Binghamton Open: Bearcats capture 3 first-place titles

The Binghamton Open tournament on November 11, 2012 brought a full house of fans, over 15 teams, and 300+ wrestlers from the northeast into Binghamton University's West Gym.  Wrestling took place on seven mats from 9 AM up to early evening.  Binghamton had three wrestlers to make it to the finals, and all three persevered and came out with a win.

Joe Bonaldi at 141 lbs went 5-0 in the tournament, ultimately beating Joe Stanzione of Cornell 6-4 in his final match.  Donnie Vinson at 149 lbs went 5-0 in the tournament, beating out Mac Maldarelli of Lock Haven 17-3 in the final.  Nate Schiedel at 197 lbs went 4-0 in the tournament, with his final win at the score 5-2 against Micah Burak (All-American, ranked #5) of Penn.  

Sophomore heavyweight Tyler Deuel finished in 4th place, going 3-2 in the tournament overall.

Click here to see video footage from the tournament.  Also see our youtube page for more videos from the Open.

2012 Binghamton Open Champions

125 Nashton Garrett (Cornell)

133 Mason Beckman (Lehigh)

141 Joe Bonaldi (Binghamton)

149 Donnie Vinson (Binghamton)

157 Brian Realbuto (FLWC)

165 Ramon Santiago (Rider)

174 Kevin Bailey (Lehigh)

184 Lorenzo Thomas (Penn)

197 Nate Schiedel (Binghamton)

285 Joe Gingrich (Penn State)

The next dual is on Friday, November 16 @ Cornell University, 7PM.

Post by Marissa Sarfati (msarfat1@binghamton.edu)