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#13 Cortland Blanks Visiting RIT, 50-0

Joe Murphy pinned his opponent in 42 seconds in the day's final match
CORTLAND, N.Y. – Cortland won all 10 matches, including four by pin and two by technical fall, and the nationally 13th-ranked Red Dragons stayed unbeaten in dual-match action with a 50-0 shutout over visiting RIT.

Cortland (6-0) posted pins by freshman Sean Kempf (Wantagh/MacArthur) at 125 pounds, junior Joey Widrick (Castorland/Beaver River) at 141 pounds, junior Cory Mahoney (Canandaigua/Canandaigua Academy) at 157 pounds and senior and nationally 10th-ranked Joe Murphy (St. James/Smithtown) at heavyweight. Freshman 133-pounder Mike Walker (Uniondale) and junior 149-pounder Stephen Perez (Bronx/Francis Lewis) each won by more than 15-point margins for technical falls.

The closest match of the day came at 197 pounds where sophomore Carl Korpi (Miller Place), ranked seventh nationally, recorded a takedown with seven seconds left to edge RIT's Stephan Avorkliya (Charlotte, NC/East Mecklenburg), 4-3.

Senior Mike Ciaburri (Palmyra/Palmyra-Macedon), ranked ninth nationally at 174 pounds, posted a 14-4 major decision. Freshman Jared Myhrberg (Queensbury) won 9-2 at 184 pounds and senior Will Brodfuehrer (Canastota) won by injury default three minutes into his match at 165 pounds after leading 4-1.

Cortland is next scheduled to compete Jan. 9 at the North/South Duals, hosted by Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pa.

Cortland 50, RIT 0

125 – Sean Kempf (CORT) pinned Shin Wakabayashi, 1:21
133 – Mike Walker (CORT) tech. fall Adam Wallander, 5:39 (17-1)
141 – Joey Widrick (CORT) pinned Tim Banks, 5:33
149 – Stephen Perez (CORT) tech. fall Dominique Graham, 5:09 (23-6)
157 – Cory Mahoney (CORT) pinned Edgar Vizcarra, 2:26
165 – Will Brodfuehrer won by injury default vs. Jason Wake, 3:00
174 – Mike Ciaburri (CORT) major dec. Ben Johnstone, 14-4
184 – Jared Myhrberg (CORT) dec. Dakota Tiger, 9-2
197 – Carl Korpi (CORT) dec. Stephan Avorkliya, 4-3
HWT – Joe Murphy (CORT) pinned Angelo Montante, 0:42

Records after match: Cortland (Red Dragons) 6-0 (ranked 13th in Div. III); RIT (Tigers) 0-4

Exhibition Matches:
Matt Martone (CORT) pinned Kyle Travers, 0:39
Will Parks (CORT) dec. Tyler Brent, 5-1
Jared Lemke (CORT) pinned Chris Keeler, 3:38
John Cataldo (CORT) pinned Griffin O'Connor, 2:15
Kevin Sackett (CORT) pinned Greg Morton, 1:31
Jon Conroy (CORT) pinned Zach Feador, 2:37
Ian Clark (CORT) tech. fall Somara Atkinson, 2:15 (16-0)
Matt Martone (CORT) dec. Joe Beaumont, 9-3
Tyler Brent (RIT) dec. Alex Meyers, 5-0
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