Cortland wrestling seniors Kevin Morgans (left), Dustin Harris (second from right) and Ben Lloyd (right) with head coach Brad Bruhn
CORTLAND, N.Y. – Cortland recorded two pins, a major decision and five forfeits among its nine wins and the Red Dragons defeated visiting Keystone College, 50-3, in the final home dual match of the season.
Ben Lloyd (Woodbridge, VA/Forest Park) opened the match for Cortland (7-7) with a pin in just 17 seconds at 125 pounds.
Jeremy Pond (Baldwinsville/C.W. Baker) registered a pin in 59 seconds at 141 pounds, followed by
Cahal Donovan's (Marietta/Marcellus) 14-9 decision at 149 pounds after trailing 6-0 less than a minute into the match.
Demitreus Henry (Brooklyn/Grand Street Campus) won by a 16-1 technical fall with five seconds left in the first period at 174 pounds.
Cortland's forfeit victories were by
Rick Chastine (Endicott/Union-Endicott) at 133,
Ben Bivar (Noblesville, IN/Bainbridge-Guilford (NY)) at 157,
Roman Jellick (Johnson City/Maine-Endwell) at 184,
Odean Gray (Brooklyn/Grand Street Campus) at 197 and
Zach Herbert (Sparta, NJ) at 285.
Keystone (1-9), coached by former Cortland wrestler Lance Moore '15, picked up its points when James Geiger won 5-1 at 165 pounds.
Following the dual, Cortland notched three exhibition wins that count individually but not toward the team score. Chastine registered a pin in 22 seconds,
Chandler Merwin (Walton) won by pin in 42 seconds, and Jellick earned a pin 27 seconds into the second period.
Prior to the match, Cortland honored its three seniors in their final season with the program – Lloyd,
Dustin Harris (Syracuse/Solvay) and
Kevin Morgans (Liberty).
Cortland will travel to Oswego for a dual match on Saturday at 11 a.m.
Cortland 50, Keystone 3
125 -
Ben Lloyd (CORT) pinned Clayton Shaw, 0:17
133 -
Rick Chastine (CORT) won by forfeit
141 -
Jeremy Pond (CORT) pinned Ethan Harvey, 0:59
149 -
Cahal Donovan (CORT) dec. Colby Bronzburg, 14-9
157 -
Ben Bivar (CORT) won by forfeit
165 - James Geiger (KEY) dec.
Charlie Buckley, 5-1
174 -
Demitreus Henry (CORT) tech. fall Jonathan Grimm, 2:55 (16-1)
184 -
Roman Jellick (CORT) won by forfeit
197 -
Odean Gray (CORT) won by forfeit
285 -
Zach Herbert (CORT) won by forfeit
Exhibitions:
125 -
Rick Chastine (CORT) pinned Clayton Shaw, 0:22
149 -
Chandler Merwin (CORT) pinned Ethan Harvey, 0:42
184 -
Roman Jellick (CORT) pinned Jonathan Grimm, 3:27
Records after match: Cortland (Red Dragons) 7-7, Keystone (Giants) 1-9