ROCHESTER, NY- The Utica University men's wrestling team earned a 38-15 win against the Elmira College Soaring Eagles. The Pioneers then fell to the St. John Fisher Cardinals 33-10 on Wednesday evening.
Utica, 38 Elmira 15
Utica saw four wrestlers get wins on the board for the Pioneers. Trevor Cortright (Binghamton, NY/Chenango Valley) at 141lb got the winning started with a 7-5 decision win over Selvin Maldonado. Billy Beseth (Jamesville, NY/Jamesville-DeWitt) at 149lb defeated Patrick Stauring by fall in 2:27, followed by a 18-2 tech fall win for Seth Richardson (Fort Plain, NY/Fort Plain) wrestling at 165lb. At 197lb, Gage Tedesco (Waverly, NY/Waverly) rounded out the scorecard and defeated Kahjen Smith by fall in 3:27.
Utica, 10 St. John Fisher 33
Eddy Corporan (Poughkeepsie, NY/Roy C Ketcham) and Cortright each received wins against the Cardinals. Cortright wrestled lights out at 133lb against Fisher taking down Derek Bernardino and defeating him by major decision, 9-0. At 149lb, Corporan got a victory against Joshua Maslyn by fall in 4:39.
Utica(2-2) travels to Collegeville, PA for the Will Abele Tournament at Ursinus College on Saturday, January 13 at 10 a.m.