MIDDLETOWN, CT—The Williams College Ephs went 3-0 today
against Wesleyan University, SUNY Oneonta, and University of
Southern Maine and upped their season record to 16-2.
The Ephs defeated Wesleyan 22-20, SUNY Oneonta 38-12, and
Southern Maine 43-4.
Head coach Scott Honecker commended the strong sense of team his
wrestlers put out today. "Today was a great team effort up and down
the lineup," he said.
It was not all smooth-sailing for the Ephs, though. "We started
off slow with the narrow win against Wesleayan," said Honecker. "We
got better all day long. The guys left no questions by the time we
got to Southern Maine."
First year Jake Savoca
performed well for Williams today, competing for the first time in
the 141 weight-class. He went 3-0 on the day with a major, a
technical, and a pin. Of Savoca Honecker said, "his weight is under
control and he needs to keep his winning attitude rolling. If he
can do that, he will be a real handful at regionals."
Honecker also commented on junior Tim Garripoli,
as he will be down to the 149 weight-class next week. Today he
weighed in at 150 and moved to the 165 weight-class and pulled out
a huge win against Wesleyan to propel the Ephs to victory.
First year Matt Morris and
junior Jorge
Lopez also were 3-0 in today's matches. Honecker was impressed
at their ability to continually improve each match. Sophomore Christopher
Chorzepa also had a major day posting three wins and beating
the number two ranked New England wrestler.
Overall, Williams performed as they needed to in each big
matchup today.
The Ephs look to continue their success on February 14th against
Springfield and WPI.
Williams (14-2) 22, Wesleyan (6-8) 20
174 – Ryan Sblendorio (Wes) def. Martin Strenk
(Wil) by fall, 1:57
(0-6)
184 – Chris Chorzepa (Wil) def. Simon Levin (Wes), 5-4
(3-6)
197 – Isaiah Bellamy (Wes) def. Anthony Brooks
(Wil), 7-5
(3-9)
285 – John San Filippo (Wes) def. Ben Wertz (Wil),
5-3
(3-12)
125 – Matt Morris (Wil) won by forfeit
(9-12)
133 – Frank Crippen (Wes) def. Dan Evangelakos (Wil),
7-1
(9-15)
141 – Jake Savoca (Wil) def. Matt Pelton (Wes), 14-6
(13-15)
149 – Ed Pierce (Wes) def. Gabriel
Corrochano (Wil) by tech fall, 19-2, 4:52
(13-20)
157 – Jorge Lopez (Wil) def. Carter Armendarez (Wes) by
fall, 1:22
(19-20)
165 – Tim Garripoli (Wil) def. Keonmin Hwang (Wes),
3-0
(22-20)
Williams (15-2) 38, SUNY Oneonta (7-10) 12
174 – Martin Strenk (W) def. NaQuann Conn (ON) by fall,
2:37
(6-0)
184 – Chris Chorzepa (W) def. Anthony Marino (ON) by tech
fall, 19-1, 6:09
(11-0)
197 – Anthony Brooks (W) def. Tim Flower (ON) by fall,
1:12
(17-0)
285 – James Bethel (ON) def. Ben Wertz (W) by fall,
0:32
(17-6)
125 – Matt Morris (W) def. Dominic DeGraba (OS) by fall,
1:24
(23-6)
133 – Sean Hanson (ON) def. Dan Evangelakos (W), 8-3
(23-9)
141 – Jake Savoca (W) def. Matt Marino (ON) by fall,
1:21
(29-9)
149 – Nicholas Heck (OS) def. Gabriel Corrochano (W),
6-3
(29-12)
157 – Jorge Lopez (W) def. Dakota Inman (ON) by fall,
0:40
(35-12)
165 – Kyle Gaffney (W)
def. Mitchell Fisher (ON), 7-2
(38-12)
Williams (16-2) 43, Southern Maine (16-10)
4
174 – Martin Strenk (W) def. Aaron Pierce (SM), 15-4
(4-0)
184 – Chris Chorzepa (W) def. Jonathan Deupree (SM),
2-0
(7-0)
197 – Anthony Brooks (W) def. Sean Fagan (SM) by fall,
4:33
(13-0)
285 – Ben Wertz (W) def. Mike Frey (SM), 4-3
(16-0)
125 – Matt Morris (W) def. Lucas Dion (SM) by fall,
0:31
(22-0)
133 – Dan Evangelakos (W) won by forfeit
(28-0)
141 – Jake Savoca (W) def. Brandon Curtis (SM) by tech
fall, 4:21
(33-0)
149 – Daniel DelGalla (SM) def. Gabriel Corrochano (W),
17-3
(33-4)
157 – Jorge Lopez (W) def. Carl Luth (SM), 11-2
(36-4)
165 – Kyle Gaffney (W) def. Zachary Stevens (SM) by fall,
1:04
(43-4)
