Hoboken, NJ – Four Hawks earned wins, including three with pins, but in the end it would be the Ducks of Stevens Institute of Technology who walk away with a 27-20 victory in a dual match held at Walker Gymnasium in Hoboken, NJ on Wednesday night.

Sophomore James Mustakis (East Meadow, NY/East Meadow) opened the match at 141 pounds with a 4:00 pin on junior Kyle Brisson to give Hunter a 6-0 lead. Then later in the match, trailing 18-6, junior RJ Klotz (Ardsley, NY/Ardsley) earned a 5-3 decision over senior Justin Galati at 184 pounds for three team points.

Depsite the match being out of reach following losses at 197 and heavyweight which put Stevens up 27-9, the Hunter lightweights did not give up as freshman Ariel Guerrero (Levittown, NY/MacArthur) pinned sophomore Brad Warren in 6:03 at 125 pounds and then junior James Mustakis (East Meadow, NY/East Meadow) outscored freshman Ryan Neugebauer 21-6 for a tech fall.

Hunter (2-9) will now head to the New York State Championship in Ithaca, NY this weekend.

Weight by weight summary
141 Messina (HC) pinned. Brisson (SIT) 4:00 6-0
149 Bridge (SIT) pinned Gil (HC) :49 6-6
157 C. Favia (SIT) decision Simkin (HC) 14-9 9-6
165 J. Favia (SIT) pinned Capello-Colon (HC) 4:20 15-6
174 Biship (SIT) decision Sarwari (HC) 5-3 (3OT) 18-6
184 Klotz (HC) decision Galati (SIT) 5-3 18-9
197 Guaimano (SIT) decision. Daly (HC) 2-1 21-9
285 Roarty (SIT) pinned Heydebrand (HC) 4:55 27-9
125 Guerrero (HC) pinned Warren (SIT) 6:03 27-15
133 Mustakis (HC) Tech Fall Neugebauer (SIT) 21-6 27-20