The No. 5 ranked Ithaca College wrestling team competed in its home opener on Dec. 9 when they hosted Oswego State and Jamestown Community College for the Ithaca Tri-Meet in Ben Light Gymnasium.

First for the Bombers was Oswego State, who was coming off an eighth place finish out of eleven teams at the RIT invitational on Dec. 2. The Bombers had also last competed on Dec 2., finishing second of seventeen teams at the Spartan Invitational. The Lakers did not have a good showing as they fell to the Bombers by a final score of 45-4.