COLLEGEVILLE, PA. – The Cortland wrestling team finished with a 3-1 record, including a victory over nationally 19th-ranked Stevens Institute, at the North/South Duals, hosted by Ursinus College. The Red Dragons opened with a 19-18 loss to Division II Shippensburg, but bounced back to defeat Camden County College (53-0), Stevens (25-20) and the host Bears (23-14).

Four Red Dragon wrestlers finished the day with three wins apiece over the four dual matches. Freshman Demitreus Henry (Brooklyn/Grand Street Campus) was 3-0 with a pin and a technical fall at 165 and 174 pounds. Sophomore Ryan O'Shea (Levittown/MacArthur) finished 3-0 at 197 pounds, junior Ben Lloyd (Woodbridge, VA/Forest Park) was 3-1 at 125 and 133 pounds, and senior Alex D'Angelo (Thiells/North Rockland) went 3-1 with a major decision at 141 pounds.

Two other Red Dragons earned multiple victories. Sophomore Matt Maquet (Long Beach) was 2-1 with a  major decision at 133 pounds and sophomore Jeremy Pond (Baldwinsville/C.W. Baker) finished 2-2 with a pin at 149 pounds.

Cortland opened with a 12-0 lead over Shippensburg after a Lloyd forfeit win and decisions by Maquet and D'Angelo. Shippensburg won the next four matches, but the Red Dragons answered with decisions by J.P. Puca (Huntington) at 184 and O'Shea at 197 to go up 18-13. The Raiders, however, recorded a pin in the final match to pull out the 19-18 victory.

Cortland's 53-0 win over Camden County featured a pin by Charlie Buckley (Springfield, NJ/Jonathan Dayton) at 174 pounds, a 16-1 technical fall by Henry at 165, decisions by Lloyd at 133 and Matt Norris (Homer) at 157, and six forfeit victories.

In the match against nationally ranked Stevens, Cortland trailed 17-3 after five bouts. Lloyd won 7-4 at 125 before the Ducks earned four straight wins. The Red Dragons clawed back with a 17-9 major decision by Charlie Spada (Long Beach) at 165 and a pin by Henry at 174 to cut the Stevens lead to 17-13. Stevens won at 184 to go up 20-13, but Cortland drew within one on Dylan Dubuque's (East Greenbush/Columbia) pin at 197 and earned a forfeit win by Zach Herbert (Sparta, NJ) at 285 to claim the team victory.

Cortland took control early versus Ursinus with wins in five of the first six matches. Maquet and D'Angelo recorded major decisions at 133 and 141, respectively, and Pond pinned his opponent at 149. Gianno Silba (Newark Valley) and Henry won by decisions at 165 and 174 to give the Red Dragons a 20-4 lead. Ursinus won the next two bouts to close to within 20-11, but O'Shea sealed the win with a 3-1 decision at 197.

Cortland will compete at the Budd Whitehill Duals at Lycoming College in Williamsport, Pa., next Friday and Saturday.


NORTH/SOUTH DUALS – Jan. 5, 2019 – Ursinus College

Shippensburg 19, Cortland 18

125 – Ben Lloyd (CORT) won by forfeit
133 – Matt Maquet (CORT) dec. Jake Downing, 9-8
141 – Alex D'Angelo (CORT) dec. Cole Rush, 7-6
149 – Matt Milbrand (SHIP) dec. Jeremy Pond, 4-2
157 – Drake Brenize (SHIP) major dec. Gianno Silba, 11-1
165 – Adam Martz (SHIP) dec. Charlie Spada, 8-2
174 – Austin Klucker (SHIP) dec. Matt Davis, 8-2
184 – J.P. Puca (CORT) dec. Ryan Narber, 6-2
197 – Ryan O'Shea (CORT) dec. Alexi Castro, 9-3
285 – Derek Berberick (SHIP) pinned Zach Herbert, time n/a

Cortland 53, Camden County College 0

125 – Rick Chastine (CORT) won by forfeit
133 – Ben Lloyd (CORT) dec. David Ott, 5-3
141 – Alex D'Angelo (CORT) won by forfeit
149 – Jeremy Pond (CORT) won by forfeit
157 – Matt Norris (CORT) dec. Devon Eddis, 5-2
165 – Demitreus Henry (CORT) tech. fall Mike Schneider, 4:54 (16-1)
174 – Charlie Buckley (CORT) pinned Alan Miranda, 1:49
184 – Josh Farrar (CORT) won by forfeit
197 – Ryan O'Shea (CORT) won by forfeit
285 – Ben Klei (CORT) won by forfeit

Cortland 25, Stevens Institute 20

125 – Ben Lloyd (CORT) dec. Michael Heck, 7-4
133 – Joey Borai (STEV) dec. Matt Maquet, 4-2
141 – Troy Stanich (STEV) major dec. Alex D'Angelo, 18-5
149 – Brett Kaliner (STEV) pinned Jeremy Pond, 2:18
157 – Dylan Van Sickell (STEV) major dec. Gianno Silba, 12-4
165 – Charlie Spada (CORT) major dec. Jarrett Weir, 17-9
174 – Demitreus Henry (CORT) pinned Michael Derin, 2:00
184 – Michael Dooley (STEV) dec. J.P. Puca, 8-5
197 – Dylan Dubuque (CORT) pinned Matthieu Dupuy, 1:34
285 – Zach Herbert (CORT) won by forfeit

Cortland 23, Ursinus 14

125 – Collin Wickramaratna (URS) major dec. Ben Lloyd, 16-4
133 – Matt Maquet (CORT) major dec. Brandon Miller, 14-2
141 – Alex D'Angelo (CORT) major dec. Kyle Seibert, 11-3
149 – Jeremy Pond (CORT) pinned Patrick Rowe, 4:58
157 – Gianno Silba (CORT) dec. Noah Supsic, 11-6
165 – Demitreus Henry (CORT) dec. Zachary Goranson, 6-2
174 – Gary Nagle (URS) major dec. Charlie Buckley, 8-0
184 – Anthony Cutrufello (URS) dec. Josh Farrar, 3-1
197 – Ryan O'Shea (CORT) dec. Kyle Schaffer, 3-1
285 – William McGinley (URS) dec. Ben Klei, 7-1

Cortland Exhibition Matches:

125 – Rick Chastine pinned Nic Savo (Muhlenberg), time n/a
141 – Dustin Harris tech. fall Alex Helpin (Muhlenberg), 2:22 (16-1)
149 – Joseph Schneider (Stevens) dec. Matt Norris, 5-0
165 – Abner Thompson (Shippensburg) dec. Brett Platt, 7-3
165 – Brett Platt dec. Nick Cope (Muhlenberg), 6-2
197 – Cam Wasson (Muhlenberg) tech. fall. Jake Eich, 16-0 (time n/a)
285 – Ben Klei major dec. Ramiro Osuna (Muhlenberg), 10-0
285 – Sean Dall dec. Zebulin Pfeiffer (Ursinus), 5-2

Other Match Scores:

Ursinus 28, Rhode Island College 16
Messiah 28, Stevens Institute 17
Muhlenberg 34, Elizabethtown 10
Penn College 42, Camden County 12
Wilkes 18, Southern Maine 17
Shippensburg 27, Penn College 12
Ursinus 24, Elizabethtown 23
Wilkes 27, Stevens Institute 24
Muhlenberg 31, Rhode Island College 15
Messiah 24, Southern Maine 19
Messiah 26, Wilkes 16
Ursinus 21, Southern Maine 14
Elizabethtown 31, Rhode Island College 12
Shippensburg 51, Camden County 0
Muhlenberg 35, Penn College 16
Messiah 46, Rhode Island College 6
Penn College 34, Elizabethtown 21
Wilkes 54, Camden County 0
Muhlenberg 24, Shippensburg 17
Stevens Institute 27, Southern Maine 22

Final Team Records:

4-0:  Messiah, Muhlenberg
3-1:  Cortland, Shippensburg, Ursinus, Wilkes
2-2:  Penn College
1-3:  Stevens Inst., Elizabethtown
0-4:  Camden County, Rhode Island College, Southern Maine