GARDEN CITY, N.Y. – Junior Joe Giaramita (Elwood/John H. Glenn) and senior Lance Moore (Johnson City) won the final two matches as nationally 28th-ranked Cortland rallied to defeat host Nassau Community College, 21-16, in a dual match.

The Red Dragons (8-3) trailed 16-12 before Giaramita pinned his opponent at 197 pounds in 6:18 to put Cortland ahead 18-16. Moore then won the decisive match at 285 pounds by a 10-4 decision. Giaramita, ranked third nationally in Div. III, improved to 21-1 with his win. Moore, ranked 10th in his weight class, is now 21-5.

Cortland opened with a 4-3 decision by sophomore Mat Bradice (Mastic/William Floyd) at 125 pounds. Nassau won the next two bouts before freshman Greg Chery (Ronkonkoma/Connetquot) earned a 5-2 overtime win at 149 pounds. The Lions won three of the next three matches, with Cortland's lone victory in that stretch a Colin Barber (Westfield, NJ) forfeit win at 165 pounds.

Cortland also wrestled five matches against Sullivan County Community College that were officially designated as "exhibitions." The Red Dragons won four of them – pins by Barber at 165 and Nick Bellanza (East Northport/John H. Glenn) at 285 and decisions by Paul Fields (New City/Clarkstown North) at 133 and Gino Gioielli (Brewster) at 184. Those matches do count toward individual season records, and Barber is now 31-10 with his two victories during the day.

Cortland will send competitors to the Messiah Open on Saturday, Feb. 7, and will host Oswego on Sunday, Feb. 8 at 1 p.m. The Oswego match is part of Cortland's first "Beauty and the Beast" event in which the Red Dragon wrestling and women's gymnastics teams will be competing simultaneously in Corey Gymnasium.

Cortland 21, Nassau CC 16

125 – Mat Bradice (CORT) dec. Charles Weiss, 4-3
133 – Joe Russ (NASS) dec. Chris Fantauzzo, 7-0
141 – Mark West (NASS) dec. Adrian Berry, 9-3
149 – Greg Chery (CORT) dec. Thomas McLaughlin, 5-2 (ot)
157 – Sam Schwartzapfel (NASS) major dec. Casey LaNave, 15-3
165 – Colin Barber (CORT) won by forfeit
174 – Zakaria Small (NASS) dec. Brian Vutianitis, 9-4
184 – Giovanni Santiago (NASS) dec. Brian Bulger, 4-1
197 – Joe Giaramita (CORT) pinned Darrien Reilly, 6:18
285 – Lance Moore (CORT) dec. Jenard Rosemond, 10-4

Cortland record after match: 8-3

Cortland Exhibitions vs. Sullivan County Community College

133 - Paul Fields (CORT) dec. Dylan Booth, 7-5
141 – Rachard Dennison (SULL) pinned Jarrod Mauge, 1:24
165 – Colin Barber (CORT) pinned Johnny Grandon, 3:42
184 – Gino Gioielli (CORT) dec. Deon Edmond, 4-1
285 – Nick Bellanza (CORT) pinned Jonathan Cirino, 0:44