (A) maj, Curtis Garner (A), 12-2

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