ONEONTA, NY – For the fifth straight competition the Williams wrestling team was on the road and this time the Ephs met up with SUNY Oneonta, Wesleyan and Ithaca on the campus of SUNY Oneonta.
The Ephs lost all three matches (two by six points or less) today at SUNY Oneonta and are now 7-10 on the year with one dual match remaining in the regular season. "Today was a challenge, especially since the team results didn't match the way we competed," stated Eph head coach Scott Honecker. "We have a young squad and have been having a hard time putting it all together. Consistency should come with more experience, because the young guys certainly have been doing the right things."
Scott Honecker's Ephs faced off against host SUNY Oneonta in their first match. The Ephs entered at 7-7 on the year while the Red Dragons entered at 10-3-1.
Williams led 4-3 after the 133 bout due to a major decision victory by Matt Morris to open the match at 125. SUNY Oneonta took a 6-4 lead with a win at 141and built up a 16-7 lead with three bouts remaining.
Eph seniors Chris Chorzepa (184) and Martin Strenk (197) gave the Ephs a 19-16 lead when they registered pins, but SUNY Oneonta got a pin at heavyweight to collect the 22-19 win.
SUNY Oneonta (SO) 22, Williams (W) 19
125: (W) Matt Morris Maj Dec over (SO) Dominic DeGraba (11-1) – W 4-0
133: (SO) Kevin Knox Dec over (W) Ben Morton (9-4) – W 4-3
141: (SO) Richard Dennison Dec over (W) Brendon Seyfried (6-3) – SO 6-4
149: (W) Alex Pankhurst Dec over (SO) Nicholas Heck (4-3) – W 7-6
157: (SO) Daniel Murphy Dec over (W) Gabriel Corrochano (3-1) – SO 9-7
165: (SO) Thomas Marrone Maj Dec over (W) Dylan Millson (13-5) – SO 13-7
174: (SO) Ryan Marszal Dec over (W) Carl Sangree (8-3) – SO 16-7
184: (W) Christopher Chorzepa Pin over (SO) Lantze Lange (4:56) – SO 16-13
197: (W) Martin Strenk Pin over (SO) Peter Pjetri (6:48) – W 19-16
HWT: (SO) James Bethel Pin over (W) Nicholas Beauchamp (2:12) – SO 22-19
The Ephs' second bout found them taking on Little Three foe Wesleyan for the second time in 13 days. Wesleyan defeated the Ephs at the NEWA Duals 23-21 in the first meeting of the year with Cardinals collecting 11 points in the final two bouts.
The Ephs fashioned a 12-0 lead after three bouts this afternoon, but Wesleyan claimed six of the last seven bouts, the last two by pin to post the 24-18 win.
The Ephs' lone win in the final seven bouts came from Chris Chorzepa who pinned his opponent in 2:00.
Wesleyan (We) 24, Williams (Wi) 18
125: (Wi) Matt Morris Round 3 DQ over (We) Amir Daouk – Wi 6-0
133: (Wi) Ben Morton dec over (We) Tristan Stetson, 11-8 -- Wi 9-0
141: (Wi) Brandon Seyfried dec over (We) James Matias, 6-0 – Wi 12-0
149: (We) Carter Armendarez dec over (Wi) Alex Pankhurst, 2-0 – 12-3
157: (We) Robert Rosenberg OT dec over (Wi) Gabriel Corrochano – 12-6
165: (We) Roy Forys dec over (Wi) Luke Anselmi, 7-2 – 12-9
174: (We) Dominic Pirraglia dec over (Wi) Carl Sangree, 5-2 T 12-12
184: (Wi) Chris Chorzepa pinned Matt Winchester, 2:00 – Wi 18-12
197: (We) Devon Carillo pinned Sebastian Dzadkiewicz, 1:19 T 18-18
HWT: (We) Isaiah Bellamy pinned Martin Streak, 1:10 We 24-18
In their final match of the day the Ephs took on no. 4 ranked Ithaca and the Ephs were only able to post two wins in the match, falling to the Bombers 37-6.
Ithaca (I) 37, Williams (W) 6
125: (I) Jimmy Kaishian dec over (W) Matt Morris, 9-3
133: (I) Tito Colom tech fall over Dietrich Hartman, 23-5
141: (W) Brendon Seyfried dec over (I) Nick Wahba, 3-2
149: (I) Sam Schneider tech fall (W) Yo Akiyama, 18-2
157: (I) Jawan Jones dec over (W) Dylan Millson, 5-1
165: (I) Nick Velez tech fall (W) Gabriel Corrochano, 16-0
174: (I) Jaison White maj dec over (W) Carl Sangree, 20-8
184: (W) Chris Chorzepa dec over (I) Jake Ashcraft, 7-3
197: (I) Carlos Toribio pinned (W) Martin Strenk, 1:54
HWT: (I) Jake O'Brien pinned (W) Nicholas Beauchamp, 2:33
Exhibitions
174- (O) Zach Peterson dec over Bennett Caplin (Wi), 7-2
174 (O) Dan DeCarlo dec over (Wi) Chris Washington, 7-3
165- (I) Al Ciccito tech fall over (We) Bennett Caplin, 16-0
Chris Chorzepa at 184 won for the third time on the day, this time by decision. The highlight of the match for the Ephs belonged to Brendon Seyfried (141) who defeated Ithaca's Nick Wahba who was ranked fifth nationally by a score of 3-2.
"Chris Chorzepa is wrestling better than ever before," noted Honecker. "His offense has evolved and expanded and he has always been a fierce competitor. Brendon Seyfried had the biggest win of the day and that should give him some confidence headed to the NCAA Northeast Regionals. Martin Strenk hit some buzz saws today but he can turn one of those losses around in three weeks. Matt Morris is still getting better and he is really leading with his actions."
"We have three weeks until the NCAA Northeast Regionals and we need to become very focused," Honecker said. "We have struggled in duals and battled adversity. We have a great opportunity. I'm excited to see how much better we can get over the next three weeks and to show it at the NCAA qualifier."
The Ephs will close out the regular season portion of their 2016-17 schedule with a dual match at home on Friday at 7:00 p.m. when they take on Castleton University in Lasell Gym.
