Bloomsburg Falls to Binghamton in Wrestling
BINGHAMTON, NY—In a night of back and forth lead changes the #19-ranked
Binghamton University Bearcats narrowly edged the Bloomsburg University
Huskies, 18-15, on Thursday night in a non-conference wrestling matchup.
The team's split the night's 10 matches, but wins by major decision and
technical fall in two of the bouts proved to be the difference.
The Huskies opened the match with a 10-5 win by Sean Boylan (Seaville,
NJ/St. Marks) at 125 pounds. Boylan led 3-2 after one period, then got
two more takedowns in the second period to lead 7-3 going to the final
period. In the third period Boylan got one more takedown and with riding
time posted the 10-5 victory.
At 133 pounds the Huskies extended their lead to 6-0 when Nick Wilcox
(Greene, NY/Greene Central) scored a 12-6 win over Patrick Hunter.
Wilcox posted four takedowns in the match and earned a point for riding
time.
Binghamton got on the board at 141 pounds when Joe Bonaldi scored a 5-3
win over the Huskies Derek Shingara (Shamokin/Shamokin). The Bearcats
took a 7-6 lead when fourth-ranked Donnie Vinson scored a 14-1 win over
Bryce Busler (Mechanicsburg/Cumberland Valley) at 149 pounds.
In the match-up of the night, Bloomsburg's Frank Hickman (Castle Hayne,
NC/E.A. Laney), ranked ninth by Intermat, faced off with 10th-ranked
Justin Lister. The first period was low scoring with Lister getting a
takedown for the only scoring of the period. In the second Hickman
scored a late takedown, but Lister got a reversal with just 12 seconds
left in the period to go back on top 4-2 heading to the third. The final
period was wild though with Hickman scoring five takedowns in the period
to pull out a win over Lister, 13-10, and putting the Huskies back on
top 9-7.
At 165 pounds the Huskies Chris Smith (Mineral, Va./Chancelor) lost to
Matt Kaylor, 11-6, putting the hosts back on top 10-9. In the next match
Bloomsburg regained the lead when Mike Dessino (Middlesex,
NJ/Middlesex), ranked 19th, won by decision, 5-1, over Caleb Wallace.
Dessino led 2-1 after one period with Wallace riding Dessino for the
entire second period. In the third, Wallace chose down with Dessino
picking up three back points to score the 5-1 victory and giving the
Huskies a 12-10 lead.
At 184 pounds Binghamton once again regained the lead when #20 Nate
Schiedel won by technical fall over Sam Shirey (Beaver Springs/Midd-West)
20-3 (6:29) giving the Bearcats a 15-12 lead with two matches to go.
In a night of back and forth action the Huskies tied the score at 15-15
when Richard Perry (Meriden, CT/Middletown) won by decision, 7-4,
setting up a final showdown at heavyweight.
In the showdown battle #18 Nick Gwiazdowski from Binghamton, scored a
12-5 win over the Huskies Zac Walsh (Denville, NJ/Morris Knolls) giving
Binghamton the hard-fought win.
The Huskies, now 15-7 on the year, will close out their regular season
on Feb. 16 at Lock Haven starting at 7 p.m.
#19 Binghamton 18, Bloomsburg 15
125 Sean Boylan (Seaville, NJ/St. Marks) (BL) dec. Derek Steeley (BU),
10-5
133 Nick Wilcox (Greene, NY/Greene Central) (BL) dec. Patrick Hunter
(BU), 12-6
141 Joe Bonaldi (BU) dec. Derek Shingara (Shamokin/Shamokin) (BL), 5-3
149 #4 Donnie Vinson (BU) major dec. Bryce Busler
(Mechanicsburg/Cumberland Valley) (BL), 14-1
157 #9 Frank Hickman (Castle Hayne, NC/E.A. Laney) (BL) dec. #10 Justin
Lister (BU), 13-10
165 Matt Kaylor (BU) dec. Chris Smith (Mineral, Va./Chancelor) (BL),
11-6
174 #19 Mike Dessino (Middlesex, NJ/Middlesex) (BL) dec. Caleb Wallace
(BU), 5-1
184 #20 Nate Schiedel (BU) tech fall Sam Shirley (BL), 20-3 (6:29)
197 Richard Perry (Meriden, CT/Middletown) (BL) dec. Cody Reed (BU), 7-4
Hwt #18 Nick Gwiazdowski (BU) dec. Zac Walsh (Denville, NJ/Morris
Knolls), 12-5