The Oneonta State wrestling team won 2-of-3 matches today at Wesleyan University to end its dual-meet schedule for the year. The Red Dragons defeated both Plymouth State and Williams College to finish an even 9-9 overall. Oneonta will now prepare its lineup for the ECWC tournament at Brockport on Saturday, Fe. 25. The ECWC tournament is the NCAA Div. III tournament qualifier.
Leading the way for Oneonta on the day were sophomores
Jake Smith (St. James/Smithtown),
Dan Graff (LaGrangeville/Arlington) and
Ben Mikac (Williamsville/Williamsville East). Both Smith and Graff went a perfect 3-0 while Mikac won a pair of matches.
Smith's first win of the day was a pin against Zac Giovannetti of Plymouth in 2:07. He then had a forfeit win in the Williams match and xclosed the day with a 5-4 decision versus Luke Erickson of Wesleyan.
Graff had a 6-5 decision win in the Plymouth match followed by a tech fall versus Williams and a major decision in the Wesleyan match.
Both Mikac's wins came by pin including one in the first minute of action versus Alex Cronin of Plymouth.
Oneonta 33, Plymouth State 13
285,
Vincent Barber (Clintondale/Highland) (Oneonta State) won by pin over Daniel Trefry (Plymouth State) 3:30. (Oneonta 6-0)
125, Joseph Thompson (Oneonta State) won by forfeit (Oneonta 12-0)
133, Benjamin Mikac (Oneonta State) won by pin over Alexander Cronin (Plymouth State) 0:58. (Oneonta 18-0)
141,
Frank Cabibbo (Poughkeepsie/Roy C. Ketcham) (Oneonta State) won by forfeit (Oneonta 24-0)
149, Mike Willey (Plymouth State) won by decision over
Matt Eberlein (Levittown/Island Trees) (Oneonta State) 5-2. (Oneonta 24-3)
157, Daniel Graff (Oneonta State) won by decision over Femi Wheeler (Plymouth State) 6-5. (Oneonta 27-3)
165, Brandon Conrad (Plymouth State) won by major decision over
Colin Waterhouse (Tivoli/Red Hook) (Oneonta State) 12-1. (Oneonta 27-7)
174, Daniel Curley (Plymouth State) won by decision over James Neal (Oneonta State) 4-1. (Oneonta 27-10)
184, Rob Phillips (Plymouth State) won by decision over
Stephen Provenzano (Islip/Islip) (Oneonta State) 8-5. (Oneonta 27-13)
197,
Jake Smith (St. James/Smithtown) (Oneonta State) won by pin over Zac Giovannetti (Plymouth State) 2:07. (Oneonta 33-13)
Oneonta 36, Williams 14
285, Tom Foote (Williams College) won by major decision over
Vincent Barber (Clintondale/Highland) (Oneonta State) 10-2. (Williams 4-0)
125, Alexander Pugh (Oneonta State) won by forfeit (Oneonta 6-4)
133,
Ben Mikac (Williamsville/Williamsville East) (Oneonta State) won by pin over Dan Evangelakos (Williams College) 3:01. (Oneonta 12-4)
141, Ces Antista (Williams College) won by major decision over
Brian Barry (Poughkeepsie/Arlington) (Oneonta State) 13-2. (Oneonta 12-8)
149, Joseph Hauser (Oneonta State) won by decision over Carson Brooks (Williams College) 9-4. (Oneonta 15-8)
157,
Dan Graff (LaGrangeville/Arlington) (Oneonta State) won by tech fall over Scott Sanderson (Williams College) 6:40 25-9. (Oneonta 20-8)
165, Kyle Gaffney (Williams College) won by pin over
Donnie VanBuren (Boiceville/Onteora) (Oneonta State) 1:30. (Oneonta 20-14)
174, James Neal (Oneonta State) won by major decision over Mir Henglin (Williams College) 13-2. (Oneonta 24-14)
184,
Stephen Provenzano (Islip/Islip) (Oneonta State) won by forfeit (Oneonta 30-14)
197,
Jake Smith (St. James/Smithtown) (Oneonta State) won by forfeit (Oneonta 36-14)
Wesleyan 21, Oneonta 10
285, Jacob Sheffer (Wesleyan (ct)) won by decision over
Michael Almaviva (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa) (Oneonta State) 2-1. (Wesleyan 3-0)
125, Ben Schwartz (Wesleyan (ct)) won by decision over
Carlos Soto (Brooklyn/Sheepshead Bay) (Oneonta State) 11-6. (Wesleyan 6-0)
133, Joseph Schwartz (Wesleyan (ct)) won by decision over Benjamin Mikac (Oneonta State) 10-4. (Wesleyan 9-0)
141, Nick Scotto (Wesleyan (ct)) won by decision over
Brian Barry (Poughkeepsie/Arlington) (Oneonta State) 5-2. (Wesleyan 12-0)
149, Howard Tobochnik (Wesleyan (ct)) won by decision over Joseph Hauser (Oneonta State) 4-1. (Wesleyan 15-0)
157,
Dan Graff (LaGrangeville/Arlington) (Oneonta State) won by major decision over Alexander Cannon (Wesleyan (ct)) 11-2. (Wesleyan 15-4)
165,
Donnie VanBuren (Boiceville/Onteora) (Oneonta State) won by decision over Richard Leuchter (Wesleyan (ct)) 7-3. (Wesleyan 15-7)
174, Kyle Roosa (Wesleyan (ct)) won by major decision over James Neal (Oneonta State) 10-1. (Wesleyan 19-7)
184, Jefferson Ajayi (Wesleyan (ct)) won by decision over
Stephen Provenzano (Islip/Islip) (Oneonta State) 10-3. Wesleyan 22-7)
197,
Jake Smith (St. James/Smithtown) (Oneonta State) won by decision over Luke Erickson (Wesleyan (ct)) 5-4. (Wesleyan 22-10)
Unsportsmanlike Conduct penalty assessed to Wesleyan, minus 1 team point