#27 Wrestlers Return to Mat, Defeat #24 Centenary
01/05/08
In their first dual match since December 8, the #27-ranked (Brute-Adidas National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III Poll) New York University wrestling team defeated #24-ranked Centenary College 29-9 on Saturday afternoon at the Coles Sports Center in Manhattan.
NYU's grapplers won eight of the 10 bouts to improve its 2007-08 dual-match record to 4-1, while Centenary dropped to 4-3.
NYU recorded one fall, as freshman Matt Magill pinned the Cyclones' David Alsieux in 2:30 in a 149-pound bout.
NYU sophomore Kyle Christensen (125 pounds) recorded a major decision over Centenary's Dustin Overs (13-1), while NYU senior Stephen Hult posted a major decision over Jonathan Stillo (9-0).
"It was a pretty tough match and a good win against a team ranked above us," said NYU head coach Bruce Haberli. "While some of our guys didn't wrestle as well as they can, others really stepped it up. I thought a couple of our guys looked a bit tired out there. Some haven't competed for a while. Maybe we just needed to get the rust out a bit."
NYU returns to action this Wednesday, January 9, with competition against Muhlenberg College and Elizabethtown College beginning at 2pm in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania.
Bout-by-Bout Results
125 - Kyle Christensen (NYU) maj. dec. Dustin Overs (C); 13-1
133 - Mike Gummerson (C) dec. Joseph Ranzenbach (NYU; 3-2
141 - Stephen Hult (NYU) maj. dec. Jonathan Stillo (C); 9-0
149 - Matt Magill (NYU) fall David Alsieux (C); 2:30
157 - Takafumi Hashimoto (NYU) dec. Charles Cannella (C); 5-3
165 - Jared Duffy (C) fall Patrick Knight (NYU); 6:25
174 - Naum Shuminov (NYU) dec. Derek Schisler (C); 5-2
184 - Nick Coleman (NYU) dec. Benjamin Ostner (C); 5-1
197 - Alex Chianurashvilli (NYU) dec. Kaleb Wisner (C); 7-3
HWT - James Layman (NYU) dec. Adam Pearsall (C); 6-2