WILKES-BARRE, Pa. -- Justice Hockenberry,
Ganon Smith, and
Will Davis each went 3-0 on the day for the Elizabethtown College wrestling team at the NY vs. PA Duals held at Wilkes University. The Blue Jays went 2-1 overall in their three duals matches with wins over the United States Merchant Marine Academy and Hunter.
Elizabethtown began the day with a 16-point victory over Merchant Marine.
Deven Jackson,
Corey Cope, and
Owen Heffner for the Jays out to a lead and then the back half of the lineup secured it with wins at 165, 184, 197, and 285. Hockenberry, Smith, and Davis all won via decisions and
Sav Niewiadomy scored a major decision to close out the match.
20th ranked NYU proved too much to handle for Etown, though Hockenberry, Smith, and Davis managed a pair of tech falls and a fall to record the Jays' 16 points in the match.Tech falls went to Hockenberry and Davis while Smith earned the fall at 3:34.
EC wrapped up the day with a dominating win over Hunter, taking eight of the 10 bouts, seven of which were bonus points. Jackson had a tech fall at 125, Heffner recorded a fall at 141 in 2:16, Aiden Hines collected his first dual win with a major at 157. Hockenberry registered his second tech fall of the day at 165,
Gavin Fehr pinned his opponent at 174 in 1:15 and Smith followed with a second consecutive fall, his second of the day. Davis scored a major and
Jimmy Yeingst got the go-ahead at heavyweight and didn't concede a point in a 4-0 decision.
Elizabethtown will host the Ken Ober Memorial Invitational in the Bowers Center next Saturday, January 24.
Elizabethtown 28, USMMA 12
125 –
Deven Jackson (Elizabethtown) over Cayden Farver (Merchant Marine) (Fall 3:18)
133 –
Corey Cope (Elizabethtown) over Charles Case (Merchant Marine) (Dec 7-3)
141 –
Owen Heffner (Elizabethtown) over Colin Dragon (Merchant Marine) (Fall 4:33)
149 – Aidan Krass (Merchant Marine) over
Stephen Bialek (Elizabethtown) (MD 8-0)
157 – Matthew Trinidad (Merchant Marine) over
Michael Beers (Elizabethtown) (Dec 7-5)
165 –
Justice Hockenberry (Elizabethtown) over Viviano Gutierrez (Merchant Marine) (Dec 10-7)
174 – Andrew Huesgen (Merchant Marine) over
Gavin Fehr (Elizabethtown) (TF 21-6 5:51)
184 –
Ganon Smith (Elizabethtown) over Tyler Withers (Merchant Marine) (Dec 6-0)
197 –
Will Davis (Elizabethtown) over Maxwell Corral (Merchant Marine) (Dec 11-4)
285 – Sav Niewadomy (Elizabethtown) over Jonathan Harms (Merchant Marine) (MD 10-2)
NYU 36, Elizabethtown 16
125 – Alex Diaz (NYU) over
Deven Jackson (Elizabethtown) (Dec 3-0)
133 – Harrison Gordon (NYU) over
Febian Dawit (Elizabethtown) (TF 19-3 3:30)
141 – James Carlock (NYU) over
Owen Heffner (Elizabethtown) (Fall 2:56)
149 – John Mairano (NYU) over
Stephen Bialek (Elizabethtown) (TF 19-4 5:23)
157 – Robert Leeds (NYU) over
Michael Beers (Elizabethtown) (TF 16-0 5:24)
165 –
Justice Hockenberry (Elizabethtown) over Rex Jacobs (NYU) (TF 17-1 5:32)
174 – Ty Finn (NYU) over
Gavin Fehr (Elizabethtown) (Fall 0:32)
184 –
Ganon Smith (Elizabethtown) over James Amatore (NYU) (Fall 3:34)
197 –
Will Davis (Elizabethtown) over Matthew Hill (NYU) (TF 18-2 3:33)
285 – Nathan Faxon (NYU) over Sav Niewadomy (Elizabethtown) (Fall 3:49)
Elizabethtown 39, Hunter 12
125 –
Deven Jackson (Elizabethtown) over Muhamadu Konteh (Hunter) (TF 17-1 4:40)
133 – Botensky Bauzile (Hunter) over
Febian Dawit (Elizabethtown) (Fall 4:21)
141 –
Owen Heffner (Elizabethtown) over Kenan Djokic (Hunter) (Fall 2:16)
149 – Jayden Medina (Hunter) over
Stephen Bialek (Elizabethtown) (Fall 4:57)
157 – Aiden Hines (Elizabethtown) over Anthony Coccarelli (Hunter) (MD 16-3)
165 –
Justice Hockenberry (Elizabethtown) over Jack Kent (Hunter) (TF 16-0 1:50)
174 –
Gavin Fehr (Elizabethtown) over Therrol Lafayette (Hunter) (Fall 1:15)
184 –
Ganon Smith (Elizabethtown) over Naseer Johnson (Hunter) (Fall 2:03)
197 –
Will Davis (Elizabethtown) over Alimkhan Guseinov (Hunter) (MD 9-1)
285 –
Jimmy Yeingst (Elizabethtown) over Hayden Roy (Hunter) (Dec 4-0)
Exhibitions:
125 – Alex Diaz (NYU over
Hunter Pettorossi (Elizabethtown) (TF 18-2)
133 –
Kale Quigley (Elizabethtown) over S. Kimmel (Wilkes) (Dec 11-9)
165 – Jack Bowen (NYU) over
Paul Sanderson (Elizabethtown) (Fall 6:29)
157 – Rex Jacobs (NYU) over
Alex Hart (Elizabethtown) (Fall 1:27)
165 –
Ethan Bliss (Elizabethtown) over B. Shannon (Wilkes) (MD 15-3)
149 –
Kevin Gierej (Elizabethtown) over Nacim Benzine (Hunter) (TF 19-4)
174 –
Jacob Speed (Elizabethtown) over Vincent Vogan (Merchant Marine) (Fall 1:41)
285 –
Jimmy Yeingst (Elizabethtown) over Yaman Shehadeh (NYU) (SV-1 4-1)
165 – Johnny Mauer (Elizabethtown) over Jack Bowen (NYU) (Dec 3-0)
133 – Matt DArcy (NYU) over
Keegan Allan (Elizabethtown) (TF 21-4)
157 – Robert Leeds (NYU) over
Aiden Robinson (Elizabethtown) (Fall :36)
165 – Aiden Hines (Elizabethtown) over Isaiah Harris (Hunter) (Fall 1:50)
149 – Christopher Gliaos (Hunter) over
Casey Spina (Elizabethtown) (Dec 10-5)
165 – Isaiah Harris (Hunter) over Johnny Mauer (Elizabethtown) (Fall 1:00)
149 – B. Grater (Wilkes) over
Logan Ryan (Elizabethtown) (MD 16-2)
197 –
Gavin Wagner (Elizabethtown) over P. Gordon (Wilkes) (Fall 2:22)
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