The 13th-ranked Tomasette (27-6) opened the match with a bang, jumping on freshman Mitch Berger early and pinning the Lehigh freshman in 2:01. It is Tomasette's second win by fall this season. Sophomore Lou Ruggirello boosted the Hofstra lead to 9-0 with a 6-1 victory over sophomore Seth Ciasulli at 133 pounds. The sixth-ranked Ruggirello, who escaped two scary moments in the early going, improved to 29-5 on the year. Senior Charles Griffin made it three-in-a-row with an 11-5 victory over senior Jeff Santo. Griffin (28-3), who is ranked fifth at 141 pounds, had to settle of a three-point team win after Santo pulled out a late reversal.
Lehigh got on the scoreboard at 149 as junior Trevor Chinn jumped on Pride freshman Jeff Rotella for a 21-6 tech fall to close the deficit to 12-3. But Hofstra sophomore Jonny Bonilla-Bowman pulled out a takedown in the final 30 seconds of his 157-pound match to post a 4-3 decision over senior Dave Nakasone. Bonilla-Bowman improved to 13-11 on the season.
Redshirt freshman Ryan Patrovich improved to 16-10 with a 4-1 decision over sophomore Mike Galante at 165 pounds. In the only top 20 match of the night Hofstra's sixth-ranked junior Alton Lucas hung on for a 5-3 decision over Lehigh's 20th-ranked freshman Alex Caruso at 174. Lucas improved to 21-3 on the season. At 184 pounds, Lehigh notched its second win of the night as sophomore Manuel Schubert posted a 6-4 decision over Justin Danz (8-18).
Pride senior Joe Rovelli tallied Hofstra's last win of the night with a 14-3 major decision over sophomore Alex Iacocca at 197 pounds. Rovelli, the eighth-ranked wrestler in the country, boosted his record to 22-3. In the final match of the night Lehigh sophomore Justin Allen was able to tie the match at 2-all at the end of regulation by posting a riding time point after riding out Tom Daddino in the third period, and then posted a takedown 42 seconds into sudden victory for a 4-2 decision.
The Pride return to action on Tuesday, February 12 when they host the Dragons of Drexel University at the David S. Mack Sports Complex at 7 p.m.
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