The SUNY Brockport wrestling team went 2-0 in two duals on Senior Day at the Jim & John Vlogianitis Gymnasium Saturday. The Golden Eagles topped Pennsylvania College of Technology 43-6 and came back with a 37-9 win over Alfred State. Prior to the start of the Alfred dual, Brockport celebrated its graduating senior class:
Joe Benedict,
Richard Knapp and
Zack Brown.
Brockport improved its dual meet record to 4-1 on the season and the Golden Eagles return to the mat on February 26
th and 27
th at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania for the NCAA Mideast Regionals.
Richard Knapp now has 22 wins on the year headed into regionals, while
Marquis Larmond boasts a 17-9 record.
Matt Caccamise went 2-0 on the day and is now 15-3 and
Chris Eames also picked up two wins and improved his record to 16-6.
Brockport 43, Penn Tech. 6 – Final
Brockport lost just one match in a dominating victory over Penn Tech.
Matt Caccamise (125) kicked things off with a 9-4 decision victory over Ryan Berstler.
Elijah Sims then earned a tech. fall victory (17-1, 5:23) and
Marquis Larmond won a 4-2 decision in the 149 pound weight class.
Sam Grey won via tech fall (15-0, 4:24) at 157 and
Matthew Kline earned an 8-2 decision win over Logan Ledebohm at 165. Christopher Eames and
Nick Franco put Brockport's first dual to bed with two consecutive fall victories in the 184 pound and 197 pound weight classes.
125:
Matt Caccamise (BROCK) over Ryan Berstler (PENN) (Dec 9-4)
133: Patrick Snoke (PENN) over
Zach Levey (BROCK) (Fall 2:41)
141:
Elijah Sims (BROCK) over Noah Hunt (PENN) (TF 17-1 5:23)
149:
Marquis Larmond (BROCK) over Colin Jens (PENN) (Dec 4-2)
157:
Sam Grey (BROCK) over Anton Esterbrook (PENN) (TF 15-0 4:24)
165:
Matthew Kline (BROCK) over Logan Ledebohm (PENN) (Dec 8-2)
174:
Jared Zenie (BROCK) over (PENN) (For.)
184:
Chris Eames (BROCK) over Patrick Chesanek (PENN) (Fall 1:43)
197:
Nick Franco (BROCK) over Gabriel Kennedy-Citeroni (PENN) (Fall 3:45)
285:
Richard Knapp (BROCK) over (PENN) (For.)
Brockport 37, Alfred 9 – Final
Caccamise made quick work of his second match of the day, pinning Alfred's Brendon Tanner in just 1:26 in the 125 pound weight class.
Elijah Sims won an 8-2 decision at 141 and
Marquis Larmond battled to a 7-5 victory at 149.
Sam Grey pinned his opponent in just 45 seconds in the 157 pound weight class and
Matthew Kline earned a late takedown to pick up a tight 7-6 victory at 165.
Eames kept his record perfect on the day with a 12-0 major decision victory at 184 and
Richard Knapp pinned Alfred's Tyler Pelech in just under five minutes to earn the victory at 285.
125:
Matt Caccamise (BROCK) over Brendon Tanner (ALFR) (Fall 1:26)
133:
Zach Levey (BROCK) over (ALFR) (For.)
141:
Elijah Sims (BROCK) over Sean Peterson (ALFR) (Dec 8-2)
149:
Marquis Larmond (BROCK) over Anthony Miraglia (ALFR) (Dec 7-5)
157:
Sam Grey (BROCK) over Ben Trautwein (ALFR) (Fall 0:45)
165:
Matthew Kline (BROCK) over Sean Malenfant (ALFR) (Dec 7-6)
174: Mike Galton (ALFR) over
Jared Zenie (BROCK) (Fall 3:17)
184:
Chris Eames (BROCK) over Tyler Pelech (ALFR) (MD 12-0)
197: Blake Ilges (ALFR) over
Nick Franco (BROCK) (Dec 8-3)
285:
Richard Knapp (BROCK) over Nick Barrett (ALFR) (Fall 4:59)