Cedar Rapids, Iowa…A pair of wrestlers from The College of New Jersey remain alive at the 2008 NCAA Division III Championships as freshman Justin Bonitatis (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill East) and junior Greg Osgoodby (Waldwick, NJ/Waldwick) each moved into the quarterfinals of the consolation bracket on Friday.
The NCAA Championships, which are being held in Cedar Rapids, Iowa with Coe College, Cornell College and the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference serving as the hosts, will conclude on Saturday.
The top eight place winners in each weight class will earn All-American honors.
Bonitatis earned a win in his first career NCAA Tournament bout at 165 as he knocked off on fifth-seeded Shaheim Bradshaw from SUNY Brockport, 5-4. In his second match, Bonitatis faced another seeded wrestler, this time fourth-seeded Benjamin Hoover of Maranatha Baptist. Hoover pulled out an 8-7 decision putting Bonitatis in the consolation bracket. The Lion freshman got back on the winning track defeating Patrick Stanley from Johns Hopkins, 10-5. He will begin the second day of competition taking on third-seeded Gino Russo of Baldwin Wallace.
At 174 pounds, Osgoodby opened the tournament against fifth-seeded Brandon MacWhinnie from Stevens Institute of Technology, but lost by the count of 10-3. He bounced back in the consolation bracket as he pinned Augsburg\’s George Lynaugh in 2:44. In his next match, Osgoodby got past David Priest from Ithaca College by the score of 11-6 setting up his first match on Saturday against Kyle Kehrli of Cornell College.
Senior Ray Sarinelli (Rockaway, NJ/Morris Hills) opened the tournament at 133 pounds with a 6-2 decision over Luther College\’s Zac Bartlett, but then fell to David Morgan from King\’s College 9-3. Morgan is the defending national champion and seeded second in the weight class. The loss dropped Sarinelli, the seventh seed, into the consolation bracket where he fell to eighth-seeded Jestin Hulegaard of Buena Vista, 7-4.
Sarinelli finished the season with a record 28-7 and concluded his standout career at TCNJ at 90-28 and a two-time NCAA qualifier.
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