Wrestling Defeats Franklin & Marshall, 19-18

Sunday, January 20

Sacred Heart

Franklin & Marshall

1/20/2019 12:00:00 AM | Men's Wrestling

125 Pounds: Jose Diaz (F&M) vs. Ryan Burns (SHU) – Diaz, 11-6

133 Pounds: Michael Simonetti (F&M) vs. Anthony Petrillo (SHU) - Petrillo, 15-8

Two points for SHU 30 seconds in to the match, but escaped for one point quickly after
Petrillo opened a 4-1 lead with a minute left in the opening round, and Petrillo led 4-2 after the first round
Simonetti escaped for a point to open the second, closing within 4-3
Petrillo took him down for a pair of points and a 6-3 lead, before Simonetti escaped again for a point
Petrillo's second takedown of the second round gave him an 8-4 lead, and the round ended with an 8-5 advantage
Petrillo earned two more points late in the third round, and picked up the victory
The win evened the team score, 3-3

141 Pounds: Wilfredo Gil (F&M) vs. Seth Brown (SHU) - Gil, 11-3

Gil scored a takedown a minute into the opening round, the only scoring of the first
Gil earned two points in the opening seconds of the second round for a reversal, building a 4-0 advantage
Brown earned points early in the final round, before several takedowns by Gil pushed his lead to 10-3
The victory gave F&M a 7-3 lead in the match

149 Pounds: Chris Martorello (F&M) vs. Gerard Daly (SHU) – Daly, 15-6

Daly scored a takedown in the first minute, that Martorello escaped from, give Daly yhe 2-1 advantage
Daly ended the first round with a takedown and picked up four back points, taking an 8-1 advantage into the last round
Daly added two points midway in the second and two more after a Martorello escape, to take a 12-3 advantage into the final round
Martorello earned another escape point to open the third round and two more 30 seconds in with a takedown to close within 12-6
Daly got a point back with an escape with 60 seconds left in the match and iced the win with four points in the final 20 seconds
The victory brought the Pioneers even in the match, 7-7

157 Pounds: Emmett LiCastri (F&M) vs. TJ Calas (SHU) – LiCastri 12-4

LiCastri opened with two points in the first seconds of the match
Calas answered, before a LiCastri point and trailed 3-2 after the first round
LiCastri extended the lead to 4-2 with an early point in the second, and earned two more midway in the period
Calas and LiCastri traded early points, before LiCastri earned four late points to earn a 12-4 win
The victory put F&M in front 11-7

165 Pounds: Jacob Conners (F&M) vs. Brandon Levesque (SHU) – Levesque PIN (2^ndround :08)

Levesque recorded a take down in the opening seconds of the match, for an early 2-0 advantage
He earned two more control point with 75 seconds left in the period, for a 4-1 lead
Levesque pinned Conners with eight seconds left in the second round, giving the Pioneers a 13-11 lead

174 Pounds: Christopher Bolletino (F&M) vs. Will Schmidt (SHU) – Schmidt 6-4

Schmidt took a 3-2 lead late in the first round with a spinning takedown and took that advantage into the second round
Schmidt added a point, escaping after the open, for 4-2 lead 15 ticks into the second, and held that through the period
Bolletino tied the match with a reversal with 15 seconds left, before Schmidt answered with two as the match ended
The victory pushed the Pioneers to a 16-11 advantage

184 Pounds: Reid Robilotto (F&M) vs. Kyle Davis (SHU) – Davis 5-3

Davis opened with two points for an early lead and he held a 2-1 lead after the first
Robilotto drew even after escaping to open the second round and the duo went to the final round, tied 2-2
Davis escaped to take a 3-2 lead to open the third, and added two more with a takedown shortly after, for a 5-2 advantage
Robilotto drew back within two with just over a minute to wrestle in the third, 5-3
Victory gives SHU 19-11 advantage

197 Pounds: Philip Robilotto (F&M) vs. Mark Blokh (SHU) – Robilotto 12-1

Robilotto scores two with an early takedown and added five back points with under 30 seconds left in the first round and led 7-0 after the first
Robilotto added four points in the second and led 11-0 entering the final round
Blokh escaped with 60 seconds left for a point
The victory drew F&M within four, 19-15

Heavyweight: Antonio Pelusi (F&M) vs. Dante DelBonis (SHU) – Pelusi, 5-3

Pelusi broke through with a minute left in the opening round, with two points
DelBonis escaped to make it 2-1, the score at the end of the first
DelBonis evened the match, getting free from the down position to open the second period, 2-2
Pelusi went back in front with a point for delay, 3-2
A quick takedown by Pelusi gave him a 5-2 edge, before DelBonis escaped to make it 5-3