Ithaca, NY – Oswego Lakers men's wrestling was back in action at day 2 of the Ithaca Invitational on Saturday. The Lakers had five wrestlers place in the top 6 of their weight class.
The Basics
Ithaca College Invitational
Day 2
6th of 9 Teams (84 Points)
How It Happened
Avery Canzano led the Lakers over the weekend, compiling a 3-1 record at 184 lbs to finish second. The Laker sophomore dropped a close 4-2 decision in the finals to top-seeded Desmond McLaughlin of Castleton. To reach the championship match, Canzano pinned the #2 seed Eamon Callaghan of Ithaca in 4:52. Canzano opened the tournament with a technical fall 19-3 win before winning by injury default in the quarterfinals in just 24 seconds.
Anthony Avitabile (157lbs) suffered his second loss of the tournament to Gannon White of Norwich (10-7 decision,) ending his day on Sunday.
At 149lbs, Donovan Rail dropped his match Sunday to Riley Carlucci of Springfield 11-4.
Dustin Koskinen-Falls (285lbs) started his day off with a win over John Robyck 7-3 and then another win over Keonta Crawford from Castleton, 4-3. He dropped a match to Evan Day 8-2 and ended on a win over Colton Perkins from Castleton 10-5. Dustin finished 5th overall.
Jayden Kiell took on Matthew Hoxie in the 184lb division but fell by major decision in the consolation bracket.
Freshman Juan Roque started his collegiate career off with a solid third place finish at 125 pounds. Roque went 5-1 over the two-day event finishing it off with a 21-13 major decision over Robert Lyons of Norwich.
Laker captain Michael Santore compiled a 6-1 record to finish third at 141. Santore avenged his overtime loss in the quarterfinals by defeating Isaac Quiles of Springfield 1-0 in the match for third place.
Patrick David (174lbs) started his day with a win over Anthony Mayers from Cortland, 15-2. He then dropped a match to Ethan Kring 11-3 ending his day.
Payne Weinhauser (157lbs) took down Caden Geanetta of Norwich 4-2 to start his Saturday. He followed that up with a defeat of his own teammate, Steven Ventricelli, 11-5. Unfortunately, Payne then suffered back-to-back losses from Castleton. Payne finished 6th overall.
Steven Ventricelli opened his day with a win over Cody Salomon from Penn College 15-8. After a medical forfeit, he dropped a match to his teammate Payne Weinhauser 11-5.
What's Next
Men's wrestling will head next to the New York State Collegiate Open hosted at the SRC arena on the Campus of Onondaga Community College on Saturday November 22nd starting at 9:00 am.