New York University's 14th-ranked wrestling team hosted the NYU Duals on Saturday and won all three matches at the John A. Paulson Center in Manhattan.

The Violets, competing in their first duals of the 2023-24 season, won 40-10 against Rhode Island College, 34-12 versus Western New England University and 38-6 over Roger Williams University.

"Overall, we are pleased," said Associate Head Coach Corey Luce. "We won three duals today pretty handily. Of course with high expectations this season we need to go back and correct some things, but we are moving in the right direction."

RIC picked up a major decision victory at 125 for an early lead, but Taisei Kurachi got NYU on the board at 133 with a 15-0 tech fall to put the Violets ahead 5-4. It was all NYU from there as Danny Lightfoot at 141 (12-4 major decision), Anthony Chavez at 149 (fall, 4:22), Cooper Pontelandolfo at 157 (tech fall, 1:43), Jack Reusing at 165 (fall, 1:02), Jason Geyer at 174 (tech fall, 4:42), and Nicky Bell at 184 (fall, 1:20) all earned lopsided victories.

The Violets forfeited 197 throughout the day without impacting the team's success. Evan Anderson won 8-1 at 285 to complete the win over Rhode Island.

Against Western New England, it was again Kurachi who gave NYU its first points with another 15-0 tech fall for a 5-3 advantage. Nick Kruczynski stepped up at 141 this time and battled for a 14-10 triumph before Vincenzo Napolitana secured a 17-2 tech fall at 149. Hassan Khan won via fall at 157 while Pontelandolfo moved up to 165 and produced a 15-0 tech fall as the Violets led 24-3 after six bouts.

Geyer then posted a major decision at 174 (11-1) before WNE won a closely-contested 184-pound bout. NYU forfeited 197 and Anderson won via forfeit as well to give the hosts a 22-point victory.

NYU won all nine contested bouts against Roger Williams, only surrendering points via forfeit at 197. Benny Bautista notched a 19-3 tech fall at 125, Kurachi moved to 3-0 on the day with a 5-1 decision at 133, Kruczynski kept it going with a 9-1 major decision at 141, Napolitana secured an impressive 22-second pin at 149, Pontelandolfo took an 18-2 tech fall at 157, Khan followed with a 19-0 tech fall at 165, Geyer won 8-3 at 174, Trent Furman came out on top 10-3 at 184, and Anderson closed the day with an 11-0 major decision at heavyweight.

The Violets continued their strong start to the campaign and are well-represented in the NWCA's (National Wrestling Coaches Association) individual rankings. Bautista is ranked third in the Northeast Region and eighth nationally (125), Napolitana is third in the region and 13th in the nation (149), Pontelandolfo is first in the region and fourth nationally (157), Geyer is third in the region and 10th in the country (174), and Anderson is second in the region and eighth nationally.

Kruczynski (fourth, 149) and Furman (fourth, 184) have also cracked the top six in the Northeast Region.

NYU is back in action at the Metropolitan Duals, hosted by the United States Merchant Marine Academy, on Saturday, December 9, in Kings Point, NY.