COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. – The Ursinus College men's wrestling team capitalized on bonus points riding to a 40-9 victory over New Jersey City University on Saturday afternoon from the Floy Lewis Bakes Center.
The Bears won the first four matches and carried the momentum throughout the dual meet winning eight of the ten bouts for their first dual meet victory of the season.
"Outstanding performance today by the men's program, we made a statement today," Director of Wrestling
Joe Jamison said. "When I first started coaching here, we had a vision for what our brand of wrestling will look like. And today, for the first time, we saw it throughout the entire lineup. We're missing a few returning starters, but it didn't matter everyone stepped up and I feel like we have arrived."
Senior
Terry Adams opened the meet at 125lbs and put on a takedown clinic for a 17-2 tech fall over NJCU's Blesson Daniel. Adams picked up four takedowns and three near falls as he improved to 8-2 on the season. At 133lbs, freshman
Michael Adams earned an 8-3 decision over NJCU's Lucas Torre after collecting a late takedown in the first period and capitalizing on a reversal late in the third period to push the match score to 8-0.
Senior
Romeo Rodriguez carried the momentum in the 141lb bout earning a 17-2 tech fall at the 6:05 mark. Rodriguez earned the first takedown of the match in the first period after capitalizing on a deep shot near the edge of the match. He pushed his lead to 6-0 with a four-point tilt midway through the first stanza and pushed his lead to ten with a two-on-one tilt later in the period. Leading 10-1 to start the second period, Rodriguez escaped from bottom and a takedown in the third led to the technical fall.
At 149lbs, junior
Dante Monaco trailed 2-1 at the end of the first period but bounced back with a takedown early in the second. The two-point move led to an injury for New Jersey City's Jeff Johnson and resulted in the end of the match. Ursinus led 19-0 in the dual before a forfeit at 157lbs made the score 19-6.
Senior
Shawn Marchesano continued his stellar season at 165lbs earning a pinfall over NJCU's Dallas Sanchez in just 1:43. Marchesano earned a single leg takedown to start the match and after running a tilt for four points he repositioned himself for the pin. Junior
Jackson Brandt followed up with a pinfall at 174lbs over NJCU Jaydin Mahon at the 4:48 mark.
Each team earned decisions at the next two weights as NJCU's Farhan Khan picked up a 6-3 decision at 184lbs over Ursinus'
Nils Updale, but the Bears bounced back at 197 as
Connor Fritsch earned a 5-3 decision. Senior
Gavin Range earned a forfeit at 285lbs to give Ursinus the 40-9 dual-meet victory.
William Schwartz,
Franco Mazza, and
Anthony Cerulli each earned victories in exhibitions matches for the Bears.
The Bears will return to action on Tuesday as they travel to Reading, Pennsylvania for a dual-meet with Alvernia at 4pm.
125
Terry Adams (UC) over Blesson Daniel (NJCU) (TF 17-2 3:42) NJCU 0, UC 5
133
Michael Adams (UC) over Lucas Torre (NJCU) (Dec 8-3) NJCU 0, UC 8
141
Romeo Rodriguez (UC) over Andy Beras (NJCU) (TF 17-2 6:05) NJCU 0, UC 13
149
Dante Monaco (UC) over Jeff Johnson (NJCU) (Inj. 3:47) NJCU 0, UC 19
157 Zach Vera (NJCU) over UC (Forfeit) NJCU 6, UC 19
165
Shawn Marchesano (UC) over Dallas Sanchez (NJCU) (Fall 1:43) NJCU 6, UC 25
174
Jackson Brandt (UC) over Jaydin Mahon (NJCU) (Fall 4:48) NJCU 6, UC 31
184 Farhan Khan (NJCU) over
Nils Updale (UC) (Dec. 6-3) NJCU 9, UC 31
197
Connor Fritsch (UC) over Deren Cercioglu (NJCU) (Dec 5-3) NJCU 9, UC 34
285
Gavin Range (UC) over NJCU (Forfeit) NJCU 9, UC 40
Final Score: New Jersey City University 9, Ursinus 40
Exhibitions:
125
Will Schwartz (UC) over Blesson Daniel (NJCU) (Fall 6:30)
133
Franco Mazza (UC) over George Rivera (NJCU) (Dec. 4-2)
165
Anthony Cerulli (UC) over Zach Vera (NJCU) (Fall 2:52)
