HACKETTSTOWN, N.J. – Senior
Jordan Juliano posted his team leading eighth major decision of the season and three other members of the Centenary University wrestling team posted wins in their weight classes but No. 6 Ithaca College claimed the 29-14 win on Friday night.
Centenary finished the night with wins at 157, 165, 174 and 197 pounds.
After a scoreless first period, senior
Christopher Muce battled for a 6-1 win over
Jawan Jones at 157-pounds. Muce moves to 17-4 on the year with the win and is tied for the team lead in victories this season.
Redshirt junior
Alec Donovan has now won all five of his dual meets this season after recording an 8-6 decision over
Austin Whitney at 165-pounds. Donovan's opponent Whitney, was ranked ninth by D3Wrestle.com this week. Donovan sits at 14-5 on the season.
Juliano used a big third period to secure a 16-8 major decision against
Steven Rice at 174-pounds. In addition to it being his eighth major decision of the season, Juliano is tied with Muce for the team lead in total wins as he is 17-6 on the year.
Senior
Etiini Udott proved why he remained the No. 1 wrestler in the nation at 197-pounds this week. Udott took his bout by a 12-4 margin for his third major decision of the season. He improves to 15-3 on the year and 7-1 in dual meet action.
Several of the other Cyclones to hit the mat faced tough challenges as the Ithaca line-up featured three wrestlers ranked in the top 10 in their respective weight classes by the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) this week.
Freshman
Cameron Bruffy battled
Ben Brisman, who was ranked No. 2 at 141-pounds but ultimately fell, 8-3. Senior
JT Valley took on the nation's top wrestler at 184-pounds in
Jake Ashcraft. Ashcraft was able to secure a fall in the second period. Freshman
David Oppis went up against No. 5
Jake O'Brien at 285-pounds and O'Brien was able to get the first period fall.
The Cyclones will be back in action on Friday, Feb. 1 as they travel to The College of New Jersey for a 7:30 p.m. match.
Ithaca 29, Centenary 14
125: Ferdinand Mase (ITH) over
Jacy Jones (CEN), tech fall 17-1
133: Tito Colom (ITH) over
Bobby Demeter (CEN), tech fall 17-1
141: Ben Brisman (ITH) over
Cameron Bruffy (CEN), dec. 8-3
149: Demetri D'Orsaneo (ITH) over
Perry Maio (CEN), major dec. 11-3
157: Christopher Muce (CEN) over Jawan Jones (ITH), dec. 6-1
165: Alec Donovan (CEN) over Austin Whitney (ITH), dec. 8-6
174: Jordan Juliano (CEN) over Steven Rice (ITH), major dec. 16-8
184: Jake Ashcraft (ITH) over
JT Valley (CEN), fall (4:38)
197: Etiini Udott (CEN) over Dalton Elias (ITH), major dec. 12-4
285: Jake O'Brien (ITH) over
David Oppis (CEN), fall (2:48)
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