Saturday's Wrestling Recap

January 19, 2013

 

Mason Goretsas, McDaniel

Merchant Marine 30, McDaniel 21
Merchant Marine 53, Washington and Lee 0
McDaniel 42, Washington and Lee 3
The USMMA wrestling team earned a pair of victories over Centennial Conference rivals McDaniel and Washington & Lee Saturday afternoon.  Merchant Marine started the day with a dominating performance versus Washington & Lee, blanking the Generals, 53-0.  The Mariners made it two W's with a come from behind triumph over the host Green Terror, 30-21.

Mason Goretsas (Hampstead, Md./North Carroll) notched a pair of decision victories to lead McDaniel to a split in a home tri-match with Washington and Lee and Merchant Marine Academy in Centennial Conference (CC) wrestling action on Saturday. The Green Terror (5-4, 1-1 CC) opened its day with a 42-3 win over the Generals (0-8, 0-2 CC) before the Mariners (3-5, 2-1 CC) rallied to notch a 30-21 victory and cap a 2-0 day. Merchant Marine topped Washington and Lee 53-0 in the day's other match.

Millersville 28, Gettysburg 15
Shippensburg 42, Gettysburg 6
Junior Jared Leon (Hillsborough, N.J./Hillsborough) made the most of his return to the starting lineup, picking up a pair of decisions to lead the Gettysburg College wrestling team at the Millersville University Mid-Penn Duals on Saturday. Gettysburg (4-12) dropped both of its outings to Division II schools. The Bullets fell 28-15 to host Millersville to start the day before falling to Shippensburg University 42-6 in the consolation bracket. Last year’s Centennial Conference runner-up at 174 pounds, Leon made the most of his debut at 184 pounds on Saturday. He scored a 3-2 win over Daniel Cox from Millersville and closed with a 5-0 victory over Jimmy Knapp from Shippesnburg. The junior had missed the first half of the season due to an injury. Sophomore Zach Thomson (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Mechanicsburg) also picked up a pair of wins on the mat.

Mount St. Vincent Invitational
It was a successful day of competition for the New York University wrestling team at the College of Mount Saint Vincent Invitational on Saturday, January 19, in Riverdale, NY. There was no team scoring, but NYU was able to continue the momentum of its current seven-match win streak as the grapplers finished with one individual champion and three runner-up finishes. DJ Albonico (141) had a superb day on the mats as he bested his opponents in every bout en route to the individual title and a 4-0 record. He tallied his fourth fall of the season, as well.

The Ursinus College wrestling team competed in its final regular season tournament at the College of Saint Vincent Invitational outside of New York City. There was no team score. Sophomore Christopher Donaldson (Wilmington, Del./Salesianum School) continued his strong start as he won the 125 pound bracket with a pin and two major decisions. Freshman Kevin Hoogheem (Deerfield, Ill./Deerfield) finished second at 125.

With none of his teammates or coaches on the Muhlenberg wrestling team within 100 pounds of him, senior Chris Galletta has a bit of a problem when he learns new moves: He doesn’t have anyone his size to practice them on. “The first time I get to try these moves live is in a match,” he said. “I have no idea how my opponent is going to react. I’m just like, ‘I hope this works!’” It certainly worked at the Mount St. Vincent Invitational, where Galletta swept through four matches to win the heavyweight bracket. It was the first tournament title for a Mule this season.