ONEONTA, NY - The Utica University men's wrestling team competed at the Oneonta Tri-Meet on Saturday and earned its first win in program history topping Keystone College 23-20. The team also fell to Oneonta State 46-6.
 
Utica 23, Keystone 20
 
Trevor Cortright (Binghamton, NY/Chenango Valley) started the day strongly pinning Ralph Nieves of Keystone at the 2:09 mark to earn Utica six points in the match. Billy Beseth (Jamesville, NY/Jamesville-DeWitt) then topped Justin Santiago by tech fall, 16-1 to put the Pioneers up 11-3 in the contest.
 
Logan Krouse (Duanesburg, NY/Duanesburg) pinned Mariano Monacelli at the 2:17 mark to give Utica a 17-9 edge. The Pioneers kept the aggression going with Gage Tedesco (Waverly, NY/Waverly) pinning Louis Frisenda at the 2:28 mark to put Utica up 23-9 in the match. Keystone would claw back yet the Pioneers won the match 23-20.
 
Oneonta 46, Utica 6
 
Trevor Cortright (Binghamton, NY/Chenango Valley) capped off his day by pinning Danny Poggi at the 4:36 mark to pick up six points for Utica in the contest.

Seth Richardson (Fort Plain, NY/Fort Plain) earned a win by decision over Esdras Ramos, 8-1. 
 
The two teams also participated in four exhibition bouts with Utica winning two of them. Mikael Neris (Medford, NY/Bellport) won by decision over Giovanni Russo 8-5 with Mathews Bonato (Syracuse, NY/Liverpool) topping Faraz Rasuli via pin at the 1:53 mark.
 
Utica (1-1) will travel to Rochester, NY for the St. John Fisher University Tri-Meet on Wednesday, January 5 at 5 p.m.