Collegeville, PA… The College of New Jersey wrestling team participated in the annual North/South Duals hosted by Ursinus College on Saturday and had a successful day as they finished the event with record of 3-1.
The ninth-ranked Lions opened the tournament with a pair of victories beating Plymouth State University by the score of 36-3 and then handled Messiah College, 32-9. Those two victories extended the team’s dual-meet winning streak to 19 before falling in their third match of the tournament. TCNJ suffered a 40-3 defeat at the hands of third-ranked University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and bounced back with a 46-0 win over Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Lions are now 7-1 in dual meets this season.
Freshman John Barnett (Oakridge, NJ/Jefferson Twp.) was perfect on the day going 3-0 at 149 pounds for the Lions. Also performing well for the Lions were junior Greg Osgoodby (Waldwick, NJ/Waldwick) at 174, sophomore Dan DiColo (Budd Lake, NJ/Mount Olive) at 157 and freshman Justin Bonitatis (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill East) at 165 as each grappler went 3-1.
One of the bigger wins for the Lions came in their final bout as senior heavyweight Steve Carbone (Cranford, NJ/Cranford) knocked off nationally-ranked Glenn Geesman of MIT by the score of 8-6.
The Lions will face another tough task next weekend competing in the two-day Budd Whitehill National Dual Meet Tournament hosted by Lycoming College.
Match-by-Match Results
#9 TCNJ 36, Plymouth State 3
125: F. Wilkinson (Ply) won by dec 5 -3 over Dan Frank (TCNJ)
133: Ray Sarinelli (TCNJ) won by major dec. 17-3 over Chris Greenwood (Ply)
141: Brian Suozzo (TCNJ) won by dec 7 -5 over Joe McGowen (Ply)
149: John Barnett (TCNJ) won by technical fall: 4:28 over Adam Friend (Ply)
157: Dan DiColo (TCNJ) won by fall 4:53 over Jared Laganas (Ply)
165: Justin Bonitatis (TCNJ) won by technical fall, 5:00 over Mark Watts (Ply)
174: Greg Osgoodby (TCNJ) won by major decision 13-2 over Ryan Schieding (Ply)
184: Mike Denver (TCNJ) won by TB-2, 12-11 over Landon Nelson (Ply)
197: Adam Koziol (TCNJ) won by dec 8 -4 over Rob Phillips (Ply)
285: Steve Carbone (TCNJ) won by dec 5 -1 over Josh Stours (Ply)
#9 TCNJ 32, Messiah 9
125: Dan Hughes (TCNJ) won by major dec 20-9 over A. Clark (Mess)
133: J. Cragg (Mess.) won by fall 1:15 over Ray Sarinelli (TCNJ)
141: Mike Jacoutot Jr. (TCNJ) won by dec 9 -3 over L. Putnam (Mess)
149: C. Gin (Mess) won by dec 2 -0 over Ryan McCabe (TCNJ)
157: Dan DiColo (TCNJ) won by dec 9 -4 over M. Hojnacki (Mess)
165: Justin Bonitatis (TCNJ) won by fall 6:06 over T. Zampel (Mess)
174: Al Wonesh (TCNJ) won by dec 5 -2 over D. Jones (Mess)
184: Greg Osgoodby (TCNJ) won by major dec 9-0 over M. McHugh (Mess)
197: Jim Tomczuk (TCNJ) won by dec 5 -3 over T. Hopkins (Mess)
285: Steve Carbone (TCNJ) won by fall 0:58 over E. Arbiza (Mess)
#3 Wisconsin-La Crosse 40, #9 TCNJ 3
125 – Brandon Music (UWL) won by dec. Dan Hughes (TCNJ), 7-6
133 – Jordan Kolinski (UWL) won by dec. Ray Sarinelli (TCNJ), 7-3
141 – Kevin Barber (UWL) injury def. Mike Jacoutot, Jr (TCNJ)., 1:42
149 – John Barnett (TCNJ) won by dec. Eric Seppelt (UWL), 5-2
157 – Jay Milz (UWL) won by dec. Dan DiColo (TCNJ), 4-3
165 – Tim Palmer (UWL) won by major dec. Justin Bonitatis (TCNJ), 14-4
174 – Josh Chelf (UWL) pin Greg Osgoodby (TCNJ), 2:04
184 – Josh Zabel (UWL) pin Jim Tomczuk (TCNJ), 2:45
197 – Andy Moore (UWL) dec. Joe Bozzomo (TCNJ), 5-1
285 – Dan Laurent (UWL) pin Steve Carbone (TCNJ), 1:06
#9 TCNJ 46, MIT 0
125 – Dan Hughes (TCNJ) dec. Grant Kadokura, 6-1
133 – Dan Frank (TCNJ) dec. Greg Wellman, 3-2
141 – Brian Suozzo (TCNJ) dec. Keynan Tanote, 2-1
149 – John Barnett (TCNJ) forfeit
157 – Dan DiColo (TCNJ) forfeit
165 – Justin Bonitatis (TCNJ) forfeit
174 – Al Wonesh (TCNJ) forfeit
184 – Greg Osgoodby (TCNJ) medical forfeit over Travis Samuel
197 – Joe Bozzomo (TCNJ) major dec. Joe Silverman, 24-10
285 – Steve Carbone (TCNJ) dec. Glenn Geesman, 8-6
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