No. 3 Wrestling Storms Past Oswego State 31-9
SOURCE: athletics.ithaca.edu
December 10, 2016

 


OSWEGO, N.Y. - The third-ranked Ithaca College wrestling team continued its dual-meet slate on Saturday afternoon when it traveled to Oswego State for the final meet of 2016. The Bombers pushed their record to 2-0 on the fledgling season, blowing past the Lakers for a 31-9 victory.

Ithaca scored victories in seven of the 10 bouts on the day. The Bombers earned bonus points in five of the seven wins, notching two wins by major decision, one by technical fall, and two additional wins by fall.

Much like IC did on Wednesday night in its opening dual-meet against RIT, the team raced out to fast start in the meet with victories in five straight bouts. The start lifted Ithaca to an insurmountable lead, which ultimately proved to be more than enough to win the meet against the tough Oswego State outfit.

It did not take long for the Bombers to gain the upper hand in the meet, as they took a 6-0 lead out of the first bout of the day courtesy of a first-period pin by Ferdinand Mase. Ithaca's talented sophomore took-on the Lakers' Jack Del Duca at 125 pounds and wasted little time in dispatching his opposition. Mase turned Del Duca to his back to secure the pin-fall in 2:07.

Continuing to wrestle up at 133 pounds, Jimmy Kaishian (7th NWCA, 7th d3wrestle.com) also scored bonus points in his bout against James Ronca. The IC senior shut out Oswego's man in a 9-0 major decision to push Ithaca's lead to 10-0 in the match. Chris Wymer piggybacked on Kaishian's effort with Ithaca's second major decision win of the meet at 141 pounds. He bested Evan Corso in a 9-1 major to up the advantage to 14-0.

Demitri D'Orsaneo doubled up on his impressive season debut on Wednesday with a hard-fought victory in his 149-pound matchup against Oswego's Joey Bush. In a tightly-contested low-scoring battle, D'Orsaneo was able to edge Bush in a 6-5 decision, while Sammy Schneider scored a dominant 20-4 technical fall over the Lakers' Jon Crast at 157 pounds to make the match score 23-0 in favor of the Bombers.

Oswego State battled back with three straight victories at 165, 174, and 184 pounds respectively. However, with all three wins coming by way of decisions, the Ithaca lead proved to be too wide to overcome in the final bouts. Ithaca closed out the match on a high-note with Carlos Toribio scoring a 5-0 decision over Daniel Smith at 197 pounds, while Jake O'Brien also upped his record to 2-0 in dual meets on the year with a third-period victory by fall (5:41) over Ryan Kamer to close out the 31-9 win.

Ithaca returns to action in the New Year when the Bombers head to Indianapolis, Ind., for the NWCA National Duals on January 5-6.


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