Brockport Wrestling Clinches 51st Winning Season SOURCE: gobrockport.com January 29, 2014
Brockport defeats RIT 35-9 in home finale Senior Dan Palmerino (Amsterdam, NY/Amsterdam) pinned his opponent in 1:10 of the first period in the 141 pound match to give The College at Brockport Wrestling team, ranked No. 14 in the country, an early lead and the Golden Eagles cruised to a 35-9 victory Wednesday night at the Jim and John Vlogianitis Gymnasium in Brockport. The win for Brockport (3-0) guaranteed another season of at least a .500 record extending the streak to 51 consecutive years. Only Iowa State has a longer active streak in the history of college wrestling at any level. Senior Matt Ellis (Rochester, NY/Greece Arcadia) started the match and senior night with an impressive 21-8 major decision victory at 125 pounds giving the Golden Eagles the early 4-0 lead. RIT (3-7) came back at 133 pounds with a pin in the second period at 3:27 to take a 6-4 lead in the match. Palmerino answered quickly with a takedown and pin in the first 1:10 of his match at 141 pounds as Brockport regained the lead 10-6 and did not trail again for the rest of the match. Sophomore Jordan Dyer (Chenango Forks, NY/Chenango Forks) posed an 11-4 decision and Lewis Cucchiara (Rochester, NY/Gates-Chili) followed with a 12-6 decision at 157 pounds for the Golden Eagles. Freshman Roy Daniels (Spencerport, NY/Olentangy (OH)) was awarded a forfeit victory at 165 pounds as Brockport took a 22-6 lead. RIT won another decision at 174 pounds with an 8-5 decision but Brockport won the final three bouts of the night as senior Sebastian Randazzo (Syosset, NY/Syosset) scored a 7-2 decision in his season debut, senior Paul Glover (Rochester, NY/Spencerport) was a 14-4 major decision winner and sophomore Cole Tristram (Newton Falls, NY/Clifton-Fine) earned a second-round pin in 4:32 for the final margin of victory. Comments |