ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Nationally 16th-ranked Cortland won five straight matches to erase an early 7-0 deficit and the Red Dragons defeated host Rochester Institute of Technology, 31-10, in a dual match between Empire Collegiate Wrestling Conference foes.

Cortland, now 5-1 on the season, started its run with a pin by freshman Brian Bistis (Whitehouse Station, NJ/Hunterdon Central) at 141 pounds. Junior John Cataldo's (Wantagh/MacArthur) 5-3 decision at 149 pounds gave the Red Dragons a 9-7 lead and a 11-2 major decision by freshman James Ondris (Massapequa Park/Massapequa) at 157 pounds extended the score to 13-7.

Sophomore Jonathan Conroy (South Plainfield, NJ), ranked eighth nationally in Div. III at 165 pounds, earned a 6-3 victory and freshman William Maldonado (Mastic Beach/William Floyd) pinned his opponent in 6:08 at 174 pounds.

Cortland's other two victories were a pin in 1:55 at 197 pounds by nationally fourth-ranked sophomore Jared Myhrberg (Queensbury) and a 5-0 decision by sophomore Corey James (Kingston) at 285 pounds.

James improved to 15-1 and Conroy is now 15-2 on the season with their victories. Myhrberg is 11-1 with five pins, Bistis is 13-4 with seven pins and Maldonado is 12-5 with five pins.

RIT (0-4) was led by Mike McInally, the second-ranked wrestler nationally at 133 pounds. He won by a 15-4 major decision. Shin Wakabayashi earned a 6-1 victory at 125 pounds and Tyler Brent won 6-4 at 184 pounds for the Tigers.

Cortland 31, RIT 10

125 - Shin Wakabayashi (RIT) dec. John Zastempowski, 6-1
133 - Mike McInally (RIT) major dec. Sean Kempf, 15-4
141 - Brian Bistis (CORT) pinned Joe Beaumont, 1:47
149 - John Cataldo (CORT) dec. Kyle Hoffer, 5-3
157 - James Ondris (CORT) major dec. Andres Ulloa, 11-2
165 - Jonathan Conroy (CORT) dec. Sean Sercu, 6-3
174 - William Maldonado (CORT) pinned Collin Doane, 6:08
184 - Tyler Brent (RIT) dec. Chris Brown, 6-4
197 - Jared Myhrberg (CORT) pinned Dave Sickler, 1:55
285 - Corey James (CORT) dec. Tim Thurnau, 5-0

(No exhibition matches)

Records after match: Cortland (Red Dragons) 5-1 (ranked 16th in Div. III); RIT (Tigers) 0-4