New York, NY - On Wednesday, November 16, the wrestling team hosted a tri-match featuring the Lions of The College of New Jersey and the Violets of New York University. After dropping the first match to TCNJ by way of a 36-14 defeat, the Hawks had their hands full with the NYU grapplers and fell in the second match, 24-13. With the loss, Hunter moves to 0-6.
The afternoon begun with the Hawks facing off aginst the Lions, with
Oliver Lopez defeating Dan Huges in the 125 weight class by a 3-0 decision. At the 141 weight class, junior
Sean Messina pinned Enrique Romero in 1:52 while
Eduardo Delgado (157) defeated Chris Lombardi by a technical fall for the Hawk's third and final win of the match. The effort was not enough as Hunter dropped 36-14.
In the final match of the day, Messina (141) notched the first win against Violet grappler, Clement Bommier by way of a 6-0 decision.
Matt Cartusciello (157) Delgado (165) and
Oliver Astone (285) also wrestled their way to wins via decision, as the Hawks came up short, 13-24 to conclude the day.
Hunter is back in action on Tuesday, November 23 when they host AIC at 6:00 pm.
TCNJ-36, Hunter College-14
174-Brian Broderick(T) Forfeit
TCNJ-28, NYU-9
125-Will Ladnier(N) dec. Dan Hughes(T), 5-3
133-Dan Herr(T) dec. Max Garelick(N), 11-4
141-Sean Brand(T) dec. Kevin Barry(N), 3-0
149- Calvin Hawks(N) pin John Darling(T), 6:45
157-Kevin Murphy(T), dec. Matt Boyd(N), 4-1
165-Justin Bonitatis(T) dec. Spence Sarazin(N), 18-9
174-Brian Broderick(T) pin Dan Bereton(N), 2:40
184-Mike Denver(T) dec. Sabino Galassi(N), 4-3
197-Adam Koziol(T) dec. Steve Massey(N), 3-2
285- Jeff Furbish(T) dec. Rudy Delacruz(N), 7-2
NYU-24, Hunter College-13
149-Calvin Hawks(N) dec. Jimmy Mustakis(H), 11-8
