In the opening match of the competition, NYU outlasted Scranton in a back and forth contest, earning 14 points in the final three bouts to take a 27-13 win.
Clinching the win for NYU was senior Michael Cunningham, who earned a 9-0 majority decision victory over Nicholas Genovese at 197 pounds.
Also earning wins for NYU were seniors Sean Connors and Elliot Smith. Connors defeated Frank Siclari, 10-4, at 165 pounds and, in an exhibition match, senior 157-pounder Elliot Smith topped Steve Glickman, 3-2.
In the second match of the afternoon, Morrisville defeated Scranton, 38-6.
Following the conclusion of that match, NYU’s four seniors were recognized and presented with plaques commemorating their careers. Joining Cunningham, Connors, and Smith in being recognized was senior captain Kyle Christensen, who will likely miss the rest of the season due to injury.
“It’s very unfortunate that Kyle’s time with us is coming to an end, but he’s had a great career here,” said NYU assistant coach Corey Luce.
After the ceremony, NYU and Morrisville waged a very competitive battle that came down to the final match. With NYU leading 20-14, Jamie Myers squared off with Morrisville heavyweight Sam O’Donnell, who needed a pin to force a tie. Battling a bloody nose that required a large bandage, Myers withstood an early offensive from the much larger O’Donnell and ultimately earned a thrilling victory by pin midway through the second period.
“Myers doesn’t surprise us anymore,” said NYU assistant coach Corey Luce. “He’s been very good for us. The second half of the season he’s really turned it on. He’s been wrestling incredibly well and we expect to see good things from him next week at the Metropolitan Championships. He’s also a great teammate for our guys.”
Earlier at 165 pounds, Connors won his second match of the day, besting Spencer Brady, 9-5, and at 197 pounds, Cunningham once again stepped forward with a big win for NYU, defeating Henry Petry in overtime, 3-1. At 157 pounds, Smith dropped a close 6-4 decision to Nate Cross.
“It was really good for us to have all of our seniors win a match on Senior Day,” said Luce. “Smith wrestled the best matches I’ve seen him wrestle all season long. He came up a little short in his second match, but he wrestled great. And it was really good to see Cunningham be put into a position where his team needed him and for him to come up big. .And Connors just wrestled two terrific matches.”
Though it was a day for the seniors, freshman Gabriel Gleason made a splash with his dominating 15-0 victory over Goodson Phillippe at 149 pounds. Earlier against Scranton, Gleason shut out Tom Manning, 10-0.
“Gleason is really playing to his strengths,” said Luce. “He’s very tough on top and a very strong leg rider. He used those strengths today and came out on top.”
Saturday was the final tune-up for NYU before competing in one of its most important events of the season, the Metropolitan Championships, which will be held Sunday, Feb. 21 at The College of New Jersey.
“All next week is very important for our preparation for this tournament,” said Luce. “We have a week to get these guys ready and everything has to be perfect. We have a lot of things to improve on, but we will put our best team that we can out there.
NYU 27, Scranton 13
Exhib 141 – Clement Bommier (N) tech. fall Adam Gault (S), 15-0
Exhib 149 – Chris Amro (N) dec. James Roth (S), 9-6
Exhib 157 – Elliot Smith (N) dec. Steve Glickman (S), 3-2
125 – Michael Murcia (S) dec. Adlee Fayyaz (N), 9-7 OT (S 3-0)
133 – Vincent Signoriello (S) dec. Steve Contino (N), 8-2 (S 6-0)
141 – Gregg Martino (N) fall Andrew Greco (S), 4:25 (6-6)
149 – Gabe Gleason (N) maj. dec. Tom Manning (S), 10-0 (N 10-6)
157 – Michael Guenther (S) maj. dec. James Cariddi (N), 12-4 (10-10)
165 – Sean Connors (N) dec. Frank Siclari (S), 10-4 (N 13-10)
174 – Matthew Terry (S) dec. Steve Massey (N) , 6-4 (13-13)
184 – Sabino Galassi (N) maj. dec. Kevin Digiulo (S), 10-2 (N 17-13)
197 – Michael Cunningham (N) maj. dec. Nicholas Genovese (S), 9-0 (N 21-13)
HVY – Jamie Myers (N) fall Dave Domonkos (S), 2:22 (N 27-13)
Morrisville 38, Scranton 6
125 – Justin Delamothe (M) dec. Murcia (S), 10-5 (M 3-0)
133 – Signoriello (S) fall Akinniran Akinfemi (M), 4:25 (S 6-3)
141 – Brian Latham (M) fall Greco (S), 2:55 (M 9-6)
149 – Goodson Phillippe (M) dec. Manning (S), 11-5 (M 12-6)
157 – Spencer Brady (M) dec. Guenther (S), 3-2 (M 15-6)
165 – Nate Cross (M) maj. dec. Siclari (S), 12-2 (M 19-6)
174 – Zach McCutcheon (M) dec. Terry (S), 3-1 (M 22-6)
184 – Wheeler Brunschmid (M) fall Digiulo (S), 1:02 (M 28-6)
197 – Henry Petry (M) maj. dec. Genovese (S), 10-1 (M 32-6)
HVY – Sam O’Donnell (M) fall Domonkos (S), 00:36 (M 38-6)
NYU 26, Morrisville 14
125 – Delamothe (M) tech fall Fayyaz (N), 19-2 (M 5-0)
133 – Contino (N) fall Afinfemi (M), 1:08 (N 6-5)
141 – Latham (M) dec. Bommier (N), 10-5 (M 8-6)
149 – Gleason (N) tech fall Phillippe (M) 15-0 (N 11-8)
157 – Cross (M) dec. Cariddi (N), 6-4 (11-11)
165 – Connors (N) dec. Brady (M), 9-5 (N 14-11)
174 – Massey (N) dec. McCutcheon (M), 5-4 (N 17-11)
184 – Brunschmid (M) dec. Galassi (N), 8-7 (N 17-14)
197 – Cunningham (N) dec. Petry (M), 3-1 OT (N 20-14)
HVY –Myers (N) fall O’Donnell (M), (26-14)
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