Prior to the match, Bartrum, Josh Giacolone and Dominick Giacolone (Cato, N.Y./Cato-Meridian) were all honored. Ithaca's other seniors are Ricky Dracup (Southampton, Pa./William Tennent) and Brett Sanko (Lenhartsville, Pa./Hamburg Area).
The 125-pound bout started with a scoreless first period. Cortland's Paul Fields started the second with the advantage, but Ithaca's Jimmy Kaishian (Yorktown Heights, N.Y./Yorktown) got an early reversal. Fields escaped but Kaishian immediately regained control with a takedown and held a 4-1 lead into the third period. Fields got an escape in the third period, but a takedown in the final seconds and riding-time point for Kaishian gave him the 8-2 decision.
The nation's top-ranked wrestler at 133 pounds, Ithaca's Alex Gomez (Brentwood, N.Y./Brentwood), built a 4-1 lead in the first period of his match then got an escape and takedown in the second period to make it 7-1. Gomez yielded two escapes to Cortland's Troy Feniger in exchange for two takedowns to lead 11-3 after two periods. Near-fall points for Gomez to start the third made it 13-3, and after a series of free escapes and takedowns, Alex Gomez (Brentwood, N.Y./Brentwood) won by tech fall 23-8 at 6:51.
In a matchup of highly-rated 141-pounders, Cortland's fourth-ranked Brian Bistis took on Ithaca's Dominick Giacolone (Cato, N.Y./Cato-Meridian), who was ranked as high as fourth earlier in the season before falling out of the rankings due to injury. Bistins scored the lone point of the first two periods on a second-period escape. Giacolone answered with an escape in six seconds to start the third period. Bistis secured a takedown with 30 seconds left in the third period and Giacolone escaped with 8 seconds left. The 3-2 decision win for Bistis got the Red Dragons on the board and made the match score 8-3 in Ithaca's favor.
At 149, a high-scoring first period saw Cortland's top-ranked Bobby Dierna and Ithaca's Eamonn Gaffney (Florham Park, N.J./Seton Hall Prep) tied 4-4 after the first period. Dierna escaped to start the second and added a takedown to lead 7-4. Gaffney's early escape in the third period got him within two, but the nation's number one went on to an 11-6 decision victory.
Cortland's James Ondris led 1-0 over Ithaca's Kevin Collins (Randolph, N.J./Randolph) in the second period and then Collins got an escape after an injury timeout for Ondris. Collins built a 4-1 lead in the third before Ondris got an escape in the final minute, but that was the end of the scoring and Collins won 4-2 to put Ithaca ahead 11-6 in the team scoring.
At 165, Ithaca's Kristopher Schimek (Cherry Creek, N.Y./Pine Valley Central) had a first-period takedown but Cortland's Joe Cataldo got a first-period escape. Cataldo started the second period with the advantage but Schimek escaped early to build his lead to 3-1. A second-period takedown extended Schimek's lead to 5-1. In the third period, Schimek started the third period with the advantage. Schimek scored near-fall points at the end of the period and a riding time point gave him the 8-1 decision win. Schimek, ranked second in the nation at 165, improved his record to 28-2 on the season and has won 21 consecutive matches.
One of the highlight bouts of the evening saw the nation's fifth- and sixth-ranked wrestlers match up at 174 where Cortland's fifth-ranked Lou Puca took on Ithaca's sixth-ranked Carlos Toribio (Brentwood, N.Y./Brentwood). After a scoreless first period, Puca had the advantage in the second and rode out the two-minute period. Puca escaped 13 seconds into the third period to hold a 1-0 lead and significant riding time. Toribio attempted a pair of double-leg takedowns in the last 25 seconds and got the takedown with one second left in the third period. Puca's riding-time point sent the match to overtime at 2-2. One scoreless overtime period was followed by Toribio twisting out from under Puca and nearly managing a reversal, but Puca held on to his foot to ride out the 30 seconds. Puca escaped in 15 seconds in the second tiebreaker period and clinched the 3-2 overtime decision.
In the 184-pound bout, Ithaca's Dan Glinko (Florham Park, N.J./Hanover Park) scored a first-period takedown and second-period reversal to lead 4-2 headed to the third. Cortland's Nick Bellanza got an escape early in the third and a takedown with five seconds left in the period to make it 5-4. The riding time advantage for Glinko sent the bout to overtime. Glinko got in a single-leg takedown attempt that Bellanza defended for a brief while, but the takedown at 45 seconds of overtime gave Glinko the 7-5 sudden-decision victory and put the Bombers ahead 17-9 with two weight classes remaining.
Cortland's Joe Giaramita, ranked third in the nation at 197, got two first-period takedowns against Ithaca's Zach Conner (Islip Terrace, N.Y./Islip) and went on to take a 7-1 lead before Conner got a reversal late in the second period. Giaramita dominated the third period and with the riding time posted a 12-3 major decision to set up the conclusion at heavyweight with Ithaca leading the team score 17-13.
The heavyweight matchup between Ithaca's Shane Bartrum (Oswego, N.Y./Oswego) and Cortland's Lance Moore was scoreless after one period. Moore got an escape to start the second period, but there was no further scoring. Bartrum answered with an escape early in the third period and then got a takedown with 1:05 remaining. Moore escaped with 25 seconds left but Bartrum secured the bout with a takedown in the final 10 seconds and a 5-2 decision win that gave the Bombers a 20-13 dual-match victory.
Results:
125: J. Kaishian (IC) dec. P. Fields (CRT) 8-2
133: #1 A. Gomez (IC) tech fall T. Feniger (CRT) 23-8, 6:51
141: #4 B. Bistis (CRT) dec. D. Giacolone (IC) 3-2
149: #1 B. Dierna (CRT) dec. E. Gaffney (IC) 11-6
157: K.Collins (IC) dec. J. Ondris (CRT) 4-2
165: #2 K. Schimek (IC) dec. J. Cataldo (CRT) 8-1
174: #5 L. Puca (CRT) dec. #6 C. Toribio (IC) 3-2 tb-1
184: D. Glinko (IC) dec. N. Bellanza (CRT) 7-5 ot
197: #3 J. Giaramita (CRT) maj. dec. Z. Conner (IC) 12-3
285: S. Bartrum (IC) dec. L. Moore (CRT) 5-2
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