We had a solid weekend at the CAA Duals. We picked up wins against Drexel (36-6),
Rider (20-12), and Boston (32-12). Joe
Bonaldi and Donnie Vinson went 3-0, while Nick Gwiazdowski,
Justin Lister, and Schiedel all went 2-0.
Overall I felt like we wrestled pretty well in our matches against
Drexel and Boston but we were a little flat against Rider. We pushed the pace in the matches and out
wrestled our opponents overall. However,
I was disappointed to see a lot of passive wrestling out of our conference this
weekend.
Derek Steeley went 2-1 on the weekend in maybe his best
outing of the season. He is in a
position to win all of his matches and was more aggressive this weekend than he
has been of late. It was great to see
him wrestle with a fire under him and moreover wrestling intelligently. He stayed basic and solid for the most part
this weekend and it paid off for him.
His win over McGinley was a good one as he avenged his last loss of the
season last year as McGinley beat him for 3rd place at the CAA
Championships.
Patrick Hunter went 1-2 this weekend. He won his first match by fall with a bar and
ran his opponent over. Then, he started
off against Morris of Rider well until giving up a couple of high-half
tilts. Patrick did not wrestle well on
bottom as he rolled around and sat out instead of getting to his feet. He put himself in those positions and needs
to wrestle smarter on bottom. Then,
Patrick lost in overtime to the #16 ranked Santaite of Boston. He was in the match to win it and we are
looking forward to wrestling him again.
Joe Bonaldi had a great weekend and continues to improve
weekly. He beat the #1 ranked wrestler
in the CAA and nationally ranked Cimato of Drexel in overtime. He stayed solid on his feet with good attacks
and got off bottom. He wrestled smart in
the scramble positions and got the takedown in overtime. He controlled the pace and tempo of the match
against Rider and beat him with a takedown, 3-2. He had a minor injury early in his last match
but fought through it and won 7-4 against the Boston wrestler.
Donnie Vinson dominated all of his opponents this weekend
and looked great. He had two tech falls
and a pin. He completely dominated from
the opening whistle in every match. He
immediately scored takedowns and transitioned to a turn quickly. He is on a different level than any of the
guys who he wrestled this weekend. He
won 19-2 over Drexel in the 2nd period, 18-1 over Rider again in the
second period, and then by fall in the first period against Boston.
Joe Chamish wrestled at 157 pounds against Drexel. He wrestled passively on his feet and did not
create opportunities to score. On bottom
he did not do enough and shut down. He
needs to believe in his ability as this was a very winnable match for him;
instead, he dropped the bout 15-2.
Justin Lister beat the #2 ranked wrestler in the CAA
8-5. Lister took Santiago down and
turned him twice and was dominating the match.
He then shut down and let Santiago score and close the gap. Lister had the opportunity to put him away
but did not take advantage of it. In his
next match, he pinned the Boston wrestler in the first period with the same
move, a ”fire extinguisher”, that Donnie had used in the last bout to pin his
opponent about two minutes prior.
Matt Kaylor had a rough day and did not wrestle as well as
he usually does. He still finished 2-1
on the day. Kaylor took too many bad
shots that were not set-up. He lost his
first bout to top twenty ranked Booth of Drexel. Booth waited for Kaylor to shoot and scored
on Kaylor’s bad shots. In his match
against Brundage, he wrestled a little better and won 12-6 scoring with several
leg attacks. In his final match of the
day, Kaylor beat Wightman of Boston 8-6 after giving up an early takedown. He wore his opponent down and scored three
takedowns in the match.
Caleb Wallace went 2-1 on the day and wrestled well
overall. He dominated Matyas of Drexel
17-5. He wrestled very well on his feet
and exploded through his shots. Then, he
beat Lintner of Rider 8-1. He wrestled
well in all positions as he scored on his feet, on the bottom, and on top. In his third match, he lost to a very solid
Czarnecki of Boston. Czarnecki held him
out and did not let him get on his leg attacks.
Caleb will need to get through his hands and clear the tie to beat him
next time. I thought Caleb looked more
confident this week and will have a good run at the end of the season.
Nate Schiedel picked up two wins in two matches. He pinned Sternlieb of Drexel in the second
period. Nate was dominating throughout
the match before securing the fall when he ran him over with a half and an arm
bar. Then against Morrison of Rider,
Nate scored in every position and completely controlled the match. Nate wrestled well and is wrestling more
relaxed.
Cody Reed had an up and down day. He opened the day with a quality win over #19
Palik of Drexel. He did a nice job
defensively, not letting his opponent score on leg attacks when he got in
deep. In overtime, he secured the
winning takedown on the edge of the mat.
Then, he had a disappointing loss to McNeil of Rider in overtime. The two wrestled a back and forth match and
Cody did not wrestle though some of the positions and it cost him the
match. He received a forfeit against
Boston.
Nick Gwiazdowski was 2-0 on the day. He only wrestled one match as he received a
forfeit from Boston. The match that he
won was a win over #20 Frey of Drexel.
Frey had beaten Nick at the Body Bar 5-2 early in the year. Gwiazdowski is improving and turned that loss
into a 6-2 win. He scored a reversal and
back points in the match. It was a bit
of a revenge match for him as Frey was Nick’s first college loss.
Mike McKeever lost a tough one wrestling up at heavyweight
against Craig of Rider. Mike nearly
scored a takedown in the first but Craig ended up getting a lot of weight on
Mike and scoring the takedown. In the
second period, Mike got rodeout. In the
third, Craig chose top and Mike scored an escape. Craig scored a late takedown and with riding
time it was 1-5.
Dan Riggi led the way for the redshirts at the New York
State Collegiate B Tournament. Riggi
picked up the state title at 133 pounds with a 12-2 major decision, a fall in
0:14, and a fall in the finals in 2:26.
Vin Grella finished 4th, going 3-2 at 157 pounds. Adam Morris and Adam Lepkowsky both went 2-2,
Angelo Bortoluzzi went 1-2, and Brian Conrad went 0-2.
This Sunday, the Bearcats travel to Oklahoma State for a tri-meet with Bucknell.
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