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Matt DiGiovanni

Wrestling

Wrestling Splits at McDaniel

Team goes 1-1 in Pair of Conference Matches

DiGiovanni went 2-0 with one win by fall and one major decision.


RESULTS

The New York University wrestling team split a pair of Centennial Conference matches at McDaniel College in Westminster, MD, on Saturday, February 8.

In its first match of the day, NYU faced #20 Ursinus College and fell 32-12. The squad then squared off against host McDaniel, winning that match by a margin of 30-15. NYU now holds an overall record of 8-9 and a 4-4 mark in Centennial competition.

HIGHLIGHTS:

- Junior co-captain Patrick Sheehan earned a 7-0 victory at 184 pounds over Ursinus'  Daniel Manganaro, currently ranked #10 in the weight class by the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA). Sheehan followed up that performance with a 15-0 technical fall victory over Nicholas Cross of McDaniel.

- Fellow junior co-captain Matt DiGiovanni had an impressive day at 157 pounds, going 2-0. After pinning RIchard Jasinski of Ursinus at the 3:12 mark, he registered an 11-2 major decision victory over McDaniel's Erik Meyers.

- Brandon Jones, another junior co-captain who is currently ranked #2 at 141 pounds by the NWCA, picked up a win in his only match of the day, a 17-9 major decision over McDaniel's Alvontae Drummond.

- At 174 pounds, Chris Amro had a 2-0 day, registering a 6-0 decision over Ursinus' Robert Scarmuzza followed by a 15-0 technical fall over Ricky Tisinger of McDaniel.

- John Messinger went 1-1 at 165 pounds, recording a 9-2 win over Luke Yox of McDaniel.

- Senior co-captain Dan Brereton went 1-1 at 197 pounds, winning his match over McDaniel's Dakato Wilhem by an 8-3 decision.

"Patrick and Matt came up with big wins against Ursinus," noted Senior Assistant Coach Corey Luce. "We did a great job rebounding from a tough loss to come up with the win over McDaniel."

NYU will be back on the mat on Saturday, February 15, at home at the Coles Sports Center in Manhattan. The grapplers will host Case Western Reserve University and the University of Chicago in the University Athletic Association (UAA) Championship. Action is set to get underway at 11:00 am as Case Western battles Chicago. NYU will face the loser of that match at 12:45 pm and the winner of that match at 2:30 pm.