OSWEGO, N.Y. – The Oswego State wrestling team defeated the SUNY Oneonta Red Dragons – 19-18 – by way of tiebreaker on Wednesday evening during Senior Night. Oswego improves to 5-9, while Oneonta falls to 11-6-1.
 
Following an 18-18 tie after the heavyweight class, the Lakers earned an extra point to secure the team win via the third tiebreaker. Both teams tied throughout the first two breakers, but Oswego secured a 55-52 advantage in total individual points and thus earned the tiebreaker point.
 
Oneonta jumped out to an 11-0 lead after winning the first three bouts at 125 lbs., 133 lbs. and 141 lbs.  Freshman Kevin Knox (Stormville/Carmel) (133) and senior Richard Dennison (Port Jervis/Minisink Valley) (141) each recorded major decisions after senior Dominic DeGraba (Dallas, PA/Dallas) (125) started things off with a 6-3 decision.
 
The Lakers came storming back with victories by Joey Bush, who started things off by claiming a 7-0 decision over Oneonta's Nicholas Heck (West Pittston/Wyoming Area). In the second period, Bush earned a near fall and then followed that up with an escape point and a takedown.
 
Rocco Russo kept the momentum going with an 18-3 technical fall (6:08). He was aggressive from the starting whistle, earning three takedowns and a couple of four-point near falls just in the first period. Troy Seymour (Dec. 8-2) and Trevor Hoffmier (Dec. 2-0) also earned wins during the Lakers 14-point run to reclaim the lead (14-11).
 
Sophomore Lantze Lange (Smithtown/Smithtown West) got Oneonta even with a 6-4 decision at 184 lbs. before Oswego's Jordan Bushey put the Lakers in front again by earning a major decision (10-2) over Peter Pjetri (Suffern/Suffern).
 
In the final match of the evening, Oneonta's James Bethel (Saugerties/Saugerties) recorded a 9-1 major decision against Kade Andrews to tie the match at 18 apiece.
 
During the evening's five exhibition matches, the Lakers earned a victory in 4-of-5 of the duals. Jon Ptacek (fall 5:45), Mark Milisci (Dec. 4-2), Jeff Lombardi (Dec. 10-4) and Vinny Darpino (Dec. 4-3) all left the mat with strong performances.
 
Oswego returns to action at 12 p.m. on Saturday for a tri-match at Cortland. The Lakers will take on Hunter College before battling with the host Red Dragons.
 
Oswego 19, Oneonta 18
125: Dominic DeGraba (Dallas, PA/Dallas) (Oneonta) over Matt Stallone (Oswego) (Dec 6-3)
133: Kevin Knox (Stormville/Carmel) (Oneonta) over Bryan Coll (Oswego) (MD 11-2)
141: Richard Dennison (Port Jervis/Minisink Valley) (Oneonta) over Max Kutepov (Oswego) (MD 13-0)
149: Joey Bush (Oswego) over Nicholas Heck (West Pittston/Wyoming Area) (Oneonta) (Dec 7-0)
157: Rocco Russo (Oswego) over Daniel Murphy (Poughkeepsie/Roy C. Ketcham) (Oneonta) (TF 18-3 6:08)
165: Troy Seymour (Oswego) over Thomas Marrone (Pleasantville/Pleasantville) (Oneonta) (Dec 8-2)
174: Trevor Hoffmier (Oswego) over Evan Wallace (East Greenbush/Columbia) (Oneonta) (Dec 2-0)
184: Lantze Lange (Smithtown/Smithtown West) (Oneonta) over Sean Maloney (Oswego) (Dec 6-4)
197: Jordan Bushey (Oswego) over Peter Pjetri (Suffern/Suffern) (Oneonta) (MD 10-2)
285: James Bethel (Saugerties/Saugerties) (Oneonta) over Kade Andrews (Oswego) (MD 9-1)
 
Oswego wins tie breaker #3 -- One point
 
Exhibitions
Austin Sisco (Denville, NJ/Pope John Regional) def. Anthony Ianno (Dec. 9-2)
Jon Ptacek def. Matt Marino (Nesconset/Sachem North) (Fall 5:45)
Mark Milisci def. Ralph Cazzetta (Hauppauge/Hauppauge) (Dec. 4-2)
Jeff Lombardi def. Zachary Peterson (Coxsackie/Coxsackie-Athens) (Dec. 10-4)
Vinny Darpino def. Andrew Werther (Islip/Islip) (Dec. 4-3)