The Pride, 4-4 overall and 2-1 in the EIWA, defeated the Black Knights of Army, 23-16 in the opener and the Terriers of Boston University, 35-6 in the second contest.
In the opener against Army, Hofstra raced to a 16-0 lead as Hudson posted an 11-3 major win over Logan Everett at 133, Vaith pinned Tyler Rauenzahn in 5:15 for his fourth pin of the season at 141 and senior Jamie Franco, at 125, and junior Cody Ruggirello, at 149, posted decisions to give the Pride the nice advantage.
After BU’s Paul Hancock majored junior Nick Terdick at 157 and Hofstra graduate-student Joe Booth, ranked 11th by InterMat, majored Cole Gracey at 165, the Terriers grabbed the next three matches, including a Ryan Tompkins win by fall over Pride sophomore Victor Pozsonyi at 184, to close to within four at 20-16 heading into the match finale at 285. But Hofstra freshman Michael Hughes secured the victory with a 6-4 decision over Bryce Barnes to close out the 23-16 victory. Army is 2-2 overall and 1-2 in the EIWA this season.
In the second match against Boston University-a program that will be coming to an end at the conclusion of the season-the Pride won eight of the 10 weight classes to cruise to the easy victory. Hofstra opened up with three bonus-point victories as Franco (9-3) posted a fall over Bubba McGinley at the 3:20 mark of the 125-pound match, Hudson (10-3) pinned Dane Harlow at the 1:27 mark at 133, and Vaith 11-1 and ranked 10th by InterMat, tallied an 8-0 major decision over Tyler Scotton at 141. Ruggirello (9-3) added a 7-0 victory over Nick Tourville at 149 for a 19-0 lead.
Boston’s Nestor Taffur, ranked 13th by InterMat, put the Terriers on the board with a 4-2 victory over Terdick (7-5) in a hard-fought fight. But the Pride posted three consecutive decisions by Booth (12-1), Affronti (6-6), and freshman Dwight Howes (3-4) and a win by forfeit by junior Zeal McGrew (6-7) to boost the lead to 35-3. Terrier Kevin Innis defeated Hughes (6-8) at 285 to close out the match. Boston University is 0-3 overall and 0-3 in the EIWA.
Hofstra will return to action next Friday and Saturday, December 6-7 when they compete in the Cliff Keen-Las Vegas Invitational at the Last Vegas Convention Center.
Hofstra 23, Army 16
125- Jamie Franco (H) dec. Hunter Wood (A), 3-1
133- Jamel Hudson (H) maj. dec. Logan Everett (A), 11-3
141- Luke Vaith (H) WBF Tyler Rauenzahn (A), 5:14
149- Cody Ruggirello (H) dec. Mark Marchetti (A), 4-0
157- Paul Hancock (A) maj. dec. Nick Terdick (H), 15-6
165- Joe Booth (H) maj. dec. Cole Gracey (A), 14-4
174- Alex Smith (A) dec. Frank Affronti (H), 3-1
184- Ryan Tompkins (A) WBF Victor Pozsonyi (H), 0:50
197- Austin Wilding (A) dec. David Heitman (H), 8-4
285- Mike Hughes (H) dec. Bryce Barnes (A), 6-4
Hofstra 35, Boston University 6
125- Jamie Franco (H) WBF Bubba McGinley (B), 3:20
133- Jamel Hudson (H) WBF Dane Harlowe (B), 1:27
141- Luke Vaith (H) maj. dec. Tyler Scotton (B), 8-0
149- Cody Ruggirello (H) dec. Nick Tourville (B), 7-0
157- #13 Nestor Taffur (B) dec. Nick Terdick (H), 4-2
165- Joe Booth (H) dec. Mitchell Wightman (B), 4-1
174- Frank Affronti (H) maj. dec. Andrew Maksimovic (B), 9-0
184- Dwight Howes (H) dec. Aaron Conrad (B), 5-2
197- Zeal McGrew (H) win by forfeit
285- Kevin Innis (B) dec. Mike Hughes (H), 3-1
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