The New York University wrestling team returned to the mat on Saturday to compete in the Metro/New England Duals at Williams College in Williamstown, MA. 

Three schools representing the Metro Conference (NYU, Hunter College, The College of New Jersey) squared off against three schools representing the New England Conference (Williams, Roger Williams University, Worcester Polytechnic Institute) in dual-meet competition. NYU went 1-2 in its three matches to run its record to 9-9 on the season.

In its first match of the day, NYU took on host Williams College and was defeated, 29-12. Highlighting NYU's effort was 141-pounder Clement Bommier, who pinned Chris Simmons at 1:43. Sean Connors and Sabino Galassi also notched wins for NYU, at 165 pounds and 184 pounds, respectively. At 157 pounds, junior captain Matt Magill battled nationally-ranked Carl Breitenstein before falling, 3-0.

“Williams College is one of the best teams in the nation. We knew they were a very tough team,” said NYU assistant coach Brian Benson. “Magill had a very close loss to Breitenstein, but it was a good measuring stick for him. He's been wrestling guys ranked in the top-10 very tough, but coming up a little short. Hopefully, he can turn the corner soon.”

NYU had better luck in its second match, topping Worcester Polytechnic Institute 38-9. Once again, Bommier and Connors each earned wins. Michael Cunningham was also impressive, earning a victory via fall in just 1:09 at 197 pounds.

In the final match of the event, NYU fell short against Roger Williams 27-6. However, 197-pounder Jamie Myers earned one of his biggest wins of the year, defeating nationally-ranked Nick Cambi 1-0.

“Myers has really been coming on strong,” said Benson. “His win was big for him and the bright spot of the day for us."

The grapplers will be back in action on Feb. 6 when they take part in the University Athletic Association Championships in Chicago, IL. Later that same day, they will also take on Elmhurst College in a dual meet.

Results

Williams 29, NYU 12
125 Josh Mattana (W) dec. Adlee Fayyaz (NYU), 13-7, (3-0)
135 Ces Antista (W) fall Steve Contino (NYU), 6:12, (9-0)
141 Clement Bommier (NYU) fall Chris Simmons (W) , 1:43, (9-6)
149 Corey Paulish (W) dec. Gabe Gleason (NYU), 5-0, (12-6)
157 Carl Breitenstein (W) dec. Matt Magill (NYU), 3-0, (15-6)
165 Sean Connors (NYU) dec. John Foster (W), 10-6, (15-9)
174 George Sullivan (W) fall Steve Massey (NYU), 4:40, (21-9)
184 Sabino Galassi (NYU) dec. Andrew Gatewood (W), 6-2, (21-12)
197 Ryan Malo (W) tech fall Jamie Myers (NYU), 18-3 @ 4:35, (26-12)
285 Nikola Mirkovic (W) dec. Michael Cunningham (NYU), 3-2, (29-12)
EXHIB 149 Anthony Micelli (W) dec. Chris Amro (NYU) 6-1
EXHIB 157 Scott Sanderson (W) dec. Elliot Smith (NYU) 7-3
EXHIB 165 Rob Brackup (W) dec. Jimmy Cariddi (NYU) 10-1

NYU 38, WPI 9
125 Anderson (WPI) dec. Fayyaz (NYU), 9-3, (3-0)
133 Contino (NYU) dec. Poppa (WPI), 16-5, (3-4)
141 Bommier (NYU) dec. Pittera (WPI), 10-8, (3-7)
149 Gleason (NYU) dec. Adams (WPI), 9-0, (3-11)
157 Magill (NYU) forfeit, --, (3-17)
165 Connors (NYU) dec. Spinelli (WPI), 8-2, (3-20)
174 Massey (NYU) forfeit, --, (3-26)
184 Galassi (NYU) forfeit, --, (3-32)
197 Cunningham (NYU) fall Billing (WPI), 1:09, (3-38)
285 Pasquarelli (WPI) forfeit, --, (9-38)

RWU 27, NYU 6
125 Kaare Stokdal (RW) dec. Fayyaz (NYU), 10-4, (3-0)
133 Jay Mahoney (RW) dec. Contino (NYU), 7-6, (6-0)
141 Martin Mitchell (RW) dec. Bommier (NYU), 11-4, (9-0)
149 Jack Diburro (RW) dec. Gleason, 2-1, (12-0)
157 Magill (NYU) dec. Kyle D'Urso (RW), 4-0, (12-3)
165 Kyle Rodgers (RW) dec. Connors (NYU), 6-3, (15-3)
174 Chris Nadeau (RW) dec. Massey (NYU), 10-7, (18-3)
184 Phil Ernst (RW) dec. Galassi (NYU) , 7-2, (21-3)
197 Myers (NYU) dec. Nick Cambi (RW), 1-0, (21-6)
285 Ben Kissane (RW) forfeit, --, (27-6)

EXHIB 165 Ryan Lafaivre (RW) dec. Cariddi (NYU), 9-1

EXHIB 149 Kevin Edward (RW) dec. Amro (NYU), 7-0