New York, NY - Hunter College wrestling competed in the NY / PA Duals this past Saturday, going 1-3 by picking up a win against Penn Tech College, while falling to Wilkes University, Keystone College and King's College.

"The day wasn't how we wanted it to go," said assistant coach Marcantoni Macias. "But we learned a lot about a young team filled with four freshmen, two transfers and three returners in the starting line up. We asked the guys to compete and fight for every position and they did just that. Wilkes is a very established program and showed us our weakness, which is what we want to see at the start of the season." 

"We know where to go from here and how to get better for the coming weeks leading up to  the Regional and National tournaments. The teams we wrestled are all doing the same thing as us but with more intensity and a great sense of urgency to score points so we plan to emphasize that more in the room."

Wilkes 42, Hunter 6
In the 42-6 loss to Wilkes, freshman John Sherlock picked up his first collegiate victory to give Hunter their only win in the match.

Results - 
133: Edwin Fiscal (Wilkes) over Hamad Amir (Hunter) (Fall 2:42)
141: Cory Fleming (Wilkes) over Benny Chan (Hunter) (Fall 3:29)
149: John Sherlock (Hunter) over Josh Evans (Wilkes) (Inj. 0:16)
157: Nicholas Racanelli (Wilkes) over William Heine (Hunter) (Dec 3-1)
165: Michael Paskas (Wilkes) (Forfeit)
174: Ricky Fornacairi (Wilkes) over Nick Brutus (Hunter) (MD 18-6)
184: Nasser McCummings (Wilkes) over Maksimilian Garkusha (Hunter) (Dec. 10-7)
197: Jordan Nochimson (Wilkes) over Anythony Fitzsimmons (Hunter) (TB-1 7-3)
285: Jarod Huling (Wilkes) (Forfeit)

Keystone 33, Hunter 16
The Hawks fell in a closer match to Keystone with a final score of 33-16 as four Hawks picked up individual wins. William Heine started it off for the Purple and Gold by overtaking his opponent at the 157 weight class in a 6-3 decision. Nick Brutus followed that up with another Hunter win, defeating Keystone's Caleb Subach by major decision and a score of 13-1. Maksimilian Garkusha managed to outscore his opponent at the 184 weight class in a 7-4 decision to round out the Purple and Gold victories as Hunter's Anthony Fitzsimmons won by forfeit.

Results-
141: Joshua Rivera (Keystone) over Benny Chan (Hunter) (MD 13-5)
149: Zack LeBarron (Keystone) over John Sherlock (Hunter) (Fall 1:07)
157: William Heine (Hunter) over Charlie Johnson (Keystone) (Dec. 6-3)
165: TJ Pashinski (Keystone) (Forfeit)
174: Nick Brutus (Hunter) over Caleb Subach (Keystone) (MD 13-1)
184: Maksimilian Garkusha (Hunter) over Zach Briggs (Keystone) (Dec. 7-4)
197: Anthony Fitzsimmons (Hunter) (Forfeit)
285: Matt Ebanez (Keystone) (Forfeit)
125: Antonio Lopez (Keystone) over Julian Polin (Hunter) (TF 16-0 6:21)

Hunter 42, Penn Tech 15
The Hawks got a dominating victory over Penn Tech later in the day as Benny Chan, John Sherlock and David Naupari took home wins.

Results-
125: Cam Newman (PCOT) over Hamad Amir (HUNT) (Fall 0:26)
141: Benny Chan (HUNT) over (PCOT) (For.)
141: Tanner Leid (PCOT) over (HUNT) (Fall 2:41)
149: John Sherlock (HUNT) over Dison Myers (PCOT) (Fall 4:57)
157: David Naupari (HUNT) over (PCOT) (For.)
165: Tanner Leid (PCOT) over William Heine (HUNT) (Dec 3-2)
174: no contest
184: no contest
197: no contest
285: no contest

King's 39, Hunter 7
Chan got his second win of the day in the loss to King's College, defeating Kings' Tony Immediato by major decision with a score of 16-6. Fitzsimmons then got a win for Hunter with a 9-2 decision over his King's opponent Eddie Merrill to wrap up the day.

Results-
125:  Dakota Quick (K) pinned Hamad Amir (H)
133:  Jake Daniel (K) major dec. Julian Polin (H), 13-0
141:  Matt Sparks (K) pinned Elliott Natanov (H), 2:06
149:  Benny Chan (H) major dec. Tony Immediato (K), 16-6
157: Dave White (K) forfeit, 16-0
165: Howard Kilpatrick (K) pinned Unknown, 2:56
174: Rene Sousa (K) dec. Nicholas Brutus (H), 5-2
184:  Nick Price (K) dec. Maksimilian GarKusha (H), 8-4
197:  Anthony Fitzsimmons (H)  dec. Eddie Merrill (K), 9-2
285: Ralph Bernardo (K) won by forfeit

The squad returns to action on Nov. 20 for the New York State Championships, held in Ithaca, NY.