Oneonta, NY - After two solid weekends, the Ephs dropped two matches, falling to Johnson & Wales and Oneonta State. Both matches were close and were decided by 3 and 4 points respectively.
"We came out flat today," coach Hasenfus said reflecting on the team's overall performance. "We needed to be ready to wrestle and we weren't." He cited the need for bonuses [maor decisions/pins] in certain weightclasses as the reason why they lost. "We needed bonuses and we didn't get them, they did their job and we didn't do ours," He continued, "It wasn't all bad however, we got a few guys into the lineup that we didn't have before having been out for various reasons." Hasenfus was referring to Taylor Treadgold, Kyle Martin, Carson Brooks, and Tom Foote all of whom got their first mat time Saturday. "Kyle showed serious heart, he was out for a month, came back wrestled for a few days and then wrestled up a two weight classes agaisnt Lenhardt."
The Ephs day got off to a rough start losing the first match to NEWA foe Johnson & Wales, 19-16,after sweeping the season series last year.
Senior Captain Josh Mattana stumbled out of the gate dropping a close 8-6 decision to James Soprano.
Freshmen Taylor Treadgold lost his first start for Williams at 133 against John Donaleski 7-3.
Ces Antista put the first points on the board for the ephs earning a decision over Justin Sitzer 9-4.
Corey Paulish kept the ball rolling at 149 earning a 10-2 major decision over Daniel Franco.
Freshman Darius Charles maintained his starting spot at 157, but lost a close match to Thomas Webster 5-3.
Scott Sanderson stepped in at 165 but dropped his first match of the day 13-2 to Connor Nelson.
Junior Kyle Martin made his first appearance in the Williams lineup wrestling up two weight classes but was pinned by Colin Lenhardt, the second ranked wrestler in the conference at 174.
Mike Lomio kept up his solid start to his freshmen season winning his first bout of the day 4-3 over Tyler Shelby.
Ryan Malo kept the momentum going earning an 8-4 decision over William Mulligan.
Sophomore Tom Foote had a successful return to the heavyweight rotation winning his only match on the day 6-3.
The day didn't get much easier for the Ephs as they lost the next match to Oneonta State 21-17.
Mattana got back in the win column for his second time, earning a major decision over David Bailen.
Treadgold continued to have a rough day losing a tough match 3-2 to Benjamin Mica.
Antista continued to roll defeating Michael Gregg soundly in a 9-1 major decision.
Paulish lost a key decision to Daniel Graff in a close 6-3 match.
Charles continued to have a rough day dropping a second straight match 12-2 to J.P. Sala.
Sanderson lost his second match on the day in a close 4-2 to Franki Provenzano.
Mir continued to struggle losing by technical fall to James Neal.
Lomio lost a close match 2-0 to Brian Kramer.
Malo picked up key points pinning Derek Wangle in the their period.
Nikola Mirkovic was next up in the Heavyweight rotation, winning his bout 6-1 against Philip Kitten.
Things finished much better for the Ephs as the soundly defeated WPI 33-9, winning seven of the nine matches and picking up a forfeit.
Mattana finished the day 2-1 beating Brain Jennings in a close 5-3 match.
Treadgold picked up his first win as a starter downing Stephen Poppa 6-0
Freshmen Carson Brooks got his first start at 141, pinning Kenny Adams late in the second period.
Antista finished the day 3-0 moving up to 149 and pinning Matt Tabor in the third period and extended his winning streak to 8.
Charles finished a disappointing weekend 0-3, losing his final match of the evening 3-0 to Tyler Howe.
Sanderson also finished the day 0-3, losing his final match of the evening 4-0.
Kyle Martin picked up the forfeit at 174.
Lomio finished up 2-1 winning his final match 5-2 against Dave Cordons.
Malo finished the day undefeated as well getting his second pin of the day at the end of the first period.
Colin Curzi finished up the heavyweight rotation, dropping an overtime match 4-3.
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"You've got to come ready to wrestle hard, and we just weren't," Hasenfus reiterated. When asked about goals for the break he said, "We'll regroup and get healthy. The big problem is we're thin, you know we didn't have Tanabe or [Rob] Brackup and Corey [Paulish] has still got his shoulder to get healthy, with one of those guys healthy we may have won the matches. We were only one win away."
On the Wilkes Tournament in a few weeks he said, "We've got some guys who are hurt so we may not take everyone to Wilkes. We want to get everyone healthy since we go to Roger Williams right after break. We'll take one or two guys to Midlands [Northwestern University], but really we just have to regroup and get healthy before the end of the break."
They'll have plenty of time to do that as this was the last meet for the Ephs before the winter break. They will wrestle at the Wilkes Open and Midlands Invitational over winter break before they head to Roger Williams University for the Scott Viera Invitational in January.
