The victory was Hofstra’s fifth consecutive dual match win and the 10th in the last 11th outings as the Pride close out their dual match season with a 14-4-1 mark. The Black Knights of Army fall to 7-9.
The Pride jumped out to a 10-0 lead behind back-to-back tech falls from Bonanno and Ruggirello. Bonanno (22-10) downed junior Travis Coffey, 18-3 at 125 pounds for his fifth straight win. Ruggirello (26-3) followed with a 16-0 tech fall over sophomore Jordan Thome at 133 for his 12th consecutive victory.
Army senior Casey Thome put the Black Knights on the board with a 4-1 decision over junior Vince Varela (18-12) at 141 pounds to cut the deficit to 10-3. Hofstra red-shirt freshman Zach Clemente (14-12) posted a late third period rally with a takedown and a two-point nearfall to notch a 6-4 win over sophomore Daniel Young at 149 pounds. At 157, Army junior James Rafferty tallied a 6-2 decision over Pride sophomore Tyler Banks (18-15) before Hofstra junior P.J. Gillespie (24-6) recorded a 13-3 major decision over Army senior Jake Vetter at 165 pounds for a 17-6 lead in the match. Army sophomore Collin Wittmeyer notched a 11-2 major decision over Pride sophomore Matt Spataro (7-16), who was wrestling up two classes, at 174 pounds to close the deficit to 17-10.
But the Pride finished with three consecutive wins as junior Ben Clymer (18-8) rallied back from a first period nearfall to post an 8-5 victory over freshman Wil Brown at 184 pounds. Freshman Matt Loew (13-21) recorded his fifth straight win with an 8-1 decision over Army junior Daniel Mills at 197 pounds. Hofstra sophomore Paul Snyder (22-14) closed out the match with a 6-1 victory over junior Orion Ross at 285 pounds for the final 26-10 margin.
The Pride will now prepare for the 2011 CAA Wrestling Championships at Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey on Friday-Saturday, March 4-5.
Results:
125 Steve Bonanno (Hofstra ) TF5 Travis Coffey (Army) 18 - 3 (6:54)
133 Lou Ruggirello (Hofstra ) TF5 ordan Thome (Army) 16 - 0 (5:00)
141 Casey Thome (Army) DEC Vicente Varela (Hofstra ) 4 - 1
149 Zach Clemente (Hofstra ) DEC Daniel Young (Army) 6 - 4
157 James Rafferty (Army) DEC Tyler Banks (Hofstra ) 6 - 2
165 Paul Gillespie (Hofstra ) MD Jacob Vetter (Army) 13 - 3
174 Collin Wittmeyer (Army) MD Matt Spataro (Hofstra ) 11 - 2
184 Ben Clymer (Hofstra ) DEC Wil Brown (Army) 8 - 5
197 Matt Loew (Hofstra ) DEC Daniel Mills (Army) 8 - 1
285 Paul Snyder (Hofstra ) DEC Ross, Orion (Army) 6 - 1
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