Ithaca College takes third at Empires SOURCE: web.archive.org February 21, 2004
Empire Conference Wrestling Championships
February 21, 2004; Rochester, N.Y. Rochester, N.Y. -- The Bombers, ranked ninth nationally, finished third of six teams at the ECW Championships at RIT Saturday. Ithaca will be sending three wrestlers to the NCAA Championships to be held March 5-6 at Loras. Sophomore Mathias Keib (G. Ray Bodley/Fulton) won his seventh match in a row and took the individual title at 174 pounds. Juniors K.C. Beach (Brentwood/Brentwood) and Marc Israel (Liberty/Bethlehem, Pa.) and both qualified for nationals as wild-cards. Freshman Kyle Kemmerer (Brandywine Heights/Topton, Pa.) was named an alternate at 125 pounds. Beach, ranked fifth at 157 pounds, won his 80th match as a Bomber tying him for 16th on the all-time list. Israel, ranked fifth at 165 pounds, has a team high 36 wins. Freshman Nick Calandrino (Emerson/Emerson, N.J.) finished with a team leading seven pins. Team Scores 1. Brockport 105 2. Cortland 70.5 3. ITHACA 62.5 4. Oswego 57 5. Oneonta 43.5 6. RIT 8 125 Pounds 2- Kyle Kemmerer (Brandywine Heights/Topton, Pa.) TF Jason Clinca (RIT) 18-3; 6:07 3- Sal Cruz (Brockport) WBF 2-Kemmerer 6:33 2-Kemmerer WBF Josh Cuomo (Oneonta) 1:55 4-John Spinner (Oswego) dec. 2-Kemmerer 6-4 Kemmerer places fourth 133 Pounds 2- Tony D'Ambra dec. 3- Lance Dolson (Valley Central/Walden) 13-11 3- Dolson major dec. 4- Alex Hoinowski (Oneonta) 9-2 3- Dolson DE Eddie Ortiz (Cortland) 1- Tenkoran Agyeman WBF 3- Dolson 5:00 Dolson places third 141 Pounds 2- Jason Chase (Cortland) WBF dec. Adam Johnson (Lackawanna Trail/Factoryville, Pa.) 1:04 Joe Sanders (Oneonta) DE Johnson 149 Pounds 2- Dan Song (Brockport) major dec. 3- Greg Skiff (Whippany Park/Whippany, N.J.) 14-2 3- Skiff dec. 4- Jaret Misner (Cortland) 11-9 1- Dane LaPlante (Oswego) dec. 3- Skiff 4-2 Skiff places fourth 157 Pounds Romaine Malcom (Brockport) dec. 1- K.C. Beach (Brentwood/Brentwood) 5-3 1- Beach major dec. Chuck Guttilla (Oswego) 16-4 1- Beach dec. 2- Chad Sutcliff (RIT) 4-3 Beach places third 165 Pounds 3- Frant Petrucci (Oswego) dec. 2- Marc Israel (Liberty/Bethlehem, Pa.) 4-3 2- Israel dec. 5- Matt Slate (Cortland) 5-2 2- Israel dec. 4- Otis Place (Oneonta) 12-8 Israel places third 174 Pounds 1- Mathias Keib (G. Ray Bodley/Fulton) TF Leonard Lee (Oswego) 16-1 1- Keib dec. 4- Brandon Clark (Brockport) 9-3 1- Keib dec. Stef Sair (Cortland) 10-7 Keib places first 184 Pounds 2- Robert Stubbs (MacArthur/ Levittown) TF Joe Demauro (RIT) 19-2; 4:31 3- Ben Locke (Cortland) WBF 2- Stubbs 2:39 2- Stubbs major dec. 1- Rich D'Amico (Brockport) 16-7 2- Stubbs dec. Jonathan Jagatnanian (Oswego) 9-5 2- Stubbs dec. 4- Chandler (Oneonta) 7-2 Stubbs places second 197 Pounds 3- Nick Calandrino (Emerson/Emerson, N.J.) dec. Matt Gough (Oswego) 9-3 2- Nick Castellano (Oneonta) dec. 3- Calandrino 10-5 3- Calandrino WBF Micah Vore (RIT) 2:41 3- Calandrino dec. Trevor Comeau (Cortland) 7-1 Calandrino places third Heavyweight 1- Arnold Frost (Brockport) dec. Bryan Petti 6-4 Petti dec. 3- Billy Cooper (Oneonta) 4-1 5- Mike Karbowiak (Cortland) dec. Petti 3-2 Petti places fourth Comments |