COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. – Ursinus closed out the dual meet season by going 3-0 in a quad with McDaniel, SUNY-Oswego and New York University. With the three wins, the Bears finished 12-2 overall and 5-2 in the Centennial.
More importantly, Ursinus coach Bill Racich continued to move up the ladder in wins as scored his 450th career win during the quad. The day started with a 23-16 win over McDaniel, followed by a 31-14 win over New York University and then ended with a 34-12 win over Oswego.
In the McDaniel match, junior Alex Blank (Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield) won his match at 133 with a 3-2 decision over Tommy Goretsas to give Ursinus its first points of the match.
Trailing 9-3, junior 149 pounder Connor McCormick (Pottstown, Pa./Owen J. Roberts) got a 10-2 major decision over Logan Yox to cut the deficit to 9-7, followed by a win from senior John Whitham (Abington, Pa./La Salle) at 157 over Torin Lehmann for a 13-9 lead. Sophomore Andrew Corbett (Pittsgrove, N.J./Shalick) got a 9-6 decision over Matt Peters giving Ursinus a 16-9 lead after the 165 bout.
At 174, sophomore Myles Tornetta (Frazer, Pa./Great Valley) got a 4-2 overtime win over Chris Urps for a 19-9 Ursinus lead, followed by an 11-0 major decision for senior Nate Murren (Littlestown, Pa./Littlestown) for a 23-9 advantage after the 184 match.
Against NYU, Ursinus fell behind 8-0 before sophomore Curtis Watkins (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield-Warde) got a 14-4 major decision over Clement Brommier at 149, followed by a forfeit win at 157 for Whitham. Behind 14-13 after the 174 match, Ursinus got back-to-back pins from Murren and freshman 197 pounder Taylor Gload (Sewell, N.J./Washington Township). Sophomore Bill Cornely won his match at 285, with a :45 pin over Rudy De La Cruz.
Against Oswego, the Bears won the last seven bouts after trailing 12-0. McCormick pinned Randy Sisenstein at 149 in 2:12, followed by a 13-5 major decision from Whitham over Nick Rogers at 157. At 165, Corbett pinned Nick Massaro at 4:21. Sophomore Mike Kevlin (Manalapan, N.J./St. John Vianney) downed Dan Sutherland at 174 10-3 for a 19-12 lead, followed by a tech fall from Murren over Kevin Shirley 18-0. A Gload forfeit and Cornely 12-4 win provided the final points.
Ursinus will travel to the Centennial Conference Championships two weeks from Saturday at Washington & Lee.
Ursinus 23, McDaniel 16
125 – PJ Faranella (MCD) pin LauraLee Lightwood-Mater, 2:19 (0-6)
133 – Alex Blank (UC) dec. Tommy Goretsas, 3-2 (3-6)
141 – Mike Tancredi (MCD) dec. Curtis Watkins, 3-2 (3-9)
149 – Connor McCormick (UC) maj dec. Logan Yox, 10-2 (7-9)
157 – John Whitham (UC) pin Torin Lehmann, 1:14 (13-9)
165 – Andrew Corbett (UC) dec. Matt Peters, 9-6 (16-9)
174 – Myles Tornetta (UC) dec. Chris Urps 4-2 (OT) (19-9)
184 – Nate Murren (UC) MD Scott Forester, 11-0 (23-9)
197 – Will Yeo (McD) dec. Teddy Conrad, 11-9 (23-12)
285 – Brock Glotfelty (McD) MD Ed Minelli, 10-2 (23-16)
Ursinus 31, NYU 14
125 – William Ladnier (NYU) TECH FALL LauraLee Lightwood-Mater, 16-0 (0-5)
133 – Steve Contino (NYU) dec. Alex Blank, 6-5 (0-8)
141 – Curtis Watkins (UC) MD Clement Brommier 14-4 (4-8)
149 – Connor McCormick (UC) forfeit (10-8)
157 – John Whitham (UC) dec. Dan Gorman 9-4 (13-8)
165 – Matt Magill (NYU) dec. Bill Reick 6-1 (13-11)
174 – David Rice (NYU) dec. Myles Tornetta 7-2 (13-14)
184 – Nate Murren (UC) pin Jakub Pawlowski, 4:03 (19-14)
197 – Taylor Gload (UC) pin Steve Massey, 3:52 (25-14)
285 – Bill Cornely (UC) pin Rudy De La Cruz, :45, (31-14)
Ursinus 34, SUNY-Oswego 12
125 – Mike Gentilcore (SO) pin LauraLee Lightwood-Mater, 1:16 (0-6)
133 – Omar Santiago (SO) dec. Alex Blank, 6-2 (0-9)
141 – Chris Payne (SO) dec. Curtis Watkins, 3-2 (0-12)
149 – Connor McCormick (UC) pin Randy Sisenstein, 2:12 (6-12)
157 – John Whitham (UC) MD Nick Rogers, 13-5 (10-12)
165 – Andrew Corbett (UC) pin Nick Massaro, 4:21 (16-12)
174 – Mike Kevlin (UC) dec. Dan Sutherland, 10-3 (19-12)
184 – Nate Murren (UC) TECH FALL Kevin Shirley, 18-0 (24-12)
197 – Taylor Gload (UC) forfeit (30-12)
285 – Bill Cornely (UC) MD Joe Pesce, 12-4 (34-12)