The SUNY Oneonta wrestling team picked up its second consecutive victory in dominating fashion Wednesday night as they defeated the King's College Monarchs by a score of 39-9.
With the score tied at three after the first two bouts, junior
Adam Greene (Port Crane/Chenango Valley) stepped on the mat, pinning Kevin Kelly in just 56 seconds. Rookie
Mitchell Fisher (Canandaigua/Canandaigua Academy ) and junior captain
Shaun Gillen (Bohemia/Connetquot) picked up pins at 165 and 174, respectively.
With the score 28-9 in favor of the Red and White, the Red Dragons would not ease up.
Vincent Provenzano (Islip/Islip) picked up a major decision by a 14-4 count over Zachary Smith before senior captain
Chad Obzud (Cohoes/Lansingburgh) earned a tech fall victory over Fjoralb Cekici at 197 pound.
Freshman
James Bethel (Saugerties/Saugerties) finished off the night by pinning Ralph Bernardo in just 39 seconds. The fall marks Bethel's seventh consecutive pin fall.
The Red Dragons are back in action on Saturday when they travel to Worcester, Mass. for a quad meet with Coast Guard, Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Plymouth State.
125:
Dominic DeGraba (Dallas, PA/Dallas) (ONE) def. Jake Daniel (King's) decision 3-2 (3-0 ONE)
133: Matthew Sparks (KING'S) def.
Sean Hanson (Lorraine/South Jefferson) (ONE) decision 6-3 (3-3)
141:
Adam Greene (Port Crane/Chenango Valley) (ONE) def. Kevin Kelly (KING'S) pin at 0:56 (9-3 ONE)
149:
John Hodes (Stone Ridge) (ONE) def. Giacamo Dinicola (KING'S) decision 5-1 (12-3 ONE)
157: Howard Kilpatrick (KING'S) def.
Dakota Inman (Liverpool/Liverpool) (ONE) pin at 4:56 (12-9 ONE)
165:
Mitchell Fisher (Canandaigua/Canandaigua Academy ) (ONE) def. Hilton Martin (KING'S) pin at 6:42 (18-9 ONE)
174:
Shaun Gillen (Bohemia/Connetquot) (ONE) def. Nathaniel Seals (KING'S) pin at 4:02 (24-9 ONE)
184:
Vincent Provenzano (Islip/Islip) (ONE) def. Zachary Smith (KING'S) major decision 14-4 (28-9 ONE)
197:
Chad Obzud (Cohoes/Lansingburgh) (ONE) def. Fjoralb Cekici (KING'S) tech fall 15-0 5:30 (33-9 ONE)
HWT:
James Bethel (Saugerties/Saugerties) (ONE) def. Ralph Bernardo (KING'S) pin 0:39 (39-9 ONE)
